Slides from CIAOPS December 2021 webinar that provided Microsoft 365 news update, open Q & A as well as a focus session on Azure. Video recording is available at www.ciaopsacademy.com
10. News
• The final report on NOBELIUM
• https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/12/15/the-final-report-on-nobeliums-unprecedented-nation-state-
attack/
• Microsoft Defender for Business preview now available
• https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/small-and-medium-business-blog/microsoft-defender-for-business-
preview-now-available/ba-p/3033609
• OneDrive sync for ARM devices in preview
• https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-onedrive-blog/onedrive-sync-for-native-arm-devices-now-in-
public-preview/ba-p/3031668
• What’s new in Teams
• https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-teams-november-
2021/ba-p/3015700
• Enhancements to Windows 365
• https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/windows-365-business-supports-windows-11-and-
enhanced-admin/ba-p/3038709
14. 42 Azure regions achieving global scale
West US 2
West US
US Gov Arizona
West Central US
US Gov Texas East US
Brazil South
US DoD East
Canada Central
Central US
North Central US
UK South
North Europe
UK West
France Central
France South
Germany Central
Germany Northeast
South Africa West
South Africa
North
Australia Central 1
Australia Southeast
Southeast Asia
South India
West India
Central India
East Asia
Korea South
Japan West
Japan East
China North
Korea Central
East US 2
US Gov Virginia
West Europe
US Gov Lowa
China East
Australia East
Australia Central 2
15. Two-factor
authentication
with biometrics
Employee &
contractor vetting
Metal
detectors
Video coverage
rack front & back
Inability to identify
location of specific
customer data
Secure
destruction bins
Ongoing
roaming patrols
Video
coverage
Ongoing
roaming patrols
Front
entrance gate
1 defined
access point
Video
coverage
Perimeter
fencing
Two-factor
authentication
with biometrics
Video
coverage
No building
signage
24x7x365
security operations
Verified single
person entry
Ongoing
roaming patrols
Background
check
System
check
Access
approval
Perimeter
Building
Server
environment
Physical datacenter security
16. Azure Datacenter Infrastructure
Azure
Backup
Site
Recovery
Azure
Monitor
Azure
Policy
Azure
Bluepirnts
Log
Analytics
Azure
Migrate
Databox
Family
Compute Storage Networking
Linux
Virtual
Machine
Compute/Containers Web/Mobile DevOps/Developer
Container
Instance
Functions
Service Fabric
Integration IoT Data Services
Service Bus Event Grid
Logic Apps
API
Management
Management Platform as a Services (PaaS) Security
Infrastructure as a Services (IaaS)
Disk
Storage
Managed
Disks
Virtual
Machine
Scale Sets
Express
Route
Load
Balancer
Azure
Firewall
Virtual
WAN
Network
Watcher
Virtual
Network
VPN
Gateway
Media Services
Content Delivery
Network
Media/CDN
Cognitive
Services
IoT Hub
Stream
Analytics
Role- based
access control
Azure
Digital Twins
Time Series
Insights
IoT Central
IoT Edge
Bot
Services
SQL Data
Warehouse
Azure
Databricks
Apache
Spark
AI
Machine
Learning Studio
Machine
Learning Service
Azure
Search
Analytics
Data Lake
Storage Gen2
Mobile Apps
Web Apps Logic Apps API Apps
Notification
Hubs
SignalR
Service
Application
Insights
Lab
Services
Azure DevOps
SDK
SQL
Database
Data Factory
Database for
MySQL Cosmos DB
Database for
PostgreSQL
Database for
MariaDB
Database
Migration Service
Azure Cache
for Redis
Azure AD
Key Vault
Security
Center
DDoS
Protection
Multi-Factor
Authentication
Azure ATP
Azure AD for
Domain Services
Azure AD
B2C
Cost
Management
Video Indexer
Content
Protection
Kubernetes
Service
SQL Data
Warehouse
Table
Storage
17. Threat
protection
Microsoft Antimalware
for Azure
Security
management
Azure Log Analytics
Azure Security Center
Network
security
VNET, VPN, NSG
Application Gateway
(WAF), Azure Firewall
DDoS Protection
Standard
ExpressRoute
Data
protection
Encryption
(Disks, Storage, SQL)
Azure Key Vault
Confidential
Computing
Identity & access
management
Azure Active Directory
Multi-Factor
Authentication
Role Based
Access Control
Azure Active Directory
(Identity Protection)
+ Partner Solutions
21. Resources
• Azure Documentation - http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/
• What is IaaS - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/overview/what-is-iaas/#overview
• Azure networking services overview - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-
us/azure/networking/fundamentals/networking-overview
• Introduction to Azure virtual machines - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-
us/learn/modules/intro-to-azure-virtual-machines/
• Explore Azure networking services - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-
us/learn/modules/azure-networking-fundamentals/
• Azure global infrastructure - https://infrastructuremap.microsoft.com/
• Azure tips and tricks - http://michaelcrump.net/azure-tips-and-tricks-complete-list/
• Tutorial: Grant a user access to Azure resources using the Azure portal -
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/quickstart-assign-role-user-
portal
22. Take aways
• Requires a paid subscription
• Think of Azure as toolbox
• Lot more than just virtual machines
• You only pay for what you use
• Hardware has been replaced by code
• Natively integrated with Microsoft 365
• Will continue to grow and expand