AMITPC – September 2024 Meetup

As promised, here are the links and slide decks for the topics covered during the Adelaide Microsoft IT Pro Community User Group from 3rd September 2024.

In addition, here is the recording, which includes the redux of my DWC AU presentation: From Standard to Stellar – Customer Microsoft Teams templates with Power Automate: https://youtu.be/wo93pmBT4GY

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What’s New? – Productivity

Town Hall reactions – finally 😜​

Unified Teams app for Work, Personal and Education​

Windows App General Availability soon​

Windows 365 – Happy 3rd anniversary​

W365 GPU Standard / Super / Max​

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What’s New? – Intune

Expanded support for Microsoft Managed Home Screen​

Endpoint Analytics: Resource Performance​

Apple Device Settings for macOS 15 & iOS/iPadOS 18​

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What’s New? – Security

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Microsoft Defender for Identity PowerShell module update ​

New-MDIDSA -Identity my-mdisvc -GmsaGroupName my-mdiGMSAgroup​

New-MDIDSA -Identity my-mdisvc -ForceStandardAccount​

Get-MDIConfiguration -Mode Domain -Configuration All -Server test-cdc1 ​

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MDI expanding to Entra Connect Server​

New Detections (in Public Preview):​

• Suspicious Interactive Logon to the Entra Connect Server​
• User Password Reset by Entra Connect Account​
• Suspicious writeback by Entra Connector on a sensitive user​
• New activity of any failed password reset on a sensitive account​
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New posture recommendations in Secure Score:​

• Rotate password for Entra Connect connector account​
• Remove unnecessary replication permissions for Entra Connect Account​
• Change password for Entra seamless SSO account configuration​
• Remove Resource Based Constrained Delegation for Entra seamless SSO account​

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Face Check is now Generally Available​

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Security Ninja Training

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ANZ Microsoft Student Accelerator – Michelle Sandford
https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/anz-microsoft-student-accelerator/

Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors (MLSA)
https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-US/studentambassadors

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Adelaide Microsoft Community

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What’s Coming? – Events

Microsoft Power Platform Conference (Vegas) – 19th -> 21st Sept 2024
https://powerplatformconf.com/ ​

CompTIA Community – ANZ Regional Group Meeting ADL – 20th Sept 2024
https://connect.comptia.org/events/view/comptia-anz-community-meeting
https://connect.comptia.org/events/registration?eventid=ANZSEPT24 ​

​Microsoft Ignite + Inspire (Chicago) – 19th -> 23rd November 2024
https://ignite.microsoft.com/ ​

​DDD Adelaide – 23rd November 2024
https://dddadelaide.com/ ​

​Microsoft AI Tour Sydney – 11th December 2024
https://aitour.microsoft.com/en-US/sydney ​

​Digital Workplace Conference New Zealand – 18th -> 19th March 2025
https://www.dwcnz.co.nz/ ​

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What’s Coming? – AMITPC 2024

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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!

Links!:

Security

Announcing mandatory multi-factor authentication for Azure sign-in
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-mandatory-multi-factor-authentication-for-azure-sign-in?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Planning for mandatory multifactor authentication for Azure and other administration portals
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/authentication/concept-mandatory-multifactor-authentication?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Cybersecurity incident correlation in the unified security operations platform
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-xdr-blog/cybersecurity-incident-correlation-in-the-unified-security/ba-p/4214394?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Defender for Identity PowerShell module update
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-xdr-blog/defender-for-identity-powershell-module-update/ba-p/4208525?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Protect and Detect: Microsoft Defender for Identity Expands to Entra Connect Server
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-xdr-blog/protect-and-detect-microsoft-defender-for-identity-expands-to/ba-p/4226165?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Face Check is now generally available
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/face-check-is-now-generally-available/ba-p/4175880?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

What’s new in Microsoft Intune August 2024
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-intune-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-intune-august-2024/ba-p/4225086?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Microsoft Copilot for Security Now Covered by HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA)
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-copilot-blog/microsoft-copilot-for-security-now-covered-by-hipaa-business/ba-p/4220174?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Productivity / Teamwork

