Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

Episode 156 – Microsoft Teams Problems!

Ben and Scott go down a deep, dark hole and discuss some issues with Microsoft Teams screen sharing on MacOS Catalina. After that, they discuss the newly announced Microsoft Team Exploratory license and some impacts to your tenant if you allow trials.

Episode 155 – Microsoft 365 Tenant Level Services

In Episode 155, Ben and Scott dive into a discussion around tenant-level services in Microsoft 365 and Office 365 and what you need to think about as you license users and potentially scope deployments within your tenancy to ensure your compliance with your Microsoft 365 licensing.

Episode 154 – Azure AD Security with Ramiro Calderon and Stefan van der Wiele

Ben and Scott sit down at Microsoft Ignite with Ramiro Calderon, Principal Program Manager - Azure Active Directory, and Stefan van der Wiele, Senior Program Manager - Azure Active Directory, to talk about Azure Active Directory and how as the core of authentication for Office 365, Azure, and Microsoft you can configure your tenancies in a secure and usable way.

Episode 153 – Crafting the Story for Microsoft 365 with Stephen Rose

In Episode 153, Ben sits down at Microsoft Ignite with Stephen Rose, Sr PMM, Microsoft 365 Storytelling and Branding Team, to talk about what it takes to align demos across the Microsoft 365 product suite and how to craft a great story. 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 Skill Me Up – Skill Me Up provides the bridge from fundamentals to certification paths to advanced skills to accelerate digital transformation with 1 subscription with 5 ways to learn. SaneBox – SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what’s important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. 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 Customer Digital Experiences How To Give A Killer Product Demo Insights on planning, crafting, delivering and enjoying a keynote 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. SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what’s important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. Sign up today and save $25 on any subscription! https://www.sanebox.com/allthings Everyone on your team is unique...so is SkillMeUp.com. Only Skill Me Up provides the bridge from fundamentals to certification paths to advanced skills to accelerate digital transformation with 1 subscription with 5 ways to learn. Start your free pilot today and supercharge your IT and Microsoft Azure skills. https://skillmeup.com/pilot/?src=Pod 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 152 – Using Azure DevOps to Automate Azure Deployments with Steven Murawski

In Episode 152, Ben and Scott sit down with Steven Murawski, Lead Cloud Ops Advocate at Microsoft, at Microsoft Ignite to talk about the power and freedom that comes from managing your infrastructure as code using tools like Azure Repos and Azure Pipelines inside of Azure DevOps. You can follow Steven on Twitter @StevenMurawski. 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 Skill Me Up - Skill Me Up provides the bridge from fundamentals to certification paths to advanced skills to accelerate digital transformation with 1 subscription with 5 ways to learn. SaneBox – SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what’s important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. 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 What Is Source Control? Infrastructure as code (IaC) Azure Repos Documentation Azure Pipelines Documentation Integrate Resource Manager templates with Azure Pipelines Create your first pipeline from the CLI Why Is Linting Important? And How To Use Lint Tools Using Azure DevOps for linting on GitHub Run Pester tests on Azure Pipelines Azure DevOps Services Pricing About the sponsors SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what’s important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. Sign up today and save $25 on any subscription! https://www.sanebox.com/allthings Everyone on your team is unique...so is SkillMeUp.com. Only Skill Me Up provides the bridge from fundamentals to certification paths to advanced skills to accelerate digital transformation with 1 subscription with 5 ways to learn. Start your free pilot today and supercharge your IT and Microsoft Azure skills. https://skillmeup.com/pilot/?src=Pod Every business will eventually have to move to the cloud and adapt to it. That’s a fact. ShareGate helps with that. Our industry-leading products help IT professionals worldwide migrate their business to the Office 365 or SharePoint, automate their Office 365 governance, and understand their Azure usage & costs. Visit https://sharegate.com/ to learn more. Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

