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Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

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Episode 363–Hibernation is for more than bears from 2023-12-07T13:00:30

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 w...

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Episode 362–The Flustration of Microsoft Ignite from 2023-11-30T13:00:47

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...

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Episode 361–TLS updates in Azure from 2023-11-23T13:00:39

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 rais...

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Episode 279–Ben’s rant about content types in SharePoint from 2022-04-28T12:00:31

In Episode 279, Scott listens in as Ben discusses an issue he recently encountered with content type management and content types being pushed from a content type publishing hub. Like what you hea...

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Episode 278–Shared Channels in Microsoft Teams are…interesting from 2022-04-21T12:00:17

In Episode 278, Ben and Scott go through follow-up on the end-user experience for working with Microsoft Teams Shared Channels. To learn about what needs to be done on the admin side, listen to Epi...

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Episode 277–Beep Bop BYOIP with Bring Your Own IP in Azure from 2022-04-14T12:00:24

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 ow...

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Episode 276–I need to lock down SharePoint but I need it to be open! from 2022-04-07T12:00:28

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 list...

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Episode 275–Azure File Migration program with Karl Rautenstrauch from 2022-03-31T12:00:22

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 be...

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Episode 274–Microsoft Teams Connect shared channels and B2B direct connect from 2022-03-24T12:00:17

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. SponsorsIntelligi...

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Episode 273–On-demand capacity reservations with Site Recovery from 2022-03-17T12:00:04

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,...

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Episode 272–SharePoint Online and Azure News from 2022-03-10T13:00:13

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 r...

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Episode 271–Smart Home All The Things from 2022-03-03T13:00:59

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 e...

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Episode 270–Microsoft Teams Phones and Azure VM Updates from 2022-02-24T13:00:50

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 Vi...

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Episode 269–Thunderbolt docks and Azure AD Updates from 2022-02-17T13:00:51

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...

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Episode 268–Getting Started with Terraform for Azure from 2022-02-10T13:00:02

In Episode 268, Ben takes Scott through his experience getting started with Terraform and executing complex deployments in Azure. SponsorsIntelligink - We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can fo...

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Episode 267–Microsoft 365 Compliance–Data Loss Prevention (DLP) from 2022-02-03T13:00:43

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 M36...

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Episode 266–Azure Reservations from 2022-01-27T13:00:40

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...

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Episode 265–Azure Automation State Configuration vs Azure Policy guest configuration from 2022-01-20T13:00:05

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. SponsorsIntelligink - ...

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Episode 264–New Settings for Managing Teams Meeting Expiration from 2022-01-13T13:00

In Episode 264, Ben and Scott kick off 2022 with some Azure CLI follow-up from 2021, and then they talk about some new settings available for managing per-user meeting expiration policies. Sponsors...

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Episode 263–Tips and Tricks for Azure Cloud Shell from 2022-01-06T13:00:04

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. SponsorsIntelligink - We focus on the ...

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Episode 262–The One About AAD Connect from 2021-12-30T13:00:09

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 mul...

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Episode 261–Disconnecting from Tech from 2021-12-23T14:00:23

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 fro...

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Episode 260–Getting Started with Kusto in Azure from 2021-12-16T13:00:10

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 ...

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Episode 259–Kerberos and Azure AD, sitting in a tree, a-u-t-h-e-n-t-i-c-a-t-i-n-g from 2021-12-09T13:00:19

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 is...

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Episode 258–I’m Not Allowed To Buy Anything Until After Christmas from 2021-12-02T13:00:23

Ben and Scott discuss two new preview capabilities for Azure Virtual Machines - Managed Run Commands and VM Applications

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Episode 257–The Address Space Formerly Known as 127/8 from 2021-11-25T13:00:21

Ben and Scott cover SFTP support on Azure Blob Storage, the GA of NFS v4.1 on Azure Files, and the new AZ-305 exam.

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Episode 256–Conditional Access All The Things? from 2021-11-18T13:00:26

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. SponsorsShareGate - ShareGate's industry-leading ...

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Episode 255–What’s new in Microsoft Teams and Azure IaaS Day! from 2021-11-11T13:00:39

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 w...

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Episode 254–Looping into Microsoft Ignite from 2021-11-04T12:00:43

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. SponsorsShareGate - ShareGate's ind...

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Episode 253–There is no“Easy”button for BCDR in the cloud from 2021-10-28T12:00:36

In Episode 253, Ben and Scott take a detour and talk about considerations for backup and disaster recovery in Azure. SponsorsShareGate - ShareGate's industry-leading products help IT professionals ...

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Episode 252–Troubleshooting Azure VMs with VM Inspector from 2021-10-21T12:00:36

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, a...

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Episode 251–Sometimes Upgrades Aren’t Easy from 2021-10-14T12:00:24

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. SponsorsShareGate - ShareGate's industry-leadi...

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Episode 250–When Unlimited Isn’t Really Unlimited from 2021-10-07T12:00:32

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 Powe...

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Episode 249–AKS Scale-down and the AKS run command from 2021-09-30T12:00:26

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. SponsorsSh...

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Episode 248–Let’s Go Passwordless! from 2021-09-23T12:00:19

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...

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Episode 247–Upgrading Your Remote Call Quality (Gear Talk) from 2021-09-16T12:00:53

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. SponsorsShareGate - ShareGate's industry-l...

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Episode 246–Squirrels and Azure AD from 2021-09-09T12:00:12

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 the...

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Episode 245–When Good Viva Topics Go Bad from 2021-09-02T12:00:14

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 R...

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Episode 244–Azure Updates and Microsoft 365 Price Increase from 2021-08-26T12:00:07

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 ...

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Episode 243–Windows 365 Follow Up from 2021-08-19T12:00:18

In Episode 243, Scott listens as Ben dives into his experience with the initial setup and deployment of Windows 365 desktop. SponsorsShareGate - ShareGate's industry-leading products help IT profes...

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Episode 242–Microsoft Teams apps ecosystem with Rima Reyes from 2021-08-12T12:00:15

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 custom...

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Episode 241–Azure News and Updates from 2021-08-05T12:00:49

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 short...

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Episode 240–SharePoint Server…Subscription Edition from 2021-07-29T12:00:50

In Episode 240, Scott tricks Ben into talking about the latest version of SharePoint Server (SharePoint Server Subscription Edition) that was announced this week. SponsorsShareGate - ShareGate's in...

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Episode 239–Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop from 2021-07-22T12:00:43

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....

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Episode 238–Microsoft Teams Governance with Michal Pisarek from 2021-07-15T13:00:44

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 sam...

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Episode 237–AzCopy Tips and Tricks from 2021-07-08T12:00:48

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. SponsorsSpot by NetApp – The cloud aut...

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Episode 236–YubiKeys and New DCs from 2021-07-01T12:00:48

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...

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Episode 235–Cortana, schedule a podcast from 2021-06-24T12:00:01

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 Excha...

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Episode 234–Microsoft 365 Defender with Chris Givens from 2021-06-17T12:00:42

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. SponsorsSperry Software – Powerful Outloo...

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Episode 233–JSON, JSON, JSON (Template Specs and the Graph PowerShell SDK) from 2021-06-10T12:00:21

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 ...

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Episode 232–Catching Up On Microsoft Build from 2021-06-03T12:00:15

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. SponsorsSperry ...

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Episode 231–Let’s Talk About Calendaring Today from 2021-05-27T12:00:19

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 d...

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Episode 230–Considerations for Monitoring in Azure (and The Cloud™️) from 2021-05-20T12:00:53

In Episode 230, Ben and Scott discuss considerations for monitoring your workloads in the Microsoft cloud, including Azure and Microsoft 365. SponsorsSperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins deve...

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Episode 229–IT Roadmap from 2021-05-13T12:00:19

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. SponsorsSperry Software – Powerfu...

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Episode 228–Good Exchange Migration Gone Bad from 2021-05-06T12:00:07

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 th...

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Episode 227–Scott Got Hacked from 2021-04-29T12:00:38

In Episode 227, Ben listens as Scott vents about his Q-NAP NAS was attacked with ransomware and some things you can think about doing to have a better posture for configuring and securing your NAS....

