Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

In Episode 60, Scott and Ben spend 30 minutes talking about a magical text box that runs in the cloud – Azure Cloud Shell.

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Show Notes

Azure Cloud Shell Features

Azure Cloud Shell Overview

Quickstart for Bash in Azure Cloud Shell

Features & tools for Bash in Azure Cloud Shell

Quickstart for PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell (Preview)

Features & tools for PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell (Preview)

Embedded Shell

Persist files in Azure Cloud Shell

Install Azure Building Blocks in Azure Cloud Shell

Installing the Office 365 CLI in Azure Cloud Shell

Azure Tips and Tricks Part 49 – Add Azure Cloud Shell to Visual Studio Code

Azure Portal goes Native on iOS and Android

In Episode 59, Ben and Scott dive into Azure Network Security and walk through the concept of an Azure Virtual Datacenter.

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Show Notes

Global Azure Bootcamp

Global Azure Bootcamp – Jacksonville Location

Who Needs a Virtual Data Center?

Azure Virtual Datacenter

Microsoft Azure and Software Defined Networking

Filter network traffic with network security groups

Azure Load Balancer overview

Load Balancer SKU comparison

Overview of Application Gateway

Web application firewall (WAF)

Network Virtual Appliances

Deploy highly available network virtual appliances

Introduction to flow logging for Network Security Groups

Back-end health, diagnostic logs, and metrics for Application Gateway

Virtual Network Service Endpoints

In Episode 58, Scott and Ben sat down (virtually) with Bill Baer to discuss SPC18! We reminisce about past SharePoint Conference and what Microsoft is bringing back from past conference and new aspects will be coming to SPC18 that you can forward to.

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Show Notes

SharePoint Conference

Conference Agenda

The SharePoint Monkey – or 10,000 SharePoint Monkeys?!

Bands

Parties

SharePints

Round Tables

Lots of great sessions

Workshops

Updates to the SharePoint Migration Tool

More updates to the migration tool

SharePoint Admin Center Updates

Machine Learning and Intelligence solutions infused into SharePoint

We also talk about the type of news to look forward to (besides seeing Bill, Scott and I of course)…SharePoint 2019, SharePoint Hybrid and the future of SharePoint.  Since most of the news is still under embargo, we couldn’t go into a lot of details, but there are some hints about the direction SharePoint is going.

Bill Baer

Bill Baer is a Senior Technical Product Manager and Microsoft Certified Master for SharePoint in the SharePoint product group at Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington; previously a Hewlett-Packard Technology Solutions Group MVP with a background in infrastructure engineering and enterprise deployments of SharePoint Products and Technologies.

Bill Baer has deep industry experience having worked for Apple Computer Corporation, First Data Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq Computer Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft Corporation.

In Episode 57, Scott and Ben are back with your monthly dose of cloud news. This month, it’s all about Azure and Office 365, including updates to Microsoft Teams, some exciting announcements around Azure resiliency, and much more.

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Notes

Update management, inventory, and change tracking in Azure Automation now generally available

Episode 48 – Azure Log Analytics: Change Tracking and Update Management

PowerApps Studio for the Web is Generally Available for Production Use

Microsoft Planner is getting Guest Access support, UWP app also in the works

Office 365 Groups created from Microsoft Teams will be hidden from Outlook by default

Office 365 Group Expiration Policy

Azure AD Expiration Policy for Office 365 Groups is Generally Available

Retention policies for Microsoft Teams

Organize your intranet with SharePoint hub sites

Create a hub site in SharePoint Online

Office 365 CLI –spohubsiteconnect

Virtual Machine Serial Console access

General availability: Global VNet Peering

General availability: Zone-redundant storage

General availability: Azure Availability Zones in select regions

In Episode 56, Ben learns all about Azure Security Center from Scott.

Azure Security Center

Azure Security Center Pricing

What is Azure Security Center?

