Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

In Episode 360, Ben laments about a change in the data processing for Azure Sentinel and Scott contributes some suggestions around Microsoft’s data processing policies and how customers can keep up to date on them along with some suggestions for how to manage your personal data in Log Analytics and Application Insights. Then they close out the show talking about how to track resource ownership over time for your Azure resources.

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Microsoft Azure Legal Material

Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum (“DPA”)

Large Language Model (LLM)

Managing personal data in Log Analytics and Application Insights

The latest Microsoft Digital Defence Report came out and it is a sobering read

Azure Monitor Insights overview

Azure Monitor activity log

Azure resource logs

Define your tagging strategy

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 359, Ben and Scott discuss Microsoft Applied Skills – a new skilling platform for Microsoft customers to get hands-on in a live, on-demand lab environment to validate their skills in a specific area and how Applied Skills compares to the existing role-based certification exams. Next up, it’s a quick review of an upcoming roadmap item that impacts Microsoft-managed conditional access policies and how to monitor and keep up to date with Message Center messages that are applicable to your tenant. Then it’s time to wrap up with a Developer SKU that was recently launched for Azure Bastion, offering lower cost to Bastion at the expense of some of the bells and whistles in the Basic and Standard SKUs.

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Announcing Microsoft Applied Skills, the new credentials to verify in-demand technical skills

Microsoft Applied Skills

Azure Active Directory: Auto-rollout of Conditional Access policies

Track new and changed features in the Microsoft 365 Message center

Track your message center tasks in Planner

Quickstart: Deploy Bastion using the Developer SKU (Preview)

About Bastion configuration settings

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 358, Ben and Scott talk about Ben’s new Teams-certified Poly Sync, a new teleprompter Scott ordered, and Amazon’s investment in Microsoft 365.

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POLY – Sync 20+ USB-A Personal Bluetooth Smart Speakerphone (Plantronics) – Connect to Smartphones via Bluetooth-PC/Mac via – BT600 Dongle -Works with Teams (Certified), Zoom & More,Black

Elgato Prompter

Amazon to drop a cool $1B on Microsoft 365 cloud suite

Support for Office 2016 and 2019 clients connecting to Microsoft 365 services has ended

Office versions and connectivity to Microsoft 365 services

Microsoft Ignite

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 357, Ben and Scott run through the recently announced Community gallery capability that has been added to the Azure Compute Gallery service. They also take a few minutes to discuss the public preview of table-level RBAC read-access controls for your Log Analytics workspaces.

Microsoft Ignite

Share images using a community gallery

Create a VM from a generalized image version

Direct shared gallery

Set table-level read access

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 356, Ben and Scott revisit the ROI of Microsoft 365 Copilot, discuss some methods for bulk restores from the SharePoint Online Recycle bin, and some upcoming changes to default outbound internet access for your Azure VMs.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot: Release Date, Price, Download & more

Microsoft 365 CoPilot: Licensing, Cost, ROI

Acquired.fm – NVIDIA Parts I, II, III

Breaking Bard + Who Owns Your Face? + Gamer News!

After Five Years, Gmail Finally Sheds the ‘Beta’

ShareGate – Copy Content

Restore Recycle bin SharePoint Online with PowerShell

Avoid getting throttled or blocked in SharePoint Online

Microsoft Enters the Backup Business with a New Syntex Service

ESPC Inspire Award

Default outbound access for VMs in Azure will be retired- transition to a new method of internet access

How can I transition to an explicit method of public connectivity (and disable default outbound access)?

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 355, Ben and Scott sit down with SharePoint developer extraordinaire Andrew Connell from Voitanos to talk about SharePoint Server Subscription Edition and some changes in SharePoint Framework (SPFX) support. You’ll definitely want to listen in to make sure that you’re falling into the “Pit of Success” for developing SPFX solutions for your on-premises installations of SharePoint.

`Note: We get into the weeds with things like version numbers between SharePoint Server Subscription Edition and the SharePoint Framework. You can use the links below to follow along.

