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  • Episode 451 | AC's New Podcast

    I'm thrilled to announce my new podcast with my co-host Julie Turner, focused on full-stack web development! Start listening to the first six episodes today!

    Hey, it’s AC, and thrilled to announce the launch of Code. Deploy. Go Live., a brand-new podcast focused on full stack web development! After months of planning and preparation, we’re ready to drop our first six episodes.

    Learn more, listen, and subscribe to our new show:

    • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CodeDeployGoLive
    • Audio: https://codedeploygo.live
    • 2 min
    • Episode 447 | Office in Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 Pitches Legacy G-Suite Customers, and More Cloud News

      In this episode, AC and CJ cover some recent updates and releases in the Microsoft 365 world, get cheeky with Microsoft 365’s offer to customers that will lose their G Suite legacy free edition, more news!

      Banter
      • Debut of the Voitanos Podcast + relaunch of YouTube channel
      • Voitanos on YouTube
      • Voitanos Podcast
      • News
        • A special offer for small businesses using Google’s legacy G Suite
        • Teams JS SDK v2 Public Preview Update: Teams Apps in Office.com & Office App for Windows
        • SharePoint Framework v1.14 - What’s in the latest Update of SPFx?
        • SharePoint Framework v1.14 - What’s in the latest update of SPFx?
        • Announcing SharePoint Framework 1.14 – with updates for Viva Connections, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint
        • A new ShareGate experience
        • LIVE & FREE WEBINAR – FEBRUARY 22, 11AM EST: A new ShareGate experience for 2022!
        • A first look at Microsoft’s new Windows 11 Android apps support
        • Windows 11 is getting new touch gestures, Start menu folders, and much more
        • Picks

          AC’s Pick

          • Inside the Chess Match That Led the Feds to $3.6 Billion in Stolen Bitcoin
          • CJ’s Pick

            • Shelly
            • 38 min
            • Episode 446 | Microsoft Tries to Make Nice With FTC and Microsoft Teams Saving the Environment

              Microsoft is trying to stave off the wrath of the FTC regarding its latest large acquisition, Microsoft Teams is doing its part to try and help your laptop from exploding & AC and CJ discuss some .NET development with Microsoft Graph.

              News
              • In a bid to appease regulators, Microsoft announces new app store principles
              • What’s New in Microsoft Teams | January 2022
              • Microsoft Teams performance improvements reduce power consumption in meetings by up to 50%
              • Microsoft Graph Mailbag – Using LargeFileUploadTask with Microsoft Graph SDKs
              • Helping users stay safe: Blocking internet macros by default in Office
              • Rider
              • Picks

                AC’s Pick

                • Exposed documents reveal how the powerful clean up their digital past using a reputation laundering firm
                • CJ’s Pick

                  • Live Las Vegas airport camera with flight tracking and ATC | Harry Reid Airport | Plane Spotting
                  • 35 min
                  • Episode 445 | Is 2022 the Year of Gaming Consolidation or the Metaverse Burn Pit

                    Is 2022 the year of gaming acquisitions after we’ve seen over $80 billion spent in the first 5 weeks? Or will it be the metaverse burn pit after Meta has already blown through $10 billion & Microsoft cans Hololens creating turmoil in the halls of Redmond? Tune into episode 445 and hear what AC & CJ have to say!

                    Banter
                    • Andrew Connell’s Website
                    • Black Creek Outfitters
                    • The ‘End of an Era’ for Black Creek Outfitters
                    • Black Creek Outfitters closing after 39 years of helping people explore, enjoy the wild
                    • Black Creek Outfitters on Facebook
                    • News
                      • Try Microsoft Lists with your Microsoft account (Preview)
                      • Take-Two Interactive to buy FarmVille creator Zynga for $12.7 billion
                      • Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion
                      • YouTube Q2 Ad Revenue Hits Record $7 Billion as Alphabet Trounces Estimates
                      • Meta estimates Apple’s iOS changes will cost it $10B in 2022
                      • Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ business lost more than $10 billion last year, and the losses keep growing
                      • Inside Microsoft’s mixed reality mess, where confusion, rivalries, and canceled projects have roiled the company’s metaverse strategy
                      • Picks

                        AC’s Pick

                        • Arecibo Observatory Movie - The Biggest Dream TRAILER
                        • CJ’s Pick

                          • North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet
                          • 45 min
                          • Episode 444 | Microsoft's Astronomical Growth, Mainframes in the Cloud & Some News

                            AC and CJ discuss Microsoft’s incredible growth shown in their Q2 financial results and talk about some of the trends it shows. They dive off into talking about mainframes and the cloud & finish up with some Microsoft Teams and Azure news.

