Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

Episode 227 – Scott Got Hacked

by Scott | Apr 29, 2021 | Podcast

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In Episode 227, Ben listens as Scott vents about his Q-NAP NAS was attacked with ransomware and some things you can think about doing to have a better posture for configuring and securing your NAS. Then they get into the Azure Retail Prices API, a publicly accessible API for accessing retail rates for PayGo and reservation pricing for Azure services and Operator Connect for Microsoft Teams.

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Episode 226 – Azure Storage Updates, Automated STIG Compliance, and PowerShell SecretManagement

by Scott | Apr 22, 2021 | Podcast

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In Episode 226, Ben and Scott talk through some of the latest Azure news, including the preview release of STIG VM deployments in the public cloud and GCC, 200TB 🤯. blobs in Azure storage, Azure Storage Day, and a PowerShell module called SecretManagement you can use to store your secrets to simplify your demos. (more…)

Episode 225 – WVD start on connect and Azure Cloud Services (extended support)

by Scott | Apr 15, 2021 | Podcast

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In Episode 225, Ben and Scott spend 30 minutes talking about several preview features available to Azure subscribers – WVD start on connect and Azure Cloud Services (extended support). (more…)

Episode 224 – Windows Hello for Business, Passwordless Authentication, and CMMC

by Scott | Apr 8, 2021 | Podcast

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In Episode 224, Ben and Scott go down a rabbit hole to explore Windows Hello for Business and passwordless authentication options in Windows. They also talk about how these features can be used to satisfy requirements for standards such as CMMC. (more…)

Episode 223 – State of Microsoft 365: Migration, Modernization, and Security in 2021

by Scott | Apr 1, 2021 | Podcast

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In Episode 223, Ben and Scott sit down with Laurent St-Pierre from ShareGate to discuss the release of their report State of Microsoft 365: Migration, Modernization, and Security in 2021. You can learn more about ShareGate at and connect with Laurent on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter. (more…)

Episode 222 – Azure AD Gets Glitterbombed

by Scott | Mar 25, 2021 | Podcast

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In Episode 222, Ben and Scott talk about considerations for upping your presentation game with a teleprompter and Teams and then spend some time talking through the latest Azure Active Directory outage and considerations for customers when Azure AD is unavailable. (more…)

Episode 221 – Azure Routing Preference and Trusted launch

by Scott | Mar 18, 2021 | Podcast

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In Episode 221, Ben and Scott talk about Ben’s new M1 Mac Mini, the general availability of Routing Preference, and the introduction of Azure Trusted launch which brings support for vTPMs, trusted boot, and virtualization-based security (VBS). (more…)

Episode 220 – All Your Meetings Are In VR Now

by Scott | Mar 11, 2021 | Podcast

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In Episode 220, Ben and Scott talk through follow-up post-Microsoft Ignite, some ways you can track changes to the governance plane of Azure using AzAdvertizer, and a new tool for tracking documentation changes in docs.microsoft.com with Docs Update Tracker. (more…)

Episode 219 – Microsoft Ignite Spring 2021 Updates

by Scott | Mar 4, 2021 | Podcast

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In Episode 219, Ben and Scott discuss the announcements and news from Microsoft’s Spring Ignite event for Microsoft 365 and Azure. (more…)

Episode 218 – Join The Club[house]

by Scott | Feb 25, 2021 | Podcast

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In Episode 218, Ben and Scott talk about opportunities to interact directly with Microsoft Teams engineering, changes to the timeline for the switchover from Stream to OneDrive and SharePoint for recordings in Teams, and the future of MTA certifications. (more…)

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