MMS 2025 at MOA

Description:
Decide when to use Windows Server and Hyper-V for clustering versus taking the leap to Azure Local. Gain real-world insights and a touch of humor to make the debate on clustering strategies engaging and informative.

What you will learn:

• Compare Windows Server clustering vs. Azure Local for scalability, performance, and cost.
• Understand use cases where Windows Server excels and where it falls short.
• Learn decision frameworks for selecting the best solution for your workloads.
• Discover tips for effective cluster management and optimization.

Description:
Azure Arc is evolving to deliver a unified management experience for Azure services across Arc-enabled machines and native Azure resources. Gain insights on streamlined onboarding and enhanced visibility into your machines while shaping this unified approach.

What you will learn:

• Overview of Azure Arc and how it extends the Azure control plane to manage infrastructure and compute resources in other clouds.
• Demo of Azure management services covering updates, change and inventory, monitoring, policy, and machine configuration.
• How Azure management services assist ConfigMgr customers in modernizing their management experiences.
• Roadmap of upcoming releases and features for Azure management services.

Description:
Avoid unnecessary expenses in Azure Monitor by learning to filter data effectively and store it cost-efficiently. Discover strategies to lower your monitoring bill while meeting your requirements, utilizing both core features and creative customizations.

What you will learn:

• Standard and custom methods for filtering data without losing functionality.
• Options and strategies for storing telemetry to optimize cost.
• Analyzing your charges to ensure you're cost-optimizing your monitoring configuration.
• Best practices for configuring Azure Monitor for cost efficiency.

Description:
Migrating from legacy agents to the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) introduces new challenges and opportunities for operations and security teams. Gain insights into Azure Monitor Data Collection Endpoints (DCE), Data Collection Rules (DCR), and Data Collection Rule Associations (DCRA). Develop a governance framework utilizing Azure Policy to automate and enforce monitoring objectives. Understand how to deploy and adapt Microsoft’s Azure Monitor Baseline Alerts (AMBA) for an efficient enterprise monitoring solution.

What you will learn:

• Best practices for deploying Azure Monitor/Microsoft Sentinel pipeline artifacts using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Utilizing Azure Monitor Baseline Alerts (AMBA) for various IaaS and PaaS monitoring solutions.
• Tips for successful rollout and management of Azure Monitor Alert rules, including Windows Server and Active Directory.
• Methods to tune Azure Monitor alerts for an effective override strategy.