Episode 57 – News and Updates for Azure and Office 365

In Episode 57, Scott and Ben are back with your monthly dose of cloud news. This month, it’s all about Azure and Office 365, including updates to Microsoft Teams, some exciting announcements around Azure resiliency, and much more.
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Notes

* Update management, inventory, and change tracking in Azure Automation now generally available
* Episode 48 – Azure Log Analytics: Change Tracking and Update Management
* PowerApps Studio for the Web is Generally Available for Production Use
* Microsoft Planner is getting Guest Access support, UWP app also in the works
* Office 365 Groups created from Microsoft Teams will be hidden from Outlook by default
* Office 365 Group Expiration Policy
* Azure AD Expiration Policy for Office 365 Groups is Generally Available
* Retention policies for Microsoft Teams
* Organize your intranet with SharePoint hub sites
* Create a hub site in SharePoint Online
* Office 365 CLI – spo hubsite connect
* Virtual Machine Serial Console access
* General availability: Global VNet Peering
* General availability: Zone-redundant storage
* General availability: Azure Availability Zones in select regions