Working remotely – resources for developers and IT professionals
In this time of uncertainty, we’re here to help. Whether you need support with remote working and collaboration, security, the culture of working remotely or learning new skills, here are some resources we hope you find useful.
Working Remotely
While many of you will have been working remotely for years, for others remote working will be brand new. Either way, we’ve sourced some terrific resources from inside Microsoft and beyond to help, whether you’re collaborating on code development or setting up virtual desktops and accessing them from wherever you are.
Resources to get you started:
- Blog – Helping our developers stay productive while working remotely
- Blog – Use Microsoft Teams to run a virtual lab or virtual hackathon event
- Blog – Top 5 ways your Azure AD can help you enable remote work
- Docs – How to collaborate using Visual Studio Live Share
- Blog – How to SSH into a Windows 10 Machine from Linux OR Windows OR anywhere
- Blog – GitHub! Code better together with GitHub and Microsoft Teams
- Blog – Take Remote Worker video calls to the next level with OBS, NDI Tools, and more
- Blog – How to deploy a Windows Virtual Desktop host pool using Infrastructure as code
- Docs – Running Remote Commands
- Blog – Working remotely – dealing with spotty downloads
- Blog – Visual Studio Subscriptions resources for remote learning and productivity
- Blog – How to manage Azure VMs
- Blog – Present PowerPoint in Microsoft Teams and still see the chat
- Blog – A guide to successful remote working and working from home
Keeping data secure
With everyone accessing data remotely from their homes, it’s never been more important to make sure your organisation’s data – and the apps and websites you’re building – are secure. Here are some tips and guidance from us and Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals to help make sure the tech you’re building and deploying is secure.
Resources to get you started:
- Docs – Begin your security journey
- Docs – Best practices for securing PaaS web and mobile applications using Azure App Service
- PDF – 10 tips for enabling zero trust security
- Blog – Keep up to date with developments in compliance and regulation
- Docs – Top 12 tasks for security teams to support working from home
- Video – Secure your Azure applications
- Blog – PowerShell Basics: How to Force a Full Password Sync in Azure AD Connect
- Blog – Secure your mobile email with Microsoft EMS and Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android
- Blog – Getting started securing Teams
- Docs – Plan and deploy your identity infrastructure
- Docs – Protect at the Front Door
- Blog – Alternative ways for IT to achieve modern security controls remotely
Training and support
Whether you need to upskill to meet your organisation’s needs or whether you’re upskilling in the face of career uncertainty, we hope these resources help.
Resources to get you started:
- Docs – Microsoft tech documentation: Quickstarts, tutorials, API reference and code examples
- Learn – Find guided learning paths and modules to help you get the skills you need
- Blog – How to take a Microsoft certification exam online
- Certs – Become Microsoft certified
- Videos – Channel 9: Connecting the people behind our products with those who use them
- Blog – The Definitive Guide to Personal Organization – Part 1
- Blog – Mental health: It’s time to talk
- Blog – Mental Health Affects Someone Like Me
- Docs – Microsoft 365 help centre for admins and IT pros
- Blog – How to host tech workshops and trainings online
Building a remote working culture
Building software is all about collaboration – which gets trickier when everyone’s working remotely. What can you do to make sure you’re contributing to and leading a positive culture? We’ve sourced some content from around Microsoft and beyond to help.
Resources to get you started:
- Blog – Burnout in tech: how to protect your people
- Blog – Remoting into DevOps
- Docs – Agile Culture – when the right thing happens more often than not
- Blog – Why we can’t tell you how to work remotely
- Blog – Team Safety with the Anonymous Fist to Five method
- Blog – Our DevOps Culture in Action: A Case Study of DevOps Standardization at Predica
- GitHub – Engineering’s perspective on humanizing the remote work experience
- Video – Create Resilience – How startups are coping with lockdown
- Docs – What is DevOps culture
- Blog – The promise and challenge of DevOps
- GitHub – Build your DevOps workflow on GitHub and Azure
- Blog – Staying productive while working remotely with Microsoft Teams
- GitHub – A series of best practices for a remote workplace
- GitHub – Working together when we’re not together
