Welcome to the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast!
This is a show about Office 365, Azure, and the IT pro and end-user side of life, where we discuss a topic, or recent news, related to Office 365 or Azure and how it relates to you as an IT Pro
About the show
Scott and Ben are both IT Pros that have a long history with Microsoft products. Recently Ben focuses primarily on Microsoft 365 but does a fair amount in Azure, and Scott spends most of his time in Azure, but with a history in SharePoint and Microsoft 365 still enjoys that side of things as well. We started this podcast over 5 years ago and continue to enjoy chatting weekly about various topics and technically in Microsoft 365 and Azure, specifically as it relates to IT Pros. They’ve also started a partner YouTube channel “Two the Cloud”.

Ben Stegink
Co-Host

Scott Hoag
Co-Host
New Episodes Weekly
Live Every Thursday @ 8am
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Episode 350 – Take a look, it’s in a book, or in a Microsoft Learn exam
In Episode 350, Ben and Scott talk about some of the ambiguity in features between several types of Teams channels, a new model that includes access to Microsoft Learn for those taking role-based Microsoft certification exams, and a simplified experience for creating...

Episode 349 – The War of the Policies
In Episode 349, Ben and Scott talk through considerations for working with Azure Policy to enable diagnostic settings at scale. Along the way they also talk about helpful tools that are available that can help you get your environment configured the way you need even...

Episode 348 – You get a subscription, and you get a subscription, and you get a subscription!
In Episode 348, Ben and Scott start the discussion focusing on the shifting dynamics of open-source tool access for customers, particularly in light of HashiCorp's decision to transition to a Business Source License (BSL). This move essentially limits what competitors...

Episode 347 – All your Entra.news with Merill Fernando
In Episode 347, Ben and Scott sit down with Merill Fernando to discuss the tools and content Merill is building to support Microsoft Entra customers. Merill is a Principal Product Manager in the Microsoft CAT team with a focus on Microsoft Graph for Identity and...

Episode 346 – Expanded cloud logging for everyone
In Episode 346, Ben and Scott discuss how some of the recent attacks on Microsoft 365 customers have led to Microsoft, in partnership with CISA, offering expanded cloud logging capabilities to all customers for no additional charge. Like what you hear and want to...

Episode 345 – Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Archive
In episode 345, Ben and Scott discuss the upcoming Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Archive services, as well as the pricing and value of Microsoft Co-Pilot. Microsoft 365 backup and Microsoft 365 archive services will provide users with options for backing up...

Episode 344 – The paradox of choice as a SharePoint Developer with Andrew Connell
In Episode 344, Ben and Scott invite Andrew Connell, SharePoint developer extraordinaire and founder of Voitanos on the show to talk about your options when it comes to developing modern web applications that interact with SharePoint and Teams. There's a lot to unpack...

Episode 343 – Microsoft Entra: The Podcast
In Episode 343, Ben and Scott start to tackle the great renaming of Azure Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID (or MEID). Except for the places that it didn't get renamed. It's not confusing at all. They discuss the implications of the rename and the potential...