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My Highlights Day 3 of Microsoft Ignite 2024

Mark Russinovich and Scott Hanselman on Stage talking about Copilot, ChatGPT and AI

Scott and Mark learn responsible AI

Always check the output of AI 😉

Microsoft Azure Local 

NEW Microsoft Introducing disconnected Operations (Preview) ✅

Azure Local with disconnected Operations
Awesome!

NSG with Azure Local ✅🚀

Security in Azure Local video

 

Defender for Cloud

Get Started Today 🚀

Azure Linux 3.0 on AKS kubernetes in Preview

QuickStart

AKS Automatic
Dynamic System Node pool in Preview

More Buit-in policies for AKS

Auto-Instrumentation with Application Insights
Preview in January 2025

Enhanced Risk & Attack Path Analysis for Containers

Microsoft Azure Container Registry – Image Auto Patching in Private Preview
Security on Vulnerabilities

Network Isolated Cluster in Public Preview
Here you find Best practices for cluster isolation in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Microsoft Container Vulnerabilities Management

Container Vulnerabilities Assessment throughout the software development lifecycle.

Defender for Cloud Container Security
Continuously reduce risks.

Attack path and remediation on your AKS Kubernetes Cluster Inside overview

Container Security posture from Code to runtime is important! ✅

Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager Auto-Upgrade

Microsoft AKS Static Egress Gateway for Pod-level Access Control.

Block pod access to the Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) endpoint (preview)

Trusted launch for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Seccomp Default Public Preview

Node Auto Provisioning GA January 2025

Comprehensive Security Controls overview

Experience Security Copilot Today ✅🚀

My Conclusion

Always start small with New innovative features like Azure Copilot or making your Adaptive Cloud first in a test environment.
Do your own experiences, testing and make your Secure architecture designs for your production. Keep it simple because it can be quick complex with a lot of dependencies. Microsoft works hard to make your life more easy in this changing IT landscape 👍
I like to thank all the people who supported the Microsoft Ignite 2024 event, it was Awesome with a lot of Great News. 🚀

Here you find the Microsoft Ignite 2024 Book of News.

 


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My highlights Day 2 of Microsoft Ignite 2024

Microsoft Azure Adaptive Cloud approach enabled by Azure Arc.

Adaptive Cloud approach Key Services and Products.

Operate everywhere with AI-enhanced management and security

AI-enhanced Central Management & Security

Get Started with Azure Arc Jumpstart here

Welcome to the heart of our mission at Azure Arc Jumpstart, where we strive to transform your learning experience into a smooth and empowering journey. Our commitment is rooted in the principles that drive us forward:

  1. Enabling immediate engagement: Arc Jumpstart is designed to offer a seamless “zero to hero” experience. We understand the value of your time, and our goal is to enable you to dive right into Azure Arc, eliminating barriers and complexities.

  2. Comprehensive guidance: We provide more than just guides; we offer comprehensive, step-by-step instructions tailored for various independent Azure Arc scenarios. Our content is meticulously detailed, incorporating extensive automation, vivid screenshots, and insightful code samples. This ensures that your learning journey is not just informative but also visually enriching and deeply engaging.

  3. Unparalleled user experience: Our dedication lies in delivering a rich and immersive experience. We go beyond the basics, curating a user-centric environment that resonates with both beginners and seasoned professionals. Whether you’re setting up your environment on-premises or in the cloud, our guides empower you to focus on Azure Arc’s core values without being bogged down by technical intricacies.

  4. Embracing platform flexibility: We recognize the diversity of your infrastructure, and our mission is to provide a platform-agnostic approach. Arc Jumpstart accommodates your infrastructure, whether it resides on-premises or in the cloud. Our focus is to ensure that regardless of your setup, you can harness the true potential of the Azure Arc platform effortlessly.

Investments to further the Adaptive Cloud Approach 🚀

Introducing Microsoft Azure Local enabled by Azure Arc

Scott Hanselman about Visual Studio and Copilot

More AI development in Visual Studio or VSCode

Microsoft Windows 365 Link

This is Awesome, my next question is:
How fast will this solution be on Mobile?

Windows Hotpatch will be Available Spring 2025
for Windows 11 and Windows 365.

Windows Resilient Security Platform

Quick Machine Recovery in Insider program early 2025.

Microsoft working together with Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency

Smart App Control only Verified apps are allowed.

Windows Hello for Business Update with support for passkey.

Administrator Protection.

