Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

In Episode 290, Ben and Scott discuss how you can transition from a Microsoft 365 administrator at a single organization to becoming a managed service provider or a consultant who helps customers implement Microsoft 365. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Dynamic X and Y Axis in Power BI visuals? Yes please! Migration tools for Log Analytics Agent to Azure Monitor Agent How to Sell Microsoft 365 as a Managed Service The MSP’s Guide to Selling M365 Microsoft Partner Network Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 289, Ben and Scott dive into announcements for Windows Admin Center for ARC-enabled servers, Azure Gateway Load Balancer [maybe] reaching GA, OAuth 2.0 client credential flow for POP, and IMAP and Exchange Online, and kind-of/sort-of nested groups in Azure AD. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Preview of Windows Admin Center for Azure Arc-enabled infrastructure Manage Azure Arc-enabled Servers using Windows Admin Center in Azure Gateway Load Balancer (Preview) Announcing OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials Flow support for POP and IMAP protocols in Exchange Online Use client credentials grant flow to authenticate IMAP and POP connections Microsoft identity platform and the OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow Create "nested" groups with Azure AD Dynamic Groups Group membership in a dynamic group (preview) in Azure Active Directory About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 288, Ben and Scott tour the OneDrive Sync Reports preview, talk about some new assessments available from the PNP project for SharePoint 2013 Workflow discovery and SharePoint Syntex, and then close out with a preview feature in Azure Storage which allows you to provision up to 5,000 storage accounts per region per subscription. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Calling macOS Admins: OneDrive Sync Reports are in Public Preview! OneDrive sync reports in the Apps Admin Center Microsoft 365 Assessment tool SharePoint 2013 Workflow Assessment SharePoint Syntex Assessment How Microsoft Teams uses AI and machine learning to improve calls and meetings Logi Dock: First Impressions Azure DNS zone endpoints (preview) About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 287, Ben and Scott take a detour to talk about Field Parameters in Power BI before they get back on track and dive into Microsoft Entra. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Using the new amazing Power BI feature - Field Parameters Fields Parameter in Action I Practical Examples Secure access for a connected world—meet Microsoft Entra Microsoft launches Entra: A new identity and access family of products Streamlining employee onboarding: Microsoft’s response to the Great Reshuffle Introduction to Azure Active Directory Verifiable Credentials (preview) What's Permissions Management? About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 286, Ben and Scott run down some of their favorite announcements from Microsoft Build 2022. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Build 2022 Book of News Announcing Azure DNS Private Resolver: Now in preview What is Azure DNS Private Resolver? Raising the Baseline Security for all Organizations in the World Security defaults in Azure AD Review and remove AAD inactive users in Public Preview Create an access review of groups and applications in Azure AD License requirements Introducing Microsoft Dev Box Delivering developer velocity through the entire engineering system Build collaborative apps with new Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams collaboration controls in Power Apps Announcing Microsoft Power Pages: Build secure, low-code websites What's the difference between Power Pages and Power Apps portals? About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 285, Ben and Scott have some follow-up on the deprecation of basic auth in Exchange Online, a new learning collection for CMMC, and the pilot release of the new Outlook client for Windows. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Announcing Public Folder Migration Scripts with Modern Authentication Support Understanding the Different Versions of Exchange Online PowerShell Modules and Basic Auth Get started with Microsoft Learn for CMMC Announcing Learn Collections Things to know about the new Outlook for Windows The new Outlook for Windows helps you be more productive and in control of your inbox Introducing Microsoft Viva Goals About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 284, Ben and Scott spend some time reminding all of you that it is time to move off Basic Authentication in Exchange Online before it goes away for good at the end of this year. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Microsoft adds unscheduled breaks to most certification exams Microsoft modern authentication deadline looms over Exchange Deprecation of Basic authentication in Exchange Online Basic Authentication Deprecation in Exchange Online – May 2022 Update Microsoft Bookings Microsoft FindTime Calendly Welcome to Scheduler for Microsoft 365 About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 283, Ben brings Andrew Connell out of podcast retirement to discuss Azure Bicep. They discuss why to use Bicep, how and where to go to learn it, uses cases for Bicep as well how you can use it for CICD. Finally, they wrap up by answering the question...will we see a Voitanos course on Bicep? Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Bicep Documentation - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/ What is Azure Bicep? - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/overview?tabs=bicep How to create Azure Function Apps with Bicep - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzgB3cSUdNM How to: CI/CD/IaC for Azure Function Apps and GitHub Actions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36R1pzPuLvs Getting started with Azure Bicep - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/getting-started-with-azure-bicep/ba-p/3064214 Andrew Connell Andrew Connell is a web developer with a focus on Microsoft Azure & Microsoft 365, specifically SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Azure, Node.js, .NET Core, and React that enjoys development, writing & teaching...if it’s a cutting-edge web you will find Andrew there! He has received Microsoft’s MVP award every year since 2005 and has helped thousands of developers through the various courses he’s authored and taught both in-person & in online courses. His training company, Voitanos (https://www.voitanos.io), is dedicated to delivering industry-leading on-demand video training for Microsoft 365 & Microsoft Azure professional developers. Throughout the years Andrew has been fortunate enough to share what he has learned at conferences like Microsoft’s TechEd, Build, Ignite & the SharePoint Conference (SPC), the European SharePoint Conference, 365EduCon (formerly SharePoint Fest), and Angular’s ngConf & AngularU among many others all around the world in North America, Europe, Asia & Australia. You can find Andrew on his popular blog (http://www.andrewconnell.com), follow him on Twitter @andrewconnell or @voitanos, check out some of the numerous projects he’s involved in on GitHub (http://www.github.com/andrewconnell), or check out his YouTube channel at https://voitanos.tv. Andrew Connell https://www.twitter.com/andrewconnell https://github.com/AndrewConnell https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewconnell   Voitanos https://www.voitanos.io https://www.twitter.com/voitanos https://www.youtube.com/voitanosio https://www.facebook.com/voitanos About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 282, Scott talks to Ben about a situation he ran into at work where he wanted to automate the ingestion of data from Azure Data Explorer and Azure DevOps into Excel. They talk about how you can query data from multiple data sources using Power Query and bring that data together with relationships and visualizations. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Maxforce Quantum 0.03% Imidacloprid Ant Control Liquid Bait with 10 stations, 120 Gram Bottle Compare Outlook for PC, Outlook on the web, and Outlook for iOS & Android Share an Outlook calendar with other people What is Power Query? Getting data overview Get started with the REST APIs for Azure DevOps About Power BI integration Get webpage data by providing examples OData.Feed Microsoft Power BI Downloads About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

In Episode 281, Ben and Scott talk through how account switching for M365 web apps works and then some updates around Azure AD and how change management for the service will work moving forward from March 2022. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Announcing account switching for Microsoft 365 web apps Azure AD: Change Management Simplified Register for Microsoft Build About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.