[Guru's Says]: This article is designed to highlight the solution for enabling security trimming on search results in SharePoint 2010 for external database, Nice article

Most Revised Article Award
Article with the most revisions in a week

This week's most fiddled with article is Active Directory Replication Metadata, by Subhro Majumder. It was revised 26 times last week.

This week's revisers were Dave Rendón, Peter Geelen, Subhro Majumder & H Shakir

[Guru's Says]: Do you know what is Active Directory Replication Metadata, Replication Metadata is the data which captures all the change log of an object since its creation until deletion. Read more in this useful article

Most Popular Article Award
Collaboration is the name of the game!

The article to be updated by the most people this week is TechNet Guru Competitions - February 2018, by Peter Geelen

[Guru's Says]: Gurus, where are you? February competition live now and we have total 12 nice articles in all categories. Go Go Gurus!!

This week's revisers were Ramakrishnan Raman, .paul. _, Subhro Majumder, pituach, AnkitSharma007, H Shakir, SYEDSHANU - MVP, Av111, Siva Padala & RajeeshMenoth

Ninja Edit Award
A ninja needs lightning fast reactions!

Below is a list of this week's fastest ninja edits. That's an edit to an article after another person

Revision 10 of Active Directory Replication Metadata was saved by H Shakir just 1 minute after Dave Rendón
Revision 12 of Active Directory Replication Metadata was saved by Subhro Majumder just 1 minute after H Shakir
Revision 13 of Active Directory Replication Metadata was saved by H Shakir just 1 minute after Subhro Majumder
Revision 18 of Office 365: Sending a mail from a shared mailbox to a specific recipient after a manager has approved was saved by mb0339 - Marco just 1 minute after H Shakir
Revision 19 of Office 365: Sending a mail from a shared mailbox to a specific recipient after a manager has approved was saved by H Shakir just 1 minute after mb0339 - Marco
Congratulations to H Shakir, Subhro Majumder and mb0339 - Marco!
Also in the top ten are:
Revision 24 of Office 365: Inviare una mail da una casetta postale condivisa ad uno specifico destinatario dopo l' approvazione di un responsabile (IT-IT) was saved by Somdip Dey - MSP Alumnus just 2 minutes after mb0339 - Marco
Revision 16 of Windows Server 2016 : NIC Teaming with Cisco Switch was saved by H Shakir just 3 minutes after Peter Geelen
Revision 20 of Office 365: Sending a mail from a shared mailbox to a specific recipient after a manager has approved was saved by mb0339 - Marco just 3 minutes after H Shakir
Revision 5 of ASP.NET Core 2.0: CRUD Operation With Entity Framework was saved by AnkitSharma007 just 3 minutes after Somdip Dey - MSP Alumnus
Revision 17 of Office 365: Sending a mail from a shared mailbox to a specific recipient after a manager has approved was saved by H Shakir just 4 minutes after mb0339 - Marco

Winner Summary
Let's celebrate our winners!

Below are a few statistics on this week's award winners.

Most Revisions Award Winner
The reviser is the winner of this category.

H Shakir

H Shakir has won 6 previous Top Contributor Awards. Most recent five shown below:

11 Feb '18: Most Revisions Award
11 Feb '18: Ninja Edit Award for technet.microsof
11 Feb '18: Ninja Edit Award for technet.microsof
11 Feb '18: Ninja Edit Award for technet.microsof
03 Feb '18: Most Revisions Award

H Shakir has not yet had any interviews, featured articles or TechNet Guru medals (see below)

H Shakir's profile page

Most Articles Award Winner
The reviser is the winner of this category.

Somdip Dey - MSP Alumnus

Somdip Dey - MSP Alumnus has won 5 previous Top Contributor Awards:

11 Feb '18: Most Articles Updated Award
10 Dec '17: Most Revisions Award
10 Dec '17: Most Articles Updated Award
02 Dec '17: Most Revisions Award
02 Dec '17: Most Articles Updated Award

Somdip Dey - MSP Alumnus has not yet had any interviews, featured articles or TechNet Guru medals (see below)

Somdip Dey - MSP Alumnus's profile page

Most Updated Article Award Winner
The author is the winner, as it is their article that has had the changes.

Mahedee

This is the first Top Contributors award for Mahedee on TechNet Wiki! Congratulations Mahedee!

Mahedee has not yet had any interviews, featured articles or TechNet Guru medals (see below)

Mahedee's profile page

Longest Article Award Winner
The author is the winner, as it is their article that is so long!

