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Microsoft is Offering FREE Certification Courses.  No Fee, No Subscription, No Registration Required, Just Start Learning. These Courses Includes Video Lectures, Tutorial and Easy Notes.

• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
  – Course AZ-900T00
  – 24-Hour Course
  – Course Link:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/az-900t00
• Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure
  – Course AZ-204T00
  – 120-Hour Course
  – Course Link:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/az-204t00
• Microsoft Azure Administrator
  – Course AZ-104T00
  – 96-Hour Course
  – Course Link:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/az-104t00
• Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop
  – Course AZ-140
  – 96-Hour Course
  – Course Link:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/az-140t00
• Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
  – Course AZ-305T00
  – 96-Hour Course
  – Course Link:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/az-305t00
• Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals
  – Course DP-900T00
  – 24-Hour Course
  – Course Link:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/dp-900t00
• Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
  – Course AI-900T00
  – 24-Hour Course
  – Course Link
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/ai-900t00
• Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution
  – Course AI-102T00
  – 96-Hour Course
  – Course Link:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/ai-102t00
• Develop Generative AI Solutions with Azure OpenAI Service
  – Course AI-050T00
  – 24-Hour Course
  – Course Link:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/ai-050t00
• Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
  – Course SC-900T00
  – 24-Hour Course
  – Course Link:
  https://lnkd.in/dVWxqa_E
• Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure
  – Course DP-203T00
  – 96-Hour Course
  – Course Link:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/dp-203t00
• Microsoft Security Operations Analyst
  – Course SC-200T00
  – 96-Hour Course
  – Course Link:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/sc-200t00
• Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions
  – Course AZ-700T00
  – 72-Hour Course
  – Course Link:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/az-700t00
• Designing and implementing a data science solution on Azure
  – Course DP-100T01
  – 96-Hour Course
  – Course Link:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/dp-100t01
• Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst
  – Course PL-300T00
  – 72-Hour Course
  – Course link:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/pl-300t00

Additional courses are listed at:

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/browse/?resource_type=course

In its early stages as an autocomplete function offered in the IDE, GitHub Copilot was already making developers 55% faster. But developers often write code only around 2 hours a day, and are bogged down with mundane tasks across the software development lifecycle. What’s more, developers spend more time deciphering rather than shipping when they can’t pinpoint and solve the issues, bugs, or vulnerabilities that are unique to an organization’s codebase.

For your team of developers to deploy at the speed and scale that you need to lead in the market, your developers must be empowered with AI at every step of the software development life cycle, customized and fine-tuned to your codebase.

We’re not only sailing past the editor, we are now culminating the entirety of our Copilot offerings and personalizing them with the full context of your entire codebase with GitHub Copilot Enterprise. With Copilot Chat connected to your repositories on github.com, Copilot Enterprise allows your teams of developers to quickly get up to speed on your codebase, search through and build documentation, get suggestions based on internal and private code, and quickly review pull requests. Additionally, smart actions, such as the ability to generate pull request summaries, will be available throughout GitHub helping developers stay in their flow state with the click of a button. And of course, this all comes with enterprise-grade security, safety and privacy.

By placing the collective knowledge of your organization’s codebase at their fingertips, your developers will not only write code faster, but deploy your next application, feature, or update ahead of the curve of your competition.

We are thrilled to share that GitHub Copilot Enterprise will be generally available in February 2024 for $39 USD per user per month.

For more information, go to:

• About GitHub Copilot Enterprise:
  https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/github-copilot-enterprise/overview/about-github-copilot-enterprise

Have legal questions about GitHub Copilot?

Sign up for our GitHub Copilot Legal webinar* to get all of your Copilot questions answered in real-time.

