Microsoft Mechanics Podcast
392 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★ - 18 ratingsMade 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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Device and App Readiness - Step 1 of Modern Desktop Deployment
December 21, 2018 21:54 - 5 minutes - 30.7 MB VideoThis is step 1 as you begin your desktop deployment project with an inventory of your devices and apps, prioritize what you to move forward, test prioritized apps and devices, then remediate what’s needed to get ready for deployment. Applies to Windows 10, Office 365 ProPlus, System Center Configuration Manager and related enterprise deployment tools. More resources: Windows Analytics: www.aka.ms/WindowsAnalytics Desktop App Assure for help with application compatibility remediation: ...
Getting Started with Modern Desktop Deployment
December 20, 2018 20:06 - 10 minutes - 38.5 MB VideoJoin Microsoft CVP Brad Anderson to discover the benefits of a modern desktop, major changes and considerations versus previous deployments and best practices to ensure a smooth transition to Windows 10 and Office 365 ProPlus. In this introduction we’ll outline what has changed and go on a tour of the Desktop Deployment Wheel. This will guide you through the recommended steps for your shift to Windows 10 and Office 365 ProPlus, detailing how to leverage your existing tools and processes whil...
Service Fabric Mesh, Container Instances and more Azure Compute Options | Microsoft Ignite 2018
November 15, 2018 16:06 - 19 minutes - 102 MB VideoDemo-packed tour of modern compute options in Azure with tips on how to plan, build or move your apps to the cloud presented by CVP of Azure Compute, Corey Sanders. He describes your options to both deploy and manage your workloads so you can quickly lift and shift your apps using virtual machines and IaaS or modernize them by re-architecting or completely rebuilding them using serverless options or micro-service based solutions. Corey also demonstrates Azure Container Instances with new b...
Desktop Analytics for Windows 10 and Office 365 ProPlus | Best of Microsoft Ignite
November 15, 2018 15:50 - 17 minutes - 97.1 MB VideoAn end-to-end look at IT pro updates for device and app readiness for Windows 10 and Office 365 ProPlus. Lead engineer Amesh Mansukhani demos your options and offers real-world guidance for getting off older versions of Office and Windows. Includes updates to Windows Analytics with built-in Office compat, OCT integration with SCCM, how to manage updates and more. Related Resources: Windows Analytics: www.aka.ms/WindowsAnalytics Desktop App Assure for help with application compatibilit...
Microsoft Stream live events, mobile app and admin updates | Best of Microsoft Ignite 2018
November 13, 2018 22:23 - 14 minutes - 62.8 MB VideoThe latest updates to Microsoft Stream - your intelligent and integrated video service in Office 365, presented by lead engineer Vishal Sood. We'll look at the new capability to create and stream live events and admin updates for managing Microsoft Stream. Session THR2322 - Filmed Thursday, September 27, 10:10 EDT at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, Florida. Subject Matter Expert: Vishal Sood, Partner Group Program Manager, Microsoft Stream
Azure Confidential Computing updates with Mark Russinovich | Best of Microsoft Ignite 2018
November 13, 2018 22:18 - 16 minutes - 69.5 MB VideoMark Russinovich explains Azure Confidential Computing, opening up new opportunities for the processing of sensitive data in the Cloud using secure enclaves and trusted execution environments. Mark presents the core concepts and demonstrates the underlying tech, including new silicon-based approaches with Intel SGX chipsets, the upcoming Azure Confidential Computing DC-series virtual machines and the upcoming software development kit (SDK) that make it easier to create apps that keep your im...
Admin Updates in Microsoft 365 to save you time | Best of Microsoft Ignite
November 13, 2018 22:13 - 17 minutes - 98 MB VideoFirst look at the unified admin experience for Microsoft 365 which gives you a common entry point for Windows, Office 365 and Enterprise Management + Security. We’ll show you updates to the Admin Center, where you can customize your view with tasks, insights, and usage reporting, a more streamlined user-centric management experiences with your most common tasks and most user controls available per user in one consolidated view. See intelligent recommendations to guide you through first-time ...
Windows Server 2019 deep dive | Best of Microsoft Ignite 2018
October 11, 2018 14:48 - 22 minutes - 81.6 MB VideoDemo-rich overview of major advances coming to Windows Server 2019 including: managing hyper-converged infrastructure; support for storage class memory; the new Storage Migration Service; deduplication coming to ReFS; new Hybrid integration between Windows Server datacenter and Azure with the Windows Admin Center and more. Session THR2320 - Filmed Monday, September 24, 15:25 EDT at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, Florida. Subject Matter Expert: Jeff Woolsey is a Principal Program Manager a...