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Episode 226–Azure Storage Updates, Automated STIG Compliance, and PowerShell SecretManagement from 2021-04-22T12:00:13

In Episode 226, Ben and Scott talk through some of the latest Azure news, including the preview release of STIG VM deployments in the public cloud and GCC, 200TB 🤯. blobs in Azure storage, Azure S...

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Episode 225–WVD start on connect and Azure Cloud Services (extended support) from 2021-04-15T12:00:41

In Episode 225, Ben and Scott spend 30 minutes talking about several preview features available to Azure subscribers - WVD start on connect and Azure Cloud Services (extended support). SponsorsSper...

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Episode 224–Windows Hello for Business, Passwordless Authentication, and CMMC from 2021-04-08T12:00:22

In Episode 224, Ben and Scott go down a rabbit hole to explore Windows Hello for Business and passwordless authentication options in Windows. They also talk about how these features can be used to ...

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Episode 223–State of Microsoft 365: Migration, Modernization, and Security in 2021 from 2021-04-01T12:00:03

In Episode 223, Ben and Scott sit down with Laurent St-Pierre from ShareGate to discuss the release of their report State of Microsoft 365: Migration, Modernization, and Security in 2021. You can l...

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Episode 222–Azure AD Gets Glitterbombed from 2021-03-25T12:00:22

In Episode 222, Ben and Scott talk about considerations for upping your presentation game with a teleprompter and Teams and then spend some time talking through the latest Azure Active Directory ou...

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Episode 221–Azure Routing Preference and Trusted launch from 2021-03-18T12:00:22

In Episode 221, Ben and Scott talk about Ben's new M1 Mac Mini, the general availability of Routing Preference, and the introduction of Azure Trusted launch which brings support for vTPMs, trusted ...

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Episode 220–All Your Meetings Are In VR Now from 2021-03-11T13:00:05

In Episode 220, Ben and Scott talk through follow-up post-Microsoft Ignite, some ways you can track changes to the governance plane of Azure using AzAdvertizer, and a new tool for tracking document...

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Episode 219–Microsoft Ignite Spring 2021 Updates from 2021-03-04T13:00:57

In Episode 219, Ben and Scott discuss the announcements and news from Microsoft's Spring Ignite event for Microsoft 365 and Azure. SponsorsSperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to ma...

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Episode 218–Join The Club[house] from 2021-02-25T13:00:35

In Episode 218, Ben and Scott talk about opportunities to interact directly with Microsoft Teams engineering, changes to the timeline for the switchover from Stream to OneDrive and SharePoint for r...

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Episode 217–There’s A New Azure Region In Town from 2021-02-18T13:00:45

In Episode 217, Ben and Scott talk about the new regions coming to Azure in the United States, service availability by region and the availability of Availability Zones in US South Central, and imp...

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Episode 216–All The Hybrid Things from 2021-02-11T13:00:53

In Episode 216, Ben and Scott talk through the latest news and events, including the announcement of Microsoft Viva, an overview of the IT Ops Talk All Things Hybrid event, and improvements coming ...

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Episode 215–Talk To The Puck from 2021-02-04T13:00:40

In Episode 215, Ben and Scott discuss preview features coming to Azure Storage for configuring resource-specific instance access through the service level firewall. After that, it is on to Logic Ap...

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Episode 214 - Dueling Backgrounds in Planner Plans Episode 214–Dueling Backgrounds in Planner Plans from 2021-01-28T13:00:35

In Episode 214, Ben and Scott highlight some resources to help you administer your Microsoft 365 tenant, a new set of videos for ISVs to learn more about Azure Governance, and the release of the Mi...

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Episode 213–Canvas Apps Source Code and New Power Automate Connectors from 2021-01-21T13:00:13

In Episode 213, Ben and Scott discuss some preview capabilities which are available to let you unpack your Canvas apps in PowerApps and make changes outside of Power Apps Studio, new connectors for...

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Episode 212–Why Is Moving Files Between SharePoint Sites So Inconsistent? from 2021-01-14T13:00:36

In Episode 212, Ben and Scott discuss an issue Ben has been having with moving files between SharePoint sites as well as some of the SharePoint limits when it comes to moving these fields.

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Episode 211–What-If for ARM Templates and Microsoft 365 Sensitivity Labels from 2021-01-07T13:00:31

In Episode 211, Ben and Scott kick off 2021 (we made it!) with a discussion around What-If support being GA'd for Azure Resource Manager template deployments and how to configure and manage sensiti...

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Episode 210–Microsoft Certification Renewal Updates from 2020-12-31T13:00:27

In Episode 210, Ben and Scott lament a broken Green Egg, discuss upcoming changes to the certification renewal process for Microsoft's role-based certifications, and some upcoming name changes that...

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Episode 209–There Is Still News In December from 2020-12-24T13:00:08

In Episode 209, Ben and Scott talk about some of the announcements from December for Microsoft Authenticator and Azure storage. SponsorsSperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make ...

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Episode 208–SharePoint Syntex Form Processing from 2020-12-17T13:00:36

In Episode 208, Ben and Scott continue their conversation on SharePoint Syntex and discuss"form processing", how it contrasts to"document understanding", and leverages Power Automate and AI Builder...

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Episode 207–What Is SharePoint Syntex? from 2020-12-10T13:00:20

In Episode 207, Ben and Scott start digging into SharePoint Syntex by exploring “document understanding” capabilities of the service. SponsorsSperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed ...

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Episode 206–I’m Looking To Slim My Wallet Down from 2020-12-03T13:00:44

In Episode 206, Ben and Scott take a break from admin portals and PowerShell and dive into some of the gadgets, software, and technology that they've found helpful over the course of the last year....

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Episode 205–Help! I’m Not Getting Any Emails! from 2020-11-26T13:00:11

Today, Ben listens as Scott retells the story of how he got stepped on by a horse and then they both talk about how Exchange Online Outgoing Spam can block your externally forwarded emails.

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Episode 204–I’ve Never Heard It Referred To As The EEEU… from 2020-11-19T13:00:44

In Episode 204, Ben and Scott discuss the retirement timeline for Microsoft Edge Legacy and some things to be aware of with support for IE11, permission resets that might or might not be coming to ...

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Episode 203–A Conversation About Conversations in Microsoft Lists from 2020-11-12T13:00:10

In Episode 203, Ben and Scott walk through conversations for Microsoft Lists list items in Microsoft Teams, a new site to help you not have to remember the multitude of URLs for all of the admin ce...

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Episode 202–Mcbroken from 2020-11-05T13:00:44

In Episode 202, Ben and Scott talk about how you can finally track in real-time if the ice cream machine at your local McDonalds is working, another option for how you can view and rationalize your...

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Episode 201–Planning Tasks in ToDo with Planner in Teams with My Tasks from 2020-10-29T12:00:57

In Episode 201, Ben and Scott talk through the release of the My Tasks app in Microsoft Teams and some new features coming to the Microsoft 365 Apps Admin Center. SponsorsShareGate - ShareGate's in...

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Episode 200–The One About Mailboxes from 2020-10-22T12:00:39

In Episode 200, Ben and Scott talk about actions you can take to save the contents of your Site Mailboxes (remember those things?!?) if you still have them, a new cross-tenant mailbox migration ser...

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Episode 199–Azure AD, SDP, and Outages, Oh My! from 2020-10-15T12:50:11

In Episode 199, Ben and Scott talk through the latest outage for Azure and the RCA that was released for the event, Microsoft 365 Lighthouse, and some of the latest premium connectors released for ...

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Episode 198–Ignoucement Burnout from 2020-10-08T12:00:37

In Episode 198, Ben and Scott follow up on announcements from Microsoft Ignite, including Azure Resource Mover and SharePoint Syntex. SponsorsSperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed ...

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Episode 197–Surface Duo with Dan Patrick from 2020-10-01T12:00:05

In Episode 197, Ben and Scott hop on a call with Dan Patrick (@deltadan) from Solliance to discuss the Surface Duo and where it sits in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem as a productivity device. YouTub...

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Episode 196–Microsoft Ignite 2020 Ignouncements from 2020-09-24T12:00:52

In Episode 196, Ben and Scott talk about the announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2020 that impact Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Stream, Microsoft Seach, and Azure. SponsorsSperry Softw...

