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  • Episode 431 | Microsoft Teams, Acquisitions, Hololens, and the Disappearing Cloud

    In this 431st episode, AC and CJ talk about an acquisition and a new feature coming to Microsoft Teams, an Azure Windows VM outage, and a couple of upcoming learning opportunities including Microsoft Ignite!

    Banter
    • Explore & evaluate the SharePoint Framework
    • What’s New with Microsoft 365
      • MC289965: M365 Records Management
      • MC291088: Microsoft 365 Compliance Center Core eDiscovery - Search by ID list retirement
      • News
        • Microsoft Ignite
        • Microsoft Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Webcast Series
        • Global Azure outage knocked out virtual machines, other VM-dependent services
        • Microsoft Acquires Ally: Expands Viva Into Employee Goal Management
        • Teams Modern Search Results Page (SERP) is coming soon in Preview
        • Announcing Microsoft Feedback Portal
        • Army Halts Widely-Hyped Multi-Billion Dollar Advanced Augmented Reality Goggle Program (Updated)
        • Microsoft and Nvidia team up to train one of the world’s largest language models
        • Worst Case
        • Picks

          AC’s Pick

          • Project Hail Mary: From the bestselling author of The Martian
          • CJ’s Pick

            • ATARI ST STILL MANAGES CAMPGROUND RESERVATIONS AFTER 36 YEARS
            • 42 min
            • Episode 430 | Facebook: BGP?, Whats New in Microsoft 365 and the News

              AC and CJ discuss the terrible week Facebook just had, how to explain BGP to your kids! They discuss the recent sale of Nintex and its impact on the ecosystem & cover Microsoft’s recent announcement about starting to charge customers to use parts of the Microsoft Graph APIs.

              What’s New in Microsoft 365
              • MC288472: Update to Microsoft 365 and Outlook for Windows connectivity
              • MC288633: M365 Records Management, Information Governance & eDiscovery – Optimized behavior of file versions preserved in SPO & ODB
              • MC289446: Microsoft Teams: A new search results page is coming
              • MC289687: Changes to LinkedIn integration with the Microsoft 365 people card
              • MC289724: Macro Settings Update to Disable Excel 4.0 Macros by Default
              • News
                • More details about the October 4 outage
                • A Devastating Twitch Hack Sends Streamers Reeling
                • TPG to Buy Majority Stake in Thoma Bravo-Backed Tech Firm Nintex
                • Removing the Built-in Microsoft Teams app with Intune
                • Surface Laptop Studio Impressions: Windows 11 With a Twist!
                • Microsoft’s 5 guiding principles for decentralized identities
                • Announcing: Azure credits for open source projects
                • Announcing general availability of Microsoft Graph Export API for Microsoft Teams messages
                • Breaking changes to the settings endpoint in the Microsoft Graph eDiscovery API (beta)
                • Picks

                  AC’s Pick

                  • NASA Mars missions facing 2-week communications blackout as sun blocks Red Planet
                  • CJ’s Pick

                    • Schumacher
                    • 57 min
                    • Episode 429 | Azure App Configuration

                      In this episode, AC & CJ catch you up on the news, explore what’s new in Microsoft 365, and then explore the Azure App Configuration service that developers can use in maintaining centralized configuration in their distributed cloud apps.

                      What’s New in Microsoft 365
                      • MC286990 - Exchange Online and Basic Auth
                      • MC288054 - Configuration Change: Power BI app for Microsoft Teams automatic installation and availability for government customers
                      • News
                        • The future of Skype: Fast, playful, delightful & buttery smooth​
                        • Microsoft 365 MFA outage locks users out of their accounts
                        • Trump pushing Microsoft to buy TikTok was ‘strangest thing I’ve ever worked on,’ says Satya Nadella
                        • Microsoft opens its Windows store up to third-party app stores
                        • Announcing Cloudflare R2 Storage: Rapid and Reliable Object Storage, minus the egress fees
                        • Cloudflare R2 Storage
                        • Azure App Configuration documentation
                        • Getting started with Azure App Configuration | Azure Friday
                        • How Azure App Configuration helps developers roll out new features | Azure Friday
                        • Picks

                          AC’s Pick

                          • LuLaRich
                          • CJ’s Pick

                            • A hamster has been trading cryptocurrencies in a cage rigged to automatically buy and sell tokens since June - and it’s currently outperforming the S&P 500
                            • 45 min
                            • Episode 428 | All the Surfaces

                              CJ is back in the saddle this week with AC and they get right back to business discussing Microsoft's big surface event this past week, going passwordless, AWS powered by sheep & Viva Connections public preview.

