Additional Microsoft Cloud regions for Canberra…

List of services available for the 2 new Central (Canberra) regions can be searched at the link :

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/services/

Here is how it looks at this day:

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Additional Links to the announcement:

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/microsoft-cloud-targets-critical-government-business-in-canberra-20180329-h0y4f1.html

https://www.crn.com.au/news/microsoft-launches-azure-cloud-regions-in-canberra-488070 

https://news.microsoft.com/en-au/2017/08/14/microsoft-first-offer-azure-cloud-regions-australian-government/

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/microsoft-switches-on-azure-in-canberra-488067

https://itbrief.com.au/amp/story/microsoft-announce-availability-2-new-azure-regions-canberra/

https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2018/04/microsoft-launches-new-azure-region-for-government-and-critical-infrastructure/

April 2, 2018 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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PowerBI: Common Data Service for Analytics

Coming soon….

The CDS for Analytics capability will reduce the complexity of driving business analytics across data from business apps and other sources…. More at the link below.

PowerBI: Common Data Service for Analytics

March 21, 2018 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Deprecated features: Dynamics 365 Portals capabilities

Important bits and pieces, specially if you are working on a Portals implementation / upgrade project…more at the link below:

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/crm/2018/03/20/portal-capabilities-for-dynamics-365-deprecated-features/

March 20, 2018 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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PowerBI Report Server update…

Improvements  include:

more at the link below:

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-report-server-update-march-2018/

March 19, 2018 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Enhanced Knowledge Base Usage Analytics with Azure Application Insights and Power BI

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/geoffreyinnis/2018/03/09/enhanced-dynamics-365-knowledgebase-usage-analytics-with-azure-application-insights-and-power-bi/

March 11, 2018 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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PowerBI February 2018 update

More at the link below:

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https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-february-2018-feature-summary/

March 1, 2018 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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On-premises data gateway February update is now available

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/on-premises-data-gateway-february-update-is-now-available/

February 27, 2018 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms

 

Research image courtesy of Gartner, Inc.

Gartner Reprint

February 27, 2018 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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SharePoint Migration Tool

Migrating files from SharePoint On-premises / File Shares to SharePoint or OneDrive in Office 365? Perform assessment using the SMAT tool @ SharePoint Migration Assessment Tool (SMAT), and migrate using the migration tool @ SharePoint Migration Tool. More at the link below:

Introducing the SharePoint Migration Tool – SharePoint

February 27, 2018 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Database Lifecycle Management (DLM)

A comprehensive approach to managing the database schema, data, and metadata for a database application… More at the link below.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj907294(v=sql.110).aspx

February 26, 2018 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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