Welcome to Episode 375 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, where we discuss Microsoft’s Global Secure Access offering. We explain how Global Secure Access brings identity, network, and endpoint access together under one service and how it combines with Defender for Cloud Apps and is built around the capacity of the Microsoft WAN. Join us as we take a deep dive into the world of digital security and learn how Global Secure Access can help you secure your digital world.

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Show Notes

• What is Global Secure Access (preview)?
• Global Secure Access clients
• Global Secure Access client for Windows (preview)
• Global Secure Access (preview) traffic forwarding profiles
• Learn about Microsoft Entra Private Access
• Learn about Microsoft Entra Internet Access for all apps
• How to use the Global Secure Access (preview) enriched Microsoft 365 logs

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Show Notes

• Trusted launch for Azure virtual machines
• Supported SKUs
• Enable Trusted launch on existing Azure VMs
• Deploy a VM with trusted launch enabled
• Enable Trusted launch on existing Azure VMs
• Trusted Launch FAQ

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Show Notes

• Microsoft Intune troubleshooting
• Manage endpoint security in Microsoft Intune
• Manage BitLocker policy for Windows devices with Intune
• Use FileVault disk encryption for macOS with Intune
• Monitor device encryption with Intune
• Endpoint security firewall rule migration tool overview
• Enforce compliance for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with Conditional Access in Intune
• Endpoint detection and response policy for endpoint security in Intune
• Manage approved apps for Windows devices with App Control for Business policy and Managed Installers for Microsoft Intune

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Show Notes

• Overview of Windows Autopilot
• App protection policies overview
• App configuration policies for Microsoft Intune
• Policies for Office apps

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Show Notes

• Washington’s Dream – SNL – YouTube
• Microsoft Intune plans and pricing
• Microsoft Intune licensing
• Device-only licenses
• Microsoft Intune planning guide
• Get started with your Microsoft Intune deployment
• Supported operating systems and browsers in Intune
• Manage endpoint security policies on devices onboarded to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Import custom ADMX and ADML administrative templates into Microsoft Intune (public preview)
• Create a Settings Catalog policy using your imported GPOs in Microsoft Intune (public preview)
• Password and account lockout policies on Microsoft Entra Domain Services managed domains

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The restrictions have been lifted for Microsoft 365 Copilot licensing and you can now purchase licenses in tenants with less than 300 users. With the flood gates open, Ben and Scott revisit Microsoft 365 Copilot now that they both have access to it in their own tenants. Is it just a summarization tool? Is it any good for helping out Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Teams? Listen in and find out!

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Show Notes

• Microsoft 365 Copilot ‘generally available’ – if you can afford 300 seats
• Expanding availability of Copilot for Microsoft 365
• Where can I get Microsoft Copilot?
• Microsoft Copilot help & learning
• Copilot in Microsoft Teams help & learning
• Email coaching with Copilot in Outlook
• Copilot in OneNote help & learning
• Copilot Pro plans & licensing

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In Episode 369, Ben and Scott explore the new Backup and Archive options for Microsoft 365 and Office 365 workloads – Microsoft 365 Archive and Microsoft 365 Backup. These two features may sound similar, but they have different functionalities. Microsoft 365 Archive provides coverage for SharePoint, while Microsoft 365 Backup provides coverage across SharePoint, OneDrive, and Exchange. We will be discussing why you should use these features, how to set them up, and their options. Additionally, we’ll cover the differences between the two features, such as the fact that Microsoft 365 Backup does not require an Azure subscription, unlike Microsoft 365 Archive. We’ll also delve into the policies, frequency and retention, and recovery options for each service.

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Show Notes

• Microsoft 365 Backup
  • Microsoft 365 Backup – Microsoft Adoption
  • Overview of Microsoft 365 Backup (Preview)
  • Set up Microsoft 365 Backup (Preview)
  • Pricing model for Microsoft 365 Backup (Preview)
  • Microsoft 365 Roadmap – Feature ID 188799
• Microsoft 365 Archive
  • Microsoft 365 Archive – Microsoft Adoption
  • Overview of Microsoft 365 Archive (Preview)
  • Set up Microsoft 365 Archive (Preview)
  • Pricing model for Microsoft 365 Archive (Preview)
  • Microsoft 365 Roadmap – Feature ID 171100

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In Episode 368, Ben and Scott talk through the differences between Notion and Microsoft Loop with a sprinkling of Confluence.

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Show Notes

• Microsoft officially launches Loop, its Notion competitor
• Loop vs. Notion: Microsoft’s new document app is a promising mess
• morrison.medium.com/is-microsoft-loop-a-notion-alternative-5197906b2c1d">Is Microsoft Loop A Notion Alternative?
• loop-a-smarter-way-to-onenote.htm">Microsoft Loop – A Smarter Way to OneNote?
• Get started with Microsoft Loop
• Loop components in Whiteboard
• Get started with Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Loop
• Loop app Public Preview limits
• Guides and Tutorials – How to use Notion
• Confluence vs Notion Comparison
• Notion vs Confluence – Switch from Confluence
• Why Choose Microsoft Loop as Your Wiki

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In Episode 367, Ben and Scott kick off 2024 with a discussion of Azure Files. They start out reviewing a customer scenario Ben encountered and how they would approach it, breaking down the options available with Azure Files, hosting traditional SMB shares in Azure, and how a hybrid deployment can be the best of both worlds.

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Show Notes

• Planning for an Azure Files deployment
  • Replace or extend Windows file servers with Azure Files and Azure File Sync
• Authentication & Identity
  • Overview of Azure Files identity-based authentication options for SMB access
• Data protection
  • What are the benefits of Microsoft Defender for Storage?
  • Prevent accidental deletion of Azure file shares
  • Accidental delete protection for Azure file shares using Azure Backup
  • Azure Files data redundancy
• Costing
  • Optimize costs for Azure Files with Reservations
  • Understand Azure Files billing
• Performance and scale
  • Azure Files scalability and performance targets
  • Azure Files networking considerations
• NFS file shares in Azure Files
• Robocopy sees Cloud Tiered files in Azure File Sync as “modified” even though they are not, how to fix?

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In this episode, Ben and Scott touched on some updates on their social media presence due to some recent happenings in the social media services space. As they transition into the Microsoft cloud world, they discuss updates to cloud computing software and user experience design. They also provided some insight into conditional access policies and break-glass accounts and examined strategies for managing these elements for optimal efficiency. They wrapped up their conversation on a contemplative note about the future of native apps versus progressive web apps (PWAs), and some frustrations about the increasing trend towards PWAs.

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Show Notes

• @mattnavarra on Threads
• fork-sam-altman.html">Emergency Pod: Sam Altman is Out at Open AI
• Show declined events on the calendar
• The new Forms app is here!
• Exclude Breakglass Accounts from Conditional Access Policies with PowerShell
• BreakGlassUsersCAPolicies.PS1">Update-BreakGlassUsersCAPolicies.PS1
• Minimize the number of Conditional Access policies