Nitin K. Gupta

Nitin K. Gupta has won 3 previous Top Contributor Awards:

11 Feb '18: Longest Article Award for sharepoint-2010-custom-bcs-connector-for-search-with-security-trimming-batching-and-incremental-crawling
15 Feb '14: Longest Article Award for sharepoint-2010-custom-bcs-connector-for-search-with-security-trimming-batching-and-incremental-crawling
08 Feb '14: Longest Article Award for sharepoint-2010-custom-bcs-connector-for-search-with-security-trimming-batching-incremental-crawling

Nitin K. Gupta has TechNet Guru medals, for the following articles:

In Feb '14: Custom BCS connector for Search with Security Trimming, Batching and Incremental Crawling

Nitin K. Gupta has not yet had any interviews or featured articles (see below)

Nitin K. Gupta's profile page

Most Revised Article Winner
The author is the winner, as it is their article that has ben changed the most

Subhro Majumder

Subhro Majumder has won 5 previous Top Contributor Awards:

11 Feb '18: Most Revised Article Award for active-directory-replication-metadata
11 Feb '18: Ninja Edit Award for technet.microsof
03 Feb '18: Most Revised Article Award for active-directory-how-to-add-custom-attribute-to-schema
10 Dec '17: Most Popular Article Award for active-directory-checklist-for-decommissioning-a-domain-controller
02 Dec '17: Most Revised Article Award for troubleshoot-active-directory-replication-issues-with-repadmin

Subhro Majumder has not yet had any interviews, featured articles or TechNet Guru medals (see below)

Subhro Majumder's profile page

Most Popular Article Winner
The author is the winner, as it is their article that has had the most attention.

Peter Geelen

Peter Geelen has been interviewed on TechNet Wiki!

26 Dec '11: interview-with-a-forefront-identity-manager-mvp-peter-geelen-wiki-tips-experiences-amp-tips-on-becoming-an-mvp

Peter Geelen has featured articles on TechNet Wiki!

19 Aug '11: Wiki: How to Automatically Add a Table of Contents (TOC) to Your TechNet Wiki Article
05 Sep '11: Forefront Identity Manager Resources
03 Jan '12: FIM 2010 Wiki Articles
08 May '12: How to Use PowerShell to Create a Wiki Catalog Page
09 Mar '13: FIM 2010 Software Solutions from Partners
11 Apr '15: Wiki Governance: Copyright, Privacy & Piracy
31 Dec '15: Wiki Governance: Copyright, Privacy & Piracy

Peter Geelen has won 198 previous Top Contributor Awards. Most recent five shown below:

11 Feb '18: Most Popular Article Award for technet-guru-competitions-february-2018
03 Feb '18: Most Revisions Award
03 Feb '18: Most Articles Updated Award
27 Jan '18: Most Popular Article Award for technet-guru-competitions-january-2018
13 Jan '18: Most Popular Article Award for technet-guru-competitions-january-2018

Peter Geelen has TechNet Guru medals, for the following articles:

In Nov '14: Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) - Resource Portal
In Sep '15: FIM 2010: Verifying the Sync Engine Security Groups
In Sep '15: PowerShell: Event viewer statistics
In Jan '16: FIM 2010: Planning security setup for accounts, groups and services – Part 1. Introduction
In Jan '16: FIM 2010: Planning security setup for accounts, groups and services – Part 4. Detailed Description
In May '16: FIM2010 / MIM2016: Run profile statistics with PowerShell and Excel Pivot Tables
In May '16: FIM2010 / MIM2016: Run profile statistics with SQL and Excel Pivot Tables
In May '16: Wiki: Fixing table layout (table right side off page)
In Jun '16: Translation Wiki: Getting started
In Jun '16: Wiki: Before you post your article – Quick check list
In Jun '16: Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM) Portal
In Jul '16: Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 Handbook: Online Companion Guide
In Jul '16: Wiki: Collection of Practical hints & tips for writing an article (from Wiki blog)
In Jul '16: Wiki: Portal or Survival guide?
In Jul '16: Best Practices for Internal AD Domain and Network Names
In Aug '16: FIM/MIM Forum: How to get the maximum return on your forum question?
In Sep '16: FIM/MIM Troubleshooting Error 25009
In Sep '16: MIM Troubleshooting: upgrade from ILM fails with error 25009 (<hr=0x80230406>)
In Sep '16: Wiki: report broken links
In Oct '16: MIM 2016 Troubleshooting: FIM MA Full import error 0x80070002
In Oct '16: Wiki Governance: Why certain Wiki content is removed or archived
In Oct '16: Active Directory PowerShell: List items with “Protect object from accidental deletion” setting
In Nov '16: Forums: How to get the maximum return on your forum question?
In Nov '16: Wiki Template: Alternate TOC with scrollable tables
In Dec '16: FIM 2010 / MIM 2016 Troubleshooting: The requestor’s identity was not found.
In Mar '17: O365: Admin password recovery options
In Apr '17: MIM2016/FIM2010 Troubleshooting: Uninstall fails with error - Administrator privileges required
In Apr '17: MIM 2016 Troubleshooting: Unable to run the Management Agent (Error: 0x8023063d)
In Apr '17: FIM2010/MIM2016 Troubleshooting: Issues with deleted objects (from CN=Deleted objects container)
In Apr '17: Security Compliance Manager (SCM): Quick Links (curation)
In Apr '17: Xamarin: Wiki portal
In Apr '17: Microsoft Bot Framework: Wiki Portal

