Microsoft Cloud It Pro Podcast

In Episode 302, Ben and Scott follow up on Microsoft Dev Box pricing from the latest Two the Cloud stream before diving into how to decipher Azure VM naming and pick the VMs to run your workloads in Azure. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Microsoft Dev Box Pricing Windows 365 Enterprise Plans and Pricing What is Azure Virtual Desktop? Sizes for virtual machines in Azure Azure virtual machine sizes naming conventions Azure compute unit (ACU) Microsoft Azure VM Selector Best Practice: Right-size VMs About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 301, Ben and Scott talk through some of the announcements from the Microsoft Power Platform Conference, including native co-authoring for canvas apps using Git repositories and named formulas in Power Fx. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Hurricane Ian Power Apps brings collaboration to center stage with 3 big announcements The new sidebar in Microsoft Edge helps you multitask smarter

In Episode 300, Ben and Scott dive into why you might want to reconsider purchasing your M365 licenses and tenant from GoDaddy. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Fried Tequila Shots - LemonsforLulu.com Uber Investigating Breach of Its Computer Systems - The New York Times (nytimes.com) What is the text that's written when I press it? : yubikey (reddit.com) Touch triggered OTP (yubico.com) Why You Should Not Use GoDaddy for Microsoft 365 | CSolutions (csolutionsit.com) Defederating GoDaddy 365 - (tminus365.com) Change your SharePoint domain name - SharePoint in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Docs About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 299, Ben lets Scott tell him all about his love of the Stream Deck and how he uses it to make remote work easier. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Azure Windows Virtual Machine Activation: two new KMS IP addresses (…and why you should care) - Microsoft Tech Community Automatically allow traffic to Office 365 endpoints on Azure Firewall (microsoft.com) Stream Deck on Amazon GitHub - BarRaider/streamdeck-worldtime: Shows the time in different cities around the world Audio Switcher - Plugins (elgato.com) Control Center - Plugins (elgato.com) Philips Hue - Plugins (elgato.com) Home Assistant - Plugins (elgato.com) Elgato Stream Deck — Smart Profiles – Elgato Stream Deck - Nerd or Die streamdeck-iconpack-fluentui-system-icons/README.md at main · czottmann/streamdeck-iconpack-fluentui-system-icons · GitHub Touch Portal - Remote macro control deck for PC and Mac OS for streamers, content creators and other professionals

In Episode 298, Ben and Scott talk through some of the recent GA announcements, including Change Analysis, Managed Grafana, and Ampere Altra processor availability. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Basic Authentication Deprecation in Exchange Online – September 2022 Update - Microsoft Tech Community Yeah… disabling basic auth for Autodiscover actually breaks Autodiscover. Only Basic Auth is supported today. Change Analysis GA announcement - Microsoft Tech Community Get resource changes - Azure Resource Graph | Microsoft Docs Elevate your visualizations with Azure Managed Grafana—now generally available | Azure Blog and Updates | Microsoft Azure What is Azure Managed Grafana? | Microsoft Docs Azure Virtual Machines with Ampere Altra Arm–based processors—generally available | Azure Blog and Updates | Microsoft Azure Overview of the Dplsv5 and Dpldsv5-series sizes - Azure Virtual Machines | Microsoft Docs Enterprise-grade edge in Az

In Episode 297, Ben and Scott talk about some of the rough edges with Planner, Teams, and Microsoft PowerApps before they transition to some PowerShell weirdness with management plane and data plane operations in Azure Storage. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes dbx 286s Microphone Preamp & Channel Strip Processor, Mono 4-Way Rode Rodecaster Pro II Podcast Production Console Integrate your Teams Power Apps with Planner (contains video) - Power Apps | Microsoft Docs April Dunnam - The Developer's Guide to the Power Platform Galaxy - YouTube Deep Linking in Teams Embedded Power Apps - YouTube Embed an app in Teams - Power Apps | Microsoft Docs Microsoft 365 Roadmap - Planner | Microsoft 365 Remove-AzRmStorageContainer (Az.Storage) | Microsoft Docs Remove-AzStorageContainer (Az.Storage) | Microsoft Docs About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the free

