Episode 423 | News Roundup From the Microsoft Cloud

In this episode, AC & CJ catch up on the biggest news in the Microsoft cloud space as well as changes in store for Microsoft 365.

Banter

• Explore Azure’s global infrastructure
• Blockchain 101 - A Visual Demo

News

• iOS zero-day let SolarWinds hackers compromise fully updated iPhones
• Analyzing the Legal Implications of GitHub Copilot
• Microsoft brings Azure Government Top Secret into GA
• Microsoft Invests in Rubrik, Partners to Protect Customers from Ransomware
• Microsoft hires former Uber product chief Manik Gupta to build ‘world-class consumer experiences’
• The Rise of DOS: How Microsoft Got the IBM PC OS Contract
• Microsoft Graph JavaScript SDK 3.0.0 is now generally available
• MC278815 - Microsoft 365 apps and services support for IE11 has ended
• MC276032 - OneDrive sync client will no longer update or be supported on macOS Sierra 10.12 and macOS High Sierra 10.13
• MC271072 - OneDrive sync client will no longer be supported on Windows Server 2008 R2
• MC276896 - Announcing automatic redirection from Office 365 Security and Compliance Center to Microsoft 365 Defender portal
• MC276028 - Plus addressing to be enabled for all Exchange Online customers
• MC275807 - Removing Message Trace in SCC. Move Custom Queries to Message Trace in the new Modern EAC
• MC274188 - Teams Meeting Recordings Auto-Expiration in OneDrive and SharePoint
• MC273629 - New Device Parsing Logic in Microsoft Teams Call Quality Dashboard
• MC272450 - Sender-recipient pair receiving limits in Microsoft Office 365
• NSA Awards Secret $10 Billion Contract to Amazon

Picks

AC’s Pick

• MIT 15.S12 Blockchain and Money, Fall 2018

CJ’s Pick

• An F-35 pilot’s helmet costs more than a Ferrari and takes two days to get fitted