Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

In this special episode from Microsoft Ignite, Ben interviews Anne and Shilpi from Microsoft all new announcements around Office 365 Usage Analytics.  Including announcements around: New Usage Report, Usage Score and Advanced Usage Analytics in Office 365.

Usage and Reporting Announcements from Ignite

BRK2039: Introducing Advanced Usage Reporting Tools

Anne Michels is a Sr. Product Marketing Manager for Office 365 at Microsoft Corporation where she focuses on leading marketing initiatives around the administration, reporting and configuration experience for Office 365 to make the lives of IT Professionals easier. Anne started her career in Germany; after working as journalist for local radio stations, she joined Vok Dams, one of the leading corporate events planning agencies in Germany. In 2009, she migrated to the tech industry when she became Audience Marketing Manager at Microsoft Germany to educate and excite students about the Microsoft platform. She holds a master degree in Media Studies from the University of Bonn and is fluent in German, English and Spanish. Anne is a passionate snowboarder and runner and is still trying to make sense of JavaScript, HTML&CSS.

Shilpi is a Principal Program Manager on the Office 365 team. She is primarily focused on providing Office 365 commercial customers actionable insights into service level usage and has delivered the Office 365 Admin Usage reports as well as the Office 365 Adoption content pack in Power BI

Live from Microsoft Ignite!

In Episode 29, Ben and Scott discuss the architecture of Microsoft Teams, how it is deployed and managed by Microsoft, and how organizations can enable themselves for a successful deployment in light of the announcement that Skype for Business will be built into Microsoft Teams.

YouTube Video

BRK3071 – Get an overview of Microsoft Teams architecture

In Episode 28, Scott and Ben sit down with Corey Sanders, Director of Azure Compute, to discuss the latest updates to the Azure platform announced at Microsoft Ignite. Topics include compute, networking, and security.

Azure Blog

Tuesdays With Corey on Channel 9

In this episode, we had the opportunity to sit down with Microsoft’s own Dan Holme and talk to him about the SharePoint ecosystem, where it’s been, and where it is now.  We also jump into some of the new announcements from Microsoft Ignite and how they continue to move SharePoint forward as the hub of collaborative services in Office 365.

SharePoint Hub Sites

SharePoint Communication Sites

Intelligent Search & Bing for Business

SharePoint Migration Tool

With a career spanning more than 20 years, Dan Holme, Director of Product Marketing (SharePoint), a native of Colorado and graduate of Yale, earned a reputation as one of the world’s most respected consultants, authors, thought leaders, and experts on Microsoft technologies. In April of 2016, Dan joined Microsoft as the Director of Product Marketing.

New to Seattle after ten years on Maui, Hawaii, Dan is passionate about nature, the performing arts, and the Olympic Games. Dan has served as the Microsoft Technologies Consultant for NBC Sports for the broadcast of the Olympics in Rio, Sochi, London, Vancouver, Beijing, and Torino.

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In Episode 26, Ben has a chat with Anthony Woodward, the CTO of RecordPoint, where they discuss records management and compliance in SharePoint.

Anthony Woodward is the CTO of RecordPoint. As one of the original founders, Anthony has a vast amount of experience in the ECM features of SharePoint and the Microsoft stack. He has worked with hundreds of organizations around the world delivering compliant records management solutions. Anthony is originally from Australia but is now based in Seattle overseeing global operations and product strategy & support.

Reducing complexity, standardizing the underlying technology platform and reducing the total cost of ownership are all key goals for organizations. RecordPoint supports these goals as it is entirely built into the Microsoft platform and leverages your existing investments in SharePoint or Office 365.RecordPoint together with SharePoint is the complete solution for information management and governance. Available for both on-premises and in the cloud, RecordPoint for SharePoint offers a globally standard compliant, rules-based records management solution that solves the complexity of record management for SharePoint and Office 365.

In episode 25, Scott sits down with John “JG” Chirapurath, General Manager of Microsoft’s data platform business to chat about how customers can approach Microsoft’s data platform offerings in Azure and enable new workloads in the cloud.

Scott and I do something different.  On our drive down to Microsoft Ignite, we record our take on the announcements coming out of the keynote at Microsoft Ignite.  We give our thoughts on the announcements based on our knowledge of the topics the day before the keynote.  We’ll talk about Microsoft 365, Bing, LinkedIn, Dynamics, Skype for Businesss, Microsoft Teams as well as Scott trying to kick me out of the car.

We’ll be releasing a bunch of these short episodes during the week, hopefully at least one a day as well as tweeting from the conference.

Also, don’t forget our live show on Thursday, September 28 from 1pm – 2pm ET.  If your at Ignite come by and watch in person, if you’re not, catch us live on YouTube here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1toevFcS5o

In Episode 23, Ben and Scott cover Microsoft Planner, Microsoft’s work management solution for Office 365.

Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast at Ignite!

YouTube Channel

Microsoft Planner Product Page

Microsoft Planner

Microsoft Planner Limitations

Office 365 Planner FAQ

This week it’s time to look at another pillar in the Office 365 stack.  This week is an Introduction to Exchange Online!  Exchange online could easily take several episodes if you go into any great depth, so we’ll start off with just a high level overview.  Expect some future episodes to dive into more detail and as always, let us know if there is anything you want to hear more about or a specific area you want us to dive deeper into.

Exchange Online Plans and Service Description

Office365SD.com

Deployment for Exchange Online

Limits and Boundaries

Exchange Online Archive

Resources: Room and Equipment Lists

Contacts/GAL

Reporting

Exchange Online Add-Ons

Exchange Online Protection (EOP)

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

User Deactivation and Mailbox Deletion

We’re back with your Microsoft Cloud news for August 2017. This month we’ve got some exciting updates on Microsoft Ignite, where Microsoft stands in the collaboration space, and a bunch of platform updates!

Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast Live from Ignite!

Microsoft OneDrive recognized as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Collaboration Platforms

New numbers show how Microsoft’s biggest businesses are really doing in the cloud era

New admin controls for apps in Teams

Now available: Outlook add-in to schedule meetings in Microsoft Team

Improving SharePoint Links and Announcements lists

New site theming options for SharePoint sites in Office 365

Allow/Block guest access to Office 365 groups

The new Azure AD Signin Experience is now in Public Preview

New feature: Microsoft Forms Public Preview

OneDrive 9.1 for iOS now available

Shared status indicator in OneDrive

Allow or restrict the ability to embed content on SharePoint pages

Configure Office 365 groups expiration (preview)