Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

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 Virtual Machine are treated on deletion of the VM.

Ethernet port on the TS4 or TS3 Plus does not work properly

Yealink Voice Device Solutions for Microsoft Teams

Yealink MP58 Teams Edition

Requirements for Windows 365

Windows 365 Enterprise: February 2022 updates

Delete a VM and attached resources

Microsoft Stream: Generate captions and transcripts for a video uploaded to SharePoint and OneDrive

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 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 authentication and proof of concept for impersonating device identities of Windows clients.

Thunderbolt 4 Station overview

CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt 4 Dock – 18 Ports, 98W Charging, 3x Thunderbolt 4 40Gb/s, 5 x USB-A, 3 x USB-C (10Gb/s), 2.5GbE, Single 8K or Dual 6K 60Hz Displays, Mac, PC, Chrome Compatible with 0.8m Cable

Generally available: Azure Monitor Diagnostic settings for Azure Storage

Azure AD Certificate-Based Authentication now in Public Preview

Overview of Azure AD certificate-based authentication (Preview)

Microsoft says MFA adoption remains low, only 22% among enterprise customers

Stealing and faking Azure AD device identities

Exam AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

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 268, Ben takes Scott through his experience getting started with Terraform and executing complex deployments in Azure.

Use CART captions in a Microsoft Teams meeting (human generated captions)

Terraform by HashiCorp

Azure Provider

Terraform State

Terraform with Azure

Investing deeply in Terraform on Azure

Azure/generator-az-terra-module

HashiCorp Terraform

Get Started: Install the Azure Terraform Visual Studio Code extension

Get Started: Create an Azure resource group using Terraform

Terraform: Up & Running: Writing Infrastructure as Code 2nd Edition

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 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 M365 stack and even external cloud apps like Box, Dropbox, and Salesforce.

Learn about data loss prevention

Microsoft Information Protection in Microsoft 365

Create a DLP policy from a template

Data Loss Prevention policy reference

Create, test, and tune a DLP policy

Data loss prevention and Microsoft Teams

Using Endpoint data loss prevention

Use data loss prevention policies for non-Microsoft cloud apps

How DLP works between the Microsoft 365 Compliance Center and Exchange admin center

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 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 also cover some potential things to watch out for when considering if you should purchase a reserved instance for one or more of your Azure Services.

Automatically stop unused Azure Data Explorer Clusters

Automatic stop of inactive Azure Data Explorer clusters

What are Azure Reservations?

Manage Reservations for Azure resources

Buy a reservation

Save costs with Azure Reserved VM Instances

Buy a Reserved VM Instance

Self-service exchanges and refunds for Azure Reservations

Optimize costs for Blob storage with reserved capacity

Automatically renew reservations

Renewal notification

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 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.

Using Policy with Azure Site Recovery

Azure Automation State Configuration overview

Azure Automation Managed Node template

Register-AzAutomationDscNode

Understand the guest configuration feature of Azure Policy

Quickstart: Create a policy assignment to identify non-compliant resources using Terraform

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 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.

Streamline configuring Azure CLI with az init

AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals Certification Course

Github repo – AZ- 900 Azure Fundamentals Certification Course

How to Manage Microsoft Teams Meeting Recording Auto-Expiration

Meeting policies and meeting expiration in Microsoft Teams

Record a meeting in Teams

In development…

In development for Microsoft Intune

In development for Windows 365 Enterprise

In development for Windows 365 Business

Google search – site:https://docs.microsoft.com/ “Features in development”

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 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.

Using the Azure Cloud Shell window

Persist files in Azure Cloud Shell

Features & tools for Azure Cloud Shell

How to Use Cloud Shell in Visual Studio Code

Microsoft Azure Cloud Shell Image

How to Use Cloud Shell from the Microsoft Teams Admin Center

Azure Cloud Shell now available in Microsoft 365

az find

Azure Cloud Shell with Oh My Zsh and Oh My Posh

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 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 multiple Azure AD tenants.

AAD Connect 2.0.88.0 breaks Shared Mailboxes for Exchange hybrid customers

Azure AD Connect: Version release history

Looking for the latest versions?

What is Azure AD Connect cloud sync?

Tutorial: Enable cloud sync self-service password reset writeback to an on-premises environment (preview)

Topologies for Azure AD Connect

Multiple Azure AD tenants

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.

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 from Office 365 (when it was still called that) to Azure IaaS and PaaS services. Our focus has always been on the Microsoft cloud and providing you with news, tips, tricks, and deep dives on how you can leverage these technologies in your professions.

Your feedback to us over the years has been invaluable in shaping the show and the types of content we deliver. Please keep it coming. You can connect with us on Discord (sign up for the newsletter to find out how!), Twitter, Facebook, and of course follow along in your podcatcher of choice.

With all that being said, in Episode 261, Ben and Scott take a break from tech and talk about some of their favorite non-tech related finds from the past year, including books, TV shows, outdoor activities around the holidays, and some resources for great recipes. We hope you have a chance to disconnect and relax as we head into 2022.

Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone

Play Dead

The Wheel of Time

The Caledonian Gambit: A Novel

The Bayern Agenda: The Galactic Cold War, Book I

The Aleph Extraction: The Galactic Cold War, Book II

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

TV Shows

The Wheel of Time

Find outdoor holiday activities near you

15 RECIPES TO MAKE IN YOUR DUTCH OVEN

Sam the Cooking Guy

SAM THE COOKING GUY – YouTube

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.