Episode 359 – Microsoft Applied Skills and Azure Bastion Developer SKU

Episode 359 – Microsoft Applied Skills and Azure Bastion Developer SKU

In Episode 359, Ben and Scott discuss Microsoft Applied Skills – a new skilling platform for Microsoft customers to get hands-on in a live, on-demand lab environment to validate their skills in a specific area and how Applied Skills compares to the existing role-based certification exams. Next up, it’s a quick review of an upcoming roadmap item that impacts Microsoft-managed conditional access policies and how to monitor and keep up to date with Message Center messages that are applicable to your tenant. Then it’s time to wrap up with a Developer SKU that was recently launched for Azure Bastion, offering lower cost to Bastion at the expense of some of the bells and whistles in the Basic and Standard SKUs.

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Episode 350 – Take a look, it’s in a book, or in a Microsoft Learn exam

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 and managing CDN endpoints using Azure Front Door for Azure Storage customers.

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Episode 210 – Microsoft Certification Renewal Updates

Episode 210 – Microsoft Certification Renewal Updates

In Episode 210, Ben and Scott lament a broken Green Egg, discuss upcoming changes to the certification renewal process for Microsoft’s role-based certifications, and some upcoming name changes that may impact your advanced hunting queries in Microsoft 365 Defender. (more…)

Episode 94 – Get Microsoft Cloud Certified

Episode 94 – Get Microsoft Cloud Certified

In Episode 94, Ben and Scott talk about the latest Azure and Microsoft 365 certifications and what it means to you if you’re getting started today or transitioning an existing certification.

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Show Notes

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