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Just because Microsoft Build is over, doesn't mean that new Azure announcements stop being announced! This week's news includes: Windows Server and Docker Container Enhancements, Microsoft Connector for Oracle, Streamlining your image building process with Azure Image Builder, Azure Backup ... continue reading

As a follow up to our previous post on VMware and Hyper-V Working Together, VMware has released a version of VMware Workstation that works with the Windows Hypervisor Platform (WHP). This release adds support for VMware Workstation running side by ... continue reading

In the last two months, organizations around the globe have responded to COVID-19 by enabling remote work, healthcare, and learning. Now, more people than ever access apps and sensitive data from home using a variety of devices. To better protect ... continue reading

From the title, you may be wondering what the heck does Configuration Manager have to do with Azure Active Directory (AD) groups. Well, get ready for another lesson. As a Configuration Manager admin or an IT Manager, you may be ... continue reading

In recent years, cybersecurity has been elevated to a C-suite and board-level concern. This is appropriate given the stakes. Data breaches can have significant impact on a company’s reputation and profits. But, although businesses now consider cyberattacks a business risk, ... continue reading

In this video, Emily Lisa and Anna Hoffman discuss how to make a database zone redundant in Azure SQL, and the High Availability benefits of the zone redundant configuration. Watch on Data Exposed Additional Resources: High-availability and Azure SQL Database ... continue reading

Howdy folks! We’ve had a ton of requests for APIs to manage users’ authentication methods. That’s why it is so cool that today I get to announce that the first set of these APIs has reached beta in Microsoft Graph! ... continue reading

At Microsoft, we are committed to driving innovation for our partnerships within the identity ecosystem. Together, we are enabling our customers, who live and work in a heterogenous world, to get secure and remote access to the apps and resources ... continue reading

As someone who has worked in IT departments and an IT consultant for a Managed Service Provider (MSP), Business Continuity plans are something I’ve been involved in quite a lot. Either recovering from a threat or designing a solution that ... continue reading

This is Part: 4 of a 4-part blog series: After setting up Azure Active Directory and registering the AAD Application and additionally creating an Azure Key Vault, the next step is to put it all together in SQL Server where ... continue reading

This is Part: PS2 (PowerShell) of a 4-part blog series: This blog in the series provides the step-by-step instructions to configure Azure Active Directory using PowerShell. To grant SQL Server access permissions to your Azure Key Vault (AKV), you will ... continue reading

This is Part: AP3 (Azure Portal) of a 4-part blog series: This blog in the series provides the step-by-step instructions to create an Azure Key Vault using the Azure Portal. To grant SQL Server access permissions to your Azure Key ... continue reading

This is Part: AP2 (Azure Portal) of a 4-part blog series: This blog in the series provides the step-by-step instructions to configure Azure Active Directory using the Azure Portal. To grant SQL Server access permissions to your Azure Key Vault, ... continue reading

This is Part:1 of a 4-part blog series: This blog in the series installs the SQL Server Connector for Microsoft Azure Key Vault. This DLL is the provider that allows SQL Server to talk to Azure Key Vault. Download the ... continue reading

We’re all adapting to uncertain times. As employees shift to more remote ways of working and consumer behavior changes to meet the new normal, businesses are faced with a challenging choice: slow down operations to operate more cost-effectively, lean into ... continue reading

Welcome to my blog series on setting up SQL Server TDE to use Azure Key Vault. I’m a Program Manager with the Azure SQL Security Team / Product Group and I will walk you through the process of configuring the ... continue reading

Today, I want to share a new Azure Unblogged video, in which I had the chance to talk to René Moddejongen (Business Group Lead Open Source Software at Microsoft Western Europe) to discuss Open Source at Microsoft. In this video ... continue reading

Welcome to my blog series on setting up SQL Server TDE to use Azure Key Vault. I’m a Program Manager with the Azure SQL Security Team / Product Group and I will walk you through the process of configuring the ... continue reading

This is Part: 4 of a 4-part blog series: After setting up Azure Active Directory and registering the AAD Application and additionally creating an Azure Key Vault, the next step is to put it all together in SQL Server where ... continue reading

This is Part: PS2 (PowerShell) of a 4-part blog series: This blog in the series provides the step-by-step instructions to configure Azure Active Directory using PowerShell. To grant SQL Server access permissions to your Azure Key Vault (AKV), you will ... continue reading

This is Part: AP3 (Azure Portal) of a 4-part blog series: This blog in the series provides the step-by-step instructions to create an Azure Key Vault using the Azure Portal. To grant SQL Server access permissions to your Azure Key ... continue reading

This is Part: AP2 (Azure Portal) of a 4-part blog series: This blog in the series provides the step-by-step instructions to configure Azure Active Directory using the Azure Portal. To grant SQL Server access permissions to your Azure Key Vault, ... continue reading

This is Part:1 of a 4-part blog series: This blog in the series installs the SQL Server Connector for Microsoft Azure Key Vault. This DLL is the provider that allows SQL Server to talk to Azure Key Vault. Download the ... continue reading

The modern enterprise has an incredible diversity of endpoints accessing their data. This creates a massive attack surface, and as a result, endpoints can easily become the weakest link in your Zero Trust security strategy. Whether a device is a ... continue reading

Here’s a common customer question, especially in manufacturing, government-to-citizen, and kiosk scenarios: “ I want a system where my user can walk up to any system, then scan a fingerprint (or look at a camera, or speak into a mic, ... continue reading

With nearly two decades of delivering joint innovation to meet changing business demands, Microsoft and SUSE continue to focus on enabling digital transformation for our customers, building on open source solutions, and a seamless collaborative support model for SUSE workloads ... continue reading

As the global crisis around COVID-19 continues, security teams have been forced to adapt to a rapidly evolving security landscape. Schools, businesses, and healthcare organizations are all getting work done from home on a variety of devices and locations, extending ... continue reading

In this episode learn how to create a product roadmap with ProductPlan, and integrate your roadmap with Azure DevOps. We show how you can easily import from Azure DevOps to create your roadmap, and save time by syncing progress and ... continue reading

Hello Everyone, my name is Zoheb Shaikh and I’m a Solution Engineer working with Microsoft Mission Critical team (SMC) in Qatar. Today I would like to share some best practices around Certificate Authority Lifecycle. Recently, I wrote a post around ... continue reading

By now, you have probably examined my code (if not, please click the link). If you are familiar with ARM Templates, the code should seem relatively straightforward. There is one piece that may seem foreign though: the Desired State Configuration ... continue reading