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Explore 5 essential skills for today’s database administrators.     Volume 21, Issue 24 | November 20, 2019   Top News Worldwide       An in-depth look: Bring Azure hybrid to any infra­structure with Azure Arc     Microsoft Power Platform: How to build intelligent, cross-device apps with little to no code       Microsoft 365 security for business decision-makers     Five essential skills for today’s database administrator           Top Downloads   Windows 10 Enterprise Windows Server 2019 Windows Admin Center Windows Server 2019 Essentials System Center 2019 Hyper-V Server 2019 SQL Server 2019   Create an Azure free account Azure Stack Development Kit Microsoft Intune 30-day trial Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics System Center Configuration Manager and Endpoint Protection         Your Featured Content   Azure Container Registry: Diagnostic and audit logs (preview) The Azure Container Registry team announced the preview of audit logs. Find out how this feature lets you monitor your container registry by providing an audit trail of all relevant user-driven activities on the registry.   A look at Microsoft Endpoint Manager Microsoft Endpoint Manager brings Configuration Manager and Intune together in one unified, web-based experience. Watch a demo and see how new security baselines and Threat and Vulnerability Management help IT and security teams come together.   Azure Arc: Seamless innovation anywhere Customer environments are becoming increasingly complex with many applications often running on different hardware across on-premises data centers, multiple clouds, and the edge. Azure helps you manage these disparate environments at scale while enabling developer agility and innovation.   New offerings for Azure high-performance computing Azure is upending preconceptions of what the cloud can do for high-performance computing (HPC). Get an overview of new Azure HPC offerings, including Azure HPC Cache. Improve observability of your Kubernetes deployments Discover how Azure Monitor for containers embraces both observability through live data and the collection of custom metrics to provide full stack end-to-end monitoring.   Now available: Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure Discover a comprehensive set of tools, documentation, templates, and guidance to help shape your organization’s cloud strategies. Learn best practices and accelerate your cloud adoption.   Download the Migration Guide for Windows Server Extended support for workloads on Windows Server 2008 ends in January. Understand how to analyze your existing environment, move services and applications to Azure, and – for applications not ready for Azure – keep them on premises and upgrade to the latest version of Windows Server.   How to deploy SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters is a scale-out, data virtualization platform built on top of the Kubernetes container platform. Learn the tools and steps for deploying SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters to Kubernetes.         Events Microsoft Azure Training Day: Fundamentals | Netherlands December 4, 2019, Rotterdam February 10, 2020 Schiphol March 16, 2020 Schiphol Learn basic strategies for transitioning to the cloud, along with concepts including security, high availability, scalability, elasticity, agility, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery. Attendees will receive free vouchers to take the AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification exam.   Microsoft Discover: Workplace Transformation Workshop | Netherlands December 19, 2019, Schiphol January 16, 2020, Schiphol January 21, 2020, Lijnden January 30, 2020, Sliedrecht February 11, 2020, Lijnden February 20, 2020, Schiphol March 5, 2020, Duiven March 17, 2020, Lijnden March 19, 2020, Schiphol April 2, 2020, Goes April 16, 2020, Schiphol April 21, 2020, Lijnden May 14, 2020, Haaksbergen May 19, 2020, Lijnden May 21, 2020, Schiphol May 28, 2020, Duiven June 11, 2020, Sliedrecht June 16, 2020, Lijnden June 18, 2020, Schiphol Learn how how Office 365, Enterprise Mobility + Security, and Windows 10 can be used most effectively within your organization to enable new ways of collaboration, with data protection and information security as a starting point.   Customer Insights in a Day | Netherlands December 19, 2019, Schiphol February 14, 2020, Schiphol February 18, 2020, Schiphol March 18, 2020, Schiphol March 27, 2020, Schiphol April 24, 2020, Schiphol May 7, 2020, Schiphol May 18, 2020, Schiphol June 23, 2020, Schiphol Together with the in-depth integration into Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement, PowerApps, other marketing automation systems and the generation of leading indicator and KPI data visualizations, Dynamics 365 for Customer Insights provides insight into customer data.   Accelerate time to insight with Azure Synapse Analytics December 10, 2019, online Learn how to simplify your data lake and data warehousing solutions with Azure Synapse Analytics. Query data using on-demand or provisioned resources. Experience a limitless analytics service built to ingest, prep, manage, and serve data. Engineering and analytics experts will demo Azure Synapse Analytics and answer questions.   IoT in Action: New York January 13, 2020, New York, NY Join Microsoft in New York and discover what it means to use IoT technology to drive shopping analytics, smart experiences, and store efficiencies. Meet IoT innovators and industry experts, learn best practices, and explore opportunities offered by connected devices.   Microsoft Ignite The Tour Through May 2020, worldwide Learn new ways to modernize your organization, optimize your cloud infrastructure, and code with deep technical training. Find an event in a city near you.         Resources   Microsoft Evaluation Center Microsoft Developer Newsletter Microsoft Learn TechNet Flash Archive   Microsoft Docs   Microsoft Security Response Center