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| Episode 397 – Local LLMs: Why Every Microsoft 365 & Azure Pro Should Explore Them | 13 Mar 2025 | 00:44:22 | |
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.
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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
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| Episode 396 – Lessons from a real-life ransomware attack | 27 Feb 2025 | 00:36:52 | |
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.
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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
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| Episode 387 – Windows on ARM: Physical Hardware vs Virtual Machines, App Compatibility, and Other Considerations | 25 Oct 2024 | 00:36:57 | |
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.
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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
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| Episode 297 – Microsoft Teams, Planner, and PowerApps Rough Edges | 01 Sep 2022 | 00:35:03 | |
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.
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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
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| Episode 296 – Microsoft Purview data loss prevention | 25 Aug 2022 | 00:34:03 | |
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.
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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
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| Episode 295 – The artist formerly known as Azure Purview | 18 Aug 2022 | 00:37:03 | |
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.
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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. | |||
| Episode 294 – Microsoft Purview with Erica Toelle | 11 Aug 2022 | 00:41:40 | |
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.
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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. | |||
| Episode 293 – I have a story to share | 04 Aug 2022 | 00:33:51 | |
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.
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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
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| Episode 292 – Cross-region Load Balancer and Premium SSD v2 | 28 Jul 2022 | 00:32:52 | |
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.
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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. | |||
| Episode 291 – I have a bandwidth problem | 21 Jul 2022 | 00:35:37 | |
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.
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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. | |||
| Episode 290 – Moving from a Microsoft 365 Admin to MSP | 14 Jul 2022 | 00:36:08 | |
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.
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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. | |||
| Episode 289 – Windows Admin Center comes to Azure | 07 Jul 2022 | 00:33:12 | |
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.
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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. | |||
| Episode 288 – OneDrive Sync Reports and M365 PNP Assessments | 30 Jun 2022 | 00:36:23 | |
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.
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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. | |||
| Episode 386 – Exploring DevOps Tools: Maester, Pester, and SCUBA | 10 Oct 2024 | 00:37:45 | |
Welcome to Episode 386 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, we explore three powerful tools designed to improve automation, testing, and security in modern development and operations workflows: Maester, Pester, and SCUBA. Whether you’re a DevOps engineer, PowerShell enthusiast, or security professional, this episode is packed with valuable insights on how to streamline your processes and strengthen your infrastructure using these powerful tools. Tune in to level up your automation and security game!
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Show Notes
Maester
Installation guide
Maester Tests
Entra ID - Security Config Analyzer Tests
Writing custom tests
Pester
Use the What If tool to troubleshoot Conditional Access policies
Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) Project
https://github.com/cisagov/ScubaGear
About the sponsors
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| Episode 287 – Power BI Field Parameters and Microsoft Entra | 23 Jun 2022 | 00:38:23 | |
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.
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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
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| Episode 286 – Microsoft Build 2022 News and Announcements | 16 Jun 2022 | 00:46:06 | |
In Episode 286, Ben and Scott run down some of their favorite announcements from Microsoft Build 2022.
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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. | |||
| Episode 285 – The new Outlook for Windows is here (for real this time) | 09 Jun 2022 | 00:27:13 | |
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.
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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
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| Episode 284 – Take a break from basic authentication in Exchange Online | 02 Jun 2022 | 00:31:32 | |
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.
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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
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| Episode 283 – Azure Bicep with Andrew Connell | 26 May 2022 | 00:36:46 | |
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?
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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. | |||
| Episode 282 – Getting started with Power Query | 19 May 2022 | 00:30:30 | |
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.
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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. | |||
| Episode 281 – Fast account switching comes to M365 web apps | 12 May 2022 | 00:24:54 | |
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.
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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. | |||
| Episode 280 – Azure Storage or SharePoint for my files? | 05 May 2022 | 00:33:51 | |
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.
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Show Notes
Microsoft Windows 95 Launch with Bill Gates & Jay Leno (1995)
Retro Tech by MKBHD
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. | |||
| Episode 279 – Ben’s rant about content types in SharePoint | 28 Apr 2022 | 00:33:22 | |
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.
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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. | |||
| Episode 278 – Shared Channels in Microsoft Teams are… interesting | 21 Apr 2022 | 00:31:39 | |
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.
