This year's Microsoft Ignite was only a virtual event due to the well known circumstances we are all facing right now. From what I've read so far it was a great event. I didn't watch any session yet because I'm on holiday right now.
To get a summary of all news announced at Ignite 2020 one can always look at the so called book of news provided by Microsoft.
Definitely need to look at this for two reasons. 1) I tried to setup this for my personal use some time ago and did not get a grip on and 2) almost everything that Kristian Köhntopp (@isotopp) / Twitter writes is a good read.
Importing account statements and building a data warehouse | Die wunderbare Welt von Isotopp
If you're using your Windows 10 PC for non gaming purposes you probably don't want to have the XBox apps on your device. The following gist provides instructions on how to remove them.
How to Remove the Xbox Game Bar with Powershell on Windows 10
Only the manual steps and a following reboot removed the apps finally.
Don't microwave your sponges!
Then, they will reproduce and occupy the vacant real estate of the dead. And your sponge will just be stinkier and nastier and you may come to regret having not just tossed it, suggests a study published last month in Scientific Reports.
Source: Cleaning a Dirty Sponge Only Helps Its Worst Bacteria, Study Says - The New York Times
There is a new kid in town. AVIF seems to been a worthy successor for JPEG. Chome as of version 85 does support it of the box and FireFox also supports but requires some fiddling in the about-settings. More details can be found here:
There is no command available for creating a file and the parent directories in one step. Nevertheless you can help yourself with a simple bash script. Just add the following snippet to your ~/.bashrc.
mktouch() { mkdir -p $(dirname $1) && touch $1; }
Afterwards you can run this command like this: mktouch /home/demo/newdirectory/newfile1.txt
Source: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/305850 -> Comments
Nice overview/guide of how to start using Microsoft Teams. Especially because the everyday etiquette of using it which makes it for every person involved more pleasant.
Nice overview/comparison of all Office/Microsoft 365 licensing options
The Complete Office 365 and Microsoft 365 Licensing Comparison
Immer gut bestimmte Formulierungen im Arbeitszeugnis zu kennen.
Bei Microsoft haben wir in den vergangenen Monaten und Jahren umfassende Neuerungen für Privatanwenderinnen und -anwender wie für Unternehmen vorgestellt, die die Transparenz für unsere Kundinnen und Kunden erhöhen – darunter auch Tools für mehr Nutzungskontrolle bei der Sammlung von Daten in Windows 10 Enterprise und Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise.
Schön zu sehen, dass Microsoft jetzt auch immer mehr beginnt, in diesen Bereichen nachzuschärfen.