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Episode 195–New Conversation Button in Microsoft Teams?!? from 2020-09-17T12:00:18

In Episode 195, Ben and Scott talk about the"Conversation Button"that has (finally) come to Microsoft Teams and some things to think about in the lead up to Microsoft Ignite. SponsorsSperry Softwar...

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Episode 194–Microsoft Lists GAs in Microsoft Teams from 2020-09-10T01:40:42

In Episode 194, Ben and Scott dive into the recent announcement of the GA of Microsoft Lists in Microsoft Teams.TranscriptEmailDownloadNew Tab- Welcome to episode 194 of the Microsoft cloud It pro ...

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Episode 193–Organize All The Things With Project Moca from 2020-09-03T12:00:16

In Episode 193, Ben and Scott talk about how to protect your organization with Exchange Online transport rules and prevent the forwarding of messages from other applications like Power Automate. Th...

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Episode 192–SkyNet Is Real from 2020-08-27T12:00:07

In Episode 192, Ben and Scott talk about the deprecation of Internet Explorer, the impacts of Cloud Shell being open-sourced, and a new button Microsoft Teams for starting new conversations.Transcr...

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Episode 191–Fortnite, Foldables, and Azure AD, Oh My! from 2020-08-20T12:00:57

In Episode 191, Ben and Scott get distracted and talk about how good Fortnite is when lawsuits are involved, new exciting world of foldables with the Surface Duo, and the preview of Azure AD role-a...

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Episode 190–Sometimes The Waveforms Lie from 2020-08-13T12:00:51

In Episode 190, Ben and Scott talk about the difficulties of naming human genes when Excel gets in the way, improvements coming to the automatic cleanup of deployment history within Azure Resource ...

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Episode 189–Teams Client Updates from 2020-08-06T12:00:55

In Episode 189, Ben and Scott discuss some of the enhancements to the Microsoft Teams client on desktop and mobile with the public rollout of pop out meetings and chats as well as the Tasks app in ...

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Episode 188–Are You Inspired Yet? from 2020-07-30T12:00:16

In Episode 188, Ben and Scott discuss some of the latest announcements from Microsoft Inspire, including NFS support of Azure Blob Storage, the GA of Microsoft Lists, and the announcement of Micros...

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Episode 187–AAD Alternate Login ID and Sensitive by Default in SharePoint from 2020-07-23T12:00:18

In Episode 187, Ben and Scott discuss the newly announced preview for alternate login IDs in Azure Active Directory, enabling"sensitive by default"labels with DLP in SharePoint Online, and the GA o...

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Episode 186–Azure Synapse, Cognitive Search, and Forms Recognizer from 2020-07-16T12:00:53

In Episode 186, Ben and Scott talk through several scenarios around the use of Azure Synapse, Forms Recognizer, and Azure Cognitive Search.TranscriptEmailDownloadNew Tab- Welcome to Episode 186 of ...

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Episode 185–Microsoft Teams for Personal Life from 2020-07-09T12:00:29

In Episode 185, Ben and Scott discuss the new features that are coming to Microsoft Teams for personal accounts including group chats and task management.TranscriptEmailDownloadNew Tab- Welcome to ...

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Episode 184–OneDrive for Business Shortcuts from 2020-07-02T12:00:20

In Episode 184, Ben and Scott get into Scott's inability to dive headfirst into iOS 14 and some of the announcements from WWDC and then discuss some new functionality coming to OneDrive for Busines...

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Episode 183–Microsoft 365 Network Monitoring Goodness from 2020-06-25T12:00:50

In Episode 183, Ben and Scott go through some of the recent announcements for network performance recommendations and the general availability of Azure Files AD DS authentication.TranscriptEmailDow...

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Episode 182–Hands-On Kubernetes on Azure with Nills Franssens from 2020-06-18T12:00:08

In Episode 182, Ben and Scott sit down with Nills Franssens, a Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft to talk about his new Kubernetes book,"Hands-On Kubernetes on Azure".TranscriptEmailDownl...

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Episode 181–Deep[er] Dive on Azure Sentinel from 2020-06-11T12:00:03

In Episode 181, Ben and Scott go deeper into Azure Sentinel, discussing considerations for the design and segmentation of your Sentinel workspaces.TranscriptEmailDownloadNew Tab- [Ben]Welcome to ep...

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Episode 180–JSON All The Things! from 2020-06-04T12:00:15

In Episode 180, Ben and Scott talk through a recent experience Scott had when working with service principals in Azure AD for use with Azure Kubernetes Service. They also get into some of the fun t...

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Episode 179–Azure Static Web Apps != Azure Static Websites from 2020-05-28T12:00:31

In Episode 179, Ben and Scott discuss some of their favorite announcements from Microsoft Build 2020 including Azure Static Web Apps, Microsoft Lists, improvements to Teams, and more!TranscriptEmai...

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Episode 178–Securing remote work using M365 from 2020-05-21T12:00:39

In Episode 178, Ben and Scott dive into what you should think about when securing Microsoft 365 at a high level and run down the areas you'll want to focus on first.TranscriptEmailDownloadNew Tab- ...

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Episode 177–Friends Should Let Friends Buy Microsoft 365 Business Premium from 2020-05-14T12:00:33

In Episode 177, Ben and Scott break down the changes in Microsoft 365 Business Premium and how it compares against Office 365 Enterprise Plans including the Office 365 E3.TranscriptEmailDownloadNew...

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Episode 176–April Showers Bring May Microsoft 365 Updates from 2020-05-07T12:00:28

In Episode 176, Ben and Scott dive into the April announcements around feature updates to Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Threat Protection, and Azure Active Directory.TranscriptEmailDownloadNew Tab- We...

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Episode 175–File Shares for Clients in the Cloud with Azure Files from 2020-04-30T12:00:48

In Episode 175, Ben and Scott talk about using Azure Files as a remote file share in the cloud for client devices and the things you'll want to think about to get everything up and running.Transcri...

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Episode 174–Azure Web App for Containers from 2020-04-23T12:00:39

In Episode 174, Ben and Scott dive into Azure App Service for Linux and Azure Web App for Containers as a hosting option for microservices and more.TranscriptEmailDownloadNew Tab- [Ben] Welcome to ...

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Episode 173–Zoom, Teams, and Slack, Oh My! from 2020-04-16T12:00:35

In Episode 173, Ben and Scott talk about their experiences with online meeting platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Slack as all of us continue to cope with remote work.TranscriptEmailDownl...

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Episode 172–Office 365 for Small and Medium Business Rebranding from 2020-04-09T12:00:20

In Episode 172, Ben and Scott break down some announced changes around the rebranding of several Office 365 for Business SKUs to Microsoft 365.Sponsors ShareGate – ShareGate’s industry-leading p...

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Episode 171–Working from home with Sarah Lean from 2020-04-02T12:00:59

In Episode 171, Ben and Scott are joined by Sarah Lean, Microsoft Cloud Advocate, to talk about working from home and some ways to adapt to remote presentations. SponsorsSperry Software – Powerful ...

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Episode 170–Azure Resource Manager All The Things! from 2020-03-26T12:00:06

In Episode 170, Ben and Scott are joined by Alex Neihaus to talk about Azure Resource Manager Templates, PowerShell, and the Azure CLI. SponsorsShareGate - ShareGate's industry-leading products hel...

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Episode 169–Working From Home from 2020-03-19T12:00:32

In Episode 169, Ben and Scott take a break from the cloud and talk about the current situation with COVID-19 and how it's impacting many of us with work from home policies that have been put in pla...

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Episode 168–Live from Collab365 GlobalCon1! from 2020-03-12T12:00:52

In Episode 168, Ben and Scott come to you live from Collab365 GlobalCon1 (well, really the comfort of their homes) and talk about Universal Print coming to Azure, the announcement that org-wide tea...

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Episode 167–Azure Certification Updates! from 2020-03-05T13:00:26

In Episode 167, Ben and Scott discuss some updates that allow you to deploy resources in Azure to scopes above a resource group and then break down some big changes coming to the Azure certificatio...

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Episode 166–Gear and Tech from 2020-02-27T13:00:26

In Episode 166, Ben and Scott take a break from talking about the cloud and get into some of the gear and software they've picked up over the last few months. SponsorsShareGate – ShareGate’s indust...

