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Regular Microsoft Cloud information featuring Azure and Office365 with Microsoft MVP Robert Crane - A mix of current Microsoft cloud news, analysis and industry expert chat.
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7 days ago
7 days ago
In this episode I take a look at some of the latest announcements from Microsoft Build as well as recent changes to the Microsoft 365 home page. As expected Build gave us lots of new and enhanced capabilities coming to services like Copilot Studio and provide a raft of enhanced ways to better use AI across tenant information. There are still plenty of security updates to be across so listen along for all the details.
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Resources
Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot Tuning
The Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Built for the new way of working
What’s new in Microsoft 365 Copilot | May 2025
Automating Phishing Email Triage with Microsoft Security Copilot
Defending against evolving identity attack techniques
What’s new in Microsoft Intune: May 2025
Monitoring & Assessing Risk with Microsoft Entra ID Protection
Discover how automatic attack disruption protects critical assets while ensuring business continuity
Access chats while sharing your screen in Teams meetings
New Russia-affiliated actor Void Blizzard targets critical sectors for espionage
Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
In this episode I have a chat about the E5 security add on for Microsoft 365 Business premium and what additions it provides for security. Microsoft Build is also this week so we expect plenty of news and update there. Stay tuned for that but for now listen along get up to date with the Microsoft Cloud.
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Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1 grant discontinuation
Simple, Smart, and Secure: The next step in sharing files in Microsoft 365
Introducing all-new Surface Copilot+ PCs: The Surface Pro, 12-inch and Surface Laptop, 13-inch
Copilot on Windows: “Hey, Copilot!” begins rolling out to Windows Insiders
Start, Fresh — Redesigning the Windows Start menu for you
SharePoint in the Era of AI: Spring 2025 Updates
Empowering multi-agent apps with the open Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol
Managing and migrating Macs with Microsoft Intune
Getting Started with the New Purview eDiscovery (E3)
Transitioning to Microsoft Planner and retiring Microsoft Project for the web
OneDrive: Personalized Intelligence. Seamless Collaboration. Always On
Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
Join me for the latest news an updates from the Microsoft Cloud just on eve of Microsoft Build. Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 is upon u and I provide some thoughts and information on what to expect as well as some thoughts around why data is the important thing to consider with AI rather than which model might currently be better. Listen along and let me know your thoughts.
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Resources
Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring updates
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Built for the era of human–agent collaboration
2025 release wave 1 brings hundreds of updates to Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform
What’s new in Copilot Studio: April 2025
Researcher agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Analyst agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot
What's new in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app - April 2025
Announcing Public Preview of DLP for M365 Copilot in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Explore practical best practices to secure your data with Microsoft Purview
Project Manager in Planner Demo
What's new in Microsoft Intune: April 2025
Introducing ActorInfoString: A New Era of Audit Log Accuracy in Exchange Online
Advanced deployment guide for Conditional Access Policy templates
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Join me to hear about the latest news and update from the Microsoft cloud as well as a deep dive into SharePoint agents. Plenty of AI news is again coming your way in this episode as Copilot spreads its wings and continues to grow across the stack. List in for more details.
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Resources
Widespread Microsoft Entra lockouts tied to new security feature rollout
FYAI: How agents will transform business and daily work
Announcing new computer use in Microsoft Copilot Studio for UI automation
Introducing agent flows: Transforming automation with AI-first workflows
Five things for IT administrators to know about SharePoint agent management
How to deploy Microsoft Purview DSPM for AI to secure your AI apps
Transforming security with Microsoft Security Exposure Management initiatives
Microsoft Purview: New data security controls for the browser & network
Step-by-Step Guide : How to enable QR code authentication for Microsoft Entra ID (Preview)
ActiveX disabled by default in Microsoft 365
Achieve greater security with Intune and Microsoft 365
Troubleshooting Windows Feature updates in Microsoft Intune
Azure Files: More performance, more control, more value for your file data
Feature deep dive: Using PDFs in OneDrive and our journey thus far
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Celebrate the 50 year anniversary of Microsoft. Like them or not you have to admire what they have been able to achieve and opportunities they have provided my business with their products and services. Unsurprisingly, AI was also part of that celebration with a raft of updates worth noting. Purview is big! If you haven't yet dived in then maybe it's time you did. Lots of things to learn in this episode.