Peter Geelen's profile page

Ninja Edit Award Winner
The author is the reviser, for it is their hand that is quickest!

H Shakir

H Shakir is mentioned above.

Subhro Majumder

Subhro Majumder is mentioned above.

mb0339 - Marco

mb0339 has won 4 previous Top Contributor Awards:

11 Feb '18: Ninja Edit Award for technet.microsof
27 Jan '18: Most Revised Article Award for office-365-how-to-add-a-shared-mailbox-to-an-android-device-with-stock-applications
13 Jan '18: Most Revised Article Award for office-365-partial-mailbox-migration-from-an-isp-to-exchange-online-without-email-interruption
02 Dec '17: Most Popular Article Award for sharepoint-online-gestione-e-creazione-di-una-raccolta-documenti-accesso-alle-cartelle-con-diversi-livelli-di-autorizzazioni-it-it

mb0339 has not yet had any interviews, featured articles or TechNet Guru medals (see below)

mb0339's profile page

Another great week from all in our community! Thank you all for so much great literature for us to read this week!
Please keep reading and contributing!

PS: Above top banner came from Rajeesh Menoth.

Best regards,
— Ninja [Kamlesh Kumar]

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Logging on to Azure for your everyday job

February 11, 2018, 11:43 am

≫ Next: Interview with a BizTalk Server Wiki Ninja – Mandar Dharmadhikari

≪ Previous: Top Contributors Awards! February’2018 Week 2!!

Sometimes life is about the little things, and one little thing that has been bothering me is logging on to Azure RM in Powershell using Add-AzureRMAccount. Every time you start Powershell, you need to log on again and that gets tired quickly, especially with accounts having mandatory 2FA.

It gets even more complicated if you have multiple accounts to manage, for instance, one for testing and another for production. To top it off, you can start over when it turns out that your context has expired, which you will only discover after you actually executed some AzureRM commands.

The standard trick to make this easier is to save your Azure RM context with account and subscription information to a file (Save-AzureRMContext), and to import this file whenever you need (Import-AzureRMContext). But we can do a little bit better than that.

Here is my solution to the problem.

Use a PowerShell profile to define a function doing the work. A profile gets loaded whenever you start PowerShell. There are multiple profiles, but the one I want is for CurrentUser - Allhosts.
The function will load the AzureRM context from a file. If there is no such file, it should prompt me to log on.
After logging on, the context should be tested for validity because the token may have expired.
If the token is expired, prompt for logon again.
If needed, save the new context to a file.

So here is my take on it. Note the specific naming convention that I use for functions defined in a profile.

function profile_logon_azure ([string] $parentfolder, [string]$accountname)
{
    $validlogon = $false
    $contextfile = Join-Path $parentfolder "$accountname.json"
    if (-not (Test-Path $contextfile))
    {
        Write-Host "No existing Azure Context file in '$parentfolder', please log on now for account '$accountname'." -ForegroundColor Yellow
    } else {
        $context = Import-AzureRmContext $contextfile -ErrorAction stop
        #
        # check for token expiration by executing an Azure RM command that should always succeed.
        #
        Write-Host "Imported AzureRM context for account '$accountname', now checking for validity of the token." -ForegroundColor Yellow
        $validlogon = (Get-AzureRmSubscription -SubscriptionName $context.Context.Subscription.Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -ne $null
        if ($validlogon) {
            Write-Host "Imported AzureRM context '$contextfile', current subscription is: $($context.Context.Subscription.Name)" -ForegroundColor Yellow
        } else {
            Write-Host "Logon for account '$accountname' has expired, please log on again." -ForegroundColor Yellow
        }
    }
    if (-not $validlogon)
    {
        $account = $null
        $account = Add-AzureRmAccount
        if ($account)
        {
            Save-AzureRmContext -Path $contextfile -Force
            Write-Host "logged on successfully, context saved to $contextfile." -ForegroundColor Yellow
        } else {
            Write-Host "log on to AzureRM for account '$accountname' failed, please retry." -ForegroundColor Yellow
        }
    }
}