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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. | |||
| Episode 385 – Microsoft Sentinel: Deployment, Management, and Cost Optimization | 02 Oct 2024 | 00:34:58 | |
Welcome to Episode 385 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, we dive into deploying, managing, and optimizing Microsoft’s leading cloud-native SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) solution. Whether you’re new to Microsoft Sentinel or looking to deepen your expertise, this episode is packed with actionable insights to help you secure your Azure environment effectively.
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Show Notes
What is Microsoft Sentinel?
Deployment guide for Microsoft Sentinel
Plan costs and understand Microsoft Sentinel pricing and billing
Log retention plans in Microsoft Sentinel
Prepare for multiple workspaces and tenants in Microsoft Sentinel
Centrally manage multiple Microsoft Sentinel workspaces with workspace manager (Preview)
Sentinel Content Packs
Free data sources
Automate threat response with playbooks in Microsoft Sentinel
About the sponsors
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| Episode 277 – Beep Bop BYOIP with Bring Your Own IP in Azure | 14 Apr 2022 | 00:35:02 | |
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.
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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
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| Episode 276 – I need to lock down SharePoint but I need it to be open! | 07 Apr 2022 | 00:45:02 | |
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.
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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. | |||
| Episode 275 – Azure File Migration program with Karl Rautenstrauch | 31 Mar 2022 | 00:37:11 | |
In Episode 275, Scott sits down with Karl Rautenstrauch, a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft to discuss the new Azure File Migration program. Karl explains how the program enables access to best of breed migration tooling which can help you easily perform managed migrations of files to Azure Storage, including Blobs, Files, and Azure NetApp Files.
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Show Notes
Migrate the critical file data you need to power your applications
New Azure File Migration program streamlines unstructured data migration
Migrating your files to Azure has never been easier
Migration guides
Migrate your files to Azure - Azure IaaS Day 2021
Migration videos – https://aka.ms/filemigrationvideos
Data Dynamics - https://aka.ms/datadynamicsguide
Komprise - https://aka.ms/kompriseguide
Accelerate infrastructure migration with Azure Storage | Azure Storage Day 2021
Azure Marketplace links
Komprise Elastic Data Migration and Analytics, offer sponsored by Microsoft Azure
Data Dynamics StorageX Migration, offer sponsored by Azure
Azure Storage migration overview
About our guest
Karl is an IT veteran with 23 years of experience. He has been a systems administrator and architect for Fortune 500 companies, a national solutions architect for NetApp and Microsoft, and now a Principal Product Manager in Azure Engineering. Karl likes to be in the thick of emerging technologies. In his 9 years with Microsoft, he has focused on Azure Storage, Backup, Disaster Recovery, Edge Computing, and High Availability. In his role as a Product Manager with the Azure Storage team, he focuses on strategic partnerships to enable any and every workload to run on Azure. You can find him on Twitter as @Kloud_Karl or connect with him on LinkedIn.
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. | |||
| Episode 274 – Microsoft Teams Connect shared channels and B2B direct connect | 24 Mar 2022 | 00:36:48 | |
In Episode 274, Ben and Scott dive into some of the considerations for identity and tenant configuration when you are getting started with Microsoft Teams Connect shared channels.
Sponsors
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Show Notes
‘A dangerous stunt’: Reward offered for information on driver who jumped Tesla in Echo Park
Microsoft to add new shared channels, encryption for calls, webinar features to Teams
Microsoft Teams Connect shared channels is rolling out to public preview
Overview: Cross-tenant access with Azure AD External Identities (Preview)
B2B direct connect overview
Microsoft Teams Public Preview
github.com/hjdhjd/homebridge-unifi-protect
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. | |||
| Episode 273 – On-demand capacity reservations with Site Recovery | 17 Mar 2022 | 00:35:53 | |
In Episode 273, Ben and Scott talk about on-demand capacity reservations for Azure Virtual Machines and how they can be leveraged with Site Recovery services to have guaranteed compute on failover, fast account switching coming to Microsoft 365 services, and the CIS benchmark for Azure Kubernetes Service.