Episode 151 – Microsoft Information Protection with Gagan Gulati and Adam Hall

In Episode 151, Ben sits down at Microsoft Ignite with Gagan Gulati, Head of Product for Azure Information Protection, and Adam Hall, Director, Microsoft Security to discuss the history of information protection at Microsoft and the material impacts of protecting your organization’s sensitive data in Office 365, including the transition from AIP to MIP (such as the upcoming move from the AIP portal the the Microsoft 365 Compliance Center). Sponsors Skill Me Up – Skill Me Up provides the bridge from fundamentals to certification paths to advanced skills to accelerate digital transformation with 1 subscription with 5 ways to learn. SaneBox – SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what’s important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. 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 Navigate data protection and risk in the cloud era Microsoft announces new innovations in security, compliance, and identity at Ignite What is Azure Information Protection? AIP end-user adoption guide Azure Information Protection - Deployment Acceleration Guide Azure Information Protection deployment roadmap Installation, Configuration, and Usage of the AIP Scanner Quickstart: Find what sensitive information you have in files stored on-premises Microsoft Information Protection now extends beyond Rights Management Azure Information Protection - also known as ... PDF readers that support Microsoft Information Protection 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. SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what’s important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. Sign up today and save $25 on any subscription! https://www.sanebox.com/allthings Everyone on your team is unique...so is SkillMeUp.com. Only Skill Me Up provides the bridge from fundamentals to certification paths to advanced skills to accelerate digital transformation with 1 subscription with 5 ways to learn. Start your free pilot today and supercharge your IT and Microsoft Azure skills. https://skillmeup.com/pilot/?src=Pod 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 150 – Azure Quantum with Julie Love

In Episode 150, Ben sits down at Microsoft Ignite with Julie Love, Senior Director, Quantum Computing at Microsoft, to talk all about quantum computing and the newly announced service Azure Quantum. 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 Opsgility - Your Cloud enablement partner to help guide your organization through all phases of Cloud migration and adoption 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 Quantum Blog Azure Quantum announcement Azure Quantum service Post-quantum Cryptography Microsoft quantum documentation Quantum Development Kit Quantum Development Kit samples Julie Love - Senior Director, Quantum Computing at Microsoft Quantum computing has potential for profound impact on our economic, industrial, academic and societal landscape. As director of quantum computing business development, I lead Microsoft's engagement with enterprises, startups, and developers. I have a deep technical background in quantum computing, with a Ph.D. in quantum physics from one of the leading experimental quantum computing groups in the world at Yale and a BS in Physics from MIT. I have held a variety of strategic and operational roles at Microsoft and Adobe, and served as an advisor to two quantum computing companies along the way. I leverage my deep quantum expertise with experience building big platform businesses to develop our product strategy and drive engagement with Microsoft's quantum platform. About the sponsors SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what’s important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. Sign up today and save $25 on any subscription! https://www.sanebox.com/allthings Everyone on your team is unique...so is SkillMeUp.com. Only Skill Me Up provides the bridge from fundamentals to certification paths to advanced skills to accelerate digital transformation with 1 subscription with 5 ways to learn. Start your free pilot today and supercharge your IT and Microsoft Azure skills. https://skillmeup.com/pilot/?src=Pod Every business will eventually have to move to the cloud and adapt to it. That’s a fact. ShareGate helps with that. Our industry-leading products help IT professionals worldwide migrate their business to the Office 365 or SharePoint, automate their Office 365 governance, and understand their Azure usage & costs. Visit https://sharegate.com/ to learn more. Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

Episode 149 – The End Of Acronym Soup (aka Unified Labels)

In Episode 149, Ben and Scott wrap up their whirlwind tour of AIP with Unified 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 SaneBox – SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what’s important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. Skill Me Up – Skill Me Up provides the bridge from fundamentals to certification paths to advanced skills to accelerate digital transformation with 1 subscription with 5 ways to learn. 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 Your YubiKey as a Smart Card in macOS Google’s ‘.new’ shortcut now works with calendar entries Episode 144 – Acronym Soup with RMS, AIP, ATP, and ATA Episode 145 – You Thought We Were Done With Acronym Soup? Azure Information Protection - also known as... Microsoft Information Protection and Unified Labeling How to migrate Azure Information Protection labels to unified sensitivity labels The client-side of Azure Information Protection Clients and services that support unified labeling Compare the labeling clients for Windows computers Deploying the Azure Information Protection scanner to automatically classify and protect files What is Azure Advanced Threat Protection? Information protection in Windows overview Use sensitivity labels to prioritize incident response Auto labeling What is Advanced Threat Analytics? Previous Episodes Episode 144 – Acronym Soup with RMS, AIP, ATP, and ATA Episode 145—You Thought We Were Done With Acronym Soup? 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. Everyone on your team is unique...so is SkillMeUp.com. Only Skill Me Up provides the bridge from fundamentals to certification paths to advanced skills to accelerate digital transformation with 1 subscription with 5 ways to learn. Start your free pilot today and supercharge your IT and Microsoft Azure skills. https://skillmeup.com/pilot/?src=Pod SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what’s important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. Sign up today and save $25 on any subscription! https://www.sanebox.com/allthings 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 148 – Power Platform Self-Service

