Microsoft Cloud It Pro Podcast

Welcome to Episode 371 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, where we'll be discussing Microsoft Intune, one of the most powerful tools for managing your organization's devices, apps, and endpoint security. In this episode, we'll start exploring the three pillars of Intune: Devices, Apps, and Endpoint Security. We'll cover what devices you can enroll, how to onboard them, and what configurations are available. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Washington's Dream - SNL - YouTube Microsoft Intune plans and pricing Microsoft Intune licensing Device-only licenses Microsoft Intune planning guide Get started with your Microsoft Intune deployment Supported operating systems and browsers in Intune Manage endpoint security policies on devices onboarded to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Import custom ADMX and ADML administrative templates into Microsoft Intune (public preview) Create a Settings Catalog policy using your imported GPOs in

The restrictions have been lifted for Microsoft 365 Copilot licensing and you can now purchase licenses in tenants with less than 300 users. With the flood gates open, Ben and Scott revisit Microsoft 365 Copilot now that they both have access to it in their own tenants. Is it just a summarization tool? Is it any good for helping out Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Teams? Listen in and find out! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Microsoft 365 Copilot 'generally available' – if you can afford 300 seats Expanding availability of Copilot for Microsoft 365 Where can I get Microsoft Copilot? Microsoft Copilot help & learning Copilot in Microsoft Teams help & learning Email coaching with Copilot in Outlook Copilot in OneNote help & learning Copilot Pro plans & licensing 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 bus

In Episode 369, Ben and Scott explore the new Backup and Archive options for Microsoft 365 and Office 365 workloads - Microsoft 365 Archive and Microsoft 365 Backup. These two features may sound similar, but they have different functionalities. Microsoft 365 Archive provides coverage for SharePoint, while Microsoft 365 Backup provides coverage across SharePoint, OneDrive, and Exchange. We will be discussing why you should use these features, how to set them up, and their options. Additionally, we'll cover the differences between the two features, such as the fact that Microsoft 365 Backup does not require an Azure subscription, unlike Microsoft 365 Archive. We'll also delve into the policies, frequency and retention, and recovery options for each service. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Microsoft 365 Backup Microsoft 365 Backup - Microsoft Adoption Overview of Microsoft 365 Backup (Preview) Set up Microsoft 365 Backup (Preview) Pricing

In Episode 368, Ben and Scott talk through the differences between Notion and Microsoft Loop with a sprinkling of Confluence. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Microsoft officially launches Loop, its Notion competitor Loop vs. Notion: Microsoft’s new document app is a promising mess Is Microsoft Loop A Notion Alternative? Microsoft Loop - A Smarter Way to OneNote? Get started with Microsoft Loop Loop components in Whiteboard Get started with Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Loop Loop app Public Preview limits Guides and Tutorials - How to use Notion Confluence vs Notion Comparison Notion vs Confluence - Switch from Confluence Why Choose Microsoft Loop as Your Wiki 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

In Episode 367, Ben and Scott kick off 2024 with a discussion of Azure Files. They start out reviewing a customer scenario Ben encountered and how they would approach it, breaking down the options available with Azure Files, hosting traditional SMB shares in Azure, and how a hybrid deployment can be the best of both worlds. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Planning for an Azure Files deployment Replace or extend Windows file servers with Azure Files and Azure File Sync Authentication & Identity Overview of Azure Files identity-based authentication options for SMB access Data protection What are the benefits of Microsoft Defender for Storage? Prevent accidental deletion of Azure file shares Accidental delete protection for Azure file shares using Azure Backup Azure Files data redundancy Costing Optimize costs for Azure Files with Reservations Understand Azure Files billing Performance and scale Azure Files s

In this episode, Ben and Scott touched on some updates on their social media presence due to some recent happenings in the social media services space. As they transition into the Microsoft cloud world, they discuss updates to cloud computing software and user experience design. They also provided some insight into conditional access policies and break-glass accounts and examined strategies for managing these elements for optimal efficiency. They wrapped up their conversation on a contemplative note about the future of native apps versus progressive web apps (PWAs), and some frustrations about the increasing trend towards PWAs. It's also the season of giving, and we're raising money for Girls Who Code. Donate today at https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes @mattnavarra on Threads Emergency Pod: Sam Altman is Out at Open AI Show declined events on the calendar The new Forms app is here! Exclude Break

