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Microsoft Mechanics Podcast

392 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★ - 18 ratings

Made for tech enthusiasts and IT professionals. Expanded coverage of your favorite technologies across Microsoft; including Office, Azure, Windows and Data Platforms. We'll even bring you broader topics such as device innovation with Surface, machine learning, and predictive analytics.

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Power Apps | New Capabilities Building Zero-To-Low-Code Apps

August 10, 2020 17:16 - 10 minutes - 66.7 MB Video

Take a look at the latest capabilities for Power Apps that allow you to build responsive and rich app experiences around your data and processes with zero-to-low-code. Power Apps is about building modern and cross-platform apps that are accessible to all types of users — from non-technical to developers. If you are new to Power Apps, the experience is similar to a cross between PowerPoint and Excel. Join Jeremy Chapman as lead Power Apps Program Manager, Clay Wesener, shows you how to get ...

Azure Synapse | Dynamic Data Masking and Row-Level Security at Grab

July 28, 2020 13:51 - 9 minutes - 56.2 MB Video

A practical use case for Dynamic Data Masking and Row-Level Security through Microsoft Azure Synapse. See how Grab, a Singapore-based mobile technology company, is evaluating Azure Synapse to improve data governance with dynamic data masking and row-level security to empower business users in different countries to compliantly access and analyze their data. Grab has built a super app to match consumers to common services across eight countries and over 330 cities - from everything to ride ...

Azure Synapse | On-Demand Serverless Compute and Querying at Endjin

July 28, 2020 13:44 - 12 minutes - 53.7 MB Video

A practical use case for On-Demand Serverless Compute and Querying through Microsoft Azure Synapse. Find out how UK-based data engineering consultant, endjin, is evaluating Azure Synapse for on-demand serverless compute and querying. Endjin specializes in big data analytics solutions for customers across a range of different industries such as ocean research, financial services, and retail industries. Host Jeremy Chapman speaks with Jess Panni, Principal and Data Architect at endjin, to di...

Azure Synapse | Just-In-Time Inventory at Aggreko

July 22, 2020 16:55 - 11 minutes - 66.1 MB Video

A practical use case for Just-In-Time Inventory through Microsoft Azure Synapse. See how Aggreko is evaluating Azure Synapse to increase operational efficiency with just-in-time supply of their specialist equipment. Aggreko is a global leader in the supply of temporary power generation and temperature control systems, providing backup energy and power supply during times of crisis. Join Jeremy Chapman, as Elizabeth Hollinger, Director of Data Insights at Aggreko, shares how Azure Synapse i...

How to use the Microsoft Power Platform | Getting Started

July 20, 2020 17:02 - 14 minutes - 25.4 MB Video

Take a look at the latest updates to the Power Platform that allow you to build intelligent, low-code, cross-platform apps. Join host Jeremy Chapman as Charles Lamanna, Power Platform CVP, shares a hands-on demonstration to walk you through some of these updates in action. QUICK LINKS: 02:29 - Hands-on-demo 07:12 - Setup Mixed Reality 08:12 - How robotic process automation capabilities work 10:50 - How to build a bot inside of Teams 13:01 - Where do you go to start using the Powe...

How to change default meeting durations in Outlook

July 20, 2020 16:58 - 1 minute - 5.38 MB Video

In this working from home tip, we'll show you how to change default Outlook meeting length in the desktop app to give others - and yourself - a little time between meetings. By default, meetings in Outlook are set to 30 minutes, but did you know you can set them to end earlier – as a default when creating future meetings? You can. And we'll show you how to end meetings 5 or more minutes early for everything you schedule in the future. Note that this setting also roams and will be the defau...

How to Build (automated, no code) Chatbots with Microsoft Power Virtual Agents

July 14, 2020 17:43 - 10 minutes - 44.5 MB Video

Watch how Microsoft Power Virtual Agents gives you a fast, intuitive and AI-rich way to create intelligent bots that make decisions and take actions. Join Emma Archer, from the Power Virtual Agents team, and Jeremy Chapman as they review. If you are new to Power Virtual Agents, it's Microsoft's newest member of the Power Platform. The Power Platform is Microsoft's family of tools for low-to-zero-code modern app development, process automation, business insights, and now – chatbots. Inter...

