Office 365 & SharePoint Connect 2019 Session

1. Azure Blackbelt: 30 essential skills to master
Jussi Roine / jussiroine.com / JussiRoine

4. We're focused on two
massive platform
opportunities, one,
Microsoft Azure, the other
Microsoft 365.

8. The heart of everything: Azure Active Directory
▪ The core of each Azure subscription
▪ Users, groups, licenses, permissions,
apps, app proxies, domains.. all
here!
▪ Managed through Azure Portal
▪ It’s important to understand the
difference between AAD, AD and
AAD Connect (and AAD DS)
Identities, management and security

9. Subscriptions and Tenants
▪ Tenants mean Azure AD tenants
▪ Subscriptions mean Azure
subscriptions
▪ You can have multiple Azure AD
tenants, and multiple Azure
subscriptions
▪ The mapping is 1:many → 1 tenant
can have many subscriptions.
Azure AD
mytenant.onmicrosoft.com

11. Demo
Azure Cloud Shell with
Windows Terminal

12. Securing Privileged Access
Office 365 Security
Rapid Cyberattacks
(Wannacrypt/Petya)
https://aka.ms/MCRA Video Recording Strategies
Office 365
Dynamics 365
+Monitor
Azure Sentinel – Cloud Native SIEM and SOAR (Preview)
SQL Encryption &
Data Masking
Data Loss Protection
Data Governance
eDiscovery

13. API Management
OMS / Log Analytics App Insights
IoT Hub
Sourcesystems
Interfacelayer
Integrationlayer
Monitoring & management layer
Staginglayer
Datalayer
VSTS: DevOps
DevOps&Operationslayer
House tables
IoT Hub Operations
Monitoring, Remote
Monitoring
Service Bus
Staging databases
WebJobs
Functions
Logic Apps
Stream Analytics
Project Online

17. Azure Storage
Queues
Reliable queues at
scale for cloud
services

18. Logic Apps

19. Azure Functions
Serverless code – Functions as a Service
▪ Introduced at Build 2016 conference
▪ Create a function that executes upon call
▪ A small piece of logic, not a process
▪ Supports multiple trigger points, including HTTP
calls and Webhooks
▪ Run locally, or in Azure
▪ Create as compiled code in a package
(recommended), or run as a compiled script

20. Cosmos DB and Azure SQL
▪ Learn to benefit from Cosmos DB’s flexibility,
scalability and platform support
▪ Azure SQL is still a trusted and tried approach
▪ Azure Table Storage (and Azure Cosmos DB Table
API) provide a great alternative when needed

22. Demo
Using Azure Functions

23. Virtual Machines are fun, but not really needed
▪ It’s a habit, as that’s what IT Pros know best
The problems with Virtual Machines
▪ Too many people configuring and accessing servers
▪ Once you reboot you can never be sure about pending operations
▪ Many times the OS is not something of particular interest to anyone,
anymore
▪ They cost quite a bit to run a scheduled task
A few thoughts about Virtual Machines

24. Containers

25. Cost Management & Pricing

26. Azure
Governance
Azure Policy
Azure
Lighthouse
Azure Cost
Management
Azure
Blueprints
Azure
Resource
Graph

27. SaaS with AI
Immediate
actionable
insights and
virtual agents
with AI
D365 AI for Sales
D365 AI for Market Insights
D365 AI for Cust. Service
Workplace Analytics
The AI Journey – Where to Start
BI and Apps
Data-driven
Business
analytics and
reporting
Power BI
Power Apps + Flow
Azure Data Services
SQL Server
AI “Accelerators”
Solution
specific
AI Services
and patterns
Azure Bot Service
Azure Cognitive Services
Azure Cognitive Search
Custom AI
Data science
and Deep AI
capability
Azure Databricks
Azure AI Infrastructure
Azure ML
Open Frameworks
Azure Cognitive Services
Azure Cognitive Search
AIDepth
AI Customization
AI Industry Accelerators
AI Solution Templates
AI Analytics Templates

30. Azure DevOps & Visual Studio 2019

31. Keeping track
azure.microsoft.com
/en-us/blog
Azure Advisors
azure.microsoft.com
/en-us/updates
docs.microsoft.com/
learn
Conference decks &
videos
eLearning
Certifications Azure PG people

32. SPECIALIST
GENERALIST?
OR

33. + R Run any command
calc
mspaint
notepad
cmd
powershell
mmsys.cpl
ncpa.cpl
outlook
winword
+ E Open File Explorer
+ Switch between programs
+ X Quick menu

34. 2
3
4
5
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Understand Azure Active
Directory
Features, licenses, limitations and
capabilities
You only need to know about 5-
10 services to be good
It’s like LEGO but without the instructions
Core things do not really
change
Ramp-up takes a while, and then you’re
good to sail any direction you like
Make hybrid possible, but drive
towards the cloud
Many companies still need on-premises, like it or
not
Create proof of concepts and use
preview features
You need to see and anticipate for the future
Unlearn when needed; stick to legacy
when it makes more sense.
New and shiny things are nice, but not really that
important. Unless it’s a major new and shiny thing.
1
Survival guide

35. Where to go from here?
Get the book
bit.ly/azurestrategy
Reference architectures
bit.ly/azurearc
Azure Updates
bit.ly/azureupdates

36. Thank you for attending!