Microsoft Cloud Show

Microsoft Cloud Show

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Microsoft Cloud Show episodes

  • Episode 351 | When the World Tips Upside Down, Work From Home

    This week AC and CJ discuss the chaos going on with COVID-19 and the impact its having on organizations and people being asked to work differently.

    News
    • Microsoft orchestrates coordinated takedown of Necurs botnet
    • Microsoft Teams users to get federation with Skype consumer service starting in late March
    • Our commitment to customers during COVID-19
    • Helping teachers and students make the switch to remote learning
    • Picks

      AC’s Pick

      • OpenSilver
      • CJ’s Pick

        • Microsoft News - Most Underrated Microsoft Product
        • 51 min
        • Episode 350 | Microsoft Cloud Service Updates, New Certifications, and GKE is no Longer Free

          In this episode, AC and CJ cover some service updates from Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, new Microsoft certifications and new pricing for Google Cloud Platform’s hosted Kubernetes offering.

          Banter
          • Project Svalbard, Have I Been Pwned and its Ongoing Independence
          • News
            • Google Kubernetes Pricing
            • Microsoft for Startups
            • Get a sneak peek at upcoming Microsoft Certifications for Data & AI
            • Empowering the NFL with Microsoft Surface and Microsoft Teams
            • Application Insights Outage
            • Revoking Let’s Encrypt certificates
            • Revoking certain certificates on March 4
            • Microsoft 365 - Basic Authentication Retirement - Updated Info
            • Basic Auth and Exchange Online – February 2020 Update
            • Microsoft 365 - Restricting form-based authentication in Office apps
            • Preparedness for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and guidance regarding best practices for Microsoft Teams
            • Picks

              AC’s Pick

              • Hitler uses Kubernetes
              • CJ’s Pick

                • DeLorean Confirms Plan To Redesign and Produce A New Line Of DMC 12S Cars
                • Guest Pick: Wictor Wilen

                  • HOW ROCKETS ARE MADE (Rocket Factory Tour - United Launch Alliance) - Smarter Every Day 231
                  • 44 min
                  • Episode 349 | Conference Season, Chredge Updates and the News

                    This week CJ and AC discuss upcoming conferences, MVP summit, a new mysterious tool from MS called Outlook Spaces & more news. The picks this week are epic!

                    News

                    Conferences

                    • North American Collaboration Summit
                    • SharePoint Fest DC
                    • Microsoft Build 2020
                    • SharePoint Conference NA
                    • CJ’s “Spreadsheet of Doom”
                    • European Collaboration Summit
                    • Microsoft

                      • A secure foundation for IoT, Azure Sphere now generally available
                      • Microsoft to open Azure regions in Spain, expands Telefonica relationship
                      • Burst 4K encoding on Azure Kubernetes Service
                      • Outlook Spaces
                      • Microsoft to add two new Dynamics 365 apps to its portfolio
                      • Microsoft Edge Insider: Top Feedback Summary for February 26
                      • Microsoft’s Spring Hardware Event: Surface Book 3 and Go 2 Detailed
                      • Picks

                        AC’s Picks

                        • Pokit PRO. Multimeter, Oscilloscope & Logger
                        • Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) vs USB-C Chargers
                        • CJ’s Picks

                          • EXCLUSIVE: the truth about the real Armstrong’s and Aldrin’s Speedmaster references and how the Omega Speedmaster became the Moonwatch
                          • TransferWise
                          • Guest Pick - Ben Stegink

                            • WebCatalog
                            • 54 min
                            • Episode 348 | Azure Data Factory & the Latest Microsoft Cloud News

                              In this episode, AC shares some news and explores Azure Data Factory, one of the many services available in Microsoft Azure.

                              News
                              • SharePoint development state in 2019: story based on sharepoint.stackexchange analysis with Power BI
                              • Microsoft Teams new files experience released 100% worldwide
                              • Microsoft Teams Yeoman Generator updated
                              • The new Office app now generally available for Android and iOS
                              • Creating .NET Core global tools on macOS
                              • Copying files based on file content between two locations with Azure Data Factory
                              • 33 min
                              • Episode 347 | Microsoft Backtracks on Force Feeding Bing and More Cloud News

                                In this episode, AC & CJ cover Microsoft’s backtrack of their plans to force the Bing browser extension in all your browsers via Office Pro Plus and other related news.