                              News
                              • Microsoft’s fall Surface event: the 7 biggest announcements
                              • How Microsoft built ‘The Frankenstein’ device during the pandemic
                              • Microsoft acquires TakeLessons, an online and in-person tutoring platform, to ramp up its edtech play
                              • Viva Connections public preview is now available!
                              • Microsoft Teams Meetings are getting push-to-talk capabilities
                              • The passwordless future is here for your Microsoft account
                              • Amazon’s cloud unit to create data centres, 1,000 jobs in New Zealand
                              • Picks

                                AC’s Pick

                                • Inspiration4 OPENING SPACECRAFT’S GLASS DOME FOR THE FIRST TIME
                                • CJ’s Pick

                                  • APPLE CO-FOUNDER ANNOUNCES PRIVATE SPACE COMPANY TO CLEAN UP THE SPACE DEBRIS CLOGGING THE SKY
                                  • 51 min
                                  • Episode 427 | Two More Epic Azure Vulnerabilities

                                    In this 427th episode, AC flies solo without his trusty sidekick to talk about two more serious Azure vulnerabilities in Azure Linux VMs and Azure Container Instances!

                                    Banter
                                    • Inspiration 4
                                    • Inspiration4 | Launch
                                    • John Kraus, spaceflight photojournalist
                                    • News
                                      • Microsoft Ignite
                                      • Microsoft Viva Connections - Coming to Public Preview
                                      • Office LTSC is now generally available
                                      • Azure Cosmos DB: Azure Functions extension version 4.0 in public preview
                                      • “Secret” Agent Exposes Azure Customers To Unauthorized Code Execution
                                      • Finding Azurescape – Cross-Account Container Takeover in Azure Container Instances
                                      • What You Need to Know About Azurescape
                                      • Picks

                                        AC’s Pick

                                        • FORTRAN.io
                                        • 36 min
                                        • Episode 426 | Start Me Up, Attacks and Hacks and Win 11 Updates

                                          AC and CJ get into the news … and there are some doozies! We discuss a slew of cyber security news, Microsoft’s new start experience, Windows 11, Teams and take a look at some inside conversations at Apple regarding Office on iOS.

                                          News
                                          • What it was like inside Microsoft during the worst cyberattack in history
                                          • Juniper Breach Mystery Starts to Clear With New Details on Hackers and U.S. Role
                                          • Microsoft: Attackers Exploiting Windows Zero-Day Flaw
                                          • Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2021-40444
                                          • A deep-dive into the SolarWinds Serv-U SSH vulnerability
                                          • US Cybercom says mass exploitation of Atlassian Confluence vulnerability ‘ongoing and expected to accelerate’
                                          • Google debuts Meet features, including ‘Companion mode’
                                          • Microsoft rebrands its news feed as ‘Microsoft Start’
                                          • Microsoft acquires Clipchamp to empower creators
                                          • Misbehaving Microsoft Teams ad brings down the entire Windows 11 desktop
                                          • EdgeDeflector enforces your default browser setting in Windows
                                          • Why can an ad break the Windows 11 desktop and taskbar?
                                          • Windows Subsystem for Android Arrives in the Microsoft Store
                                          • Microsoft won’t stop you installing Windows 11 on older PCs
                                          • Project Maven: Amazon And Microsoft Scored $50 Million In Pentagon Surveillance Contracts After Google Quit
                                          • 5 reasons to attend the Azure data governance digital event
                                          • Announcing a new Microsoft Teams authentication provider and file upload feature in the Microsoft Graph Toolkit
                                          • Twitter: “Apple exec - Microsoft wants to use an external payment system on iOS”
                                          • Picks

                                            AC’s Pick

                                            • O.MG CABLE - * TO USB-A
                                            • CJ’s Pick

                                              • The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship
                                              • 53 min
                                              • Episode 425 | Important Security News for Microsoft Cloud Developers

                                                In this 425th episode, AC and CJ share recent developer security news all Microsoft cloud developers should be aware of.

                                                Banter
                                                • The All-Seeing “i”: Apple Just Declared War on Your Privacy
                                                • News
                                                  • Docker is Updating and Extending Our Product Subscriptions
                                                  • Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies: New ‘Business’ subscription is here
                                                  • EXCLUSIVE Microsoft warns thousands of cloud customers of exposed databases
                                                  • ChaosDB: How we hacked thousands of Azure customers’ databases
                                                  • ChaosDB: How to discover your vulnerable Azure Cosmos DBs and protect them
                                                  • Verizon, Microsoft Azure Roll Out Private Mobile Edge Cloud For Enterprises
                                                  • Microsoft sent me a peculiar email and I’d like to stop laughing
                                                  • Windows 11 available on October 5
                                                  • Microsoft announces Surface event for September 22nd
                                                  • Improving Git protocol security on GitHub
                                                  • EXCLUSIVE Amazon CEO unveils 55,000 tech jobs in his first hiring push
                                                  • The Semiconductor Heist Of The Century | Arm China Has Gone Completely Rogue, Operating As An Independent Company With Inhouse IP/R&D
                                                  • Picks

                                                    AC’s Pick

                                                    • Podcast: Axios - How it Happened (season 2)
                                                    • CJ’s Pick

                                                      • He Paid $345 for a Rolex in the 1970s. Its Value Today Left This Antiques Roadshow Guest Collapsing in Shock
                                                      • 50 min
                                                      • Episode 424 | Price Increases, Security, and More News From Microsoft

                                                        With CJ back in the saddle, he and AC catch up on all things Microsoft, including exec moves, security issues in PowerApps, pricing changes in O365, and Chromebook support. Oh and geek out a bit in the picks!

