Greetings and Salutations,
Thank you for everyone who could make it to our May meeting via Microsoft Teams and thru the confusion of creating a double meeting, and apologies for those that missed it – It also appears the recording was not setup either, so this week I plan to record the last months session and post it up to make it available.
At this month’s meeting, we have long time returning speaker – Michael Noel - who will be speaking on the topic of “Securing IT Against Modern Threats with Microsoft 365 Security Tools” remotely.
Please note that we have moved the User Groups starting time this month to 3pm.
Once again, I would like to apologies for the confusion with last month’s virtual event and to those people who missed the session, I’ve ensured that no such confusion will take place this month :)
We hope to see you at this virtual month’s meeting on Tuesday!
-Adelaide Office 365 User Group Team
June Meeting Information
This month’s meeting will be taking place on Tuesday, the 16th of June where we have Michael Noel presenting “Securing IT Against Modern Threats with Microsoft 365 Security Tools” via Microsoft Teams Live event - https://tinyurl.com/ybe76syt
You can register for this month’s meeting at: https://ao365ug16062020.eventbrite.com.au, Microsoft Live Event Link - https://tinyurl.com/ybe76syt
The agenda for month’s activities are:
- 2:50PM – Login, Arrive, Relax, General chit-chat and networking!
- 3:00PM – Welcome, Introductions, Australian Computer Society & Microsoft Ignite / Office 365 Recap – Daniel Brown
- 3:10PM – Securing IT Against Modern Threats with Microsoft 365 Security Tools – Michael Noel
Session Level: 300
Audience: Security Admins/Business Decision Makers
Organisations today are facing unprecedented and sophisticated attacks to their internal Information Technology infrastructure. These evolving attacks include cryptojacking, spear phishing, credential hijacking, and more. These attacks can result in significant data loss and/or theft of confidential and valuable intellectual property. In response to these threats, Microsoft has released an array of tools such as Azure Sentinel, Cloud App Security, Azure Advanced Threat Protection, and others which can help to secure and protect against these threats. These tools work with both On-Premises and cloud-based infrastructure to provide for comprehensive protection of hybrid environments.
This session breaks down each of these Microsoft tools and provides for an understanding of their value for specific security scenarios. A simple, no-marketing approach is taken to evaluating each individual tool, and a simple breakdown of what is provided with each Microsoft licensing model is outlined. Attendees will gain a better appreciation to which tools to utilize and how to better protect their Information Technology investments from the type of career-ending attacks which are unfortunately common today.
- Understand how modern threats such as cryptojacking, spear phishing, credential hijacking, and more are commonly faced in today’s IT environments and what tools and techniques can be used to mitigate the risk faced by these modern threats
- Examine Microsoft security tools such as Azure Sentinel, Azure Advanced Threat Protection, Azure Security Center, Cloud App Security, Azure AD Privileged Identity Management, Azure AD Identity Protection, Azure Information Protection, and more.
- Understand which tools are available for each licensing model in the Microsoft world and when it may make sense to 'upgrade' existing licenses to support specific toolsets as opposed to investment in third-party tools
- 3:50PM –Office 365 Forum, Questions
- 4:00PM – Meeting End/Close
You can register for this month’s meeting at: https://ao365ug16062020.eventbrite.com.au, Microsoft Live Event Link - https://tinyurl.com/ybe76syt
Recorded Sessions
We have published the slide decks and recording from our previous meetings this year in case you were not able to attend a session
April’s meeting details
March’s meeting details
February Meetings details
Topic Suggestions
Do you have a topic request that you would like to see presented at the Adelaide Office 365 User Group? Let us know by filling out the form at https://forms.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=esTK4mlfn0KNOQNNKDheIRYZNNjNjnZGnm6xEdCbdphUNEhBTlVSTkM0NjJTWk9KN0NKOE1GS1ZWOC4u
2020 User Group Speaker Schedule
We have been busy scheduling speakers for the User Group in 2020, below is what we have secured!
If you are interested in speaking, please let us know as we are happy to schedule additional sessions or quick 15mins “quick wins” sessions.
Microsoft Ignite – The Tour - Content
Microsoft Ignite – The Tour Sydney appears to have been a huge success with a lot of people providing a lot of positive feedback about the event!
The event might be over, but there's more to explore. Catch the most popular on-demand sessions, ask questions, and collaborate with experts in the Microsoft Tech Community at https://aka.ms/MicrosoftIgnite-TheTour/TechCommunity
SharePoint 2010 extended!
In response to the COVID-19 crisis and an increase in customer requests, Microsoft have decided to revise support for SharePoint Server 2010 products and technologies.
Microsoft will now be providing Extended Support for the following products until April 13, 2021, extending the original end of support date of October 13, 2020 by six months:
- SharePoint Foundation 2010
- SharePoint Server 2010
- Project Server 2010
After the extended support period (April 13, 2021), Microsoft will no longer provide technical support for problems that may occur including bug fixes for issues that are discovered and that may impact the stability and usability of the server, security fixes for vulnerabilities that are discovered and that may make the server vulnerable to security breaches, and time zone updates.
This does not include Office 2010! – End of Life is still for October 13, 2020 (https://support.office.com/en-us/article/end-of-support-for-office-2010-3a3e45de-51ac-4944-b2ba-c2e415432789?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US) So please plan to migrate your Office 2010 installations to a newer version of Office by October this year!
The full announcement and details can be found at: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/revised-end-of-support-date-for-sharepoint-server-2010-april-13/ba-p/1285559#
June Early Bird User Group Meeting Details
Early bird details for the Adelaide Office 365 User Group June’s meeting
User Group Sponsors
The Adelaide Office 365 User Group would like to thank our user group sponsors who help make our meetings possible each and every month!
If you would like to find out more or are interesting in becoming a sponsor of the Adelaide Office 365 User Group, please email [email protected]
Websites
Check out our website at http://www.ao365ug.org.au
We also have a number of Social Media platforms:
List Management
Feel free to forward these emails to others who may be interested in the Adelaide Office 365 User Group. If they wish to receive emails directly about the Adelaide Office 365 User Group, they should send a message to me at the address below.
If you would like to include meeting details in your works internal newsletter, please also feel free to do so.
We are in the process of setting up a facility for companies who which to include meeting details can be notified by an automated system. If you would like to participate, please contact Daniel Brown ([email protected]).
Feedback
Please let us know if you have any feedback on how we can improve the user group. Also, if you would like to present to the group on your experiences with Office 365, just let us know. We can be contacted at [email protected] or by visiting http://www.ao365ug.org.au.
