Please take a look at the listing below of our 2024 past events with the link to the recording and any resources shared during the talk. If you are looking for any Tech Talks from 2022 or 2023, please click one of the links below.
SUNY Tech Talks 2022 – Recordings
SUNY Tech Talks 2023 – Recordings
Questions? Don’t hesitate to get in touch with Kris Lynch, Technical Programs Manager at the SUNY CPD, at 315-214-2428 or krista.lynch@suny.edu.
Wednesday, November 18, 2024, 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST
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Links from the chat:Best Practices for Creating Accessible and Inclusive Environments
Presenter: Laurie Allen, Microsoft Sr. Technology Evangelist for Accessibility
Each October, during National Disability Employment Awareness Month, or “NDEAM,” we celebrate the value and talent workers with disabilities add to America’s workplaces and economy.
During the session, we will discover the accessibility features built into the Microsoft products, learn how to create accessible content and conduct inclusive meetings, and understand the variety of resources available to support our accessibility journeys.
Agenda
- Who is the disability community and why is accessibility important?
- Productivity tools
- Accessible content
- Inclusive meetings
- Accessibility resources to expand knowledge and get support
- Open Q & A
Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
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Links from the chat:- What are Azure Reservations? – Microsoft Cost Management | Microsoft Learn
- SUNY Value Series Recordings
- Steve Scholz’ (Microsoft) Email
- Mike Barbato’s (Microsoft) Email
Microsoft Security Update – Sentinel and Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Security Specialist, Steve Scholz will discuss the topic of Sentinel and Defender for Cloud. During the call Steve will illustrate opportunities for ways customers can better manage finances and unlock additional savings. Microsoft is now offering pre-purchase options for both Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDC) and Microsoft Sentinel that will significantly reduce your expenses on Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel.
Sentinel
- Microsoft Sentinel is a scalable, cloud-native security information and event management (SIEM) solution that provides intelligent security analytics and threat intelligence across your enterprise. It offers a comprehensive solution for security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR). Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM that delivers an intelligent and comprehensive solution for SIEM and SOAR. It provides cyberthreat detection, investigation, response, and proactive hunting, with a bird’s-eye view across your enterprise. It natively incorporates proven Azure services, like Log Analytics and Logic Apps, and enriches your investigation and detection with AI.
Defender for Cloud
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a comprehensive cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) designed to secure cloud-based applications from various cyber threats and vulnerabilities. It combines several key capabilities to provide robust security for your cloud environments: From your company
- DevSecOps Solution: Microsoft Defender for Cloud unifies security management at the code level across multicloud and multiple-pipeline environments. This helps in incorporating good security practices early during the software development process
- Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM): It surfaces actions that you can take to prevent breaches by identifying and addressing security misconfigurations and vulnerabilities in your cloud environment
- Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP): It provides specific protections for servers, containers, storage, databases, and other workloads, ensuring comprehensive security coverage
- Agent-Based and Agentless Approaches: Defender for Cloud combines the breadth and depth of agentless and agent-based approaches, providing instant visibility over critical posture issues and advanced detection, investigation, and response capabilities.
Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
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Links from the chat:- New Veeam Data Platform v12.2 Extends #1 Data Resilience to More Platforms and Applications
- Destination: Data Freedom with the latest release of Veeam Data Platform 12.2
- Christian Latoja’s (Veeam) Email
- Dave Vieira’s (Veeam) Email
- Mike Barbato’s (Microsoft) Email
M365 Backup and DR
Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
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Links from the chat:- Dale Kehler’s (e-Magic) Email
- Tony Harris’ (e-Magic) Email
- Mike Barbato’s (Microsoft) Email
- Presentation Slides
Unlocking Energy Efficiency: Leveraging Technology to Meet BuildSmart 2025 Goals at SUNY
Background: NY Executive Order 22 on Energy Savings: State agencies are required to achieve 11 trillion BTUs of energy savings by 2025 through the BuildSmart 2025 program. SUNY Chancellor John King, Jr. stated in his first State of the University speech that “With 40% of the state’s public buildings, New York State won’t meet our ambitious net zero targets without SUNY doing our part.
Agenda:
- Introduction (5 minutes)
- EO22 and BuildSmart 2025 (5 minutes)
- Technology in Building Management (5 minutes)
- Reporting and Benchmarking (7 minutes)
- Retro-commissioning (7 minutes)
- Energy Audits and Master Planning (7 minutes)
- Operations and Maintenance (7 minutes)
- Submetering (7 minutes)
- Conclusion and Q&A (5 minutes)
Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
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Links from the chat:Copilot for Security and Copilot for M365
Presentation Overview:
- What is Copilot for security? (Forsyte – Jeremy & Shihan)
- Explore the robust capabilities of Copilot for security, designed to safeguard your educational environment.
- Security Experiences: Delve into real-world applications and the impact of enhanced security measures on educational institutions.
- Integration and Value: Learn about seamless integration options and the unparalleled value Copilot brings to your institution.
- Licensing: Gain clarity on licensing processes with insights from industry expert. (Steve Scholz)
- Explore the robust capabilities of Copilot for security, designed to safeguard your educational environment.
- Copilot for M365: A quick overview of its capabilities and how it can revolutionize your institution’s approach to productivity and collaboration. (Renata Ruiz)
- How to Secure Copilot for M365: An in-depth look at primary areas to secure, including Information Protection, Sensitivity Labeling, Data Loss Prevention Policies, and more. (Forsyte & Steve Scholz)
- A3 vs A5: Understand the differences and benefits of each plan to make an informed decision for your institution. (Forsyte and Microsoft)
- Next Steps: Chart a course for the future with actionable steps to elevate your institution’s Ai journey.
- Open Discussion – Q&A
Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
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Links from the chat:Leveraging SQL on Azure
Agenda
- Introduction
- Understanding SQL on Azure
- Setting Up SQL on Azure
- Advanced Features and Tools
- Best Practices and Recommendations
- Q&A and Discussion
Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
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Links from the chat:Teams Unified Communications with AudioCodes – SUNY Digital Transformation Funding and Participating Institution Agreement (PIA)
- System Admin CTO – Kevin Stillman
- Microsoft Specialist – Jessie Morgan
- AudioCodes Customer Business Director – Jack Turner
SUNY Teams Calling Program: The program is intended to provide SUNY campuses with an opportunity to pilot the use of Teams Calling as an employee’s phone for a select group of campus users (to be determined by each participating campus.) The program will leverage the SUNY-hosted AudioCodes Session Border Controller (SBCs) to enable the Microsoft Teams environments at multiple SUNY campuses to share the infrastructure and services to place and receive phone calls from Teams to the public switched telephone network (PSTN).
Note: For additional information about the SUNY Teams Calling Program please see the Digital Transformation Project website at http://dtp.suny.edu
Agenda
- Overview of Teams Unified Communications Solution with AudioCodes
- Overview of the Services that AudioCodes and Microsoft can offer to assist campuses on their Teams Voice journey.
- Process of applying for DT Funding
- Open Q&A
Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
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Links from the chat: If you or your team has any interest to collectively work with Pragmatic Works on a Power Platform Hackathon, please contact Mike Barbato via email.Power Platform Co-pilot and AI Builder
Do you want to learn how to create and interact with apps using natural language? Join us for this webinar where we will show you how Power Platform co-pilot and AI Builder can help you transform low-code development and data analysis with conversational AI. You will see how you can:
- Build apps by describing your needs with Copilot in Power Apps.
- Add conversational insights to your apps.
- Automate smarter with AI Builder in Power Automate.
- Generate text with Azure OpenAI in AI Builder.
Contact us
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