In Episode 296, Ben and Scott continue their whirlwind tour of Microsoft Purview by turning their attention to the data loss prevention capabilities that fall under the Purview banner. They talk through what you can do with DLP policies and things to consider as you start to configure them. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes How the Graph X-Ray Tool Helps PowerShell Developers (office365itpros.com) Microsoft Purview- Paint By Numbers Series (Part 0) - Overview - Microsoft Tech Community Learn about data loss prevention - Microsoft Purview (compliance) | Microsoft Docs Using Endpoint DLP - Microsoft Purview (compliance) | Microsoft Docs Learn about the default DLP policy in Microsoft Teams (preview) - Microsoft Purview (compliance) | Microsoft Docs Get started with the default DLP policy - Microsoft Purview (compliance) | Microsoft Docs Get started with the DLP Alerts dashboard - Microsoft Purview (compliance) | Microsoft Docs About th

In Episode 295, Ben and Scott follow up last weeks episode on Microsoft Purview and dive into the Azure side of it - Data Map, Data Catalog, In-place Data Share, and Data Estate Insights. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Introduction to Microsoft Purview governance solutions - Microsoft Purview | Microsoft Docs Microsoft Purview governance portal Elastic data map - Microsoft Purview | Microsoft Docs Microsoft Purview Data Map supported data sources and file types - Microsoft Purview | Microsoft Docs Pricing - Microsoft Purview | Microsoft Azure About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 294, Ben sits down for a chat with Erica Toelle about Microsoft Purview. They start out by discussing Information Governance and Data Lifecycle Records Management in general and how it can impact your business. From there, they move into some of the specific features within Microsoft Purview that can help you with your Information Governance, Information Lifecycle Management, and other Compliance needs your organization may have for data stored in Microsoft 365. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes The future of compliance and data governance is here: Introducing Microsoft Purview - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/04/19/the-future-of-compliance-and-data-governance-is-here-introducing-microsoft-purview/ What is Microsoft Purview? https://docs.microsoft.com/purview/purview Learn about data lifecycle management - https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/data-lifecycle-management?view=o365-worldwide Retention pol

In Episode 293, Ben and Scott talk through some weird behaviors you can encounter when you're using OneDrive for Business and Known Folder Move when it comes to PowerShell modules and then dive into some of the announcements from Microsoft Inspire. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Microsoft OneDrive to support stories, but only for friends and family | Windows Central Photo story (microsoft.com) Microsoft Defender for Individuals | Microsoft Security Installing PnP PowerShell | PnP PowerShell OneDrive Known Folders and PowerShell Module Installations - Office 365 for IT Pros (office365itpros.com) about Modules - PowerShell | Microsoft Docs Your home for Microsoft Inspire Announcing Microsoft Viva Engage - Microsoft Tech Community Introducing Viva Engage - Microsoft Tech Community The things you and your organization need to know about Viva Engage, Yammer and the Communities app (linkedin.com) Employee Experience and Engagemen

In Episode 292, Ben and Scott discuss some tips and tricks for macOS with OneDrive Known Folder Move and how to launch dedicated Microsoft Edge profiles before they get into Premium SSD v2 and Cross-region Load Balancer. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Apple silicon support in GA and KFM for macOS in Public Preview - Microsoft Tech Community Redirect and move Windows known folders to OneDrive - OneDrive | Microsoft Docs Launch Microsoft Edge Profiles Opens a specific Microsoft Edge profile by name on macOS · GitHub Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage in preview Premium SSD v2 (preview) Managed Disks pricing Generally available: Azure Gateway Load Balancer How Microsoft Azure Cross-region Load Balancer helps create region redundancy and low latency Cross-region load balancer (Preview) About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus o

In Episode 291, Ben and Scott lament the state of broadband in the US and the evil of bandwidth caps, how to wrangle permission scopes with the Microsoft Graph, and how an issue with conditional access policies can impact Windows client activation. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Comcast to impose home internet data cap of 1.2TB in more than a dozen US states next year - The Verge Which Internet Service Providers Have Data Caps? Home Assistant Two The Cloud - YouTube Find Azure AD and MSOnline cmdlets in Microsoft Graph PowerShell | Microsoft Docs Update-MgUser (Microsoft.Graph.Users) | Microsoft Docs Microsoft Graph permissions reference - Microsoft Graph | Microsoft Docs Permissions availability status | Microsoft Docs PnP PowerShell Read SharePoint List Items Using CAML Query | PnP Samples Windows 10/11 Subscription Activation Multifactor authentication Troubleshoot Windows virtual machine activation problems in Azure -

