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Get more value from your VMware investments by modernizing your virtual desktop infrastructure with #Azure Virtual Desktop.

Get more value from your existing VMware investments by modernizing your virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) with Azure Virtual Desktop—formerly called Windows Virtual Desktop. Learn to simplify delivery of your VMware-hosted virtual desktops and apps by using VMware Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure.

Download this guide to find out how to:

• Deliver highly secure remote work solutions to your organization from virtually anywhere, with a familiar Windows 10 experience. 
• Plan for implementation with prerequisites and steps to use Horizon Cloud on Azure. 
• Apply best practices to quickly deploy, test, and scale your app and desktop virtualization on Azure. 
• Optimize your environment after deployment with tools like Azure Advisor and VMware App Volumes.

Get the migration guide:

• VMware Horizon Cloud Migration Guide
  https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/migration-guide-vmware-horizon-cloud-and-azure-virtual-desktop/

Azure Service Health alerts can trigger notifications in ServiceNow.

This article shows you how to integrate Azure service health alerts with ServiceNow using a webhook. After setting up webhook integration with your ServiceNow instance, you get alerts through your existing notification infrastructure when Azure service issues affect you. Every time an Azure Service Health alert fires, it calls a webhook through ServiceNow’s Scripted REST API.

Read how to accomplish this in our documentation for Azure Service Health:

• DOCS: Send Azure service health alerts with ServiceNow – Azure Service Health
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/service-health-alert-webhook-servicenow

With the release of Surface Pro 8, Surface Go 3, Surface Duo 2 and Surface Laptop Studio, it seems like a good time to revisit the different apps available from Microsoft for your Surface hardware.

Here’s a list of apps available for your Surface Hardware – generally Surface Pro 3 and above:

Surface App
Get the most out of your Surface. The Surface app provides you with customization options and opportunity to learn more about your Surface device. Give feedback on your experience so we can keep making it better. Safety, warranty, and regulatory info is there whenever you need it.

• DOWNLOAD:
  https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9WZDNCRFJB8P

Surface Diagnostic Toolkit
For Surface 3 devices and newer. Part educator, part detective, and part doctor, the Surface Diagnostic Toolkit guides you through a set of software repairs and hardware diagnostics to quickly and efficiently uncover and resolve issues you are experiencing on your device. Use this app to lookup information about your device, repair common software issues, and validate your Surface hardware. The Surface Diagnostic Toolkit is the best place to start troubleshooting, and will guide you to the best support avenue for the quickest resolution, so you can get back to turning ideas into actions and accomplishing more with your Surface.

• DOWNLOAD:
  https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9NF1MR6C60ZF

Surface Audio
The Surface Audio app is the companion to Surface Earbuds and Surface Headphones. Update your earbuds and headphones, and customize settings to get the most out of them. Here are the things you can do:

• Update your earbuds and headphones
• View and change device info
• View battery info and volume level
• Personalize settings
• Change equalizer settings to get the sound you want
• Set up Cortana
• Control which devices are connected
• Change language settings
• Reset your earbuds and headphones to the factory settings
• Watch tutorial videos
• Send us feedback

Get the app here:

• DOWNLOAD:
  https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9NXJNFWNVM8D

Surface Trackpad Settings
Touch and Type Covers for Surface have a trackpad built-in that functions like a mouse. Trackpad Settings lets you control functions such as tap and touch gestures on your Surface.

If this app doesn’t detect the keyboard, do the following:

1. Make sure you have the latest updates: From the Start screen, type Update, tap Settings, then tap Check for updates.
2. From the Start screen, type Devices, tap Settings, then tap Devices and Printers. Then tap Refresh three times (circular arrow next to Search box). Try using the app again.

• DOWNLOAD:
  https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9WZDNCRFHZT8

Surface Management Extension
Surface Management Extension offers optional features for Surface apps. You can also use our CLI to query read-only information about this Surface.

