As promised, here are the links for the topics covered during the Adelaide Microsoft IT Pro Community User Group from 11th October 2022.
In addition, here is the recording, which includes Pete Calvert’s topic,
“Presentation Tips for the Rest of Us”: https://youtu.be/PRrqZ3wX5BQ
Security & Compliance
The Australian Cyber Security Center (ACSC) is driving Cyber Security Awareness Month 2022 with an overarching theme this year of “Have you been hacked?“
Followed up with Is your email secure? How do you act now to stay secure? And It’s time to take action!
Find out more and access the links for the Tools, Quizzes and resources to distribute across your organisation here:
https://www.cyber.gov.au/acsc/cyber-security-awareness-month-2022
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO) Security Operations Guide is now available for SecOps teams to onboard new tools and tasks into their existing playbooks and workflows.
The Guide covers recommended Daily, Weekly and Ad-Hoc activities for operating MDO; relevant permissions and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC); integration with Microsoft Sentinel – Security Information and Event Management/Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SIEM/SOAR) and managing False Positives and False Negatives from Threat Reports.
http://aka.ms/OpMDO
You can complement the MDO SecOps Guide with some MDO Ninja Training!
https://aka.ms/MDONinja
Become a Microsoft Purview eDiscovery Ninja – Microsoft Tech Community
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/become-a-microsoft-purview-ediscovery-ninja/ba-p/2793108
ICYMI – Microsoft Defender for Business servers is in Preview. This extends the Defender Protection to Windows Servers and Linux Servers.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/small-and-medium-business-blog/server-protection-for-small-business-now-in-preview-within/ba-p/3571185
At General Availability, this can be added as a $3 USD add-on to any Microsoft 365 Business Premium or Standalone Microsoft Defender for Business Subscription.
Find out how to enable the MDB Servers Preview through Microsoft 365 Defender Portal Settings here: https://aka.ms/Get-MDBServersPreview
(ISC)² is pledging One Million FREE Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) Courses and Exams
Find out more and register here: https://www.isc2.org/1mcc
Microsoft Teams
Cameo in PowerPoint Live is available. Plot your camera feed right into your slides during a Teams Meeting.
Choose your preferred location for Downloads.
New Phone Who Dis? Teams ringtone remix!
Find out more here:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/introducing-a-microsoft-teams-ringtone-that-will-make-you-want/ba-p/3626035
And for an extended list of What’s New in Microsoft Teams in August & September:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-teams-august-and-september-2022/ba-p/3641307
Microsoft Viva – Employee Experience Platform (EXP)
Find out more on how to Empower and energize employees with Microsoft Viva
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2022/09/22/empower-and-energize-employees-with-microsoft-viva/
Viva Amplify! Centralising communication processes in a single space and providing writing guidance to help messages from every part of the organisation resonate with employees.
Viva Pulse! App to empower managers and team leaders to seek regular and confidential feedback about their team’s experience
People in Microsoft Viva – Putting people at the center of the employee experience. App that is powered by AI to unlock information access interests, knowledge, and Goals across your organisation through Viva Integrations, Hybrid Work preferences and Team profiling.
More Info here:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-viva-blog/people-in-microsoft-viva-putting-people-at-the-center-of-the/ba-p/3633223
Viva Engage – Leadership Corner! Space for Leaders to encourage open dialogue and feedback across communities and teams through News, Ask Me Anything (AMA), Events, Surveys and more in Viva Engage. Coming 2023 with the Viva Suite subscription.
Viva Engage – Answers! Hub for employees to the answers they need by crowdsourcing knowledge across the organisation by Connecting to Experts for answers and leveraging Natural Language Processing to match Questions and Answers.
And a karma system to incentivise submitting Questions or Answers!
Coming 2023 with the Viva Suite subscription, more info here:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-viva-blog/announcing-answers-in-microsoft-viva/ba-p/3634288
New experiences coming to Microsoft Viva Engage
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-viva-blog/new-experiences-coming-to-microsoft-viva-engage/ba-p/3634273
Microsoft Viva Connections and daily briefing email enhancements to unify the employee experience. A new simplified, and streamlined experience provides valuable insights and data across Viva, including easy navigation to all Viva apps from one location.
More examples and information here:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-viva-blog/microsoft-viva-connections-and-daily-briefing-email-enhancements/ba-p/3633254
Learning
The Microsoft Ignite 2022 Conference is back and Hybrid. Register now and start building your schedule with the Sessions list. There are six geographical locations hosting in-person Spotlight events as well. The majority of the sessions are recorded and made available after the event.
https://ignite.microsoft.com/
Microsoft Ignite 2022 Cloud Skills Challenge – the CSC returns, pick your area of interest, and you will have just over a month to complete the Learning Paths. If you complete the Challenge, you will be granted a free exam to take by February 2023.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/cloudskillschallenge/ignite/registration/2022?ocid=ignite22_CSCLinkedIn_organicsocial_wwl
Build skills that open doors—with Microsoft Learn – Microsoft Learn has had a literal ‘Glow Up’
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/build-skills-that-open-doors-with-microsoft-learn/ba-p/3614011
Microsoft Docs and the docs.microsoft.com URL have also been rolled into Microsoft Learn
https://Learn.microsoft.com
And let’s not forget the Certifications Poster, also receiving a well-deserved make-over!
https://aka.ms/traincertposter
Tune in again next month during our Meetup, or catch the notes here!
M365 Senpai 