Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

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.

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. 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 Spot by NetApp – The cloud automation platform that makes it easy to deliver continuously optimized infrastructure at the lowest possible cost 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 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.

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 Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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.

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 Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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.

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 Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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.

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 Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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.

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 Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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.

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 Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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.

In Episode 268, Ben takes Scott through his experience getting started with Terraform and executing complex deployments in Azure. Sponsors Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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.

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 Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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.

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 Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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.

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 Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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.

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 Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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.

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 Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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.

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 Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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 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. Sponsors Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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.

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 Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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.

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 Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business 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.

In Episode 258, Ben and Scott discuss two new preview capabilities for Azure Virtual Machines – Managed Run Commands and VM Applications. Then they talk about a use case for Conditional Access Policies to secure service principals in Azure AD. Sponsors Intelligink – We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business Show Notes Preview: Run scripts in your Windows VM by using managed Run Commands Run scripts in your Windows VM Run scripts in your Windows VM by using action Run Commands VM Applications overview (preview) Create and deploy VM Applications (preview) Create a gallery for storing and sharing resources How to Secure an Azure Service Principal with Conditional Access New Azure AD Capabilities for Conditional Access and Azure VMs at RSA 2021 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 257, Ben and Scott cover some of the news coming out of Azure IaaS Day including SFTP support on Azure Blob Storage, the GA of NFS v4.1 on Azure Files, and the new AZ-305 exam that has been released in beta. Sponsors 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 Unicast Use of the Formerly Reserved 127/8 CVE-2021-42306 CredManifest: App Registration Certificates Stored in Azure Active Directory Guidance for Azure Active Directory (AD) keyCredential property Information Disclosure in Application and Service Principal APIs SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) support for Azure Blob Storage (preview) General availability: NFSv4.1 support on Azure Files Support for Azure Storage features Exam AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions (beta) 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 256, Ben and Scott dive into some of the new features available for Azure AD Conditional Access and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps. 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 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.

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.

In Episode 254, Ben and Scott just came out of the Microsoft Ignite keynote and sit down to discuss some of their favorite announcements and news from the event. 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 Microsoft Ignite Book of News So even in virtual experiences, people don’t wear pants – but no one is having a bad hair day! #MSIgnite #MicrosoftMesh Mesh for Microsoft Teams aims to make collaboration in the ‘metaverse’ personal and fun Introducing Microsoft Loop Obsidian New orchestration mode for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets now generally available Automatic VM guest patching is now generally available Public preview: Azure Container Apps Gateway Load Balancer now in public preview What is confidential computing? Support for Azure AD joined Cloud PCs in Windows 365 Enterprise What’s new in Security and Compliance in SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams – Ignite 2021 Announcements Microsoft Viva is now generally available to help transform your hybrid work experience Microsoft Viva Topics helps unleash collective knowledge with new features at Ignite Announcing the Public Preview of Azure Chaos Studio What is Azure Chaos Studio Preview? Announcing the Public Preview of Azure Chaos Studio 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.

In Episode 253, Ben and Scott take a detour and talk about considerations for backup and disaster recovery in Azure. 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 Windows Subsystem for Android™️ Microsoft fixes Windows 11 AMD CPU performance issues with new update Backup and disaster recovery for Azure applications Azure Storage redundancy Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework – Reliability Automated backups – Azure SQL Database & Azure SQL Managed Instance Microsoft-managed failover Join us on Azure IaaS Day: Learn to increase agility and resiliency of your infrastructure Plan your Microsoft Azure experience at Microsoft Ignite 2021 IoT at Microsoft Ignite 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.

