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Power BI Announcements In the Dynamics 365 Spring 2018 Release Notes

There have been a lot of important Power Apps and Flow announcements today, as well as the announcement about the Common Data Service for Analytics which is undoubtedly massive news for Power BI users, but buried in the very large “Dynamics 365 Spring ‘18 Release Notes” pdf file (downloadable from https://aka.ms/businessappsreleasenotes ) are a number of equally significant revelations about the Power BI roadmap for the next few months. I’ve summarised them here, along with the relevant page numbers; I’ve also highlighted what I think are the most important ones. (P177) Control over linguistic schema – it looks like the phrasing and synonyms functionality for Q&A that was in the old Power BI service has been added back (P178) User experiences for Q&A in reports – report authors will be able to allow report consumers (I assume people who have had reports shared with them via Apps) to use Q&A, as well as to provide suggested questions (P178) Incremental ref

Five Office 365 Security Improvements You Can Make Right Now

When it comes to cloud services, many organizations seem to forget their basic rules and responsibilities surrounding security. Some tend to think because Microsoft hosts Office 365, for example, that Microsoft will handle security for them. Unfortunately, they couldn’t be more wrong. Microsoft will protect your data from those who attempt to gain access to its systems, as well as offer protection from data loss due to an outage or failure of their infrastructure. However, if your credentials were to become compromised, you’re on your own as far as Microsoft is concerned. During the on-premises era, we were much more risk-conscious,  and most companies had robust security policies in place. But now that data has become accessible from all over the world, it is crucial to be aware of the increase in risk and implement additional security measures to cover it. In this article, we will share how you can improve your security within Office 365 without breaking the bank. If