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Microsoft Ignite 2019 Microsoft Ignitessa julkaistut infrapalvelut ja -parannukset 1 Mika Seitsonen • @ Sovelto • Yhteystiedot • Johtava konsultti • e-mail [email protected] • Twitter @MikaSeitsonen • Muutama fakta • https://www.linkedin.com/in/MikaSeitsonen • M.Sc., University of Nottingham, U.K. • DI, Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto • Harrastukset • Co-author of "Inside Active Directory" • Kuntourheilu (hiihto, suunnistus, pyöräily) • Moottoriurheil(ija)un innokas seuraaja • Sertifioinnit • Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) vuodesta 1997, Microsoft Certification ID 414xxx • MCSE: Productivity • MCSA: Office 365, Windows 2008, Windows 7 • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, Azure Administrator Associate • ITIL Foundation 2011 Agenda • Yleiset huomiot tapahtumasta • Azuren tärkeimmät julkistukset • Microsoft 365:n tärkeimmät julkistukset • Osaamisen kehittäminen ja ylläpitäminen3 Osallistuako läsnä vai etänä? LÄSNÄ ETÄNÄ + verkostoituminen + päivät käytettävissä + reflektointi ja yhdessä muuhun oppiminen + univelasta aikaeroa + tiimiytyminen helpompi palautua - aikaero + helpompi keskittyä - matkustamiseen - interaktio kuluva aika - kustannukset 4 Yleiset huomiot tapahtumasta 5 Microsoft Ignite 2019 • Orlando - OCCC (Orange County Convention Center) 4.-8.11. • USA:n toiseksi suurin konferenssikeskus • n. 25 000 osallistujaa + 5 000 Microsoftin ja näytteilleasettajien edustajaa • Näistä n. 200 suomalaisia • Book of News tällä kertaa 87 sivua (vastaava vuoden 2018 Ignitessa: 27 s.) • Ensi vuoden tapahtuma vielä kysymysmerkki ajankohdan ja sijainnin suhteen 6 Tapahtuman ja esitysten tiekartta Su Pre-conference workshops Keynote KEY01 TK04 TK02 TK03 INK01 TK01 Unleashing your organization’s TK05 Technology Microsoft 365: The Microsoft's roadmap for Envisioning Tomorrow Keynote: Invent with Purpose on creativity and innovation with a Application Dev World’s Productivity security, compliance, and innovating for an alternative Azure deep dive into the Microsoft Power Keynote Ma Keynotes Cloud identity future Platform BRK Breakout THR Theater …. Sessiot (45 min) (20 min) Ti-Pe Sessiot ja muut tapahtumat (1xxx yleisin - 4xxx teknisin) 7 Esitysten jakaumat PRODUCT LEARNING PATH Ei-tuotespesifinen Infrastructure 9 % 6 % Tooling & Languages 4 % Security & Compliance Productivity 13 % 26 % Dynamics 365 Microsoft 365 6 % 32 % Power Platform 7 % Fundamentals 17 % Developer 21 % Azure IT Management 42 % 17 % TOPIC 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 8 Top 10 -luennot ennakkoilmoittautumisten perusteella Koodi Otsikko BRK009 Microsoft Teams BRK2130 Azure Active Directory: New features and roadmap SECO50 Top ten best security practices for Azure today Modern Windows 10 and Office 365 Deployment with Windows Autopilot, Desktop DEP20 Analytics, and Microsoft Endpoint Manager What's new in Microsoft Endpoint Manager, including Microsoft Intune and Configuration BRK2082 Manager (Part 1 of 2) AFUN40 Azure security fundamentals What's new in Microsoft Endpoint Manager, including Microsoft Intune and Configuration BRK3220 Manager (Part 2 of 2) BRK3147 45 life hacks of the Windows OS in 45 minutes - 2019 edition AFUN10 Discovering Microsoft Azure AFUN60 Exploring containers and orchestration in Azure 9 Azuren tärkeimmät julkistukset 10 Overview: Form Factor Innovation Team Customer Needs <--> Azure Solutions Intelligent Cloud Intelligent Edge Not To Scale Containerized Azure Azure Azure Azure Kinect, 54 Global Datacenter Stack Stack Stack HoloLens, Azure Regions Hub HCI Edge Azure Sphere Form Factor Innovation Team Focus Physical Physical Requirements Azure Platform Form Factor Ignite 2019: BRK4014, kalvo 22 Tools covered Ignite 2019: BRK2166, kalvo 5 Windows PowerShell vs. PowerShell Core Windows PowerShell PowerShell Core Versions 1.0 - 5.1 6.0 - 6.2 Operating system support Windows Windows, Linux, MacOS Runtime .NET Framework .NET Core 2.0/2.1/2.2 .exe powershell.exe pwsh.exe (Windows) pwsh (Linux and MacOS) Updates Only critical All (functionality, fixes) Console background default color Blue Black Preferred GUI editor ISE Visual Studio Code Compatible modules "All" Only specific; 6.1 and later: many Windows OS (Windows 10 1809 and Windows Server 2019) modules $PSVersionTable.PSEdition Desktop Core $PSHome C:\Windows\System32\ C:\Program Files\ WindowsPowerShell\v1.0 PowerShell\6.0.0 PowerShell 7 tulossa https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/the-next-release-of-powershell-powershell-7/ 13 PowerShell Core Usage PowerShell Startups 25 000 000,00 20 000 000,00 15 000 000,00 6.2 GA 10 000 000,00 6.1 GA 5 000 000,00 6.0 GA 6.0 RC2 6.0.0-beta.2 6.0 RC1 0,00 Windows Linux Mac Total Trend Ignite 2019: BRK3179, kalvo 6 PowerShell Core Usage PowerShell Startups 70 000 000,00 60 000 000,00 50 000 000,00 40 000 000,00 30 000 000,00 20 000 000,00 6.2 GA 6.0 RC2 6.0 GA 6.1 GA 10 000 000,00 6.0.0-beta.2 6.0 RC1 0,00 Windows Linux Mac Total Trend Ignite 2019: BRK3179, kalvo 7 PowerShell 7 What is it? New scenarios Windows compatibility Delighters PowerShell built on .NET Core 3.1 Secret / credential management Better backwards compatibility New error views and Get-Error Long-term servicing for ~3 years Invoke-DscResource with Windows New version notification Windows PowerShell wrapper for Improved performance ForEach-Object -Parallel Ternary operator ( a ? b : c ) Import-Module Pipeline chain operators Group Policy support ( || and && ) Null conditional operators ( ?? and ??