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Microsoft Cloud Show episodes

  • Episode 381 | Catch Up on the Latest Microsoft News

    This week AC and CJ discuss AC’s new blog series on SPFx, discuss a new work management app notion.io and dive into some Zoom and Microsoft news from the last week.

    Banter
    • Series: SharePoint Framework Five “W"s & One “H” answered
    • Notion
    • News
      • OnZoom
      • Linux under WSL2 can be leaking
      • Microsoft to reportedly allow its 150,000 employees to work from home permanently, the latest tech giant to do so
      • Microsoft acquires game publisher Bethesda Softworks for $7.5 billion
      • Microsoft touts Windows 10 on Arm advances, including 64-bit emulation
      • End users can now report “This wasn’t me” for unusual sign-in activity
      • Exchange News and Announcements – Microsoft Ignite 2020 Edition
      • Announcing the General Availability of Microsoft Graph Teams Membership API
      • Picks

        AC’s Pick

        • Kube DOOM
        • CJ’s Pick

          • ‘The Right Stuff’ lifts off on Disney Plus, takes flight from book, film
          • 36 min
          • Episode 380 | Reviewing Recent Microsoft 365, Azure & Excel News

            In this episode, AC and CJ review some of the recent news in the Microsoft Cloud space, including how Excel’s date formatting caused some issues for some genome sequencers and the incorrect file format selection resulted in reduced contact tracing in the UK.

            News & Interesting Links
            • Microsoft’s newest sustainable datacenter region coming to Arizona in 2021
            • Microsoft 365 Sept 28 Outage
            • Microsoft Outlook was down worldwide for four hours
            • Nintex Announces Agreement to Acquire K2 Software, Inc.
            • Microsoft 365 roadmap
            • Covid: Test error ‘should never have happened’ - Hancock
            • Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates
            • Google and Oracle are squaring off in the Supreme Court. Here’s what’s at stake
            • Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster for Google
            • Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc.
            • Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. Oral Argument Audio
            • Series: SharePoint Framework Five “W"s & One “H” answered
            • Picks

              AC’s Picks

              • https://github.com/ggerganov/wave-share
              • Fear the Sky (The Fear Saga Book 1)
              • CJ’s Pick

                • Star Wars Squadrons
                • 46 min
                • Episode 379 | Oracle Cloud With Karan Batta

                  Oracle has been making strides with their own cloud services over the last few years. AC and CJ wanted to learn more and hear all about what they are up to in the cloud and how they differentiate with their products. This week Karan Batta, VP of Product at Oracle, joins AC and CJ to bring you up to speed on all things Oracle cloud.

                  Guest

                  Karan Batta - VP of Product, Oracle

                  • @karan_batta
                  • News
                    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
                    • Oracle Cloud Free Tier
                    • Episode 249 | HashiCorp Terraform with Microsoft Azure
                    • Oracle and Microsoft Accelerate Enterprise Cloud Adoption
                    • Overview of Oracle Applications and solutions on Azure
                    • Picks

                      AC’s Pick

                      • Astronauts home in on International Space Station air leak
                      • CJ’s Pick

                        • Windows XP source code leaks online
                        • Guest Pick - Karan Batta

                          • Boxes of XBOXes
                          • 1 hr
                          • Episode 378 | Microsoft Ignite 2020 Review

                            Last week saw the first fully virtual Microsoft Ignite conference. In this episode, AC and CJ talk about their impressions of the event, cover some key announcements made, and discuss how we might see MS do events like this in the future.

                            News
                            • MICROSOFT IGNITE 2020 BOOK OF NEWS
                            • Introducing Flexible Server for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
                            • Introducing Azure Orbital: Process satellite data at cloud-scale
                            • Microsoft Bot Framework and Azure bot services update
                            • AT&T powered guardian device with Azure Sphere enables highly secured, simple, and scalable connectivity from anywhere
                            • Power platform low-code updates for professional developers in public preview for GitHub and Azure
                            • New Outlook for Mac uses Microsoft Sync technology, features support OS updates
                            • New calling features are coming soon to Microsoft Teams
                            • Announcing SharePoint Syntex
                            • Picks

                              AC’s Pick

                              • this electrical transmission tower has a little problem. can you spot it? actually, it’s not a small problem–it cost us 16.65 billion dollars and caused the deaths of 85 people.
                              • CJ’s Pick

                                • Airbus Redesigns A350 Center Console Because Pilots Keep Spilling Coffee on Critical Instruments
                                • 44 min
                                • Episode 377 | Microsoft 365 and Ignite 2020 with CVP Jeff Teper

                                  In this episode, AC and CJ are joined by Jeff Teper, Microsoft CVP of Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint. Jeff shares some of the big news around Microsoft 365 and his perspectives with us in this week of a virtual Microsoft Ignite 2020 Conference!

                                  Guest

                                  Jeff Teper - CVP Microsoft Teams, OneDrive & SharePoint, Microsoft

                                  • @jeffteper
                                  • News
                                    • Episode 159 | Microsoft Ignite Recap & Interview with Jeff Teper, Microsoft CVP SharePoint and OneDrive
                                    • Collaboration, communication and knowledge sharing with Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Project Cortex
                                    • Picks

                                      AC’s Pick

                                      • Players are fixing Microsoft Flight Simulator’s missing monuments with Google Maps
                                      • CJ’s Pick

                                        • When you browse Instagram and find former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s passport number
                                        • Guest Pick - Jeff Teper

                                          • Star Wars: Mandalorian Season 2
                                          • 51 min
                                          • Episode 376 | Return of the JEDI, Ignite sessions and getting Fluid

                                            The JEDI contract is the biggest cloud contract awarded worldwide to date and MS is fighting for it. AC and CJ discuss where things are at with the MS vs. Amazon fight, talk about Ignite coming in a week and the sessions MS have posted and pontificate about the Fluid Framework and it’s seemingly perpetual just around the corner release date.