Office & Windows end user demos in 10 minutes | Best of Microsoft Ignite 2018
October 11, 2018 14:47 - 15 minutes - 66 MB VideoWatch to see Office desktop and mobile app updates for AI, teamwork, creativity, and accessibility plus new end-user capabilities to help with productivity and working on the go in Windows 10 1803 and RS5. Jack Elmore takes on the challenge of demoing the latest Office and Windows client updates in 10 minutes. Can he do it? Session THR2304 - Filmed Monday, September 24, 1:55 PM EDT at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, Florida. Subject Matter Expert: Mr. Elmore has served Microsoft 20 years i...
AI meets IoT: Harnessing the secure intelligent edge in your apps | Best of Microsoft Ignite 2018
October 11, 2018 14:47 - 16 minutes - 80.4 MB VideoSee how you can pragmatically harness AI and IOT in your apps. Join Azure automation expert Jeff Hollan for an exclusive 15-minute show as he deconstructs a real-world scenario. See the latest tech updates in action including eventing, security with Azure Sphere, Logic App automation and more. Session THR2306 - Filmed Monday, September 24, 12:45 EDT at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, Florida. Subject Matter Expert: Jeff Hollan is Senior Program Manager for Azure Functions in Microsoft Azur...
Teamwork updates with Microsoft 365 feat. Microsoft Teams | Best of Microsoft Ignite 2018
October 10, 2018 16:01 - 22 minutes - 100 MB VideoThe latest updates to accelerate modern teamwork with Microsoft 365, starting with the work to empower different kinds of workers across different industries. Presented by Microsoft Teams General Manager, Lori Wright, and joined by Jeremy Chapman, they cover the completion of Skype for Business capabilities within Microsoft Teams to deliver a complete meeting and calling solution. Deeper teamwork experiences across Microsoft 365 to transform collaboration. And new controls for security, comp...
PowerShell cross-platform scripting and AI-infused automation | Best of Microsoft Ignite 2018
October 10, 2018 15:55 - 25 minutes - 121 MB VideoDemo-rich show that looks at the evolution of PowerShell as the de facto automation scripting tool across Windows and Linux platforms as presented by the father of PowerShell, Jeffrey Snover. Check out the ability for Visual Studio Code to run PowerShell inside of CloudShell. See how you can leverage the Cloud with PowerShell to protect secrets and harness Azure Machine Learning to advance your management scenarios. Also visit https:microsoft.com/powershell to learn more. Session THR2305...
Password-less Auth using Azure AD | Best of Microsoft Ignite 2018
October 10, 2018 15:45 - 11 minutes - 56.5 MB VideoMicrosoft’s approach to delivering a secure and trusted identity solution across platforms and services presented by Joy Chik, CVP of the identity engineering team at Microsoft and joined by Jeremy Chapman. This includes a closer look at your options for eliminating password usage with Azure AD and the latest in password-less solutions with the new authenticator app. As well as how Azure AD minimizes the risk of evolving identity-based attacks and what you can do to take advantage of modern ...
Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive updates | Microsoft Ignite 2018
October 01, 2018 22:49 - 28 minutes - 86.2 MB VideoDemo-rich tour of the latest updates to SharePoint and OneDrive presented by the father of SharePoint, Jeff Teper, and joined by Jeremy Chapman. This includes the latest in organizational productivity with new templates for communication sites in SharePoint. New integration between SharePoint and Microsoft Teams as well as other Microsoft 365 experiences; organizational search and new mobile capabilities. Keep watching too as we show you simpler ways to manage, protect and control your data;...
How to Shift: Modern Desktop Deployment | Microsoft Ignite 2018
October 01, 2018 22:37 - 20 minutes - 99.9 MB VideoAre you ready to deploy Windows 10 and Office 365 ProPlus using your preferred deployment tools? In this show CVP Brad Anderson is joined by deployment expert and host Jeremy Chapman to share real-world and proven deployment recommendations for how to shift to a modern desktop. Find out what's new, what's changed, and learn the best practices. We'll focus on System Center Configuration Manager for OS Deployment, Windows Analytics for device and app readiness, Office 365 ProPlus Click-to-Run,...
