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   Number 1: Patching in 2026 with Susan Bradley

   How has patching changed in 2026? Richard chats with patching goddess Susan Bradley about what she's seeing in vendor patches and how they're affecting consumers and businesses. On one hand, you have the security risk of unpatched servers, which puts a lot of pressure on sysadmins to deploy patches immediately. And, at the same time, the number of patches has grown massively as tools like Anthropic's Fable have revealed far more vulnerabilities. Then there are the vendors that are slow to get fixes out for drivers and firmware for existing systems, increasing the risk of serious failures - it's not easy patching in 2026! Links UEFI Secure Boot with Richard Hicks Reassess your Windows Update Policies Dell Hotfix HP Bitlocker Loop Suspend BitLocker Protection End of Support for Office 2016 and 2019 Recorded Aug 21, 2026

   September 16, 2026·36min
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   Number 2: State of WSUS with Adam Marshall

   Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) was deprecated in Sept 2024 - when does it go away? Richard talks to Adam Marshall about how WSUS is still an essential service for Configuration Manager, included with Server 2025 and V.Next - it's not going anywhere! Adam talks about the use cases WSUS covers that no other update solution does, especially granular control of updates and offline scenarios. And while Microsoft is still feeding updates into the WSUS stack, no new code is going into the solution, making it hard to maintain. That is why Adam has been building WAM - WSUS Automated Maintenance. The stack includes free and paid tools, and all of them make your WSUS life easier! Links Windows Server Update Services Microsoft Intune Windows Update for Business Configuration Manager Windows Autopatch WSUS Automated Management Recorded Aug 20, 2026

   September 09, 2026·29min
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   Number 3: Reimagining Intranets with Susan Hanley

   How does AI change the intranet? Richard chats with Susan Hanley about her work helping organizations build great intranets and how tools like M365 Copilot are changing the intranet. Susan talks about the new reality of an intranet, where some users no longer go to the intranet directly but use an agent to retrieve the information they need. This impacts search statistics, but also means it's important to write pages that an agent can easily understand. The conversation also dives into the bane of all intranets - archiving data. LLMs can help with organizing data, but getting stale data out of view is essential. There are also retention policies and governance, and there's a role for these tools there too - the intranet is evolving! Links SharePoint Skills Recorded Aug 17, 2026

   September 02, 2026·37min
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   Number 4: Security Features of PowerShell 7 with Mike O'Neill

   How secure are your PowerShell scripts? Richard talks to Mike O'Neill about the powerful security features introduced with PowerShell 7.3 and above, including session configuration files and clean blocks. Mike talks about how some organizations are strict about installing anything on servers, including the latest version of PowerShell - which is one of the reasons 5.1 has persisted so long. But that ends with 26H2 and opens the door to securing your PowerShell with strict controls over accounts, cmdlets, and more! The latest PowerShell makes it easier to have just enough administration - and makes it harder for the black hats to exploit! Links PowerShell 7 Just Enough Administration New-PSSessionConfiguration File PowerShell Clean Block Monthly PowerShell Team Call Mike's Exchange Add-In for PowerShell Recorded July 9, 2026

   August 26, 2026·32min
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   Number 5: The Content Management System Landscape with Matt Garrepy

   What is the state of content management systems today? Richard chats with Matthew Garrepy of CMS Critic about his views on how the CMS market continues to evolve. Matt digs into the build-vs-buy conversation that has been going on since the web first emerged - now made more complex with the power of the large language model to generate code. The evolution toward headless CMS brings up the idea of the explosion of different places that a CMS needs to touch now - not just web pages. The landscape for CMS is only getting more complex, and the tooling reflects that! Links CMSCritic Sanity CMS Sitecore EmDash Recorded July 6, 2026

   August 12, 2026·41min
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