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NEW CAPABILITY SIMPLIFIES BULK MANAGEMENT FOR USERS AND GROUPS<\/h4>\n
Last month Microsoft announced the public preview<\/a> of a capability to help you easily perform bulk management activities on users and groups in the Azure AD administration portal by uploading a CSV file. In addition, you can download a CSV file that lists the users, groups, or members of a group in Azure AD. With this new capability, you can complete ad-hoc tasks without having to write a PowerShell script or use repetitive manual steps.<\/p>\n To try out these preview experiences navigate to a\u00a0Users,\u00a0Groups, or\u00a0Members\u00a0page in the Azure AD administration portal. Or, for more information on the new capability click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In October Microsoft released an International Data Corporation (IDC) white paper which studies Azure customers who are using Azure as a platform to meet regulatory compliance needs, with a special focus on government, healthcare, and financial customers. IDC found that these customers are realising significant benefits by leveraging Azure capabilities to make their regulatory and compliance efforts more effective.<\/p>\n Have a read of the IDC white paper<\/a> for all the key findings.<\/p>\n IDC Business Value Snapshot sponsored by Microsoft. Source: Microsoft<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Azure Sphere<\/a> was first introduced to us back in 2018 and promises to be a comprehensive Internet of Things (IoT) security solution including hardware, OS and cloud components. In October we were told the solution will be generally available early next year.<\/p>\n Microsoft\u2019s \u2018mission\u2019 with Sphere is to \u2018empower every organisation\u2026 to connect and create secured and trustworthy IoT devices\u2019<\/a>. But the question is, how exactly do they plan on doing that? According to their latest announcement their plans are to:<\/p>\n Find out more about how Azure Sphere is giving Azure customers greater opportunities to securely shape the future here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n That\u2019s right \u2013 16 new built-in roles for Azure AD are now in public preview<\/a>! The new roles are available globally for all subscriptions and allow you to delegate administration tasks and reduce the number of Global administrators in your directory.<\/p>\n The new roles include:<\/p>\n Get more information on built-in roles in Azure AD<\/a> or check out the newly added roles in the Azure portal<\/a> by looking for the roles highlighted with a green flag next to them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Listen to Microsoft’s CTO of Azure, Mark Russinovich, on the history and future of databases in Azure, touching on Azure SQL Databases, Cosmos DB, and even blockchain databases. Have a watch of the video here<\/a>!<\/p>\n The Future of Databases in Azure. Source: Microsoft<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Leverage Azure premium file shares for high availability of data<\/a><\/p>\n Azure API for FHIR moves to general availability<\/a><\/p>\n Announcing the general availability of larger, more powerful standard file shares for Azure Files<\/a><\/p>\n Azure Data Factory Mapping Data Flows now generally available<\/a><\/p>\n Meet Microsoft’s rugged, portable Data Box Edge<\/a><\/p>\n Azure Cosmos DB gets built-in Jupyter notebooks support<\/a><\/p>\n Microsoft makes Python available on Azure in South Africa<\/a><\/p>\nMICROSOFT AZURE IS HELPING ORGANISATIONS MANAGE REGULATORY CHALLENGES MORE EFFECTIVELY<\/h4>\n
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AZURE SPHERE TO BE GENERALLY AVAILABLE IN FEBRUARY 2020<\/h4>\n
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MICROSOFT INTRODUCES 16 NEW BUILT-IN ROLES FOR AZURE AD<\/h4>\n
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VIDEO: THE FUTURE OF DATABASES IN AZURE<\/h4>\n
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