Microsoft Mechanics Podcast

Take advantage of Azure Cosmos DB for your AI-driven applications. Seamlessly integrate with large language models like ChatGPT, for real-time operational efficiency and limitless scalability. With its built-in vector search engine and multi-model support, Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore optimizes for just-in-time data retrieval, so you can build cutting-edge solutions at any scale.

Kirill Gavrylyuk, General Manager for the Azure Cosmos DB team, joins Jeremy Chapman to share how you can increase performance and cost-effectiveness, whether managing millions of users globally or building smaller-scale apps.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Get your database ready for AI with Azure Cosmos DB
02:33 - Solve for real-time data access requirements
03:39 - Automatic scaling
05:35 - How Azure CosmosDB works for copilot-style apps
06:38 - App using vectorized data
07:24 - Jupyter notebook demo
09:19 - Vector indexing and search in Cosmos DB
10:14 - Building a small copilot-style app
12:10 - Run smaller apps serverless
12:35 - Set maximum throughput thresholds
13:39 - Auto scale using Cosmos DB
14:38 - Wrap Up

► Link References:

See how Cosmos DB vector search capabilities work at https://aka.ms/CosmosVector 

Get a free trial at https://aka.ms/trycosmosdb 

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For enterprise-grade architecture, data privacy, and control, build your own private ChatGPT style app using OpenAI GPT models with the Azure AI services. You can start with open-source samples for design and the user interface along with Azure containers or Azure App Service, then customize what it can do with Azure AI Studio. Importantly, to ensure its enterprise-ready with the right security and scale considerations in place, Azure Landing Zones provide the architectural best practices for apps like this. Landing Zone Accelerators simplify deployment for dedicated app-level subscriptions and scoped security and broader policies. Layering these recommendations and approaches helps ensure that your ChatGPT style private app meets enterprise requirements.

Microsoft Azure expert, Matt McSpirit, shares how to build your own private ChatGPT-style apps and make them enterprise-ready using Azure Landing Zones.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Build your own private ChatGPT 
00:43 - Benefits of building your own private chat experience 
02:07 - Use an open source ChatGPT-style app sample 
03:16 - Connect your ChatGPT-style experiences 
04:12 - Enhance chat experience with Azure AI Studio 
04:45 - Architecture and security with Azure Services 
06:44 - Landing Zone configuration and accelerators 
07:49 - Wrap Up

► Link References:

Go to the Azure OpenAI Landing Zone at https://aka.ms/OpenAILZ

Get ChatBot UI open-source code in GitHub at https://aka.ms/GitHubChatBotUI

To use Bicep templates, go to https://aka.ms/LZ 

Check out Landing Zone accelerators at https://aka.ms/LZAccelerators

Watch our show on Azure AI Studio at https://aka.ms/AIStudioMechanics

Watch our show on Azure Landing Zones at https://aka.ms/LandingZoneMechanics

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Increase productivity and creativity with Microsoft Copilot, offering tailored experiences for both personal and work use. With a foundational free option for personal tasks and an advanced version, Microsoft Copilot Pro integrated with office apps, Copilot optimizes generative AI responses. For work use, unlock commercial data protection and comprehensive in-app experiences with Copilot for Microsoft 365, streamlining tasks across Microsoft 365 apps like Teams for enhanced collaboration and efficiency. 

Join Mary David Pasch, Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Principal Product Manager, as she shares tips to optimize your Microsoft Copilot results.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365
00:33 - Overview for personal and work use
01:56 - Retrieval Augmented Generation
03:06 - What an ungrounded experience looks like
03:41 - Ground the LLM with data
05:26 - Copilot Pro experience
06:34 - Microsoft Copilot with commercial data protection
07:51 - Copilot for Microsoft 365
09:58 - Wrap Up

► Link References:

Access these Microsoft Copilot experiences at https://copilot.microsoft.com

Watch our show on how to get ready for Copilot at https://aka.ms/GetReadyforCopilot