To make this work, add this function to the powershell profile: from the Powershell ISE, type ise $profile.CurrentUserAllHosts to edit the profile and copy/paste the function definition.

Suppose I have two Azure RM accounts that I want to use here, called 'foo' and 'bar'. For that I would add the following function definitions to the profile:

#
# specific azure logons. Context file is deliberately in a non-synced folder for security reasons.
#
function azure-foo { profile_logon_azure -parentfolder $env:LOCALAPPDATA -accountname "foo" }
function azure-bar { profile_logon_azure -parentfolder $env:LOCALAPPDATA -accountname "bar" }

To log on to 'foo', I'd simply execute azure-foo. If this is a first logon, I get the usual AzureRM logon dialog and the resulting context gets saved. The next time, the existing file is loaded and the context tested for validity. From that point on you can switch between accounts whenever you need.

Try it, it just might make your life a little bit easier.

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Interview with a BizTalk Server Wiki Ninja – Mandar Dharmadhikari

February 11, 2018, 4:05 pm

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≪ Previous: Logging on to Azure for your everyday job

Welcome to another Interview with a Wiki Ninja! Today's interview is with...

It's my pleasure to introduce you to someone who is no newcomer to the community (so hopefully you already know him). He has written 22 Wiki articles, edited 181 articles and 147 wiki comments, not yet done, he is Moderator of BizTalk forum too.

Mandar Dharmadhikari

Let's look at some of Mandar Dharmadhikari's statistics:

22 Wiki Articles!
181 Wiki article edits!
147 Wiki article comments!
287 MSDN forum Answer!
249 Helpful post!
1703 Replies!
MSDN BizTalk Server Moderator!

Now let's dig into the interview!

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Who are you, where are you, and what do you do? What are your specialty technologies?

Hi, I am Mandar Dharmadhikari. I live in the beautiful city of Pune; India and my family consists of my loving parents and my Younger brother who stay at my hometown Wardha. I work for an IT firm in the capacity of Delivery Module Lead my specialty technologies are Microsoft BizTalk Server, Windows PowerShell and Azure Logic Apps.

On a non-technical note, I am a music aficionado and I like to listen to various genres of music right from Indian classical to Punk and Electro. My all-time favorite artists are ABBA, Beatles, Metallica to name a few. I am exploring the works of maestros like Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert these days. I also like reading fiction and fantasy genres book and I am a crazy fan of the Sherlock Holmes, Song of Ice and Fire and Lord of the Rings Series.

Pic: At Port Adeliade, Adelaide SA

What are your big projects right now?

I am currently working for a very big Banking client which uses Microsoft BizTalk Server as their preferred integration Platform. The integrations that we do are complex ones and involve multiple systems like Microsoft CRM, Sharepoint, SQL and Oracle Databases as well as Mainframe Systems.

I am working on learning more and more on Microsoft Azure offerings especially ones around integration (Logic Apps, Azure Functions etc.) and I am fascinated by the Cognitive Services and PowerShell Core. I am working on a few articles which are centered on BizTalk, Logic Apps and Cognitive Services feature. Apart from that I am working on a whitepaper on Continuous integration and deployment of BizTalk Applications.

What is TechNet Wiki for? Who is it for?

I believe that TechNet wiki is for individuals who want to share their knowledge about the awesome Microsoft Technologies as well as for those who want to learn them. TechNet wiki serves as a open treasure box of knowledge where anyone who comes will always leave a rich man in terms of knowledge be it an author or a reader. It is a win situation for all.

Pic: At Kolhapur Temple, Maharashtra (India) With Family

What do you do with TechNet Wiki, and how does that fit into the rest of your job?

Not a day goes by when I don’t read at least one article on TechNet wiki. TechNet Wiki has come to my help many times when I needed to fix issues that I had not encountered before and it always helps me learn something new every dayJ . I like to contribute articles which are development and dev ops centered. If I learn something new and it is not present on TechNet wiki, I try to write an article on it. I try to contribute at least one article per month and more if possible.