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Resources
MS turn 50
50 Years of Microsoft | Our future is you
Satya Nadella recreates Microsoft's first product
Microsoft 50th anniversary + Copilot event
AI
Introducing Copilot Search in Bing
Create pages with Copilot in SharePoint
Security
Strengthen data security posture in the era of AI with Microsoft Purview
Microsoft Purview – Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for AI
Multi-workspace for Multi-tenant is now in Public Preview in Microsoft's Unified SecOps Platform
Threat actors leverage tax season to deploy tax-themed phishing campaigns
Why Windows Autopatch is the smart update solution
New innovations in Microsoft Purview for protected, AI-ready data
New innovations in Microsoft Entra to strengthen AI security and identity protection
Building layered protection: New Microsoft Purview data security controls for the browser & network
Windows 365
Maximize productivity and ROI with Windows 365: New innovations now generally available
Vibe coding
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Join me for this episode with all the latest news and update from Microsoft as well as my take on the importance of logging as a security basic that many overlook. Plenty of security news in this episode especially around the latest exploits of MSHTA.EXE that you should be prepared for. Listen for all the information.
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Resources
Comparing Copilot Chat included with Microsoft 365 to a paid Copilot license
Adobe and Microsoft Empower Marketers with AI Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Introducing Copilot in the Microsoft 365 admin centers
Jailbreaking is (mostly) simpler than you think
Level up your defense: protect against attacks using stale user accounts
Defender XDR - Monthly news - March 2025
AI innovation requires AI security: Hear what’s new at Microsoft Secure
Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows + Intune
Continuing with Microsoft Entra: Advanced Identity Management
Phishing campaign impersonates Booking .com, delivers a suite of credential-stealing malware
Take Flight with Microsoft Security Copilot Flight School
Securing Your Nonprofit Environment (Part 1) - Enabling Security Defaults
Securing Your Nonprofit Environment (Part 2): Best Practices to Secure Your Admin Accounts
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Monday Mar 10, 2025
In this episode I provide the benefits that become available once you add and Azure subscription to your Microsoft environment. From pay as you go options with Copilot and SharePoint all the way through adding more security to your environment, Azure contain a range of features that you should consider. I'll also bring you up to date with all the latest news from the Microsoft Cloud, so listen along and enjoy.
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Resources
Microsoft 365 E5 Security is now available as an add-on to Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows + Intune
Azure Lighthouse support for MSSP use of Security Copilot Sentinel scenarios in Public Preview
Get the most out of OneNote with these little-known features
Edit your name in Teams meetings
Monday Feb 24, 2025
Monday Feb 24, 2025
I take a look at something many overlook when it comes to security in their Microsoft 365 environment - Exposure score. In essence it is like a targeted Secure Score for a particular threat like Business Email Compromise. There is also news and updates from the Microsoft Cloud so listen along and review the show notes for more information.
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Resources
The way to control EWS usage in Exchange Online is changing
New Microsoft-managed policies to raise your identity security posture
Storm-2372 conducts device code phishing campaign
Block malicious command lines with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Clipchamp: Elevating work communication with seamless video creation in Copilot
Sharing with Microsoft Whiteboard
AI agents at work: The new frontier in business automation
New Certification for Microsoft information security administrators
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
In this episode I try and explain Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and where it fits into the Microsoft 365 environment, which is challenging without visual but hopefully it gives you a better idea. In essence Microsoft 365 Copilot chat is free to all Microsoft 365 users and provides the same AI across just the web but with commercial data protection. You can extend those capabilities by adding metered billing if desired before stepping up to the full paid version of Microsoft 365 Copilot.
I also have Microsoft Cloud news and updates for you as well as part of this episode so tune in.
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Resources
Access Copilot anywhere on the canvas in Word for the web
Microsoft Lists forms: What's New
Diagnose Safe/Blocked Senders Issues in Microsoft 365
Do more with Copilot and agents
Microsoft Copilot help & learning
Securing Identities: 10 recommendations for building a stronger identity security posture
Accelerating the Anomalous Sign-Ins detection with Microsoft Entra ID and Security Copilot
Get visibility into your DeepSeek use with Defender for Cloud Apps
Microsoft Loop, a year in review: greater integration and richer collaboration
Introducing new Surface Copilot+ PCs for Business
Copilot for all: Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
A change of format for this episode. I recorded an interview with Andrew Bremner and Tim Stephinson around insurance for MSPs which I think provides a lot of value. Been a while since I have done an interview episode, so let me know what you think and whether you want to see more interviews like this? In the meantime, the news in the Microsoft Cloud never stops and I'll bring you up to date with the latest as well.
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Resources
Announcing mandatory multifactor authentication for the Microsoft 365 admin center
New Identity Secure Score recommendations in General Availability
Enhancing Security with Entra PIM and Conditional Access Policy using Authentication Context
Microsoft Teams, a year in review: AI-powered customization and upgraded presentations
Enabling agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat