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Webinars on Microsoft 365 onboarding, deployment, Teams governance, Windows 10 device configuration
Introduction
We’re very excited to announce a series of Microsoft 365 EDU onboarding and deployment webinars.
These events are public and may be joined by anyone who’s interested, so feel free to share. The sessions will be hosted through Microsoft Teams Live Events, which means that at event time you can join by clicking on one of the join link listed down below.
For your convenience, we also provide .ics calendar files.
Each session will be available on demand afterwards.
We’ll first go over the details for each session. Scroll down for a table connecting the sessions with date /time info and join links.
Additional opportunities for free 1-on-1deep-dive ask us anything session
Yes. During the webinars, our presenters will explain how you can schedule a 1:1 deep-dive session to assist with any questions regarding onboarding, deployment, configuration, or training resources.
5 Different sessions on multiple topics, held at various times across time zones
1 – Manage Microsoft Teams for Hybrid Learning
This session will provide an intermediate overview of the Benefits, Deployment, and Configuration of Microsoft Teams EDU, managing policy and resources for IT professionals, Educators, and other roles. One on one sessions will be available for further assistance after the presentation session.
2 – Ask the Microsoft Education Expert about Onboarding
This session will provide an Open Session to ask Microsoft 365 Experts for help and guidance on deploying Microsoft 365. Question and Answer session will last up to 60 minutes and will focus on questions for available training resources, questions on Azure Active Directory Connect, Teams policy management, starting with School Data Sync, and available resources to help in greater detail on these topics. One on one sessions will be available for further assistance after the presentation session.
3 – Deploy Microsoft 365 Education in your School
This session will provide an intermediate overview of the Deployment and Configuration of Microsoft 365 EDU, available training and adoption resources for IT professionals, Educators, and other roles, and methods to measure and drive usage and adoption throughout your organization. One on one sessions will be available for further assistance after the presentation session.
4 – Protect Student Data and Stay Compliant
This session will provide an intermediate overview of the Configuration of Microsoft 365 EDU to ensure a secure and safe environment for hybrid and distanced learning. This session will focus on best practices in configuration, resources for educators, and methods of measuring the security of your school’s Microsoft 365 EDU environment. One on one sessions will be available for further assistance after the presentation session.
5 – Set up and Manage Windows 10 Devices
This session will provide an intermediate overview of the Deployment and Configuration of Microsoft 365 EDU Windows 10 Devices. This will focus on managing provided educator and student Windows 10 devices safely and securely. One on one sessions will be available for further assistance after the presentation session.
Presenters
Jeff Zekoff, Brandon Horbacz, Jason Weeks
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In this installment of the weekly discussion revolving around the latest news and topics on Microsoft 365, hosts – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen, Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm, are joined by Microsoft 365 Consultant and MVP Luise Freese | @LuiseFreese, based in Germany.
The core discussion focus in this episode is on creating a safe, inclusive environment for existing and new community members to learn and share, tips for increasing your visibility within the community and finally Luise’s TeamsAdvisor Microsoft Power App.
This episode was recorded on Monday, January 11, 2020.
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We would like to inform you that, starting 07:59 UTC on 15 Jan 2021, customers in the below mentioned regions might experience degraded performance while performing any major action on DevTest Labs. We are currently investigating the root cause and our team continues to work diligently on a fix.
- Australia Southeast
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- East Asia
- East US
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- UK West
- West India
We will update this post to share regular updates and will also share a root cause analysis once the fix is rolled out. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
– DevTest Labs Team
by Scott Muniz | Jan 15, 2021 | Security, Technology
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The Apache Software Foundation has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Apache Tomcat. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Apache security advisory for CVE-2021-24122 and upgrade to the appropriate version.
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