In what other sites and communities do you contribute your technical knowledge?

I am active on Microsoft BizTalk Forums, where I try to help Ops with their questions and follow other threads on which I have not worked so that I learn something new.

What is it about TechNet Wiki that interests you?

TechNet Wiki is an ocean of knowledge on Microsoft Technologies. TechNet wiki is a perfect example of community collaboration where people from all the corners of the world come together and create quality content for readers. TechNet wiki shows us that if we each bring even a small cup of water with us, we can create an ocean together.

What are your favorite Wiki articles you’ve contributed?

MY favorite articles that I contributed to TechNet wiki are

Pic: At Cleland Wild Life Park, Adelaide SA

What are your top 5 favorite Wiki articles?

The articles I love the most are

Who has impressed you in the Wiki community, and why?

I have immense respect for all the authors and contributors who have shown spectacular commitment in maintaining the quality of TechNet wiki articles. I am impressed by the work done by the great integration MVPs like Steef Jan Wiggers, Sandro, Tord, Johns 305 and my friend and mentor Abhishek Kumar (I followed his footsteps into the BizTalk world J .A heartfelt Thanks to him) it has really made learning BizTalk simple for all. I also love the work done by ED, Peter and Pedro who are building blocks of the TechNet. I am also deeply impressed and awestruck by the Hindi translations that you have done Kamlesh, they are just awesome. And I also admire Ronen Ariely who keeps guiding me whenever I have any wiki related doubts or issues. Big thanks to all.

Do you have any tips for new Wiki authors?

It is really simple, keep writing and sharing after-all, Sharing is Caring!!

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Thank you, Mandar for such a detailed resume! It's truly an honor to have you contributing content with us!

Everyone, please join me in thanking Mandar Dharmadhikari for his contributions to the community!

Join the world! Join TechNet Wiki.

— Ninja [Kamlesh Kumar]

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《最長 2018 年 11 月まで》 SQL Server on Linux スペシャルキャンペーン開始【2/12 更新】

February 11, 2018, 5:00 pm

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≪ Previous: Interview with a BizTalk Server Wiki Ninja – Mandar Dharmadhikari

2017 年 10 月より一般提供開始された SQL Server on Linux ですが、期間限定もしくは先着順のお得なキャンペーンをご用意しています。最新の SQL Server 2017 を Linux 上、特にマイクロソフトとの統合サポートを提供している Red Hat Enterprise Linux 上に展開することを考えているお客様に、スペシャルキャンペーンをご提案ください。

キャンペーンは10 月から提供しているものも含めて 4 つほどございます。

1.Microsoft より: Special Subscription Offer (～2018 年 6 月末)

SQL Server on Linux をサブスクリプションでご利用の際、サブスクリプションが30% Discount でご利用いただけます。10 月より SQL Server 2017 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux offer として提供中です。

適用条件: プロモーション期間は2018 年6 月末まで。対象はサブスクリプションのSCE、EA、ESA の各プログラム。コア単位の Standard / Enterprise Edition で利用可能。

2.Red Hat より: Special Subscription Offer (～2018 年 11 月末)

SQL Server 2017 で新しいRHEL サブスクリプションを購入する際、サブスクリプションが30% Discount でご利用いただけます。10 月より SQL Server 2017 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux offer として提供中です。

適用条件: プロモーション期間は2018 年11 月末まで。対象はRed Hat Enterprise Linux サブスクリプション。

3. HPE より: Superdome Flex Premium プログラム (～2018 年 6 月末)

HPE のサーバー“HPE Superdome Flex” をベースとした新SSD アプライアンスの特別プログラムをご提供いたします。

プログラム内容: HW サイジング支援、PoC センターでの検証支援、お試し特別価格。適用条件: プロモーション期間は2018 年6 月末まで。

4.Insight Technology より: Attunity Replicate 利用の無料アセスメント (先着 5 社)

Attunity 社とMicrosoft 社で発表された無料サービス(Attunity Replicatefor Microsoft Migrations) の活用アセスメント。異なるデータベース移行をした場合の問題点・難易度・移行に要する時間を見積り、レポートとしてご報告いたします。Insight Technology が 2 月よりキャンペーンを開始しました。