Sign up for our GitHub Copilot Legal webinar* to get all of your Copilot questions answered in real-time. Join our Commercial Legal Team for walk-through of current documentation and an open Q&A about GitHub Copilot. This webinar will:

• Answer questions on topics such as copyright and indemnification
• Offer a live review of materials that provide additional clarity on GitHub Copilot
• Give you the opportunity to ask GitHub’s legal team any other questions in a live format

Speakers:

• Mike Harvey – Director, Senior Commercial Counsel, GitHub
• T. Greg Doucette – Director, Senior Commercial Counsel, GitHub
• Kate Coughlan – Commercial Counsel, GitHub
• Jiyon Yun – Head of Commercial Legal, GitHub
• Shaina Hyder – Commercial Counsel, GitHub
• Victoria Matthie – Legal Operations Program Manager, GitHub

These webinars are never recorded*

• Date/Time:
  February 20, 2024 at 1:00 PM PST
  
• Registration:
  https://resources.github.com/amer-github-copilot-legal-webinar/

The following table is useful for navigating Azure Network Security & understanding the critical role of Azure Firewall, Azure WAF, DDoS, and NSG protection in protecting your digital assets.

Note that there are other Azure services that can be used including:

• Network Watcher
• Azure VPN Gateway
• Defender for Cloud
• Microsoft Sentinel

(Source: Abdalrahman Nasser)

Join us at Microsoft Pre-Day to kick-off RSA Conference 2024 on Sunday May 5, 2024. Learn how your security teams can transcend individual expertise and protect more with AI-powered solutions. We’ll be kicking off the conference with insights from Microsoft leaders, including Vasu Jakkal and Charlie Bell, and early access to the latest innovations in Microsoft Security through sessions, Q&A, and networking. Secure your spot today and join us to:

• Learn about new platform capabilities to help you break down silos in your tool set. Discover new generative AI-specific controls can help you secure and govern the use of AI.

• Learn how security and IT professionals can super charge their skills, collaborate more, see more, and respond faster with generative AI within Microsoft Copilot for Security.

• Learn about new platform capabilities to help you break down silos in your tool set.

Interested?  Register below:

• Date:
  Sunday, May 5th 2024 4:00PM-9:00PM PT
• Location:
  Palace Hotel – 2 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94105
• Registration:
  https://microsoftsecurityevents.eventbuilder.com/RSAConference
• Questions:
  Have questions about the pre-day? Contact the Microsoft Pre-day Planning Team.

AI-powered innovations in cybersecurity are reshaping how businesses of every size—and across every industry—secure and protect their data.

Join Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Security Business, Vasu Jakkal, at the 2nd annual Microsoft Secure digital event to learn how to bring world-class threat intelligence, complete end-to-end protection, and industry-leading, responsible AI to your organization.

Register today to:

• Be among the first to hear about new products, capabilities, and offerings.
• Get demos on the latest AI-powered innovations.
• Learn from industry luminaries and influencers.

Date/Time:
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 | 9:00 AM-11:00 AM Pacific Time (UTC-7)

Registration:
https://mssecure.eventcore.com/

Add to Calendar:
https://regcdn.event.microsoft.com/cdn/event/32386/web/Digital%20Event%20Microsoft%20Secure%20Security%20for%20all%20in%20the%20age%20of%20AI.ics

Connect with Microsoft Security are these other events:

• Microsoft Secure Tech Accelerator
• Microsoft AI Tour
• RSA Conference
• Identiverse
• Microsoft Build
• Black Hat USA
• Microsoft Ignite

Review this web site for details about these events:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/02/01/connect-with-microsoft-at-these-cybersecurity-events-in-2024/

Join us on April 3rd at the Microsoft Secure Tech Accelerator for a deep dive into the announcements from the Microsoft Secure digital event on March 13th.

You’ll have an opportunity to learn technical information that will help you and your team implement Copilot, learn how to Secure your AI, see demonstrations, and get answers to your questions from the product team. All sessions will be streamed live here on the Microsoft Tech Community as well as on YouTube and X.

I’m in! How do I sign up?
There’s no registration necessary. Simply sign in to the Tech Community, then select RSVP on this page to receive important event reminders and updates — and select Add to calendar to save the date.

