Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

In Episode 310, Ben and Scott discuss the preview of a new API for managing your Azure resource quotas using the Azure Quota Service API. They also discuss shareable links in Azure Bastion and how they can be created, managed, and the user experience for them.

Microsoft Edge Freezes in Office 365 Outlook With Overlays – Mac OS

Clear Session Chrome Extension

Azure Quota Service API

Create a shareable link for Bastion – preview

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 309, Ben and Scott talk through some of the difficulties with the customer adoption and training aspects of Microsoft Teams, the GA of PowerShell 7.3 and some rough edges you might encounter with Azure PowerShell cmdlets, and then close with a discussion on cross-tenant migration for Exchange Online and OneDrive for Business.

Microsoft Teams Tools for Driving Adoption

Teams adoption flipbook

Teams Customer Success Kit

PowerShell 7.3 General Availability

GenericArguments[0] … violates the constraint of type ‘T’ error since PowerShell 7.3.0.5 preview #18721

Cross-tenant User Data Migration is Now Generally Available

Cross-tenant OneDrive migration

Cross-tenant mailbox migration

ShareGate: Microsoft Teams Migration

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 308, Priya Shetty – Principal Product Manager – Azure Storage – joins Scott to talk all things Microsoft Purview In-place Data Share for Azure Storage. They cover data share use cases and scenarios for Azure Storage, data share feature capabilities, how it fits into Microsoft Purview, and describe the experience and how to deploy your first data share.

New to Microsoft Purview? Check out our previous episodes:

Episode 294 – Microsoft Purview with Erica Toelle

Episode 295 – The artist formerly known as Azure Purview

Episode 296 – Microsoft Purview data loss prevention

Azure Storage in-place data sharing with Microsoft Purview (preview)

Deployment and configuration demo

Quickstart: Share and receive Azure Storage data in-place with Microsoft Purview Data Sharing (preview)

Microsoft Ignite session: No data silos with Azure Blob Storage

Priya Shetty (LinkedIn) is a Principal Product Manager with Azure Storage. She is passionate about all things data and empowering customers’ data-driven journeys on Blob and Data Lake Storage.

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 307, Ben and Scott talk about some more deprecations starting with the deprecation of converting DLs to M365 Groups, changes to the support matrix for Office clients when it comes to connecting to online services, and the retirement of Azure MFA Server.

Deprecating Conversion of Distribution Lists to Microsoft 365 Groups

Office and Microsoft 365 Apps Deployment & Update Management 2022

Microsoft Spreads FUD on Office Connections to Microsoft 365 Services

Office versions and connectivity to Microsoft 365 services

Windows and Office configuration support matrix

Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server will be deprecated 30 September 2024

Migrate from MFA Server to Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication

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.

Techtober has wrapped and we’re making one last push at fundraising for Girls Who Code. Go to https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro and donate today to help ensure girls continue to have access to our educational experiences, programming, and incredible sisterhood. Because when you teach a girl to code, she’ll change the world.

In Episode 306 Ben and Scott talk about Azure Arc and how you can get started testing it using Azure VMs – either regular VMs with minimal customization or using the Azure Arc Jumpstart project to kickstart your learning all of the Arc-enabled services.

MS Cloud IT Pro Podcast fundraiser for Girls Who Code

Passwordless authentication options for Azure Active Directory

Yubico – YubiKey 5C NFC – Two Factor Authentication USB and NFC Security Key, Fits USB-C Ports and Works with Supported NFC Mobile Devices – Protect Your Online Accounts with More Than a Password

Automation Hybrid Runbook Worker overview

Evaluate Azure Arc-enabled servers on an Azure virtual machine

Azure Arc Jumpstart

Jumpstart ArcBox – Overview

HYPER-V NESTED VMS IN AZURE

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.

It is Techtober and we’re fundraising for Girls Who Code. Go to https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro and donate today to help ensure girls continue to have access to our educational experiences, programming, and incredible sisterhood. Because when you teach a girl to code, she’ll change the world.

In Episode 305, Ben and Scott dive into Azure Savings Plans for compute and how they differ from compute reservations.

MS Cloud IT Pro Podcast fundraiser for Girls Who Code

What are Azure savings plans for compute?

Azure Hybrid Benefit

Not sure if this is allowed to post but I’m looking for some help with OneDrive. Details are below.. thanks in advance for any guidance!

SharePoint limits

Restrictions and limitations in OneDrive and SharePoint

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.

It is Techtober and we’re fundraising for Girls Who Code. Go to https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro and donate today to help ensure girls continue to have access to our educational experiences, programming, and incredible sisterhood. Because when you teach a girl to code, she’ll change the world.

In Episode 304, Ben and Scott catch up some news from Ignite, talk about the announced retirement of the Azure Service Manager (classic) APIs, some upcoming breaking changes to the Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell, and then get a little ranty as they talk about the Office –> Microsoft rebranding that was recently announced.

MS Cloud IT Pro Podcast fundraiser for Girls Who Code

Microsoft Ignite

Microsoft Ignite 2023

Microsoft Cloud and AI chief Scott Guthrie on what’s new and next for Microsoft Cloud customers

Azure classic resource providers will be retired on 31 August 2024

Azure CLI Ignite 2022 Announcements Blog

Azure PowerShell Ignite 2022 announcements

Microsoft Office will become Microsoft 365 in major brand overhaul

Microsoft Office is changing to Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 is NOT Office 365

Conditional Access: Require an authentication strength for external users

Conditional Access authentication strength (preview)

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.

It is Techtober and we’re fundraising for Girls Who Code. Go to https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro and donate today to help ensure girls continue to have access to our educational experiences, programming, and incredible sisterhood. Because when you teach a girl to code, she’ll change the world.

In Episode 303, Ben and Scott run through some pre-Ignite service retirement announcements for Unmanaged Disks and Azure Load Balancer Basic. Then they get into Microsoft Viva and do a quick review of some of the new features announced at Power Platform Conference.

MS Cloud IT Pro Podcast fundraiser for Girls Who Code

Azure unmanaged disks will be retired on 30 September 2025

Azure Basic Load Balancer will be retired on 30 September 2025—upgrade to Standard Load Balancer

Azure Firewall Basic now in preview

What is Azure Firewall Manager?

Employee Experience and Engagement | Viva

Announcing Answers in Microsoft Viva

Episode 245 – When Good Viva Topics Go Bad

People in Microsoft Viva – Putting people at the center of the employee experience.

Why Google kills its own products

Google is shutting down Stadia

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 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.

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

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.

Hurricane Ian

Power Apps brings collaboration to center stage with 3 big announcements

The new sidebar in Microsoft Edge helps you multitask smarter

🎈✨Setup co-authoring using Git for Power Apps

Co-authoring in canvas apps (experimental)

What is Microsoft Power Fx?

Power Fx: Introducing Named Formulas

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.