Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

The restrictions have been lifted for Microsoft 365 Copilot licensing and you can now purchase licenses in tenants with less than 300 users. With the flood gates open, Ben and Scott revisit Microsoft 365 Copilot now that they both have access to it in their own tenants. Is it just a summarization tool? Is it any good for helping out Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Teams? Listen in and find out!

Microsoft 365 Copilot ‘generally available’ – if you can afford 300 seats

Expanding availability of Copilot for Microsoft 365

Where can I get Microsoft Copilot?

Microsoft Copilot help & learning

Copilot in Microsoft Teams help & learning

Email coaching with Copilot in Outlook

Copilot in OneNote help & learning

Copilot Pro plans & licensing

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 369, Ben and Scott explore the new Backup and Archive options for Microsoft 365 and Office 365 workloads – Microsoft 365 Archive and Microsoft 365 Backup. These two features may sound similar, but they have different functionalities. Microsoft 365 Archive provides coverage for SharePoint, while Microsoft 365 Backup provides coverage across SharePoint, OneDrive, and Exchange. We will be discussing why you should use these features, how to set them up, and their options. Additionally, we’ll cover the differences between the two features, such as the fact that Microsoft 365 Backup does not require an Azure subscription, unlike Microsoft 365 Archive. We’ll also delve into the policies, frequency and retention, and recovery options for each service.

Microsoft 365 Backup – Microsoft Adoption

Overview of Microsoft 365 Backup (Preview)

Set up Microsoft 365 Backup (Preview)

Pricing model for Microsoft 365 Backup (Preview)

Microsoft 365 Roadmap – Feature ID 188799

Microsoft 365 Archive

Microsoft 365 Archive – Microsoft Adoption

Overview of Microsoft 365 Archive (Preview)

Set up Microsoft 365 Archive (Preview)

Pricing model for Microsoft 365 Archive (Preview)

Microsoft 365 Roadmap – Feature ID 171100

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 368, Ben and Scott talk through the differences between Notion and Microsoft Loop with a sprinkling of Confluence.

Microsoft officially launches Loop, its Notion competitor

Loop vs. Notion: Microsoft’s new document app is a promising mess

Is Microsoft Loop A Notion Alternative?

Microsoft Loop – A Smarter Way to OneNote?

Get started with Microsoft Loop

Loop components in Whiteboard

Get started with Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Loop

Loop app Public Preview limits

Guides and Tutorials – How to use Notion

Confluence vs Notion Comparison

Notion vs Confluence – Switch from Confluence

Why Choose Microsoft Loop as Your Wiki

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 367, Ben and Scott kick off 2024 with a discussion of Azure Files. They start out reviewing a customer scenario Ben encountered and how they would approach it, breaking down the options available with Azure Files, hosting traditional SMB shares in Azure, and how a hybrid deployment can be the best of both worlds.

Replace or extend Windows file servers with Azure Files and Azure File Sync

Overview of Azure Files identity-based authentication options for SMB access

What are the benefits of Microsoft Defender for Storage?

Prevent accidental deletion of Azure file shares

Accidental delete protection for Azure file shares using Azure Backup

Azure Files data redundancy

Costing

Optimize costs for Azure Files with Reservations

Understand Azure Files billing

Performance and scale

Azure Files scalability and performance targets

Azure Files networking considerations

NFS file shares in Azure Files

Robocopy sees Cloud Tiered files in Azure File Sync as “modified” even though they are not, how to fix?

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 this episode, Ben and Scott touched on some updates on their social media presence due to some recent happenings in the social media services space. As they transition into the Microsoft cloud world, they discuss updates to cloud computing software and user experience design. They also provided some insight into conditional access policies and break-glass accounts and examined strategies for managing these elements for optimal efficiency. They wrapped up their conversation on a contemplative note about the future of native apps versus progressive web apps (PWAs), and some frustrations about the increasing trend towards PWAs.

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Emergency Pod: Sam Altman is Out at Open AI

Show declined events on the calendar

The new Forms app is here!

Exclude Breakglass Accounts from Conditional Access Policies with PowerShell

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Minimize the number of Conditional Access policies

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 365, Ben and Scott break away from tech news to talk about some of their favorite gadget purchases in the past year. If you (or a geek in your life) are looking for ways to spend those Christmas gift cards or you need some last-minute ideas, give them a listen.