In Episode 290, Ben and Scott discuss how you can transition from a Microsoft 365 administrator at a single organization to becoming a managed service provider or a consultant who helps customers implement Microsoft 365. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Dynamic X and Y Axis in Power BI visuals? Yes please! Migration tools for Log Analytics Agent to Azure Monitor Agent How to Sell Microsoft 365 as a Managed Service The MSP’s Guide to Selling M365 Microsoft Partner Network Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 289, Ben and Scott dive into announcements for Windows Admin Center for ARC-enabled servers, Azure Gateway Load Balancer [maybe] reaching GA, OAuth 2.0 client credential flow for POP, and IMAP and Exchange Online, and kind-of/sort-of nested groups in Azure AD. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Preview of Windows Admin Center for Azure Arc-enabled infrastructure Manage Azure Arc-enabled Servers using Windows Admin Center in Azure Gateway Load Balancer (Preview) Announcing OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials Flow support for POP and IMAP protocols in Exchange Online Use client credentials grant flow to authenticate IMAP and POP connections Microsoft identity platform and the OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow Create "nested" groups with Azure AD Dynamic Groups Group membership in a dynamic group (preview) in Azure Active Directory About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empowe

In Episode 288, Ben and Scott tour the OneDrive Sync Reports preview, talk about some new assessments available from the PNP project for SharePoint 2013 Workflow discovery and SharePoint Syntex, and then close out with a preview feature in Azure Storage which allows you to provision up to 5,000 storage accounts per region per subscription. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Calling macOS Admins: OneDrive Sync Reports are in Public Preview! OneDrive sync reports in the Apps Admin Center Microsoft 365 Assessment tool SharePoint 2013 Workflow Assessment SharePoint Syntex Assessment How Microsoft Teams uses AI and machine learning to improve calls and meetings Logi Dock: First Impressions Azure DNS zone endpoints (preview) About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and admin

In Episode 287, Ben and Scott take a detour to talk about Field Parameters in Power BI before they get back on track and dive into Microsoft Entra. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Using the new amazing Power BI feature - Field Parameters Fields Parameter in Action I Practical Examples Secure access for a connected world—meet Microsoft Entra Microsoft launches Entra: A new identity and access family of products Streamlining employee onboarding: Microsoft’s response to the Great Reshuffle Introduction to Azure Active Directory Verifiable Credentials (preview) What's Permissions Management? About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 286, Ben and Scott run down some of their favorite announcements from Microsoft Build 2022. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Build 2022 Book of News Announcing Azure DNS Private Resolver: Now in preview What is Azure DNS Private Resolver? Raising the Baseline Security for all Organizations in the World Security defaults in Azure AD Review and remove AAD inactive users in Public Preview Create an access review of groups and applications in Azure AD License requirements Introducing Microsoft Dev Box Delivering developer velocity through the entire engineering system Build collaborative apps with new Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams collaboration controls in Power Apps Announcing Microsoft Power Pages: Build secure, low-code websites What's the difference between Power Pages and Power Apps portals? About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their cus

In Episode 285, Ben and Scott have some follow-up on the deprecation of basic auth in Exchange Online, a new learning collection for CMMC, and the pilot release of the new Outlook client for Windows. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Announcing Public Folder Migration Scripts with Modern Authentication Support Understanding the Different Versions of Exchange Online PowerShell Modules and Basic Auth Get started with Microsoft Learn for CMMC Announcing Learn Collections Things to know about the new Outlook for Windows The new Outlook for Windows helps you be more productive and in control of your inbox Introducing Microsoft Viva Goals About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 284, Ben and Scott spend some time reminding all of you that it is time to move off Basic Authentication in Exchange Online before it goes away for good at the end of this year. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Microsoft adds unscheduled breaks to most certification exams Microsoft modern authentication deadline looms over Exchange Deprecation of Basic authentication in Exchange Online Basic Authentication Deprecation in Exchange Online – May 2022 Update Microsoft Bookings Microsoft FindTime Calendly Welcome to Scheduler for Microsoft 365 About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 283, Ben brings Andrew Connell out of podcast retirement to discuss Azure Bicep. They discuss why to use Bicep, how and where to go to learn it, uses cases for Bicep as well how you can use it for CICD. Finally, they wrap up by answering the question...will we see a Voitanos course on Bicep? Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Bicep Documentation - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/ What is Azure Bicep? - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/overview?tabs=bicep How to create Azure Function Apps with Bicep - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzgB3cSUdNM How to: CI/CD/IaC for Azure Function Apps and GitHub Actions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36R1pzPuLvs Getting started with Azure Bicep - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/getting-started-with-azure-bicep/ba-p/3064214 Andrew Connell Andrew Connell is a web developer with a focus on Microsoft Az