Personal Data Encryption to Windows Enterprise
Only decrypted via Windows Hello

Microsoft 365 in File Explorer

Windows Search is Cool 😎
Coming in 2025

My Conclusion

Make your own test environment and become a Windows Insider to be one of the first to test these Awesome New features!
You can make this of course in Microsoft Azure Cloud or in your own Azure Local environment 🚀
There are so much possibilities, to keep yourself up-to-date with this changing IT landscape.

 

 


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Day 2 of Microsoft Ignite 2024 with Azure CTO Mark Russinovich

Mark Russinovich Microsoft Azure CTO Starting and Running 10.000 Containers in Azure in just 90 seconds!
That is unbelievable 😎

Here you find my screenshots and links of the Microsoft Ignite 2024 session with Mark Russinovich.
First a quick introduction about Microsoft Azure Boost in this video.

Microsoft Azure Boost more IOPS and Throughput

Before and After Azure Boost Local Storage improvements.

Can you believe it, these are no typo’s 6.6 M IOPS ! 😎

Azure Boost Networking

Network driver Update in Azure Boost.

Software Defined Networking (SDN) Today

SDN Accelerating offloads with DPU

 

Secure 1.6 Tbps+ to storage over WAN
Can you believe it 😎

Microsoft announcing Azure Container Instances NGroups (Preview)

Cloud Native Apps are more than just Kubernetes

Radius in the Cloud

New Azure Container Solutions

Security Trusted Execution Environments (TEE)

When you missed Mark Russinovich at Ignite 2024 session, you can watch it on-demand here

My Conclusion

Not only with Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI or Open-AI is the IT landscape changing, but the Adaptive Cloud is evolving very quick and hardware, Software Defined is getting faster and faster but also scaling in Datacenters.

This Jeremy Winter Talking about Power-efficient Datacenter Infrastructure.

Power-efficient datacenter infrastructure is very important for Microsoft, and what I see is More Software solutions with less hardware.
Software defined and AI solutions are changing the IT Cloud Landscape also in a Hybrid way with On-premises Datacenters.
10 years ago IT workloads was 80% on-premises datacenters and 20% in the Cloud, Today this is Changed to maybe 30% on-premises and 70% in the Cloud of companies IT solutions.  Here you can Learn more at Microsoft Learn Ignite 2024


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Day 1 of Microsoft Ignite 2024 was Awesome with Great New Features and Products

Photo of the Day Rick Claus at the Microsoft MVP – RD Wall at MS Ignite 2024

Keynote by CEO Satya Nadella

Love 💗this Windows 365 Link Device (Preview)

The world’s Computer

Microsoft Azure Local announcement

Microsoft Azure Integrated HSM

for Security first ✅

Microsoft Azure Boost DPU Chip

Microsoft adopts NVIDIA Blackwell to power the next frontier of AI supercomputing

Security is a Team Effort

Microsoft Security Exposure Management

Scott Guthrie on Stage with the Most 💗 Developer Tools

Microsoft Azure AI Foundry Announcement 

Microsoft SQL Server 2025 Preview Announcement by Scott

Microsoft SQL Overview Slide with Fabric 😉

Jeremy Winter about Azure and staying ahead of evolving threats at every layer

Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Hyper-V

This was my first day impression of Microsoft Ignite 2024 Event, It was Awesome to see and hear all the News!

Here you find the Microsoft Ignite 2024 Book of News

Let’s go for Day 2 of Microsoft Ignite 2024

 


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Microsoft Windows Server 2025 is available and System Center 2025

Windows Server 2025 and SystemCenter 2025 available!

Windows Server 2025 and System Center 2025: A New Era of IT Management

Microsoft has officially launched Windows Server 2025 and System Center 2025, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of IT infrastructure management. These releases bring a host of new features and enhancements designed to improve security, performance, and manageability for both on-premises and hybrid cloud environments.

Windows Server 2025: Key Features and Enhancements

  • Advanced Security Features: Windows Server 2025 introduces several security enhancements, including Credential Guard, which is now enabled by default to protect against credential theft attacks. The new Active Directory functionalities offer improved security for confidential attributes and default machine account passwords.
  • Hybrid Cloud Capabilities: With hotpatching enabled by Azure Arc, Windows Server 2025 allows for seamless updates without requiring reboots, minimizing downtime and enhancing operational efficiency. This feature is particularly beneficial for organizations operating in hybrid cloud environments.
  • Performance Improvements: Windows Server 2025 delivers up to 60% more storage IOPs performance compared to its predecessor, thanks to NVMe storage performance enhancements. Additionally, the introduction of block cloning support provides significant performance benefits when copying files.
  • User Experience Enhancements: The new Desktop shell in Windows Server 2025 adopts the Windows 11 look and feel, supporting features like Bluetooth mice and keyboards, 7z and TAR compression formats, and the new Task Manager.