                                            News
                                            • Fluid Framework is now open source
                                            • MICROSOFT’S NEW FLUID OFFICE DOCUMENT IS GOOGLE DOCS ON STEROIDS
                                            • Pentagon says it will stick with Microsoft for $10 billion JEDI cloud contract
                                            • Microsoft Ignite session catalog
                                            • Announcing the public preview of Microsoft Graph change notifications delivery via Azure Event Hubs
                                            • SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: August 2020
                                            • PnP Virtual Conference – September 2020 – Summary and Recordings
                                            • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/advancing-a-culture-of-reliability-at-the-pace-of-azure/
                                            • Picks

                                              AC’s Pick

                                              • The UX of LEGO Interface Panels
                                              • CJ’s Pick

                                                • Aircraft - Sci-Fi Ships Pack (Star Wars, Top Gun, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica)
                                                • 55 min
                                                • Episode 375 | Listener Questions & the Latest Microsoft Azure News

                                                  In this episode, AC and CJ tackle some listener-submitted questions and recap the latest news from Microsoft Azure.

                                                  News
                                                  • Connector for AWS in Azure Cost Management + Billing is now generally available
                                                  • PowerShell support in Durable Functions is in public preview
                                                  • Check for Resource Health events impacting your AKS cluster (Preview)
                                                  • Azure Cosmos DB serverless (Preview)
                                                  • Soft delete for containers (preview)
                                                  • Introducing GitHub Container Registry
                                                  • What’s New in Microsoft Teams | August 2020
                                                  • Picks

                                                    AC’s Pick

                                                    • Automating safe, hands-off deployments
                                                    • CJ’s Pick

                                                      • A U-2 Spyplane Landed On An Aircraft Carrier? Yup!
                                                      • Listener Pick - Peter Shashkin

                                                        • Alrosa Flight 514
                                                        • 46 min
                                                        • Episode 374 | Orchestry with Michal Pisarek

                                                          This week AC and CJ are joined by special guest Michal Pisarek on the show to talk about his new startup Orchestry which aims to help companies better manage provisioning, governance, templating, and more in Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.

                                                          Guest

                                                          Michal Pisarek - CEO, Orchestry Software

                                                          • @michalpisarek
                                                          • Orchestry
                                                          • Picks

                                                            AC’s Pick

                                                            • Voitanos partners with NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Joe Graf Jr and SS GreenLight Racing team
                                                            • CJ’s Pick

                                                              • Microsoft Flight Simulator players are flying into Hurricane Laura
                                                              • Guest Pick - Michal Pisarek

                                                                • krisp
                                                                • 1 hr 11 min
                                                                • Episode 373 | IE11 & Legacy Edge on Death Row, Learning Pathways and More with Julie Turner

                                                                  In this 373rd episode, Julie Turner joins AC to talk about Learning Pathways, a widely popular resource from the Microsoft 365 PnP that she is the lead developer on.

                                                                  Guest

                                                                  Julie Turner - Partner/CTO, Sympraxis Consulting

                                                                  • Vini, Vidi, Vici
                                                                  • News
                                                                    • Microsoft 365 apps say farewell to Internet Explorer 11 and Windows 10 sunsets Microsoft Edge Legacy
                                                                    • MICROSOFT 365 LEARNING PATHWAYS
                                                                    • GitHub: pnp/custom-learning-office-365
                                                                    • Microsoft 365 learning pathways
                                                                    • Ask Sympraxis: Microsoft 365 Learning Pathways
                                                                    • Picks

                                                                      AC’s Pick

                                                                      • Beastie Boys Story
                                                                      • Julie’s Pick

                                                                        • CuriosityStream
                                                                        • Joint Pick

                                                                          • Worlds Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
                                                                          • 1 hr 4 min
                                                                          • Episode 372 | Legal Woes, New Devices & Some News

                                                                            Microsoft faces legal challenges with their recent moves on naming Dataflex, AC and CJ discuss if the new Surface Duo is a device they see themselves getting and they chat about some new Azure Stack options coming.

                                                                            News
                                                                            • Microsoft Sued over Dataflex Pro
                                                                            • Announcing data import from PDF documents
                                                                            • Brian Jones, Head of Product, Excel
                                                                            • The new Surface Duo
                                                                            • Microsoft readies its AWS Outposts hybrid competitor: Azure Stack ‘Fiji’
                                                                            • Reimagining how NBA fans and teams experience the game of basketball with Together mode in Microsoft Teams
                                                                            • Microsoft Ignite 2020: Empowering the technical community to help customers innovate and rebuild in a changing world
                                                                            • Picks

                                                                              AC’s Picks

                                                                              • Fear the Sky (The Fear Saga) (Volume 1)
                                                                              • The Last Dance
                                                                              • CJ’s Picks

                                                                                • How Vulnerable Is G.P.S.?
                                                                                • Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks
                                                                                • 1 hr 1 min

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