                                News
                                • What happened to Slack today
                                • Cisco Flaws Put Millions of Workplace Devices at Risk
                                • Kickstarter 2019 Revenues
                                • Update to Microsoft Search in Bing through Office 365 ProPlus
                                • Adaptive Cards 1.2 are GA in Microsoft Teams
                                • Amazon wants to question Trump after losing $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract
                                • Supercharge your command line experience: GitHub CLI is now in beta
                                • Picks

                                  AC’s Pick

                                  • Mysterious radio signal from space is repeating every 16 days
                                  • CJ’s Pick

                                    • SpaceX Crew Dragon becomes one fisherman’s “catch of his life”
                                    • 44 min
                                    • Episode 346 | Cloud Earnings and Microsoft Reorgs

                                      AC and CJ chat about the recent cloud earnings from AWS, MS and Google, discuss the reorganization of the Teams team at Microsoft and its impacts on Office 365, along with a slew of other interesting news.

                                      Banter
                                      • Join me at SPFest DC to learn SharePoint Framework Development!
                                      • 2020 Super Bowl commercials: Rewatch the ads that ran during Super Bowl LIV on Sunday
                                      • News
                                        • Google Cloud makes strides but still has a long way to go
                                        • Alphabet earnings show Google Cloud on $10B run rate
                                        • Microsoft shares rise after it beats revenue, profit expectations, Azure posts 62% growth
                                        • Microsoft Teams cert expired
                                        • Microsoft will now pay up to $20K for Xbox Live security exploits
                                        • CIA Opens Competition for Lucrative Cloud Deals to Amazon Rivals
                                        • Today, the Trident Era Ends
                                        • Microsoft to combine its Windows client and hardware teams under Chief Product Officer Panos Panay
                                        • Microsoft is merging its Windows and hardware teams
                                        • Jeff Weiner Updates His LinkedIn Profile
                                        • Microsoft moves its main employee portal to latest version of SharePoint
                                        • UN hacked: Attackers got in via SharePoint vulnerability
                                        • Picks

                                          AC’s Pick

                                          • Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open
                                          • CJ’s Pick

                                            • Microsoft Small Basic
                                            • 57 min
                                            • Episode 344 | Breaches and browsers

                                              AC and CJ discuss the recent massive data breach found at Microsoft, Microsoft’s brazen approach to installing what some people see as malware on your machine without consent & how Microsoft is doing their bit to help the environment.

                                              Banter
                                              • Join me and Support the Fight to END Breast Cancer!
                                              • News
                                                • Report: 250 million Microsoft customer service and support records exposed on the web
                                                • Microsoft will be carbon negative by 2030
                                                • Microsoft 365 Roadmap
                                                • Microsoft Search in Bing and Office 365 ProPlus
                                                • The Day Microsoft Office Turned into Malware
                                                • Microsoft to force Chrome default search to Bing using Office 365 installer
                                                • Office 365 ProPlus to change Chrome’s default search engine to Bing in upcoming update
                                                • Microsoft Office 365 UserVoice Forum
                                                • Office Deployment Insiders
                                                • Picks

                                                  AC’s Pick

                                                  • LEGO International Space Station
                                                  • CJ’s Pick

                                                    • Scarsdale High Student Discovers Planet At NASA
                                                    • 44 min
                                                    • Episode 343 | Latest Microsoft Cloud News

                                                      In this 343rd episode, AC and CJ catch you up on the latest cloud news from Microsoft with specific items related to Windows, Office 365, Azure with a bonus Google-Oracle fight!

                                                      Banter
                                                      • Fortnite made $1.8 billion in 2019
                                                      • News
                                                        • The new Microsoft Edge now available for download
                                                        • Advancing Azure Active Directory availability
                                                        • Azure founders reflect on Microsoft’s first decade as a public cloud vendor
                                                        • Google Files Opening Brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Java Case
                                                        • 18-956 Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc.
                                                        • Microsoft takes action against North Korea hackers
                                                        • Microsoft and NSA say a security bug affects millions of Windows 10 computers
                                                        • Potential disruption to customer websites and Microsoft products and services in Chrome version 79 and later
                                                        • The CTO of LinkedIn explains how and why it’s making the massive shift to Microsoft’s cloud, three years after the $26.2 billion acquisition
                                                        • Using Microsoft Graph Presence API on SharePoint Framework
                                                        • What’s New in Microsoft Teams | December 2019
                                                        • Picks

                                                          AC’s Picks

                                                          • The Great Hack
                                                          • Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America
                                                          • CJ’s Pick

                                                            • The Ocean Cleanup celebrates first haul of plastic from the Great Pacific garbage patch
                                                            • Listener Pick: Olivier Giraud

                                                              • Speaking Truth to Power: Reflections on My Career at Microsoft
                                                              • 54 min
                                                              • Episode 342 | Looking Forward to 2020

                                                                This week AC & CJ look ahead to 2020 and what they wish happens with some of their favorite tech and companies. They also set themselves goals for 2020 to help them stay accountable.

                                                                Banter
                                                                • Exam MS-600: Building Applications and Solutions with Microsoft 365 Core Services (beta)
                                                                • Episode 287 | Looking forward to 2019
                                                                • Episode 340 | Reflecting on 2019
                                                                • 42 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.