Announcing Microsoft 365 Multi-Geo coverage in Brazil

by Contributed | Feb 24, 2021 | Technology

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We are excited to announce the availability of Microsoft 365 Multi-Geo in Brazil! With the addition of Brazil, you can now utilize Multi-Geo to extend your Microsoft 365 tenant to store users’ Exchange Online, OneDrive for Business, and SharePoint data in one or more of our 16 available geographies: 

This is the latest announcement as part of the Microsoft More for Brazil plan that supports inclusive growth through technology, sustainability and skilling programs, including the expansion of Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure in Brazil.  

Microsoft 365 Multi-Geo enables customers to reduce their on-premises footprint and meet data residency obligations by allocating user data at rest to our available geo locations in the Microsoft 365 cloud, all within a single tenant. For more details, check out this Microsoft Docs article Microsoft 365 Multi-Geo. 

For in-depth information on the overall Microsoft 365 data center strategy and Multi-Geo, check out this video from Ignite 2020: 

Pricing and Licensing 

Multi-Geo is available as an add-on to the following Microsoft 365 subscription plans for EA customers with a minimum of 250 seats in their Microsoft 365 tenant, and a minimum of 5% of the Microsoft 365 seats within a tenant having corresponding Multi-Geo Capabilities for Microsoft 365. Please contact your Microsoft account team for details. 

Licensing 

• Resource mailboxes (Rooms/Equipment) and Shared mailboxes need to be licensed for Multi-Geo


• Microsoft 365 Group Mailboxes that have moved to Satellite Geos will not need to be licensed for Multi-Geo 

How can I get Multi-Geo? 

Reach out to your Microsoft representative to purchase Multi-Geo Capabilities for Microsoft 365. 

Questions? 

If you have any questions, include them in a comment on this thread and we’ll be happy to answer them!

New Resource Reporting

by Contributed | Feb 24, 2021 | Technology

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Intro

One of the common ask I get from customers is to alert on new resources when they are created. I typically hesitate to alert every time a single resource is created because I think the better approach is to generate a report of new resource on a schedule. So, for this blog I want to walk you through utilizing Azure Logic Apps along with Azure Log Analytics to generate a useful report that you can schedule. 

Sneek Peak 

Before we jump into implementation let’s look at what the Logic Apps looks like.  

As you can see this is a simple Logic App. We only have 3 steps in this process: 

• Schedule: simple scheduler to kick off the workflow 


• Query for New Resources: Query Log Analytics Workspace using the KQL language to find new resources. 


• Email HTML Report: Send the results of the KQL query via email as a HTML attachment. 

Below is an example of the HTML Report: 

Prerequisites 

If you’re interested in implementing this Logic App you need to be aware of a few requirements: 

1. You need to send you’re Azure Activity Logs to a Log Analytics Workspace in order for the Log Analytics query to come back with any results. 

Azure Activity log – Azure Monitor | Microsoft Docs 

2. For the example below I use the connector to Office365. So you either need an Office365 account or you need to use a different action for the email. 

Implementing 

Hopefully, everyone is still interested and wants to look at this in your environment. Well let’s walk through importing the Logic App! 

Step 1: Create a Logic App 

You can follow the below document to create a Logic App if you’ve never created one before: 

Quickstart – Create your first Logic Apps workflow – Azure portal – Azure Logic Apps | Microsoft Docs 

You can name you’re Logic App whatever you like. I chose to name mine “NewResourcesReport” 

Step 2: Customize the Logic App 

When you create the Logic App it will bring you to the Template page. You can choose “Recurrence” to get started with the Logic App. 

I typically like to rename my steps before I do anything. So whenever I mention renaming a step you simply click on the “…” for the step and choose rename: 

Complete the following for the “Recurrence” step: 

• Rename to “Schedule” 

• Set to whatever interval you wish. I’m choosing to run mine once a week. 

Click on “+ New Step”, search for “Azure Monitor”, and choose “Azure Monitor Logs” 

This will bring up the actions available for “Azure Monitor Logs” and we will use the “Run query and visualize results” 

Rename the action to “Query for New Resources” 

Enter the following values to connect to the Log Analytics Workspace where your “Azure Activity Logs” are being sent. 