Sponsors
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Show Notes
Microsoft 365 Web Apps To Get Account Switching Support Next Month
Guarantee capacity access with on-demand capacity reservations—now in preview
Public preview: On-demand capacity reservation with Azure Site Recovery safeguards VMs failover
Azure Logic Apps - Availability Zone support is coming soon
Center for Internet Security (CIS) Kubernetes benchmark
The anatomy of a datacenter—how Microsoft's datacenter hardware powers the Microsoft Cloud
Inside Azure Datacenter Architecture with Mark Russinovich
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. | |||
| Episode 272 – SharePoint Online and Azure News | 10 Mar 2022 | 00:36:06 | |
In Episode 272, Ben and Scott discuss changes that are rolling out for the new move experience in SharePoint Online, support for known folder move in the OneDrive client on macOS, cross region VM restore points for Azure VMs, and tracking resource change history through Azure Resource Graph.
Sponsors
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Show Notes
New file move and copy experience for OneDrive and SharePoint
Move or copy files in SharePoint
Apple silicon support in GA and KFM for macOS in Public Preview
Updates to Files On-Demand on macOS
Redirect and move Windows known folders to OneDrive
Create VM restore points (Preview)
Get resource changes
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. | |||
| Episode 271 – Smart Home All The Things | 03 Mar 2022 | 00:33:48 | |
In Episode 271, Ben and Scott take a break from Microsoft 365 and Azure talk about smart home devices, including their favorite uses for different categories of devices such as lights, locks, and even blinds/shades. If you've been thinking about building out your smart home, give it a listen. We're sure you'll learn something new.
Sponsors
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Show Notes
Chipmaker Nvidia investigating potential cyberattack - report
Isolate Your Smart Home Devices with UniFi
Securing your smarthome devices – using VLANs to secure your home network
Homebridge
SmartThings
yoolax
Amazon links
Lutron Caseta
August Smart Locks
Smart Garage Door Openers
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. | |||
| Episode 270 – Microsoft Teams Phones and Azure VM Updates | 24 Feb 2022 | 00:36:33 | |
In Episode 270, Ben and Scott talk about a new Microsoft Teams phone from Yealink that Ben is testing and then talk about a recently GA'd capability which impacts how resources associated with a Virtual Machine are treated on deletion of the VM.
Sponsors
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Show Notes
Ethernet port on the TS4 or TS3 Plus does not work properly
Yealink Voice Device Solutions for Microsoft Teams
Yealink MP58 Teams Edition
Requirements for Windows 365
Windows 365 Enterprise: February 2022 updates
Delete a VM and attached resources
Microsoft Stream: Generate captions and transcripts for a video uploaded to SharePoint and OneDrive
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. | |||
| Episode 269 – Thunderbolt docks and Azure AD Updates | 17 Feb 2022 | 00:31:35 | |
In Episode 269, Ben and Scott talk about the just released CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt 4 dock and then get into some news and updates around Azure AD, including the public preview of certificate based authentication and proof of concept for impersonating device identities of Windows clients.
Sponsors
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Show Notes
Thunderbolt 4 Station overview
CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt 4 Dock - 18 Ports, 98W Charging, 3x Thunderbolt 4 40Gb/s, 5 x USB-A, 3 x USB-C (10Gb/s), 2.5GbE, Single 8K or Dual 6K 60Hz Displays, Mac, PC, Chrome Compatible with 0.8m Cable
Generally available: Azure Monitor Diagnostic settings for Azure Storage
Azure AD Certificate-Based Authentication now in Public Preview
Overview of Azure AD certificate-based authentication (Preview)
Microsoft says MFA adoption remains low, only 22% among enterprise customers
Stealing and faking Azure AD device identities
Exam AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
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. | |||
| Episode 268 – Getting Started with Terraform for Azure | 10 Feb 2022 | 00:34:31 | |
In Episode 268, Ben takes Scott through his experience getting started with Terraform and executing complex deployments in Azure.
Sponsors
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Show Notes
Use CART captions in a Microsoft Teams meeting (human generated captions)
Terraform by HashiCorp
Azure Provider
Terraform State
Terraform with Azure
Investing deeply in Terraform on Azure
Azure/generator-az-terra-module
HashiCorp Terraform
Get Started: Install the Azure Terraform Visual Studio Code extension
Get Started: Create an Azure resource group using Terraform
Terraform: Up & Running: Writing Infrastructure as Code 2nd Edition
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. | |||
| Episode 384 – Securing Azure: Microsoft Defender for Cloud | 12 Sep 2024 | 00:34:57 | |
Welcome to Episode 384 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, we tackle a wide range of essential topics to help you monitor, secure, and streamline operations across your Azure estate. From access control strategies to virtual machine agents and everything in between, this episode gives you a high-level overview of Microsoft Defender for Cloud and the suite of Azure services it protects.
Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options.
Show Notes
Episode 382 – Securing the Modern Workplace: Exploring Microsoft Entra ID Security Defaults, Conditional Access Policies, and Microsoft Secure Score
Episode 383 – Securing Azure: Monitoring and observing your Azure estate
What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud?
Common questions about Defender for Cloud?
Common questions about data collection, agents, and workspaces
About Azure Update Manager
Align responsibilities across teams
About the sponsors
Would you like to become the irreplaceable Microsoft 365 resource for your organization? Let us know! | |||
| Episode 267 – Microsoft 365 Compliance – Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | 03 Feb 2022 | 00:39:07 | |
In Episode 267, Ben and Scott talk about some of the updates that have come to Data loss prevention (DLP) in Microsoft 365 and how you can leverage DLP to protect your sensitive data across the M365 stack and even external cloud apps like Box, Dropbox, and Salesforce.
Sponsors
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Show Notes
Learn about data loss prevention
Microsoft Information Protection in Microsoft 365
Create a DLP policy from a template
Data Loss Prevention policy reference
Create, test, and tune a DLP policy
Data loss prevention and Microsoft Teams
Using Endpoint data loss prevention
Use data loss prevention policies for non-Microsoft cloud apps
How DLP works between the Microsoft 365 Compliance Center and Exchange admin 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. | |||
| Episode 266 – Azure Reservations | 27 Jan 2022 | 00:37:47 | |
In Episode 266, Ben and Scott spend most of the time talking about Azure Reserved Instances. What they are, when you might want to use them, and some of the services you can purchase them for. They also cover some potential things to watch out for when considering if you should purchase a reserved instance for one or more of your Azure Services.
Sponsors
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Show Notes
Automatically stop unused Azure Data Explorer Clusters
Automatic stop of inactive Azure Data Explorer clusters
What are Azure Reservations?
Manage Reservations for Azure resources
Buy a reservation
Save costs with Azure Reserved VM Instances
Buy a Reserved VM Instance
Self-service exchanges and refunds for Azure Reservations
Optimize costs for Blob storage with reserved capacity
Automatically renew reservations
Renewal notification
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. | |||
| Episode 265 – Azure Automation State Configuration vs Azure Policy guest configuration | 20 Jan 2022 | 00:34:38 | |
In Episode 265, Ben and Scott talk about Azure Automation State Configuration and Azure Policy guest configuration for using DSC at-scale with your virtual machines in Azure.
Sponsors
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Show Notes
Using Policy with Azure Site Recovery
Azure Automation State Configuration overview
Azure Automation Managed Node template
Register-AzAutomationDscNode
Understand the guest configuration feature of Azure Policy
Quickstart: Create a policy assignment to identify non-compliant resources using Terraform
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. | |||
| Episode 264 – New Settings for Managing Teams Meeting Expiration | 13 Jan 2022 | 00:32:16 | |
In Episode 264, Ben and Scott kick off 2022 with some Azure CLI follow-up from 2021, and then they talk about some new settings available for managing per-user meeting expiration policies.
Sponsors
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Show Notes
Streamline configuring Azure CLI with az init
AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals Certification Course
Github repo - AZ- 900 Azure Fundamentals Certification Course
How to Manage Microsoft Teams Meeting Recording Auto-Expiration
Meeting policies and meeting expiration in Microsoft Teams
Record a meeting in Teams
In development...
In development for Microsoft Intune
In development for Windows 365 Enterprise
In development for Windows 365 Business
Google search - site:https://docs.microsoft.com/ "Features in development"
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. | |||
| Episode 263 – Tips and Tricks for Azure Cloud Shell | 06 Jan 2022 | 00:32:53 | |
In Episode 263, Ben and Scott dive into their favorite tips and tricks for using Azure Cloud Shell and all the programs and functionality that come with it.