The top 3 ways to adopt AI in your apps using Azure | Microsoft Ignite 2018
October 01, 2018 22:28 - 17 minutes - 68.3 MB VideoMicrosoft CVP Julia White joins Jeremy Chapman to demonstrate Microsoft’s approach to AI across the areas of experiences across the areas of knowledge mining, Cognitive Services and Azure Machine Learning. Watch as Julia walks through practical applications for how you can harness AI for your apps today, including the use of Azure Search and Cognitive Services to analyze the recently released JFK files; training the custom vision service for retail scenarios; and Azure Machine Learning for s...
HoloLens meets IoT, Databricks and AI | Microsoft Ignite 2018
October 01, 2018 22:22 - 9 minutes - 56.4 MB VideoA demo-rich tour of the merger of AI Machine Learning, IoT, real-time analytics with Azure Data Bricks, and mixed reality through HoloLens presented by Azure expert Ben Walters with host Jeremy Chapman. Watch as he demonstrates a real mixed reality solution: eSmart’s connected energy system, built on top of the Azure IoT platform which uses mixed reality for the troubleshooting and visualization of grid issues via connected drones on the Edge. Then learn how you can leverage the technology i...
Protecting privacy in Microsoft Azure: GDPR, Azure Policy updates
September 04, 2018 16:39 - 8 minutes - 35.6 MB VideoA look at Azure’s strong privacy foundation and what it does in practical terms. See how Azure enables privacy, from what we give you to within our control framework. We review the new policy controls within Azure to ensure consistency over where your resources reside and how they're managed. And for GDPR implementation, we feature new options to help with compliance, such as the Compliance Manager and Service Trust Portal, to respond to data subject request in Azure. Join Matt McSpirit, T...
Integrating your Apps with Azure
August 28, 2018 16:26 - 6 minutes - 29.7 MB VideoThe ways you can use Azure as an integration platform. Leverage core services such as Service Bus, Event Grid, and Logic Apps, as well as API Management. See how Azure can be used to connect back to local business apps and your data center using virtual networks and/or the data gateway on-premises. So join Matt McSpirit, Technical Solutions Professional at Microsoft, as he shows you ways you can integrate your apps with Azure. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: For more on Azure Essentials https://...
Deep dive on Windows Server 2019 updates
August 16, 2018 20:34 - 18 minutes - 53.1 MB VideoMajor advances in managing hyper-converged infrastructure, support for storage class memory, as well as deduplication coming to ReFS, new hybrid integration between Windows Server data center and Azure with the Windows app in center. The security enhancements including support for Linux, shielded VMs, and more. Join Matt McSpirit, Technical Solutions Professional at Microsoft and Jeff Woolsey, Principal PM Manager, Windows Server as they look at these overview of the latest updates to Wind...
Integrating Azure with your on-premises infrastructure
August 06, 2018 15:50 - 10 minutes - 56.8 MB VideoComplete guide for hybrid networking, identity, management, data and more. Opting for a cloud integrated, or hybrid, approach brings more advantages than if you were to uniquely host your infrastructure and services on-premises. You'll see explanations on how the development tools and practices that you're currently using can bridge between Azure and your locally hosted resources. So join Matt McSpirit, Technical Solutions Professional at Microsoft, as he shows you ways you can integrate y...
Hacker Hunting and Built-In Protections with Microsoft Azure
August 01, 2018 15:49 - 16 minutes - 70.5 MB VideoJoin Shain Wray from the MSTIC security team as he demonstrates the work of Microsoft's intelligence groups to hunt for and protect against malicious activity in Azure -- and how this leads to the hardening of the controls and defenses available to you. Watch as he helps you to use the detections in Azure to hunt for and to uncover attack vectors that can lead to broader exploits starting with: the OS layer with brute force attacks spanning Windows via Remote Desktop Protocol and Linux-based...
Serverless compute options in Azure
July 25, 2018 21:00 - 5 minutes - 23.8 MB VideoServices designed for on-demand scale without having to plan for or manage the infrastructure required to run apps. With serverless, you can publish your code using Azure Functions, build workflows and integrate with other services via Logic Apps and trigger your code via Event Grid. This happens without the need for idle resources between events. In terms of efficiency and utilization, serverless is the evolution of application platforms and provides the most abstraction from the underlying...
