

Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
Ben Stegink, Scott Hoag
Your Microsoft Cloud News from a couple of IT Pros
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Jul 27, 2023 • 50min
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 here - when or even should you build a SharePoint app? Is it better to just build and deploy web apps that you can control end-to-end? Listen in to find out.
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Show Notes
Real World Example: Build Web Apps - not M365 or Teams Apps
Build Web Apps - not Microsoft 365, Teams, or SPFx Apps
Learn the SharePoint Schedule (SPFx) - All Courses
Creating your first Microsoft 365 Developer tenant
Microsoft 365 Developer Program
SharePoint Add-ins
Overview of the SharePoint Framework
Understand Microsoft Teams apps and their capabilities
SaaS COGS: What To Consider In Your Cost Of Goods Sold
Yo Teams
Meet Your Citizen Developer
Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice
Overview of Viva Connections
About Andrew Connell
Andrew is a web developer who loves to learn new in tech and help others learn! Microsoft has recognized me every year since 2005 with its annual MVP Award. I started teaching in 2007 in just about every way I can. During most of that time, I’ve focused on enterprise platforms like Microsoft Azure & Microsoft 365 including, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams.
Connect with AC
Voitanos
LinkedIn
YouTube
Threads
Twitter
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.

Jul 20, 2023 • 34min
Episode 343 – Microsoft Entra: The Podcast
In this podcast, the hosts discuss the renaming of Azure Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID, highlighting the potential confusion and implications. They also explore Microsoft's entry into the security service edge market and compare Azure AD to other cloud identity providers. Additionally, they touch on the challenges of updating existing tools and scripts and tease upcoming guest speakers.

Jul 13, 2023 • 43min
Episode 342 – Microsoft Edge Workspaces
In Episode 342, Ben and Scott talk through how they manage access to the internet for the kids in their lives, Microsoft Edge Workspaces, and some of the frustrations with auto-generated documentation for the Microsoft Graph.
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Show Notes
Using PiHole for parental control of your home network
[GUIDE] How to Parental Controls - Options
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OpenDNS FamilyShield
NextDNS
Episode 341 – Our word of the day is “Notes”
Edge Workspace scenarios
Organize your ideas with Collections in Microsoft Edge
Update-MgUserExtension
Update-MgUser
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.

Jul 6, 2023 • 36min
Episode 341 – Our word of the day is “Notes”
In Episode 341, Ben and Scott continue to dive into the confusion that is the note taking ecosystem in Microsoft 365 with the potential competition between OneNote and Loop, the formal retirement announcement for InfoPath Forms Services, and some more follow-up on Copilots and where you can use them in your day-to-day work.
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Show Notes
Default Notes tab in Microsoft Teams for Enterprise customers
Meeting Details in OneNote
Now in Public preview & Targeted release: Collaborative meeting notes in Teams meetings
Now in public preview: Collaborative notes in Microsoft Teams Meetings
Yammer.com Rebranded to Viva Engage
Support update for InfoPath Forms Services in Microsoft 365
InfoPath Forms Services Assessment
SharePoint Server 2019 Lifecycle
Microsoft Lists: Easier, Better, Faster, Stronger
SharePoint: Microsoft Lists- A new forms experience to collect information
You can now try Windows Copilot and native RAR and 7-Zip support in Windows 11
Meeting recap in Microsoft Teams
Video
https://youtu.be/pOJClKla1f8
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.

Jun 29, 2023 • 42min
Episode 340 – A little bit of DDoS in your life
In Episode 340, Ben and Scott talk about some of the takeaways from the recent DDoS attacks on the Azure Portal, a (new to them) Terraform module for working with Azure AD, and how to start preparing your Microsoft 365 tenant for Microsoft Copilot.
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Show Notes
Microsoft Response to Layer 7 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks
AzCopy - Use multiple clients to run jobs in parallel
Azure AD intro with Terraform examples
Terraform on Azure June Update
How to prepare for Microsoft 365 Copilot
Overview of update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps
Semantic Index for Copilot: Explained by Microsoft
How Microsoft 365 Copilot works
Microsoft AI help & learning
Microsoft Viva and Glint
Video
https://youtu.be/15ueLjgBESA
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.

