In this episode Scott and I meander away from Office 365 into Azure.  You may or may not know you automatically get an AzureAD instance tied to an Azure subscription as soon as you sign up for Office 365.  There are also lots of additional ways Azure and Office 365 can work together allowing you to get even more out of Office 365.  So, in this episode we walk you through getting started with Azure so you can get started expanding the Microsoft Cloud capabilities within your organization.

Getting Started with Azure

Understanding Office 365 identity and Azure Active Directory

Azure subscription limits and constraints

Azure Trial

Purchase an Azure Subscription

What is Azure IaaS?

Getting Started with Azure and Service Documentation

Azure Pricing, Calculator and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Azure Reference Architectures

Azure Service by Region Matrix

Getting Started with the Azure Management Portal (Video)

Azure Weekly Newsletter

Build Azure

Microsoft Virtual Academy

Opsgility

Pluralsight

This week, Ben and Scott get together to talk about fireworks, how you can gain access to Office 365 before the rest of the world, and how you manage your Office 2016 release schedules.

Set up the Standard or First Release options in Office 365

Office 365 Roadmap

Want to Get a Look at the New Communication Sites? Here’s a Trick!

Message center in Office 365

Overview of update channels for Office 365 ProPlus

Overview of the Office 2016 Deployment Tool

Office 2016 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool

Office 365 ProPlus Configuration XML Editor

This week, you intrepid hosts take you through the ins and outs of Office 365 Identity and Azure Active Directory.

Understanding Office 365 identity and Azure Active Directory

What is Azure Active Directory?

Windows Azure Active Directory vs. Windows Server Active Directory

The difference/relationship between Azure Active Directory and “Normal” Active Directory

Azure Active Directory Domain Services

Azure Active Directory Editions

How to use SMTP matching to match on-premises user accounts to Office 365 user accounts for directory synchronization

How to prepare a non-routable domain (such as .local domain) for directory synchronization

What is application access and single sign-on with Azure Active Directory?

In this episode, Scott and Ben discuss the Office 365 news for the month of June 2017.

Microsoft Teams: New Cloud Storage Option

SharePoint Online Filter Panes: Lists and Libraries

Custom Markup Script Disabled in Calculated Fields

New feature: SharePoint Communication sites

New feature: Microsoft Forms Preview - Enterprise Tenants

The New Intune and Conditional Access Admin Consoles are GA

Updated Android Company Portal App

New feature: Exchange Online Remove-CalendarEvents

New Service: Visio Online

Important information about Docs.com end of service

In this week's episode, Ben and Scott break down Microsoft Stream and Office 365 Video.

Microsoft Stream General Availability

Introducing the new enterprise video service - Microsoft Stream

What is Microsoft Stream?

Overview of groups & channels

Stream Pricing

Licensing overview

We made it to Episode 10! We're officially into double digits!  We mentioned PowerShell is some of our previous episodes, but in this episode, we dive headfirst into PowerShell for Office 365.  This includes PowerShell for Azure AD, SharePoint, Exchange Online and Skype for Business.  We could easily come back and do a deep dive on PowerShell for each of topics, but this will at least whet your appetite.

Getting Started with PowerShell for Office 365

Protection Center

Connect to the Security and Compliance Center with PowerShell

Security and Compliance Center cmdlets

Azure AD

MSOnline - Azure AD PowerShell V1

Additional Documentation and Install Instructions

AzureAD - Azure AD PowerShell V2

Install Using Install-Module

SharePoint Online

Introduction to the SharePoint Online Management Shell

Office 365 PowerShell for SharePoint Online - TechNet

PowerShell Command Builder (SharePoint Online and MSOL - Azure AD V1)

Module Installer Download

Dev PnP PowerShell cmdlets

Exchange Online

User PowerShell with Exchange Online - TechNet

Connect to Exchange Online - Remote Sessions

Connect to Exchange Online with MFA - EXO Module

Skype for Business Online

Using PowerShell to Manage Skype for Business Online

Downloading and Installing the Skype for Business Online Module - TechNet Guide

Module Download

Other

Azure Rights Management

Credential Management

In episode 9, Scott and Ben wade into the world of SharePoint Online Administration.  We discuss some of the difference between SharePoint On-Premises and SharePoint Online as well as things that are the same in both environments.  We talk about limits to be aware of and other points of consideration when rolling out and administering SharePoint Online.  From there we make our way into talking about PowerShell and managing SharePoint Online with PowerShell.  We wrap up by talking about various site collections that are created in SharePoint Online, specifically around the Content Type Hub and Microsoft Groups and Teams.

Limits and Boundaries in SharePoint Online

SharePoint Online PowerShell Module

Dev PnP SharePoint PowerShell Module

Azure AD PowerShell v2 and Microsoft Online PowerShell Module

Managing the SharePoint Online Content Type Hub

Content Type Hub "Access Denied" Issue and Work Around

Note: This was recorded pre SharePoint Summit 2017, as such, some of the new administration features that were announced (but not yet released) aren't covered in this episode.  If you want to here are take on the announcements from the SharePoint Summit, you can go back and listen to Episode 7.

In this episode, Scott and Ben discuss the Office 365 news for the month of May 2017.

Planner App for iOS and Android released

Planner Connector for Flow

Microsoft Flow Community Blog

Microsoft Teams Connector for Flow

PowerBI Adoption Reports for Office 365 now in public preview

New Power BI SKUs and Features

The Azure AD Admin Console in the new Azure Portal is now GA

New Features in the eDiscovery Service and Advanced eDiscovery

MileIQ included with E3 and E5 Plans as well as Business Premium

Longer Paths with OneDrive for Business and Team Sites and fewer Illegal Character limitations

Modern classroom collaboration with Office 365 for Education

In this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the May 2017 SharePoint Virtual Summit.

SharePoint Virtual Summit showcases growth, innovations and customer success

Microsoft Mechanics SharePoint Summit Videos

Microsoft Cloud Show Episode 193 | Vesa Juvonen on New SharePoint Framework Capabilities Announced at Build

In Episode 6, Scott and Ben move beyond SKUs to talk about how you can actually manage your licenses in Office 365.

Assign licenses to users in Office 365 for business

Assign licenses to user accounts with Office 365 PowerShell

Bulk license PowerShell Script

Automating Licensing in a hybrid environment

Group Based Licensing in Azure Active Directory

Removing a User License, what happens to their data?