System Center 2025: Streamlined Management

  • Infrastructure Modernization: System Center 2025 supports the latest Windows Server version from Day 0, providing management and monitoring capabilities for Azure Stack HCI 23H2 clusters. This ensures that organizations can manage heterogeneous infrastructure with a single management plane.
  • Enhanced Security: System Center 2025 includes support for Transport Layer Security (TLS) version 1.3, ensuring that all data transmissions are protected by the latest encryption standards. Additionally, Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2025 introduces the capability to securely store passphrases in Azure Key Vault.
  • Improved Automation and Monitoring: System Center Orchestrator allows for efficient creation and execution of runbooks using native PowerShell scripts, while System Center Operations Manager provides comprehensive monitoring of health, capacity, and usage across applications and infrastructure.
  • Backup and Disaster Recovery: DPM 2025 offers flexible and efficient data protection strategies, including the ability to exclude specific disks from backups in Hyper-V environments. This ensures that organizations can tailor their backup solutions to meet their specific needs.

Conclusion

The release of Windows Server 2025 and System Center 2025 represents a significant advancement in IT infrastructure management. With enhanced security, improved performance, and robust hybrid cloud capabilities, these new versions are set to empower organizations to achieve greater efficiency and agility in their operations. Whether you’re managing on-premises servers or hybrid cloud environments, Windows Server 2025 and System Center 2025 provide the tools and features needed to stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of IT.

For more detailed information, you can visit the official Microsoft blog.

Don’t forget Microsoft Ignite Global Event


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Whats New in Windows Server vNext #WindowsServerInsider #Winserv #Hyperv


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JOIN Microsoft Ignite 2021 Event November 2-4 #MSIgnite #Azure #Winserv #Windows11 #Hybrid

Microsoft Ignite 2021

Join Microsoft and the Community November 2–4, 2021 to explore the latest tools, training sessions, technical expertise, networking opportunities, and more. You can register here

Here you find some great MSIgnite guidance on Microsoft Tech Community :

Check out what’s new in Security at Microsoft Ignite

Surface at Microsoft Ignite: November 2021

Your Guide to Microsoft Teams at Microsoft Ignite Fall 2021

Windows at Microsoft Ignite: November 2021

A developer’s guide to Ignite 2021

Bring Azure Kubernetes Services to a Hybrid Environment (The Blueprint Files)

Follow @MS_Ignite on Twitter

Of course you can make your own schedule from the session catalog here

Don’t forget your Registration and have a Great innovative Microsoft Ignite 2021 Event 😉

 


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Windows Admin Center v2103 Available! What’s New #Winserv #Azure #Management #WindowsAdminCenter #MVPBuzz

Windows Admin Center v2103

With Windows Admin Center you can remotely manage Windows Server running anywhere—physical, virtual, on-premises, in Azure, or in a hosted environment.
The tool, available with your Windows Server license at no additional charge, consolidates and reimagines Windows OS tools in a single, browser-based, graphical user interface.
At Microsoft Ignite 2021 Global Virtual Event they launched Windows Admin Center version 2103. Here you find the download.

What’s New in Windows Admin Center v2103

WAC Updates Automatically

Events Tool ReDesign (Preview)

Great Overview of the Server Events 😉

Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows

Windows Admin Center in The Azure Portal 

Set Proxy Server in Windows Admin Center Settings.

Open in a Separate Window

This is a Separate Window on my Second Screen, this works Awesome!

Windows Admin Center Virtual Tool improvements 🙂

Conclusion

Microsoft is working hard to make Hybrid IT Management better for Administrators to manage Hybrid Cloud datacenters. Windows Admin Center is a must have for managing
Windows Server Core, AzureStack HCI, and Cluster Services. I can say: I love to work with Windows Admin Center 🙂

 

When you have feedback for the Product Team please do that here at User Voice


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Today is Microsoft Ignite 2021 Event of the Year #MSIgnite #Azure #Cloud #AzureStackHCI #Winserv and More

JOIN Microsoft Ignite 2021 Event

You don’t want to miss this Live Awesome Virtual Global Event of Microsoft 😉


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#Microsoft Virtual Training Day | NL #Azure #Winserv #Cloud and More!

Microsoft Virtual Training Day | NL this Wednesday March 11th. This day will be full of technical sessions based on our Microsoft Learning Paths.

Explore the tracks

We offer 7 tracks including 5 sessions per track, based on the Learning Paths of Azure Cloud Native, Azure Data, Azure Infra & Ops, Business Applications, Power Platform, Modern Workplace and Surface. On the day itself you can join sessions of different tracks. Please register your sessions here :

http://aka.ms/mvtd