it won't arrive before 25 December. In fact, it will only be available to ship by 29 January, handily missing the season when amusing knitted sweaters are all the rage.
They also missed Halloween where they'd fit in nicely...
Sadly not an oblique reference to the Val Kilmer 1984 cinematic vehicle, Azure has launched the altogether more serious Azure Government Top Secret: a new cloud to serve customers dealing with Top Secret classified data. Still going through accreditation by the US government, the Top Secret regions are designed to provide the …
Stupid to include the marking "TOP SECRET" as part of the product name.
There was, and I see that there still is, an IBM mainframe access control product called "TOP SECRET", which was Government security-certified against the Orange Book (ask your grandfather), and consequently used by many Government establishments.
Legend had it that many a salesperson or engineer had had their exit from said establishments delayed somewhat, whilst the security guards established why they were attempting to leave along with boxes of manuals and computer media labelled "TOP SECRET" :)
Basic industrial operational security tips:
Don't set your social accounts to public and curate your "friends" and followers (on El Reg, use Anon when necessary). Never say where you work. Never say you have a clearance. Never say which projects even if the project name is unclassified (bits might still be For Official Use Only or other Controlled Unclassified Info/Data). Avoid certain keywords just in case.
Labelling the very product TOP SECRET, then marketing it publicly, goes against just about all of that!
Microsoft and partners will also be more than happy to sell you any number of Teams-compatible devices to customers seeking something more dedicated than a PC or smartphone
Hololens + Teams + Tasks + Clippy
"You appeared to have located Osama Bin Laden. One moment please whilst I check with the Pentagon on action to take..."
"a new cloud to serve customers dealing with Top Secret classified data."
We're on a Top Secret cloud so everything is secure, so we can relax a bit on our own security.
Well, actually, we've relaxed quite a lot because it makes things easier.
Oh look, someone has found one tiny flaw in the cloud security and swiped everything on it.
Teams will also target spam calls and digitally attest outgoing calls to prevent a user being tarred by the spam brush themselves.
I wish MS would deal with its own Teams spam, namely the in-meeting conversation notifications that appear on my screen even if I've not joined that meeting and even if I've deleted that instance of the recurring meeting. Extra Anger Points when it's a town hall-type meeting
Which numpty thought that this 'feature' was a good idea! Hint for MS: If I didn't join the meeting, I'm probably less than interested in the side conversations.
Icon because surely not even Paris...