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Episode 165–Power Virtual Agents from 2020-02-20T13:00:48

In Episode 165, Ben and Scott run through Power Virtual Agents, a feature of Power Platform that allows you to create and manage"no-code"(or to be more realistic -"low-code") bots. SponsorsShareGat...

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Episode 164–Certificates are hard from 2020-02-13T13:00:18

In Episode 164, Ben and Scott dive in and discuss some new features that are coming to the Office 365 Admin Center and Azure Lighthouse that are going to make your life easier if you manage more th...

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Episode 163–So…what is Power Platform? from 2020-02-06T13:00:12

In Episode 163, Ben and Scott dive in Power Platform and the PL-900 Power Platform Fundamentals exam. Along the way, they discuss what makes up Power Platform and how you can approach learning abou...

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Episode 162–Bing, Office 365 ProPlus, and Microsoft Search–Oh My! from 2020-01-29T13:00:43

In Episode 162, Ben and Scott discuss one of the latest bad moves out of Redmond - forcefully installing the Microsoft Search in Bing extension in Google Chrome. SponsorsSkill Me Up – Only Skill Me...

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Episode 161–Office 365 News from 2020-01-23T13:00:06

In Episode 161, Ben and Scott discuss the updated timeline for the migration from Office 365 to Microsoft Stream and some new functionality coming to Office 365 and Outlook on the web that will mak...

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Episode 160–Office Cloud Policy Service from 2020-01-16T13:00:14

In Episode 160, Ben and Scott dive into the Office Cloud Policy Service, part of the Office Admin Center and talk through how to manage the user configuration for your Office clients all in the clo...

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Episode 159–Azure Spot VMs and Azure AD Cloud Provisioning from 2020-01-09T13:00:20

In Episode 159, Ben and Scott kick off 2020 with a discussion about the deprecation of Low Priority VMs in Azure and the introduction of Spot VMs and then they talk about a new feature available in...

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Episode 158–What are security defaults? from 2020-01-02T13:00:25

In Episode 158, Ben and Scott dive into a change that is going to impact all Microsoft Partners and their security posture in Azure Active Directory. SponsorsShareGate – ShareGate’s industry-leadin...

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Episode 157–The“why”of Microsoft cloud services? from 2019-12-26T13:00:24

In Episode 157, Ben and Scott go sideways and talk about Microsoft's approach to documenting not only the How but the Why of services and products that they release and how customers can obtain ope...

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Episode 156–Microsoft Teams Problems! from 2019-12-19T13:00:06

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 licens...

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Episode 155–Microsoft 365 Tenant Level Services from 2019-12-12T13:13:31

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 deploym...

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Episode 154–Azure AD Security with Ramiro Calderon and Stefan van der Wiele from 2019-12-05T13:00:17

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 ta...

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Episode 153–Crafting the Story for Microsoft 365 with Stephen Rose from 2019-11-28T13:00:42

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 produc...

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Episode 152–Using Azure DevOps to Automate Azure Deployments with Steven Murawski from 2019-11-21T13:00:46

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 infrastructu...

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Episode 151–Microsoft Information Protection with Gagan Gulati and Adam Hall from 2019-11-14T13:00:32

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 informat...

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Episode 150–Azure Quantum with Julie Love from 2019-11-07T13:00:32

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...

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Episode 149–The End Of Acronym Soup (aka Unified Labels) from 2019-10-31T12:00:41

In Episode 149, Ben and Scott wrap up their whirlwind tour of AIP with Unified Labels. SponsorsShareGate – ShareGate’s industry-leading products help IT professionals worldwide migrate their busine...

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Episode 148–Power Platform Self-Service from 2019-10-24T12:00:23

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 co...

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Episode 147–All Things Microsoft Ignite with Anna Chu from 2019-10-17T12:00:26

In Episode 147, Ben and Scott have a chat with Anna Chu, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft for the Microsoft Tech Community where they discuss Microsoft Ignite 2019 and all of the excit...

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Episode 146–Azure Resource Manager Templates from 2019-10-10T12:00:02

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!)...

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Episode 145–You Thought We Were Done With Acronym Soup? from 2019-10-03T12:00:12

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, sensitivit...

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Episode 144–Acronym Soup with RMS, AIP, ATP, and ATA from 2019-09-26T12:00:29

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

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Episode 143–Adoption Change Management for Microsoft 365 with David Callaghan from 2019-09-19T12:00:26

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.

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Episode 142–Windows Server 2008 (R2) End of Support from 2019-09-12T12:00:10

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.

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Episode 141–Microsoft Cloud News–Hurricane Dorian Edition from 2019-09-05T12:00:45

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 announc...

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Episode 140–Preparing For The End Of Skype For Business from 2019-08-29T12:00:32

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

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Episode 139–Azure Migrate v2 from 2019-08-22T12:00:37

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 migrati...

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Episode 138–Slaying PowerShell Dragons from 2019-08-15T12:00:14

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 ann...

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Episode 137–Azure and Office 365 News from 2019-08-08T12:00:40

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 Priv...

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Episode 136–Azure SQL Managed Instance from 2019-08-01T12:00:07

Ben and Scott go through some of the high-level features of Azure SQL Managed Instance.

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Episode 135–Speaking at Microsoft Ignite! with Anna Chu from 2019-07-25T12:00:11

A chat with Anna Chu discussing what is involved with becoming a speaker at Microsoft Ignite 2019.

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Episode 134–Change Is Afoot For Microsoft Partners from 2019-07-18T12:00:29

Ben and Scott discuss some of the upcoming changes to the Microsoft Partner program.

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Episode 133–We Still Have All Of Our Fingers from 2019-07-11T12:00:41

Tips and tricks for Azure Active Directory Conditional Access, a new"jump box"service from Microsoft for Azure-hosted virtual machines called Azure Bastion, and improvements coming to OneDrive cons...

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Episode 132–Why Friends Don’t Let Friends Buy Office 365 Business from 2019-07-04T12:00:37

Why friends shouldn't let friends buy Office 365 Business plans by comparing Office 365 Business Premium to Office 365 Enterprise E3.

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Episode 131–Microsoft Teams Governance (Part 2) from 2019-06-27T12:00:28

Episode 131 is part 2 of their conversation from last week on Microsoft Teams governance.

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Episode 130–Microsoft Teams Governance from 2019-06-20T12:00:03

A session Ben Stegink delivered at the Microsoft Teams Virtual Summit on Microsoft Teams governance.

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Episode 129–The Latest and Greatest in Azure and Office 365 from 2019-06-13T12:00:33

Ben and Scott talk about the ability to login to your Linux virtual machines in Azure with Azure AD.

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Episode 128–Automating SharePoint Online with Flow, PowerShell, and Azure from 2019-06-06T12:00:12

Episode 128 dives into Microsoft Flow, Azure Logic Apps, and Azure Automation. The hosts discuss how you can integrate all of these tools to build rich Office 365 automation solutions.

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Episode 127–SharePoint Conference 2019 Announcements from 2019-05-30T12:00:01

The latest announcements from SharePoint Conference 2019.

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Episode 126–Privileged Accounts In Azure AD The Right Way from 2019-05-23T12:00:12

How to handle privileged accounts in Azure Active Directory and its associated workloads such as Office 365.

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Episode 125–Right Back Where We Started //BUILD 2019 from 2019-05-16T12:00:48

The pre and post-//BUILD 2019 announcements.

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Episode 124–Everything Came Back Up from 2019-05-09T12:00:51

A discussion about the latest outage to hit Microsoft cloud services like Azure and Office 365 and then get into the announced retirement of the US Gov Iowa region for GCC customers.

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Episode 123–SharePoint admin center updates and Office 365 Cloud Policy Service from 2019-05-02T12:00:21

The latest news around Azure and Office 365, including updates to the SharePoint Online Admin Center and the Office cloud policy service.

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Episode 122–Saving Money on Compute in Azure from 2019-04-25T12:00:47

In Episode 122, Ben and Scott talk about strategies for saving money on virtual machines in Azure by stopping them when they’re not needed, right-sizing your workloads, and techniques for horizonta...

