AMITPC – August 2023 Meetup

As promised, here are the links for the topics covered during the Adelaide Microsoft IT Pro Community User Group from 15th August 2023.

In addition, here is the recording, which includes Announcements from Microsoft Inspire2023 + What’s New, What’s Old and What’s Coming and my recount of the DWC AU 2023
https://youtu.be/-2KZfSx6a08

Jump to Resource Links from the session


What’s New? – Identity

Azure Active Directory is now Microsoft Entra ID

Updated Licensing Names

Azure Ad Identity Protection is now Microsoft Entra ID Protection

Azure AD Identity Governance is now Microsoft Entra ID Governance

New Network Access

Microsoft’s Security Service Edge (SSE) solution


What’s New? – AI

6 Months of Bing Chat!

Bing Chat Enterprise
Included in M365 E3, E5, Business Standard and Business premium.
Or Standalone at $5 USD PUPM

M365 Copilot Pricing :O
$30 USD PUPM for M365 E3/E5/BS/BP users when broadly available.

Visual Search in Bing Chat


What’s New? – Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 Backup

Microsoft 365 Archive

BetterUp Experience in Microsoft Viva


Microsoft Cloud Partner Program is now called Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program

Project Orland is now Sales Advisor, available in Microsoft 365 Lighthouse


What’s Old


Learning & Skilling

August 22:

Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate renamed: Microsoft Certified: Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate
2x New Learning Paths added to the collection.

Microsoft 365 Certified: Message Administrator Associate to be retired


Microsoft Communities

M365 and Power Platform Community
pnp.github.io/#community

The Lowdown – Powered by Microsoft
Every Wednesday 11:30AM ACDT
linkedin.com/company/thelowdown/

Cyber Threat Intelligence User Group – APAC
meetup.com/threat-intel-apac/

Adelaide Office 365 User Group
linkedin.com/groups/80657/

Adelaide Power BI User Group
meetup.com/en-AU/adelaide-power-bi-user-group/

Microsoft 365 Adoption User Group
meetup.com/en-AU/microsoft-365-adoption-melbourne/

Brisbane Microsoft 365 Users Group
meetup.com/en-AU/bnemicrosoft365/

Microsoft 365 Modern Management Meetup
meetup.com/en-AU/Sydney-CBD-Microsoft-Modern-Management-Meetup/

Sydney PowerApps Flow UserGroup
meetup.com/en-AU/Sydney-PowerApps-Flow-UserGroup/

Microsoft EMS Community
discord.gg/3D2n3vXR

Microsoft Power Platform Community
discord.gg/kDKchrWQ

Microsoft Data Security & Privacy Group
meetup.com/en-AU/risk-governance-and-compliance-meetup-group/


What’s Coming?

Australian Information Security Association (AISA)’s
AdelaideSEC Cyber Conference – 18th August 2023 @ ACC

https://aisasecuritydays.com.au/adelaidesec

Microsoft Power Platform Conference – 3rd – 5th October 2023
https://powerplatformconf.com/

Microsoft Ignite – 15-16th November 2023
https://ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/home

Microsoft Stream (Classic) Retires on 15th February 2024
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/stream/streamnew/stream-classic-to-new-migration-overview


July 2023: New AI Learning and Community Hub, Practice Assessments, Modern Work updates, and more!
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/july-2023-new-ai-learning-community-hub-practice-assessments

Microsoft Learn: Updates to our training and certification portfolio
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/microsoft-learn-updates-to-our-training-and-certification/ba-p/3719267

Microsoft Inspire: Accelerating AI transformation through partnership
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/07/18/microsoft-inspire-accelerating-ai-transformation-through-partnership/

Celebrating 6 months of the new AI-powered Bing
https://blogs.bing.com/search/august-2023/Celebrating-6-months-of-the-new-AI-powered-Bing
https://youtu.be/jztM6qCmBPw

Furthering our AI ambitions – Announcing Bing Chat Enterprise and Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/07/18/furthering-our-ai-ambitions-announcing-bing-chat-enterprise-and-microsoft-365-copilot-pricing/

Introducing Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Archive
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-syntex-blog/welcome-to-microsoft-inspire-2023-introducing-microsoft-365/ba-p/3874887

New SMB security innovations from Microsoft Inspire 2023
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/small-and-medium-business-blog/new-smb-security-innovations-from-microsoft-inspire-2023/ba-p/3876477

Microsoft Entra expands into Security Service Edge and Azure AD becomes Microsoft Entra ID
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/07/11/microsoft-entra-expands-into-security-service-edge-and-azure-ad-becomes-microsoft-entra-id/

Introducing Sales Advisor – unlock your customer’s potential in Microsoft 365 Lighthouse
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/small-and-medium-business-blog/introducing-sales-advisor-unlock-your-customer-s-potential-in/ba-p/3874655
https://aka.ms/m365lighthouse

Microsoft Portals
https://msportals.io/

Microsoft Acronyms Glossary
tpm.ms/TLA

Azure Charts
https://azurecharts.com/

Azure Naming Tool
https://github.com/mspnp/AzureNamingTool/wiki/v3.0.0

AIM for the future with Microsoft D365
https://aka.ms/D365AIM

Kristine Kolodziejski
https://kristine.dev/
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kristine-kolodziejski_lowcode-lowcode-canvasapp-activity-7089617583422742528-51Sn

Introducing the BetterUp Experience in Microsoft Viva
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/viva-insights-blog/introducing-the-betterup-experience-in-microsoft-viva/ba-p/3874812


Tune in again next month during our Meetup, or catch the notes here!

If you would like to present or have a topic to request, please use this form!

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