What topics will be covered?
We’ll reveal the full agenda soon. RSVP for updates!

Date/Time:
April 3rd, 2024

RSVP:

1. Visit the following page:
   https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/tech-community-live/microsoft-secure-tech-accelerator/ev-p/4043706
2. Sign in at the top right of the page with your Microsoft Account
   (The RSVP button may not appear if you do not sign in)
3. Click the “RSVP to entire event” button at the bottom right

   

4. Add the event to your Calendar
   https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/gxcuf89792/downloadCalendar?message.id=4043706

Are you a data & analytics professional interested in:

• Power BI
• Data Warehousing
• Data Activator
• Realtime Analytics
• Fabric Platform
• SQL Server
• Azure SQL
• Azure PostgreSQL
• Azure MySQL
• Azure CosmosDB
• Azure Arc
• Azure AI
• Data Science
• Data Engineering

…register now for “FabCon”, the First Annual Microsoft Fabric Community Conference!

Join us at the first annual Microsoft Fabric Community Conference and see firsthand how Microsoft Fabric and the rest of the data and AI products at Microsoft can help your organization prepare for the era of AI. You’ll hear from leading Microsoft and community experts from around the world and get hands on experiences with the latest features from Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Databases, Azure AI, Microsoft Purview, and more.

Register today to immerse yourself in the future of data and AI and connect with thousands of data innovators like yourself eager to share their insights.

Registration details:

• The Microsoft Fabric Community Conference
  Las Vegas, MGM Grand
  Conference: March 26-28, 2024
  Workshops: March 24, 25, 19, 2024
  https://www.fabricconf.com/

Watch this presentation to understand current best practices for managing data protection challenges within hybrid and remote environments—and discover strategies for closing exposure gaps using Microsoft Purview, a comprehensive solution for data governance, protection, and compliance.

Learn how to:

• Understand and govern data by managing visibility across your environment.
• Safeguard data, wherever it lives, by protecting sensitive data across clouds, apps, and devices.
• Improve your risk posture by identifying data risks and managing data protection requirements

Register here:

• Best Practices for Understanding, Governing, and Protecting Your Data:
  https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-Best-Practices-for-Understanding-Governing-and-Protecting-Your-Data.html?lcid=EN-US#DataSecurity

#MicrosoftPurview #governance #purview #compliance #datasecurity #microsoft #msftadvocate

Did you know there’s an extra license that you have rights to called “Microsoft 365 Extra Features” if you have any of the following suite licenses:

• Microsoft 365 E3
• Microsoft 365 E5
• Microsoft 365 G5

The table to the right shows what extra features & services are available to “Microsoft 365 Extra Features” assigned users.

HOW DO I USE IT?

If you’re a Microsoft 365 Administrator, this license should automatically appear on the Licenses page in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center & available to assign to your users.

UM, WHAT ABOUT MICROSOFT 365 G3?

There is no license for Microsoft 365 G3 subscribers today.  It is only available for Microsoft 365 G5 subscribers right now. (No, I don’t know the reason for this yet & don’t have an ETA. Don’t shoot the messenger.)

I DON’T SEE THIS LICENSE.  WE HAVE THE MICROSOFT 365 BUT IT’S BROKEN UP IN OUR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT INTO 3 LICENSES FOR O365, EMS & WIN ENTERPRISE

Ah. You’re the special case. If are one of the rare customers that have an Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft 365 E3/E5 but the suite is broken up into 3 separate licenses on your EA (O365, EMS & WinEnt) then you need to specifically request – through your LAR – that the “M365 Extra Features” license be added to your EA.

The short explanation is that for customers that purchased M365 E3/E5 a long time ago… instead of a single M365 license, they may have 3 licenses.  Because of this, they didn’t get the “M365 Extra Features” so this has to be added manually.

For more details on this visit:

• Understand the Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 Extra Features license
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/commerce/licenses/e3-extra-features-licenses?view=o365-worldwide