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November 5, 2020

Microsoft Productivity Score: Measure productivity via the Microsoft 365 admin center Watch a demo of the new Microsoft Productivity Score, now generally available. Find out how to gain insights into your organization and accelerate your digital transformation.   Watch Windows Server Summit 2020 on demand Learn about the latest features of Windows Server and how to extend your datacenter to Azure with unique hybrid cloud capabilities. Watch the digital event on demand and see how to optimize your Windows Server workloads no matter where you run them.   Get an overview of Microsoft Defender Learn about extended detection and response from Microsoft, watch a demo of Microsoft 365 Defender, and find out how the service can help protect your environment.   A look at backup storage redundancy in Azure SQL Explore the two types of backups for restoring databases for Azure SQL, find out how backups are kept, and learn about your backup storage redundancy options.

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Get started quickly with Azure Synapse Analytics Check out the new Knowledge Center in the Azure Synapse Studio. Find one-click tutorials and numerous sample datasets, notebooks, scripts, and pipeline templates to help you get started analyzing data. Learn More See what's new in Microsoft 365 Get an overview of recent updates and enhancements in Microsoft 365 including Microsoft Productivity Score, new antivirus capabilities, new data types in Excel, and the ability to book physical workspaces in Outlook. Learn More The foundations of Zero Trust Learn about the Jericho Forum security consortium and discover how the concepts discussed in it helped to shape what has become today's Zero Trust strategy. Learn More Create your own data types in Excel Learn about connecting to new data types in Excel, find out how to create your own data types, watch short demos, and discover how this new capability can be used in your organization. Learn More Support for Office 2010 and Office 2016 for Mac has ended Office 2010 and Office 2016 for Mac have reached end of support. Find out what this means for organizations still running those versions of Office, explore resources to help with the transition to Microsoft 365 Apps, and learn about new features to help you keep your environment up to date. Learn More Bring your entire IoT solution on premises Learn how Azure IoT Hub can be deployed on Azure Stack Hub. See how this works and learn about some possible scenarios. Learn More Create your first Azure SQL database Get the most value and performance from your Azure SQL database. Learn about licensing by DTU and vCore, explore the differences between tiers, and figure out the best option for your needs. Learn More

Events   Digital event: PASS Summit 2020 November 10–13, 2020, online Explore over 250 expert-led sessions and learning pathways on topics including big data clusters, performance tuning, machine learning, and modernization.   Webinar: Best Practices to Accelerate Your Migration to Azure November 12, 2020, online Learn about the Azure Migration Program, which is designed to simplify your journey through best practices and prescriptive guidance on how to begin your move, navigate technical hurdles, and avoid pitfalls.   Webinar: Accelerate Migration to Azure Synapse Analytics November 12, 2020, online Learn about modernizing your enterprise data warehouse with an end-to-end cloud analytics platform. See how Microsoft and Informatica can help your organization innovate confidently with data-driven decisions by migrating your legacy appliances to Azure Synapse Analytics.   Digital event: Open Azure Day November 18, 2020, online Run Linux apps your way on Azure. Register for this free event for tips, demos, and insights on doing more with your Linux and open-source software workloads on Azure.   Webinar: Migrate and Easily Manage SQL Server Workloads November 18, 2020, online IT departments have had to adjust to remote work environments while managing rapidly growing (or shrinking) workloads. Learn how to meet these challenges with SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.   Webinar: Getting Started with Azure Arc Enabled SQL Managed Instance November 19, 2020, online Join this webinar to learn how to run SQL Server workloads anywhere with the added management benefits of Azure. Discover how the new Azure database service, Azure Arc enabled SQL Managed Instance can help you migrate workloads.   Digital event: Modernize Your Network Security Strategy December 15, 2020, online Learn how a Zero Trust approach can help protect your cloud and hybrid networks from attacks. Find out how Azure network security helps to protect web apps and workloads from sophisticated attacks.   Workshop: Master Your Data Warehouse Migration December 17, 2020, online Learn about cloud data warehousing with Azure Synapse Analytics. Find out how Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog and Intelligent Cloud Services can help accelerate the migration of on-premises enterprise data warehouse workloads to Azure.

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