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  • Episode 292 | Microsoft Azure + Office 365 News & Updates

    In this episode, AC flies solo while CJ is on vacation with his family. Learn what’s new with Office 365 and Azure as well as some spacey picks!

    Show Notes

    News

    Office 365 Updates

    • MC173891: Admin center support updates
    • MC173771: We’re changing your default SharePoint admin center experience
    • MC173614 - Information Protection updates to the existing Office 365 E3, E5, Advanced Compliance and Information Protection
    • MC173616: Clutter for Outlook is being retired
    • MC173895: Outlook mobile supports Teams Meetings
    • MC173915: Mobile admin app update
    • Azure Updates

      • Trace Azure IoT device-to-cloud messages with distributed tracing (preview)
      • Update to Azure DevOps Projects support for Azure Kubernetes Service
      • Azure Monitor January 2019 updates
      • Application Insights is now available in Australia East and Japan East
      • Azure DevOps Projects supporting Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Functions
      • Azure Cost Management now generally available for enterprise agreements and more!
      • Microsoft Azure portal February 2019 update
      • New connectors added to Azure Data Factory empowering richer insights
      • Picks

        AC’s Picks

        • THE “IMPOSSIBLE” TECH BEHIND SPACEX’S NEW ENGINE
        • Guest Pick: Paul Schaeflein

          • Earth - A Photo Essay
          • 43 min
          • Episode 291 | New Opportunities After Failures

            The week AC & CJ reminisce about the NASA rover that did, DOS and loads of cloud news including Teams, Office, Security and (your favorite) Internet Explorer.

            Show Notes

            Banter

            • NASA’s Opportunity Rover Mission on Mars Comes to End
            • News

              Microsoft

              • Teams outage: TM173756
              • Re-Open-Sourcing MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0
              • Announcing the new Security Engineering website
              • Microsoft really doesn’t want you to use Internet Explorer anymore
              • Microsoft is running bizarre commercials that seem to trash its own Microsoft Office 2019 suite
              • Vasa (ship)
              • AWS

                • AWS Drives More Than Half of Amazon’s Operating Income
                • Google

                  • GOOGLE HIRED GIG ECONOMY WORKERS TO IMPROVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN CONTROVERSIAL DRONE-TARGETING PROJECT
                  • Other

                    • Employees Are Accessing More and More Business Apps, Study Finds
                    • Picks

                      AC’s Picks

                      • the economically dubious space shuttle decision
                      • 81 Megapixel image of Tuesday’s moon
                      • CJ’s Picks

                        • Apollo 11 Movie
                        • NASA Apollo 12 Moon Mission Onboard Camera
                        • Guest Pick: Jeroen Huylebroeck

                          • Micromensen podcast
                          • 58 min
                          • Episode 289 | Microsoft! Microsoft! Microsoft!

                            This week CJ & AC focus on Microsoft news! Earnings, Azure AD, Cortana and more! Oh and picks … always picks!

                            News

                            • $MSFT
                              • Microsoft Cloud Strength Fuels Second Quarter Results
                              • Microsoft Public Cloud Outages
                                • Twitter: Microsoft 365 Status
                                • Microsoft 365 Suffers Massive Two Day Outage, Outlook and Exchange Down
                                • Cortana
                                  • With Cortana’s concession speech, Microsoft abandons another platform opportunity
                                  • -AzureAD
                                  • Azure AD makes sharing and collaboration seamless for any user with any account
                                  • Picks

                                    • AC’s Pick
                                      • GitHub: BetterTouchTool Touch Bar Presets
                                      • CJ’s Pick
                                        • stringify
                                        • Guest Pick: Jeroen Huylebroeck
                                          • Final Fantasy 7 and Hexen will receive AI-enhanced HD Texture Packs, first screenshots
                                          • 46 min
                                          • Episode 288 | Cloud News Galore!

                                            In this episode, AC & CJ swing back to cover the latest news in the cloud space. Learn what the latest is from Microsoft, Amazon & Google.

                                            News

                                            • Azure
                                              • Azure Monitor logs in Grafana - now in public preview
                                              • Azure Data Explorer plugin for Grafana dashboards
                                              • Microsoft wins $1.76 billion defense contract: Pentagon
                                              • Office
                                                • Microsoft Office now available on Apple’s Mac App Store
                                                • Microsoft says all U.S. government customers are sanctioned to use Outlook Mobile
                                                • Windows
                                                  • Microsoft is separating Cortana from search in Windows 10
                                                  • AWS
                                                    • AWS launches WorkLink to make accessing mobile intranet sites and web apps easier
                                                    • Pentagon to review Amazon employee’s influence over $10 billion government contract
                                                    • Google/Oracle
                                                      • Oracle v. Google and the future of software development
                                                      • Cloud
                                                        • Cloud Wars
                                                        • Picks

                                                          • AC’s Pick
                                                            • Carbon capture system turns CO2 into electricity and hydrogen fuel
                                                            • CJ’s Pick
                                                              • This is some dope shiet…
                                                              • Guest Pick: Jeffrey Byrd
                                                                • Holy Crap, the Moon Was Struck by a Meteorite During the ‘Super Wolf Blood Moon’ Eclipse
                                                                • 44 min
                                                                • Episode 287 | Looking forward to 2019

                                                                  This week AC & CJ look ahead to 2019 and what they wish happens with some of their favorite tech and companies. They also set themselves goals for 2019 to help them stay accountable.