                            News
                            • Log4J: Microsoft discovers attackers targeting undisclosed SolarWinds vulnerability
                            • Windows 11 is getting Android apps, taskbar improvements, and more next month
                            • Introducing Windows 11 SE and devices to support K-8 classrooms
                            • Microsoft Cloud Strength Fuels Second Quarter Results
                            • LanzaJet Secures $50M in Funding from Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund
                            • MicrosoftTeams surpassed 270 million monthly active users.
                            • Azure DDoS Protection—2021 Q3 and Q4 DDoS attack trends
                            • 7 reasons to attend Azure Open Source Day
                            • Picks

                              AC’s Picks

                              • The James Webb Space Telescope glides to its deep-space parking spot today! How to follow it online.
                              • After 7 years, a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage is on course to hit the Moon
                              • CJ’s Pick

                                • Adam Savage Checks Out the Apollo 11 Command Module!
                                • 49 min
                                • Episode 443 | Microsoft's Blockbuster Blizzard Acquisition & Updates to Azure Kubernetes Service

                                  This week Microsoft dropped the news of its biggest acquisition to date and AC and CJ dive in to dissect it from their points of view.

                                  News
                                  • Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device
                                  • Microsoft deal to buy Activision Blizzard will likely go through, says MKM’s Handler
                                  • Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
                                  • Sony reminds Microsoft of contractual obligations to make Activision games cross-platform
                                  • Generally available: Azure Kubernetes support for upgrade events
                                  • Generally available: Containerd support for Windows in AKS
                                  • General availability: FIPS enabled node pool in Azure Kubernetes
                                  • General availability: Ultra disks support on AKS
                                  • Public preview: Kubernetes version alias support in AKS
                                  • Public preview: Support for managed identity in Azure Cache for Redis
                                  • Azure Machine Learning Announcements – January 2022 General Availability Announcement
                                  • Picks

                                    AC’s Pick

                                    • We Booped the Sun
                                    • CJ’s Pick

                                      • Hark back to the late 1990s with this re-creation of the dialup Internet experience
                                      • 50 min
                                      • Episode 442 | New Azure Features, TLS Changes & SDKs for Developers

                                        Tune in to episode 442 and hear Andrew Connell & Chris Johnson cover the latest news related to Microsoft Azure products & services, Microsoft Teams, and what’s new from Microsoft 365!

                                        What’s New With Microsoft 365
                                        • MC306666: Pairing naming convention between Teams channels and corresponding SharePoint folders
                                        • MC306669: Self-service trials for Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio
                                        • MC309911: Automatically Detect Music
                                        • MC312490: Yammer Cross-geo external collaboration support on External Networks for the EU
                                        • News
                                          • Azure Storage TLS: Critical changes are almost here! (…and why you should care)
                                          • Accelerate your websites with Azure Static Web Apps enterprise-edge
                                          • Updates to Azure Files: NFS v4.1, higher performance limits, and reserved instance pricing
                                          • Introducing the new Azure SDK management libraries for JavaScript/TypeScript
                                          • 3 ways technology can help rebuild your frontline workforce
                                          • Microsoft Teams: Chat with Teams personal account users
                                          • First Microsoft Pluton-powered Windows 11 PCs to start rolling out this year
                                          • Microsoft should sell Office and Windows to boost cloud business, former executive says
                                          • Best CEO of 2021 goes to…
                                          • Qualcomm Announces Collaboration with Microsoft to Expand and Accelerate AR to Usher in New Gateways to the Metaverse
                                          • Ask HN: Are Microsoft development stack and Azure a dead-end career path?
                                          • Picks

                                            AC’s Pick

                                            • An Unanswered Question at the Heart of the U.S.’s Nuclear Arsenal
                                            • CJ’s Pick

                                              • Looking for a Apartment to Share: Seattle(Redmond) Area
                                              • 52 min

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                                              The podcast that covers the latest news, notes, commentary and listener questions on Microsoft cloud technologies including Windows Azure, Office 365 and SharePoint.