• DOWNLOAD:
  https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9NCT159F4QVG

In May 2021, the Biden Administration signed Executive Order (EO) 14028, placing cloud security at the forefront of national security. Federal agencies are at different stages in their digital transformations yet are all facing similar challenges: rapidly changing workloads, insecure configurations, shortages of skilled professionals, and increase in sophistication and number of attacks.

The Azure Security suite helps federal agencies and partners improve their cloud security posture and stay compliant with the recent EO. While there are many areas Azure Security can support, this blog will focus on how Azure Security Center and Azure Sentinel can empower federal agencies to address the following EO goals:

• Modernize and Implement Stronger Cybersecurity Standards in the Federal Government
• Improve Detection of Cybersecurity Incidents on Federal Government Networks

Microsoft applies its industry-leading practices to Azure Security products, generating meaningful insights about security posture that simplify the process of protecting federal agencies and result in cost and time savings.

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Learn more about how Microsoft Azure can help organizations abide by EO 14028 in the following article:

• Meeting the Cybersecurity Executive Order requirements with Azure Security
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-security-center/meeting-the-cybersecurity-executive-order-requirements-with/ba-p/2683561

Data modeling empowers organizations to visualize their business processes by analyzing, understanding, and clarifying data requirements. Tune into this series to learn how to harness Power BI to create useful data models that will help you define and organize your business processes.

• Episode 1 – Data Modeling 101: Increasing the Impact of Power BI
  Join us for this webinar where we will demonstrate how you can enrich and extend your data through Power BI by creating dimensional data modeling.
• Episode 2 – Learn Advanced Data Modeling with Power BI
  Now that we’ve learned the basics of Data Modeling in Power BI, it’s time to up our game. Join us as we take the next steps to extend our data modeling with advanced features.
• Episode 3 – Data Modeling for Experts with Power BI
  In the last episode we covered more advanced data modeling techniques and features with Power BI. In this episode, we continue our journey into data modeling.

Lower costs, scale quickly, and manage your infrastructure more efficiently with #Azure. Get the e-book for an overview of hybrid cloud fundamentals:

Manage your infrastructure more efficiently, reduce your costs, and achieve global scalability—while meeting local and industry regulations—with a secure and seamless hybrid cloud on Azure. Read this e-book to get an overview of hybrid cloud fundamentals like networking, identity and access management, and security.

Explore specific opportunities for implementing hybrid cloud infrastructure in your organization, including how to:

• Use the hybrid cloud in industries and regions with special regulatory concerns. 
• Consistently deploy apps and data across remote offices. 
• Manage Kubernetes apps at scale. 
• Address implementation and regulation challenges with new Azure hybrid cloud solutions like Azure Stack Hub. 

Download the eBook here:

• Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure E-book
  https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/making-the-most-of-the-cloud-everywhere/

We’re excited to share with you our 2021 Fall edition of Azure Security webinars! The webinars will be held at 08:00-09:00 AM, PST. Sign-up below!

DETAILS
For full details on each webinar, please visit https://aka.ms/SecurityWebinars.

COMMUNITY
To stay informed about future webinars and other events, join our Security Community at https://aka.ms/SecurityCommunity.

