Microsoft IT Showcase (MP4) - Channel 9

IT Showcase brought together subject matter experts to answer questions about how Microsoft IT designs, implements, manages, and supports the network at Microsoft. In this session, they discuss Microsoft Azure, hybrid environments, network security, multifactor authentication, network traffic, virtual networks, and much more. These questions — and more — are discussed during this session: [2:31] How many sites or locations does Microsoft IT support, what happens at the sites, and how are they connected to the network?[4:30] How many Azure subscriptions does Microsoft IT manage?[5:27] What's the best way to set up a hybrid environment where you're looking for a very secure situation for something like finance?[7:50] What information can you provide about your ticketing system?[9:39] What are some of the benefits of managing cloud migrations internally versus outsourcing that effort?[13:24] Has cloud adoption caused significant changes in traffic patterns on the Microsoft network?[16:44] How does Microsoft IT configure virtual networks within subscriptions?[18:14] How has the combination of DevOps and the cloud changed the approach to network security at Microsoft?[22:07] What have you done to ensure your cloud migration team is managing costs effectively?[24:36] Is there a new thing that you're excited to see in the network security space?[29:21] How do you ensure multifactor authentication using MIM for legacy applications? (So that IE applications cannot be accessed by the browser.)[31:24] How do you see how network topologies changing or evolving in the next 24 months?[36:48] As more and more services are moving to the Internet, do you see shift from traditional MPLS to SD WAN-based solutions?[37:46] Are hybrid application architectures changing?[44:01] With all of our devices being Wi-Fi enabled, how do we optimize the user's Wi-Fi experience with the latest hardware and Windows OS?[47:22] Have we got a wireless network that can support continued growth?[49:00] H

IT Showcase brings together subject matter experts from our Skype for Business at Microsoft course to answer your questions about how Microsoft IT implements, maintains, and supports Skype for Business at Microsoft. In this session, they discuss hybrid deployment, user sentiment, video features, connection issues, user provisioning, and much more. These questions — and more — are discussed during this session: [2:42] What's next for Skype for Business and the hybrid deployment?[3:57] How does Microsoft IT measure user sentiment for Skype for Business?[6:40] Do we track Sentiment Analysis on social channels?[7:12] How does Microsoft manage least-cost routing?[8:43] Is there a way to disable video for Skype for Business but allow messaging?[9:22] Is it better to hard-code your IP addresses when federating with Microsoft?[10:20] It's impossible to capture logs in real-time calls from front-end servers. How do you monitor or troubleshoot real-time calls?[12:44] Can I search or talk with my Skype Consumer contacts?[13:50] What are some improvement areas in the Skype Get to Green service improvement?[18:17] How do you handle the external factors, such as users using their phone or home network connection? For example, when end users have issues in this area, will they still blame the Skype service experience?[25:11] How stable is your iOS client for Skype for Business?[25:18] What happens when our partners or our customers have an issue?[26:54] Are all of your users based on-premises, in-cloud, or in-hybrid mode?[27:00] How many front-end servers and locations do you currently have deployed?[31:58] If policies can be changed on the server side to turn off video or throttle video, which server would the changes need to be made on?[37:19] Is it possible to bulk import regular Skype contacts into Skype for Business?[39:34] Do you have mandatory training for Skype before you issue accounts?[44:44] How do you provision the users to be on the best suitable Skype pool geographic

Program managers share how we used Delve, SharePoint 2016 with hybrid services, and Office 365 Search to deliver rationalized search and discovery experiences. These questions — and more — are discussed during this session: [3:16] How we think about search (scenarios)[3:56] Microsoft search landscape[11:27] Enterprise Search at Microsoft (Hybrid @ Microsoft, embedded portal)[21:20] Other search experiences (Divisional portal search, SharePoint home)[22:39] How we improve our search results[25:40] Purpose, benefits and news about taxonomy[32:38] Delve + Office Graph + ODB[46:36] How we handle regional content[48:36] Future plans[52:13] Best practices[55:40] Turning Delve offAccess additional technical content, discover new and exciting career opportunities in IT, and much more: Microsoft IT ShowcaseMicrosoft IT CareersLinkedInGet the IT Showcase Windows Phone App