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Aqara Smart Lock U100, Fingerprint Keyless Entry Door Lock with Apple Home Key, Touchscreen Keypad, Bluetooth Electronic Deadbolt, IP65 Weatherproof, Supports Apple HomeKit, Alexa, Google, IFTTT, Gray

I tried every Apple Home Key Lock, here’s the best

Kwikset 916 Traditional Touchscreen SmartCode Electronic Deadbolt Smart Lock featuring SmartKey Security and ZigBee 3.0 Technology in Venetian Bronze, 1.19 x 2.81 x 5.06 inches, Metal

OBSBOT Tail AIR AI-Powered PTZ Camera 4K Webcam,1.8″ CMOS,f/1.8 Aperture,AI Auto Track, Gesture & Remote Controls,TOF Sensor, Support NDI,Wired&Wireless Connection,LiveStream for Churches/Music Live

OBSBOT Tiny 2 Webcam 4K Voice Control PTZ, AI Tracking Multi-Mode & Auto Focus, Web Camera with 1/1.5″ Sensor, Gesture Control, 60 FPS, HDR Light Correction, Webcam for PC, Streaming, Meeting, etc.

This is a 4k Webcam You Should Know About- The OBSBOT Tiny 2

ODISTAR Desktop Vacuum Cleaner,Mini Table dust Sweeper Energy Saving with auto Power-Off Function,High Endurance up to 400 mins,Cordless&360º Rotatable for Keyboard/Home/Office (White Charging)

USBC to Lightning adapter

ALTI Wireless Charging Desk Mat

BESTEK 150W Power Inverter DC 12V to 110V AC Converter 4.2A Dual USB Car Plug Adapter Outlet Converter (Blue)

TRPPV375 – Tripp Lite PowerVerter 375-Watt Ultra-Compact Inverter

Anker Prime 6-in-1 USB C Charging Station, 140W Compact Power Strip for Work and Travel, 5 ft Detachable Extension Cord with 6 Ports, for iPhone 15/15 Plus/15 Pro/15 Pro Max(Non-Battery, Non-Wireless)

G.E.T. 6632-1-CL Heavy-Duty Plastic Restaurant Tumblers, 32 Ounce, Clear (Set of 12)

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 364, Ben and Scott discuss the recently announced Microsoft Designer, cover a handful of updates to Azure including Azure Automation and Azure Container Storage. Then they close out with some updates to the licensing model for Enterprise IoT Security.

It’s also the season of giving and we’re raising money for Girls Who Code. Donate today at https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro!

Microsoft Designer

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General Availability: Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.2 runbooks

Azure Automation runbook types

PowerShell End-of-support dates

What is Azure Container Storage? Preview

Enterprise IoT security is now included in Microsoft 365 E5 and E5 Security plans

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 363, Ben and Scott talk through some new hibernation capabilities coming to an Azure VM near you and the announced retirement of SharePoint Add-Ins.

It’s also the season of giving and we’re raising money for Girls Who Code. Donate today at https://give.girlswhocode.com/msclouditpro!

Hibernating virtual machines

Hibernate a dev box in Microsoft Dev Box

Microsoft adds Outlook to cloud.microsoft domain for its services

SharePoint Add-In retirement in Microsoft 365

Azure ACS retirement in Microsoft 365

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 362, Ben and Scott get sidetracked with some of the announcements coming out of Microsoft Ignite.

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Microsoft Ignite 2023: AI transformation and the technology driving change

Microsoft Ignite 2023: all the AI news from Microsoft’s IT pro event

Reduce Compute Costs by Pausing VMs (now in public preview)

​What’s new and what’s next with Azure IaaS | BRK245H

What is rate limiting for Web Application Firewall on Application Gateway?

Attach or detach a Virtual Machine to or from a Virtual Machine Scale Set

The new Microsoft Planner: A unified experience bringing together to-dos, tasks, plans and projects

Introducing SharePoint Premium – the future of AI powered content management and experiences

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 361, Ben and Scott discuss how Ben solved a data analysis problem with Azure Data Explorer and Scott shares some tips and tricks for Kusto.

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TLS 1.2 to become the minimum TLS version for Azure Storage

KB4017023 – SQL Server 2012, 2014 or 2016 Backup to Microsoft Azure Blob storage service URL isn’t compatible for TLS 1.2

TLS 1.2 support for Microsoft SQL Server

Upcoming TLS 1.3 on Azure App Service for Web Apps, Functions, and Logic Apps Update

Microsoft Deprecates Three Features in Windows 11 Version 23H2

Windows CE, Microsoft’s stunted middle child, reaches end of support at 26 years

Automatic Conditional Access policies in Microsoft Entra streamline identity protection

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.