Microsoft Products Monthly Announcements | Dec 2019

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asked Dec 21, 2019 in Announcements by Mohamed El-Qassas
edited Jan 27, 2020 by Mohamed El-Qassas

Here, we're gonna list most of the important Microsoft Products announcements in December 2019 categorized by Product type.

Microsoft Products Monthly Announcements

Windows

On December 6, Microsoft announced the Office apps for phones using Windows 10 Mobile will reach the end of support on January 12, 2021.
On December 18, Microsoft announced MSIX Core 1.1.0.0 is now available. Learn more at MSIX Core.

On December 3, Microsoft announced the release of SQL Server Migration Assistant v8.5. learn more at SQL Server Migration Assistant documentation.
On December 5, Microsoft announced SSIS DevOps Tools extension is available in the Azure DevOps marketplace. Learn more at SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) DevOps Tools (Preview).
On December 9, Microsoft announced the 11th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2016 SP2. Download Now.
On December 9, Microsoft announced the 18th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2017 RTM. Download Now.
On December 10, Microsoft announced the release of a new early technical preview of the JDBC Driver for SQL Server. Check the GitHub Repository.

On November 29, Microsoft announced Update 1910 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager current branch is now available. check What’s new in version 1910 of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager documentation.
On December 11, Microsoft announced the new Microsoft Endpoint Manager Proof of Concept. Download Poc.

On November 29, Microsoft announced the documentation for Azure Information Protection. Read more at What is Azure Information Protection?
On December 2, Microsoft announced new Enhancements to Office 365 Message Encryption with Azure Information Protection.
On December 3, Microsoft announced that the Azure AD Domain Services classic migration is now available. Learn more about migrating your classic managed domain.
On December 5, Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure AD Connect cloud provisioning. Learn more at Azure AD Connect cloud provisioning documentation.
On December 12, Microsoft announced Azure AD authentication to Windows Virtual Machines. learn more at Windows virtual machine.
On December 12, Microsoft announced a preview of the Azure Storage DataLake SDK. Check Azure SDK.
On December 16, Microsoft announced the public preview of automated inbound user provisioning from SAP SuccessFactors to Azure AD and on-premises AD. Learn more at Configure SAP SuccessFactors to Active Directory user provisioning.
On December 17, Microsoft announced the public preview of the Azure Active Directory integration for Azure Database for PostgreSQL. Use Azure Active Directory for authenticating with PostgreSQL.

On December 4, Microsoft announced the Office 365 group expiration policy now includes auto-renewal based on activity. learn more at how to configure the expiration policy for Office 365 groups.
On December 5, Microsoft announced enhancements to the add calendar feature in Outlook.com.
On December 9, Microsoft announced the public preview of campaign views in Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection. learn more at campaign views in Office 365.
On December 19, Microsoft announced Office 365 Video customers in most regions are now able to migrate their video content to Microsoft Stream using an administration migration tool. Learn more at Office 365 Video transition to Microsoft Stream overview.

On December 9, Microsoft announced Grade Sync is now integrated with PowerSchool, the U.S. market-leading K12 student information system. Learn more about PowerSchool.
On Tuesday, December 10, Microsoft announced Microsoft Teams is available for Linux users in public preview. Read more at Microsoft Teams in a nutshell.
On December 17, Microsoft announced the content camera for Surface Pro-based systems.
On December 20, Microsoft announced what’s new in Teams in December.