In Episode 252, Ben and Scott talk about a new way to troubleshoot your Azure VMs with VM Inspector, a breaking change in Azure AD when using older versions of the Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell, and upcoming changes which will allow uses to delete files with retention labels. 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 Spot by NetApp – The cloud automation platform that makes it easy to deliver continuously optimized infrastructure at the lowest possible cost 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 Game-changing MacBook Pro with M1 Pro and M1 Max delivers extraordinary performance and battery life, and features the world’s best notebook display Apple event recap: MacBook Pro 2021, AirPods 3, M1 Pro, M1X and all the big news Apple’s new 140W charger can fast charge a lot more than just your MacBook Pro Introducing the next generation of AirPods: The world’s most popular wireless headphones just got better VM Inspector for Azure virtual machines (Preview) manifest_content.md Use remote tools to troubleshoot Azure VM issues Azure Active Directory breaking change impacting Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell AppId Uri in single tenant applications will require use of default scheme or verified domains Why SharePoint Online Will Allow Users to Delete Files with Retention Labels Microsoft Compliance center: Information Governance: Retention label deletion behavior change in SharePoint 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. Spot by NetApp helps their customers get the most out of their cloud investments by automating cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, reduce complexity, and optimize costs. Discover how leading companies, from cloud-native startups to global enterprises, are automating, simplifying, and optimizing their cloud infrastructure with Spot by NetApp.Check them out at Spot.io/msit where you can find more information, request a demo, or evenstart a free trial. 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 251, Ben and Scott dive into the release of Windows 11 and what it takes to upgrade to Windows 11 in Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop. 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 Spot by NetApp – The cloud automation platform that makes it easy to deliver continuously optimized infrastructure at the lowest possible cost 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 Windows 11 is now generally available on Azure Virtual Desktop Deploy Azure Virtual Desktop with the getting started feature PC Health Check Application Preview WINDOWS 11 REVIEW: A FAMILIAR HOME THAT’S STILL BEING RENOVATED Windows 365 Enterprise now supports Windows 11 Convert an existing custom device image to a generation 2 virtual machine Support for generation 2 VMs on Azure Start11 launches in beta so you can change the Windows 11 Start menu 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. Spot by NetApp helps their customers get the most out of their cloud investments by automating cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, reduce complexity, and optimize costs. Discover how leading companies, from cloud-native startups to global enterprises, are automating, simplifying, and optimizing their cloud infrastructure with Spot by NetApp.Check them out at Spot.io/msit where you can find more information, request a demo, or evenstart a free trial. 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 250, Ben and Scott talk about upcoming changes to Exchange Online archiving, updates to Azure Automation, and how to create conditional access policies using the Microsoft Graph and PowerShell. 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 Spot by NetApp – The cloud automation platform that makes it easy to deliver continuously optimized infrastructure at the lowest possible cost 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 Microsoft Caps Exchange Online’s “Unlimited Archive” at 1.5 TB Az module support in Azure Automation is now available Object replication in public preview for Premium Block Blob Storage Microsoft Teams: Whiteboard is getting this huge makeover Create Conditional Access Policies using Microsoft Graph PowerShell Konnected Alarm Panel connects a wired alert system to your smart home 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. Spot by NetApp helps their customers get the most out of their cloud investments by automating cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, reduce complexity, and optimize costs. Discover how leading companies, from cloud-native startups to global enterprises, are automating, simplifying, and optimizing their cloud infrastructure with Spot by NetApp.Check them out at Spot.io/msit where you can find more information, request a demo, or evenstart a free trial. 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 249, Ben and Scott talk about the recent announcement of new Surface devices, the deprecation of basic authentication in Exchange Online, and AKS scale-down delete/deallocate. 