After the keynote, we were lucky enough to sit in on an invite-only, Scott Guthrie \u201cUnplugged\u201d session. Not a\u00a0<\/span>Woodie Guthrie<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>style concert, instead this was an on the fly session based on questions from the audience. Scott a number of covered topics including Microsoft\u2019s cross-platform efforts (did you know that Microsoft is the single largest contributor to open source code on GitHub?), an rough vision for Azure over the next 5 years and Microsoft\u2019s support for Containers and Docker.<\/p>\n Unlike the recent\u00a0<\/span>Citrix Summit<\/a>, which due to being a partner focussed event didn\u2019t leave me much time for sessions, Ignite is an opportunity to attend as many as I can.<\/p>\n So far, I\u2019ve been impressed with the technical quality of the content but given the technologies I touch, sticking with a common theme is tough with the sheer number of sessions on offer. Here\u2019s a few of the sessions I\u2019ve attended:<\/p>\n What\u2019s an event like this if you can\u2019t take the information away to apply to gaining certifications? This year there are a number of \u201cexam cram\u201d sessions to help you prepare for some of those exams.<\/p>\n The\u00a0<\/span>70-398 Planning for and Managing Devices in the Enterprise<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or the \u201cEMS\u201d exam, is one that covers a broad set of technologies. Be prepared to answer questions on Windows 7, 8, and 10, as well as Azure AD (and Premium), PowerShell, Azure AD Connect Health, BitLocker, EFS, Azure RemoteApp (yes, that\u2019s been retired) and more.<\/p>\n As the title suggests this was an introduction to\u00a0<\/span>Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates<\/a>. Azure and other cloud services are a fundamental shift in delivering IT infrastructure and services that require a re-think in the way that IT Pros approach our jobs. With Azure,\u00a0<\/span>infrastructure becomes code<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and this is exactly what ARM templates are about.<\/p>\n Moving to Office 365 has plenty of demonstrable business benefits, but for some organisations network connectivity needs to be considered carefully to get the best experience from Office 365 services.<\/p>\n This excellent session provided details on Microsoft\u2019s Global Network which is the world\u2019s 3rd largest private and is essentially the back-bone for all of Microsoft\u2019s cloud services. This network reduces the traffic flow across the public network and therefore is one of the benefits Microsoft has over competitors. Today was the first time I\u2019d heard of\u00a0<\/span>hot and cold potato routing<\/a>.<\/p>\n Other topics covered included ExpressRoute connections to Office 365 (of which there are few), DNS considerations for organisations that cover multiple geographic regions (typically provided by AD, DNS queries from multiple-geos can impact how client traffic gets to Office 365) and latency considerations (latency higher than ~10ms means that you should be enabling cached-mode in Outlook).<\/p>\n Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>really worth taking a look at and this session covered the solution very well with lots of audience engagement.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s 3 scary(?) facts in regards to how directed attacks occur: Microsoft has built on a number of the enormous data sets that they are in a unique position to gather to build the smarts into Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (WDATP) to enable organisations to adopt a post-breach mindset and gain insights into their estate regardless of where machines are located and triage compromised systems.<\/p>\n Having attended plenty of conferences in my time, I\u2019ve had more than my fair share of conference food. This time round, the event is catered for well, but I wanted to share this photo of the rocky road that was on offer last night.<\/p>\n \u00a0That\u2019s some impressive rocky road.<\/p>\n There are still two days to go, so plenty of sessions ahead and lot\u2019s to look forward to. If you didn\u2019t get the chance to attend the event or if you\u2019re here but couldn\u2019t get to all of the sessions you\u2019d like, be sure to keep an eye on\u00a0<\/span>Channel 9 for the session videos<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>when they\u2019re posted.<\/p>\n The first two days at Microsoft Ignite on the Gold Coast have seen me do 10,000 steps by mid afternoon, so I have well exercised feed to match a well exercised brain by the end of the day. Having said that, I have had the chance to catch up with a few of our partners… Continue reading Microsoft Ignite 2017 Update #1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-modern-workplace","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Sessions<\/h3>\n
Exam Cram: 70-398 Planning for and Managing Devices in the Enterprise<\/h3>\n
101 of Azure ARM Templates<\/h3>\n
Mastering Connectivity to Office 365<\/h3>\n
Disrupt the revolution of cyber-threats with Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection<\/h3>\n
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* 46% of compromised systems had no malware on them
* 23% of recipients opened phishing messages
* >200 \u2013 the median number of days attackers are present on a victims network before detection<\/p>\nWrapping Up<\/h3>\n
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