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In Episode 365, Ben and Scott break away from tech news to talk about some of their favorite gadget purchases in the past year. If you (or a geek in your life) are looking for ways to spend those Christmas gift cards or you need some last-minute ideas, give them a listen. It's also the season of giving and we're raising money for Girls Who Code. Donate today at https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Aqara Smart Lock U100, Fingerprint Keyless Entry Door Lock with Apple Home Key, Touchscreen Keypad, Bluetooth Electronic Deadbolt, IP65 Weatherproof, Supports Apple HomeKit, Alexa, Google, IFTTT, Gray * I tried every Apple Home Key Lock, here’s the best * Kwikset 916 Traditional Touchscreen SmartCode Electronic Deadbolt Smart Lock featuring SmartKey Security and ZigBee 3.0 Technology in Venetian Bronze, 1.19 x 2.81 x 5.06 inches, Metal * OBSBOT Tail AIR AI-Powered PTZ Camera 4K Webcam,1.8" CMOS,f/1.8 Aperture,AI Auto Track, Gesture & Remote Controls,TOF Sensor, Support NDI,Wired&Wireless Connection,LiveStream for Churches/Music Live * OBSBOT Tiny 2 Webcam 4K Voice Control PTZ, AI Tracking Multi-Mode & Auto Focus, Web Camera with 1/1.5" Sensor, Gesture Control, 60 FPS, HDR Light Correction, Webcam for PC, Streaming, Meeting, etc. * This is a 4k Webcam You Should Know About- The OBSBOT Tiny 2 * ODISTAR Desktop Vacuum Cleaner,Mini Table dust Sweeper Energy Saving with auto Power-Off Function,High Endurance up to 400 mins,Cordless&360º Rotatable for Keyboard/Home/Office (White Charging) * USBC to Lightning adapter * ALTI Wireless Charging Desk Mat * BESTEK 150W Power Inverter DC 12V to 110V AC Converter 4.2A Dual USB Car Plug Adapter Outlet Converter (Blue) * TRPPV375 - Tripp Lite PowerVerter 375-Watt Ultra-Compact Inverter * Anker Prime 6-in-1 USB C Charging Station, 140W Compact Power Strip for Work and Travel, 5 ft Detachable Extension Cord with 6 Ports, for iPhone 15/15 Plus/15 Pro/15 Pro Max(Non-Battery, Non-Wireless) * G.E.T. 6632-1-CL Heavy-Duty Plastic Restaurant Tumblers, 32 Ounce, Clear (Set of 12) About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 364, Ben and Scott discuss the recently announced Microsoft Designer, cover a handful of updates to Azure including Azure Automation and Azure Container Storage. Then they close out with some updates to the licensing model for Enterprise IoT Security. It's also the season of giving and we're raising money for Girls Who Code. Donate today at https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft Designer * joenandez/joenandez_chatgpt_custom_instructions.txt * General Availability: Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.2 runbooks * Azure Automation runbook types * PowerShell End-of-support dates * What is Azure Container Storage? Preview * Enterprise IoT security is now included in Microsoft 365 E5 and E5 Security plans About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 363, Ben and Scott talk through some new hibernation capabilities coming to an Azure VM near you and the announced retirement of SharePoint Add-Ins. It's also the season of giving and we're raising money for Girls Who Code. Donate today at https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Hibernating virtual machines * Hibernate a dev box in Microsoft Dev Box * Microsoft adds Outlook to cloud.microsoft domain for its services * SharePoint Add-In retirement in Microsoft 365 * Azure ACS retirement in Microsoft 365 About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 362, Ben and Scott get sidetracked with some of the announcements coming out of Microsoft Ignite. It's also the season of giving and we're raising money for Girls Who Code. Donate today at https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft Ignite 2023: AI transformation and the technology driving change * Microsoft Ignite 2023: all the AI news from Microsoft’s IT pro event * Reduce Compute Costs by Pausing VMs (now in public preview) * ​What's new and what's next with Azure IaaS | BRK245H * What is rate limiting for Web Application Firewall on Application Gateway? * Attach or detach a Virtual Machine to or from a Virtual Machine Scale Set * The new Microsoft Planner: A unified experience bringing together to-dos, tasks, plans and projects * Introducing SharePoint Premium – the future of AI powered content management and experiences About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 361, Ben and Scott discuss how Ben solved a data analysis problem with Azure Data Explorer and Scott shares some tips and tricks for Kusto. It's also the season of giving and we're raising money for Girls Who Code. Donate today at https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * What is Azure Data Explorer? * Get data from file * Get-MessageTrackingLog * Two The Cloud -�Azure Data Explorer - One-click Ingestion * parse-where operator * case() * TLS 1.2 to become the minimum TLS version for Azure Storage * KB4017023 - SQL Server 2012, 2014 or 2016 Backup to Microsoft Azure Blob storage service URL isn't compatible for TLS 1.2 * TLS 1.2 support for Microsoft SQL Server * Upcoming TLS 1.3 on Azure App Service for Web Apps, Functions, and Logic Apps Update * Microsoft Deprecates Three Features in Windows 11 Version 23H2 * Windows CE, Microsoft's stunted middle child, reaches end of support at 26 years * Automatic Conditional Access policies in Microsoft Entra streamline identity protection About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 360, Ben laments about a change in the data processing for Azure Sentinel and Scott contributes some suggestions around Microsoft's data processing policies and how customers can keep up to date on them along with some suggestions for how to manage your personal data in Log Analytics and Application Insights. Then they close out the show talking about how to track resource ownership over time for your Azure resources. It's also the season of giving and we're raising money for Girls Who Code. Donate today at https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft Azure Legal Material * Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum (“DPA”) * Large Language Model (LLM) * Managing personal data in Log Analytics and Application Insights * The latest Microsoft Digital Defence Report came out and it is a sobering read * Azure Monitor Insights overview * Azure Monitor activity log * Azure resource logs * Define your tagging strategy About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 359, Ben and Scott discuss Microsoft Applied Skills - a new skilling platform for Microsoft customers to get hands-on in a live, on-demand lab environment to validate their skills in a specific area and how Applied Skills compares to the existing role-based certification exams. Next up, it's a quick review of an upcoming roadmap item that impacts Microsoft-managed conditional access policies and how to monitor and keep up to date with Message Center messages that are applicable to your tenant. Then it's time to wrap up with a Developer SKU that was recently launched for Azure Bastion, offering lower cost to Bastion at the expense of some of the bells and whistles in the Basic and Standard SKUs. It's also the season of giving, and we're raising money for Girls Who Code. Donate today at https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Announcing Microsoft Applied Skills, the new credentials to verify in-demand technical skills * Microsoft Applied Skills * Azure Active Directory: Auto-rollout of Conditional Access policies * Track new and changed features in the Microsoft 365 Message center * Track your message center tasks in Planner * Quickstart: Deploy Bastion using the Developer SKU (Preview) * About Bastion configuration settings About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 358, Ben and Scott talk about Ben's new Teams-certified Poly Sync, a new teleprompter Scott ordered, and Amazon's investment in Microsoft 365. It's also the season of giving and we're raising money for Girls Who Code. Donate today at https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * POLY - Sync 20+ USB-A Personal Bluetooth Smart Speakerphone (Plantronics) - Connect to Smartphones via Bluetooth-PC/Mac via - BT600 Dongle -Works with Teams (Certified), Zoom & More,Black * Elgato Prompter  * Amazon to drop a cool $1B on Microsoft 365 cloud suite * Support for Office 2016 and 2019 clients connecting to Microsoft 365 services has ended * Office versions and connectivity to Microsoft 365 services * Microsoft Ignite About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 357, Ben and Scott run through the recently announced Community gallery capability that has been added to the Azure Compute Gallery service. They also take a few minutes to discuss the public preview of table-level RBAC read-access controls for your Log Analytics workspaces. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft Ignite * Share images using a community gallery * Create a VM from a generalized image version * Direct shared gallery * Manage access to Log Analytics workspaces * Set table-level read access About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 356, Ben and Scott revisit the ROI of Microsoft 365 Copilot, discuss some methods for bulk restores from the SharePoint Online Recycle bin, and some upcoming changes to default outbound internet access for your Azure VMs. If you have a chance, nominate the show for Best Podcast at the ESPC Inspire Awards! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft 365 Copilot: Release Date, Price, Download & more * Microsoft 365 CoPilot: Licensing, Cost, ROI * Acquired.fm - NVIDIA Parts I, II, III * bard-who-owns-your-face-gamer-news.html">Breaking Bard + Who Owns Your Face? + Gamer News! * After Five Years, Gmail Finally Sheds the 'Beta' * ShareGate - Copy Content * Restore Recycle bin SharePoint Online with PowerShell * Avoid getting throttled or blocked in SharePoint Online * Microsoft Enters the Backup Business with a New Syntex Service * ESPC Inspire Award * Default outbound access for VMs in Azure will be retired- transition to a new method of internet access * How can I transition to an explicit method of public connectivity (and disable default outbound access)? About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 355, Ben and Scott sit down with SharePoint developer extraordinaire Andrew Connell from Voitanos to talk about SharePoint Server Subscription Edition and some changes in SharePoint Framework (SPFX) support. You'll definitely want to listen in to make sure that you're falling into the "Pit of Success" for developing SPFX solutions for your on-premises installations of SharePoint. `Note: We get into the weeds with things like version numbers between SharePoint Server Subscription Edition and the SharePoint Framework. You can use the links below to follow along. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Blog Post - SPFx Devs: Beware of the SharePoint SE 23H2 Feature Update * YouTube - Beware of the SharePoint SE 23H2 Feature Update SharePoint Framework Developers! * New and improved features in SharePoint Server Subscription Edition * New and improved features in SharePoint Server Subscription Edition Version 23H2 * Cyberattack protection by default and other enhancements to SharePoint Server - September 2023 * SharePoint Framework (SPFx) component upgrades * Support for SharePoint Framework (SPFx) version 1.5.1 * New Add: Upgrade components in SPFx development with SPSE #9215 * package-lock.json * SharePoint Framework v1.5.1 release notes * Episode 344 – The paradox of choice as a SharePoint Developer with Andrew Connell * The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win About Andrew Connell Andrew is a web developer who loves to learn new in tech and help others learn! Microsoft has recognized me every year since 2005 with its annual MVP Award. I started teaching in 2007 in just about every way I can. During most of that time, I’ve focused on enterprise platforms like Microsoft Azure & Microsoft 365 including, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams. Connect with AC * Voitanos * LinkedIn * YouTube * Threads * Twitter