For tips and sample prompts, check out https://support.microsoft.com/copilot

Get the full playlist of Copilot deep dives at https://aka.ms/m365copilotmechanics

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Protect against identity-based attacks with Identity Threat Detection and Response capabilities. Ensure your organization is equipped to protect identities wherever they are—on-premises, in the cloud or hybrid. As an integral component of the XDR experience, identity alerts are contextualized within broader security incidents, enhancing your ability to manage threats effectively. The integrated Copilot experience and advanced hunting capabilities allow for in-depth investigation of alerts and activity logs. Security analysts and identity admins can collaborate seamlessly with bidirectional integration between Defender XDR and Microsoft Entra. 

Daniel Lynch, Microsoft Defender for Identity’s Senior Product Manager, shares how Identity Threat Detection and Response can be utilized in daily operations and coordinated actions throughout every phase of an identity-related security incident, strengthening your organization's defense posture.

► QUICK LINKS: 

00:00 - Stop identity-based attacks
01:13 - How to use Identity Threat Detection and Response
02:37 - See an active multi-stage incident
03:57 - Use Copilot for Security
05:08 - Advanced Hunting in Microsoft Defender XDR
05:38 - Block a compromised user account in Active Directory
06:44 - Improve security posture in Microsoft Defender XDR with Secure Score
08:04 - Wrap Up

► Link References:

For more information, check out https://aka.ms/ITDR

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Simplify endpoint management and security with a single, connected experience with the Microsoft Intune Suite. It brings you a broad collection of advanced cross-platform capabilities, with new improvements across application security, secure access to on-prem and private cloud resources, and device operations and support.

Enhance application security with Enterprise App Management to streamline deployment, updates, and protection against vulnerabilities. Run approved privileged apps with tailored elevation rules using Endpoint Privilege Management. Ensure secure access to on-prem and private cloud resources using Cloud PKI for streamlined certificate management and Microsoft Tunnel for MAM's Micro-VPN service for unenrolled devices. Gain insights and real-time device querying through advanced analytics. View and control your PCs and Macs, as well as specialized mobile devices, right from the Intune admin center with Remote Help.

Dilip Radhakrishnan, Partner, GPM for Microsoft Intune, give an overview of the Microsoft Intune Suite and its recent updates.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Simplify endpoint management and security
01:38 - Enterprise App Management
02:21 - Updating apps
02:43 - Endpoint Privilege Management
03:45 - Securing access to on-prem resources with Cloud PKI
04:29 - Securing mobile access to on-prem and private cloud resources
05:05 - Advanced Analytics- Device query
06:48 - Remote Help
07:49 - Wrap Up

► Link References:

Check out https://aka.ms/IntuneSuite

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Deliver desktop and app virtualization experiences to almost any device, with VMs running where you need them with Azure Virtual Desktop on Azure Stack HCI. This hybrid solution integrates local data centers with Azure cloud workloads through Azure Arc, enabling flexible, secure, and regionally compliant virtualization experiences.

Take advantage of exclusive features like Windows 11 multi-session, previously limited to Windows Server. Maintain precise control over VM hosts' locations, ensuring compliance and optimizing for ultra-low latency. Benefit from unified security with Microsoft Entra ID and streamlined administration through Azure Arc, for increased flexibility and control. Azure expert, Matt McSpirit shows the steps to get it up and running.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI
01:21 - Security and management benefits
01:56 - Get it up and running
03:27 - Connect to session hosts using the new Windows App
04:15 - Configure an Azure Stack HCL 23H2 cluster to run Azure Virtual Desktop
06:28 - Deploy session hosts
08:29 - Configure additional options
09:57 - Wrap Up

► Link References:

Check out https://aka.ms/AVDonHCI

Steps for setup at https://aka.ms/StackHCISetup 

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Prevent over-permissioning of your data and resources using a Zero Trust “Just enough access” approach with proactive role-based Conditional Access controls with Microsoft Entra. Privileged identities, like admins, are your highest value targets. Use identity governance controls to scope their access to just what they need to perform their specific job roles within specified time limits. For everyday users, ensure “just enough access” so users can only access what they need to get their jobs done. This is done using Entitlement Management to select the right resources and apps to prevent over-permissioning. With Conditional Access adaptive controls, you can ensure users and devices meet predefined conditions prior to granting access to any resource.