Gain insight into best practices Microsoft IT has used to plan, deploy, and manage Office 365 ProPlus 2016, as well as how System Center Configuration Manager streamlined the upgrade process. These questions — and more — are discussed during this session: [2:26] How are the various updated channels being used within Microsoft?[3:58] How do you provide your clients with support, especially in this new world of constant product updates and new features?[4:53] How does Microsoft benefit from early adopters during the deployment?[5:46] How do we use early adopters from a feedback perspective?[6:39] How is Office 365 ProPlus integrated into the Windows images within Microsoft?[12:35] How does Click-to-Run integrate into System Center Configuration Manager instead of an MSI approach?[15:16] How did you handle licensing at such a large scale?[17:03] What are some of the pain points felt during the deployment of Office ProPlus 2016?[24:13] How does Microsoft IT tackle application compatibility?[25:25] Did many Microsoft users utilize the side-by-side options to run both versions of Office while they test out all their applications?[26:21] What were the main reasons for some of our users running MSI?[26:45] Before deploying, did you perform any silent pre-deployment compatibility audit (pertaining to the Office telemetry dashboard)?[27:46] How are Office updates handled?[31:25] How do you train your users and keep up with the rapid release of features?[35:55] Is there any change to how we manage MSI updates?[38:40] Is there a group policy object (GPO) or control method similar to System Center maintenance windows that will trim or only download Office updates after working hours?[41:05] Can you deploy via removable media?[43:40] How does a user roll back to a previous update via website?[47:38] What is one key takeaway that you'd each like our customers to leave with today? Access additional technical content, discover new and exciting career opportunities in IT, and much m

IT Showcase brought together subject matter experts from our Enterprise Mobility at Microsoft course to answer questions about how Microsoft IT designs, deploys, and supports mobility at Microsoft. These questions — and more — are discussed during this session: [2:42] How has Office 365 contributed to delivering mobility at Microsoft?[3:34] How soon do we start to realize some of the benefits of moving to a cloud-based infrastructure?[5:04] Why is strong multi-factor authentication so important in cloud first, mobile first world?[6:38] How does Microsoft manage their devices?[7:06] What are the advantages of using the modern HTML5 platform?[13:16] Does Microsoft IT support devices other than the Windows devices on your network?[14:51] How do you prioritize some of the new capabilities that you may want to add to your applications?[15:00] How do you make sure that you've got the right applications and the right services and functionality for your users?[24:26] How do we manage or control features in non-Windows devices?[26:42] From a security perspective, what can be done with mobile devices to provide strong authentication to corporate services?[29:29] Can you describe how Microsoft uses conditional access to control device access to various resources?[30:31] Is it possible to proactively manage drivers that are installed on end user's machines?[33:20] What is the impact of four or five devices hitting the network?[35:39] What happens if a device is stolen?[36:59] What is the biggest trend that mobility has enabled for us here at Microsoft?[40:42] What solutions do we have for VPN access to Microsoft internal resources for iOS and Android mobile devices?[43:33] How do the engineering teams at Microsoft get structured?[55:23] What is one key takeaway that you'd each like our customers to leave with today?Access additional technical content, discover new and exciting career opportunities in IT, and much more: Microsoft IT ShowcaseMicrosoft IT CareersLinkedInGet the IT

Olav Opedal and Dong Yang discuss how Microsoft IT moved one of its most critical database environments to the cloud and describe the benefits the team experienced after migration. As a database administrator, Yang describes why moving to the cloud gave him more control over the entire database and reduced overhead, allowing him to focus on data modeling and architecture design. Access additional technical content, discover new and exciting career opportunities in IT, and much more: Microsoft IT ShowcaseMicrosoft IT CareersLinkedInGet the IT Showcase Windows Phone App

IT Showcase brought together subject matter experts from our Cloud at Microsoft course to answer questions about how Microsoft IT designs, develops, implements, monitors, and supports cloud solutions at Microsoft. These questions — and more — are discussed during this session: [2:55] What are the technologies that Microsoft uses internally to monitor the cloud infrastructure?[4:33] How are you ensuring that everyone has a plan for the cloud?[14:02] How does Microsoft approach records management and compliance in SharePoint Online and Exchange Online?[17:33] Are there any tools available that will help identify if applications should be PaaS or SaaS?[24:33] Could you explain your secure network design for your off-premises IaaS?[29:09] How does Microsoft IT publish their SLAs on performance across services?[34:55] What are some recommendations for approaching service orchestration using Azure?[37:55] How large was your Office 365 on-premises offering and how long did it take you to move it to the cloud?[48:33] Can you provide recommendations for approaching tabular data source migration?[50:10] What solution did you use for a service portal?Access additional technical content, discover new and exciting career opportunities in IT, and much more: Microsoft IT ShowcaseMicrosoft IT CareersLinkedInGet the IT Showcase Windows Phone App

