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October 22, 2020

Best practices for protecting virtual machines on Azure When you run a virtual machine in the cloud, you need to ensure you apply the right security controls. Learn about best practices, tools, and strategies for protecting your virtual machines on Azure.   Announcing the Zero Trust Deployment Center Check out a new repository for Zero Trust guidance. Follow detailed steps for implementing Zero Trust principles across identities, endpoints, data, applications, networks, and infrastructure.   Join the Azure SQL Championship There's still time to join the Azure SQL Championship. Build your Azure SQL knowledge with weekly contests and daily quizzes. Start learning with a new contest each week through the end of October.   What's new for admins in Windows 10 The Windows 10 version 20H2 update is now available. Get an overview of new features and enhancements for end users and updates designed for IT pros.

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Azure Advisor Score: Assess and optimize your Azure workloads Discover how Azure Advisor Score helps you assess how well your Azure workloads are following best practices, and prioritize the most impactful recommendations for optimizing your deployments. Learn More 7 tips for chief information security officers Get advice for managing change in your organization, building teams, and weathering the challenges you face in a security organization. Learn More Build SQL databases in Azure Data Studio Learn about database development with the SQL Database Projects extension for Azure Data Studio. Watch a demo and discover how to edit and build SQL projects in Azure Data Studio on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Learn More An overview of always-on service with Dynamics 365 Find out how to establish an always-on approach with Dynamics 365. Connect with customers wherever they are, and add automated support using virtual agents and IoT devices. Learn More Bring compute, storage, and intelligence to the edge Learn how to run containerized and virtual machine workloads to get quick, actionable insights at the edge using purpose-built hardware as a service with Azure Stack Edge. Learn More Solving IoT device security at scale Get an in-depth look at the Edge Compute Node protection profile, a Common Criteria standard, which helps you engineer, claim, evaluate, and consume security for IoT devices. Learn More On demand: Transform your applications with Azure SQL Discover how to adapt to rapidly changing needs, boost the resilience of your workloads, and make deployment more cost-effective. Learn about powerful new ways to put your SQL Server experience to work in the cloud. Learn More

Events   Remote Engineering DevOps Summit Asia and Australia: October 28–29, 2020, online Join a two-day virtual summit to explore tools and best practices that will help your engineering team stay productive while working remotely. Register to secure your spot.   Digital event: Windows Server Summit October 29, 2020, online Learn about the latest Windows Server features, and find out how to extend your datacenter to Azure with hybrid cloud capabilities. Register for this digital event to watch demos and see how to optimize your Windows Server workloads.   Webinar: Build, Scale, and Automate with GitHub Actions October 29, 2020, online Learn how to use GitHub Actions for Azure to create code-to-cloud workflows for your DevOps practice. Find out how GitHub Actions can help your development team to innovate quickly, automate processes, and improve productivity.   Digital event: PASS Summit 2020 November 10–13, 2020, online Explore over 250 expert-led sessions and learning pathways on topics including big data clusters, performance tuning, machine learning, and modernization.   Digital event: Open Azure Day November 18, 2020, online Run Linux apps your way on Azure. Register for this free event for tips, demos, and insights on doing more with your Linux and open source software workloads on Azure.

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