Cortana in Microsoft 365. Your personal productivity assistant just got updates (2020)

July 14, 2020 17:38 - 7 minutes - 26.9 MB Video

Get time back on your busy schedule with new AI-powered productivity capabilities lighting up with Cortana and Microsoft 365. Discover three enterprise-ready experiences including a new daily Briefing email to help you start your day on track, Play My Emails in Outlook for iOS to help you triage emails in a voice-forward way, and the revamped Cortana in Windows10 with the new chat-based UI. These Cortana experiences are delivered using services that fully comply with Office365’s enterpri...

Microsoft Search and How to Set it Up

July 13, 2020 16:34 - 12 minutes - 39 MB Video

Get a hands-on tour of Microsoft Search, a tailored experience to search for information in your organization. You can easily find people, files, org charts, sites, and answers to common questions. See how it works, how to set it up quickly, and the advanced capabilities to help your users find the information they need to get work done. Watch the step-by-step for setting Microsoft Edge prerequisites at https://aka.ms/EdgeforIT Provision the Chrome browser extension. Download it at https...

Azure Cosmos DB + Azure Synapse Link | Cloud-Native HTAP

July 13, 2020 16:31 - 9 minutes - 54.5 MB Video

Find out how you can now bridge analytics over your live operational data without compromise. Microsoft’s technical fellow, Raghu Ramakrishnan, joins us for an overview of the new cloud-native approach for Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) with Azure Synapse Link, along with Cosmos DB. We'll put it to the test and look at how this new approach enables analytics over your operational data in seconds versus hours. Azure Synapse Link is an extension of Azure Synapse, Microso...

Microsoft Teams Updates | May 2020 and Beyond

June 30, 2020 17:21 - 8 minutes - 15 MB Video

Check out the new and upcoming capabilities in Microsoft Teams. As more and more of us are working remotely, Teams has become the go-to app for digital collaboration, online meetings, and the unified canvas to deliver powerful integrated app experiences. Here's what we'll show you: • Expanded view of participants from 4 to 9 of the most recently active. • Raise Hand feature allows you to get the attention of others in a meeting. • New pre-join meeting experience lets you dial in your...

How to set up Dev / Test environments in Azure for developers

June 30, 2020 17:05 - 10 minutes - 57.4 MB Video

If you're managing infrastructure, see how to gain more control over pre-production test environments by shifting to Azure and taking advantage of our dev/test subscription —you pay for infrastructure use only. Join Microsoft dev/test expert, Steven Murawski as he reviews great ways to get started with Azure Dev/Test. Assess the cost of spinning up a Dev/Test environment for your organization at https://aka.ms/azuredevtestpricing Watch a step-by-step overview with Jeff Woolsey who detail...

Surface Go 2 Review & Design Specs

June 29, 2020 14:49 - 5 minutes - 11.2 MB Video

Surface Go 2, the smallest, most affordable Surface 2-in-1, now with a more brilliant higher-resolution 10.5” “PixelSense" display and even more performance and battery life packed into the same compact form factor. At just over half a kilogram or 1.2 pounds, Surface Go 2 brings laptop-to-tablet flexibility, that goes anywhere. And its fanless design means the Surface Go 2 is an excellent choice for high dust or sterile working environments. Surface Go 2 adds an optional Intel 8th genera...

Surface Dock 2 Review & Design Specs

June 29, 2020 14:45 - 3 minutes - 6.17 MB Video

The new Surface Dock transforms your Surface into a desktop PC. It offers a complement of USB-C, USB-A, audio, and Ethernet ports, its more than just a simple port replicator and brings with it smart, enterprise-grade controls. Such as individually disabling USB data, audio, or Ethernet on the Surface Dock with certificate-based management. It also has the capability of driving two 4K displays at 60Hz or two 5K at 30Hz. You’ll see the new Surface Dock shares a consistent, quality look and ...

Surface Book 3 Review & Design Specs

June 29, 2020 14:42 - 5 minutes - 10.5 MB Video

Designed to give you the best balance of computational power and versatility in a laptop. The Surface Book 3, in its most powerful configuration, can create 3D designs, produce graphical content with real-time ray tracing and advanced shading; and run GPU-intensive machine learning and AI workloads. Surface Book 3 has options for discreet GPUs with Nvidia GeForce or Nvidia Quadro for businesses with certifications for professional grade apps. It uses 10th generation Intel Core processors, ...

How to set up test environments in Azure for developers

June 25, 2020 15:19 - 10 minutes - 57.4 MB Video

If you're managing infrastructure, see how to gain more control over pre-production test environments by shifting to Azure and taking advantage of our dev/test subscription —you pay for infrastructure use only. Join Microsoft dev/test expert, Steven Murawski as he reviews great ways to get started with Azure Dev/Test. Assess the cost of spinning up a Dev/Test environment for your organization at https://aka.ms/azuredevtestpricing Watch a step-by-step overview with Jeff Woolsey who detail...

How to migrate Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to Azure and Windows Virtual Desktop

June 25, 2020 15:11 - 13 minutes - 62.7 MB Video

Walk through all the steps an admin will take to assess and migrate client virtual machines (VMs) and their related dependencies to Azure, using Azure Migrate. If you are unfamiliar with Azure Migrate, it is a central hub to discover, assess, and migrate workloads to Azure. It provides tooling and monitoring to both Microsoft and partner migration services for moving servers, databases, websites, and virtual desktop infrastructure to the cloud. In this video, the focus will be on the ste...

Windows Virtual Desktop updates for admins (2020)

June 24, 2020 17:56 - 7 minutes - 31.3 MB Video

See the admin-focused updates to Windows Virtual Desktop for the first half of 2020. Starting with the brand new Windows Virtual Desktop admin center, we'll show you the new integrated processes for creating host pools, managing apps, workspaces, and users - without dependencies on PowerShell scripting. The new experiences are also integrated with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics for performance tracking and Azure Automation for auto-scaling. To help meet the needs of remote workers, the re...

IT Updates to Manage Remote Work - Microsoft Endpoint Manager, WVD & Productivity Score

June 24, 2020 17:46 - 9 minutes - 68.9 MB Video

Brad Anderson, Microsoft 365 CVP, introduces updates to help IT better support secure remote work. He covers the growth in Microsoft Teams during this unprecedented time and its pivotal role in today’s work environment. Brad demonstrates updates to Microsoft Endpoint Manager and Configuration Manager 2002 with tenant attach, the new Company Portal app, improved macOS management, and more. You'll also see the new Windows Virtual Desktop admin experience, with improvements in provisioning, a...

Serverless Event-based Automation with PowerShell & Azure Functions

May 18, 2020 19:42 - 8 minutes - 39.6 MB Video

Automate and manage your cloud-native, hybrid, and even on-premises resources using PowerShell. Eamon O'Reilly, who's leading the efforts at Microsoft for serverless automation, shows you how to get started. If you're new to Azure Functions, this is Microsoft's event-driven serverless compute in Azure. You can execute code or a script, allowing you to automate rules, configuration, and processes. Because it's on demand, you only pay for the exact time needed to run that function- right dow...

Steps to Deploy Microsoft Edge to Hundreds or Thousands of Devices

April 28, 2020 17:50 - 6 minutes - 30 MB Video

Get a hands-on tour of how to deploy Microsoft Edge to your devices. Learn about Edge package options for automated installation, how to deploy Edge to Windows PCs using MECM (Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager), and steps to ensure all managed devices, including your phones and Macs, are provisioned with Edge. The new Microsoft Edge is based on Chromium and is compatible with both modern web standards, as well as your existing browser-based apps. Through a built-in IE Mode, you can ...

Drive Microsoft Teams User Adoption

March 10, 2020 18:48 - 14 minutes - 122 MB Video

Get tools and tips to save time as an IT Admin as you validate, communicate and scale your Teams rollout. Microsoft Teams represents a fundamental shift in the way people communicate and collaborate. Don’t wait to think about user adoption until after you have deployed Teams. Having a plan for user adoption needs to go hand-in-hand with your planning for technical readiness. We’ve gathered the learnings from thousands of organizations that have deployed Teams, to give you guidance and tips...

Apps for Intelligent Sales & Marketing in Dynamics 365 | Essentials for IT

March 09, 2020 18:23 - 12 minutes - 103 MB Video

The core components in Dynamics 365 that enable an intelligent sales and marketing approach for your organization, and the key considerations for IT Admins. Organizations may be accustomed to siloed role and function-specific CRM solutions that force users to navigate multiple disconnected sales, marketing, and related apps and services. Today, Dynamics 365 solves this with modular and connected sales and marketing SaaS applications within Dynamics 365. It delivers a unified platform, bu...

Upgrade Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams - Admin Steps

March 05, 2020 17:10 - 6 minutes - 26.7 MB Video

See the steps an admin must take to move from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams. Online or on-premises. This video takes you through the mechanics of the upgrade options, built-in services you’ll want to know about before you start, and explains the steps you’ll take for: 1. Skype for Business Online with Enterprise Voice to Teams if you have a Microsoft Calling Plan 2. Skype for Business Online with Enterprise Voice using Cloud Connector Edition or Direct Routing 3. Skype for Bu...

Azure Migrate tutorial: Migrating VMware apps & virtual machines to Azure

February 27, 2020 17:44 - 21 minutes - 71 MB Video

Azure Migrate is your resource to help migrate your on-premises datacenter to Azure, providing tools to discover, assess, and migrate your on-premises applications and virtual machines in VMware or Windows Server Hyper-V using Microsoft or third-party tools. In this tutorial, Jeff Woolsey, engineer in the cloud hybrid team, walks you step-by-step through the prerequisites, Azure Migrate setup, configuring the Azure Migrate appliance VM in VMware, discovering and assessing on-premises appli...

Detect workplace harassment and respond - Communication Compliance in Microsoft 365

February 24, 2020 19:13 - 7 minutes - 33.7 MB Video

Now generally available, Microsoft Communication Compliance. Engineer on Microsoft 365's compliance solutions team, Christophe Fiessinger, introduces how Communication Compliance uses machine learning to proactively surface careless or negligent communication that may put your organization at risk, so that you can identify investigate and stop inappropriate conduct as soon as possible. In this demonstration, Christophe walks through a step-by-step tutorial for setting up and monitoring commu...

Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams. Upgrade options and considerations.

February 20, 2020 14:19 - 15 minutes - 140 MB Video

The top considerations and options. Upgrade from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams. This video is for two groups: organizations that want to adopt Microsoft Teams and need to transition users from Skype for Business, and organizations staying ahead of Skype for Business Online retirement in 2021. No matter the path you choose, if you follow this guide, no user will miss a chat message, and every meeting will be accessible, whether that’s from Skype or Teams. Mentioned links: Teams Au...

LaLiga Fan App on Azure: How We Built It

February 14, 2020 18:15 - 12 minutes - 88.1 MB Video

To handle a million futbol questions at any given moment, LaLiga built their analytics-rich, fan-engagement platform on Azure. Take a look at what goes into designing a platform that supports millions of queries simultaneously through a virtual assistant accessible on a user's preferred device and channel. Join Chief Innovation Officer Minerva Santana from LaLiga as she answers these questions. • How to capture and respond to substantial queries efficiently? • How are queries dealt wit...

Microsoft Teams Controls for Security and Compliance tutorial

January 31, 2020 17:11 - 10 minutes - 61.3 MB Video

The controls in Microsoft 365 to help drive security and compliance as your users work in Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams benefits from the security and compliance foundation of SharePoint, OneDrive and Exchange, so if you are used to the controls for these workloads, for the most part, you’ll just need to extend these to your Teams environment. You’ll get details on turning on... Multi-factor authentication. Learn more about MFA at https://aka.ms/mfa Data Loss Protection. Learn more ...

Robotic Process Automation with Microsoft Power Automate, UI flows and AI Builder

January 24, 2020 21:48 - 13 minutes - 23.5 MB Video

Automatically process complex tasks such as invoicing with Microsoft Power Automate. You'll see how to automate your invoice approval processes, infuse intelligence, and integrate your legacy apps in just a fraction of the time using Power Automate and its new robotic process automation capabilities alongside AI Builder, which are all part of the Microsoft Power Platform. Learn more about the Power Platform on our recent show with Charles Lamanna https://aka.ms/IntroPowerPlatform Get pre...

Dynamics 365 Essentials for IT | Intro

January 24, 2020 21:42 - 12 minutes - 109 MB Video

An explanation of the Dynamics 365 components, underlying architecture, and the possible integrations with your existing data, apps, and business processes. Whether you're looking to adopt business applications or have existing CRM and/or ERP systems in house, or maybe you're using cloud-based services or both, this is an overview of Microsoft's business application platform in the cloud. You'll get answers to top-of-mind questions regarding data governance, security, compliance, and on how ...

Windows Admin Center: Hyper-V Live Migration, PerfMon & deeper Azure integration. (Microsoft Ignite)

January 06, 2020 19:17 - 19 minutes - 81.9 MB Video

A look at updates to Windows Admin Center and the latest Hybrid capabilities, from Hyper-V and live migration support, Hybrid options to configure backup, point to site VPN and VM replication in Azure. At Microsoft Ignite 2019, this was session THR2301: Hybrid cloud server infrastructure: your path to hybrid with Windows Admin Center - latest updates. Jeff Woolsey is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft for Azure Stack HCI, Windows Server and a leading expert on Virtualization, Private a...

Microsoft Teams Essentials for IT | Security and Compliance

January 06, 2020 18:41 - 12 minutes - 106 MB Video

Get the essentials on Microsoft's security and compliance approach for Microsoft Teams. From the controls we give you to manage security and compliance for the core Microsoft Teams experiences of chat, calls, meetings, and apps; to how Microsoft manages the Teams service to stay ahead of threats and stay compliant with the latest industry regulations. We explain where and how Teams data is stored and why that matters as you build your information governance strategy, as well as how to determ...

Microsoft Edge & Search | Chromium-based experiences, compatibility & deployment. (Microsoft Ignite)

December 09, 2019 21:05 - 20 minutes - 145 MB Video

A demonstration of the compatibility experience both with the modern web and HTML5 via the Project Chromium foundation along with the compatibility for legacy Internet and Intranet sites with the integrated IE Mode, that enables Edge to render Internet Explorer-dependent sites without leaving the Edge experience. You'll also see the enhanced security capabilities with Windows Defender Application Guard, Smart Screen and more. We demonstrate taking the experience to the next level in the en...

Project Cortex deep dive | Intelligent knowledge management built on SharePoint (Microsoft Ignite)

December 09, 2019 20:53 - 20 minutes - 115 MB Video

A look at how Project Cortex builds on the content services of SharePoint while connecting content in Microsoft 365 and external sources. It enables you to manage your information and streamline processes with advanced security, compliance and automated workflow. Sign up for the preview at: https://aka.ms/projectcortex At Microsoft Ignite 2019, this was session THR2276: Beyond ECM: Building the knowledge network for your organization with Project Cortex. Naomi Moneypenny is Director of C...

