117.8K
Downloads
336
Episodes
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.
Episodes
13 hours ago
13 hours ago
Happy Christmas to all listeners. A final episode before the holidays, again with some AI generated content but this time from technical articles not product announcements. I pointed NotebookLM at some Exchange Online best practices documents to see what it came up with and love your feedback on whether this a better or worse than the previous two episodes that also had AI generated content. Happy holidays everyone and thanks again for listening.
Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com
Resources
4 days ago
4 days ago
Part 2 of trial using AI generated content! This is part two of a two part test with the incorporation of AI generated content. If you missed the first episode check out Episode 333. In this episode I used Wondercraft.ai to generated some of the AI conversation you'll hear, after my normal intro. I am really interested in your feedback on what you think, good or bad. Watch out for another 'special Ai test', coming soon.
Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com
Resources
Gather and create notes with Copilot in your personal OneNote notebooks directly on the page - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/gather-and-create-notes-with-copilot-in-your-personal-onenote-notebooks-directly/4294053
Three new ways small and medium-sized businesses can purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2024/12/02/three-new-ways-small-and-medium-sized-businesses-can-purchase-microsoft-365-copilot/
Take control during screen sharing in Teams for the web - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/take-control-during-screen-sharing-in-teams-for-the-web/4354595
Convincing a billion users to love passkeys: UX design insights from Microsoft to boost adoption and security - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/12/12/convincing-a-billion-users-to-love-passkeys-ux-design-insights-from-microsoft-to-boost-adoption-and-security/
6 days ago
6 days ago
Something new for this episode, AI generated content! This is part one of a two part test with the incorporation of AI generated content. In this episode I used Google NotebookLM to generated the Ai conversation you'll hear, after my normal intro. I am really interested in your feedback on what you think, good or bad. Watch out for part two, coming soon.
Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com
Resources
Your Workday Reimagined: Using Microsoft 365 Copilot in IT –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jV67ObIiS4
Strategy to Execution: Operationalizing Microsoft Defender CSPM –
Unplug this holiday season with these Microsoft 365 features –
New Microsoft Purview features help protect and govern your data in the era of AI –
Convincing a billion users to love passkeys: UX design insights from Microsoft to boost adoption and security –
Frequent freeloader part II: Russian actor Secret Blizzard using tools of other groups to attack Ukraine –
Microsoft Defender XDR demonstrates 100% detection coverage across all cyberattack stages in the 2024 MITRE ATT&CK® Evaluations: Enterprise –
Take control during screen sharing in Teams for the web –
What’s new in Microsoft Entra – November 2024 –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NESTW0B1nAQ
Explore our latest Microsoft Security training on Microsoft Learn –
Boost productivity with Copilot in OneDrive –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7wEqbKDQMg
Explore new Microsoft Entra capabilities at Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit 2024 –
Frequent freeloader part I: Secret Blizzard compromising Storm-0156 infrastructure for espionage –
Three new ways small and medium-sized businesses can purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot –
Safeguarding AI against ‘jailbreaks’ and other prompt attacks –
https://news.microsoft.com/source/?post_type=features&p=8732
Update on nested app authentication and deprecation of Exchange Online legacy tokens –
Gather and create notes with Copilot in your personal OneNote notebooks directly on the page –
After hours
The World According To Kaleb On Tour | Official Trailer | Prime Video
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqAXVQZ6jww
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
A quick overview of teh major news from the recent Microsoft Ignite. So much to get through, but here's an initial look at what caught my attention and starting for you to also go and get the latest information. More coming over the upcoming weeks, so stay tuned right here!
Resources
Support CIAOPS
Microsoft Ignite
How to configure Passkeys in Microsoft Entra ID
Teams Premium enhances scheduling in Microsoft Bookings
Enhance meeting security with Teams Premium’s email verification for external meeting participants
What’s New in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Ignite 2024
Introducing the Employee Self-Service Agent
Streamline HR and IT Tasks with Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Employee Self-Service Agent
Introducing the Employee Self-Service Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot
AI agents — what they are, and how they’ll change the way we work
What’s new in Copilot in Microsoft Forms – Ignite 2024
Introducing Agents in Microsoft 365
New M365 Copilot Data Lifecycle Management options
Copilot Studio is enhancing its platform with knowledge improvements, Azure AI integration, and more
Gather and create notes with Copilot in your personal OneNote notebooks directly on the page
Introducing Copilot Analytics to measure AI impact on your business
Ignite 2024: Agents in SharePoint now in general availability
Introducing Copilot Actions, new agents, and tools to empower IT teams
Microsoft Ignite 2024 | Microsoft 365 Copilot Innovation in Your Go-To Apps
Redefine development: AI-first innovation with agents and Microsoft Copilot in Power Platform
Accelerate Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption with built-in content governance
Transforming endpoint management with Copilot in Intune
Ignite 2024: Transform your workday with the latest Edge for Business features
Microsoft Intune news at Microsoft Ignite 2024
Manage Security with Microsoft Security Copilot
Targeting the Cybercrime Supply Chain
Announcing the Security Enablement Hub on adoption.microsoft.com
Simplify & scale data protection in the era of AI with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
Windows security and resiliency: Protecting your business
Ignite 2024: Transforming Security with Microsoft Security Copilot
Unlock Proactive Defense: Microsoft Security Exposure Management Now Generally Available
AI innovations for a more secure future unveiled at Microsoft Ignite
Content and communication event guide for Microsoft Ignite 2024 | Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive
Loop governance, lifecycle, manageability for IT Admins – Nov 2024
Hotpatch for client comes to Windows 11 Enterprise
Microsoft Ignite 2024: Embracing the future of Windows at work
Windows 365 Link—the first Cloud PC device for Windows 365
Afterhours
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Microsoft Ignite is just around the corner but still plenty of updates coming from Microsoft prior to their big tech event. Listen and stay up to date with everything that is happening in the Microsoft Cloud.