Blog Post – SPFx Devs: Beware of the SharePoint SE 23H2 Feature Update

YouTube – Beware of the SharePoint SE 23H2 Feature Update SharePoint Framework Developers!

New and improved features in SharePoint Server Subscription Edition

New and improved features in SharePoint Server Subscription Edition Version 23H2

Cyberattack protection by default and other enhancements to SharePoint Server – September 2023

SharePoint Framework (SPFx) component upgrades

Support for SharePoint Framework (SPFx) version 1.5.1

New Add: Upgrade components in SPFx development with SPSE #9215

package-lock.json

SharePoint Framework v1.5.1 release notes

Episode 344 – The paradox of choice as a SharePoint Developer with Andrew Connell

The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

Andrew is a web developer who loves to learn new in tech and help others learn! Microsoft has recognized me every year since 2005 with its annual MVP Award. I started teaching in 2007 in just about every way I can. During most of that time, I’ve focused on enterprise platforms like Microsoft Azure & Microsoft 365 including, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams.

Connect with AC

Voitanos

LinkedIn

YouTube

Threads

Twitter

Newsletter

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 354, Ben and Scott catch up on news and the latest announcements starting with Cisco and Splunk merging. Then they discuss the Surface and AI event where we saw the latest Surface hardware and learned about the straight to GA release of Microsoft 365 and Windows Copilot.

Cisco to Acquire Splunk, to Help Make Organizations More Secure and Resilient in an AI-Powered World

Cisco and Splunk: Driving the Next Generation of AI-Enabled Security and Observability

Announcing Microsoft 365 Copilot general availability and Microsoft 365 Chat

How to transform work with plugins for Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI apps

Microsoft’s Surface and AI event: all the news and announcements

We don’t know how AI works.

.We’re trusting it anyway

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 353, Scott talks to Ben about how he’s using Portainer for container management on his home network and some tips and tricks for managing apps on your Mac (sorry Windows users). Then they pivot to Microsoft’s largest conference of the year – Microsoft Ignite – coming Nov 14-17, 2023 for in-person attendees and November 15-16, 2023 for virtual attendees.

AppCleaner

CleanMyMac X

Portainer

Microsoft Ignite

Registration

Download convince your manager letter

Apple Wonderlust event

Apple Event – September 12

iPhone 15 event in 17 minutes

Everything Apple Announced at Today’s Event in Six Minutes

Anker Powerline II 3-in-1 Cable, Lightning/Type C/Micro USB Cable for iPhone, iPad, Huawei, HTC, LG, Samsung Galaxy, Sony Xperia, Android Smartphones, iPad Pro 2018 and More(3ft, Black)

USB charging blocks

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 352, Ben and Scott discuss their workflow and approach for “Read it later” services and Scott introduces Ben to a new service he’s started using called Omnivore. Then they discuss a new feature coming to a SharePoint site and e-mail inbox near you – newsletter publishing from SharePoint.

Raindrop.io

Omnivore.app

Lenny’s Newsletter

Introducing new SharePoint news for email feature

SharePoint News in Outlook

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 351, Ben and Scott catch up on some of the latest news around Power Automate, Microsoft Entra, and Microsoft Excel. First, they discuss the Public Preview of Application Insights integration with Power Automate for debugging your cloud flows. Next, they break down the still in Private Preview features of platform SSO for macOS clients. And then they close on some exciting announcements around the addition of Python functions to Microsoft Excel.

Announcing the integration of Power Automate telemetry data with Azure Application Insights

Workspace-based Application Insights resources

Set up Application Insights with Power Automate (preview)

Coming Soon – Platform SSO for macOS

Microsoft Enterprise SSO plug-in for Apple devices

10 ways Microsoft Intune improves Apple device management

Introducing a New Flexible Way of Bringing Identities from Any Source into Microsoft Entra ID!

Frequently asked questions about API-driven inbound provisioning (Public preview)

Announcing Python in Excel: Combining the power of Python and the flexibility of Excel.

Data security and Python in Excel

Introducing Python in Excel 😱

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.