Sponsors
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Show Notes
Using the Azure Cloud Shell window
Persist files in Azure Cloud Shell
Features & tools for Azure Cloud Shell
How to Use Cloud Shell in Visual Studio Code
Microsoft Azure Cloud Shell Image
How to Use Cloud Shell from the Microsoft Teams Admin Center
Azure Cloud Shell now available in Microsoft 365
az find
Azure Cloud Shell with Oh My Zsh and Oh My Posh
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. | |||
| Episode 262 – The One About AAD Connect | 30 Dec 2021 | 00:33:31 | |
In Episode 262, Ben and Scott discuss a bug in one of the latest releases of Azure AD Connect and then talk about a new supported topology where you can synchronize accounts from on-premises to multiple Azure AD tenants.
Sponsors
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Show Notes
AAD Connect 2.0.88.0 breaks Shared Mailboxes for Exchange hybrid customers
Azure AD Connect: Version release history
Looking for the latest versions?
What is Azure AD Connect cloud sync?
Tutorial: Enable cloud sync self-service password reset writeback to an on-premises environment (preview)
Topologies for Azure AD Connect
Multiple Azure AD tenants
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. | |||
| Episode 261 – Disconnecting from Tech | 23 Dec 2021 | 00:22:45 | |
Episode 1 of this podcast was published on April 20, 2017. We've been recording and publishing weekly for almost 5 years. In that time, we've had the opportunity to talk to you about everything from Office 365 (when it was still called that) to Azure IaaS and PaaS services. Our focus has always been on the Microsoft cloud and providing you with news, tips, tricks, and deep dives on how you can leverage these technologies in your professions.
Your feedback to us over the years has been invaluable in shaping the show and the types of content we deliver. Please keep it coming. You can connect with us on Discord (sign up for the newsletter to find out how!), Twitter, Facebook, and of course follow along in your podcatcher of choice.
With all that being said, in Episode 261, Ben and Scott take a break from tech and talk about some of their favorite non-tech related finds from the past year, including books, TV shows, outdoor activities around the holidays, and some resources for great recipes. We hope you have a chance to disconnect and relax as we head into 2022.
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Show Notes
Books we enjoyed
Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone
Play Dead
The Wheel of Time
The Caledonian Gambit: A Novel
The Bayern Agenda: The Galactic Cold War, Book I
The Aleph Extraction: The Galactic Cold War, Book II
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
TV Shows
The Wheel of Time
Get outside
Find outdoor holiday activities near you
Cooking
15 RECIPES TO MAKE IN YOUR DUTCH OVEN
Sam the Cooking Guy
SAM THE COOKING GUY - YouTube
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. | |||
| Episode 260 – Getting Started with Kusto in Azure | 16 Dec 2021 | 00:37:59 | |
In Episode 260, Ben and Scott talk about how to get started with KQL, or Kusto Query Language across a number of Azure and Microsoft 365 services, including Azure Monitor, Azure Data Explorer, the Azure Resources Graph, and the Microsoft 365 audit log.
Sponsors
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Show Notes
Kusto query overview
How Azure AD Kerberos Works
sliding_window_counts plugin
join operator
Quickstart: Run your first Resource Graph query using Azure Resource Graph Explorer
Starter Resource Graph query samples
Advanced Resource Graph query samples
Write your first query with Kusto Query Language
Search the audit log in the compliance center
tobiasmcvey/kusto-queries
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. | |||
| Episode 259 – Kerberos and Azure AD, sitting in a tree, a-u-t-h-e-n-t-i-c-a-t-i-n-g | 09 Dec 2021 | 00:30:40 | |
In Episode 259, Ben and Scott discuss some of the latest announcements involving Azure AD, including new security features in Microsoft Authenticator and a new capability that allows Azure AD to issue Kerberos tickets which allows for SMB file shares in Azure Files to be accessed without line of sight to a domain controller.
Sponsor
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Show Notes
New Microsoft Authenticator security features are now available!