What’s New in Copilot | August 2024
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/copilot-for-microsoft-365/what-s-new-in-copilot-august-2024/ba-p/4226565?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Introducing Drag and Drop to Reorder Items in Microsoft Lists
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/introducing-drag-and-drop-to-reorder-items-in-microsoft-lists/ba-p/4216966?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Introducing SharePoint design ideas
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/introducing-sharepoint-design-ideas/ba-p/4161895?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Microsoft Teams in-depth: Learning content on demand
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/microsoft-teams-in-depth-learning-content-on-demand/ba-p/4226258?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | August 2024
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-teams-august-2024/ba-p/4232159?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Unified Teams app for work, personal, and education accounts is now available on all platforms
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/unified-teams-app-for-work-personal-and-education-accounts-is/ba-p/4217988?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Windows

Windows news you can use: August 2024
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/windows-news-you-can-use-august-2024/ba-p/4230093?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Windows 365 at three years: Customer-centric solutions for security, management and productivity
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2024/08/01/windows-365-at-three-years-customer-centric-solutions-for-security-management-and-productivity?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Windows App general availability coming soon
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/windows-app-general-availability-coming-soon/ba-p/4206647?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Windows 365 GPU-enabled Cloud PCs now generally available
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/windows-365-gpu-enabled-cloud-pcs-now-generally-available/ba-p/4206600?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

New Windows 365 features help provide a more secure workspace
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/new-windows-365-features-help-provide-a-more-secure-workspace/ba-p/4206802?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Windows Autopatch: Auto-remediation with PowerShell scripts
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/windows-autopatch-auto-remediation-with-powershell-scripts/ba-p/4228854?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Microsoft Viva

Viva Amplify Roadmap Blog
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/viva-amplify-blog/viva-amplify-roadmap-blog/ba-p/4201348?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Mid-Year Viva Connections Recap and Highlights
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/viva-connections-blog/mid-year-viva-connections-recap-and-highlights/ba-p/4204254?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Viva Connections Feed Web Part and Video News Link Retirement
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/viva-connections-blog/viva-connections-feed-web-part-and-video-news-link-retirement/ba-p/4210720?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Introducing new OneDrive, Quick Links and Playlist cards for Viva Connections
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/viva-connections-blog/introducing-new-onedrive-quick-links-and-playlist-cards-for-viva/ba-p/4216816?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

What’s new in July – Copilot Community is available to M365 Copilot Customers!
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/viva-engage-blog/what-s-new-in-july-copilot-community-is-available-to-m365/ba-p/4205358?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

How Glint enriches the Microsoft Viva experience
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/viva-glint-blog/how-glint-enriches-the-microsoft-viva-experience/ba-p/4216530?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Navigating Copilot: Viva Glint’s early learnings and best practices
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-viva-blog/navigating-copilot-viva-glint-s-early-learnings-and-best/ba-p/4224995?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

“Copilot, help set my New Year’s goals”: Using Viva Goals + Microsoft Copilot to make goals in 2024
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/viva-goals-blog/copilot-help-set-my-new-year-s-goals-using-viva-goals-microsoft/ba-p/4017803?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

New Microsoft Copilot Dashboard Features Now Available – August 2024
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/viva-insights-blog/new-microsoft-copilot-dashboard-features-now-available-august/ba-p/4232128?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Microsoft Copilot Academy now generally available
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/viva-learning-blog/microsoft-copilot-academy-now-generally-available/ba-p/4110140?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

What’s New in Viva Pulse – July 2024
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/viva-pulse-blog/what-s-new-in-viva-pulse-july-2024/ba-p/4185566?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

ON DEMAND | Viva in-depth: Learning content
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-viva-blog/on-demand-viva-in-depth-learning-content/ba-p/4188385?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901

Learn

Announcing a new way to build technical skills: 30 Day Plans on Microsoft Learn
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/announcing-a-new-way-to-build-technical-skills-30-day-plans-on/ba-p/3729957?wt.mc_id=MVP_324901