Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to Episode 397 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Scott and Ben dive into the world of local LLMs—large language models that run entirely on your device. We’re going to explore why more IT pros and developers are experimenting with them, the kinds of models you can run, and how you can integrate them directly into your workflow, including in Visual Studio Code for AI-assisted coding. Your support makes this show possible! Please consider becoming a premium member for access to live shows and more. Check out our membership options. Show Notes Ollama Running LLMs Locally: A Beginner's Guide to Using Ollama open-webui/open-webui LM Studio LM. Studio Model Catalog Why do people like Ollama more than LM Studio? A Starter Guide for Playing with Your Own Local AI! host ALL your AI locally Run your own AI (but private) About the sponsors Would you like to become the irreplaceable Microsoft 365 resource for your organization? Let us know!

Welcome to Episode 396 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben walks Scott through a ransomware attack on an on-premises VMware environment. As they discuss the attack and the results of it, they also talk through some lessons and considerations that could have helped mitigate such an attack. Your support makes this show possible! Please consider becoming a premium member for access to live shows and more. Check out our membership options. Show Notes How Long Does It Take for a Hacker to Crack a Password? Default Accounts in VMware vSphere How To Prevent Ransomware Attackers From Taking Over Your ESXi 8.0 Hosts Zero-Day Security Bug Likely Fueling Fortinet Firewall Attacks What is the 3-2-1 backup rule? Ransomware Payment: What Happens if You Pay the Ransom? About the sponsors Would you like to become the irreplaceable Microsoft 365 resource for your organization? Let us know!

Welcome to Episode 387 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Scott and Ben dive into a discussion around Ben's newly purchased Surface Pro 11th Edition - a Copilot Plus PC running on an ARM processor. Ben gives his takes on the state of the hardware and how Windows 11 runs on a native ARM processor. Scott also gives his experience running Windows 11 daily for work on Parallels Desktop on Apple Silicon. Scott's hot take - virtualizing Windows 11 on a Mac is better than running it on native hardware. Listen in as Ben and Scott talk through Windows on ARM, whether a virtual machine might be best for you to try out Windows on ARM, pitfalls of application compatibility, and when you might just want to consider a remote desktop session instead to get your Windows work done from a Mac. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Meet the Surface Pro 11th Edition Microsoft announces Copilot Plus PCs with built-in AI hardware The Ultimate Solution: Windows 11 in a virtual machine + Parallels Desktop + Mac Computers with Apple silicon Azure Cobalt 100-based Virtual Machines are now generally available Unified inbox in Outlook for Mac MMR Call Redirection for Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365 now available How emulation works on Arm Exploring Windows on ARM: The Future of Computing About the sponsors Would you like to become the irreplaceable Microsoft 365 resource for your organization? Let us know!

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? 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.