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Episode 121–Moving at the Speed of the Cloud from 2019-04-18T12:00:07

In Episode 121, Ben and Scott walk through some of the latest announcements for Azure Storage and Azure AD. SponsorsMover.io - Scan, Plan, Migrate, Report. Migrations that don’t suck - with Mover! ...

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Episode 120–All Of The Portals from 2019-04-11T12:00:03

Ben and Scott dive into some of the latest announcements around Teams and Kaizala.

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Episode 119–Technology Is Easy from 2019-04-04T12:00:51

Ben and Scott dive into consulting in the cloud.

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Episode 118–Lots Of News from 2019-03-28T12:00:58

Ben and Scott dive into the slew of announcements from the last week, including upcoming changes to Microsoft Defender, Windows Virtual Desktop in Azure, and updates for Microsoft Teams.

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Episode 117–Azure Enterprise Scaffold from 2019-03-21T12:00:22

Ben and Scott dive into a set of listener questions about Azure subscription and resource governance.

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Episode 116–Azure Sentinel from 2019-03-14T12:00:25

Ben and Scott dive into Azure Sentinel, a new cloud-native, security information event management (SIEM) and security orchestration automated response (SOAR) solution from Microsoft.

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Episode 115–That’s One Way To Kill Your Own Product from 2019-03-07T16:00:47

Ben and Scott start their day trying to understand the psychology of Microsoft and their latest marketing efforts for Office on the desktop and then they discuss the recent outages in Microsoft Tea...

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Episode 114–Answering“Why Cloud?”with Sarah Lean from 2019-02-28T13:00:56

Ben and Scott have a chat with Sarah Lean, a Cloud Solution Architect from Microsoft about why you should be looking at the cloud and how to govern your Azure environments.

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Episode 113–Megatastic from 2019-02-21T13:00:55

Ben and Scott dive into the latest Office 365 and SharePoint Online updates, including access to mega menus in Hub sites and new options for footers in Communication sites, new options for security...

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Episode 112–Azure Front Door (aka Having Honey With Your Pizza) from 2019-02-14T13:00:15

Scott and Ben talk all things Azure Front Door, a Layer 7 service which can be used to optimize web applications for best performance, instant global failover, and application layer security.

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Episode 111–Calling in the Cloud from 2019-02-07T13:00:03

Ben schools Scott on calling in the cloud, including options for inter-org communication, chat, voice, and other traditional phone features that are available in Office 365.

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Episode 110–Cloud Concepts from 2019-01-31T13:00:25

In Episode 110, Ben and Scott start having a discussion about new Azure Fundamentals exam from Microsoft and how it focuses on core concepts of the cloud. In this episode, they get started at the b...

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Episode 109–Fitness Trackers for Work from 2019-01-24T13:00:56

Ben and Scott talk about some of the recent updates to MyAnalytics and the availability of the analytics suite being expanded outside of Office 365 E5 SKUs. They also get into some announcements ar...

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Episode 108–Backup and Recovery in Office 365 from 2019-01-17T13:00:04

Scott and Matthew McDermott discuss how you can rationalize data backup and recovery features that are native to the Office 365 platform from both an admin (operations) and end-user perspective.

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Episode 107–What’s New in Office 365 from 2019-01-10T13:00:44

Ben and Scott discuss what's new in Office 365, including the re-introduction of custom tags on OneNote, new voice features and admin roles in Microsoft Teams, and a slew of updates to SharePoint w...

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Episode 106–History of OneDrive from 2019-01-03T13:00:40

In Episode 106, Ben sits down with Jason Moore, Head of OneDrive Product, Partner Group Program Manager at Microsoft and Stephen Rose Sr Product Marketing Manager- OneDrive at Live! 360 Orlando. Th...

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Episode 105–From AzureRm to Az in Azure PowerShell from 2018-12-27T13:00:37

In Episode 105, Ben and Scott get into the news around the latest release of Azure PowerShell and the transition from AzureRm to Az and the impacts it has on existing PowerShell-based automation fo...

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Episode 104–SharePoint Teams with Mark Kashman from 2018-12-20T13:00:43

Scott sits down with Mark Kashman to talk about SharePoint team sites, Microsoft Teams, and how you can approach the lifecycle of collaborative content

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Episode 103–Enterprise Mobility with Simon Binder from 2018-12-13T13:00:10

In Episode 103, Scott sits down with Simon Binder from the Knee Deep in Tech podcast to talk about Enterprise Mobility. They discuss device management, mobile application management, and how to man...

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Episode 102–Azure AD Goes Down (Again?) from 2018-12-06T13:00:50

In Episode 102, Ben and Scott discuss what’s been happening with Azure AD MFA and how to have fun with nested virtualization in Azure. SponsorsMover.io - Scan, Plan, Migrate, Report. Migrations tha...

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Episode 101–Excited About Office 365 with Jason Himmelstein from 2018-11-29T13:00:33

In Episode 101, Scott sits down at Microsoft Ignite with Jason Himmelstein from the BIFOCAL podcast. They talk about some of the hidden gems in the SharePoint keynote and some of the exciting end-u...

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Episode 100–SHAZAM! from 2018-11-22T13:00:57

In Episode 100, Ben and Scott discuss some of the most recent happenings in Office 365 including the GA of group-based licensing and the"worldwide"release of Microsoft Kaizala, and how to track tas...

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Episode 99–Office 365 PowerShell with Vlad Catrinescu from 2018-11-20T13:00:55

In Episode 99, Scott sits down with Vlad Catrinescu from Valo Intranet to talk about interacting with Office 365 from PowerShell - Exchange Online, Skype for Business Online, SharePoint Online - an...

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Episode 98–Catching Up On Office 365 News from 2018-11-15T13:00:28

In Episode 98, Ben and Scott get into the latest Office 365 and cover the release of the Office Customization Tool, some of the new enhancements to Intune licensing, and talk about some of the late...

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Episode 97–Azure Stack with Michael Wells from 2018-11-13T13:00:54

In Episode 97, Scott sits down with Michael Wells from Dell/EMC to discuss all things Azure Stack. SponsorsMover.io - Scan, Plan, Migrate, Report. Migrations that don’t suck - with Mover! Office3...

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Episode 96–SharePoint Announcements and Listener Questions from 2018-11-08T13:00:32

In Episode 96, Ben and Scott respond to a listener question around discoverability of documents hosted in Office 365 on mobile devices and dive into the latest announcements for SharePoint Online a...

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Episode 95–SharePoint Announcements from Ignite with Joanne Klein from 2018-11-06T13:00:55

In Episode 95, Scott sits down with Joanne Klein from NexNovus to talk about the latest announcements for content services and ECM in SharePoint Online and Office 365. SponsorsMover.io - Scan, Plan...

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Episode 94–Get Microsoft Cloud Certified from 2018-11-01T12:00:41

In Episode 94, Ben and Scott talk about the latest Azure and Microsoft 365 certifications and what it means to you if you're getting started today or transitioning an existing certification. Sponso...

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Episode 93–Office 365 Backup and Recovery with Daivat Dholakia from 2018-10-30T12:00:25

In Episode 93, Ben sits down with Daivat Dholakia, Director of Products at Spanning. They have a discussion around Office 365 backup and recovery, starting with what Office 365 does for you and whe...

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Episode 92–“Modern”Intranets with Adam Levithan from 2018-10-25T12:00:25

In Episode 92, Scott sits down with Adam Levithan from Withum Digital to talk all things modern SharePoint - Intranets, Hub Sites, Communication Sites, and how to inflict value on your users. Spons...

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Episode 91–Azure Virtual WAN with Sony Kogin from 2018-10-18T12:00:51

In Episode 91, Scott sits down at Ignite with Sony Kogin from Citrix to talk about Azure Virtual WAN, Azure Front Door, and how to think about implementing network controls for end-user experience ...

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Episode 90–Power BI and Data Democratization with Alexander Arvidsson from 2018-10-16T12:00:58

In Episode 90, Scott sits down with Alexander Arvidsson from the Knee Deep in Tech podcast to talk about Power BI and how you can approach designing and sharing data within Office 365. SponsorsMove...