In Episode 365, Ben and Scott break away from tech news to talk about some of their favorite gadget purchases in the past year. If you (or a geek in your life) are looking for ways to spend those Christmas gift cards or you need some last-minute ideas, give them a listen. It's also the season of giving and we're raising money for Girls Who Code. Donate today at https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Aqara Smart Lock U100, Fingerprint Keyless Entry Door Lock with Apple Home Key, Touchscreen Keypad, Bluetooth Electronic Deadbolt, IP65 Weatherproof, Supports Apple HomeKit, Alexa, Google, IFTTT, Gray I tried every Apple Home Key Lock, here’s the best Kwikset 916 Traditional Touchscreen SmartCode Electronic Deadbolt Smart Lock featuring SmartKey Security and ZigBee 3.0 Technology in Venetian Bronze, 1.19 x 2.81 x 5.06 inches, Metal OBSBOT Tail AIR AI-Powered PTZ Camera 4K Webcam,1.8" CMOS,f/1.8 Aperture,AI

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

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

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

In Episode 361, Ben and Scott discuss how Ben solved a data analysis problem with Azure Data Explorer and Scott shares some tips and tricks for Kusto. It's also the season of giving and we're raising money for Girls Who Code. Donate today at https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes What is Azure Data Explorer? Get data from file Get-MessageTrackingLog Two The Cloud -�Azure Data Explorer - One-click Ingestion parse-where operator case() TLS 1.2 to become the minimum TLS version for Azure Storage KB4017023 - SQL Server 2012, 2014 or 2016 Backup to Microsoft Azure Blob storage service URL isn't compatible for TLS 1.2 TLS 1.2 support for Microsoft SQL Server Upcoming TLS 1.3 on Azure App Service for Web Apps, Functions, and Logic Apps Update Microsoft Deprecates Three Features in Windows 11 Version 23H2 Windows CE, Microsoft's stunted middle child, reaches end of support at 26 years Aut

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

In Episode 359, Ben and Scott discuss Microsoft Applied Skills - a new skilling platform for Microsoft customers to get hands-on in a live, on-demand lab environment to validate their skills in a specific area and how Applied Skills compares to the existing role-based certification exams. Next up, it's a quick review of an upcoming roadmap item that impacts Microsoft-managed conditional access policies and how to monitor and keep up to date with Message Center messages that are applicable to your tenant. Then it's time to wrap up with a Developer SKU that was recently launched for Azure Bastion, offering lower cost to Bastion at the expense of some of the bells and whistles in the Basic and Standard SKUs. It's also the season of giving, and we're raising money for Girls Who Code. Donate today at https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Announcing Microsoft Applied Skills, the new credentials to verify in-dema

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

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

In Episode 356, Ben and Scott revisit the ROI of Microsoft 365 Copilot, discuss some methods for bulk restores from the SharePoint Online Recycle bin, and some upcoming changes to default outbound internet access for your Azure VMs. If you have a chance, nominate the show for Best Podcast at the ESPC Inspire Awards! Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Microsoft 365 Copilot: Release Date, Price, Download & more Microsoft 365 CoPilot: Licensing, Cost, ROI Acquired.fm - NVIDIA Parts I, II, III Breaking Bard + Who Owns Your Face? + Gamer News! After Five Years, Gmail Finally Sheds the 'Beta' ShareGate - Copy Content Restore Recycle bin SharePoint Online with PowerShell Avoid getting throttled or blocked in SharePoint Online Microsoft Enters the Backup Business with a New Syntex Service ESPC Inspire Award Default outbound access for VMs in Azure will be retired- transition to a new method of internet access How can I transition to

In Episode 355, Ben and Scott sit down with SharePoint developer extraordinaire Andrew Connell from Voitanos to talk about SharePoint Server Subscription Edition and some changes in SharePoint Framework (SPFX) support. You'll definitely want to listen in to make sure that you're falling into the "Pit of Success" for developing SPFX solutions for your on-premises installations of SharePoint. `Note: We get into the weeds with things like version numbers between SharePoint Server Subscription Edition and the SharePoint Framework. You can use the links below to follow along. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Blog Post - SPFx Devs: Beware of the SharePoint SE 23H2 Feature Update YouTube - Beware of the SharePoint SE 23H2 Feature Update SharePoint Framework Developers! New and improved features in SharePoint Server Subscription Edition New and improved features in SharePoint Server Subscription Edition Version 23H2 Cyberattack protection by defau

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

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

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