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 Spot by NetApp – The cloud automation platform that makes it easy to deliver continuously optimized infrastructure at the lowest possible cost 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 Surface Laptop Studio is Microsoft’s new powerful flagship laptop Surface Pro 8 Basic Authentication for All Exchange Online Tenants Stops in October 2022 Use Scale-down Mode to delete/deallocate nodes in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (preview) General availability: AKS Run command 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. Spot by NetApp helps their customers get the most out of their cloud investments by automating cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, reduce complexity, and optimize costs. Discover how leading companies, from cloud-native startups to global enterprises, are automating, simplifying, and optimizing their cloud infrastructure with Spot by NetApp.Check them out at Spot.io/msit where you can find more information, request a demo, or evenstart a free trial. 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 248, Ben and Scott dive into the recently announced capability to go passwordless for your consumer Microsoft account, the GA of AAD-join for your virtual machines in AVD host pools, and per-Power App conditional access with authentication context in Azure AD. 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 Spot by NetApp – The cloud automation platform that makes it easy to deliver continuously optimized infrastructure at the lowest possible cost 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 SpaceX – Launches Introducing password removal for Microsoft Accounts The passwordless future is here for your Microsoft account Announcing General Availability of Azure AD-joined VMs support CIS Benchmarks NIST Special Publication 800-63B Announcing General Availability of Azure AD-joined VMs support Tutorial: Create a host pool Expand an existing host pool with new session hosts Announcing co-presence in Power Automate Announcing Public Preview of Power Apps respecting Conditional Access on individual apps Authentication context (Preview) Microsoft Ignite Registration 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. Spot by NetApp helps their customers get the most out of their cloud investments by automating cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, reduce complexity, and optimize costs. Discover how leading companies, from cloud-native startups to global enterprises, are automating, simplifying, and optimizing their cloud infrastructure with Spot by NetApp.Check them out at Spot.io/msit where you can find more information, request a demo, or evenstart a free trial. 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 247, Ben and Scott take a break from Azure and SharePoint to talk about the gear they use for audio remote calls with Microsoft Teams and Zoom. 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 Spot by NetApp – The cloud automation platform that makes it easy to deliver continuously optimized infrastructure at the lowest possible cost 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 Jabra Speak 510 Wireless Bluetooth Speaker for Softphone and Mobile Phone MOUNT-IT! Adjustable Microphone Boom Arm [3/8’’ to 5/8’’ Screw Adapter] Suspension Scissor Mic Stand, Desk Mount For Blue Snowball, Yeti, & Other Studio and Gaming Microphones (With Cable Management) NEEWER Adjustable Microphone Suspension Boom Scissor Arm Stand, Max Load 1 KG Compact Mic Stand for Radio Broadcasting, Voice-Over, Stage and TV Stations, Compatible with Blue Yeti Snowball Yeti X,etc Shotgun-Microphone, SYNCO-Mic-D2-Hyper-Cardioid-Directional-Condenser-Mic with XLR Connector, Professional Video/Audio Recording for Camcorders/Boom Poles/Tripods Audio-Technica AT2005USB Cardioid Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone Audio-Technica ATR2100x-USB Cardioid Dynamic Microphone (ATR Series) Shure SM57-LC Cardioid Instrument Microphone Rode Procaster Broadcast Dynamic Vocal Microphone Rode Microphones Wireless GO II Dual Channel Wireless Microphone System Wireless Microphones for Computer,FIFINE USB Wireless Microphone System for PC and Mac,Headset UHF Wireless System with USB Receiver,Transmitter,Headset and Clip Lavalier Lapel Mic-K031B Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (3rd Gen) USB Audio Interface with Pro Tools MOTU M2 2×2 USB-C Audio Interface Note: We use affiliate links. If you purchase through the link, it supports the podcast. 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. Spot by NetApp helps their customers get the most out of their cloud investments by automating cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, reduce complexity, and optimize costs. Discover how leading companies, from cloud-native startups to global enterprises, are automating, simplifying, and optimizing their cloud infrastructure with Spot by NetApp.Check them out at Spot.io/msit where you can find more information, request a demo, or evenstart a free trial. 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 246, Scott laments about the squirrel living in Scott’s roof. Then they talk about how you can now access VS Code from your browser on GitHub.com by just pressing your period key and then discuss all of the updates you should be thinking about as AADConnect and Azure AD Graph are depreciated. 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 Spot by NetApp – The cloud automation platform that makes it easy to deliver continuously optimized infrastructure at the lowest possible cost 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 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation One-Click VS Code in Browser from GitHub Repo (‘How Did I Not Know This?’) Upgrade to the latest version of Azure AD Connect before 31 August 2022 Azure AD Connect: Upgrade from a previous version to the latest Windows Server 2022 Now Generally Available Windows Server 2022 is full of new file services! Windows Server 2022 and beyond for containers Storage Innovations in Windows Server 2022 Windows 11 release date, beta, requirements and all the new features Azure AD Graph is retiring on 30 June 2022 Renew your Microsoft Certification 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. Spot by NetApp helps their customers get the most out of their cloud investments by automating cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, reduce complexity, and optimize costs. Discover how leading companies, from cloud-native startups to global enterprises, are automating, simplifying, and optimizing their cloud infrastructure with Spot by NetApp.Check them out at Spot.io/msit where you can find more information, request a demo, or evenstart a free trial. 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 245, Ben and Scott discuss Viva Topics and some frustrations around managing topics as an end-user. Then they dive into some of the latest items that have appeared on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap. 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 Spot by NetApp – The cloud automation platform that makes it easy to deliver continuously optimized infrastructure at the lowest possible cost 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 Microsoft Viva Topics overview SharePoint highlights Manage topic visibility in Microsoft Viva Topics Microsoft Teams: Auto-Expiration of Meeting Recordings stored on OneDrive and SharePoint Pairing naming convention between Teams channels and corresponding SharePoint folders Microsoft Teams: Pairing the channel and the corresponding SharePoint folder name 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. Spot by NetApp helps their customers get the most out of their cloud investments by automating cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, reduce complexity, and optimize costs. Discover how leading companies, from cloud-native startups to global enterprises, are automating, simplifying, and optimizing their cloud infrastructure with Spot by NetApp.Check them out at Spot.io/msit where you can find more information, request a demo, or evenstart a free trial. 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 244, Ben tells Scott about his experience locking himself out of his Azure AD tenant and then they discuss recently GA’d features for Azure Storage including blob inventory, last access time tracking, and Archive storage events. 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 Spot by NetApp – The cloud automation platform that makes it easy to deliver continuously optimized infrastructure at the lowest possible cost 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 Manage emergency access accounts in Azure AD How can I enable microphone for Teams in Windows Virtual Desktop? Azure feedback site UserVoice Pages [email protected] Automatic Extension Upgrade for VMs and Scale Sets in Azure General availability: Azure Archive Storage events for easy rehydration of archived blobs Azure Blob storage – Inventory generally availability Microsoft Teams: Auto-Expiration of Meeting Recordings stored on OneDrive and SharePoint New pricing for Microsoft 365 Microsoft to increase Microsoft 365, Office 365 commercial prices in March 2022 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. Spot by NetApp helps their customers get the most out of their cloud investments by automating cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, reduce complexity, and optimize costs. Discover how leading companies, from cloud-native startups to global enterprises, are automating, simplifying, and optimizing their cloud infrastructure with Spot by NetApp.Check them out at Spot.io/msit where you can find more information, request a demo, or evenstart a free trial. 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 243, Scott listens as Ben dives into his experience with the initial setup and deployment of Windows 365 desktop. 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 Spot by NetApp – The cloud automation platform that makes it easy to deliver continuously optimized infrastructure at the lowest possible cost 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 ‘Alexa, ask Azure cloud to create a Linux VM’ Windows 365 Enterprise documentation Windows 365 plans and pricing What is Windows 365? Windows 365 FAQ Windows 365 vs. Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) – Comparing Two DaaS Products Windows 365 on-premises network connection overview Windows 365 device images overview Windows 365 network requirements Azure bandwidth pricing About the sponsors Spot by NetApp helps their customers get the most out of their cloud investments by automating cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, reduce complexity, and optimize costs. Discover how leading companies, from cloud-native startups to global enterprises, are automating, simplifying, and optimizing their cloud infrastructure with Spot by NetApp.Check them out at Spot.io/msit where you can find more information, request a demo, or even start a free trial. 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 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.

In Episode 242, Ben and Scott sit down with Rima Reyes, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Teams Engineering, to chat about Microsoft Teams, apps across industry clouds, and how to express customer empathy in engineering to build a vibrant partner ecosystem. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even if you’re too busy to manage your inbox 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 Microsoft Teams apps Microsoft Teams apps – AppSource Microsoft Teams store validation guidelines Guides and tools to design your Microsoft Teams app effectively Publish your app to the Microsoft Teams store Maintain your published Microsoft Teams app Cloud Governance is Now Available as a Microsoft Teams App Microsoft Cloud for Government Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services About our guest Rima Reyes is currently a Principal Program Manager in Microsoft Teams Engineering, being a part of the Teams Platform Ecosystem team with a focus on Partner app dev for Healthcare, Legal & WW Gov. Prior to her start in Teams Engineering in 2018, Rima had spent the first 13 years of her career building solutions in SharePoint while working at Northrop Grumman IT, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft Federal Consulting Services. She was also one of the founding members of the Women in SharePoint DC user group and previously worked at the White House Situation Room for 6+ years. Rima currently resides in the Washington, DC area with her Goldendoodle, Levi, and is passionate about using Virtual Reality for both fitness and work productivity. You can find her on LinkedIn and Twitter @rimazima. 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. Sperry Software, Inc focuses primarily on Microsoft Outlook and more recently Microsoft Office 365, where a plethora of tools and plugins that work with email have been developed. These tools can be extended for almost any situation where email is involved, including automating workflows (e.g., automatically save emails as PDF or automatically archive emails that are over 30 days old), modifying potentially bad user behaviors (e.g., alert the user to suspected phishing emails or prompt the user if they are going to inadvertently reply to all), and increased email security (e.g., prompt the user with a customizable warning if they are about to send an email outside the organization). Get started today by visiting www.SperrySoftware.com/CloudIT 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 241, Ben is on vacation and Scott is on his own, so we’re trying a new format offering some quick news and updates around Azure. Please let us know if you like this format and want shorter episodes like this in the future. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even if you’re too busy to manage your inbox 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 Azure Active Directory support for Azure Relay now in public preview What is Azure Relay? General availability: Better integration between Azure Monitor and Grafana Azure Monitor data source Public preview: Azure App Service Migration Assistant PowerShell-based experience Azure / App-Service-Migration-Assistant Announcing the Azure Firewall Premium general availability Azure Firewall Premium features 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. Sperry Software, Inc focuses primarily on Microsoft Outlook and more recently Microsoft Office 365, where a plethora of tools and plugins that work with email have been developed. These tools can be extended for almost any situation where email is involved, including automating workflows (e.g., automatically save emails as PDF or automatically archive emails that are over 30 days old), modifying potentially bad user behaviors (e.g., alert the user to suspected phishing emails or prompt the user if they are going to inadvertently reply to all), and increased email security (e.g., prompt the user with a customizable warning if they are about to send an email outside the organization). Get started today by visiting www.SperrySoftware.com/CloudIT 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 240, Scott tricks Ben into talking about the latest version of SharePoint Server (SharePoint Server Subscription Edition) that was announced this week. 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 Spot by NetApp – The cloud automation platform that makes it easy to deliver continuously optimized infrastructure at the lowest possible cost 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 Florida just reported a staggering 12,647 new daily COVID positives, the most reported by the state since January 30, 2021. A new day for SharePoint Server New and improved features in SharePoint Server Subscription Edition Download SharePoint Server Subscription Edition Preview Installation overview for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition System requirements for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition Share service applications across farms in SharePoint Server SharePoint Server Subscription Edition Forum on Tech Community 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. Spot by NetApp helps their customers get the most out of their cloud investments by automating cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, reduce complexity, and optimize costs. Discover how leading companies, from cloud-native startups to global enterprises, are automating, simplifying, and optimizing their cloud infrastructure with Spot by NetApp.Check them out at Spot.io/msit where you can find more information, request a demo, or evenstart a free trial. 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 239, Ben and Scott take a detour to talk about Azure Resource Explorer (no, not that Azure Resource Explorer, the other one) and then dive in the recently announced Windows 365 offering. Sponsors Spot by NetApp – The cloud automation platform that makes it easy to deliver continuously optimized infrastructure at the lowest possible cost 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 Introducing the Azure Az PowerShell module Azure Resource Explorer (raw) Welcome to your Windows 365 Cloud PC Microsoft reveals first Windows 365 pricing for PCs in the cloud Welcome to the Windows 365 Tech Community! Windows 365 vs. Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) – Comparing Two DaaS Products Steven Sinofsky on Twitter: “Microsoft puts PCs in the cloud with Windows 365 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. Spot by NetApp helps their customers get the most out of their cloud investments by automating cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, reduce complexity, and optimize costs. Discover how leading companies, from cloud-native startups to global enterprises, are automating, simplifying, and optimizing their cloud infrastructure with Spot by NetApp.Check them out at Spot.io/msit where you can find more information, request a demo, or evenstart a free trial. 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 238, Ben discusses trends in Microsoft Teams governance with the CEO of Orchestry – Michal Pisarek – including the challenges associated with content sprawl, multiples Teams with the same purpose in the same tenant, and how to think about adoption and ensuring your users are taking advantage of all the features Microsoft Teams has to offer. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even if you’re too busy to manage your inbox 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 Plan for governance in Teams How to Combine Your Intranet with Microsoft Teams How to Minimize Microsoft Teams Sprawl About our guest Michal Pisarek – CEO of Orchestry Twitter | LinkedIn Six-time Microsoft SharePoint MVP, former Co-Founder of BONZAI Intranet and Dynamic Owl Consulting, this serial entrepreneur, international speaker, Microsoft 365 thought leader and former professional chef brings the great depth of product, leadership, and user experience expertise to Orchestry, working with Fortune 500 companies to deliver maximum efficiency of their Microsoft 365 Investments. When Michal takes a day off occasionally, you will find him experimenting in the kitchen, inventing a new cocktail, or learning a new language while enjoying all that Vancouver has to offer with his wife, daughter, and furry companion. 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. Spot by NetApp helps their customers get the most out of their cloud investments by automating cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, reduce complexity, and optimize costs. Discover how leading companies, from cloud-native startups to global enterprises, are automating, simplifying, and optimizing their cloud infrastructure with Spot by NetApp.Check them out at Spot.io/msit where you can find more information, request a demo, or evenstart a free trial. 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 237, Ben and Scott dive into a customer scenario that involves copying hundreds of thousands of files from one storage account to another in Azure. Sponsors Spot by NetApp – The cloud automation platform that makes it easy to deliver continuously optimized infrastructure at the lowest possible cost 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 Office 365 / Microsoft 365 Administrators Facebook Group Get started with AzCopy Object replication for block blobs Copy blobs between Azure storage accounts by using AzCopy Azure/azure-storage-azcopy Optimize the performance of AzCopy with Azure Storage AzCopy v10 configuration settings (Azure Storage) AzReplicate AzTinyCopier 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. Spot by NetApp helps their customers get the most out of their cloud investments by automating cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, reduce complexity, and optimize costs. Discover how leading companies, from cloud-native startups to global enterprises, are automating, simplifying, and optimizing their cloud infrastructure with Spot by NetApp.Check them out at Spot.io/msit where you can find more information, request a demo, or evenstart a free trial. 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 236, Ben and Scott discuss an interesting question about MFA and using Microsoft Authenticator on personal devices, new Azure regions coming to Arizona (West US 3) and Georgia (East US 3), and a rebranding of Windows Virtual Desktop to Azure Virtual Desktop. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even if you’re too busy to manage your inbox 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 Using YubiKeys with Azure MFA OATH-TOTP Passwordless authentication options for Azure Active Directory YubiKey 5 Series What are security defaults? Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Arizona Expanding cloud services: Microsoft launches its sustainable datacenter region in Arizona New planned datacenter region in Georgia (East US 3) Azure Virtual Desktop: The flexible cloud VDI platform for the hybrid workplace Earn the new Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty certification with Exam AZ-140, now out of beta Exam AZ-140: Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop – Skills Measured Deliver remote desktops and apps with Azure Virtual Desktop Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate – Skills Measured 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. Sperry Software, Inc focuses primarily on Microsoft Outlook and more recently Microsoft Office 365, where a plethora of tools and plugins that work with email have been developed. These tools can be extended for almost any situation where email is involved, including automating workflows (e.g., automatically save emails as PDF or automatically archive emails that are over 30 days old), modifying potentially bad user behaviors (e.g., alert the user to suspected phishing emails or prompt the user if they are going to inadvertently reply to all), and increased email security (e.g., prompt the user with a customizable warning if they are about to send an email outside the organization). Get started today by visiting www.SperrySoftware.com/CloudIT 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 235, Ben and Scott talk about the release of Scheduler, the “new” AI, Cortana-based meeting scheduling service for Microsoft 365, updates on the timelines for disabling Basic Auth in Exchange, and a preview capability in SharePoint Online that will allow you to rename your SharePoint domain name. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even if you’re too busy to manage your inbox 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 Scheduler for Microsoft 365 Debuts Calendar.help Scheduler, a new Microsoft 365 service, makes scheduling meetings easier and faster Scheduler and Cortana can schedule your meetings for you Welcome to Scheduler for Microsoft 365 Basic Authentication and Exchange Online – June 2021 Update Basic Authentication and Exchange Online – February 2021 Update Rename your SharePoint domain 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. Sperry Software, Inc focuses primarily on Microsoft Outlook and more recently Microsoft Office 365, where a plethora of tools and plugins that work with email have been developed. These tools can be extended for almost any situation where email is involved, including automating workflows (e.g., automatically save emails as PDF or automatically archive emails that are over 30 days old), modifying potentially bad user behaviors (e.g., alert the user to suspected phishing emails or prompt the user if they are going to inadvertently reply to all), and increased email security (e.g., prompt the user with a customizable warning if they are about to send an email outside the organization). Get started today by visiting www.SperrySoftware.com/CloudIT 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 234, Ben sits down with Chris Givens at the Azure + AI conference (a part of DEV intersection) to talk about security in the Microsoft Cloud. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even if you’re too busy to manage your inbox 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 Microsoft 365 Defender Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Microsoft Defender for Identity Microsoft Cloud App Security Microsoft Defender Antivirus Azure Sentinel Azure Security Center 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. Sperry Software, Inc focuses primarily on Microsoft Outlook and more recently Microsoft Office 365, where a plethora of tools and plugins that work with email have been developed. These tools can be extended for almost any situation where email is involved, including automating workflows (e.g., automatically save emails as PDF or automatically archive emails that are over 30 days old), modifying potentially bad user behaviors (e.g., alert the user to suspected phishing emails or prompt the user if they are going to inadvertently reply to all), and increased email security (e.g., prompt the user with a customizable warning if they are about to send an email outside the organization). Get started today by visiting www.SperrySoftware.com/CloudIT 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 233, Ben and Scott dive into Azure Resource Manager Template Specs, the new Azure Firewall connector for Azure Logic Apps, and some of the changes coming to how you manage Azure AD with PowerShell. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even if you’re too busy to manage your inbox 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 Azure Resource Manager template specs Automated Detection and Response for Azure Firewall with the New Logic App Connector and Playbooks Actions supported by Firewall custom connector Azure Firewall Logic Apps connector and playbook templates Automate and manage Azure AD tasks at scale with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK Microsoft Lays Out Future for Azure AD PowerShell Module Graph Explorer Microsoft Graph REST API v1.0 reference 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. Sperry Software, Inc focuses primarily on Microsoft Outlook and more recently Microsoft Office 365, where a plethora of tools and plugins that work with email have been developed. These tools can be extended for almost any situation where email is involved, including automating workflows (e.g., automatically save emails as PDF or automatically archive emails that are over 30 days old), modifying potentially bad user behaviors (e.g., alert the user to suspected phishing emails or prompt the user if they are going to inadvertently reply to all), and increased email security (e.g., prompt the user with a customizable warning if they are about to send an email outside the organization). Get started today by visiting www.SperrySoftware.com/CloudIT 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 232, Ben and Scott catch up on some of their favorite announcements from Microsoft Build 2021, including a quick tour of Continuous access evaluation (CAE) with Azure AD. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even if you’re too busy to manage your inbox 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 Microsoft Build 2021 Book of News Build cloud-native applications that run anywhere Continuous access evaluation Moving towards real time policy and security enforcement Create an access review of Azure resource roles in Privileged Identity Management Create an access review of Azure AD roles in Privileged Identity Management Power Platform – Environments overview Power Apps Developer Plan 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. Sperry Software, Inc focuses primarily on Microsoft Outlook and more recently Microsoft Office 365, where a plethora of tools and plugins that work with email have been developed. These tools can be extended for almost any situation where email is involved, including automating workflows (e.g., automatically save emails as PDF or automatically archive emails that are over 30 days old), modifying potentially bad user behaviors (e.g., alert the user to suspected phishing emails or prompt the user if they are going to inadvertently reply to all), and increased email security (e.g., prompt the user with a customizable warning if they are about to send an email outside the organization). Get started today by visiting www.SperrySoftware.com/CloudIT 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 231, Ben and Scott talk about calendar management and some options for combining calendars from multiple sources (e.g., several Exchange Online accounts from multiple tenants) and then discuss a new preview capability in Azure Storage that extends native Azure RBAC DataActions to include conditions such as blob index tags. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even if you’re too busy to manage your inbox 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 Share your calendar in Outlook on the web Google Calendar – Share your calendar with someone Fantastical Microsoft Build Azure Storage — Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC) now available for preview Authorize access to blobs using Azure role assignment conditions (preview) What is Azure attribute-based access control (Azure ABAC)? (preview) Assign Azure resource roles in Privileged Identity Management Understand Azure role definitions 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. Sperry Software, Inc focuses primarily on Microsoft Outlook and more recently Microsoft Office 365, where a plethora of tools and plugins that work with email have been developed. These tools can be extended for almost any situation where email is involved, including automating workflows (e.g., automatically save emails as PDF or automatically archive emails that are over 30 days old), modifying potentially bad user behaviors (e.g., alert the user to suspected phishing emails or prompt the user if they are going to inadvertently reply to all), and increased email security (e.g., prompt the user with a customizable warning if they are about to send an email outside the organization). Get started today by visiting www.SperrySoftware.com/CloudIT 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 230, Ben and Scott discuss considerations for monitoring your workloads in the Microsoft cloud, including Azure and Microsoft 365. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even if you’re too busy to manage your inbox 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 Fully Vaccinated People Can Stop Wearing Masks Indoors And Outdoors, CDC Says COVID-19 Vaccines for Children and Teens Best practices for monitoring cloud applications Azure Monitor overview What is Application Insights? Monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot Microsoft Azure Storage Fluent Bit Azure Blob connector Microsoft 365 Search the audit log in the compliance center Export, configure, and view audit log records 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. Sperry Software, Inc focuses primarily on Microsoft Outlook and more recently Microsoft Office 365, where a plethora of tools and plugins that work with email have been developed. These tools can be extended for almost any situation where email is involved, including automating workflows (e.g., automatically save emails as PDF or automatically archive emails that are over 30 days old), modifying potentially bad user behaviors (e.g., alert the user to suspected phishing emails or prompt the user if they are going to inadvertently reply to all), and increased email security (e.g., prompt the user with a customizable warning if they are about to send an email outside the organization). Get started today by visiting www.SperrySoftware.com/CloudIT 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 229, Ben and Scott answer a listener’s question and get nostalgic about how they got into technology and ended up where they are in their careers today. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even if you’re too busy to manage your inbox 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 Apple IIe Commodore 64 TANDY 2500 SX List of TRS-80 and Tandy-branded computers HOW TO BECOME A COMPUTER ENGINEER: COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEGREES & CAREERS Bachelor’s in Information Technology Program Guide 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. Sperry Software, Inc focuses primarily on Microsoft Outlook and more recently Microsoft Office 365, where a plethora of tools and plugins that work with email have been developed. These tools can be extended for almost any situation where email is involved, including automating workflows (e.g., automatically save emails as PDF or automatically archive emails that are over 30 days old), modifying potentially bad user behaviors (e.g., alert the user to suspected phishing emails or prompt the user if they are going to inadvertently reply to all), and increased email security (e.g., prompt the user with a customizable warning if they are about to send an email outside the organization). Get started today by visiting www.SperrySoftware.com/CloudIT 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 228, Scott listens in as Ben talks through the process of doing an Exchange 2010 cutover migration after an acquisition and the pitfalls of not taking the time to perform discovery of the current environment. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even if you’re too busy to manage your inbox 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 Ways to migrate multiple email accounts to Microsoft 365 or Office 365 Migrate email using the Exchange cutover method BitTitan MigrationWiz Add DNS records to connect your domain Mail flow best practices for Exchange Online, Microsoft 365, and Office 365 (overview) Identity synchronization and duplicate attribute resiliency Fixing problems with directory synchronization for Microsoft 365 Exchange Server hybrid deployments Register for Microsoft Build About the sponsors Sperry Software, Inc focuses primarily on Microsoft Outlook and more recently Microsoft Office 365, where a plethora of tools and plugins that work with email have been developed. These tools can be extended for almost any situation where email is involved, including automating workflows (e.g., automatically save emails as PDF or automatically archive emails that are over 30 days old), modifying potentially bad user behaviors (e.g., alert the user to suspected phishing emails or prompt the user if they are going to inadvertently reply to all), and increased email security (e.g., prompt the user with a customizable warning if they are about to send an email outside the organization). Get started today by visiting www.SperrySoftware.com/CloudIT 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.