In Episode 354, Ben and Scott catch up on news and the latest announcements starting with Cisco and Splunk merging. Then they discuss the Surface and AI event where we saw the latest Surface hardware and learned about the straight to GA release of Microsoft 365 and Windows Copilot. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * to-acquire-splunk-to-help-make-organizations-more-secure-and-resilient-in-an-ai-powered-world.html">Cisco to Acquire Splunk, to Help Make Organizations More Secure and Resilient in an AI-Powered World * Cisco and Splunk: Driving the Next Generation of AI-Enabled Security and Observability * Announcing Microsoft 365 Copilot general availability and Microsoft 365 Chat * How to transform work with plugins for Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI apps * Microsoft's Surface and AI event: all the news and announcements * We don't know how AI works. * .We're trusting it anyway About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 353, Scott talks to Ben about how he's using Portainer for container management on his home network and some tips and tricks for managing apps on your Mac (sorry Windows users). Then they pivot to Microsoft's largest conference of the year - Microsoft Ignite - coming Nov 14-17, 2023 for in-person attendees and November 15-16, 2023 for virtual attendees. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * AppCleaner * CleanMyMac X * Portainer * Microsoft Ignite * Registration * Download convince your manager letter * Apple Wonderlust event * Apple Event - September 12 * iPhone 15 event in 17 minutes * Everything Apple Announced at Today's Event in Six Minutes * Anker Powerline II 3-in-1 Cable, Lightning/Type C/Micro USB Cable for iPhone, iPad, Huawei, HTC, LG, Samsung Galaxy, Sony Xperia, Android Smartphones, iPad Pro 2018 and More(3ft, Black) * USB charging blocks About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 352, Ben and Scott discuss their workflow and approach for "Read it later" services and Scott introduces Ben to a new service he's started using called Omnivore. Then they discuss a new feature coming to a SharePoint site and e-mail inbox near you - newsletter publishing from SharePoint. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Raindrop.io * Omnivore.app * Lenny's Newsletter * Introducing new SharePoint news for email feature * SharePoint News in Outlook About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 351, Ben and Scott catch up on some of the latest news around Power Automate, Microsoft Entra, and Microsoft Excel. First, they discuss the Public Preview of Application Insights integration with Power Automate for debugging your cloud flows. Next, they break down the still in Private Preview features of platform SSO for macOS clients. And then they close on some exciting announcements around the addition of Python functions to Microsoft Excel. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Announcing the integration of Power Automate telemetry data with Azure Application Insights * Workspace-based Application Insights resources * Set up Application Insights with Power Automate (preview) * Coming Soon – Platform SSO for macOS * Microsoft Enterprise SSO plug-in for Apple devices * 10 ways Microsoft Intune improves Apple device management * Introducing a New Flexible Way of Bringing Identities from Any Source into Microsoft Entra ID! * Frequently asked questions about API-driven inbound provisioning (Public preview) * Announcing Python in Excel: Combining the power of Python and the flexibility of Excel. * Data security and Python in Excel * Introducing Python in Excel About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 350, Ben and Scott talk about some of the ambiguity in features between several types of Teams channels, a new model that includes access to Microsoft Learn for those taking role-based Microsoft certification exams, and a simplified experience for creating and managing CDN endpoints using Azure Front Door for Azure Storage customers. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Overview of teams and channels in Microsoft Teams * Introducing a new resource for all role-based Microsoft Certification exams * Open Book Microsoft Certification Exams | Interview with Microsoft's Liberty Munson * Quick create Azure Front Door endpoints for Azure Storage accounts About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 349, Ben and Scott talk through considerations for working with Azure Policy to enable diagnostic settings at scale. Along the way they also talk about helpful tools that are available that can help you get your environment configured the way you need even quicker. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Create diagnostic settings at scale using Azure Policies and Initiatives * Microsoft Sentinel content hub catalog * Create-AzDiagPolicy * Documentation for Azure Policy scripts * Microsoft.PolicyInsights RBAC * Remediate non-compliant resources with Azure Policy * Manage access to Log Analytics workspaces * Microsoft Sentinel workspace architecture best practices * Azure Resource Graph sample queries for Azure Policy * Azure Governance Visualizer aka AzGovViz * Community Policy Repo About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 348, Ben and Scott start the discussion focusing on the shifting dynamics of open-source tool access for customers, particularly in light of HashiCorp's decision to transition to a Business Source License (BSL). This move essentially limits what competitors can do with their code, requiring them to acquire a commercial license from HashiCorp if developing. While the change doesn't significantly impact customers who primarily use Terraform for deploying and managing resources, it may have significant implications for companies building competitive services based on HashiCorp's community products. As the discussion progresses, Ben and Scott transition into an exploration of Azure subscriptions. They suggested that businesses, especially those in their early stages, should create more Azure subscriptions than they think they need. This is due to a paradigm shift from treating resource groups as units of management aligned with business needs to viewing subscriptions in the same way. The conversation emphasized the importance of understanding this concept and planning accordingly when setting up Azure. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * HashiCorp adopts Business Source License * How Red Hat’s License Change Is Reinvigorating Enterprise Linux Distros * Enable all paid plans on your subscription * Create Azure subscriptions programmatically * What are Azure management groups? * Subscription considerations and recommendations * Create your initial Azure subscriptions * What is an Azure landing zone? * Move networking resources to new resource group or subscription About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.  