In Episode 148, Ben and Scott discuss MC193609, "Announcing self-service purchase capabilities for Power Platform products" and some of the things you'll need to think about as this new capability comes to an Office 365 tenant near you. 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 SaneBox – SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what’s important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. Skill Me Up - Skill Me Up provides the bridge from fundamentals to certification paths to advanced skills to accelerate digital transformation with 1 subscription with 5 ways to learn. 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 "Announcing self-service purchase capabilities for Power Platform products" (MC193609) Microsoft to enable end-users to buy Power Platform licenses without administrative approval Users can now check their sign-in history for unusual activity https://mysignins.microsoft.com/ Your Pa$$word doesn't matter Government Surplus Auctions Previous Episodes Episode 90 – Power BI and Data Democratization with Alexander Arvidsson Episode 130 – Microsoft Teams Governance Episode 139 – Azure Migrate v2 Episode 142 – Windows Server 2008 (R2) End of Support About the sponsors Everyone on your team is unique...so is SkillMeUp.com. Only Skill Me Up provides the bridge from fundamentals to certification paths to advanced skills to accelerate digital transformation with 1 subscription with 5 ways to learn. Start your free pilot today and supercharge your IT and Microsoft Azure skills. https://skillmeup.com/pilot/?src=Pod SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what’s important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. Sign up today and save $25 on any subscription! https://www.sanebox.com/allthings Every business will eventually have to move to the cloud and adapt to it. That’s a fact. ShareGate helps with that. Our industry-leading products help IT professionals worldwide migrate their business to the Office 365 or SharePoint, automate their Office 365 governance, and understand their Azure usage & costs. Visit https://sharegate.com/ to learn more. Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

Episode 147 – All Things Microsoft Ignite with Anna Chu

Episode 146 – Azure Resource Manager Templates

In Episode 146, Ben and Scott start to break down Azure Resource Manager templates and some of the tooling and benefits to managing your Azure infrastructure (and yes, that includes PaaS services!) as code. 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 SaneBox – SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what’s important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. Skill Me Up - Skill Me Up provides the bridge from fundamentals to certification paths to advanced skills to accelerate digital transformation with 1 subscription with 5 ways to learn. 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 The ultimate Azure cost optimization checklist for cloud teams Infrastructure as code Azure Resource Manager overview Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Azure Resource Manager Tools Azure/azure-quickstart-templates Single and multi-resource export to a template in Azure portal Azure Resource Manager templates Past Episodes Episode 145 - You Thought We Were Done With Acronym Soup? Episode 135 - Speaking at Microsoft Ignite! with Anna Chu Episode 143 - Adoption Change Management for Microsoft 365 with David Callaghan Episode 144 - Acronym Soup with RMS, AIP, ATP, and ATA Episode 142 - Windows Server 2008 (R2) End of Support Episode 141 - Microsoft Cloud News - Hurricane Dorian Edition 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. Everyone on your team is unique...so is SkillMeUp.com. Only Skill Me Up provides the bridge from fundamentals to certification paths to advanced skills to accelerate digital transformation with 1 subscription with 5 ways to learn. Start your free pilot today and super charge your IT and Microsoft Azure skills. https://skillmeup.com/pilot/?src=Pod SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what’s important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. Sign up today and save $25 on any subscription! https://www.sanebox.com/allthings 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 145 – You Thought We Were Done With Acronym Soup?

