AMITPC – February 2024 Meetup

As promised, here are the links for the topics covered during the Adelaide Microsoft IT Pro Community User Group from 13th February 2024.

In addition, here is the recording: https://youtu.be/3BbvT5l6KsU

Wishing you all a prosperous Lunar New Year of the Dragon! 🧧

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What’s New? – Azure

Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

AVD for Azure Stack HCI – available
Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI now available!

Confidential VMs with Intel TDX in AVD – Public Preview*
Announcing Public Preview of Confidential VMs with Intel TDX in Azure Virtual Desktop

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Azure AI

Preset multilingual Text-to-Speech Voices on Azure OpenAI Service an Azure AI Speech
Announcing OpenAI text-to-speech voices on Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Speech

Native Document support for PII Redaction and Summarisation – Announced
Announcing Native Document support for PII Redaction and Summarization

Assistants API

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What’s New? – Entra ID

Certificate-Based Authentication Configuration in Conditional Access Policies (CAP) – Public Preview
Introducing More Granular Certificate-Based Authentication Configuration in Conditional Access

Auto Rollout of MFA-related CAP in Entra ID – 500k tenants since November 2023.
Auto Rollout of Conditional Access Policies in Microsoft Entra ID

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What’s New? – Microsoft Copilot

Expanding availability of Copilot for Microsoft 365

•Removed 300 Seat Minimum purchase

•Can be added onto O365 E3/E5

•GA for M365 BizStd/BizPrem/A3/A5

•Commercial Direct and through CSP partners

Copilot for M365 capabilities in Windows desktop
Copilot for Microsoft 365 capabilities now available in the Windows desktop

Copilot and Copilot Pro

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What’s New? – Microsoft 365

M365 Apps and Copilot available on Apple Vision Pro
Announcing Microsoft 365 apps available on Apple Vision Pro

Edit Support for .vsd files in Visio for the Web
Announcing edit support for .vsd files in Visio for the web

•Must upload the legacy files into OneDrive first

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What’s New? – Microsoft Intune

New UI

Enterprise App Management and Enterprise App Catalog now Generally Available

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What’s New? – Teamwork

SharePoint eSignature

M365 Backup – Public Preview

SharePoint Premium: Document Translation

OneDrive App in Teams

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What’s New? – Microsoft Teams

New Teams for VDI

Custom Channel announcement backgrounds

•Need Teams Premium or Copilot for M365

Loop Components in Channels

Virtual Appointment, Webinar and Town Hall templates added to Outlook Teams add-in

Customisable Meeting views

Forward Chat messages

Microsoft Mesh GA

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New Microsoft Applied Skills

New Applied Skills available from Jan 17:

•Deploy cloud-native apps using Azure Container Apps

•Develop Generative AI solutions with Azure OpenAI Service

•Train and deploy a machine learning model with Azure Machine Learning

•Build collaborative apps for Microsoft Teams

•Create and manage model-driven apps with Power Apps and Dataverse

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Microsoft Certifications

Beta Exams from January 2024

Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate
Exam DP-600: Implementing Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric (beta)

Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Business Central Developer Associate
Exam MB-820: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Developer (beta)

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What’s Retiring?

Product	Retirement Date
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 1	29th February 2024
Azure Cloud Services (classic)	31st August 2024
Machine Learning Studio (classic)
Visual Studio for Mac
Delve	16th December 2024

End of Extended Support

Product	End Date
Office 2019 for Mac, Windows Server 2012/R2	10th October 2023
Dynamics CRM 2013, MS Host Integration Server 2013 Visual Studio 2022 Ver 17.2 (LTSC Channel) Windows Server 2008/R2 Extended Security Update Year 4 (Azure only)	9th January 2024
System Center Configuration Manager Ver 2207	12th February 2024
MS Deployment Agent 2013 MS Diagnostic and Recovery Toolset (DART) 8.1 Test Agent controller User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) 2.0 Visual Studio 2013 VS Team Foundation Server 2013	9th April 2024
D365 Business Central on-prem (Modern Policy) 2022 release wave 2, Ver 21.x	14th April 2024

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Adelaide Microsoft Communities

Adelaide Microsoft Copilot Users Group
meetup.com/adelaide-microsoft-copilot-user-group/

Adelaide Microsoft 365 Users Group
meetup.com/adelaide-microsoft-365-user-group/

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

Adelaide Azure User Group
meetup.com/adelaide-azure-user-group/

Adelaide .NET User Group
meetup.com/adelaide-dotnet/

Adelaide Data & Analytics User Group
meetup.com/adssug/

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What’s Coming?