square.jpg"> In Episode 347, Ben and Scott sit down with Merill Fernando to discuss the tools and content Merill is building to support Microsoft Entra customers. Merill is a Principal Product Manager in the Microsoft CAT team with a focus on Microsoft Graph for Identity and brings his experiences working with Microsoft Entra customers to the masses. In the conversation, we explore Merill's various contributions to technical tools aimed at simplifying complex processes when working with the Microsoft Cloud. His creations include CMD.Ms, a tool that streamlines access to different Microsoft services; Azure AD Exporter, a tool that exports your entire Microsoft Entra ID configuration and Azure AD B2C into JSON files; and Graph X-ray, a Chrome extension that converts API calls into code in your preferred language. Lastly, He highlighted the 'Weekly Dose of Microsoft Entra' newsletter as an ideal resource for keeping up-to-date with relevant news, blog posts and videos. To learn more from Merill and keep up with Microsoft Entra news, sign up for his newsletter at entra.news. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * cmd.ms * Neat new feature in public preview for dynamic groups * idPowerToys * v1.pdf">https://idpowertoys.com/assets/mindmaps/entra-v1.pdf * microsoft/azureadexporter * Graph X-Ray :Beta * Update-MgUser (Microsoft.Graph.Users) * Update-MgUserExtension (Microsoft.Graph.Users) * New-MgUser (Microsoft.Graph.Users) * Welcome to the Graph PowerShell Samples Community * Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 346, Ben and Scott discuss how some of the recent attacks on Microsoft 365 customers have led to Microsoft, in partnership with CISA, offering expanded cloud logging capabilities to all customers for no additional charge. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft is shutting down Cortana, and Apple should do the same with Siri * Types of Power Automate licenses * CISA and Microsoft Partnership Expands Access to Logging Capabilities Broadly * Expanding cloud logging to give customers deeper security visibility * Auditing solutions in Microsoft Purview * Stolen Microsoft Security Key – Potential Breaches Beyond Outlook * Microsoft mitigates China-based threat actor Storm-0558 targeting of customer email * Analysis of Storm-0558 techniques for unauthorized email access About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In episode 345, Ben and Scott discuss the upcoming Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Archive services, as well as the pricing and value of Microsoft Co-Pilot. Microsoft 365 backup and Microsoft 365 archive services will provide users with options for backing up data in Microsoft 365, including SharePoint, OneDrive, and Exchange. They also discuss the benefits this will have on purchasing backup service directly from Microsoft, as well as how third-party backup providers can take advantage of this announcement. They also discuss how Microsoft 365 Archive, will complement Microsoft 365 Backup by offering cold to cool data storage for inactive data in Microsoft 365. This service aims to provide cost savings for storing older content while maintaining administrative search capabilities and other functionalities. The conversation then moves on to the pricing and value of Microsoft Co-Pilot. They discuss the potential benefits of using Co-Pilot for tasks like drafting proposals or generating meeting notes. However, they also express concerns about the pricing compared to existing licensing models and whether the value delivered by Co-Pilot justifies the cost. They speculate on how organizations might justify the expense based on time savings and productivity gains. Overall, they express a mix of excitement and skepticism about Copilot and emphasize the need to see it in action before fully evaluating the value. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Share Your Home Assistant Configs on GitHub Automatically * Welcome to Microsoft Inspire 2023: Introducing Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Archive * Manage content at scale with Microsoft Syntex * Licensing for Microsoft Syntex * Find the right Microsoft 365 enterprise plan for your organization * Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot-A whole new way to work * Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot - your copilot for work About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 344, Ben and Scott invite Andrew Connell, SharePoint developer extraordinaire and founder of Voitanos on the show to talk about your options when it comes to developing modern web applications that interact with SharePoint and Teams. There's a lot to unpack here - when or even should you build a SharePoint app? Is it better to just build and deploy web apps that you can control end-to-end? Listen in to find out. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Real World Example: Build Web Apps - not M365 or Teams Apps * Build Web Apps - not Microsoft 365, Teams, or SPFx Apps * Learn the SharePoint Schedule (SPFx) - All Courses * Creating your first Microsoft 365 Developer tenant * Microsoft 365 Developer Program * SharePoint Add-ins * Overview of the SharePoint Framework * Understand Microsoft Teams apps and their capabilities * SaaS COGS: What To Consider In Your Cost Of Goods Sold * Yo Teams * Meet Your Citizen Developer * Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice * Overview of Viva Connections About Andrew Connell Andrew is a web developer who loves to learn new in tech and help others learn! Microsoft has recognized me every year since 2005 with its annual MVP Award. I started teaching in 2007 in just about every way I can. During most of that time, I’ve focused on enterprise platforms like Microsoft Azure & Microsoft 365 including, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams. Connect with AC * Voitanos * LinkedIn * YouTube * Threads * Twitter About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 343, Ben and Scott start to tackle the great renaming of Azure Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID (or MEID). Except for the places that it didn't get renamed. It's not confusing at all. They discuss the implications of the rename and the potential confusion it could cause, as well as explore new product announcements related to Microsoft's foray into the security service edge market. They also provide resources for understanding the rename and navigating Microsoft Intra. Overall, they have some frustration with the renaming exercise, but acknowledge that it probably is a good thing and when it comes down to it, is largely a just a rename of the service. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Announcing new innovations in Microsoft Entra * Microsoft Entra Plans & Pricing * Azure AD is being renamed to Microsoft Entra ID * New name for Azure Active Directory * Azure AD Renamed! Enter Microsoft Entra ID * Microsoft Entra External ID? public preview: Developer-centric platform * Planning for customer identity and access management (preview) * Identity PowerToys * v1.pdf">https://idpowertoys.com/assets/mindmaps/entra-v1.pdf * Microsoft Entra Expands into Security Service Edge with Two New Offerings About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 342, Ben and Scott talk through how they manage access to the internet for the kids in their lives, Microsoft Edge Workspaces, and some of the frustrations with auto-generated documentation for the Microsoft Graph. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Using PiHole for parental control of your home network * [GUIDE] How to Parental Controls - Options * circle * OpenDNS FamilyShield * NextDNS * Episode 341 – Our word of the day is “Notes” * Edge Workspace scenarios * Organize your ideas with Collections in Microsoft Edge * Update-MgUserExtension * Update-MgUser About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 341, Ben and Scott continue to dive into the confusion that is the note taking ecosystem in Microsoft 365 with the potential competition between OneNote and Loop, the formal retirement announcement for InfoPath Forms Services, and some more follow-up on Copilots and where you can use them in your day-to-day work. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Default Notes tab in Microsoft Teams for Enterprise customers * Meeting Details in OneNote * Now in Public preview & Targeted release: Collaborative meeting notes in Teams meetings * Now in public preview: Collaborative notes in Microsoft Teams Meetings * Yammer.com Rebranded to Viva Engage * Support update for InfoPath Forms Services in Microsoft 365 * InfoPath Forms Services Assessment * SharePoint Server 2019 Lifecycle * Microsoft Lists: Easier, Better, Faster, Stronger * SharePoint: Microsoft Lists- A new forms experience to collect information * You can now try Windows Copilot and native RAR and 7-Zip support in Windows 11 * Meeting recap in Microsoft Teams Video https://youtu.be/pOJClKla1f8 About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 340, Ben and Scott talk about some of the takeaways from the recent DDoS attacks on the Azure Portal, a (new to them) Terraform module for working with Azure AD, and how to start preparing your Microsoft 365 tenant for Microsoft Copilot. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft Response to Layer 7 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks * AzCopy - Use multiple clients to run jobs in parallel * Azure AD intro with Terraform examples * Terraform on Azure June Update * How to prepare for Microsoft 365 Copilot * Overview of update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps * Semantic Index for Copilot: Explained by Microsoft * How Microsoft 365 Copilot works * Microsoft AI help & learning * Microsoft Viva and Glint Video https://youtu.be/15ueLjgBESA About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 339, Ben and Scott get side railed with the current Redditt drama around their paid API and some of their favorite apps going away. They also cover and update on Azure AD Graph Retirement before they move on to some new sample scripts from the Intune team that demonstrate how to work with Intune and Microsoft Graph. Finally, they close out discussing the new public preview of collaborative notes in Microsoft Teams. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn't backing down * Google Domains shutting down, assets sold and being migrated to Squarespace * Google just killed Google Domains: Just kidding, it got sold * Google Domains shutting down, assets sold and being migrated to Squarespace * Important: Azure AD Graph Retirement and Powershell Module Deprecation * Update to Microsoft Intune PowerShell example script repository on GitHub * Now in public preview: Collaborative notes in Microsoft Teams Meetings * Amazon's server outage broke fast food apps like McDonald's and Taco Bell Video https://youtu.be/r8orEAt34eY About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 338, Ben comes back from vacation which prompts Scott to start a discussion on mailbox management tips before they move on to some changes in the Apple Developer Program that could impact your users. Then they close out with some Azure announcements for AKS. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * One Email Rule - Have a separate Inbox and an Inbox CC to reduce email stress. Guaranteed. * End meetings early or start late * Support Tip: iOS/iPadOS 17 Beta with Microsoft Intune * iOS 17 developer beta is open to anyone - here's how to download it now * Classic Exchange admin center in Exchange Online * Final Deprecation of Classic Exchange Admin Center (EAC) in Exchange Online * Introducing the Azure Linux container host for AKS * Transforming containerized applications with Azure Container Storage-now in preview * What is Azure Container Storage? Preview Video https://youtu.be/0zXgEOs7Z40 About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 337, Ben and Scott through recommendations for securing your Office 365 tenants and admin accounts. They also address a listener question on how you can address the disparities in logging and metrics collections when you're using multiple SaaS products. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * CollabCon Conference 2023 * Manage emergency access accounts in Azure AD * Securing privileged access for hybrid and cloud deployments in Azure AD * Conditional Access authentication strength is now Generally Available! * Learn about data loss prevention * Microsoft Sentinel data connectors * Hybrid Cloud with AWS Video https://youtu.be/TMKm9lcaQE0 About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 336, Ben and Scott discuss some of the marquee announcements from Microsoft Build 2023. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Build Book of News * Full Keynote | Satya Nadella at Microsoft Build 2023 * Microsoft's Azure AI Studio lets developers build their own AI 'copilots' * my.sharepoint.com/personal/global_msftglobalcomms_onmicrosoft_com/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?ga=1&id=%2Fpersonal%2Fglobal%5Fmsftglobalcomms%5Fonmicrosoft%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2FNorth%20America%2FEvents%2FBuild%202023%2F2%2E2%2E2%2E%20Power%20BI%20updates%20increasing%20speed%2C%20productivity%20in%20preview%2FCopilot%20in%20Power%20BI%20technical%20demo%2Emp4&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fglobal%5Fmsftglobalcomms%5Fonmicrosoft%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2FNorth%20America%2FEvents%2FBuild%202023%2F2%2E2%2E2%2E%20Power%20BI%20updates%20increasing%20speed%2C%20productivity%20in%20preview">Copilot in Power BI technical preview * Introducing Microsoft Fabric and Copilot in Microsoft Power BI * Microsoft Fabric licenses * Microsoft launches Fabric, a new end-to-end data and analytics platform * What is Microsoft Fabric? * Microsoft Fabric terminology Video https://youtu.be/0ml2d1OutRE About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 335, Ben and Scott discuss some of the trials and tribulations of Office 365 and Microsoft 365 licensing. Specifically, some intricacies around Microsoft Defender for Office 365. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Vague documentation on licensing #12003 * Manage who can create Microsoft 365 Groups * Get started using Attack simulation training * Microsoft Defender for Office 365 service description - Licensing terms * Retiring the AWS Documentation on GitHub * Preview: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps * Testing reachability of Azure Load Balancer frontend IPv4 address with ping Video https://youtu.be/oOqXXVX-1Z4 About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 334, Ben and Scott take a detour into automating your home video devices/security cameras with Scrypted and then get back on track with some enhancements in Azure AD authentication methods and Microsoft Intune. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Scrypted * Google’s new Pixel Tablet is a $500 slate for the home * active-directory-converged-management.aspx?m=1">Azure Active Directory Gets 'Converged' Management for Authentication Methods * Modernizing Authentication Management * Microsoft Intune: iOS Web enrollment * Enrollment guide: Enroll iOS and iPadOS devices in Microsoft Intune Video https://youtu.be/MjMJSIFRUFs About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 333, Ben and Scott talk about some more strange choices coming from the Microsoft Edge team before they discuss the new preview of Azure AD LAPS (with and without Intune). Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft Teams Plans to Make Users Open Links in Edge * Arc is coming to Windows in 2023 * THE BROWSER COMPANY IS BUILDING A SWIFT DEVELOPMENT TOOLCHAIN FOR WINDOWS * Android vs. Apple Market Share: Leading Mobile Operating Systems (OS) (May 2023) * Compare Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service * Get started with Windows LAPS and Azure Active Directory * Using Microsoft Intune for Local Administrator Password Management * Windows LAPS supported platforms and Azure AD LAPS preview status * Microsoft Intune support for Windows LAPS * Azure AD Certificate-Based Authentication (CBA) on Mobile now Generally Available! * Everything New In Home Assistant 2023.5! Video https://youtu.be/ctrSyu-4TTg About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 332, Ben and Scott dive into the recent announcements around Microsoft 365 Copilot and its impending integration into the entirety of the Microsoft 365 product suite. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Bluesky Social * Microsoft Posts In-Product Ads in SharePoint Online * Stop in product messaging (Microsoft Conference) * Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot—A whole new way to work * is-the-collabtalk-tweetjam.html">What is the #CollabTalk TweetJam? * How to build your first app using Power Apps | Automatically with Copilot or from scratch * GitHub Copilot for the Windows systems administrator * AI Made this VLOG * Amazon CodeWhisperer * Dangers of AI Hallucinations: How Wrong Answers Can Lead to Legal Liability and Mitigate Them Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZahDzG8KVC8 About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 331, Ben and Scott dive into the announcement of the retirement of SharePoint 2013 Workflows and the release of SharePoint Workflow Manager for SharePoint Server 2013, 2016, 2019 and Subscription Edition. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Starship Flight Test * Move SharePoint Designer Workflows to Power Automate * SharePoint 2013 workflow retirement * Guidance: Migrate from classic workflows to Power Automate flows in SharePoint * Nintex unveils Workflow plan amid Microsoft retiring product * Microsoft 365 Assessment tool * gossner.com/2023/02/16/announcing-the-release-of-sharepoint-workflow-manager-for-sharepoint-server/">Announcing the release of SharePoint Workflow Manager for SharePoint Server * Install and configure workflow for SharePoint Server * Announcing the release of SharePoint Workflow Manager for SharePoint Server * What is an on-premises data gateway? Video https://youtu.be/cFizTtGcWV0 About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 330, Ben and Scott talk about Home Assistant and how it fits into their home automation workflows. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * How to Create a Home Assistant Dashboard * Wall Mounted Dashboard for Home Assistant! (Fire Tablet + Fully Kiosk) * Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) * Inovelli SMART 2-1 SWITCH (ON/OFF OR DIMMER) * Lutron Caséta Wireless Smart Lighting Dimmer Switch and Remote Kit | P-PKG1W-WH Video https://youtu.be/_eMm-RBc3Uo About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 329, Ben and Scott talk about some old (but new to them) enhancements to Microsoft Intune that allow for the import of ADMX and ADML administrative templates, availability of Windows 365 Cloud PC preview for Frontline workers, and avatars for Teams coming to public preview. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * UniFi Gateway - WAN Load Balancing and Failover * Flux Keyboard * Windows 365 offers flexibility from the office or home to the frontline * Import custom ADMX and ADML administrative templates into Microsoft Intune (public preview) * Windows 365 Frontline available in public preview * Avatars for Microsoft Teams in Public Preview Video https://youtu.be/DBdTc05VqWQ About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 328, Ben and Scott talk through the upcoming deprecation of remote PowerShell sessions (RPS) for Exchange Online, some changes to how you'll get to Azure AD using Entra in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, and how to enable the new Microsoft Teams client. Then Scott brings Ben up to speed on strategies to make sure you're getting notified of service retirements and deprecations for Azure. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Announcing Deprecation of Remote PowerShell (RPS) Protocol in Exchange Online PowerShell * Deprecation of Remote PowerShell in Exchange Online - Re-enabling or Extending RPS support * Azure AD Admin Center Moves to Microsoft Entra Admin Center * Enable the new Microsoft Teams toggle for your organization * The new Microsoft Teams desktop client * Try the new Microsoft Teams * Classic subscription administrator roles Video https://youtu.be/K0uzCqz2p_I About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 327, Ben and Scott talk through the new Microsoft Loop app which has entered public preview.           Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Learn how to enable the Microsoft Loop app, now in Public Preview * Use Loop components in Outlook * You can now try Microsoft Loop, a Notion competitor with futuristic Office documents * https://twitter.com/benstegink/status/1639074039850479616?s=20 * https://twitter.com/EricaToelle/status/1638766066745888769?s=20 * SharePoint Online Admin cannot access the Content Type Hub * Microsoft Loop is coming to OneNote “very soon” Video https://youtu.be/-m5hkg3vadM About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 326, Ben and Scott take on a listener question about ways to run study groups using Microsoft Teams to study for certifications (or really anything else you'd get a group together to learn). Next, they tackle the newly announced Microsoft 365 Copilot service. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Build5Nines/exam-assessments * MicrosoftLearning/AZ-104-MicrosoftAzureAdministrator * MicrosoftLearning/AZ-104-MicrosoftAzureAdministrator * Microsoft Azure Master Class v2 * Learn Azure app * Modern Work (Microsoft 365) Technical Skilling Content Survey Needs YOUR Input! * Mentimeter * Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot – your copilot for work * Raspberry Pi Brings ChatGPT AI to Clippy * Explaining the Microsoft 365 Copilot System * Introducing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Copilot, the world’s first copilot in both CRM and ERP, that brings next-generation AI to every line of business * Hallucinations Could Blunt ChatGPT’s Success OpenAI says the problem’s solvable, Yann LeCun says we’ll see * Microsoft lays off team that taught employees how to make AI tools responsibly Video https://youtu.be/liKGHwQMGJo About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 325, Ben and Scott talk through their experiences with Loop as it approaches its impending public preview and then dive into a question about how to approach a migration from SharePoint Online to Azure blob storage. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Overview of Loop components in Teams * Microsoft Loop App to Launch in Public Preview This Month * Manage Loop experiences (Loop app and Loop components) in SharePoint * Copy file from SharePoint Online * How To Call Logic App Synchronously From Azure Data Factory * Transfer Files from SharePoint To Blob Storage with Azure Logic Apps * Copy large files from SharePoint to Azure Blob Storage using Power Automate * Episode 128 - Automating SharePoint Online with Flow, PowerShell, and Azure * Episode 280 - Azure Storage or SharePoint for my files? About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 324, Ben and Scott talk through some more fun with ChatGPT and how it can point you in the wrong direction even for code snippets. Then they dive into Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets and orchestration modes including VMSS Flex. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft has been secretly testing its Bing chatbot 'Sydney' for years * Introducing the AI Mirror Test, which very smart people keep failing * Orchestration modes for Virtual Machine Scale Sets in Azure * FAQ for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 323, Ben walks Scott through a recent customer project with Microsoft Graph, Azure Automation, and Logic Apps. It turns out that working with Microsoft Graph and Managed Identities gets a little confusing once you start throwing delegated vs application permissions into the mix. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Using the Microsoft Graph SDK for PowerShell with Azure Automation * Microsoft Graph throttling guidance * Get-MgUserPresence * Tutorial: Access Microsoft Graph from a secured .NET app as the app * Microsoft Graph permissions reference * AzureAD/MSAL.PS About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 322, Ben and Scott talk about the announced rebranding of Yammer to Viva Engage, a new admin center for Viva Engage, and the retirement of Run-As accounts. Oh, and please reach out to Ben and congratulate him on his newly minted MVP status! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Build connections with Games for Work, a new Microsoft Teams app * Neat Frame * Microsoft Dumps Yammer Brand * Introducing Microsoft Viva Engage * M365 Changelog: Multiple Yammer Networks Within Single Tenant No Longer Supported (1:Many Mode) * Introducing OneDrive customer office hours * New Admin Center for Viva Engage * How Microsoft Security wants to help you take your fandom and turn it into global influence! * Ben's a MVP! * Microsoft Retires Azure Automation Run As Accounts in September 2023 About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 321, Ben takes Scott through his current experience with the new Bing experience and ChatGPT integration. Then they talk about a quirk in the retirement/not retirement for free Teams business users and close out with the recently announced support for Multimedia Redirection (MMR) on Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 Cloud PC. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Windows 10 Home and Pro * Tune in today: Learn Live experts are ready to accelerate your skilling * Learn Live: Azure Core IaaS Study Hall * Hands-on with the new Bing: Microsoft's step beyond ChatGPT * ChatGPT vs the 'new Bing': Check out their very different answers to 20 questions * GitHub Copilot * Get Started with GitHub Copilot with VSCode and Python Extension * teams-free-classic-retirement-no-data-180521994.html">Microsoft will wipe free Teams business users' data if they don't upgrade to a paid tier * Say goodbye to Microsoft Teams Free (classic) and hello to Microsoft Teams (free) * Announcing General Availability of Multimedia Redirection (MMR) on Azure Virtual Desktop * Multimedia Redirection (MMR) on Windows 365 general availability * Understanding multimedia redirection for Azure Virtual Desktop * Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable latest supported downloads About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 320, Ben and Scott get a little sidetracked and talk about their monitor setups, frustrations with Twitter and where we are on Mastodon, and then close out on Teams Premium. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Learn Live: Azure Core IaaS Study Hall * Apple 2021 iPad Mini (Wi-Fi, 64GB) - Space Gray * LG 28MQ780-B 28 Inch SDQHD (2560 x 2880) Nano IPS DualUp Monitor with Ergo Stand, DCI-P3 98% (Typ.) HDR10, USB Type-C (90W PD) - Black * LG C2 Series 42-Inch Class OLED evo Gallery Edition Smart TV OLED42C2PUA, 2022 - AI-Powered 4K, Alexa Built-in * Dell UltraSharp U4320Q 42.5" 4K UHD LED LCD Monitor - 16:9 - Black * Nuphy Air 75 - Get 10% off any order from Nuphy  * Why Twitter users are upset about the platform’s latest change * Twitter replaces its free API with a paid tier in quest to make more money * Follow us on Mastodon: * https://techhub.social/@BenStegink * https://mastodon.social/@ciphertxt * https://techhub.social/@msclouditpro * Microsoft Teams Premium: Cut costs and add AI-powered productivity * The better way to meet—Microsoft Teams Premium * Microsoft Teams Premium licensing * Microsoft Teams Premium - Overview for administrators About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 319, Ben and Scott talk through a fun new way to keep up with updates to the Microsoft 365 roadmap using Office 365 Roadmap watch and them discuss a new item on the roadmap - explicit recording consent for Teams Meetings. Next up they get into IPv6 support coming to conditional access in March 2023 and some changes coming to Azure reservations now that Savings plans for compute are here. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Office 365 Roadmap Watch * https://feeds.feedburner.com/Office365RoadmapWatcher * Azure Timeline * Microsoft Teams: Explicit Recording Consent for Teams meetings * Azure AD IPv6 Support Comes in March 2023 * IPv6 Support in Azure Active Directory * General Availability: 5 GB Put Blob * Self-service exchanges and refunds for Azure Reservations * What is Azure savings plans for compute? * Episode 305 – Azure Savings Plans for compute About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 318, Ben and Scott talk about the Defender debacle from last week and then get into some new Azure previews, including rich application health states with Virtual Machine Scale Sets, the Azure Automation extension for VS Code, and the latest preview of change tracking and inventory management with the Azure Monitor Agent. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Latest Defender Update KB2267602 Bug Deletes Shortcuts * Security intelligence updates for Microsoft Defender Antivirus and other Microsoft antimalware * Using Application Health extension with Virtual Machine Scale Sets * Public Preview of Azure Automation extension for Visual Studio Code * Runbook authoring through VS Code in Azure Automation * Overview of change tracking and inventory using Azure Monitoring Agent (Preview) * Migrate to Azure Monitor Agent from Log Analytics agent About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 317, Ben walks Scott through some of his trials and tribulations with migrating contents to and from Microsoft 365 Groups (Conversations) mailboxes. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Perform a Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) migration to Microsoft 365 or Office 365 * BitTitan MigrationWiz * Office 365 Groups vs. Shared Mailboxes * Microsoft 365 Group to Microsoft 365 Group Mailbox (Conversations) Migration Guide * Export Content search results * Exporting individual messages or PST files * Use network upload to import your organization's PST files to Microsoft 365 * Folders and Rules Support for Microsoft 365 Groups in Outlook * Manage Folders and Rules feature in Microsoft 365 Groups * Windows Defender - ASRFalsely blocking and removing applications About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 316, Ben and Scott talk about the continued fallout from the Rackspace ransomware attack as well as some other recent hacks from LastPass and CircleCI. Then they get into their topic of the day - Azure DevOps or GitHub and which one they prefer for different tasks. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Rackspace: Ransomware attack caused by zero-day exploit * Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability * More than 200 million Twitter users’ email addresses leaked by hackers * LastPass - Notice of Recent Security Incident * CircleCI security alert: Rotate any secrets stored in CircleCI (Updated Jan 6) * ';--have i been pwned? * Azure DevOps documentation * GitHub documentation * Microsoft acquires GitHub * New year, new GitHub: Announcing unlimited free private repos and unified Enterprise offering About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 315, Ben takes Scott on a tour of Microsoft Loop and how it is working across Teams, Outlook and Word. Then they close out the episode with what tools they are using for personal work task management. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft Loop: Flexible Canvas App * First things to know about Loop components * Use Loop components in Word for the web * Microsoft Whiteboard set to get Copy/Paste support for Loop Components * Jira Work Management About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 314, Ben and Scott have a quick follow-up on the Rackspace Hosted Exchange ransomware attack (TL;DR; if you haven't migrated to Exchange Online, do it now), a post-mortem that was published on the Azure PowerShell and PowerShell 7.3 compatibility issue that cropped up in Nov, and then discuss Microsoft Teams Preview. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Hosted Exchange Issues * Episode 313 - Pour one out for the SREs at Rackspace * Post-mortem: Azure PowerShell and PowerShell 7.3 compatibility issue * Update to the latest version of Microsoft Edge on macOS * Microsoft Teams Premium preview now available * Microsoft Makes 30-Day Test Licenses Available for Teams Premium * Microsoft Teams Premium licensing About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 313, Ben and Scott discuss the ongoing fallout from the ransomware attack that took down the hosted Exchange environment at Rackspace in December. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Hosted Exchange Disruption * Rackspace blames ransomware attack for ongoing Exchange outage * Rackspace Cloud Office suffers destructive security breach * Episode 108 – Backup and Recovery in Office 365 About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 312, Ben and Scott take a break from Azure and Office 365 to talk about gifts that you can get for the geek in your life. With the holidays coming up, we cover some of our favorite tech toys for our desks and travel. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * uBlock Origin extension (Edge/Chrome) * Elgato Stream Deck * Elgato Stream Deck+ * Elgato Stream Deck MK.2 * Elgato Stream Deck XL * Elgato Stream Deck Mini * Elgato Stream Deck Pedal * Episode 299 – Scott’s Ode to the Stream Deck * Macro Pads on Amazon * Aviator cables * Keyboards * NuPhy Air75 * Logitech MX Mechanical Mini Wireless * Keychron K2 * Logitech MX Master 3S * Power adapters * Universal Travel Power Adapter- EPICKA All in One Worldwide International Wall Charger AC Plug Adaptor with Smart Power USB for USA EU UK AUS Cell Phone Laptop (4 USB + Type C - White + Grey) * Anker power banks * CalDigit Thunderbolt 4 hubs * OWC USB-C Travel Dock E * Books * One Second After * One Year After * The Final Day * Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager * Engineering Management for the Rest of Us * Webcams * insta360 Link * Elgato Facecam * Elgato Facecam Pro * Continuity camera mounts About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 311, Ben and Scott discuss some of the latest announcements around Microsoft Entra including the GA of Workload identities and upcoming changes to the Entra and Azure AD portal experiences. They close out with some tips for how to quickly access multiple portal landing pages and management experiences using [cmd.ms]. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft Entra Workload Identities * Microsoft Entra Workload Identities now generally available * What are workload identities? * Workload identity federation * New Admin Center Unifies Azure AD with Other Identity and Access Products * [cmd.ms] * Address bar autocomplete About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 310, Ben and Scott discuss the preview of a new API for managing your Azure resource quotas using the Azure Quota Service API. They also discuss shareable links in Azure Bastion and how they can be created, managed, and the user experience for them. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft Edge Freezes in Office 365 Outlook With Overlays - Mac OS * Clear Session Chrome Extension * Azure Quota Service API * Create a shareable link for Bastion - preview About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 309, Ben and Scott talk through some of the difficulties with the customer adoption and training aspects of Microsoft Teams, the GA of PowerShell 7.3 and some rough edges you might encounter with Azure PowerShell cmdlets, and then close with a discussion on cross-tenant migration for Exchange Online and OneDrive for Business. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft Teams Tools for Driving Adoption * Teams adoption flipbook * Teams Customer Success Kit * PowerShell 7.3 General Availability * GenericArguments[0] ... violates the constraint of type 'T' error since PowerShell 7.3.0.5 preview #18721 * Cross-tenant User Data Migration is Now Generally Available * Cross-tenant OneDrive migration * Cross-tenant mailbox migration * ShareGate: Microsoft Teams Migration About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 308, Priya Shetty - Principal Product Manager - Azure Storage - joins Scott to talk all things Microsoft Purview In-place Data Share for Azure Storage. They cover data share use cases and scenarios for Azure Storage, data share feature capabilities, how it fits into Microsoft Purview, and describe the experience and how to deploy your first data share. New to Microsoft Purview? Check out our previous episodes: * Episode 294 – Microsoft Purview with Erica Toelle * Episode 295 – The artist formerly known as Azure Purview * Episode 296 – Microsoft Purview data loss prevention Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Azure Storage in-place data sharing with Microsoft Purview (preview) * Deployment and configuration demo * Quickstart: Share and receive Azure Storage data in-place with Microsoft Purview Data Sharing (preview) * Microsoft Ignite session: No data silos with Azure Blob Storage About our guest Priya Shetty (LinkedIn) is a Principal Product Manager with Azure Storage. She is passionate about all things data and empowering customers’ data-driven journeys on Blob and Data Lake Storage.           About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 307, Ben and Scott talk about some more deprecations starting with the deprecation of converting DLs to M365 Groups, changes to the support matrix for Office clients when it comes to connecting to online services, and the retirement of Azure MFA Server. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Deprecating Conversion of Distribution Lists to Microsoft 365 Groups * Office and Microsoft 365 Apps Deployment & Update Management 2022 * spreads-fud-on-office-connections-to-microsoft-365-services.aspx">Microsoft Spreads FUD on Office Connections to Microsoft 365 Services * Office versions and connectivity to Microsoft 365 services * Windows and Office configuration support matrix * Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server will be deprecated 30 September 2024 * Migrate from MFA Server to Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