Workplace Analytics & MyAnalytics updates: new features to help teams master their time
July 25, 2018 16:00 - 4 minutes - 13.5 MB VideoUse data from everyday work in Office 365 to boost productivity and engagement. First, we're introducing nudging to MyAnalytics to help you make better decisions about how you collaborate as you get work done in Outlook. Second, we're introducing a teamwork solution in Workplace Analytics which helps organizations use data to build high performing teams. Join Peter Bergen, Product Manager, Microsoft 365 as he walks you through the updates to MyAnalytics and Workplace Analytics. ADDITIONA...
Introducing Live Events in Microsoft Stream
July 24, 2018 21:00 - 19 minutes - 49.9 MB VideoSee the new capabilities to create and stream live events, how you can easily create and publish video content with PowerPoint and Microsoft Stream. And admins, we'll show you updates to controlling who can create channels, upload content, and how Stream supports GDPR compliance. Join Jeremy Chapman, Director, Microsoft 365 and Vishal Sood from the Stream engineering team as they look at these updates to Microsoft Stream, our intelligent video service in Office 365, and most recently now a...
App Migration to Azure: Moving your databases step-by-step guide
July 24, 2018 16:00 - 8 minutes - 22.3 MB VideoHelp with rehosting your app in Azure, with a focus on database migration and managed PaaS service. With PaaS, you don't need to worry about managing or configuring your database environment. You can take advantage of hyper-scale, high availability, as well as built-in security. See how you can migrate your database using Azure Database Migration Service. This service allows you to migrate databases such as Oracle and SQL Server 2005 and newer. Join Brian Shiers, Sr. Product Manager, Azure...
App Migration to Azure: Your options explained
July 24, 2018 01:00 - 13 minutes - 48 MB VideoFrom rehosting your apps by lifting and shifting them to Azure to choosing to refactor your apps for greater efficiency, rearchitecting your apps to be able to quickly add new capabilities or taking a cloud-native approach by rebuilding them from scratch. We show you how you can use Azure Migrate to plan your shift to Azure. And if you're concerned about the approaching end of support for Windows Server 2008 R2 or SQL Server 2008, we'll look at new options with extended security updates in A...
Get Microsoft Teams for free - Plus Updates for Devs and IT
July 23, 2018 17:40 - 16 minutes - 55.1 MB VideoGet the free version of Microsoft Teams, available now. And with more people using Teams, we’ll show you updates that extend stability and management, including for developers, how you can now bring your Line of Business applications into Teams. And for IT, how scripting options in Teams allow you to build teams and channels at scale, as well as other updates in managing the lifecycle of Teams over time that span team owners and IT. Join Jeremy Chapman, Director, Microsoft 365 and Dan Steven...
Microsoft Surface Go
July 12, 2018 14:34 - 6 minutes - 25.7 MB VideoSurface Go is our brand new 10-inch ultra-light device, giving you a highly portable form factor for mobile experiences at a lower price point. Cindy Martinez from the Surface engineering team explains the componentry, options and design behind the newest and smallest member of the Surface family. The Surface Go team crafted the device to be versatile enough to function as a tablet or laptop. Combined with Windows 10 Pro, it’s powerful enough for Firstline Workers and students to run ful...
An overview of business continuity and disaster recovery with Microsoft Azure
July 02, 2018 19:00 - 7 minutes - 33.8 MB VideoHow to use Azure's global cloud platform to keep your business-critical services up and running, and to protect and restore your data from a specific point in time as part of a business continuity, disaster recovery plan for your organization. This is a brief but detailed look at Azure Site Recovery or ASR, and Azure Backup, two core services that provide you with an end-to-end business continuity and disaster recovery solution with unlimited scale.
Automation options within and across services in Azure
June 23, 2018 00:08 - 6 minutes - 33 MB VideoExplore your automation options as standalone capabilities and across services in Azure. Azure offers a variety of services, from Runbook automation and resource manager templates to automated commands available in PowerShell or Azure CLI and beyond, as well as capabilities built directly into services and workloads, like scaling, scheduling, eventing, and more.
Introducing Dynamics 365 for Marketing
June 20, 2018 22:29 - 15 minutes - 63.1 MB VideoWith Dynamics 365 for Marketing, now generally available, Eric Boocock from the Dynamics 365 team takes us through its demos and features. You'll see how to build marketing workflows to identify prospects and deliver targeted experiences, spanning the automation of email communication outreach, built-in tools for event management, and insights across all marketing activities.
Microsoft Azure Mobile App for iPhone and Android
June 12, 2018 21:30 - 4 minutes - 34.4 MB VideoStay connected to your Azure resources—anytime, anywhere. The Azure mobile app, gives you quick access to your Azure resources, allowing you to check on their status, diagnose and quickly fix issues. You'll see how you can run commands, or fire off your favorite script with Cloud Shell, as well as how you can receive push notifications for service health alerts. All of this, directly on your phone.