Tutorial: Define and assess security policies

Tutorial: Protect your resources with Azure Security Center

Quickstart: Onboard your Azure subscription to Security Center Standard

In Episode 55, Ben and Scott break down Visio Online.

Visio Online

Compare Visio options

Visio Online Service Description

Visio Online: Frequently Asked Questions

Supported scenarios for installing different versions of Office, Visio, and Project on the same computer

Visio Viewer for iOS

In Episode 54, Scott and Ben are back with an interview with Brian Levenson (@brian_levenson), the Microsoft 365 US Government Product Marketing Manager.

Announcing Microsoft 365 for US Government

New Apps and Services in Office 365 US Government

Office 365 US Government Service Description

Office 365 Government Community Cloud Service Description

Office 365 GCC High and Department of Defense Service Description

Microsoft CityNext

Defense Innovation Unit Experimental

Microsoft Tech Community Office 365

Episode 51 – An Introduction to Microsoft 365

Brian Levenson started in the technology world as the child of a software engineering growing up in Silicon Valley. Since testing computer games as a four-year-old, Brian has managed a university help desk, helped enterprises and governments deploy and use software solutions, and supported early cloud adopters through BPOS, Office 365, and now Microsoft 365.

As the Microsoft 365 US Government product marketing manager, he is responsible for Microsoft’s secure collaboration and intelligent productivity services designed for US Government, defense industry, aerospace, and government contractors. Brian travels the world talking about enabling a modern workplace and transforming business and government services with technology, and he frequently delivers Office 365 product overviews as one of Microsoft’s top presenters in the Executive Briefing Center.

In Episode 53, Scott and Ben give a rundown of the latest updates and enhancements in Microsoft Teams.

What’s new in Microsoft Teams – February update

Collaborate securely with anyone in Microsoft Teams

Intelligent Communications takes the next step with calling in Teams

Quick start guide: Configuring Calling Plans in Microsoft Teams

Access Plans from Microsoft Teams in Planner apps

Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams Capabilities Roadmap

Teams on Air YouTube Playlist

Coffee in the Cloud

Teams on Air Podcast

Microsoft Teams Blog

With that being said, Episode 52 is all about news for the month of February 2018. We have updates in Azure, the Microsoft Search experience for Teams and SharePoint, and a number of updates to Azure Active Directory.

General availability: Virtual Network Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database

Private Teams now shows up in Search

New ways to govern access of external users are coming to Office 365

*“In SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business, sharing resources (files, folders, sites, etc.) with external users is accomplished by sending an invitation to the users directly, or adding them to groups and granting appropriate access levels. As a result, an external user would only see the content that has been shared with the user or with groups to which the user belongs.*After March 23, 2018, external users will no longer see content that has been shared with Everyone, All Authenticated Users, or All Forms Users. Only a small number of tenancies use this permissions model to grant access to their specific external invited guests. Content that has been permissioned to these groups will, by default, be visible only to your users within your organization’s tenancy.”

External user permission changes

Working with Administrative Units

Azure AD Naming Policy for Office 365 groups is now in Public Preview

Centralized Deployment for Outlook add-ins will now be available in preview

Find what you want, discover what you need with personalized intelligent search across Microsoft 365

In Episode 51, Ben schools Scott on Microsoft 365.

“A complete, intelligent solution, including Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Security, that empowers everyone to be creative and work together, securely.”

Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise & Education

Compare Windows 10 editions

Windows 10 Enterprise E3 in CSP

“Deploy on up to five devices. For each user covered by the license, you can deploy Windows 10 Enterprise edition on up to five devices.”

“Customers who wish to run Microsoft 365 Business in their organization must be running Windows 7, 8.1, or 10 Pro on their current desktops and do not rely on a domain controller for their organization. Customers who use on-premises Active Directory must switch to cloud identity and management as part of their deployment.”*

Microsoft 365 Enterprise

Enterprise Mobility + Security Pricing Options

Compare More Office 365 for Business Plans

Microsoft 365 Enterprise Firstline