Workplace Ninja Summit 2024

We're all familiar with DNS, the Domain Name System, which seamlessly connects domain names to their corresponding IP addresses, making it a vital component of the Internet. Next to that, it also plays a significant role in functions like email delivery, ensuring security, and optimizing network efficiency. However, in the complex landscape of hybrid or cloud-only environments, any DNS error can lead to downtime or inaccessible resources.

That’s why in this session, Micha and Wim will look into various DNS-related services and configurations essential for the smooth operation of your Azure environment, including your Virtual Desktop environment ➡️ Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365 and/or Azure DevBox.

Join them as they dive into not just Azure DNS, Azure IaaS DNS servers, and Azure Private DNS but also how to effectively troubleshoot any Azure DNS-related issues. Let's also switch things up and have DNS play a role in resolving an issue. Next to that, learn how to seamlessly integrate DNS with services such as Azure Private Endpoints and other PaaS offerings, as well as how to make DNS function flawlessly in your hybrid environment.

Terraform is widely recognized as the dominant language for professional cloud configuration. It has become an essential tool for Azure, AWS, and Kubernetes projects, offering numerous advantages such as a readable declaration language, reliable state tracking for changes, robust auditing of all modifications through git, and automatic documentation of infrastructure.

Until now, Terraform has primarily focused on configuring cloud infrastructures and provided limited support for Entra ID. However, we are introducing a groundbreaking development: the Terraform Provider for Microsoft 365. This session provides an overview of this provider, which in it's first incarnation enables the configuration of almost all aspects of Intune. With support for Autopilot, Conditional Access, Configuration Profiles with Settings Catalog, Compliance Policies, and more, it opens up entirely new possibilities for Enterprise or MSP Tenant Management through Terraform.

During this session, we will review the Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop roadmap. What's the vision around Cloud VDI and Cloud PC and how do both AVD and Windows 365 compare? We will answer this and also talk about new features you haven't heard of before. This session will include loads of new insights, technical depth, and also fun!

In the ControlUp session you will learn how you can gain the best in class end to end visibility for your Microsoft EUC environment from Azure, AVD to the physical client. One single pane of glass dashboard that allows you to manage, analyze and secure the digital employee experience of your users on any desktop, with any application and anywhere.

Today’s IT teams are overwhelmed with application migration demands.
Whether it’s a Windows upgrade, SCCM to Intune migration, Windows 365 and/or AVD migration, data center exit, or new application delivery method, these improvements require teams to take on application discovery, testing, packaging, validation, and delivery.
Learn 3 key ways that enterprises are successfully managing applications even with multiple migration demands.
As a bonus, understand how strong application management practices can set up your team to be prepared ahead of the next big migration.

Join this session to share your concerns and feedback with key Microsoft team members to address and help answer! Let's engage with passionate individuals across product, business, engineering, and customer teams. Ask technical questions or tell us what doesn't work well that we can improve! And also tell us what's going well.