In Episode 145, Ben and Scott break out their soup bowls and continue digging into their acronym soup with Azure Information Protection labels and their various flavors - unified labels, sensitivity labels, and retention labels. Sponsors Opsgility - Your Cloud enablement partner to help guide your organization through all phases of Cloud migration and adoption SaneBox – SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what’s important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. 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 iPhone 11 Pro Max beats Huawei Mate 30 Pro and Galaxy Note 10+ in battery life test Episode 144 – Acronym Soup with RMS, AIP, ATP, and ATA Azure Information Protection Pricing Azure Information Protection licensing datasheet Overview of sensitivity labels How sensitivity labels work with existing Azure Information Protection labels Overview of retention labels How long it takes for retention labels to take effect How to migrate Azure Information Protection labels to unified sensitivity labels Previous Episodes Episode 137 - Azure and Office 365 News Episode 136 - Azure SQL Managed Instance Episode 139 - Azure Migrate v2 Episode 141 - Microsoft Cloud News - Hurricane Dorian Edition Episode 144 - Acronym Soup with RMS, AIP, ATP, and ATA About the sponsors As the leading global brand for enabling the Microsoft Cloud, Opsgility’s global Microsoft MVP and multi-certified Cloud Solutions Architect team has authored over twenty MOC Courses, the Microsoft Press Book Implementing Azure Solutions 70-533 and numerous Microsoft Cloud Practice Playbooks for Microsoft Partners. And for a limited time, you can get your team certified in the most exciting cloud business today with a 25% discount off instructor-led training prep courses for Azure and Microsoft 365! Visit https://opsgility.com/MicrosoftCloud to learn more. SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what’s important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. Sign up today and save $25 on any subscription! https://www.sanebox.com/allthings Every business will eventually have to move to the cloud and adapt to it. That’s a fact. ShareGate helps with that. Our industry-leading products help IT professionals worldwide migrate their business to the Office 365 or SharePoint, automate their Office 365 governance, and understand their Azure usage & costs. Visit https://sharegate.com/ to learn more. Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

Episode 144 – Acronym Soup with RMS, AIP, ATP, and ATA

Ben and Scott dive into Microsoft Information Protection solutions such as Azure Information Protection and Azure Rights Management Service.

Episode 143 – Adoption Change Management for Microsoft 365 with David Callaghan

Ben and Scott sit down with David Callaghan, Head of Business Change at FITTS, to talk about Adoption Change Management (or ACM) for Microsoft 365.

Episode 142 – Windows Server 2008 (R2) End of Support

We discuss Logitech's latest MX Master mouse and discuss some of the drivers for upgrading legacy workloads and operating systems on-premises and in Microsoft Azure.

Episode 141 – Microsoft Cloud News – Hurricane Dorian Edition

In Episode 141, Ben and Scott discuss some of the new features coming to Intune for iOS 13 and macOS Catalina with their upcoming releases this fall. Then they talk about some of the latest announcements around Microsoft Azure including the announced new regions in Switzerland and some of the changes coming to the behavior of SNAT with Azure Load Balancer. 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 Opsgility - Your Cloud enablement partner to help guide your organization through all phases of Cloud migration and adoption SaneBox - SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what's important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. 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 Intune Day Zero support for new settings and updates in iOS 13 and macOS 10.15 Turn on iOS supervised mode Microsoft Intune announces the general availability of administrative templates Use Windows 10 templates to configure group policy settings in Microsoft Intune Policy CSP Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Switzerland Azure Load Balancer becomes more efficient Managing SNAT (PAT) port exhaustion The Azure Security Lab - Dedicated cloud hosts for security researchers to test attacks Microsoft Azure Bounty Program Request an Azure Security Lab VM Previous Episodes Episode 133 - We Still Have All Of Our Fingers Episode 136 - Azure SQL Managed Instance Episode 137 - Azure and Office 365 News Episode 138 - Slaying PowerShell Dragons Episode 139 - Azure Migrate v2 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. As the leading global brand for enabling the Microsoft Cloud, Opsgility’s global Microsoft MVP and multi-certified Cloud Solutions Architect team has authored over twenty MOC Courses, the Microsoft Press Book Implementing Azure Solutions 70-533 and numerous Microsoft Cloud Practice Playbooks for Microsoft Partners. And for a limited time, you can get your team certified in the most exciting cloud business today with a 25% discount off instructor-led training prep courses for Azure and Microsoft 365! Visit https://opsgility.com/MicrosoftCloud to learn more. SaneBox brings sanity back to your inbox by prioritizing what's important, removing spam/junk, grouping newsletters together, and automating tedious tasks. Sign up today and save $25 on any subscription! https://www.sanebox.com/allthings 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 140 – Preparing For The End Of Skype For Business

The impacts of moving from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams outside of enabling licenses and training your users.