Jeremy Chapman, Microsoft 365 Director, shares the controls you can put in place to help ensure access to your resources is protected.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Microsoft Entra Conditional Access and ID Governance
01:35 - Privileged Identities
02:51 - How to activate Just-in-Time access
04:32 - Just Enough Access and entitlement management
06:08 - Create access packages
07:47 - Conditional Access
09:16 - Pre-built templates
10:20 - Wrap up

► Link References:

Get started, go to https://entra.microsoft.com 

For more information, check out https://learn.microsoft.com/entra 

Watch our show and demo on lifecycle workflow automation at https://aka.ms/ILMMechanics

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Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now available for organizations of all sizes with Microsoft 365 and Office 365 - without a minimum license count. In this video, Jeremy Chapman from the Microsoft 365 team demonstrates new security, compliance, and privacy updates in the experience. You'll also see what's possible to achieve the right level of file permissions for Zero Trust, just enough access search across Microsoft 365 and with Copilot information retrieval. Beyond data security, we explain prerequisites, administrative controls in the Microsoft 365 admin center, the wizard-based Copilot for Microsoft 365 setup guide, tools to drive adoption, and the new Copilot for Microsoft 365 Dashboard Power BI app to see how people are using Microsoft Copilot in your organization.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 What is Copilot for Microsoft 365 and how does it work? 
01:09 What are the data security controls for Microsoft Copilot?
03:06 How to set up data protections for Microsoft Copilot 
05:47 Are Microsoft Copilot activities logged and auditable?
06:27 Microsoft Copilot data residency and where it's processed
07:11 Admin configurations for Copilot in the Microsoft 365 admin center
08:10 Microsoft Copilot prerequisites, setup, and licensing
09:16 How to drive Microsoft Copilot readiness and adoption with end users 

► Link References:

Find the full Microsoft Copilot playlist at https://aka.ms/M365CopilotMechanics

For more information about Copilot adoption, check out https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot

Use the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center configure a monthly update channel for Copilot features to light up, go to https://config.office.com

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Build and deploy copilot style apps that leverage the power of both GPT-4 Turbo with Vision and Azure AI Vision and Search in Microsoft’s Azure AI Studio. Enable direct lookups from image inputs over your organizational data to ground generative AI responses. This marks a significant improvement in the accuracy of natural language processing and image recognition tasks to enable new generative AI scenarios. Video inputs are also uniquely supported when you combine GPT-4 Turbo with Vision and Azure AI Vision.

Seth Juarez, Principal Program Manager for Azure AI, shares how it’s easy to build and orchestrate powerful copilot style apps.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - GPT-4 Turbo with Vision + Azure AI Vision
00:42 - Baseline capabilities of GPT-4 Turbo with Vision
02:43 - Direct lookups of image and video data
04:53 - See the two combined: Demo
05:52 - How to build it
07:17 - See the code behind your app
08:07 - Wrap up

► Link References

Start using Azure AI Studio today at https://ai.azure.com

Watch a detailed overview at https://aka.ms/AzureAIStudioMechanics

Check out our QuickStart guides at https://aka.ms/LearnAIStudio  

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Build, test, deploy, and monitor your generative AI apps at scale from one place with Azure AI Studio. Access models in the Azure OpenAI service from Meta, NVIDIA and Microsoft Research, as well hundreds of open-source models. Integrate your own data across multiple data sets to ground your model, which is made easier through direct integration with OneLake in Microsoft Fabric. It uses shortcuts to let you bring in virtualized data sets across your data estate without having to move them.

