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CISA has consolidated its social media presence on Twitter. Three accounts — @ICSCERT, @Cyber, and @CISAInfraSec — are no longer active. Additionally, the @USCERT_gov Twitter account is now renamed @CISACyber. The following current active Twitter accounts will include posts on content previously covered on the now-inactive accounts.
@CISACyber will cover updates relevant to the industrial control systems community along with the latest vulnerability management info, threat analysis, and other info relevant to the cybersecurity community.
@CISAgov will continue to provide agencywide content or non-urgent ICS updates.
@CISAJen will continue to include posts across a variety of topics coming straight from the CISA director. CISA encourages followers of the @ICSCERT, @Cyber, and @CISAInfraSec Twitter accounts to follow @CISACyber and @CISAgovTwitter accounts to keep receiving important CISA messages and information.
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CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and poses a significant risk to the federal enterprise. Note: To view the newly added vulnerabilities in the catalog, click on the arrow in the “Date Added to Catalog” column, which will sort by descending dates.
Although BOD 22-01 only applies to FCEB agencies, CISA strongly urges all organizations to reduce their exposure to cyberattacks by prioritizing timely remediation of Catalog vulnerabilities as part of their vulnerability management practice. CISA will continue to add vulnerabilities to the Catalog that meet the specified criteria.
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Microsoft allows organizations to own more than one domain (the default domain is onmicrosoft.com). Learn more about creating domains here: Add a domain to Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Docs.
We are enabling two controls for domain use in Microsoft Bookings:
You can specify which domain will be used from the domain list for Bookings using OWA mailbox policy. Once the default domain policy is configured and deployed, any newly created Bookings calendars will have the configured domain in the SMTP address.
For example, Bookings pages can be created with a domain, “contoso.com” instead of, “contoso.onmicrosoft.com”.
You can also configure domains for specific users. When users with the custom Outlook Web App (OWA) policy create a Bookings calendar, it would be created with the custom domain and not the default domain.
Please note, this change will not impact Bookings calendars that have already been created. Only new calendars will be created using the configured domain.
How can you start using Custom domain?
Add your choice of a domain name as per the process defined here. Admins can use Powershell commands to user this new feature as defined in detail here: Custom domain support in Bookings.
If you are enjoying Microsoft Bookings, read more about these recently released features:
Did you know? The Microsoft 365 Roadmap is where you can get the latest updates on productivity apps and intelligent cloud services. Check out what features are in development or coming soon on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, or view Bookings roadmap items here.
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Educational institutions are looking for modern data solutions that improve their ability to accurately assess and quickly respond to students’ and educators’ needs. We designed the Microsoft Dynamics 365 education accelerator to help partners expedite the development of these solutions. The December release includes new sample applications and data model enhancements that partners can use as a blueprint for their development work with education customers.
What’s new in the December release of the education accelerator
New sample program registration portal for students and program management app for administrators
Respond to partner feedback about previous releases
New sample program registration portal and program management app
Partners can use the education data model, Power Pages, and a model-driven application to deliver a streamlined program registration solution to their education customers. The program registration solution is completely customizable. Education customers can use it to manage registration for a variety of academic and non-academic programs, such as tutoring services, sports teams, and community service opportunities.
Education accelerator data model better aligns with OEA and industry standards
OEA is a process to get started on the data modernization and artificial intelligence journey. Developed by education systems in collaboration with Microsoft Education, the OEA framework includes modules for the Ed-Fi and Schools Interoperability Framework data standards.
The OEA framework uses Azure Synapse Analytics, an analytical data store, while the education accelerator uses Dataverse, a transactional data store. The enhanced data model brings analytical and transactional data together in one platform, enabling partners to build solutions that align with industry data standards.
More data model enhancements based on partner feedback
The December release also includes enhancements that Microsoft partners requested:
Combined K-12 and Higher Education data models
New Course Requirement entity and enhanced Program Requirements entity
New Grade Scale entity and calculations for course credits attempted and earned, grade points, and grade point average (GPA)
Enhanced entity definitions, attribute definitions, and sample data
Deprecated free-form text fields where relationships exist or we could use a lookup
Next steps
Get started right away with version 5.0 of the education accelerator on Microsoft AppSource. The data model, solutions, sample applications and data, Power BI reports, and UX controls that come with the education accelerator are available to any Microsoft Power Platform developer.
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