Techtober has wrapped and we're making one last push at fundraising for Girls Who Code. Go to https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro and donate today to help ensure girls continue to have access to our educational experiences, programming, and incredible sisterhood. Because when you teach a girl to code, she’ll change the world. In Episode 306 Ben and Scott talk about Azure Arc and how you can get started testing it using Azure VMs - either regular VMs with minimal customization or using the Azure Arc Jumpstart project to kickstart your learning all of the Arc-enabled services. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * MS Cloud IT Pro Podcast fundraiser for Girls Who Code * Passwordless authentication options for Azure Active Directory * Yubico - YubiKey 5C NFC - Two Factor Authentication USB and NFC Security Key, Fits USB-C Ports and Works with Supported NFC Mobile Devices - Protect Your Online Accounts with More Than a Password * Automation Hybrid Runbook Worker overview * Evaluate Azure Arc-enabled servers on an Azure virtual machine * Azure Arc Jumpstart * Jumpstart ArcBox - Overview * HYPER-V NESTED VMS IN AZURE About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

It is Techtober and we're fundraising for Girls Who Code. Go to https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro and donate today to help ensure girls continue to have access to our educational experiences, programming, and incredible sisterhood. Because when you teach a girl to code, she’ll change the world. In Episode 305, Ben and Scott dive into Azure Savings Plans for compute and how they differ from compute reservations. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * MS Cloud IT Pro Podcast fundraiser for Girls Who Code * What are Azure savings plans for compute? * Azure Hybrid Benefit * Not sure if this is allowed to post but I’m looking for some help with OneDrive. Details are below.. thanks in advance for any guidance! * SharePoint limits * Restrictions and limitations in OneDrive and SharePoint About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

It is Techtober and we're fundraising for Girls Who Code. Go to https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro and donate today to help ensure girls continue to have access to our educational experiences, programming, and incredible sisterhood. Because when you teach a girl to code, she’ll change the world. In Episode 304, Ben and Scott catch up some news from Ignite, talk about the announced retirement of the Azure Service Manager (classic) APIs, some upcoming breaking changes to the Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell, and then get a little ranty as they talk about the Office --> Microsoft rebranding that was recently announced. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * MS Cloud IT Pro Podcast fundraiser for Girls Who Code * Microsoft Ignite * Microsoft Ignite 2023 * Microsoft Cloud and AI chief Scott Guthrie on what's new and next for Microsoft Cloud customers * Azure classic resource providers will be retired on 31 August 2024 * Azure CLI Ignite 2022 Announcements Blog * Azure PowerShell Ignite 2022 announcements * Microsoft Office will become Microsoft 365 in major brand overhaul * Microsoft Office is changing to Microsoft 365 * Microsoft 365 is NOT Office 365 * Conditional Access: Require an authentication strength for external users * Conditional Access authentication strength (preview) About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