Use Azure AI Studio for full lifecycle development from a unified playground for prompt engineering, to pre-built Azure AI skills to build multi-modal applications, using language, vision, and speech, as well as Search, which includes hybrid with semantic ranking for more precise information retrieval. Test your AI applications for quality and safety with built-in evaluation, and use a prompt flow tool for custom orchestration, as well as overarching controls with Responsible AI content filters for safety. Seth Juarez, Principal Program Manager for Azure AI, gives you an overview of Azure AI Studio.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Build your own copilots in Azure AI Studio
01:52 - Copilot app running as a chatbot|
03:53 - Retrieval augmented generation grounded on your data
04:54 - Experiment with prompts: Multi-modality
06:47 - Advanced capabilities: Prompt flow
08:58 - Ensure quality and safety of responses
10:09 - Wrap up

► Link References
Start using Azure AI Studio today at https://ai.azure.com 

Check out our QuickStart guides at https://aka.ms/LearnAIStudio  

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Keep your users, devices and data protected with Microsoft Entra Security Service Edge Internet Access. Combine identity and access management along with network access controls to help protect iInternet-based resources. Protections are context aware, made possible by deep integration with Conditional Access policies, with risk assessed in real time across identity, device, location, and applications, to protect ANY app or resource. See how Microsoft Entra Internet Access helps prevent sophisticated token theft attacks and insider data exfiltration to untrusted sites, including logging into unallowed sites that might increase your risk.

Camila Martins, Senior Product Manager for Microsoft Entra, shows policies you can set as an admin and the user experience with protections in place - right from the Global Secure Access controls in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Keep users, devices, and data protected
01:20 - Token theft demo
02:09 - How it works as a user
03:00 - How the policy prevents data exfiltration
03:48 - Protect against malicious insider attacks
05:00 - See a policy in action
06:01 - Block sites that inhibit productivity
06:53 - Add Conditional Access policies
08:24 - Wrap up

► Link References

Get started at https://entra.microsoft.com

For more information, check out https://aka.ms/SSEInternetAccessdocs 

Check out our playlist at https://aka.ms/SSEMechanics

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Enable secure access to all your private on-prem and cloud resources, beyond what you can do with traditional VPNs, with Microsoft Entra Private Access, part of Microsoft’s Security Service Edge solution. Private Access takes an identity-centric Zero Trust Network Access approach, and leverages the Conditional Access policy engine to assess risk in real time using identity, device, and application signals, and apply additional network conditions to protect any apps or resources, such as file shares or virtual machines.

Ashish Jain, Principal Group PM for Microsoft Entra, shares how Microsoft Entra adds Security Service Edge controls for private connections that you'll find under Global Secure Access in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Secure access to all private apps and resources
01:31 - Global Secure Access
02:27 - Set up private app access without using a VPN
03:34 - MFA with Conditional Access policies
05:24 - Connect to infrastructure resources on prem
07:03 - Connect from a mobile device
09:09 - Wrap up

► Link References
Get started at https://entra.microsoft.com

For more information, check out https://aka.ms/SSEPrivateAccessDocs

Check out our playlist at https://aka.ms/SSEMechanics 

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Ensure employees in your organization feel engaged and productive. Know which questions to ask, interpret the results and act on the feedback with Microsoft Viva Glint. As a scalable fully managed solution, it streamlines and automates the employee feedback process measured against proven drivers for employee satisfaction and engagement. Managers can quickly interpret the results with easy-to-use dashboards with advanced analytics. Using Copilot in Viva Glint, rapidly query thousands of comments to gain new perspective. Take advantage of workplace signals from elsewhere on the Viva platform, such as Viva Insights, to connect the dots between favorability and how employees work, and to close the feedback loop, you can leverage people science backed recommendations to take meaningful actions and drive positive change.

Quentin Mackey, Principal Group PM for Microsoft Viva Glint, shares how it works, the manager experience, and how to customize it as a service admin. 