Microsoft Endpoint Manager: Bringing together SCCM and Intune capabilities (Microsoft Ignite)

December 04, 2019 17:01 - 26 minutes - 103 MB Video

See the evolution of device management, with the new Microsoft Endpoint Manager. Microsoft Endpoint Manager brings together Configuration Manager and Intune in one unified, web-based experience. You'll also see the evolution of our compatibility tools and services to ensure your devices, apps, add-ins and sites are always ready. Plus you'll see new security baselines and Threat and Vulnerability Management to help bring IT and security teams together. At Microsoft Ignite 2019, this was ses...

Windows Virtual Desktop | upcoming admin experience + recent updates (Microsoft Ignite)

December 04, 2019 16:53 - 18 minutes - 68.7 MB Video

Microsoft is transforming virtual desktop delivery by separating operating system, user profile and app layers. You'll see how we’ve improved the Microsoft Teams remote experience with AV redirect and you'll see the preview of the Windows Virtual Desktop admin portal experience. At Microsoft Ignite 2019, this was session THR2277: Windows Virtual Desktop updates. Scott Manchester is the Group Program Manager for Windows Virtual Desktop and Remote Desktop Services. He is a 20 year veteran ...

Microsoft Teams user tutorial and updates + what's coming in 2020 (Microsoft Ignite)

December 03, 2019 19:54 - 14 minutes - 33.8 MB Video

Look at the new capabilities of Microsoft Teams that you can use day-to-day to help transform your workplace collaboration and streamline your business processes. You'll see the new capabilities for chat, collaboration, meetings and file sharing, as well as new private channels, for scoped conversations with specific team members in a team. Plus, take a look at the improved integration with Microsoft 365 apps, like OneDrive, Outlook. At Microsoft Ignite 2019, this was session THR2269: Usin...

Microsoft Teams admin tutorial and updates (Microsoft Ignite)

December 03, 2019 19:49 - 14 minutes - 48.4 MB Video

See how Microsoft Teams is built to ensure a secure and compliant collaboration environment, and how you can manage it with the controls you need, while keeping a great experience for your users. We’ll share the newest security & compliance features such as data loss prevention, information barriers and new retention policies. And we'll dig into new controls and tools, including network planner, Advisor for Teams, enhanced calling, and device management. At Microsoft Ignite 2019, this was ...

Azure Arc for data services, including SQL and PostgreSQL (Microsoft Ignite)

December 02, 2019 21:35 - 17 minutes - 73.4 MB Video

A deep dive on Azure data services as part of Azure Arc. This provides a central way to provision, then manage your SQL or PostgreSQL databases whether it sits in your datacenter, in Azure, or in other Clouds. You'll also get a look at how Azure Arc takes advantage of container-based architectures with Kubernetes for instant database provisioning, updating and elastic and hyper scale. At Microsoft Ignite 2019, this was session THR2299: SQL across infrastructures, your options with Travis...

Microsoft Teams Essentials for IT

December 02, 2019 21:29 - 10 minutes - 56.7 MB Video

The first video in our Microsoft Teams for IT series offers an overview of configuration options and takes IT Admins through important considerations for planning, deploying, and rolling-out of Teams for their organization. You'll get a breakdown of the core components and the enterprise-class policies and security that you need and expect as an IT Admin. In addition, you'll see the easy customization options to tailor Microsoft Teams for your organization. Network requirements for running...

Azure Arc: Bring Azure hybrid to any infrastructure (Microsoft Ignite)

November 18, 2019 21:21 - 10 minutes - 60.2 MB Video

An in-depth look at Azure Arc, a new way to manage your servers, virtual machines and Kubernetes clusters – even Azure data services on any infrastructure, any cloud, and any edge. Watch this to see how Azure Arc unifies management, governance, and control with your virtual and physical machines right from the Azure Portal. See how Azure Azure Arc also enables Azure data services to run on any Kubernetes cluster. Plus a look at the recent updates across the Azure Stack family. This was f...

What is Azure Machine Learning service and how data scientist use it.