適用条件: SQL Server on Linux へのデータ移行。先着5 社まで。

▼ キャンペーン詳細のチラシをダウンロード

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1月更新-強化跨裝置間的團隊合作

February 11, 2018, 6:44 pm

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今日文章是由Office團隊的副總裁Kirk Koenigsbauer所撰寫

嶄新的2018，我們將透過增進團隊之間的合作，以新方式建立並管理跨裝置上的內容，為Office 365用戶提供全新的價值。

利用Microsoft Teams成就更多

Microsoft Teams的新功能讓您可以與應用程式有新的互動方式，客製化您的個人工作區域，並且更快速的執行任務。

用新的方式搜尋與使用應用程式— 您可以透過應用程式，在對話裡用之前加入表情符號或GIF的方式，夾入互動式卡片。只需要一鍵，您就可以將Trello中的任務等重要資訊，放入對話或聊天頻道。透過新的市集功能，您可以更輕易地以名稱或類別，搜尋Teams中新的應用程式與服務，例如：「專案管理」或「Analytics與BI」。

針對應用程式下命令並在Teams中快速執行任務— 我們新推出Microsoft Teams中的命令清單，由此可直接取得您過去所有搜尋與命令的紀錄。現在您可以透過Teams內的命令清單立即與應用程式、執行工作和瀏覽進行互動，還可以搜尋所有人員、訊息、檔案和應用程式。

在iOS和Mac上進行更新，以更有效率的進行團隊合作

iOS和Mac上新的Office 365功能，增進團隊協作的方式，無論您在何處，產出進階文件、簡報和試算表都變得更加容易，同時還具有新的檔案搜尋、預覽和互動方式。

在iOS和Mac上共同編輯— 我們讓成員透過iOS和Mac中Word、 PowerPoint和Excel共同編輯，更容易地在跨裝置間相互進行合作，現在，無論您是在Mac、個人電腦或行動裝置上進行作業，都會知道誰在與您一起工作，並看到他們的工作進度以及所做的變更。共同編輯已於Windows 桌面版

Office、Android版Office和線上版Office適用。在Microsoft Tech Community中了解更多。

自動儲存您在Mac上的作業—使用Mac的Office 365訂閱用戶，現在也可享有Excel、Word、PowerPoint文件自動儲存OneDrive 及SharePoint的便利性。。無論是獨立作業或與他人合作，最新的改變都會自動儲存於雲端，因此您不再需要擔心忘記點擊儲存按鈕。您也可以透過版本歷程紀錄，隨時檢閱或恢復之前的文件版本。

在iOS上拖放內容與檔案— iOS版的Office和OneDrive應用程式，現在支援拖放內容與檔案。在建立文件時，其中一個最常見與費時的任務即是整合照片、圖表和其他不同來源的物件，現在，iPad和iPhone上的Office 365訂閱戶可以輕易地將其它Office應用程式或OneDrive上的內容拖放至文件、簡報和試算表中。iOS上的拖放支援，讓您可以將檔案移入或移至OneDrive和其他來源，例如：SharePoint或iMessage，讓分散在不同應用程式和服務的內容的更輕易地組織在一起。

從更多的iOS應用程式中使用OneDrive檔案— iOS版OneDrive現在原生支援新的iOS 11 Files應用程式，這表示說iPhone和iPad的使用者可以從任何支援Files應用程式整合的iOS應用程式中，上傳、使用、編輯和儲存內容至OneDrive或SharePoint，這也是備受大眾要求的功能之一。使用者還可以從Files應用程式中，標註最喜愛的OneDrive和SharePoint檔案，讓您更輕鬆地搜尋與使用重要的內容。

透過iOS版OneDrive預覽更多類型的檔案— 我們將iOS版OneDrive應用程式的清單連結重新設計得更加詳細，讓它更輕易地掃描檔案名稱、檢閱相關資訊和依照特定屬性進行檔案分類。iOS版OneDrive應用程式的更新還建立了清晰的縮圖，並支援超過130種檔案類型的預覽，其中包含：Adobe Photoshop和3D物件，讓您不用離開應用程式，即可開啟、檢視和分享正確的內容。

透過iOS版Outlook搜尋整個組織— iOS版Outlook中新的搜尋體驗是利用Microsoft Graph依循您的常用聯絡人、即將到來的出差行程、包裹寄送和近期附件等來產生搜尋結果。結合主動式搜尋建議和整合設計，現在它可以提供一致性且個人化的結果，讓您更快的探索跨組織的資訊。

