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In today’s Ask the Admin, I explain how Microsoft’s new terminal software for Windows 10 improves on the existing console.

Microsoft says that new Yammer networks can have their messages stored in the European Union instead of the U.S. That sounds good, until you understand the downside that Yammer loses a lot of its external collaboration capabilities. Given this, it’s likely that some existing EU-based Office 365 tenants who use Yammer will be happy to have their messages stay in the U.S.

You can now use Powershell with Azure Functions 2.0. This article provides a quick example using Visual Studio Code and the Azure Functions extension, which makes authoring and deployment easy.

You can easily rename a team by giving it a new display name, or do the same thing to a channel. But Teams and SharePoint Online have the kind of relationship that’s based on tight connections, so renaming team or channel names leaves SharePoint untouched. Site URLs remain unchanged and if you try and fix up the folder names for channels, you can end up with a real mess.

This month’s news roundup includes important announcements made at Microsoft’s Build conference in Seattle, and the general availability of Windows Server 2019 version 1903 and the Windows 10 May 2019 Update.

During May, the month was filled with Azure announcements, here are the key items that you need to know about.

Last month, Microsoft held its SharePoint NA conference; here’s a wrap-up of all the key announcements for the month of May.

With May now behind us, let’s take a look at the key announcements from the Office Team during the month.

Because I’m not as funny as I think I am, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s bizarre Modern OS announcement, a Microsoft retail store in London, Bing’s 10th anniversary, falling smartphone sales, and much, much more.

A recent report by a security vendor says that 25% of phishing messages get by Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and arrive into Office 365 user mailboxes. This highlights the need to configure EOP properly and run multiple lines of defense. Microsoft would like you to use Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) alongside EOP. Offerings from other security vendors are also available. For better protection against phishing, you should consider something like ATP.

Don’t let your development teams misuse the cloud! This article looks at some common cloud native problems that fast moving teams can create.

As Microsoft continues to invest heavily in new data center regions, the company is also investing in ways to make the new data centers sustainable as well. This morning, Microsoft announced two new data centers coming to Sweden and the company is targeting a zero-waste operation.