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Episode 89–Azure Migrate with Jeremy Winter from 2018-10-11T12:00:23

In Episode 89, Scott sits down with Jeremy Winter, Director of Azure Management, to talk about Azure Migrate and how to approach the migration lifecycle of Assess, Migrate, Optimize, Secure, and Ma...

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Episode 88–Advanced Data Governance with Erica Toelle from 2018-10-09T12:00:08

In Episode 88, Scott sits down with Erica Toelle from RecordPoint where they discuss labeling and classification in Office 365, applying retention, and what to look for as you implement data govern...

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Episode 87–The Business of Azure Blockchain with Paul Swider from 2018-10-04T12:00

In Episode 87, Scott sits down for a cup of coffee with Paul Swider. They discuss the business case for blockchain, including use cases and Paul's work with healthcare institutions as well as how t...

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Episode 86–What Microsoft 365 Admins Need to Know about Azure (Live from Microsoft Ignite) from 2018-09-29T12:00:01

In Episode 86, Ben and Scott come to you live from Microsoft Ignite in Orlando (or via the magic of delayed time travel up to a week later). In this episode, they discuss some of the new features t...

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Episode 85–Ignite Stories with Sean Bugler from 2018-09-27T12:00:58

In Episode 85, Ben sits down to talk with Sean Bugler to talk about how Office 365 has been rolled out in a GCC tenant, including the trials and tribulations of maintaining an Office 365 tenant and...

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Episode 84–Ignite 2018 Announcements! from 2018-09-24T14:00:14

In Episode 84, Ben and Scott talk about the latest announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2018. There are so many things we could talk about, but we've focused on Office 365, the Microsoft security st...

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Episode 83–Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches with Iain Foulds from 2018-09-20T12:00:13

In Episode 83, Ben and Scott talk with Iain Foulds about his new book, Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches and how it can help those that are just getting started with Azure or the cloud get up to sp...

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Episode 82–Microsoft Teams with Karuana Gatimu from 2018-09-13T12:00:41

In Episode 82, Ben and Scott are joined by Karuana Gatimu, Principal PM Manager in the Insights and Outreach team in Microsoft Engineering, where they discuss the latest happenings with Microsoft T...

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Episode 81–Microsoft Intune and Mobile Device Management from 2018-09-06T12:00:27

In Episode 81, Ben and Scott dive into Microsoft Intune and mobile device management (MDM). Also, we'll be at Ignite, so don't forget to come by and say"Hi!". SponsorsMover.io - Scan, Plan, Migrat...

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Episode 80–Hybrid Azure Active Directory Join from 2018-08-30T12:00:22

Today we dive into a listener question from Steve about EMS, Hybrid Azure AD joined devices and other fun topics around joining devices to Azure AD/Office 365. SponsorsMover.io - Scan, Plan, Migra...

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Episode 79–Azure Application Gateway from 2018-08-23T12:00:33

In Episode 79, Ben and Scott get Azure Application Gateway - a layer 7 load-balancer offering from Microsoft. SponsorsMover.io - Scan, Plan, Migrate, Report. Migrations that don’t suck - with Move...

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Episode 78–Azure Firewall and Azure Virtual WAN from 2018-08-16T12:00:52

In Episode 78, Ben and Scott talk about two exciting new Azure offerings - Azure Virtual WAN and Azure Firewall.Sponsors Mover.io - Scan, Plan, Migrate, Report. Migrations that don’t suck - with...

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Episode 77–Catching up on SharePoint and Office 365 from 2018-08-09T12:00

In Episode 77, Ben and Scott run down some of the latest announcements for SharePoint Online and Office 365. SponsorsMover.io – Scan, Plan, Migrate, Report. Migrations that don’t suck – with Mover...

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Episode 76–All the 2019 Previews! from 2018-08-02T12:00:18

In Episode 76, Ben and Scott run through the latest announcements for SharePoint 2019, Skype for Business 2019, and Exchange 2019. SponsorsMover.io - Scan, Plan, Migrate, Report. Migrations that d...

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Episode 75–Securing Office 365 (Part 2) from 2018-07-26T12:00:46

In Episode 75, Ben and Scott continue the conversation on Office 365 security, celebrate the reappearance of the Office 365 Service Descriptions. SponsorsOffice365AdminPortal.com - Providing admin...

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Episode 74–Securing Office 365 (Part 1) from 2018-07-19T12:00:31

In Episode 74, Ben and Scott lament the disappearance of the Office 365 Service Descriptions and then dive into securing Office 365. SponsorsOffice365AdminPortal.com - Providing admins the knowled...

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Episode 73–Azure Government from 2018-07-12T12:00:45

In Episode 73, Ben and Scott talk about Azure Government - what it is, who can use it, and some of the considerations when you do. SponsorsOffice365AdminPortal.com - Providing admins the knowledge...

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Episode 72–SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business with Omar Shahine from 2018-07-05T12:00:38

In Episode 72, Ben and Scott interview Microsoft's Omar Shahine, Director of Program Management, OneDrive and SharePoint. It is an"around-the-world"tour of the program management process at Microso...

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Episode 71–Accessing Office 365 on Mobile Devices from 2018-06-28T12:00:23

In Episode 71, Ben and Scott get you off your desktop, out of your browser and discuss accessing Office 365 from a mobile device. SponsorsOffice365AdminPortal.com - Providing admins the knowledge ...

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Episode 70–Catching up on Office 365 News from 2018-06-21T12:00:44

In Episode 70, Scott and Ben crawl out of their holes to bring you the latest and greatest happenings in Office 365. SponsorsOffice365AdminPortal.com - Providing admins the knowledge and tools to ...

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Episode 69–PowerApps with Laura Rogers from 2018-06-14T12:00:12

In Episode 69, Ben sits down with Laura Rogers from IW Mentor at SharePoint Conference 2018. Laura shares her experience with SharePoint Swoop and provides insights on the PowerApps landscape. Spo...

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Episode 68–SharePoint spaces and SharePoint 2019 with Bill Baer from 2018-06-07T12:00:28

In Episode 68, Ben sits down with Bill Baer to talk about the latest announcements from SharePoint Conference 2018 and the SharePoint Virtual Summit! They touch on everything from the latest announ...

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Episode 67–The Year of the List with Adam Harmetz from 2018-05-31T12:00:04

In Episode 67, Ben and Scott are joined by Adam Harmetz where they discuss the latest updates and announcements from SharePoint Conference 2018, including SharePoint spaces, improvements to the Mod...

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Episode 66–OneDrive for Business with Stephen Rose from 2018-05-29T12:00:43

In Episode 66, Ben and Scott are joined by Stephen Rose where they discuss the latest updates and announcements from SharePoint Conference 2018, including OneDrive for Business multi-geo support, i...

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Episode 65–Live from SharePoint Conference 2018 with Mark Kashman from 2018-05-25T19:15:02

In Episode 65, Ben and Scott are joined by Mark Kashman where they discuss the latest updates and announcements from SharePoint Conference 2018. SponsorsOffice365AdminPortal.com - Providing admins...

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Episode 64–SQL, Coffee, and Rotary Phones from 2018-05-24T13:00:20

In Episode 64, Ben and Scott lost the rails, found the rails, and then fell off of them again. SponsorsOffice365AdminPortal.com - Providing admins the knowledge and tools to run Office 365 succe...

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Episode 63–Ding, Dong, Skype for Business ACP Is Dead from 2018-05-17T12:00:56

In Episode 63, Ben and Scott lament the end of life announcement for the integration of third-party audio conferencing providers (ACP) with Skype for Business.Sponsors Join Ben and Scott at Shar...

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Episode 62–Catching Up On Azure, Microsoft Teams, and SharePoint from 2018-05-10T12:00:14

In Episode 62, Ben and Scott take a walk through the latest news in the Microsoft world. SponsorsJoin Ben and Scott at SharePoint Conference North America. Register today at sharepointna.com with ...

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Episode 61–Cloud File Shares from 2018-05-03T12:00:51

In Episode 61, Scott and Ben dive into a listener question on the various options for cloud-based file shares, including SharePoint Online and Azure Files. SponsorsJoin Ben and Scott at SharePoint ...