Australian BizApps User Group
“Unlocking Copilot’s Potential: A Deep Dive into Plugin Actions” – 20^th Feb 2024

Digital Workplace Conference NZ – 27^th -> 28^th February 2024

Business Applications AI Technical Summit – 28^th -> 29^th February 2024

Copilot for Microsoft 365 Tech Accelerator – 29^th Feb -> 1^st Mar 2024
Copilot for Microsoft 365 Tech Accelerator

Microsoft Secure – 14^th March 2024

Tech Community Live: Microsoft Intune – 21^st March 2024

Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (Vegas) – 27^th -> 29^th March 2024

Microsoft Secure Tech Accelerator – 4^th April 2024
Microsoft Secure Tech Accelerator

Microsoft Power Platform Conference (Vegas) – 19^th -> 21^st Sept 2024

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What’s Coming? – AMITPC 2024

March 5^th : Shehan Perera – Intune Hybrid Entra ID Joined Devices

April 9^th : Andrew Ly & Raga Padmanabhan – BizApps ‘24 Release Wave 1

May : TBA

June : TBA

July : TBA

August : TBA

September : TBA

October : TBA

November : TBA

December : TBC – AMITPC X AMCUG X AM365UG Post Ignite Event

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More Links

Entra ID

Addressing Data Exfiltration: Token Theft Talk
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/addressing-data-exfiltration-token-theft-talk/ba-p/3915337?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Easily Manage Privileged Role Assignments in Microsoft Entra ID Using Audit Logs
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/easily-manage-privileged-role-assignments-in-microsoft-entra-id/ba-p/4013854?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Visualize Entra Sign-in Logs using an Interactive Map
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/visualize-entra-sign-in-logs-using-an-interactive-map/ba-p/4013853?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Microsoft Entra’s Top 50 Features of 2023
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/microsoft-entra-s-top-50-features-of-2023/ba-p/3796392?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Copilot

Microsoft Entra user and admin access controls to prepare for Copilot
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/microsoft-entra-user-and-admin-access-controls-to-prepare-for/ba-p/4034067?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

How to get ready for Copilot for Microsoft 365 | Updates for 2024
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/how-to-get-ready-for-copilot-for-microsoft-365-updates-for-2024/ba-p/4037931?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

https://aka.ms/Copilot-SMB

https://aka.ms/anzaicopilotspartnerforum

Gain AI and cloud technical skills with Microsoft Depth Workshops

https://microsoftcopilotstudio.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-microsoft-copilot-studio-implementation-guide?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

M365

Introducing the new Microsoft 365 Document Collaboration Partner Program
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/introducing-the-new-microsoft-365-document-collaboration-partner/ba-p/4047541?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Intune

What’s new in Microsoft Intune January 2024
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-intune-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-intune-january-2024/ba-p/4036593?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Tech Community Live: Microsoft Intune
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/tech-community-live/tech-community-live-microsoft-intune/ev-p/4053369?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Microsoft Intune Suite - beyond endpoint management in 2024
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/microsoft-intune-suite-beyond-endpoint-management-in-2024/ba-p/4047644?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

SharePoint

SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: December 2023
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/sharepoint-roadmap-pitstop-december-2023/ba-p/4016731?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: January 2024
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/sharepoint-roadmap-pitstop-january-2024/ba-p/4045075?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Teams

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | December 2023
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-teams-december-2023/ba-p/4019984?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

New Year, new meeting enhancements in Microsoft Teams
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/new-year-new-meeting-enhancements-in-microsoft-teams/ba-p/4034799?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Decorate your background in Microsoft Teams Premium, now available
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/decorate-your-background-in-microsoft-teams-premium-now/ba-p/4042705?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | January 2024
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-teams-january-2024/ba-p/4043960?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Microsoft Teams available on Apple Vision Pro on February 2
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/microsoft-teams-available-on-apple-vision-pro-on-february-2/ba-p/4042499?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

New Microsoft Teams bulk installer is now available for Windows
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/new-microsoft-teams-bulk-installer-is-now-available-for-windows/ba-p/4046286?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Viva

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/viva-connections-blog/new-viva-connections-desktop-experience-is-now-available/ba-p/4039925?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365dev/general-availability-of-viva-connections-extensibility-with-bots/?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Learning

Validate your skills with our new certification for Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineers
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/validate-your-skills-with-our-new-certification-for-microsoft/ba-p/3500872?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Validate skills: New Dynamics 365 Business Central Developers certification
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/validate-skills-new-dynamics-365-business-central-developers/ba-p/3500871?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Bridge the skills gap with Microsoft Learn for Organizations collections
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/bridge-the-skills-gap-with-microsoft-learn-for-organizations/ba-p/3662205?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Microsoft Credentials roundup: In-demand news for in-demand skills
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/microsoft-credentials-roundup-in-demand-news-for-in-demand/ba-p/4022637?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Skill up on Modern Work: What you may have missed in 2023…
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/skill-up-on-modern-work-what-you-may-have-missed-in-2023/ba-p/4012278?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Don’t miss out on the newest skilling resources for Azure
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/don-t-miss-out-on-the-newest-skilling-resources-for-azure/ba-p/4042733?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

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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!