@Carnival-Boy said in Learning Python from Microsoft:

I'm planning on learning Python to help my son who is studying it at school (with a useless teacher).

Python 3 is definitely the best option for learning. My kids have had some luck using the learn online free tools out there.

@JaredBusch said in MS SQL on Linux rpm missing in repo:

Good work Microsoft......

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msodbcsql17-17.4.1.1-1.x86_64. FAILED https://packages.microsoft.com/rhel/7/prod/msodbcsql17-17.4.1.1-1.x86_64.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTPS Error 404 - Not Found --:--:-- ETA Trying other mirror. To address this issue please refer to the below wiki article https://wiki.centos.org/yum-errors If above article doesn't help to resolve this issue please use https://bugs.centos.org/. mssql-tools-17.4.1.1-1.x86_64. FAILED https://packages.microsoft.com/rhel/7/prod/mssql-tools-17.4.1.1-1.x86_64.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTPS Error 404 - Not Found --:--:-- ETA Trying other mirror. Error downloading packages: mssql-tools-17.4.1.1-1.x86_64: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. msodbcsql17-17.4.1.1-1.x86_64: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

There is no 17.4 in the repo... https://packages.microsoft.com/rhel/7/prod/

Something they released and then pulled, maybe?

Looks like Microsoft finally allowing licenses to be used in hosting services in a way that doesn't mean purchasing a license for every server at the host, but only for a select few places. I'll grant you that they are the major hosting providers, but that still leaves out a bunch of our favorites around here.

@Dashrender I just checked a couple of clients and Time To Live where set to 3600 at most and counting down.

@Obsolesce If it's default then one hour it is.

That screwed me over the other day with Exchange 2016, I clicked on Check updates and it started installing updates without any permission....

I was only looking at exchange online plan 1, but possibly also Azure AD functionality since I was getting into O365 by a toe.

@Obsolesce said in What Happens When Microsoft Doesn't Issue Licenses:

@scottalanmiller said in What Happens When Microsoft Doesn't Issue Licenses:

So the reset and query tool that Microsoft provide do not work (they don't claim that they do in 2016, just that they thought that they would.) They report that all is well, and then RDS fails anyway. So there is both the licensing issue, and an issue with a lack of working tooling.

Next time do it properly?

And not use Microsoft? We did everything we were supposed to do, Microsoft messed it up. Short of not using anything that depends on Windows, what's the solution? Right now Insight and Microsoft are still going back and forth blaming each other.

Unfortunately, not using Windows isn't something we control. But without being able to control that, having a reliable product isn't always something IT determines.

@scottalanmiller
This may also help:
https://blogs.partner.microsoft.com/mpn/myth-busting-software-asset-management-and-compliance-audits/?ln=en-us
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/learn-more/compliance-verification-faq

Things like:

Microsoft SAM programs are voluntary services... A compliance audit is a mandatory review of a company’s use of Microsoft’s products and services...
These compliance verifications are initiated across less than 5% of Microsoft’s licensing customers worldwide

But ignoring things like:

We believe that SAM can be a strategic advantage for all our customers