{"id":512,"date":"2018-10-01T11:02:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T11:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudmanagement.navisite.com\/?p=512"},"modified":"2020-01-08T04:22:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T04:22:53","slug":"ignite-2018-unlock-the-possibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navisite.com\/blog\/ignite-2018-unlock-the-possibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"#MSIgnite 2018 : Unlocking the Possibilities!"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Last week, September 24-28 I attended the Microsoft Ignite Conference. Ignite<\/strong> is a Microsoft conference that targeted towards the tech community \u2013 DevOps and System Administrators \u2013 and runs in parallel to the Envision<\/strong> conference targeted towards the business leaders. From those of you who could not attend it in person, these links are a great way to catch up.<\/p>\n It was truly a proud moment for Navisite to see our very own Umang Chhibber presenting at the Ignite Expo Theater. Umang captivated the audience with his session Lessons Learned \u2013 VMware to Azure Migrations<\/em>. \u00a0It was a completely full session with lot of engaging conversations. Congratulations Umang! Ignite was a week full of learning and connecting.\u00a0 The seeds of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) were planted on the floors of the various Microsoft booths, and the concept is no longer just for the cloud giants and hyper-sclalers, but is slowly starting to catch on like wildfire throughout the industry. Ignite offered a host of new and exciting features in infrastructure, networking and Office 365\u00a0 in public preview:<\/p>\n While I felt there were lots of great sessions, I have to say if I were to pick a favorite, it was a session Inside Azure Data Center Architecture<\/em> by Mark Russinovich,\u00a0<\/a>the CTO of Azure. The session was packed with 10+ live demos<\/em><\/strong> and lot of technology humor. Mark is a very inspirational speaker, mentor and role model for a lot of us in technology industry.\u00a0 Mark talked about the Azure’s data center architecture and network and storage architecture to deliver ultra-low latency and high throughput.Keynote<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nThe message from Ignite was clear: 2018 is the year of cloud migrations and digital transformation. It started with a very modest keynote from Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. Satya talked about unlocking the possibilities of the Cloud, which aligned very well with the Microsoft’s mission statement of \u201cEmpowering people and organizations across the globe to achieve more\u201d<\/em>.
\nThe show was less about product announcements and more about empowering clients. Sayta talked about ‘AI for Humanitarian Action’\u00a0<\/em>and solving global challenges. He has clearly transformed Microsoft, and his book Hit Refresh<\/a><\/em> \u2013 The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone<\/em> continues to be a top seller at the Ignite Microsoft Store.<\/p>\nVirtual Ignite 2018<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Proud Moment for Navisite<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nI was excited try out all the new things in the lab and designing, architecting and sharing the best practices and ideas, and carry those forward as we design the solutions for the Navisite clients. As a first time attendee, I was religiously following the newbie tips \u2013 from wearing comfortable shoes, to picking up the badge at the airport. However, there was nothing like experiencing the magnitude of the event with 30,000+ attendees and vendors from all over the globe and learning!
\nThere was a large ecosystem of vendors and every vendor being creative about raffles and swags to attract the crowd towards their booth.
\n<\/a><\/p>\nKey Takeaways<\/h2>\n
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\nAzure Ultra SSD Managed Disks public preview
\nAzure Virtual WAN general availability
\nAzure Front Door Service preview
\nAzure Firewall general availability
\nAzure ExpressRoute Direct public preview
\nAzure ExpressRoute Global Reach public preview
\nNew Azure DDoS Protection Standard features
\nMicrosoft Learn and role-based Microsoft Certifications<\/li>\n
\nPassword-free sign-in for thousands of apps<\/li>\n
\nSQL Server 2019 public preview
\nAzure Cosmos DB Multi-master general availability
\nAzure SQL Database intelligent features<\/li>\n
\nMicrosoft Teams integrates new Yammer and SharePoint features
\nLinkedIn integration with Outlook and Office apps
\nSecure Score Updates
\nIntegrated Microsoft 365 admin center
\nUnified search across Microsoft 365
\nAI to Power Meetings in Teams<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nMy favorite part:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nCheck out the conversation with Mark Russinovich<\/a>\u00a0on Channel 9 Live…
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