Microsoft Update November 2015

Microsoft update for November 2015

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Licensing – Core Infrastructure Server (CIS) Suite: Added terms in the Software Assurance section clarifying the SA benefits for subscription licenses – Microsoft Product Terms November 2015 https://goo.gl/YRL1DU
Licensing – SQL Server: Added terms in the Software Assurance section clarifying the SA benefits for subscription licenses – Microsoft Product Terms November 2015 https://goo.gl/YRL1DU
Licensing – Visual Studio: Added terms in the Software Assurance section clarifying the SA benefits for subscription licenses – Microsoft Product Terms November 2015 https://goo.gl/YRL1DU
Resource – Overview – Always Encrypted in SQL 2016 and Azure SQL DB https://t.co/krmkjcRWDJ
Roadmap Lifecycle – Public Preview – Azure Service Fabric https://t.co/VhintWvzKk
Roadmap Lifecycle – Public Preview – Azure Test/Dev Labs https://t.co/yAjSn0vMaG
Roadmap Lifecycle – Public Preview – Azure Disk Encryption https://t.co/QkcNMuLzzq
Resource – Configure a Windows10 device for CBB (Current Business Branch) with Intune https://t.co/N3Wbv1EVGn
Licensing – You can now move your RedHat Subscriptions to Azure https://t.co/hv22uPBlvA
SoftwareONE – Introducing PyraCloud https://t.co/Bb259jVNuO
Microsoft News – Microsoft Press Office confirm UK datacentre in 2016 as announced https://t.co/4zKgNPV1mn
New Features – Feature Updates for Azure Remote App https://t.co/hik7sH9wfL
Roadmap Lifecycle- enters Public Preview – Azure SQL database Threat Detection https://t.co/geANQBkq7r
Resource – Some great introductory videos of Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) – now in ECAL and EMS- https://t.co/io3VdOxG07
Roadmap Lifecycle – General Availability SQL Azure Database Query Store https://t.co/qSYqSp9maB
Article on limitations Office365 Exchange Archiving i.e. permanent delete option (w/o in-place hold) drives Mimecast https://t.co/aMHw4Alzcd
Support Lifecycle – Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 OEM won’t be sold after October 31st 2016 https://t.co/6anu5JwGzA
Partner Insight – Consensys and Microsoft parter to deliver Etheruem Blockchain Service on Azure https://t.co/kX0etEB4HG
Acquisition – Microsoft build out the DLP and data classification capabilities for Azure RMS by acquiring Secure Islands https://t.co/ZEjp6TNmh3
Resource – A great overview of Windows 10 Enterprise Data Protection https://t.co/5q4S8RIMKY
Roadmap Lifecycle – Generally Available – MariaDB Enterprise Cluster in Azure Marketplace https://t.co/d24TqNWxzZ
Tools – Office Deployment Tool (ODT) updated to support branches https://t.co/urRUATrWVX
Resource – Deployment Guide for Office Pro Plus 2016 with SCCM https://t.co/5tu94jFJBD
Resource – Deployment Guide for Office365 Pro Plus 2016 with SCCM and Intune https://t.co/SNozsgUAf0
Roadmap Lifecycle – Public Preview – Always Encrypted for Azure SQL Database https://t.co/NVFDZfpq8b
Partnership Insight – RedHat and Microsoft form landmark hybrid cloud Azure strategic partnership https://t.co/PhFZ3KyNnL
Roadmap Lifecycle – Public Preview – Azure SQL DB In Memory OLTP and Real-Time Operational Analytics https://t.co/iPFUX935ko
Roadmap Lifecycle – Public Preview – Azure Data Lake Analytics https://t.co/vo0YQwq3tu
Roadmap Lifecycle – Public Preview – Azure Data Lake Store https://t.co/24wb4HAb7z
New Feature – Microsoft Azure AD just turned on ‘1 Click’ SSO for Google Apps https://t.co/R8AMJzLrpK
Partner Insight – CloudFoundry Generally Available on Azure. Upstream Cloud Partner Interface (CPI) enables support and integration https://t.co/3wvCvrNqyO
Roadmap Lifecycle – Elastic Database Transactions enters Preview for Azure SQL DB https://t.co/6KxLqerjqi
Roadmap Lifecycle – Azure DocumentDB now Generally Available in South Central US. Taking it to 11 Regions https://t.co/62mMR82KCE
Roadmap Lifecycle – Transactional Replication in Azure SQL DB enters Public Preview https://t.co/uL3VWCigsu

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