                                                        Banter
                                                        • Watch app for Tesla
                                                        • News
                                                          • New pricing for Microsoft 365
                                                          • What Microsoft’s Office Price Increase Means for Investors
                                                          • Microsoft to increase Microsoft 365, Office 365 commercial prices in March 2022
                                                          • Ultimate cloud pricing comparison: AWS vs. Azure vs. Google Cloud in 2021
                                                          • Twitter: Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella ơn their commitment to cybersecurity
                                                          • Microsoft to quadruple cybersecurity investments, spending $20B over five years
                                                          • Google and Microsoft will invest $30 billion in cybersecurity over the next five years
                                                          • Microsoft hires former Amazon cloud executive Charlie Bell
                                                          • Microsoft Windows and Surface Chief Panay added to Senior Leadership Team
                                                          • 38 million records exposed by misconfigured Microsoft Power Apps. Redmond’s advice? RTFM
                                                          • Microsoft ending Chromebook support for Office Android apps in September (Update: Google statement added)
                                                          • Attention: Outlook REST API v1.0 deprecation final notice
                                                          • Optimize bundles by disabling IE11 support in SPFx projects
                                                          • Twitter: Windows Server 2022 on Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center
                                                          • Picks

                                                            AC’s Pick

                                                            • NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Completed Testing
                                                            • CJ’s Pick

                                                              • Edgar Sengier
                                                              • 40 min
                                                              • Episode 423 | News Roundup From the Microsoft Cloud

                                                                In this episode, AC & CJ catch up on the biggest news in the Microsoft cloud space as well as changes in store for Microsoft 365.

                                                                Banter
                                                                • Explore Azure’s global infrastructure
                                                                • Blockchain 101 - A Visual Demo
                                                                • News
                                                                  • iOS zero-day let SolarWinds hackers compromise fully updated iPhones
                                                                  • Analyzing the Legal Implications of GitHub Copilot
                                                                  • Microsoft brings Azure Government Top Secret into GA
                                                                  • Microsoft Invests in Rubrik, Partners to Protect Customers from Ransomware
                                                                  • Microsoft hires former Uber product chief Manik Gupta to build ‘world-class consumer experiences’
                                                                  • The Rise of DOS: How Microsoft Got the IBM PC OS Contract
                                                                  • Microsoft Graph JavaScript SDK 3.0.0 is now generally available
                                                                  • MC278815 - Microsoft 365 apps and services support for IE11 has ended
                                                                  • MC276032 - OneDrive sync client will no longer update or be supported on macOS Sierra 10.12 and macOS High Sierra 10.13
                                                                  • MC271072 - OneDrive sync client will no longer be supported on Windows Server 2008 R2
                                                                  • MC276896 - Announcing automatic redirection from Office 365 Security and Compliance Center to Microsoft 365 Defender portal
                                                                  • MC276028 - Plus addressing to be enabled for all Exchange Online customers
                                                                  • MC275807 - Removing Message Trace in SCC. Move Custom Queries to Message Trace in the new Modern EAC
                                                                  • MC274188 - Teams Meeting Recordings Auto-Expiration in OneDrive and SharePoint
                                                                  • MC273629 - New Device Parsing Logic in Microsoft Teams Call Quality Dashboard
                                                                  • MC272450 - Sender-recipient pair receiving limits in Microsoft Office 365
                                                                  • NSA Awards Secret $10 Billion Contract to Amazon
                                                                  • Picks

                                                                    AC’s Pick

                                                                    • MIT 15.S12 Blockchain and Money, Fall 2018
                                                                    • CJ’s Pick

                                                                      • An F-35 pilot’s helmet costs more than a Ferrari and takes two days to get fitted
                                                                      • 42 min
                                                                      • Episode 422 | Viva Learning With Asif Rehmani

                                                                        In this 422nd episode, AC sits down with Microsoft MVP Asif Rehmani to discuss employee education, learning, and how Microsoft is positioning Viva Learning in this space.

                                                                        Guest

                                                                        Asif Rehmani - Founder & CEO, VisualSP

                                                                        • Asif on Twitter
                                                                        • Asif on LinkedIn
                                                                        • VisualSP
                                                                        • News
                                                                          • Microsoft Viva Learning
                                                                          • What you need to know about Microsoft Viva Learning
                                                                          • Are You Meeting All 5 Moments of Learning Need?
                                                                          • The 5 Moments of Need®
                                                                          • A New Paradigm For Corporate Training: Learning In The Flow of Work
                                                                          • The Massive Market Impact of Microsoft Viva
                                                                          • 41 min

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