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Streamline and automate employee feedback
01:11 - Employee survey experience
02:26 - Manager experience
04:15 - Managing multiple teams
05:54 - Microsoft Copilot in Viva Glint
06:43 - Set up a Viva Glint program
09:13 - Wrap up

► Link References

Get it up and running at https://aka.ms/DeployVivaGlint

Check out https://aka.ms/VivaGlintDocs 

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Access quality data, wherever it resides, with Microsoft Fabric, our next generation managed data and analytics service. Make data accessible across your entire data estate, without having to integrate different sources or work across multiple toolsets. Check out new data mirroring capabilities and AI-powered Copilot experiences, from building data pipelines, to creating predictive models and generating Power BI reports.

Microsoft Fabric is a single, fully managed service, that helps you derive quality data from raw fragmented data by using built-in capabilities for data integration, data engineering and data warehousing, as well as for building data science models, real-time analytics, business intelligence, and real-time monitoring and alerts to trigger actions when your data changes.

Nellie Gustafsson, Microsoft Fabric’s Principal Product Manager, joins Jeremy Chapman to share all the updates.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Access quality data across your entire data estate
01:00 - Single, fully managed service
03:18 - Data mirroring
05:29 - Cross-join and query data
06:48 - Copilot in Microsoft Fabric
08:06 - Build a machine learning model for predictive insights
09:47 - Use Copilot to generate Power BI reports
11:09 - Wrap up

► Link References

Get information, resources, and sign up for a free trial at https://aka.ms/fabric 

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Manage SIEM, XDR, and threat intelligence from one place with new updates in the Microsoft Defender portal. Interact with all of your security data using generative AI with Security Copilot. View incidents across your digital estate—whether they're related to endpoints, SaaS services, your network in the cloud or on prem. This unified approach eliminates the inefficiency of SOC teams having to switch between multiple systems and manually piece together incident details, while maintaining all the current functionalities of each connected service.

Rob Lefferts joins Jeremy Chapman to discuss how the Defender experience has evolved into a unified security operations platform that combines threat detection, prevention, investigation, and response.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - How Microsoft Defender has evolved
01:47 - Increase your SOC’s efficiency and speed
02:30 - GPT-based Security Copilot
03:54 - See an active incident
05:45 - Attack disruption
06:48 - High-level recap with Security Copilot
07:39 - Unified advanced hunting
08:51 - Set it up
09:32 - Wrap up

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For more information, and to join our private preview go to https://aka.ms/SOCPlatform 

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Use GPT-powered natural language to investigate and respond to security incidents, threats and vulnerabilities with Microsoft Security Copilot, a new security AI assistant. Skilled with Microsoft’s vast cybersecurity expertise, it helps you perform common security-related tasks quickly using generative AI. This includes embedded experiences within Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Intune for endpoint management, Microsoft Entra for identity and access management, and Microsoft Purview for data security. Security Copilot as an enterprise-grade natural language interface to your organization's security data.

Ryan Munsch, from the Security Copilot team, joins host Jeremy Chapman to share how Security Copilot is like an enterprise-grade natural language interface to your organization's security data.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Investigate and respond to security incidents
01:24 - Works with the signal in your environment
02:26 - Prompt experience
03:06 - Off-the-shelf LLM vs. Security Copilot
05:43 - LoRA fine-tuning
07:06 - Security analyst use case
10:07 - Generate a hunting query using Microsoft Sentinel
11:34 - Threat intelligence
14:20 - Embedded Copilot experiences
15:42 - Wrap up

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Join our early access program at https://aka.ms/SecurityCopilot 

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Provide powerful Windows experiences on any device based on individual needs. Get a unified experience from the Windows App:

• Windows 365- provision Cloud PCs from Intune and manage them just like physical devices, and users get a full, secure desktop accessible from any device, anywhere. 
• Microsoft Dev Box- provision cloud-based developer workstations for specific projects, that can be customized with the tools and the code you need. 
• Azure Virtual Desktop-provision and manage full virtual desktops and remote apps. Choose any VM configuration and deploy multi-session shared VMs. 