                                                                  Picks

                                                                  AC’s Picks

                                                                  • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
                                                                  • CJ’s Picks

                                                                    • Pro Tech Toolkit
                                                                    • Listener Pick - Ben Stegink

                                                                      • Lightailing
                                                                      • 42 min
                                                                      • Episode 286 | Geek Out: Home Automation Part Deux

                                                                        In this 286th episode, AC and CJ geek out on home automation for the second time, listening to their experiences over the last year since they last approached the subject. Hear about CJ’s new lighting setup in his new house and AC’s new security system.

                                                                        Banter

                                                                        • Gartner Hype Cycle
                                                                        • CJ’s Home Automation
                                                                          • Lutron
                                                                          • openHAB
                                                                          • Chamberlain myQ Smart Home
                                                                          • AC’s Home Automation
                                                                            • Samsung SmartThings
                                                                            • konnected
                                                                            • webCoRE community forum
                                                                            • DIY Home Security System with Konnected.io & SmartThings
                                                                            • Using a Kindle Fire as a Home Kiosk for SmartThings & Smart Home Monitor
                                                                            • Picks

                                                                              AC’s Picks

                                                                              • Astronomers may have finally seen a star become a black hole
                                                                              • CJ’s Picks

                                                                                • RBG Movie
                                                                                • Listener Pick - Kevin McDonnell

                                                                                  • Public Service Broadcasting - Go!
                                                                                  • 1 hr 17 min
                                                                                  • Episode 285 | Looking back at our 2018 wishes

                                                                                    AC and CJ look back at 2018 and discuss the wishes they made 12 months ago and how they played out. They also announce new prizes for listeners who send in highlights and picks for the show!

                                                                                    News

                                                                                    • Episode 233 | Meltdown, Spectre, Predictions, Wishes & Thoughts from 2017 and for 2018
                                                                                    • Picks

                                                                                      AC’s Pick

                                                                                      • Let your new Roomba build a Doom level of your house with DOOMBA
                                                                                      • CJ’s Pick

                                                                                        • The Largest Launch Vehicles Through History
                                                                                        • Listener Pick - Jordan Eini

                                                                                          • Wire Tracker
                                                                                          • 51 min
                                                                                          • Episode 284 | Azure Application Insights and PowerBI with Jason Himmelstein

                                                                                            In this episode, AC & CJ share a little news, some listener picks and AC sits down with Jason Himmelstein to talk about Azure Application Insights and PowerBI.

                                                                                            News

                                                                                            • Static websites on Azure Storage now generally available
                                                                                            • Microsoft Teams User Voice: I want to use multiple Teams accounts at the same time
                                                                                            • Picks

                                                                                              AC’s Picks

                                                                                              • A SPACEX DELIVERY CAPSULE MAY BE CONTAMINATING THE ISS
                                                                                              • Flight Computer Outline - Landing Model Rockets Ep. 3
                                                                                              • CJ’s Picks

                                                                                                • McLaren launches Senna edition P1 car
                                                                                                • Incredible LEGO Star Wars Death Star trench run hides a full interior packed with hilarious scenes
                                                                                                • Listener Picks

                                                                                                  • Meredith Connell
                                                                                                    • Hidden Figure | Mathematician who helped develop GPS technology inducted into Air Force hall of fame
                                                                                                    • Rob Winsor
                                                                                                      • Package Thief vs. Glitter Bomb Trap
                                                                                                      • 1 hr 7 min
                                                                                                      • Episode 283 | KubeCon 2018, Deprecations and Clarity

                                                                                                        This week AC and CJ talk about KubeCon 2018 the big Kubernetes conference going on in Seattle this week, Microsoft’s presence there and interesting things going on in the Kubernetes ecosystem. We also discuss Microsoft’s new A/B testing tool, deprecation of ACS and what is going on with encryption in Australia.

                                                                                                        Banter

                                                                                                        • T-Shirts in the Wild
                                                                                                        • Google will shut down Google+ four months early after second data leak
                                                                                                        • White House Bill Announcement
                                                                                                        • News

                                                                                                          • Kubernetes
                                                                                                            • KubeCon
                                                                                                            • CJ @ KubCon
                                                                                                            • Phippy + Cloud Native Friends Make CNCF Their Home
                                                                                                            • The Illustrated Children’s Guide to Kubernetes
                                                                                                            • Managing Kubernetes Just Got a Lot Simpler
                                                                                                            • Azure Container Service Will Retire on January 31, 2020
                                                                                                            • Clarity
                                                                                                              • Microsoft takes on Google Optimize with Clarity
                                                                                                              • Australia Privacy Laws
                                                                                                                • US tech giants decry Australia’s ‘deeply flawed’ new anti-encryption law
                                                                                                                • Picks

                                                                                                                  AC’s Picks

                                                                                                                  • Nasa’s Voyager 2 probe ‘leaves the Solar System’
                                                                                                                  • ‘Dying All Tensed-Up’: 30 Years Since the Troubled Secret Mission of STS-27
                                                                                                                  • CJ’s Picks

                                                                                                                    • NASA’s Unintentional Venus Lander
                                                                                                                    • Somfy Blinds & Shades
                                                                                                                    • 1 hr 1 min

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