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Episode 60–Azure Cloud Shell (or 30 Minutes About A Text Box) from 2018-04-26T12:00:16

In Episode 60, Scott and Ben spend 30 minutes talking about a magical text box that runs in the cloud - Azure Cloud Shell. SponsorsJoin Ben and Scott at SharePoint Conference North America. Regist...

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Episode 59–Azure Network Security from 2018-04-19T12:00:52

In Episode 59, Ben and Scott dive into Azure Network Security and walk through the concept of an Azure Virtual Datacenter. SponsorsJoin Ben and Scott at SharePoint Conference North America. Regist...

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Episode 58–SharePoint Conference 2018 with Bill Baer from 2018-04-12T12:00:49

In Episode 58, Scott and Ben sat down (virtually) with Bill Baer to discuss SPC18! We reminisce about past SharePoint Conference and what Microsoft is bringing back from past conference and new asp...

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Episode 57–News and Updates for Azure and Office 365 from 2018-04-05T12:00:07

In Episode 57, Scott and Ben are back with your monthly dose of cloud news. This month, it's all about Azure and Office 365, including updates to Microsoft Teams, some exciting announcements around...

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Episode 56–An Overview of Azure Security Center from 2018-03-29T12:00:42

In Episode 56, Ben learns all about Azure Security Center from Scott. Azure Security CenterAzure Security Center Pricing What is Azure Security Center?Tutorial: Define and assess security poli...

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Episode 55–Visio Online from 2018-03-22T12:00:20

In Episode 55, Ben and Scott break down Visio Online. Visio OnlineCompare Visio options Visio Online Service DescriptionVisio Online: Frequently Asked Questions Supported scenarios for insta...

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Episode 54–Microsoft 365 Government with Brian Levenson from 2018-03-15T12:00:54

In Episode 54, Scott and Ben are back with an interview with Brian Levenson (@brian_levenson), the Microsoft 365 US Government Product Marketing Manager.Announcing Microsoft 365 for US Government ...

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Episode 53–The Latest in Microsoft Teams from 2018-03-08T13:00:19

In Episode 53, Scott and Ben give a rundown of the latest updates and enhancements in Microsoft Teams. What’s new in Microsoft Teams – February updateCollaborate securely with anyone in Microsof...

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Episode 52–Office 365 News for February 2018 from 2018-03-01T13:00

52. That's quite a number. It's not the number of updates we have to talk about in this episode, but it is the number of episodes we've released. With that being said, Episode 52 is all about news...

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Episode 51–An Introduction to Microsoft 365 from 2018-02-22T13:00:45

In Episode 51, Ben schools Scott on Microsoft 365. Introducing Microsoft 365“A complete, intelligent solution, including Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Security, that empowers...

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Episode 50–The Office 365 CLI with Waldek Mastykarz from 2018-02-15T13:00:29

In Episode 50, Ben and Scott sit down with Waldek Mastykarz to talk about the Office 365 CLI - why it exists, how to get started, what's available today, and how to keep up-to-date as the project g...

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Episode 49–Office 365 News for January 2018 from 2018-02-08T13:00:08

Ben and Scott are back again in Episode 49 with a recap of your Office 365 news for January 2018. This month it is all about Yammer, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Azure Active Direc...

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Episode 48–Azure Log Analytics: Change Tracking and Update Management from 2018-02-01T13:00:42

Episode 48 Scott and Ben jump back into Azure to discuss Azure Log Analytics: Change Tracking and Update Management.  As you start to move workloads into Azure IaaS, this is something you'll defini...

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Episode 47–Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection from 2018-01-25T13:00:13

In Episode 47, Ben and Scott walk through Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) and all of the ways it can help you improve your security posture in Office 365 for both Exchange Online and Sh...

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Episode 46–UI Text Design with Tom Resing from 2018-01-18T13:00

In Episode 46, Ben interviews Tom Resing while Scott is out on vacation. We talk about UI Text Design, SharePoint, and life at Microsoft. Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul an...

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Episode 45–Looking Back at 2017 and Forward to 2018 from 2018-01-11T13:00:34

In Episode 45, Scott and Ben look back on 2017 and put on their binoculars to peer into 2018. Episode 1 – Microsoft TeamsEpisode 29 – Ignite Live Show: Deep Dive on Microsoft Teams Microsoft C...

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Episode 44–Office 365 News for December 2017 from 2018-01-04T13:00:50

In Episode 44, Scott and Ben tear through the Office 365 news for December 2017. One would think it would be slow at the end of the year, but no, we're jam-packed with the latest updates. Read a...

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Episode 43–An Overview of Azure Storage from 2017-12-28T13:00:46

In Episode 43, Scott and Ben give an overview of the storage options in Azure, touching on everything from blobs to tables and queues. Azure StorageIntroduction to Azure Storage Deciding when ...

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Episode 42–Microsoft Flow with John Liu from 2017-12-21T13:00:18

In Episode 42, Scott has a fireside chat with Microsoft MVP John Liu about Microsoft Flow. John Liu .NETSharePoint/PnP-PowerShell Administration and ALM best practices for PowerApps, Microsoft...

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Episode 41–Getting Started with Office 365 (Part 1 of ?) from 2017-12-14T13:00:11

In Episode 41, Ben and Scott respond to listener feedback and start the first of a who-knows-how-many series on how to onboard into Office 365. Episode 5 – Office 365 SKUs&Licensing Episode 6 ...

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Episode 40 – Office 365 News for November 2017 from 2017-12-07T13:00:37

In Episode 40, Scott and Ben review the latest Office 365 news for November 2017, including SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Exchange Online, and Microsoft Teams. New and updated web pa...

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Episode 39–Azure IaaS: VMs and Storage from 2017-11-30T13:00:40

In Episode 39, Ben and Scott provide an overview of onboarding into Azure Virtual Machines and the associated Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) components of Azure. Azure Virtual MachinesCreate...

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Episode 38–Being successful as an Office 365 Architect from 2017-11-23T13:00:47

In Episode 38 Scott and Ben discuss how roles within IT have changed and evolved with move to the cloud.  What does it take to be successful as an Office 365 Architect? How as the Admin's role chan...

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Episode 37–Office 365 and Azure Monitoring with Steve Peschka from 2017-11-16T13:00:57

In Episode 37, Ben interviews Steve Peschka of Office365Mon where they discuss what you can monitor in Office 365 and Azure and most importantly - what you'll want to consider when it comes to moni...

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Episode 36–Office 365 News for October 2017 from 2017-11-09T13:00:13

In Episode 36, Ben and Scott cover Office 365 news for October 2017, including the Skype to Microsoft Teams transition roadmap Roadmap for Skype for Business capabilities coming to Microsoft Tea...

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Episode 35–All Over The Map With Yammer from 2017-11-02T12:00:31

In Episode 35, Ben and Scott tackle Yammer, Microsoft's Enterprise Social Network available in Office 365. Say hello to YammerYammer Overview Yammer Enterprise stand-alone plan to retire by Ja...

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Episode 34–PowerApps, Flow, the Common Data Service (CDS) and Poetry? from 2017-10-26T12:00:53

PowerApps, Flow, the Common Data Service (CDS) and Poetry? Scott and Ben walk you through getting started building solutions in Office 365 leveraging these three technologies. PowerAppsModify Sh...

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Episode 33–SharePoint News Around Microsoft Ignite from 2017-10-19T12:00:39

In Episode 33, Ben and Scott review all (well most of) the SharePoint-specific news from around Microsoft Ignite. Updating content management for the cloudSharePoint&OneDrive Security&Compliance...

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Episode 32 – Office 365 News for September 2017 from 2017-10-12T12:00:38

In this episode, Scott and Ben update you on the latest Office 365 news for September that was NOT from Microsoft Ignite.  We talk mostly about news that was announced pre-ignite that you may have ...

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Episode 31 – Ignite Special: Microsoft Teams Interview with Wictor Wilén from 2017-10-10T12:00:49

In our final Microsoft Ignite special, Scott has a Microsoft Teams Interview with Wictor Wilén.  They talk at a high level about Microsoft Teams and then dive into extending Teams using the Yeoman ...

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Episode 30–Ignite Special: Office 365 Usage Analytics with Anne and Shilpi from 2017-10-06T12:00:03

In this special episode from Microsoft Ignite, Ben interviews Anne and Shilpi from Microsoft all new announcements around Office 365 Usage Analytics.  Including announcements around: New Usage Repo...

