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A bunch of MS Teams features coming out of #ignite2019. I do not see features like the Private channel in my tenant yet. May be I will get to play with it later this week. Checkout the blog to see the feature you like. My clients will like some of these features as: Private channels, […]

Modern search may add ML based features etc., but the control that we had in classic search is what made it the enterprise search. Many of my customers have been asking about customizing the modern search. Announcements of new features at #ignite2019, although not yet available, is welcoming. Check this blog post. I would like

Windows Autopilot has improved over the year. We started with the feature being available only for Azure AD joined devices, which was not the case with any of my clients. Take note of this my edu clients, this is handy.

A new Auto-renew feature for Office 365 is going GA now. This feature detects activity in an Office 365 Group that has been set a time bound expiration by the administrator and automatically renews that Group if it detects recent activities. If there is no activity then, it will follow the current workflow of notifying

AutoML feature in Power BI is now GA. I still miss the feature we had for a short while, years ago, under Power View: Forecast and Hindcasting. I could adjust the seasonality and data cycle to simulate forecasting. Hindcasting let me test the accuracy of the forecasts.

This is a quick read that explains the difference between Azure AD, AADDS and AD as IaaS in simple terms. As always, pick the option that best addresses the problem that you are trying to solve. Mind you that AD as IaaS provides for the lift and shift, while Azure AD is the cheapest of

I have installed Data Gateway before and relied heavily on documenting the process, which works but things gets lost in translation. This news is awesome, in that, we can have a consistent way to manage/maintain/reproduce. On-premises data gateway management via PowerShell (Public Preview)

Tamper Protection is a new Intune endpoint setting that protects by prohibiting security setting changes on the Windows device. This is rolled out and I can see it in my tenant. Check your tenant and you might have it as well: Azure -> Intune -> Device Configuration – Profiles -> -> End Point Protection ->

Roles and Privilege containment has come a long way in Azure and O365. As per this announcement there are 16 new roles introduced, which I see in my tenant. Global Reader is of particular use, as that is a scenario I frequently come across when I start my evaluation of an organization. I, now, do

Microsoft updated Office 365 ProPlus installs to deploy Microsoft Teams along with Word, Excel etc. This change is effective with 1902 version. With many of my customers adopting Teams, this is not an issue. I also have a good number of customers who have not deployed Teams yet. For those who do not want to