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DAPR is a portable, event-driven runtime that makes it easy for developers to build resilient microservice applications that run on the cloud and edge.

In this episode, Aman Bhardwaj joins Cecil to talk about the what DAPR types of problems Dapr is trying to solve for developers building microservices. We also get some demos of how to use the .NET SDK for Dapr.

• VIDEO: .NET Microservices with DAPR (35 min)
  https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/NET-Microservices-with-DAPR
• Useful Links
• Dapr
• Dapr blog
• Dapr on GitHub
• Adding a Little DAPR to Your .NET Microservices

This is the schedule of Ask Microsoft Anything events coming up in the next month.

Azure Data & Analytics AMA – October 13, 2020
We are very excited to announce an Azure Data and Analytics AMA on October 13! This is the first in a series of AMAs around Azure, all held here in the Tech Community in this discussion space, coinciding with the Microsoft Azure Hack for Social Justice event. 
Read more here:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-ama/announcing-an-azure-data-and-analytics-ama-on-october-13/m-p/1754969

Microsoft 365 Apps Post-Ignite AMA – October 14, 2020
Announcing a Microsoft 365 Apps Post-Ignite AMA!  Learn more about some of the recent Microsoft Ignite news, and discuss any other questions you have about deploying Microsoft 365 Apps with the Microsoft 365 Apps experts on Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT in the Microsoft 365 Apps AMA space in the Microsoft 365 Community. Add it to your calendar!
Read more here:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-apps-ama/announcing-a-microsoft-365-apps-post-ignite-ama/m-p/1695898

Azure Data Explorer AMA – October 28, 2020
We are very excited to announce the first monthly Azure Data Explorer ‘Ask Microsoft Anything’ (AMA)! The AMA will take place on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT in the Azure Data Explorer AMA Group. Add the event to your calendar and view in your time zone here. Add it to your calendar! 
Read more here:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-data-explorer-ama/bd-p/AzureDataExplorerAMA

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Full list of upcoming “Ask Microsoft Anything” (AMA) events:

• Microsoft 365
• October 14 – Microsoft Teams Room
• October 14 – Microsoft 365 Apps
• October 22 – New resources for Microsoft Teams admins
• November 5 – Manage guest access in Microsoft Teams
• November 17 – Productivity Score
• Microsoft Endpoint Manager (SCCM/Intune)
• October 12 – Managing iOS & Apple devices with Microsoft Endpoint Manager
• October 13 – Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Managing Android Devices
• October 27 – Securing Windows Devices with Microsoft Endpoint Manager 
• October 29 – Microsoft Endpoint Manager AMA: Microsoft Tunnel Gateway 
• October 29 – Microsoft Endpoint Manager AMA: Endpoint Analytics
• November 9 – Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Managing Devices in Education
• Windows 10
• October 15 – Managing Windows 10 Updates and Devices
• November 19 – Managing Windows 10 Updates and Devices
• December 17 – Managing Windows 10 Updates and Devices
• Azure
• October 13 – Azure Data & Analytics
• October 20 – Azure AI & Cognitive Services
• October 20 – Managing Windows Virtual Desktop
• October 28 – Azure Data Explorer
• October 29 – Azure Serverless & Azure Functions
• November 5 – Azure App Services &   Static Web Apps

Are you an IT professional or a developer looking to skill-up on the latest technologies, add to your toolbox, or help drive change in your organization?

These 1 and 2 day virtual events will give you the opportunity to expand your skillset and connect with Microsoft experts. Save your seat at an upcoming event in Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Dynamics 365, or Microsoft Power Platform. Find out how Microsoft is your trusted partner in envisioning the future—and watch your organization transform.

Here are some examples of online, instructor-led courses being delivered:

• Azure
• “Azure Fundamentals”
• “Intelligent Decision Making Through Modern Data Warehousing”
• “Migrating Server Infrastructure”
• “Modernizing Web Applications Data”
• Power Platform
• Power Platform Fundamentals”
• Microsoft 365
• “Journey to Teams”
• “Securing Your Organization”
• “Meeting Organizational Compliance Requirements”

Read more here:

• TRAINING: Microsoft Virtual Training Days
  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trainingdays

A few months back, we introduced Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) for tenants who had not configured any Conditional Access policies. CAE provides the next level of identity security by terminating active user sessions to a subset of Microsoft services (Exchange and Teams) in real-time on changes such as account disable, password reset, and admin initiated user revocation.

Today marks an important milestone in bringing this capability to everyone – now CAE is available in public preview for Azure AD tenants who have configured Conditional Access policies. Microsoft services, like Exchange and SharePoint, can terminate active user sessions as soon as a Conditional Access policy violation is detected. More Microsoft services, such as Dynamics and Azure, will be enabled in the future. You can turn on CAE to improve the security posture in your tenant with just a few clicks!

Read more here:

• BETA: “Continuous Access Evaluation” for Azure Active Directory 
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-active-directory-identity/continuous-access-evaluation-in-azure-ad-is-now-in-public/ba-p/1751704

Gartner once again recognizes Microsoft as a Magic Quadrant Leader in enterprise low-code application platforms.

In this report, you’ll learn about Gartner’s assessment of the products in this market and explore the features and capabilities that set each of them apart.

Discover how integrated Azure services and more than 350 data connectors, intuitive drag-and-drop design tools that anyone can use, and pre-built AI models contributed to customer satisfaction and helped position Microsoft as a Magic Quadrant Leader among enterprise low-code application platforms.

• DOWNLOAD: Gartner recognizes Microsoft as a Leader (2020) for Enterprise Low-code Application Platforms
  https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-2020-gartner-mq-for-power-apps.html

Our monthly Windows10 Office Hours series resumes next Thursday, October 15th on MSTCommunity! Have questions or need support with managing updates, deployments, and devices? We’ll be ready to help!

