News
# Windows
- Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2
- PowerBI is integrated with Cortana
# Azure
- Azure Stack
- Use ARM templates on-premises
- Storage support
- IaaS
- Service Fabric
- ExpressRoute supports Office 365 connectivity
- IaaS
- Azure DNS Public Preview
- User defined routing
- Standard VPN Gateway
- Use a site-to-site VPN over Expressroute
- Multiple VIPs per cloud service
- Expressroute and VPN co-existence
- VM Volume encryption for Windows and Linux
- Encrypt boot and data volumes
- VM Scale Set public preview
- Set-based operations on identical VMs through an API
- Great for big compute scenarios
- C++ Storage 1.0 GA
- Client-side encryption for Azure Storage Preview
- Xamarin storage client library
- New Storage Blob Type - Append Blob
- Azure DNS
- Public preview of Advanced Threat Analytics
# Misc
- Office 2016 Public Preview
- Power BI mobile app
- Delve Dashboard
- Show email, meeting, Skype, Yammer analytics
- Work/life balance stats
- Work map
- Skype integration in Office
- Office desktop collaboration
- Sway will be coming to the education and business O365 plans
- Skype for Business
- iOS and Android by fall CY
- Mac by end of CY 2015
- Coming soon to the cloud: Enterprise voice, audio conferencing, PSTN calling
- Broadcast to up to 10,000 viewers
- DVR functionality for conferences
Jason Bock
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