Cloud Conversations

Cloud Conversations

By Azure, Peter, Femke, Ru, and KatTechnology
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Cloud Conversations episodes

  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 31 | Tim Hermie on Intune, Windows Insider, Punk, and Career Challenges

    Tim Hermie is a Microsoft Enterprise Mobility and Windows Insider MVP.  He is a also a founding board member of the Microsoft Cloud and Client Management Community, and blogs at cloud-boy.be about all things Endpoint Manager, Windows, and EMS.  He joined us in this episode to talk about...  

    • Intune/Endpoint Manager, and managing things like serverless LAPS, Chocolatey/update management, and how to grow a modern workplace 

    • Windows Insider program and what this involves 

    • Most Valuable Mentor award, and Tim's work in mentorship (and being a mentee) 

    • Punk music and his tattoos 

    • Overcoming career challenges and how he got where he is now  

    Connect with Tim online:  

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timhermie 

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/_Cloud_boy 

    Blog: https://www.cloud-boy.be 

    MC2: https://www.mc2mc.be

    Follow us on Twitter:

    Kat: https://twitter.com/GreenanKat

    Pete: https://twitter.com/M365Rising

    Ru: https://twitter.com/rucam365

    The show: https://twitter.com/CloudCons365

    Connect with us on LinkedIn:

    Kat: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-greenan-ba212a18/

    Pete: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterrising

    Ru: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlcam

    Check out our blogs:

    Kat: https://collabwithkat.com/

    Pete: https://www.peterrising.co.uk

    Ru: https://campbell.scot

    Buy Pete's books!

    MS-500 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1801071004

    MS-500 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1801071004

    48 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 30 | Allie Thompson on Humans of IT, Ignite, Inclusiveness, and MVP Program

    Allie Thompson is a Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft, working specifically with the IT Pro audience and the Office Apps and Services MVP Program, and joins Pete and Kat to talk about...

    • Humans of IT

    • MVP program and community 

    • Inclusiveness in the community 

    • Microsoft ignite 

    • Broadway musicals

    Connect with Allie online:

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/alliewiz13

    Follow us on Twitter:

    Kat: https://twitter.com/GreenanKat

    Pete: https://twitter.com/M365Rising

    Ru: https://twitter.com/rucam365

    The show: https://twitter.com/CloudCons365

    Connect with us on LinkedIn:

    Kat: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-greenan-ba212a18/

    Pete: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterrising

    Ru: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlcam

    Check out our blogs:

    Kat: https://collabwithkat.com/

    Pete: https://www.peterrising.co.uk

    Ru: https://campbell.scot

    Buy Pete's books!

    MS-500 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1801071004

    MS-500 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1801071004

    59 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 29 | John Gruszczyk on Securing Microsoft Teams and Cloud Hosted Data

    John Gruszczyk from the Microsoft Teams Security + Compliance team joins Pete and Ru this episode to deep dive into...  

    • The the most relevant and important developments in security, compliance, and privacy for Microsoft Teams in the last year 

    • Advanced security and compliance features such as customer key for regulatory obligations 

    • Why some features fall into E5 licenses and others E3 

    • Some interesting upcoming security improvements 

    • How you can and should work with different stakeholders across your organisation improv implementation and adoption  

    Connect with John online:  

    Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/6026

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsgruszczyk

    Follow us on Twitter:

    Kat: https://twitter.com/GreenanKat

    Pete: https://twitter.com/M365Rising

    Ru: https://twitter.com/rucam365

    The show: https://twitter.com/CloudCons365

    Connect with us on LinkedIn:

    Kat: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-greenan-ba212a18/

    Pete: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterrising

    Ru: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlcam

    Check out our blogs:

    Kat: https://collabwithkat.com/

    Pete: https://www.peterrising.co.uk

    Ru: https://campbell.scot

    Buy Pete's books!

    MS-500 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1801071004

    MS-500 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1801071004

    1 hr 20 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 28 | Russ Basiura on Teams Adoption, Cloud Security, and

    Russ Basiura joins Kat and Ru this episode to dive into...

    • The upcoming FREE Teams Day Online (https://teams10x.com), an event packed with speakers from both Microsoft and the community

    • The security arguments behind moving your services to the cloud

    • Getting started with Teams adoption in stone-age environments

    • Life outside IT and how Russ transformed his through diet and exercise

    Connect with Russ + Teams Day Online online:

    Teams Day Online: https://www.teams10x.com

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/russbasiura

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russbasiura

    Follow us on Twitter:

    Kat: https://twitter.com/GreenanKat

    Pete: https://twitter.com/M365Rising

    Ru: https://twitter.com/rucam365

    The show: https://twitter.com/CloudCons365

    Connect with us on LinkedIn:

    Kat: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-greenan-ba212a18/

    Pete: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterrising

    Ru: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlcam

    Check out our blogs:

    Kat: https://collabwithkat.com/

    Pete: https://www.peterrising.co.uk

    Ru: https://campbell.scot

    Buy Pete's books!

    MS-500 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1801071004

    MS-500 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1801071004

    58 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 27 | Stephen L Rose on Teams, Dealing with Feedback, and the Legacy of Chris Jackson

    Stephen L Rose is a Microsoft Teams Senior Product Marketing Manager, host of Inside Microsoft Teams, and all around mainstay of Microsoft for IT pros.  He joins us in this episode to discuss his Inside Microsoft Teams show, improvements in Teams over time, challenges Microsoft has faced during his time there across a number of roles, remembering the legacy of Chris Jackson, and we talk a ton about music.  