To support your efforts to deliver and deploy updates to the Windows 10 devices being used by remote, onsite, and hybrid workers across your organization, and manage those devices effectively, we are continuing our series of weekly "office hours" for IT professionals here on Tech Community.

During office hours, we will have a broad group of product experts, servicing experts, and engineers representing Windows, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager), security, FastTrack, and more. They will be monitoring the Windows 10 servicing space and standing by to provide guidance, discuss strategies and tactics, and, of course, answer any specific questions you may have.

• Read more here:
  http://aka.ms/windows/officehours
• Date/Time:
  October 15, 2020
  9:00AM-10:00AM PT
  Add to Calendar
• Location:
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-10-servicing/bd-p/Windows10servicing

.NET Conf is a free, three-day, virtual developer event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft. This year .NET 5.0 will launch at .NET Conf 2020! Come celebrate and learn about the new release. We’re also celebrating our 10th anniversary and we’re working on a few more surprises.

Read the agenda here:

Day 1 – November 10
Day one is all about the big news, .NET 5! Join the .NET team on all the new things you can do with the latest release.

• 8:00 – 9:00
  Keynote
• 9:00 – 17:00
  Sessions from the .NET Team at Microsoft
• 17:00 – 18:00
  Virtual Attendee Party! Engage with our sponsors and win prizes.

Day 2 – November 11
Day two is where we dive deeper into all the things you can do with .NET and our 24 hour broadcast begins.

• 9:00 – 17:00
  Sessions from teams at Microsoft
• 17:00 – 23:59
  Community Sessions in local time zones around the world

Day 3 – November 12
Day three continues our all day and night broadcast with speakers around the world in their own time zones.

• 0:00 – 17:00
  Community Sessions in local time zones around the world

Register here:

• EVENT: “.NET Conf 2020 – .NET 5 Launch” – November 10-12, 2020
  https://www.dotnetconf.net/

The .NET Conf 2020 – “Focus on Microservices” conference took place on July 30, 2020 and it focused mostly on Microservices architecture and .NET-based applications migration/porting.

Event agenda is located here.  The event however recorded 21 sessions and made them available on-demand.

• Welcome to .NET Conf: Focus on Microservices – Scott Hunter David Fowler
• Why You Should Care About Microservices – Brendan Burns
• Stay Sharp – Kelsey Hightower
• A Journey into .NET Microservices with Steeltoe – David Dieruf
• Orleans at Microsoft – Reuben Bond
• Adding a Little DAPR to Your .NET Microservices – Cecil Philip
• Developing and Deploying Microservices with ‘Tye’ – Glenn Condron Justin Kotalik
• Beyond REST and RPC: Asynchronous Eventing and Messaging Patterns – Clemens Vasters
• The Intersection of Microservices, Domain-Driven Design and Entity Framework Core – Julie Lerman
• Build High-performance Microservices with gRPC and .NET – James Newton-King
• DevOps, Waffles, and Superheroes – Oh My! – Jessica Deen
• API Communication in Microservices with Azure API Management and Azure Functions – LaBrina Loving
• Evolving .NET Framework Monoliths with .NET 5 and Kubernetes – Elton Stoneman
• Migrating .NET Framework Web Apps to Azure – Carey Payette
• Building & Debugging Microservices faster using Kubernetes and Visual Studio – Shayne Boyer

Read more here:

• VIDEO: .NET Conf 2020 – “Focus on Microservices" – July 30, 2020
  https://focus.dotnetconf.net/

Announcing the “Open Azure Day” digital event on November 18. Learn how to natively run Linux and OSS on Azure—directly from Linux and Microsoft insiders.

Open Azure Day | Microsoft Azure

Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Pacific Time

Run Linux apps your way on Azure

Learn to natively run Linux and open source in the cloud-and push your apps and data to the next level. Join this free digital event to hear about the latest trends and best practices for running Linux on Azure from Microsoft insiders and partners, including Red Hat, SUSE, HashiCorp, Elastic, Cloudera, and Redis Labs.

Register for this free digital event to:

• Find out how to increase workload performance and security while optimizing IT costs.
• Explore updates in enterprise-class Linux, containers, and hybrid and multicloud technology.
• See tools and platforms in action, including Azure Arc, OpenShift, Rancher, Terraform, Elasticsearch, Cloudera, and GitHub.
• Discover how to make the Microsoft partner ecosystem for Linux and OSS on Azure work for you.
• Hear about real-life customers who boosted productivity by running their mission-critical Linux workloads on Azure.

You’ll also have the chance to ask experts your questions and connect with your peers in the live chat.

Register now:

• EVENT: Open Azure Day – November 18, 2020
  https://events1.social27.com/microsoft-open-azure-day/page/pre-signup

If you’re looking to understand how to file for a Service Level Agreement credit due to a service incident on Azure, you can usually do so by opening a ticket through your Premier Services agreement (web, phone) if you are a named contact for the Support Contract.

If however you do not have Premier Support agreement,are not a named contact, or find the method below more convenient, this is a the way to apply for SLA credit through Azure Support via the Azure Portal:

• Step 1: Log on to the Azure Portal. If you have multiple accounts, make sure you use the one that was affected by Azure downtime (this helps Support automatically collect the necessary background information and resolve the case faster).
• Step 2: Create a new support request
• Step 3: Select “Billing” under Issue type
• Step 4: Select “Refund Request” under Problem type
• Step 5: Add details to specify that you’re asking for an SLA credit, mentioning the date/time/time-zone as well as the impacted services (VMs, Web Sites, etc.)
• Step 6: Check your contact details and click “Create” to submit your request