• October 4 – Diversity in Cybersecurity | From a Refugee to Microsoft: Impact of Active Allyship
• October 5 – Better Together | Azure Defender and M365 Defender
• October 6 – Azure Sentinel | Turbocharging ASIM: Making Sure Normalization Helps Performance Rather Than Impacting It
• October 7 – Cybersecurity Fundamentals | Combating Manipulated Media – Media Provenance
• October 11 | Azure Sentinel | Become a Notebooks Ninja – Getting Started with Jupyter Notebooks
• October 14 – Cybersecurity Fundamentals | Exploiting Vulnerabilities in Azure Stack Hub
• October 18 – Azure Sentinel | SAP Mini-Series Part 1: Introduction to Monitoring SAP with Azure Sentinel for Security Professionals
• October 19 – Azure Defender for IoT | Agent Based Solution for IoT Device
• October 20 – Azure Security Center | What’s New in the Last 6 Months
• October 21 – Cybersecurity Fundamentals | Hacking AI with Counterfit
• October 25 – Azure Sentinel | Explore the Power of Threat Intelligence in Azure Sentinel
• October 26 – Azure Security Center | Manage Your Security Risk and Compliance Requirements with Azure Security Center
• October 27 – Azure Security Center | Azure Defender for SQL
• October 28 – Azure Sentinel | What’s New in Azure Sentinel Automation
• November 9 – Azure Sentinel | SAP Mini-Series Part 2: Deep Dive – End-to-End Installation of SAP for Azure Sentinel
• November 10 – Azure Sentinel | Decrease Your SOC’s MTTR (Mean Time to Respond) by Integrating Azure Sentinel with Microsoft Teams
• November 16 – Azure Sentinel | Create Your Own Azure Sentinel Solutions
• November 17 – Azure Security Center | NextGen Multi Cloud CSPM in Azure Security Center
• November 22 – Azure Sentinel | Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Using the New Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) with Azure Sentinel

To register for any of these webinars, visit:

• Fall 2021 – Azure Security Public Webinars
  https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=v4j5cvGGr0GRqy180BHbR_0A4IaJRDNBnp8pjCkWnwhUM1g1RlEzVDEwVzlIRkxRN0IxRTZGM0hVVy4u

Join us as we celebrate 25 years of Sysinternals, the utilities IT pros and developers turn to for help with analyzing, troubleshooting, and optimizing Windows systems and applications.

A fireside chat with Microsoft Azure CTO and Sysinternals creator Mark Russinovich. Fast-paced deep dives into the most popular tools. We’ll also be offering some cool prizes so block your calendar. You don’t want to miss this!

For the agenda, visit:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-events/sysinternals-25-a-special-anniversary-event/ev-p/2787286

• Date/Time:
  October 14, 2021
  8:00AM-2:00PM PT
• To attend the event, visit:
  https://aka.ms/JoinSysinternals25
• To add this event to your calendar:
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/gxcuf89792/downloadCalendar?message.id=2787286

Join us on October 20 as we discuss the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework. Learn how it applies to migrating on-premises workloads to Azure to help create and implement the business and technology strategies necessary to succeed in the cloud today. Register here:

There’s no single cloud adoption journey: every organization defines its own path. For many organizations, cloud migration is a key first step towards digital transformation. Microsoft recommends using its Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure – proven guidance designed to help create and implement the business and technology strategies necessary for organizations to succeed in the cloud.

In this session you will:

• Learn about the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure and how it applies to migrating on-premises workloads to Azure.
• Hear from Canadian customer, Cowan Insurance Group, on their approach for successfully migrating part of their IT infrastructure to Azure.
• Hear from Softchoice and Microsoft Cloud Architects about cloud adoption and migration best practices to embrace and common mistakes to avoid.

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Enroll today.

• Date/Time:
  Wednesday, October 20th, 2021
  1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT
• Registration:
  https://mktoevents.com/Microsoft+Event/293520/157-GQE-382

This is a consolidation of all Advanced eDiscovery training we have for Microsoft 365.

In this blog post, we share the top resources for eDiscovery users to become masters of the Advanced eDiscovery solution in Microsoft 365! After each level, we offer you a knowledge check based on the training material you have just completed. The goal of the knowledge checks is to help ensure understanding of the key concepts that were covered.

The training sessions are split into eight different sections in order to better align with the Electronic Discovery Reference Model:

• Overview
• Getting Started
• Identification
• Preservation
• Collection & Processing
• Review & Analysis
• Production
• Advanced

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For the full article, visit:

• Become a Microsoft 365 Advanced eDiscovery NINJA – Microsoft Tech Community
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/become-a-microsoft-365-advanced-ediscovery-ninja/ba-p/2793108