Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

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.

In Episode 320, Ben and Scott get a little sidetracked and talk about their monitor setups, frustrations with Twitter and where we are on Mastodon, and then close out on Teams Premium. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Learn Live: Azure Core IaaS Study Hall Apple 2021 iPad Mini (Wi-Fi, 64GB) - Space Gray LG 28MQ780-B 28 Inch SDQHD (2560 x 2880) Nano IPS DualUp Monitor with Ergo Stand, DCI-P3 98% (Typ.) HDR10, USB Type-C (90W PD) - Black LG C2 Series 42-Inch Class OLED evo Gallery Edition Smart TV OLED42C2PUA, 2022 - AI-Powered 4K, Alexa Built-in Dell UltraSharp U4320Q 42.5" 4K UHD LED LCD Monitor - 16:9 - Black Nuphy Air 75 - Get 10% off any order from Nuphy  Why Twitter users are upset about the platform’s latest change Twitter replaces its free API with a paid tier in quest to make more money Follow us on Mastodon: https://techhub.social/@BenStegink https://mastodon.social/@ciphertxt https://techhub.social/@msclouditpro Microsoft Teams Premium: Cut costs and add AI-powered productivity The better way to meet—Microsoft Teams Premium Microsoft Teams Premium licensing Microsoft Teams Premium - Overview for administrators 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 319, Ben and Scott talk through a fun new way to keep up with updates to the Microsoft 365 roadmap using Office 365 Roadmap watch and them discuss a new item on the roadmap - explicit recording consent for Teams Meetings. Next up they get into IPv6 support coming to conditional access in March 2023 and some changes coming to Azure reservations now that Savings plans for compute are here. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Office 365 Roadmap Watch https://feeds.feedburner.com/Office365RoadmapWatcher Azure Timeline Microsoft Teams: Explicit Recording Consent for Teams meetings Azure AD IPv6 Support Comes in March 2023 IPv6 Support in Azure Active Directory General Availability: 5 GB Put Blob Self-service exchanges and refunds for Azure Reservations What is Azure savings plans for compute? Episode 305 – Azure Savings Plans for compute 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 318, Ben and Scott talk about the Defender debacle from last week and then get into some new Azure previews, including rich application health states with Virtual Machine Scale Sets, the Azure Automation extension for VS Code, and the latest preview of change tracking and inventory management with the Azure Monitor Agent. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Latest Defender Update KB2267602 Bug Deletes Shortcuts Security intelligence updates for Microsoft Defender Antivirus and other Microsoft antimalware Using Application Health extension with Virtual Machine Scale Sets Public Preview of Azure Automation extension for Visual Studio Code Runbook authoring through VS Code in Azure Automation Overview of change tracking and inventory using Azure Monitoring Agent (Preview) Migrate to Azure Monitor Agent from Log Analytics agent 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 317, Ben walks Scott through some of his trials and tribulations with migrating contents to and from Microsoft 365 Groups (Conversations) mailboxes. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Perform a Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) migration to Microsoft 365 or Office 365 BitTitan MigrationWiz Office 365 Groups vs. Shared Mailboxes Microsoft 365 Group to Microsoft 365 Group Mailbox (Conversations) Migration Guide Export Content search results Exporting individual messages or PST files Use network upload to import your organization's PST files to Microsoft 365 Folders and Rules Support for Microsoft 365 Groups in Outlook Manage Folders and Rules feature in Microsoft 365 Groups Windows Defender - ASRFalsely blocking and removing applications 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 316, Ben and Scott talk about the continued fallout from the Rackspace ransomware attack as well as some other recent hacks from LastPass and CircleCI. Then they get into their topic of the day - Azure DevOps or GitHub and which one they prefer for different tasks. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Rackspace: Ransomware attack caused by zero-day exploit Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability More than 200 million Twitter users’ email addresses leaked by hackers LastPass - Notice of Recent Security Incident CircleCI security alert: Rotate any secrets stored in CircleCI (Updated Jan 6) ';--have i been pwned? Azure DevOps documentation GitHub documentation Microsoft acquires GitHub New year, new GitHub: Announcing unlimited free private repos and unified Enterprise offering 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 315, Ben takes Scott on a tour of Microsoft Loop and how it is working across Teams, Outlook and Word. Then they close out the episode with what tools they are using for personal work task management. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Microsoft Loop: Flexible Canvas App First things to know about Loop components Use Loop components in Word for the web Microsoft Whiteboard set to get Copy/Paste support for Loop Components Jira Work 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.