• Subscription: Azure Subscription where the Log Analytics Workspace is located 

• Resource Group: Azure Resource Group where the Log Analytics Workspace is located 


• Resource Type: Log Analytics Workspace 


• Resource Name: Log Analytics Workspace where the Azure Activity Logs are being sent 


• Query: 

let ResourceCreation=AzureActivity 
| where OperationNameValue =~ 'MICROSOFT.RESOURCES/DEPLOYMENTS/WRITE'; 
ResourceCreation 
| summarize arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by CorrelationId 
| where ActivityStatusValue =~ 'Success' 
| project CorrelationId 
| join kind=inner (ResourceCreation  
| summarize arg_min(TimeGenerated, *) by CorrelationId) on CorrelationId 
| project TimeGenerated, Caller, CallerIpAddress, ResourceGroup, ResourceId 

• Time Range: Should match with you Schedule Activity. For example, my schedule is for once a week so I chose “Last 7 days” 

• Chart Type: Html Table 

Click on “+ New Step” below this activity, search for “send an email (v2)”, and choose the Office 365 Outlook action named “Send an email (V2)” 

Rename the Action to “Email HTML Report” and fill out the following: 

• Body: Whatever you wish for the Body of the email 


• Subject: Whatever you wish for the Subject of the email 


• To: Fill out the emails you wish to receive the report 


• Click on “Add new parameter” and choose “Attachment” 

• Attachment Content: from the “Dynamic content” choose “Attachment Content” under “Query for New Resources” 


• Attachment Name: Something like “Resources.html” 

That’s it for the Logic App. You should now click on “Save” and once the Logic App is saved click on “Run” 

Summary 

With the help of Azure Log Analytics and the Kusto query language we are able to create a simple 3 step Logic App that will generate a HTML report that is emailed out on a recurring basis. This is a great example of how Azure Logic Apps can be a great tool to utilize as an Azure Administrator. 

Your Guide to Microsoft Teams @ Spring Ignite 2021

by Contributed | Feb 24, 2021 | Technology

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Microsoft Spring Ignite is just around the corner and we’d like to share a preview of what you’ll see from Microsoft Teams at this event. This spring we will be focused on external collaboration, meetings, and digital events and webinars. We’ve created sessions that span the breadth of Teams to give you a view into our product capabilities, answer your questions, and provide insights into how your organization can create an even better hybrid workplace with Microsoft Teams.

Featured Sessions
To kick off the event, we will be presenting our Modern Work and Teams featured sessions. Learn from leaders across the Teams business, and get an in-depth view of our product vision, the latest capabilities, and upcoming releases.

• The Hybrid Workplace – Jared Spataro, Corporate Vice President, Modern Work


• The Latest Innovations with Microsoft Teams – Nicole Herskowitz, General Manager, Microsoft Teams Marketing


• Secure and Compliant Collaboration with Microsoft Teams – John Gruszczyk, Product Marketing Manager; and Mansoor Malik, Principal General Product Manager


• Easy, Intuitive Webinars with Microsoft Teams: Virtual Engagement in the Age of Remote Work – Lars Johnson, Sr. Director, Microsoft Teams Marketing; and Christina Torok, Sr. Product Marketing Manager

Ask the Expert sessions
If you’re looking to engage with Teams product and engineering experts, join an “Ask the Expert” session following our featured sessions. “Ask the Expert” is a place to get your questions answered and hear directly from subject matter experts. Space is limited so make sure to add these to your calendar ASAP.

Additionally, explore our on-demand sessions offering you a deeper dive into a variety of key topics. See our digital brochure below for the full list where you can take advantage of all of our sessions at any time.

Resources
Below is a list of resources so you can learn more now or bookmark to reference later:

• Register for Microsoft Ignite and start building your event schedule with Teams sessions.


• Check out all our Teams sessions at:  https://aka.ms/TeamsSessions to view videos and join the conversation.


• Follow Microsoft Teams on Twitter to stay up to date with the latest Teams @ Ignite news.

Teams Sessions Digital Brochure
Click the session titles to access sessions:

https://teamworktools.azurewebsites.net/assets/MS_21_Ignite_Teams%20Flyer_v5.pdf