October 29, 2019 16:54 - 20 minutes - 121 MB Video

Chris Lauren the Principal Program Manager for the Azure Machine Learning Platform goes over the new Azure Machine Learning service. Chris shows you what capabilities data scientists can get across the machine learning lifecycle within a familiar notebook experience. And you'll see how you can use the newly introduced Automated Machine Learning capabilities in Azure ML to build machine learning models in a fraction of the time.

Surface Pro X and Surface Laptop 3 Hands-on

October 28, 2019 20:16 - 13 minutes - 74.7 MB Video

Go behind the design of our Surface Laptop 3, Surface Pro 7, and Surface Pro X with Microsoft Surface engineer, Jochen Siegl. We'll demonstrate the new lineup of devices for the commercial channel - with the design, internals, and technical specifications of each new device. Check out www.microsoft.com/surface for more information and availability of each Surface device

Windows Virtual Desktop on Azure | Released

September 30, 2019 16:32 - 14 minutes - 69.3 MB Video

Windows Virtual Desktop is now released and ready for production! On today's show, Scott Manchester demonstrates WVD at general availability and what's coming. We'll show what the WVD team is doing to revolutionize app delivery with App Attach. This is a new way to deliver apps to WVD virtual machines without installing or streaming app binaries into VMs, but instead attaching to MSIX-based app packages stored in file shares - so they 'feel' installed to Windows and appear and work as if ins...

Is Azure up? Outages, resilience, and Azure Service Health alerts

September 19, 2019 20:10 - 7 minutes - 33.8 MB Video

If you're troubleshooting an issue and wondering whether the problem is on your side or on the Azure side, you'll want to watch. In just a few minutes, Microsoft Azure Product Manager Dante Rasera will walk you through how you can get a personalized view of the health of your Azure services, regions, and resources with Azure Service Health. You'll see how to set up alerts so you can triage service issues like outages and planned maintenance, how to get official incident reports to share with...

Azure Quickstart Center | In-the-moment Azure training to get started

September 10, 2019 17:50 - 7 minutes - 43.5 MB Video

If you're new to Azure or just want to quickly learn more, check out our introduction to Azure Quickstart Center. Senior Program Manager at Azure, Ayesha Gaffer will show you how Azure Quickstart Center is the fastest way to explore and onboard yourself to Azure. You'll see how it helps with in-the-moment, pragmatic guidance, and steps that you can accomplish all in one flow by taking you to the exact blade in Azure to perform a specific action. You'll also see how Azure Quickstart Center ca...

Integration of your systems and processes with Azure Logic Apps + new bi-directional SAP Connector

August 20, 2019 17:40 - 15 minutes - 83.9 MB Video

If you're in the middle of your cloud migration, dealing with legacy systems, or you want better integration between Microsoft, third party, and on-premises systems and services, we're going to take a look at how Azure Logic Apps can help. Derek Li from the Logic Apps team will give you the latest updates. You'll see the new SAP connector with bi-directional connectivity, and the new integration service environment for direct, secure access to your virtual network resources.

Fix Incompatible Apps in Windows 10 at No Cost & get Windows Upgrade help from Engineers.

August 20, 2019 17:31 - 16 minutes - 136 MB Video

With the impending end of support for Windows 7, if you still need help with your Windows 10 migration, Aleks Lopez, who leads the Desktop App Assure team from FastTrack and Microsoft will walk through services for app remediation and upgrade automation using FastTrack to help get your environment to Windows 10, whether you're fully on-premises or using the Cloud. For more details on Desktop App Assure: https://aka.ms/desktopappassurerequest For more details on FastTrack: https://microsof...

How to run VMware in Azure - Demo Tutorial

August 01, 2019 17:21 - 14 minutes - 88.6 MB Video

Run a bare metal VMware private cloud in Azure without using nested virtualization or re-platforming your virtual machines, thanks to Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple. Markus Hain from the Azure engineering team walks through the experience coming from an on-premises VMware vSphere environment, provisioning an Azure VMware Solution private cloud, getting both environments to communicate, and what you can do once the service is up and running. We show you how new VMs in can be created in ...

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