Windows Autopilot zero touch deployment and device reset
June 07, 2018 18:35 - 7 minutes - 55.4 MB VideoExplore the most recent updates to Windows Autopilot, which include a zero-touch experience for the deployment of new Windows 10 devices and device reset capabilities, all powered by Microsoft 365. Check out the new capabilities: • Hardware vendors can now automatically register the Windows 10 devices you acquire with your Azure AD tenant. • Windows Autopilot reset gives you the ability to reset a device and bring it back into a fully business-ready state with the click of a single butto...
Options for compute in Microsoft Azure
June 07, 2018 16:16 - 7 minutes - 73.1 MB VideoAn overview of your compute options in Azure and how you can increase the efficiency and reduce the management effort of running your Apps by moving from virtual machines to container-based and serverless architectures in Azure.
Microsoft Teams and recent updates to add Skype for Business capabilities
June 01, 2018 13:00 - 13 minutes - 120 MB VideoLatest updates of Microsoft Teams at the one-year anniversary mark. Watch Anne Michels and Jeremy Chapman show you the Microsoft Teams evolution from a persistent chat-based workspace, to an integrated hub for teamwork with complete meeting and calling capabilities built in. See the new ways to bring your favorite apps into Teams and their updated user experiences. Also, if you're an IT admin, we're going to give you a first look at the unified experience to manage Microsoft Teams, along wit...
Managing GDPR with Microsoft Services
May 26, 2018 12:29 - 6 minutes - 25.2 MB VideoRecent updates for planning and implementation of GDPR requirements. This video highlights many tools in Office 365 that help IT compliance teams. Including: • How to search on specific GDPR articles via the Compliance Manager. • How to respond to data subject request by searching for an identifying data in Office 365. • Functionality to export personal data from telemetry logs with the new data export feature. • Simplified ability to permanently delete users data. • How to assign glob...
Building apps and smart contracts with the Azure Blockchain Workbench
May 07, 2018 18:14 - 14 minutes - 108 MB VideoLearn how you can use the app environment in Azure Blockchain Workbench to generate an application that uses your blockchain of choice to drive greater accountability in just about any multi-party process like a supply chain and more. Explore how you can build a Smart Contract and bring that into the Azure Blockchain Workbench, how you can have IoT devices send data to your apps, and how you can even query individualized events that are happening in the blockchain.
Intro to Blockchain and the Azure Blockchain Workbench
May 07, 2018 18:11 - 10 minutes - 86.9 MB VideoTake a close look at blockchain and the work Microsoft is doing to help you harness the technology in Azure. First, we’ll explain how blockchain works, its broader applications for businesses and what Microsoft is doing to make it easier to spin up required infrastructure to harness blockchain and develop apps using the new [aka.ms/tryworkbench]Azure Blockchain Workbench
SAP HANA on Azure M-series VMs
May 04, 2018 17:13 - 6 minutes - 49 MB VideoYou'll see the latest updates to running your SAP HANA workloads on Azure. And some of the benefits, like scale on-demand, increased performance, analytics, and security. Azure offers on-demand M-series virtual machines and purpose built HANA Large Instances. Both certified to support your SAP workloads. The M-series can support most of your SAP workloads. Allowing you to scale up to 128 virtual CPUs of compute and 4 TB of RAM. On the other hand, purpose built HANA Large Instances are great ...
Updates to Microsoft Visio
May 02, 2018 17:11 - 11 minutes - 97.6 MB VideoOn this show, we take a tour of recent updates to Microsoft Visio. The team has recently added online editing and viewing capabilities to Visio Online along with integration in Microsoft Teams. You can now add connected Visio diagrams to your Power BI reports and Excel spreadsheets can be used to create and populate your Visio diagrams. Keep watching as we'll even show how Visio can be integrated with mix reality to visualize real-time data feeds in a virtual environment. Mukul Kumar from th...
A tour of updates to Office for Mac
April 30, 2018 22:37 - 12 minutes - 49 MB VideoOffice for Mac tour. A complete look at the latest updates from tailored features for the Mac, such as Touch Bar integration, new capabilities to support teamwork in real time co-authoring with integrative chat. Intelligent experiences for content creation. And if you're an IT admin, we're going to show you how advanced protection and unconditional access also now extend to the Mac.