Jun 22, 2023 • 37min
Episode 339 – The Internet is breaking down (again)
In Episode 339, Ben and Scott get side railed with the current Redditt drama around their paid API and some of their favorite apps going away. They also cover and update on Azure AD Graph Retirement before they move on to some new sample scripts from the Intune team that demonstrate how to work with Intune and Microsoft Graph. Finally, they close out discussing the new public preview of collaborative notes in Microsoft Teams.
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Show Notes
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn't backing down
Google Domains shutting down, assets sold and being migrated to Squarespace
Google just killed Google Domains: Just kidding, it got sold
Google Domains shutting down, assets sold and being migrated to Squarespace
Important: Azure AD Graph Retirement and Powershell Module Deprecation
Update to Microsoft Intune PowerShell example script repository on GitHub
Now in public preview: Collaborative notes in Microsoft Teams Meetings
Amazon's server outage broke fast food apps like McDonald's and Taco Bell
Video
https://youtu.be/r8orEAt34eY
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.

Jun 15, 2023 • 31min
Episode 338 – Wrangle your inbox after vacation
In Episode 338, Ben comes back from vacation which prompts Scott to start a discussion on mailbox management tips before they move on to some changes in the Apple Developer Program that could impact your users. Then they close out with some Azure announcements for AKS.
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Show Notes
One Email Rule - Have a separate Inbox and an Inbox CC to reduce email stress. Guaranteed.
End meetings early or start late
Support Tip: iOS/iPadOS 17 Beta with Microsoft Intune
iOS 17 developer beta is open to anyone - here's how to download it now
Classic Exchange admin center in Exchange Online
Final Deprecation of Classic Exchange Admin Center (EAC) in Exchange Online
Introducing the Azure Linux container host for AKS
Transforming containerized applications with Azure Container Storage-now in preview
What is Azure Container Storage? Preview
Video
https://youtu.be/0zXgEOs7Z40
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.
Jun 8, 2023 • 37min
Episode 337 - Secure your Office 365 tenant and protect your users Episode 337 – Secure your Office 365 tenant and protect your users
In Episode 337, Ben and Scott through recommendations for securing your Office 365 tenants and admin accounts. They also address a listener question on how you can address the disparities in logging and metrics collections when you're using multiple SaaS products.
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Show Notes
CollabCon Conference 2023
Manage emergency access accounts in Azure AD
Securing privileged access for hybrid and cloud deployments in Azure AD
Conditional Access authentication strength is now Generally Available!
Learn about data loss prevention
Microsoft Sentinel data connectors
Hybrid Cloud with AWS
Video
https://youtu.be/TMKm9lcaQE0
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.

Jun 1, 2023 • 31min
Episode 336 – S Tier Microsoft Build 2023 Announcements
In Episode 336, Ben and Scott discuss some of the marquee announcements from Microsoft Build 2023.
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Show Notes
Build Book of News
Full Keynote | Satya Nadella at Microsoft Build 2023
Microsoft's Azure AI Studio lets developers build their own AI 'copilots'
Copilot in Power BI technical preview
Introducing Microsoft Fabric and Copilot in Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft Fabric licenses
Microsoft launches Fabric, a new end-to-end data and analytics platform
What is Microsoft Fabric?
Microsoft Fabric terminology
Video
https://youtu.be/0ml2d1OutRE
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.

May 25, 2023 • 40min
Episode 335 – The vagaries of Office 365 licensing
In Episode 335, Ben and Scott discuss some of the trials and tribulations of Office 365 and Microsoft 365 licensing. Specifically, some intricacies around Microsoft Defender for Office 365.
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Show Notes
Vague documentation on licensing #12003
Manage who can create Microsoft 365 Groups
Get started using Attack simulation training
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 service description - Licensing terms
Retiring the AWS Documentation on GitHub
Preview: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps
Testing reachability of Azure Load Balancer frontend IPv4 address with ping
Video
https://youtu.be/oOqXXVX-1Z4
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.