使用Mac的學習工具提升閱讀能力— Mac版Word現在可支援Immersive Reader和 Read Aloud，這兩項工具在Windows版Word和行動版應用程式中已可使用。這些工具可以優化有學習問題的使用者檢視內容的方式，並讓文件可以同時回讀與反白。這些功能讓您更輕易的辨識並修正錯誤，提升閱讀與編輯的準確度，特別是對於具學習障礙(如：識字困難)的使用者。

其他更新

Yammer上新的分享方式— 本月初，我們推出了新的方式讓使用者在Yammer行動應用程式中分享他們來自各地的工作內容，使用者可以發布通知至群組、添加GIF動畫或更多。
強大包容性的學習工具—上週我們推出了一系列強大的新工具，讓教學與學習變得更具包容性與協作力，其中包含Office 365中內建的聽寫功能和擴展到Mac和iPhone上的學習工具。

至Office for Windows desktops | Office for Mac | Office Mobile for Windows | Office for iPhone and iPad | Office for Android 了解更多有關Office 365訂閱戶本月的更新項目。如果您是Office 365家用版或個人版用戶，請務必登入Office Insider，成為第一個使用最新和最佳的Office生產力工具的使用者。不論是Monthly Channel或Semi-Annual Channel的商務版用戶，都可以透過目標發布(客戶、服務)，提早取得完整支援。此網頁將有更完整資訊，提供您可以預期和取得的功能。

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New SCOM Web Console – Blog series (Post#1)

February 12, 2018, 12:05 am

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About

This series of blogs intends to introduce the new SCOM Web Console released in System Center Operations Manager 1801. For details on implementation and other parameters please refer to the detailed documentation. This blog is designed to be a bit more informal and describes the different features by associating them to use cases.
The series is divided into different parts and it is recommended to read them in order for better understanding.

After going through this series of blogs a user would:

Get a fair idea about the new SCOM Web Console and the different features added to it
Understand the new dashboard capability
Understand the different widgets and their customizations
Learn about the different dashboard and widget actions

Learn about the drilldown feature and how it can be used to investigate issues
Get a walkthrough on how to create a custom web application on SCOM REST APIs

What’s new in SCOM 1801 Web Console?

The SCOM 1801 release marks the inception of a faster, modern, flexible and more reliable HTML based Web Console. The Web Console has been given a complete reboot to ensure that it fulfills modern day monitoring needs (and yes, it is now completely free from Silverlight!).
This is another step towards our continuous commitment to the SCOM community and we would like to give a big thanks to all our customers who voted this as the top most requested feature in SCOM User Voice. We are really excited about this new Web Console and we strongly believe that you’d just fall in love with it!

Still using Silverlight? Don’t worry, we’ve got that covered too! The Silverlight dashboards are available in a new URL:
http://<Your_Web_Server_Name>/Dashboard

Authentication

The new SCOM Web Console brings back the network authentication! This is what you’d see when you visit the Web Console for the first time:

Choose your preferred login option and you are in, welcome to the new SCOM Web Console!

Recommended Next

The all new Dashboards

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New SCOM Web Console – Blog series (Post#2): The all new Dashboards

February 12, 2018, 12:13 am

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About

This blog aims at introducing the all new HTML5 based dashboard functionality added to SCOM 1801 release. For details on implementation and other parameters please refer to the detailed documentation.
After going through this blog, a user would:

Understand the new dashboard capability
Learn about the different dashboard actions

The all new Dashboards

The SCOM 1801 Web Console introduces the all new, fully customizable, dashboards. These dashboards are built and fine-tuned keeping in mind the huge volume of IT monitoring data. This ensures that you get next to real-time monitoring information without compromising on performance.
The dashboards, being built in HTML5, support a wide range of modern browsers including Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

Below is a screenshot of a sample dashboard:

As portrayed in the above screenshot, a dashboard is comprised of multiple widgets. These widgets can be completely configured for data, display and positioning within the dashboard in a manner that best suits your needs.
Currently the dashboard supports the following widgets:

Alert Widget
State Widget
Performance Widget
Topology Widget
Tile Widget
Custom Widget

Dashboard Actions

The dashboard supports the following actions:

Creating a dashboard

You can create a new dashboard by selecting the “+ New Dashboard” option in the navigation tree as shown below:

This would popup a right pane as follows:

Wish to add this dashboard in a new MP? Don’t worry, you needn’t go back to the SCOM console. Just hit the “+” next to the MP list and you’d get a section allowing you to create a new MP and add this dashboard to it.

It really is that simple!

Deleting a dashboard

To delete a dashboard simply hit the “Delete Dashboard” button on top and when prompted hit “Yes”

Editing a dashboard

The edit operation allows the user to edit the name of the dashboard as well as the layout of the widgets added to it.
Once you hit the edit action, the dashboard name becomes an editable field.

Also, all the widgets can now be dragged and resized. This is really useful when you want to club together the widgets targeted to similar objects/groups.

Once you are done, hit “Save Changes” and your layout is saved!

Adding a Widget

When you create a new dashboard it is empty and has no widgets. You can click on the “+ Add Widget” action on top of the dashboard that would lead to the right pane popping up as shown below:

There are lots of widgets that are shipped in box. All of them are discussed in detail in the next part.

Viewing in Full Screen

Wish to only view the dashboard in a big screen like a projector? That’s now possible!
Hit the “View in Full Screen” link on top of the dashboard and you’d get a full screen view of the dashboard.

Exporting Dashboards

Dashboard once created can easily be exported. To export a dashboard, the user simply needs to export the management pack in which the dashboard is stored. If you drilldown into the exported management pack, you’d observe that the dashboard is defined as a view. So for ex. If a dashboard is created as shown below:

Then the generated MP would look like this (note below just a snippet from the MP is taken to avoid clutter):

Note the TypeID of the view. This is a new TypeID introduced for HTML dashboards. Rest of the structure of the MP is pretty similar to any other view.

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New SCOM Web Console – Blog series (Post#3): The new HTML5 Widgets

February 12, 2018, 12:33 am

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About

This blog aims at introducing the all new HTML5 based widgets added as part of the new dashboards with . For details on implementation and other parameters please refer to the detailed documentation.
After going through this blog a user would:

Understand what are all the new widgets
Learn about the different widget actions

It is highly recommended to read the previous blog in this series for better understanding.

The new HTML5 Widgets

There are a total of 6 widgets that are shipped with SCOM 1801 :

Alert Widget
State Widget
Performance Widget
Topology Widget
Tile Widget
Custom Widget

These widgets are designed to be fast and robust. It's quick to load, unlike Silverlight. The widgets support a high level of customization to ensure that they can be used effectively by one and all.
One important thing to note is that the data refresh for these widgets happens in the background at the defined interval (or you can do a force refresh). This way you always have some data to work on while the new chunk is being fetched in the background. Thus, the widgets and the dashboard in general feels a lot more responsive.

Widgets are stored in the management packs as views. Below is a snippet from a management pack containing a "Tile widget"

Note the TypeID. This is a new TypeID introduced for HTML widgets.

Types of Widgets

Alert Widget

This widget displays the list of alerts for a given criteria. Refer to the authoring parameters section below to learn more about the customizations that can be done.

Authoring Parameters

When you start off with the authoring for alert widgets you’d see something like this:

As clear from above there are 4 sections at high level:
Scope

In this section you can define the groups/objects to which this widget is to be targeted. For ex. If you enter “All Windows Computers” then this widget would show the alerts targeted to “All Windows Computers”.

Criteria

Here you can filter alerts based on their severity, priority, resolution state and age.
Take note of the age parameter. At times you might get better performance out of this widget if you select a suitable value for the age parameter.

Display

Here you can select what all columns you wish to see in the widget. Additionally you may select a column with which you wish to group the alerts.

Completion

Finally you give the widget a name and description and you’re done!

Optionally you may specify the refresh interval (minimum value 1 minute) in which the widget would refresh its data.

Actions

Alert widget supports the following actions:

Setting resolution state

You can select one or more alerts and select this action. Once selected it’d open the right pane where you set the state and give an optional comment.

Exporting to Excel

The data shown in the widget can be exported in excel format. This helps when you wish to do any custom analysis on the data by leveraging the power of Excel.

Personalization

Widgets can be personalized for each user. Each user can select the column they wish to see and the grouping they wish to apply. In other words “Personalization” is like the “Display” section shown in authoring.
Note: The selection made in “Personalization” would always overwrite the selection made in the “Display” section. Also note that personalization data is stored in the browser in the current system and thus if you switch browsers or machine
then you’d have to re-personalize the widgets.

Edit & Delete Widget
As the name suggests you can edit and delete this widget from a dashboard. Note: This action is permanent and all the users having access to these dashboards would be affected by it.

State Widget

The state widget displays the health state information about the targeted entities satisfying a particular criterion. Refer to the authoring parameters section below to learn more about the customizations that can be done on this widget.