How to use number matching in multifactor authentication (MFA) notifications (Preview) - Authentication Methods Policy
How to use additional context in multifactor authentication (MFA) notifications (Preview) - Authentication Methods Policy
Using the location condition in a Conditional Access policy
Common problems with the Microsoft Authenticator app
Azure AD Kerberos authentication (Preview)
Create a profile container with Azure Files and Azure Active Directory (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. | |||
| Episode 258 – I’m Not Allowed To Buy Anything Until After Christmas | 02 Dec 2021 | 00:36:53 | |
Ben and Scott discuss two new preview capabilities for Azure Virtual Machines - Managed Run Commands and VM Applications | |||
| Episode 383 – Securing Azure: Monitoring and observing your Azure estate | 29 Aug 2024 | 00:43:58 | |
Welcome to Episode 383 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode we continue our discussion on security, transitioning from Microsoft 365 to Azure (Episode 382 – Securing the Modern Workplace: Exploring Microsoft Entra ID Security Defaults, Conditional Access Policies, and Microsoft Secure Score) to Microsoft Azure. We begin with Azure security logging and auditing, discussing the importance of capturing and analyzing security logs to detect and respond to potential threats. Next, we delve into Azure Monitor data sources and data collection methods. Azure Monitor provides a comprehensive set of tools to collect, analyze, and act on telemetry data from your cloud and on-premises environments. Finally, we discuss how the components of Azure Monitor can be used for managing and analyzing the vast amounts of data generated in your Azure environment. We’ll explore how this platform supports advanced analytics, helps you identify trends and anomalies, and enables proactive threat detection.
Whether you’re a cloud architect, security professional, or IT admin, this episode offers practical advice and strategies for leveraging observability to enhance your security posture in Azure. Tune in to discover how you can better protect your organization by implementing effective observability practices.
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Show Notes
Announcing mandatory multi-factor authentication for Azure sign-in
Azure security logging and auditing
Azure Monitor data sources and data collection methods
Azure Monitor data platform
Extend Azure with Azure Native ISV Services
About the sponsors
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| Episode 257 – The Address Space Formerly Known as 127/8 | 25 Nov 2021 | 00:34:21 | |
Ben and Scott cover SFTP support on Azure Blob Storage, the GA of NFS v4.1 on Azure Files, and the new AZ-305 exam. | |||
| Episode 256 – Conditional Access All The Things? | 18 Nov 2021 | 00:39:33 | |
In Episode 256, Ben and Scott dive into some of the new features available for Azure AD Conditional Access and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.
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Intelligink - We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business
Show Notes
Azure AD Conditional Access documentation
Conditional Access: Filter for devices
Conditional Access: Users and groups
Conditional Access: Session
Conditional Access application control
Deploy Conditional Access App Control for featured apps
Microsoft Cloud App Security Licensing Datasheet
About the sponsors
Every business will eventually have to move to the cloud and adapt to it. That’s a fact. ShareGate helps with that. Our industry-leading products help IT professionals worldwide migrate their business to the Office 365 or SharePoint, automate their Office 365 governance, and understand their Azure usage & costs. Visit https://sharegate.com/ to learn more.
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. | |||
| Episode 255 – What’s new in Microsoft Teams and Azure IaaS Day! | 11 Nov 2021 | 00:42:18 | |
In Episode 255, Ben and Scott follow-up on announcements for Microsoft Teams from Microsoft Ignite, including private channel site management, easier access to Cloud Shell, and retention policies with adaptive scopes. Then Scott takes a few minutes to chat with Henry Yan about the upcoming Azure IaaS Day, including fives reason you should attend.
Sponsors
ShareGate - ShareGate's industry-leading products help IT professionals worldwide migrate their business to the Office 365 or SharePoint, automate their Office 365 governance, and understand their Azure usage & costs
Office365AdminPortal.com - Providing admins the knowledge and tools to run Office 365 successfully
Intelligink - We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business
Show Notes
Join us on Azure IaaS Day: Learn to increase agility and resiliency of your infrastructure
5 reasons to attend the Azure IaaS Day digital event
Azure IaaS Day agenda
Register: https://aka.ms/AzureIaaSDay
Manage teams in the Microsoft Teams admin center
Private channel SharePoint sites
Manage the life cycle of private channels in Microsoft Teams
Overview of Azure Cloud Shell
Azure Cloud Shell coming to Microsoft Teams Admin Center
Microsoft Teams: Admins can use cloud shell from Teams admin center
Teams Private Channels Gain Support for Retention Processing
Microsoft Information Governance: New Ways to Govern Your Data in Microsoft Teams
Announcing Adaptive Policy Scopes for Microsoft 365 Records Management
About the sponsors
Every business will eventually have to move to the cloud and adapt to it. That’s a fact. ShareGate helps with that. Our industry-leading products help IT professionals worldwide migrate their business to the Office 365 or SharePoint, automate their Office 365 governance, and understand their Azure usage & costs. Visit https://sharegate.com/ to learn more.
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. | |||
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