Cloud Conversations

Cloud Conversations

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

  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 21 | Paul Tozer on Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Public Cloud

    Paul Tozer is a Cloud Solutions Architect, specialising in Azure Virtual Desktop (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop), Windows 365, Microsoft 365, and Azure in general. An old friend of ours, he joins us in this episode to talk about all those things, as well as his IT career thus far, where he sees things going, and how he keeps busy outside of IT. 

    Connect with Paul online:  

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/paultozer

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

    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 19 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 20 | Azure McFarlane on Power Platform/ Automate, Tech Career Paths, More!

    Azure McFarlane is a bioprocess engineer turned data scientist working in the pharmaceuticals industry that joins us in this episode to talk about all things Power Platform and tech career paths. She is based in Maryland in the US, and works with Power Automate to drive digital transformation within her organisation and the wider community.  

    Connect with Azure online:  

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/amac_ncheese 

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

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS5Tsc_bgfdyiCLhCwqQPbrjmFqYIK87- 

    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7r1mxIpmOErVDeqSgHKspR?si=W_VGx_GpSW2VKSbBSivvKw 

    How to pronounce Azure? :): https://twitter.com/azure/status/1356294983641423872

    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 15 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 19 | Dennie Declercq on Tech Accessibility, Microsoft Blazor, AI Advances

    Dennie Declercq is a Microsoft MVP and developer + CEO at DDSoft, a non-profit that connects the social sector with the IT sector.  He's a strong ally for inclusion of people with disabilities in tech, whether visible or invisible, and joins us in this episode to talk about how to improve accessibility in tech, his career journey so far, the advances in AI and tech that are helping people with disabilities.

    Connect with Dennie online and catch his next speaking engagements:  

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/denniedeclercq 

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennie-declercq-822086a2 

    Blog: https://accessibledreams.net

    Update Conference 2021 - Blazing Accessibility Basics: https://www.updateconference.net/en/2021/session/blazing-accessibility-basics 

    Kansas City Developer Conference: https://www.kcdc.info/speakers

    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 17 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 18 | Al Eardley on Power Platform, Security & Compliance, and IT Careers

    Alan (Al) Eardley is a Modern Work and Security Technical Architect at Microsoft, joining us in this episode to discuss all sorts of Microsoft 365 goodness.  He discusses his interesting journey into IT as a way to combine interests in technical and creative solutions; the GreyHatBeard podcast; running user groups for Security + Compliance and Power Platform; and life in IT in general, including community and habit building.

    Connect with Al online:

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/al_eardley

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

    Blog: https://blog.eardley.org.uk/

    Security & Compliance User Group: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/m365sandcug

    Power Platform User Group: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Microsoft-Reactor-London/events/276754049

    GreyHatBeard: https://www.greyhatbeard.com

    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 29 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 17 | Chris Hoard on Microsoft Teams, MCT Controversy, Teams Nation, and EDU

    We're joined today by Chris Hoard MVP, a co-founder of Teams Nation - the fantastically successful online-only conference about all things Teams.  We chat about the inception and growth of Teams Nation; Chris's role as an Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) Regional Lead as well as some recent changes to the program that are somewhat controversial; how Chris moved from being a teacher to a techie, and has almost gone full circle; as well as Microsoft Teams in general.  

    Connect with Chris online: 

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/Microsoft365Pro 

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

    Blog: https://microsoft365pro.co.uk 

    Teams Nation: https://www.teamsnation.online

    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

    54 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 16 | Jimmy Vaughan on Time in WWE/WWF, Career Moves, Teams Rooms, Microsoft

    In this slobber knocker episode, we had the legendary Jimmy Vaughan with us.  Jimmy is a former MVP who's now with Microsoft, focusing on Teams.  He has a prolific career with some very interesting companies, including Crestron, and most exciting to us - the then WWF, now WWE.  We caught up with Jimmy on how he entered WWE at a total boom period known as the Attitude Era, his time there working for early days WWF.com, being a producer, the McMahon family, the creation of the "scratch" logo, and generally geeking out about wrestling.  This is an IT show, after all, so we do also cover how Jimmy made that leap from TV producer to Teams/AV expert and guru, covering stuff like Teams Rooms.  

    Connect with Jimmy online:  

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/jrsyjmy 

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-vaughan-a698b74

    Blog: https://vaughanjamesr.medium.com

    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 40 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 15 | Joy Apple on SharePoint, Teams, Migrations, and Microsoft Community

    Delighted to have Joy Apple join us for episode 15, in which we discuss her webinar series 'Joy of SharePoint', a history of SharePoint and Teams and how far they've come, how to handle moves to the cloud and which platforms/solutions to use and when, some discussion on good and bad Office 365 features, the Microsoft Tech Community, and career/work life balance in general.

    Connect with Joy online:

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoyOfSharePoint

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-apple-49b18316

    Blog: https://joyofsharepoint.wordpress.com

    Webinars: https://joyofsharepoint.wordpress.com/joy-of-sharepoint-webinars

    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 17 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 14 | Steve Goodman on Office 365, Exchange, its Evolution, HAFNIUM, and more!

    In this bumper episode of Cloud Conversations, we're joined by Microsoft 365 legend Steve Goodman MVP.  We discuss how Steve came to specialise in it, his day job as well as running podcasts and work with Practical 365, a history of Office 365, and recent events of interest such as HAFNIUM.

    Connect with Steve online:

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevegoodman

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

    Practical 365: https://practical365.com + https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjlWT9QWkl75Xifz6cxF4ng

    All About 365: https://www.allabout365.com/podcast

    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 34 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 13 | Paul Dredge on Teams, Its Competitors, Future of Intranets, MVP Award!

    Welcoming Paul Dredge to episode 13 of Cloud Conversations!  Paul is a senior technical consultant, focusing on driving Microsoft Teams adoption.  We catch up with him on how he started in IT and moved to focus on Microsoft Teams so extensively; competitive products such as Google Workspace and how they compare to it; the future of the intranet and SharePoint; and his path to becoming a Microsoft MVP and what exactly that involved.

    Connect with Paul online:

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrPaulDredge

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

    Blog: https://www.pauldredge.co.uk 

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQZ83I8JUUl7JgXENS-6FGw

    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 3 min
  • Cloud Conversations | Episode 12 | Holly Lehman on Azure CxP, Career Growth, and Overcoming Obstacles

    We're joined in this episode by Holly Lehman, a Program Manager for Microsoft Azure product improvement! Up for discussion in this show are a behind the scenes look at Microsoft program management and how the Azure team operates; making the leap from one industry or job type to another and overcoming obstacles; starting a podcast (Head in the Cloud, Heart in the Community) with Isidora Katanic; and inclusion in the tech industry.  

    Connect with Holly online: 

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lehman__Holly

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-lehman-103b8050/

    Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeadintheCloudHeartintheCommunity

    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

    56 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…