Episode 139 – Azure Migrate v2

In Episode 139, Ben and Scott talk about Azure Migrate v2 and how you can use the new Azure Migrate hub to integrate both Microsoft and ISV tooling into a single pane of glass for executing migrations to Azure. 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 Opsgility - Your Cloud enablement partner to help guide your organization through all phases of Cloud migration and adoption 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 Deepfake of Bill Hader doing an impression of Tom Cruise will make your brain hurt About Azure Migrate Azure Migrate Server Assessment Migrate to Azure App Service Azure Migrate - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Prepare for Windows Server 2008 end of support Previous Episodes Episode 89 - Azure Migrate with Jeremy Winter Episode 129 - The Latest and Greatest in Azure and Office 365 Episode 136 - Azure SQL Managed Instance Episode 137 - Azure and Office 365 News Episode 138 - Slaying PowerShell Dragons 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. As the leading global brand for enabling the Microsoft Cloud, Opsgility’s global Microsoft MVP and multi-certified Cloud Solutions Architect team has authored over twenty MOC Courses, the Microsoft Press Book Implementing Azure Solutions 70-533 and numerous Microsoft Cloud Practice Playbooks for Microsoft Partners. And for a limited time, you can get your team certified in the most exciting cloud business today with a 25% discount off instructor-led training prep courses for Azure and Microsoft 365! Visit https://opsgility.com/MicrosoftCloud to learn more. Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

Episode 138 – Slaying PowerShell Dragons

In Episode 138, Ben and Scott discuss an issue Scott ran into with PowerShell, scheduled tasks, and PowerShell jobs. They then talk about a preview capability in Azure AD for custom roles, some announced changes for Office 365 and support for legacy TLS versions. 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 Opsgility – Your Cloud enablement partner to help guide your organization through all phases of Cloud migration and adoption Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even if you’re too busy to manage your inbox 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 Start-Job/Start-ThreadJob Instagram bans ad partner for secretly tracking user locations, saving Stories, more Custom roles for app registration management are now in public preview! Custom administrator roles in Azure Active Directory (preview) Application registration subtypes and permissions in Azure Active Directory Preparing for TLS 1.2 in Office 365 and Office 365 GCC Enable TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 support in SharePoint Server 2016 Enable TLS and SSL support in SharePoint 2013 Enable TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 support in SharePoint Server 2010 Exchange Server TLS guidance, part 1: Getting Ready for TLS 1.2 Invoke-SPOSiteSwap Previous Episodes Episode 99 – Office 365 PowerShell with Vlad Catrinescu Episode 128 - Automating SharePoint Online with Flow, PowerShell, and Azure Episode 129 - The Latest and Greatest in Azure and Office 365 Episode 132 - Why Friends Don't Let Friends Buy Office 365 Business Episode 137 - Azure and Office 365 News 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 As the leading global brand for enabling the Microsoft Cloud, Opsgility’s global Microsoft MVP and multi-certified Cloud Solutions Architect team has authored over twenty MOC Courses, the Microsoft Press Book Implementing Azure Solutions 70-533 and numerous Microsoft Cloud Practice Playbooks for Microsoft Partners. And for a limited time, you can get your team certified in the most exciting cloud business today with a 25% discount off instructor-led training prep courses for Azure and Microsoft 365! Visit https://opsgility.com/MicrosoftCloud to learn more. Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

Episode 137 – Azure and Office 365 News

In Episode 137, Ben and Scott dive into the latest Azure and Office 365 news, including the public preview of Azure Dedicated Host, the announced end-of-life for Skype for Business Online, and Private Channels in Microsoft Teams. Sponsors Opsgility – Your Cloud enablement partner to help guide your organization through all phases of Cloud migration and adoption 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 Collab365 SharePoint Summit (3 days) Azure Dedicated Host Introducing Azure Dedicated Host Introducing proximity placement groups Skype for Business Online to Be Retired in 2021 Microsoft FastTrack Microsoft Teams Private Channels Office 365 Roadmap ID 50588 Private Channels in Microsoft Teams: Facts vs. Fiction Create a private channel in Teams UserVoice - Support for Private Channels Episode 135 – Speaking at Microsoft Ignite! with Anna Chu Previous Episodes Episode 126 - Privileged Accounts In Azure AD The Right Way Episode 127 - SharePoint Conference 2019 Announcements Episode 128 - Automating SharePoint Online with Flow, PowerShell, and Azure Episode 129 - The Latest and Greatest in Azure and Office 365 Episode 132 - Why Friends Don't Let Friends Buy Office 365 Business 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 As the leading global brand for enabling the Microsoft Cloud, Opsgility’s global Microsoft MVP and multi-certified Cloud Solutions Architect team has authored over twenty MOC Courses, the Microsoft Press Book Implementing Azure Solutions 70-533 and numerous Microsoft Cloud Practice Playbooks for Microsoft Partners. And for a limited time, you can get your team certified in the most exciting cloud business today with a 25% discount off instructor-led training prep courses for Azure and Microsoft 365! Visit https://opsgility.com/MicrosoftCloud 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.