    Find Stephen online: 

    Inside Microsoft Teams: https://resources.techcommunity.microsoft.com/inside-microsoft-teams

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephenlrose 

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenlrose  

    Chris Jackson Computer Science Education Scholarship:

    https://bold.org/scholarships/chris-jackson-scholarship

    1 hr 29 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Ep 26 | Rene Modery on authoring a book on MS Lists, travel, and more!

    In this episode of Cloud Conversations we are joined by Rene Modery, who is a 10 time Microsoft MVP, blogger and published author. In this interview, Kat and Peter talk with Rene about his MVP journey, his travels across Asia and Europe, and his new book which is co-authored by João Ferreira "Hands on Microsoft Lists". We also talk about Star Wards, comics and much more! 

    Connect with Rene online: 

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/modery

    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/modery/

    Conference: https://amssea.asia/

    Website: https://modery.net/

    Rene's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Hands-Microsof...


    Follow us on Twitter: 

    Kat: https://twitter.com/GreenanKat

    Pete: https://twitter.com/M365Rising

    Ru: https://twitter.com/rucam365

    The show: https://twitter.com/CloudCons365


    Connect with us on LinkedIn:

    Kat: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-green...

    Pete: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterrising

    Ru: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlcam


    Check out our blogs:

    Kat: https://collabwithkat.com/

    Pete: https://www.peterrising.co.uk

    Ru: https://campbell.scot


    Buy Pete's books!

    MS-500 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1801071004

    MS-500 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1801071004

    1 hr 20 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 25 | Nate Chamberlain on SharePoint, his life & career journey, & music

    We're joined in this show by Nate Chamberlain,  who is a 3 time Microsoft MVP,  a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and a multiple time published author.  In this interview, Kat and Peter talk with Nate about his journey from SharePoint Consultant to full time trainer, his new free online collaboration course, his books (one co-written with Peter), and coming out as a gay man in both his personal life and career. We also talk music and musicals, movies and reading, and so much more!  

    Connect with Nate online:  

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/chambernate

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nchambe

    Website: https://natechamberlain.com/

    Nate's new FREE collaboration course: https://www.natethetrainer.com/courses/collaboration-in-microsoft-365

    Nate's books: https://www.amazon.com/Nate-Chamberlain/e/B07JKQQDFK 

    Follow us on Twitter:  

    Kat: https://twitter.com/GreenanKat

    Pete: https://twitter.com/M365Rising

    Ru: https://twitter.com/rucam365

    The show: https://twitter.com/CloudCons365 

    Connect with us on LinkedIn:  

    Kat: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-greenan-ba212a18

    Pete: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterrising

    Ru: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlcam 

    Check out our blogs:  

    Kat: https://collabwithkat.com

    Pete: https://www.peterrising.co.uk

    Ru: https://campbell.scot 

    Buy Pete's books!  

    MS-500 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1801071004

    MS-500 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1801071004

    57 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 24 | Welcoming our new host Kat Greenan

    It's a new beginning for Cloud Conversations as we introduce Kat Greenan to the team as our new permanent co-host.  Kat joined Ru and Pete as a guest back in Episode 7, and we could not be more delighted to welcome her to the show.  In this episode we spend some time catching up, discussing what has caught our eye in the world of M365 and Azure in recent weeks, and also chatted about music and our favourite James Bond's.

    1 hr 15 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 23 | Anna Chu on Microsoft Tech Community, Power Automate, and IT Careers

    We're joined in this show by Anna Chu, who previously led and launched the Microsoft Tech Community and recently started as a  Community Program Manager for Power Automate and Virtual Agents.  In a wide ranging interview, we talk about the Tech Community platform from concept to where it is now, Anna's move to the Power Automate engineering team, Terminator (obviously), how to advance your career and "get lucky", and a whole bunch more.

    Connect with Anna online:

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/_achu

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annachu08

    Follow us on Twitter:

    Pete: https://twitter.com/M365Rising

    Ru: https://twitter.com/rucam365

    The show: https://twitter.com/CloudRuandPete

    Connect with us on LinkedIn:

    Pete: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterrising

    Ru: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlcam

    Check out our blogs:

    Pete: https://www.peterrising.co.uk

    Ru: https://campbell.scot

    Buy Pete's books!

    MS-500 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1801071004

    MS-500 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1801071004

    1 hr 16 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 22 | Cathy Moya on #WomenITPros, AltspaceVR, and Endpoint Manager

    Cathy Moya is a Senior Program Manager for Customer Experience Programs, in particular Endpoint Manager / Intune / ConfigMgr / Windows.  She joins us in this episode to discuss the 'open source' #WomenITPros, Altspace VR, and life in her role at Microsoft.

    Connect with Cathy online:

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/CxPCathy

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cxpcathy

    #WomenITrpros

    https://bit.ly/womenitpros - FAQ

    https://bit.ly/witpros-meetings - find all the meetings

    https://bit.ly/witpros-youtube - WomenITpros call recordings

    AltspaceVR

    https://aka.ms/VR4events - how to hold your own events in AltspaceVR

    Microsoft Endpoint Manager

    https://aka.ms/memblog

    Follow us on Twitter:

    Pete: https://twitter.com/M365Rising

    Ru: https://twitter.com/rucam365

    The show: https://twitter.com/CloudRuandPete

    Connect with us on LinkedIn:

    Pete: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterrising

    Ru: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlcam

    Check out our blogs:

    Pete: https://www.peterrising.co.uk

    Ru: https://campbell.scot

    Buy Pete's books!

    MS-500 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1801071004

    MS-500 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1838983120

    MS-700 Exam Guide (USA): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1801071004

    49 min

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Azure McFarlane, Ru Campbell, Femke Cornelissen, Peter Rising, & Kat Beedim talk about Microsoft 365 and Azure, and are joined each episode by a guest to talk about their journey in tech, and the…