= ) Ignite 2019: BRK3179, kalvo 8 Visual Studio Code Insiders Ignite 2019: BRK3066, kalvo 4 Azure Arc: at a high level Ignite 2019: BRK3327, kalvo 14 Azure Arc: … and more specifically Azure Arc for servers Azure Arc for Kubernetes Azure data services on Azure Arc Azure Arc for Servers Azure Arc for Kubernetes Azure data services on Azure Arc 1. Organize and govern 2. Manage Kubernetes 3. Run data services anywhere servers across environments applications at-scale Deploy Azure data services in Azure Arc extends Azure's Deploy and configure Kubernetes moments anywhere you need them. management to physical and virtual applications consistently across all Get simpler compliance, faster servers anywhere. Govern and your environments with modern response times, and better security manage servers from a single, DevOps techniques. for your data. scalable management pane. Learn more Learn more Learn more Ignite 2019: BRK3327, kalvo 15 Azure Intelligent Edge + Cloud Taxonomy Sensors + Control Sensors to Interactive Integrated Platform Global scale processing Microcontroller IoT Devices Edge Devices Edge Appliances Edge Stack Hyperscale Cloud Azure Sphere Azure IoT Device SDK Azure IoT Edge Azure Stack Edge Azure Stack Hub Edge Regions • Integrated Circuit designed • Endpoint devices such as • Devices that aggregate, • Integrated appliances that • Scalable solutions that • First-party cloud regions to govern a specific appliances, vehicles, or process & provide gateway provide a subset of cloud provide a full cloud stack, • Full Range Hyperscale operation in an embedded factory machines that capabilities for IoT edge roles, such as ML- including IaaS and PaaS Cloud Services system connect, interact and endpoints inferencing capabilities exchange data • Tiered Service availability: • Highly-secured, connected • Deploy and manage Azure • Stack Edge: AI-Enabled, • Edge and Disconnected Heroes > Hubs > Satellites MCU • 1000+ devices Services in containers on Storage and compute Scenarios any IoT device Azure Edge appliance • Open Source Based • Azure Sphere Linux OS for • 250+ partners • Regulatory Requirements Services & Tools modern MCUs • All certified to work great • AI, AzureML, Azure Stream • Data Box: Offline, • Cloud app model on- • Included Azure IoT Device with Azure IoT Hub Analytics and more ruggedized data transport, premises SDK 100 TB – 1 PB Most specialization Fewest form factors Fewest services Most services Ignite 2019: BRK2136, kalvo 4 Ignite 2019: BRK2136, kalvo 28 Choose the appliance model best suited for the job Commercial (C) series Rugged (R) series Enterprise-ready form factors for use Ruggedized, portable, battery-operated within a traditional business setting form-factors for harsh field conditions Ignite 2019: BRK2136, kalvo 29 What’s new for Azure Stack Hub Partners and solutions Services Features Azure Stack Hub and Azure Stack Edge Hybrid Patterns Cognitive Services Public Preview - Retail - Foot Fall, Void Detection, Loyalty Program, AMD GPU Support – GPU –P Private Info Preview - Data – Elastic search Kubernetes on Azure Stack with AKS engine - ML training Nvidia GPU Support – Passthrough Private Foundation Patterns Preview - Networking, Load Balancer - Data Center Integration Event Hubs Public Preview 2020 - BCDR N-Series VM support New ISV/SI Program for Hub and WVD Private Preview Edge NetApp Storage Azure Data Services with Azure Arc Private Attachment Preview Scality Storage Attachment Azure Stream Analytics Public Preview Kognitiv Spark Hololens Remote Assist Edge Manager Private Preview And many more … 2020 https://aka.ms/azshigniteblog Ignite 2019: BRK3115, kalvo 53 Security & identity • Microsoft announces new innovations in security, compliance, and identity at Ignite • What’s new in Azure Active Directory at Microsoft Ignite 2019 • Kannattaa katsoa BRK2130 - Azure Active Directory: New features and roadmap • Osa uusista toiminnoista tulossa lähiaikoina tai ensi vuonna • Introducing Report-only mode for Conditional Access • The refreshed Azure AD Identity Protection is now generally available • Sign-in with Google social IDs is now generally available for
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