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Microsoft 365 Copilot & related services in Azure; AI and enhanced security for Edge & Mesh makes a return at Build 2023: The Practical 365 Podcast S3 E28

Steve Goodman — Thu, 25 May 2023 10:00:00 +0000

This week, we’re bringing you the latest news from Microsoft’s Build conference; including the best of many Microsoft 365 copilot announcements, a peek into the underpinnings of Copilot itself via new Azure service, the return of Mesh for Teams and much more.

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New security products added to the Microsoft stack

Thijs Lecomte — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Earlier this month, Microsoft announced two new products in the Microsoft cloud Security stack. Both products were acquired from reputable tech companies in the space.

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Why Aren’t You Creating Bots for Microsoft Teams?

Mark Rackley — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:21:54 +0000

Building a bot used to require developer skills - writing complicated code, deploying it to a resource like Azure, and then performing cumbersome configuration steps to ensure it functioned properly. Now, with the Power Virtual Agents (PVA) app for Microsoft Teams, you can create exceptionally powerful chatbots without having to write a single line of code. What’s more, you don’t need direct access to Azure resources to deploy these bots. There’s no reason to not create a bot for your organization today.

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How to create help bots in a different way using Azure QnA Maker

Gustavo Velez — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 17:50:44 +0000

In this blog Gustavo Velez demonstrates how you can create help-bots in SharePoint Online differently by using the Azure QnA Maker.

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How to use the Azure Content Moderator in Office 365

Gustavo Velez — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 13:00:00 +0000

If you want to moderate the content which is being distributed in your environment, then read on for MVP Gustavo Velez's guide on how to implement this.

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SharePoint 365 and Azure integration – The Azure Bing Spell Check

Gustavo Velez — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:55:30 +0000

Azure Bing Spell Check is an Azure Service that can be easily implemented, fast and cheap. MVP Gustavo Velez writes on how to implement the tool.

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SharePoint 365 and Azure integration – Using Azure Monitor to retrieve and analyze telemetry

Gustavo Velez — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:57:27 +0000

SharePoint MVP Gustavo Velez writes about how the "Application Insights" of Microsoft Azure Monitor can be used in SharePoint.

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New Azure Certifications announced at Ignite 2018

Chris Rhodes — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 14:19:36 +0000

A summary of the new Azure Certifications announcements at Microsoft Ignite by Chris Rhodes. He goes into detail about Azure Administrator, Azure Developer and Azure Solutions Architect.

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Microsoft’s Spectre/Meltdown Guidance for Exchange Server and Office 365 Customers

Paul Cunningham — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:50:35 +0000

Microsoft has published guidance for Exchange Server and Office 365 customers for the Spectre and Meltdown processor vulnerabilities.

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Is a Domain Controller Required When Using Azure to Host the File Share Witness for a Database Availability Group?

Paul Cunningham — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 10:00:21 +0000

What are the domain controller requirements when using Azure to host the file share witness for an Exchange 2013 or 2016 database availability group?

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