New to Windows 365, take a closer look at options for more powerful GPU-enabled Cloud PCs, as well as AI-powered Cloud PC re-sizing recommendations. Scott Manchester, who leads the team for Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop at Microsoft, highlights all the latest updates to Windows 365.

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00:00 - Unified access with the Windows App
00:53 - Behind the experience
01:55 - See it on a Mac
03:12 - Security controls
04:02 - Browser experience
04:58 - Connect to Cloud PC with a mobile device
05:47 - Updates to Windows 365- use GPU-enabled Cloud PCs
07:56 - Cloud PC sizing recommendations
09:36 - Wrap up

► Link References

Apps and web experience at https://aka.ms/WindowsApp

Sign up for the preview at https://aka.ms/win365GPU 

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Locate, understand and protect sensitive information, both structured and unstructured, across your entire data estate at scale with Microsoft Purview. Keep data secure, whether it resides in Microsoft 365, Azure, non-Microsoft clouds, SaaS services and even on-premises in your data center.

Data classifications and protections defined with Microsoft Purview persist in-place, without having to migrate your data into the Microsoft cloud. Over time, Microsoft Purview derives insights into your protection posture and trends to help prioritize locations where data in your organization might be exposed to risk. You can access data security, governance, and compliance from one place, and under information protection, find proactive recommendations and valuable insights to keep data secure. 

Shilpa Ranganathan, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Purview shares how policies put in place with Microsoft Purview will protect data wherever it is, even as you work with it using native tools in different clouds.

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00:00 - Microsoft Purview, a unified solution to keep data secure
01:27 - Access experience: Data Engineer vs. External Vendor
04:32 - Define and apply classification labels
06:21 - How to implement user-specific access
08:18 - Wrap up

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Get started at https://aka.ms/MicrosoftPurviewDocs 

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Real-time, synchronized collaboration across your favorite app experiences and devices with Microsoft Loop, our Microsoft 365 co-creation app. Use Loop components to work fluidly with others, while staying in your favorite collaboration app for a connected and interactive experience. Content is always live and up-to-date. View and organize all your loop activity, and provide a collaborative shared workspace for everyone to work together across projects using the Loop app. Generative AI with Microsoft 365 Copilot is integrated throughout the experience to help generate content without starting from scratch. 

Derek Liddell, Principal PM Manager for Microsoft Loop shares the latest user updates, and configuration, data security, and compliance controls for Microsoft 365 admins.

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00:00 - New co-creation app, Microsoft Loop
01:10 - Loop app experience
02:43 - Sharing experience in Loop
04:13 - Loop-powered collaborative notes in Teams
04:53 - Project management experience
05:52 - Admin experience
07:06 - Controls and policies, and Conditional Access
08:56 - Wrap up

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Try it out at https://loop.microsoft.com 

Stay up to date on admin capabilities at https://aka.ms/LoopCompliance

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Microsoft Intune now has built-in native controls so you can manage your Macs similar to how you manage Windows PCs across the device lifecycle, without third party integrations or extensions. This decreases complexity and overhead and increases security, to help achieve your Zero Trust goals. Jeremy Chapman, Director of Microsoft 365, walks through the highlights:

• Automated device enrollment 
• Microsoft Entra ID based single sign-on experience
• Extended configuration management controls 
• Support for common DMG and PKG app package types 
• Declarative Device Management (DDM) for updates
• Upcoming capabilities like Remote Help for macOS within the Intune Suite

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Manage your Macs similar to Windows PCs
01:12 - Admin configurations: Device Enrollment
03:16 - User experience for setup
05:50 - Device configuration for admins
07:13 - Declarative Device Management (DDM)
07:50 - Security settings
08:35 - Distribute and install DMG and PKG app packages
10:23 - Remote Help for macOS coming soon
10:54 - Wrap up

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Get more information at https://aka.ms/IntuneforMac

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