Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

In Episode 330, Ben and Scott talk about Home Assistant and how it fits into their home automation workflows. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes How to Create a Home Assistant Dashboard Wall Mounted Dashboard for Home Assistant! (Fire Tablet + Fully Kiosk) Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) Inovelli SMART 2-1 SWITCH (ON/OFF OR DIMMER) Lutron Caséta Wireless Smart Lighting Dimmer Switch and Remote Kit | P-PKG1W-WH Video https://youtu.be/_eMm-RBc3Uo 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 329, Ben and Scott talk about some old (but new to them) enhancements to Microsoft Intune that allow for the import of ADMX and ADML administrative templates, availability of Windows 365 Cloud PC preview for Frontline workers, and avatars for Teams coming to public preview. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes UniFi Gateway - WAN Load Balancing and Failover Flux Keyboard Windows 365 offers flexibility from the office or home to the frontline Import custom ADMX and ADML administrative templates into Microsoft Intune (public preview) Windows 365 Frontline available in public preview Avatars for Microsoft Teams in Public Preview Video https://youtu.be/DBdTc05VqWQ 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 328, Ben and Scott talk through the upcoming deprecation of remote PowerShell sessions (RPS) for Exchange Online, some changes to how you'll get to Azure AD using Entra in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, and how to enable the new Microsoft Teams client. Then Scott brings Ben up to speed on strategies to make sure you're getting notified of service retirements and deprecations for Azure. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Announcing Deprecation of Remote PowerShell (RPS) Protocol in Exchange Online PowerShell Deprecation of Remote PowerShell in Exchange Online - Re-enabling or Extending RPS support Azure AD Admin Center Moves to Microsoft Entra Admin Center Enable the new Microsoft Teams toggle for your organization The new Microsoft Teams desktop client Try the new Microsoft Teams Classic subscription administrator roles Video https://youtu.be/K0uzCqz2p_I 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 327, Ben and Scott talk through the new Microsoft Loop app which has entered public preview.           Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Learn how to enable the Microsoft Loop app, now in Public Preview Use Loop components in Outlook You can now try Microsoft Loop, a Notion competitor with futuristic Office documents https://twitter.com/benstegink/status/1639074039850479616?s=20 https://twitter.com/EricaToelle/status/1638766066745888769?s=20 SharePoint Online Admin cannot access the Content Type Hub Microsoft Loop is coming to OneNote “very soon” Video https://youtu.be/-m5hkg3vadM 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 326, Ben and Scott take on a listener question about ways to run study groups using Microsoft Teams to study for certifications (or really anything else you'd get a group together to learn). Next, they tackle the newly announced Microsoft 365 Copilot service. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Build5Nines/exam-assessments MicrosoftLearning/AZ-104-MicrosoftAzureAdministrator MicrosoftLearning/AZ-104-MicrosoftAzureAdministrator Microsoft Azure Master Class v2 Learn Azure app Modern Work (Microsoft 365) Technical Skilling Content Survey Needs YOUR Input! Mentimeter Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot – your copilot for work Raspberry Pi Brings ChatGPT AI to Clippy Explaining the Microsoft 365 Copilot System Introducing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Copilot, the world’s first copilot in both CRM and ERP, that brings next-generation AI to every line of business Hallucinations Could Blunt ChatGPT’s Success OpenAI says the problem’s solvable, Yann LeCun says we’ll see Microsoft lays off team that taught employees how to make AI tools responsibly Video https://youtu.be/liKGHwQMGJo 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 325, Ben and Scott talk through their experiences with Loop as it approaches its impending public preview and then dive into a question about how to approach a migration from SharePoint Online to Azure blob storage. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Overview of Loop components in Teams Microsoft Loop App to Launch in Public Preview This Month Manage Loop experiences (Loop app and Loop components) in SharePoint Copy file from SharePoint Online How To Call Logic App Synchronously From Azure Data Factory Transfer Files from SharePoint To Blob Storage with Azure Logic Apps Copy large files from SharePoint to Azure Blob Storage using Power Automate Episode 128 - Automating SharePoint Online with Flow, PowerShell, and Azure Episode 280 - Azure Storage or SharePoint for my files? 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 324, Ben and Scott talk through some more fun with ChatGPT and how it can point you in the wrong direction even for code snippets. Then they dive into Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets and orchestration modes including VMSS Flex. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Microsoft has been secretly testing its Bing chatbot 'Sydney' for years Introducing the AI Mirror Test, which very smart people keep failing Orchestration modes for Virtual Machine Scale Sets in Azure FAQ for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets 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 323, Ben walks Scott through a recent customer project with Microsoft Graph, Azure Automation, and Logic Apps. It turns out that working with Microsoft Graph and Managed Identities gets a little confusing once you start throwing delegated vs application permissions into the mix. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Using the Microsoft Graph SDK for PowerShell with Azure Automation Microsoft Graph throttling guidance Get-MgUserPresence Tutorial: Access Microsoft Graph from a secured .NET app as the app Microsoft Graph permissions reference AzureAD/MSAL.PS 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 322, Ben and Scott talk about the announced rebranding of Yammer to Viva Engage, a new admin center for Viva Engage, and the retirement of Run-As accounts. Oh, and please reach out to Ben and congratulate him on his newly minted MVP status! 🎉 Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Build connections with Games for Work, a new Microsoft Teams app Neat Frame Microsoft Dumps Yammer Brand Introducing Microsoft Viva Engage M365 Changelog: Multiple Yammer Networks Within Single Tenant No Longer Supported (1:Many Mode) Introducing OneDrive customer office hours New Admin Center for Viva Engage How Microsoft Security wants to help you take your fandom and turn it into global influence! Ben's a MVP! Microsoft Retires Azure Automation Run As Accounts in September 2023 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 321, Ben takes Scott through his current experience with the new Bing experience and ChatGPT integration. Then they talk about a quirk in the retirement/not retirement for free Teams business users and close out with the recently announced support for Multimedia Redirection (MMR) on Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 Cloud PC. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Windows 10 Home and Pro Tune in today: Learn Live experts are ready to accelerate your skilling Learn Live: Azure Core IaaS Study Hall Hands-on with the new Bing: Microsoft's step beyond ChatGPT ChatGPT vs the 'new Bing': Check out their very different answers to 20 questions GitHub Copilot Get Started with GitHub Copilot with VSCode and Python Extension Microsoft will wipe free Teams business users' data if they don't upgrade to a paid tier Say goodbye to Microsoft Teams Free (classic) and hello to Microsoft Teams (free) Announcing General Availability of Multimedia Redirection (MMR) on Azure Virtual Desktop Multimedia Redirection (MMR) on Windows 365 general availability Understanding multimedia redirection for Azure Virtual Desktop Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable latest supported 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.