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Episode 29–Ignite Live Show: Deep Dive on Microsoft Teams from 2017-10-05T12:00:09

Live from Microsoft Ignite! In Episode 29, Ben and Scott discuss the architecture of Microsoft Teams, how it is deployed and managed by Microsoft, and how organizations can enable themselves for a...

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Episode 28–Ignite Special: Azure Updates with Corey Sanders from 2017-09-29T12:45:31

In Episode 28, Scott and Ben sit down with Corey Sanders, Director of Azure Compute, to discuss the latest updates to the Azure platform announced at Microsoft Ignite. Topics include compute, netwo...

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Episode 27–Ignite Special: Holistic SharePoint with Dan Holme from 2017-09-27T19:25:55

In this episode, we had the opportunity to sit down with Microsoft's own Dan Holme and talk to him about the SharePoint ecosystem, where it's been, and where it is now.  We also jump into some of t...

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Episode 26–Ignite Special: SharePoint Compliance with Anthony Woodward from 2017-09-27T17:00:36

In Episode 26, Ben has a chat with Anthony Woodward, the CTO of RecordPoint, where they discuss records management and compliance in SharePoint. About Anthony WoodwardAnthony Woodward is the CTO of...

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Episode 25 – Ignite Special: Data Platform with JG Chirapurath from 2017-09-26T20:27:53

In episode 25, Scott sits down with John"JG"Chirapurath, General Manager of Microsoft's data platform business to chat about how customers can approach Microsoft's data platform offerings in Azure ...

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Episode 24–Ignite Special: The Keynote Overview from 2017-09-25T13:15:37

Scott and I do something different.  On our drive down to Microsoft Ignite, we record our take on the announcements coming out of the keynote at Microsoft Ignite.  We give our thoughts on the annou...

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Episode 23–Microsoft Planner from 2017-09-21T12:00:23

In Episode 23, Ben and Scott cover Microsoft Planner, Microsoft’s work management solution for Office 365. Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast at Ignite! YouTube ChannelMicrosoft Planner Product Pa...

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Episode 22–Introduction to Exchange Online from 2017-09-14T12:00:54

This week it's time to look at another pillar in the Office 365 stack.  This week is an Introduction to Exchange Online!  Exchange online could easily take several episodes if you go into any great...

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Episode 21 – Office 365 News for August 2017 from 2017-09-07T12:00:17

We're back with your Microsoft Cloud news for August 2017. This month we've got some exciting updates on Microsoft Ignite, where Microsoft stands in the collaboration space, and a bunch of platform...

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Episode 20–Getting Started with Skype for Business Online from 2017-08-31T12:00:43

Episode 20, Scott and I are already approaching 6 months of our podcast! To celebrate the big two-zero, we wanted to do an episode on getting started with Skype for Business Online.  In this episod...

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Episode 19–The Office 365 Adoption Content Pack from 2017-08-24T12:00:06

This week Scott and Ben tackle the Office 365 Content Adoption Pack. It's available for free, uses Power BI, and is an invaluable tool in your toolbox. Announcing the public preview of the Offic...

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Episode 18: SharePoint Hybrid with Matt McDermott from 2017-08-17T12:00:06

In this episode we have our first guest on the show!  Scott and Ben interview Matt McDermott about SharePoint hybrid.  You'll get an overview of the what exactly is SharePoint Hybrid and why you wo...

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Episode 17–Azure Automation from 2017-08-10T12:00:51

In Episode 17, Ben and Scott review Azure Automation, Microsoft's cloud-based automation platform. Azure Automation OverviewAzure Automation Integration Modules Variable assets in Azure Automa...

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Episode 16–Office 365 News for July 2017 from 2017-08-03T12:00:01

Time for another Office 365 news update! In episode 16 Scott and Ben cover Office 365 news from July 17 around Skype for Business, SharePoint, PowerBI, PowerApps, Flow, Groups and more! Microsof...

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Episode 15–Getting Started with Azure from 2017-07-27T12:00:08

In this episode Scott and I meander away from Office 365 into Azure.  You may or may not know you automatically get an AzureAD instance tied to an Azure subscription as soon as you sign up for Offi...

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Episode 14–Office 365 and Office 2016 Release Cycles from 2017-07-20T12:00:29

This week, Ben and Scott get together to talk about fireworks, how you can gain access to Office 365 before the rest of the world, and how you manage your Office 2016 release schedules. Set up t...

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Episode 13–Identity and Authentication in Office 365 from 2017-07-13T12:00:40

This week, you intrepid hosts take you through the ins and outs of Office 365 Identity and Azure Active Directory. Understanding Office 365 identity and Azure Active DirectoryWhat is Azure Activ...

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Episode 12 – Office 365 News for June 2017 from 2017-07-06T12:00:34

In this episode, Scott and Ben discuss the Office 365 news for the month of June 2017. Microsoft Teams: New Cloud Storage OptionSharePoint Online Filter Panes: Lists and Libraries Custom Marku...

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Episode 11–Microsoft Stream and Office 365 Video from 2017-06-29T12:00:33

In this week's episode, Ben and Scott break down Microsoft Stream and Office 365 Video. Microsoft Stream General AvailabilityIntroducing the new enterprise video service - Microsoft Stream Wha...

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Episode 10–PowerShell for Office 365 from 2017-06-22T15:07:01

We made it to Episode 10! We're officially into double digits!  We mentioned PowerShell is some of our previous episodes, but in this episode, we dive headfirst into PowerShell for Office 365.  Thi...

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Episode 9–SharePoint Online Administration from 2017-06-15T12:00:09

In episode 9, Scott and Ben wade into the world of SharePoint Online Administration.  We discuss some of the difference between SharePoint On-Premises and SharePoint Online as well as things that a...

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Episode 8–Office 365 News for May 2017 from 2017-06-08T12:04:01

In this episode, Scott and Ben discuss the Office 365 news for the month of May 2017. Planner App for iOS and Android releasedPlanner Connector for Flow Microsoft Flow Community BlogMicrosoft ...

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Episode 7–SharePoint Virtual Summit Recap from 2017-06-01T12:00:13

In this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the May 2017 SharePoint Virtual Summit. SharePoint Virtual Summit showcases growth, innovations and customer successMicrosoft Mechanics SharePoint Su...

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Episode 6–Office 365 License Management (For Real This Time) from 2017-05-25T12:00:56

In Episode 6, Scott and Ben move beyond SKUs to talk about how you can actually manage your licenses in Office 365. Assign licenses to users in Office 365 for businessAssign licenses to user acc...

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Episode 5–Office 365 SKUs&Licensing from 2017-05-18T12:00:22

In Episode 5, Scott and Ben have a fireside chat about Office 365 SKUs and licensing. Office 365 ConsumerOffice 365 for Business Office365 Enterprise Office 365 for EducationOffice 365 for N...

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Episode 4–Office 365 News from April 2017 from 2017-05-11T12:00:59

In this episode, Ben and Scott cover the latest Office 365 News from April 2017. https://blogs.office.com/2017/04/19/introducing-microsoft-to-do-now-available-in-preview/"Today we’re excited to ...

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Episode 3–Yes MAM, No MAM from 2017-05-04T08:00:37

In this episode, Scott and Ben take a dive into Intune and Mobile Application Management. NotesIntune MAM Without Enrollment Protect app data using app protection policies with Microsoft IntuneG...

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Episode 2–Office 365 Groups from 2017-04-27T12:00:29

Do you find Office 365 Groups confusing? In this episode, Scott and Ben break them down for you. Learn about Office 365 groupsCompare groups Upgrade distribution lists to Office 365 Groups in ...

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Episode 1–Microsoft Teams from 2017-04-20T08:15:46

In this episode, Scott and Ben wade into Microsoft Teams. Microsoft TeamsFrequently asked questions about Microsoft Teams – Admin Help Bandwidth CalculatorMicrosoft Teams introduces T-Bot and ...

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Episode 0–Introductions from 2017-04-13T01:26:54

In the inaugural episode, Scott and Ben will introduce you to the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast and what we'll be covering. Things like Office 365 and Azure. They also give you a brief overview ...

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