It is Techtober and we're fundraising for Girls Who Code. Go to https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro and donate today to help ensure girls continue to have access to our educational experiences, programming, and incredible sisterhood. Because when you teach a girl to code, she’ll change the world. In Episode 303, Ben and Scott run through some pre-Ignite service retirement announcements for Unmanaged Disks and Azure Load Balancer Basic. Then they get into Microsoft Viva and do a quick review of some of the new features announced at Power Platform Conference. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * MS Cloud IT Pro Podcast fundraiser for Girls Who Code * Azure unmanaged disks will be retired on 30 September 2025 * Azure Basic Load Balancer will be retired on 30 September 2025—upgrade to Standard Load Balancer * Azure Firewall Basic now in preview * What is Azure Firewall Manager? * Employee Experience and Engagement | Viva * Announcing Answers in Microsoft Viva * Episode 245 – When Good Viva Topics Go Bad * People in Microsoft Viva – Putting people at the center of the employee experience. * Why Google kills its own products * Google is shutting down Stadia About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 302, Ben and Scott follow up on Microsoft Dev Box pricing from the latest Two the Cloud stream before diving into how to decipher Azure VM naming and pick the VMs to run your workloads in Azure. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft Dev Box Pricing * Windows 365 Enterprise Plans and Pricing * What is Azure Virtual Desktop? * Sizes for virtual machines in Azure * Azure virtual machine sizes naming conventions * Azure compute unit (ACU) * Microsoft Azure VM Selector * Best Practice: Right-size VMs About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 301, Ben and Scott talk through some of the announcements from the Microsoft Power Platform Conference, including native co-authoring for canvas apps using Git repositories and named formulas in Power Fx. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Hurricane Ian * Power Apps brings collaboration to center stage with 3 big announcements * The new sidebar in Microsoft Edge helps you multitask smarter * Setup co-authoring using Git for Power Apps * Co-authoring in canvas apps (experimental) * What is Microsoft Power Fx? * Power Fx: Introducing Named Formulas About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 300, Ben and Scott dive into why you might want to reconsider purchasing your M365 licenses and tenant from GoDaddy. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Fried Tequila Shots - LemonsforLulu.com * hacking-breach.html">Uber Investigating Breach of Its Computer Systems - The New York Times (nytimes.com) * What is the text that's written when I press it? : yubikey (reddit.com) * Touch triggered OTP (yubico.com) * Why You Should Not Use GoDaddy for Microsoft 365 | CSolutions (csolutionsit.com) * Defederating GoDaddy 365 - (tminus365.com) * Change your SharePoint domain name - SharePoint in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Docs About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 299, Ben lets Scott tell him all about his love of the Stream Deck and how he uses it to make remote work easier. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Azure Windows Virtual Machine Activation: two new KMS IP addresses (…and why you should care) - Microsoft Tech Community * Automatically allow traffic to Office 365 endpoints on Azure Firewall (microsoft.com) * Stream Deck on Amazon * GitHub - BarRaider/streamdeck-worldtime: Shows the time in different cities around the world * Audio Switcher - Plugins (elgato.com) * Control Center - Plugins (elgato.com) * Philips Hue - Plugins (elgato.com) * Home Assistant - Plugins (elgato.com) * Elgato Stream Deck — Smart Profiles – Elgato * Stream Deck - Nerd or Die * streamdeck-iconpack-fluentui-system-icons/README.md at main · czottmann/streamdeck-iconpack-fluentui-system-icons · GitHub * portal.com/">Touch Portal - Remote macro control deck for PC and Mac OS for streamers, content creators and other professionals (touch-portal.com) About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 298, Ben and Scott talk through some of the recent GA announcements, including Change Analysis, Managed Grafana, and Ampere Altra processor availability. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Basic Authentication Deprecation in Exchange Online – September 2022 Update - Microsoft Tech Community * Yeah… disabling basic auth for Autodiscover actually breaks Autodiscover. Only Basic Auth is supported today. * Change Analysis GA announcement - Microsoft Tech Community * Get resource changes - Azure Resource Graph | Microsoft Docs * Elevate your visualizations with Azure Managed Grafana—now generally available | Azure Blog and Updates | Microsoft Azure * What is Azure Managed Grafana? | Microsoft Docs * Azure Virtual Machines with Ampere Altra Arm–based processors—generally available | Azure Blog and Updates | Microsoft Azure * Overview of the Dplsv5 and Dpldsv5-series sizes - Azure Virtual Machines | Microsoft Docs * Enterprise-grade edge in Azure Static Web Apps | Microsoft Docs * Azure Data Explorer supports native ingestion from Amazon S3 * Microsoft opens first global datacenter region in Qatar, bringing new opportunities for a cloud-first economy – Middle East & Africa News Center About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 297, Ben and Scott talk about some of the rough edges with Planner, Teams, and Microsoft PowerApps before they transition to some PowerShell weirdness with management plane and data plane operations in Azure Storage. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * dbx 286s Microphone Preamp & Channel Strip Processor, Mono 4-Way * Rode Rodecaster Pro II Podcast Production Console * Integrate your Teams Power Apps with Planner (contains video) - Power Apps | Microsoft Docs * April Dunnam - The Developer's Guide to the Power Platform Galaxy - YouTube * Deep Linking in Teams Embedded Power Apps - YouTube * Embed an app in Teams - Power Apps | Microsoft Docs * Microsoft 365 Roadmap - Planner | Microsoft 365 * Remove-AzRmStorageContainer (Az.Storage) | Microsoft Docs * Remove-AzStorageContainer (Az.Storage) | Microsoft Docs About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 296, Ben and Scott continue their whirlwind tour of Microsoft Purview by turning their attention to the data loss prevention capabilities that fall under the Purview banner. They talk through what you can do with DLP policies and things to consider as you start to configure them. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * How the Graph X-Ray Tool Helps PowerShell Developers (office365itpros.com) * Microsoft Purview- Paint By Numbers Series (Part 0) - Overview - Microsoft Tech Community * Learn about data loss prevention - Microsoft Purview (compliance) | Microsoft Docs * Using Endpoint DLP - Microsoft Purview (compliance) | Microsoft Docs * Learn about the default DLP policy in Microsoft Teams (preview) - Microsoft Purview (compliance) | Microsoft Docs * Get started with the default DLP policy - Microsoft Purview (compliance) | Microsoft Docs * Get started with the DLP Alerts dashboard - Microsoft Purview (compliance) | Microsoft Docs About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 295, Ben and Scott follow up last weeks episode on Microsoft Purview and dive into the Azure side of it - Data Map, Data Catalog, In-place Data Share, and Data Estate Insights. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Introduction to Microsoft Purview governance solutions - Microsoft Purview | Microsoft Docs * Microsoft Purview governance portal * Elastic data map - Microsoft Purview | Microsoft Docs * Microsoft Purview Data Map supported data sources and file types - Microsoft Purview | Microsoft Docs * Pricing - Microsoft Purview | Microsoft Azure About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 294, Ben sits down for a chat with Erica Toelle about Microsoft Purview. They start out by discussing Information Governance and Data Lifecycle Records Management in general and how it can impact your business. From there, they move into some of the specific features within Microsoft Purview that can help you with your Information Governance, Information Lifecycle Management, and other Compliance needs your organization may have for data stored in Microsoft 365. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes The future of compliance and data governance is here: Introducing Microsoft Purview - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/04/19/the-future-of-compliance-and-data-governance-is-here-introducing-microsoft-purview/ What is Microsoft Purview? https://docs.microsoft.com/purview/purview Learn about data lifecycle management - https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/data-lifecycle-management?view=o365-worldwide Retention policies and retention labels - https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/retention?view=o365-worldwide Adaptive Scopes - https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/retention?view=o365-worldwide#adaptive-or-static-policy-scopes-for-retention Collecting the version shared in a cloud attachment (preview) - https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/advanced-ediscovery-cloud-attachments?view=o365-worldwide#collecting-the-version-shared-in-a-cloud-attachment-preview Sensitivity Labels - https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/sensitivity-labels?view=o365-worldwide About Erica Toelle Erica Toelle is a senior product marketing manager on the Microsoft Purview product team. Her focus is on growing the data lifecycle and records management business and listening to customers and partners to make our solutions better. Erica is a long-time member of the SharePoint and Microsoft 365 community, a former Microsoft MVP, a published author, and a recognized expert in the information governance area. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericatoelle Uncovering Hidden Risks Podcast: https://www.uncoveringhiddenrisks.com/ LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/ericatoelle Compliance Books: https://t.co/awQpXn2wlY About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 293, Ben and Scott talk through some weird behaviors you can encounter when you're using OneDrive for Business and Known Folder Move when it comes to PowerShell modules and then dive into some of the announcements from Microsoft Inspire. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft OneDrive to support stories, but only for friends and family | Windows Central * Photo story (microsoft.com) * Microsoft Defender for Individuals | Microsoft Security * Installing PnP PowerShell | PnP PowerShell * OneDrive Known Folders and PowerShell Module Installations - Office 365 for IT Pros (office365itpros.com) * about Modules - PowerShell | Microsoft Docs * Your home for Microsoft Inspire * Announcing Microsoft Viva Engage - Microsoft Tech Community * Introducing Viva Engage - Microsoft Tech Community * The things you and your organization need to know about Viva Engage, Yammer and the Communities app (linkedin.com) * Employee Experience and Engagement | Microsoft Viva * Microsoft Viva Sales * Microsoft simplifies Endpoint Manager enrollment for Apple updates About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 292, Ben and Scott discuss some tips and tricks for macOS with OneDrive Known Folder Move and how to launch dedicated Microsoft Edge profiles before they get into Premium SSD v2 and Cross-region Load Balancer. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Apple silicon support in GA and KFM for macOS in Public Preview - Microsoft Tech Community * Redirect and move Windows known folders to OneDrive - OneDrive | Microsoft Docs * Launch Microsoft Edge Profiles * Opens a specific Microsoft Edge profile by name on macOS · GitHub * Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage in preview * Premium SSD v2 (preview) * Managed Disks pricing * Generally available: Azure Gateway Load Balancer * How Microsoft Azure Cross-region Load Balancer helps create region redundancy and low latency * Cross-region load balancer (Preview) About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 291, Ben and Scott lament the state of broadband in the US and the evil of bandwidth caps, how to wrangle permission scopes with the Microsoft Graph, and how an issue with conditional access policies can impact Windows client activation. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Comcast to impose home internet data cap of 1.2TB in more than a dozen US states next year - The Verge * Which Internet Service Providers Have Data Caps? * assistant.io/">Home Assistant * Two The Cloud - YouTube * Find Azure AD and MSOnline cmdlets in Microsoft Graph PowerShell | Microsoft Docs * Update-MgUser (Microsoft.Graph.Users) | Microsoft Docs * Microsoft Graph permissions reference - Microsoft Graph | Microsoft Docs * Permissions availability status | Microsoft Docs * PnP PowerShell * Read SharePoint List Items Using CAML Query | PnP Samples * Windows 10/11 Subscription Activation Multifactor authentication * Troubleshoot Windows virtual machine activation problems in Azure - Virtual Machines | Microsoft Docs About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 290, Ben and Scott discuss how you can transition from a Microsoft 365 administrator at a single organization to becoming a managed service provider or a consultant who helps customers implement Microsoft 365. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Dynamic X and Y Axis in Power BI visuals? Yes please! * Migration tools for Log Analytics Agent to Azure Monitor Agent * How to Sell Microsoft 365 as a Managed Service * The MSP’s Guide to Selling M365 * Microsoft Partner Network * Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 289, Ben and Scott dive into announcements for Windows Admin Center for ARC-enabled servers, Azure Gateway Load Balancer [maybe] reaching GA, OAuth 2.0 client credential flow for POP, and IMAP and Exchange Online, and kind-of/sort-of nested groups in Azure AD. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Preview of Windows Admin Center for Azure Arc-enabled infrastructure * Manage Azure Arc-enabled Servers using Windows Admin Center in Azure * Gateway Load Balancer (Preview) * Announcing OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials Flow support for POP and IMAP protocols in Exchange Online * Use client credentials grant flow to authenticate IMAP and POP connections * Microsoft identity platform and the OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow * Create "nested" groups with Azure AD Dynamic Groups * Group membership in a dynamic group (preview) in Azure Active Directory About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 288, Ben and Scott tour the OneDrive Sync Reports preview, talk about some new assessments available from the PNP project for SharePoint 2013 Workflow discovery and SharePoint Syntex, and then close out with a preview feature in Azure Storage which allows you to provision up to 5,000 storage accounts per region per subscription. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Calling macOS Admins: OneDrive Sync Reports are in Public Preview! * OneDrive sync reports in the Apps Admin Center * Microsoft 365 Assessment tool * SharePoint 2013 Workflow Assessment * SharePoint Syntex Assessment * How Microsoft Teams uses AI and machine learning to improve calls and meetings * Logi Dock: First Impressions * Azure DNS zone endpoints (preview) About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 287, Ben and Scott take a detour to talk about Field Parameters in Power BI before they get back on track and dive into Microsoft Entra. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Using the new amazing Power BI feature - Field Parameters * Fields Parameter in Action I Practical Examples * Secure access for a connected world—meet Microsoft Entra * Microsoft launches Entra: A new identity and access family of products * Streamlining employee onboarding: Microsoft’s response to the Great Reshuffle * Introduction to Azure Active Directory Verifiable Credentials (preview) * What's Permissions Management? About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 286, Ben and Scott run down some of their favorite announcements from Microsoft Build 2022. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Build 2022 Book of News * Announcing Azure DNS Private Resolver: Now in preview * What is Azure DNS Private Resolver? * Raising the Baseline Security for all Organizations in the World * Security defaults in Azure AD * Review and remove AAD inactive users in Public Preview * Create an access review of groups and applications in Azure AD * License requirements * Introducing Microsoft Dev Box * Delivering developer velocity through the entire engineering system * Build collaborative apps with new Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams collaboration controls in Power Apps * Announcing Microsoft Power Pages: Build secure, low-code websites * What's the difference between Power Pages and Power Apps portals? About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 285, Ben and Scott have some follow-up on the deprecation of basic auth in Exchange Online, a new learning collection for CMMC, and the pilot release of the new Outlook client for Windows. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Announcing Public Folder Migration Scripts with Modern Authentication Support * Understanding the Different Versions of Exchange Online PowerShell Modules and Basic Auth * Get started with Microsoft Learn for CMMC * Announcing Learn Collections * Things to know about the new Outlook for Windows * The new Outlook for Windows helps you be more productive and in control of your inbox * Introducing Microsoft Viva Goals About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 284, Ben and Scott spend some time reminding all of you that it is time to move off Basic Authentication in Exchange Online before it goes away for good at the end of this year. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft adds unscheduled breaks to most certification exams * Microsoft modern authentication deadline looms over Exchange * Deprecation of Basic authentication in Exchange Online * Basic Authentication Deprecation in Exchange Online – May 2022 Update * Microsoft Bookings * Microsoft FindTime * Calendly * Welcome to Scheduler for Microsoft 365 About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 283, Ben brings Andrew Connell out of podcast retirement to discuss Azure Bicep. They discuss why to use Bicep, how and where to go to learn it, uses cases for Bicep as well how you can use it for CICD. Finally, they wrap up by answering the question...will we see a Voitanos course on Bicep? Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Bicep Documentation - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/ What is Azure Bicep? - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/overview?tabs=bicep How to create Azure Function Apps with Bicep - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzgB3cSUdNM How to: CI/CD/IaC for Azure Function Apps and GitHub Actions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36R1pzPuLvs Getting started with Azure Bicep - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/getting-started-with-azure-bicep/ba-p/3064214 Andrew Connell Andrew Connell is a web developer with a focus on Microsoft Azure & Microsoft 365, specifically SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Azure, Node.js, .NET Core, and React that enjoys development, writing & teaching...if it’s a cutting-edge web you will find Andrew there! He has received Microsoft’s MVP award every year since 2005 and has helped thousands of developers through the various courses he’s authored and taught both in-person & in online courses. His training company, Voitanos (https://www.voitanos.io), is dedicated to delivering industry-leading on-demand video training for Microsoft 365 & Microsoft Azure professional developers. Throughout the years Andrew has been fortunate enough to share what he has learned at conferences like Microsoft’s TechEd, Build, Ignite & the SharePoint Conference (SPC), the European SharePoint Conference, 365EduCon (formerly SharePoint Fest), and Angular’s ngConf & AngularU among many others all around the world in North America, Europe, Asia & Australia. You can find Andrew on his popular blog (http://www.andrewconnell.com), follow him on Twitter @andrewconnell or @voitanos, check out some of the numerous projects he’s involved in on GitHub (http://www.github.com/andrewconnell), or check out his YouTube channel at https://voitanos.tv. Andrew Connell https://www.twitter.com/andrewconnell https://github.com/AndrewConnell https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewconnell   Voitanos https://www.voitanos.io https://www.twitter.com/voitanos https://www.youtube.com/voitanosio https://www.facebook.com/voitanos About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 282, Scott talks to Ben about a situation he ran into at work where he wanted to automate the ingestion of data from Azure Data Explorer and Azure DevOps into Excel. They talk about how you can query data from multiple data sources using Power Query and bring that data together with relationships and visualizations. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Maxforce Quantum 0.03% Imidacloprid Ant Control Liquid Bait with 10 stations, 120 Gram Bottle * Compare Outlook for PC, Outlook on the web, and Outlook for iOS & Android * Share an Outlook calendar with other people * What is Power Query? * Getting data overview * Get started with the REST APIs for Azure DevOps * About Power BI integration * Get webpage data by providing examples * OData.Feed * Microsoft Power BI Downloads About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 281, Ben and Scott talk through how account switching for M365 web apps works and then some updates around Azure AD and how change management for the service will work moving forward from March 2022. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Announcing account switching for Microsoft 365 web apps * Azure AD: Change Management Simplified * Register for Microsoft Build About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 280, Ben and Scott talk through how you can think about migrating your files from on-premises to Azure Storage or to SharePoint Online. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft Windows 95 Launch with Bill Gates & Jay Leno (1995) * Retro Tech by MKBHD * ondemand-migrate-your-file-data-on-azure-at-no-cost.html?lcid=en-us">Azure Webinar Series - Migrate Your File Data to Azure at No Cost * Episode 275 – Azure File Migration program with Karl Rautenstrauch * Introduction to Azure Storage * Document collaboration and co-authoring About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 279, Scott listens in as Ben discusses an issue he recently encountered with content type management and content types being pushed from a content type publishing hub. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Publish a content type from a content publishing hub * What is a SharePoint hub site? * Introduction to content types and content type publishing * What’s changed in content type publishing About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 278, Ben and Scott go through follow-up on the end-user experience for working with Microsoft Teams Shared Channels. To learn about what needs to be done on the admin side, listen to Episode 274 – Microsoft Teams Connect shared channels and B2B direct connect. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft Teams Public Preview * Episode 274 – Microsoft Teams Connect shared channels and B2B direct connect * Collaborate with external participants in a channel About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 277, Ben and Scott dive into the GA of "bring your own IP" (or BYOIP) in Azure, a capability that allows you to register your public IP blocks in Azure and associate public IPs that you own with public IP resources such as load balancers and virtual machines. Then they discuss the GA of the new Azure Front Door service. Finally, they close out with some tips around tracking service announcements, including tracking service retirement. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft Build * Bring your own IP addresses (BYOIP) to Azure with Custom IP Prefix * Custom IP address prefix (BYOIP) * Manage a custom IP address prefix * Introducing the new Azure Front Door: Reimagined for modern apps and content * What is Azure Front Door? * Azure classic storage accounts will be retired on 31 August 2024 * Azure Data Lake Analytics will be retired on 29 February 2024 About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 276, Ben and Scott start the episode talking about Teams display devices, Teams phones, and complimenting the Teams app on your computer. Then we wrap up the episode by addressing a listener's question about sharing content in SharePoint with external users while also maintaining certain security and compliance requirements. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes * Microsoft Teams Display are smart displays designed for meetings * Introducing Microsoft Teams displays * Certified Teams Displays * The 100 Greatest Movies of the 1980s * Restrict sharing of SharePoint and OneDrive content by domain * Use SharePoint as a business-to-business (B2B) extranet solution * Control unmanaged device access to SharePoint and OneDrive * Use sensitivity labels to protect content in Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 groups, and SharePoint sites * Limit accidental exposure to files when sharing with people outside your organization * Create a secure guest sharing environment About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.