IT Showcase brought together subject matter experts from our SharePoint at Microsoft course to answer questions about how Microsoft IT designs, develops, implements, governs, upgrades, and supports SharePoint at Microsoft. In this session, they discuss running SharePoint on Azure, organizing and sizing site collections, ransomware protection, user profiles, eDiscovery, and much more. Access additional technical content, discover new and exciting career opportunities in IT, and much more: Microsoft IT ShowcaseMicrosoft IT CareersLinkedInGet the IT Showcase Windows Phone App

IT Showcase brought together subject matter experts from our Cloud at Microsoft course to answer questions about how Microsoft IT designs, develops, implements, monitors, and supports cloud solutions at Microsoft. In this session, they discuss agile methodology, network traffic patterns, cloud adoption, hybrid cloud, Office 365, cloud efficiencies, metrics, and much more. Access additional technical content, discover new and exciting career opportunities in IT, and much more: Microsoft IT ShowcaseMicrosoft IT CareersLinkedInGet the IT Showcase Windows Phone App

IT Showcase brought together subject matter experts from our Skype for Business at Microsoft course to answer questions about how Microsoft IT implements, monitors, maintains, and supports Skype for Business at Microsoft. In this session, they discuss Lync Room System, hybrid servers, wireless infrastructure, redundancy, normalization rules, call flow monitoring, quality analysis, and much more. Access additional technical content, discover new and exciting career opportunities in IT, and much more: Microsoft IT ShowcaseMicrosoft IT CareersLinkedInGet the IT Showcase Windows Phone App

IT Showcase brought together subject matter experts from our Enterprise Mobility at Microsoft course to answer questions about how Microsoft IT designs, develops, deploys, and supports mobility at Microsoft. In this session, they discuss mobile application development, Intune, Azure AD, mobile device management, lost or stolen devices, access to corporate information, conditional access, and much more. Access additional technical content, discover new and exciting career opportunities in IT, and much, much more: Microsoft IT ShowcaseMicrosoft IT CareersLinkedInGet the IT Showcase Windows Phone App

IT Showcase brought together subject matter experts from our SharePoint at Microsoft course to answer questions about how Microsoft IT designs, develops, implements, governs, upgrades, and supports SharePoint at Microsoft. In this session, they discuss Delve, data sovereignty, external sharing, single sign-on, multifactor authentication, automatic deletes, InfoPath, and much more. Access additional technical content, discover new and exciting career opportunities in IT, and much, much more: Microsoft IT ShowcaseMicrosoft IT CareersLinkedInGet the IT Showcase Windows Phone App

IT Showcase brought together subject matter experts from our Cloud at Microsoft course to answer questions about how Microsoft IT designs, develops, implements, monitors, and supports cloud solutions at Microsoft. In this session, they discuss necessary cultural changes, corporate connectivity, security, migration engineering principles, telemetry, PaaS, and much more. Access additional technical content, discover new and exciting career opportunities in IT, and much, much more: Microsoft IT ShowcaseMicrosoft IT CareersLinkedInGet the IT Showcase Windows Phone App

IT Showcase brought together subject matter experts from our Skype for Business at Microsoft course to answer questions about how Microsoft IT implements, monitors, maintains, and supports Skype for Business at Microsoft. In this session, they discuss video conferencing, peer-to-peer communications, service improvements, SIP trunks, and much more. Access additional technical content, discover new and exciting career opportunities in IT, and much, much more: Microsoft IT ShowcaseMicrosoft IT CareersLinkedInGet the IT Showcase Windows Phone App

IT Showcase brought together subject matter experts from our Enterprise Mobility at Microsoft course to answer questions about how Microsoft IT designs, develops, deploys, and supports mobility at Microsoft. In this session, they discuss DevOps, agile methodology, testing, flighting, enterprise applications, identity management, authentication methods, and much more. Access additional technical content, discover new and exciting career opportunities in IT, and much, much more: Microsoft IT ShowcaseMicrosoft IT CareersLinkedInGet the IT Showcase Windows Phone App