Resources
Streamline collaboration with the new chat and channels experience in Microsoft Teams
How to manage false positives – Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Get started with false negative investigations in Microsoft Defender for Office 365
How to investigate email messages in Microsoft Defender for Office 365
How to use the Alert page – Microsoft Defender XDR
Defender XDR Monthly news – November 2024
How Microsoft Defender for Office 365 innovated to address QR code phishing attacks
Skill up to strengthen your organizations cybersecurity posture
Manage Microsoft Entra ID role assignments with Microsoft Entra ID Governance
Announcing General Availability of Inbound SMTP DANE with DNSSEC for Exchange Online
Coming in December: SC-5004: Defend against cyberthreats with Microsoft Defender XDR
What’s new in Copilot Studio: November
New Copilot agents: Supercharge Microsoft 365 Copilot
A strategic approach to assessing your AI readiness
Supercharge productivity with Microsoft 365 Copilot
AI safety first: Protecting your business and empowering your people
Microsoft 365 Copilot — Small Business Guide to Set Up Copilot
Quick actions with Copilot now at your fingertips in OneNote
Stay focused in an action-packed meeting with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Teams
How to prepare for Windows 10 end of support by moving to Windows 11 today
A year of innovation- and feedback-driven features in Microsoft Word
Updated management features roll out for Microsoft Intune Suite
Afterhours
Monday Oct 28, 2024
Monday Oct 28, 2024
Microsoft announced last week new agents that can be created with Copilot studio to automate tasks using AI capabilities. Also in this episode you'll find a great new tool from CISA called Scubagear that will allow you to check the baseline security of your Microsoft 365 environment. Plenty more updates and information from the Microsoft Cloud, so listen along.
AI Tour Demo: Copilot Studio and Pre-built Agents
Scale your team with new autonomous agents
Unlocking autonomous agent capabilities with Microsoft Copilot Studio
Reimagine business process with Copilot and agents
Unlock Autonomous Agent Capabilities with Copilot Studio
Microsoft 365 Copilot drove up to 353% ROI for small and medium businesses—new study
Favorite Microsoft 365 Copilot Prompts
Enhancing Security with CISA’s ScubaGear Baselines for M365
Phish, Click, Breach: Hunting for a Sophisticated Cyber Attack
Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2024
New macOS vulnerability, “HM Surf”, could lead to unauthorized data access
Demystify potential data leaks with Insider Risk Management insights in Defender XDR
Increase productivity with Copilot in OneNote for iPad and Mac for commercial customers
Unleash your creativity with new pen tools in OneNote
What’s new in Microsoft Intune October 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
It's OneDrive's turn in the spotlight. After a recent dedicated OneDrive event I have all the latest about updates and improvements that have been announced. Of course, there is plenty of other news also around security and Copilot as well as improvements to the new Outlook that you should check out. Thanks again for listening.
Resources
Welcome to the New Era of Microsoft OneDrive: AI, Productivity, and Memories at Your Fingertips
Get to know Copilot in OneDrive
Introducing Copilot in OneDrive: Now Generally Available
What's New In Copilot | September 2024
New Copilot enhancements help small and medium-sized businesses innovate
Introducing Copilot Labs and Copilot Vision
New experiences coming to Copilot+ PCs and Windows 11
Create desktop flows using the AI Recorder
Token theft protection with Microsoft Entra, Intune, Defender XDR & Windows
Use community queries to hunt more effectively across email and collaboration threats
What’s new in Microsoft Entra – September 2024
What is Microsoft Entra (and why use it)?
Research Threat intelligence Microsoft Defender XDR Business email compromise
Improved user experience for Dictate in new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web
Getting started with the new Outlook for Windows
Learn about the new Outlook for Windows
Level Up Your Security Skills with the New Microsoft Sentinel Ninja Training!
Microsoft Defender XDR Monthly news - October 2024
Windows 11, version 24H2 security baseline
Windows 11, version 24H2: What’s new for IT pros
Security settings management is available for multi-tenant environments in Microsoft Defender XDR
Implementing a secure by default approach with Microsoft Purview and address oversharing
Microsoft Intune support for Apple Intelligence
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms
Monday Sep 30, 2024
Monday Sep 30, 2024
Microsoft has announced updates to Copilot for Microsoft 365 which they are calling Wave 2. IN this episode I cover off some of these changes and what I feel will be most useful for people. A number of other products from Microsoft have also become generally available so listen alone for all the new on that plus everything happening at Microsoft for SMB.
Resources
Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2: Pages, Python in Excel, and agents
The next phase of Microsoft 365 Copilot innovation
Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2: AI Innovations in SharePoint and OneDrive
Microsoft 365 Copilot | Copilot Pages
Announcing Copilot Pages for multiplayer collaboration
Copilot pages for IT Admins – Sep 2024 update
New Copilot enhancements help small and medium-sized businesses innovate
Microsoft 365 Copilot – Small Business Guide to Prepare your Data for Search
Update on Recall security and privacy architecture
Introducing Copilot in OneDrive: Now Generally Available
Microsoft Intune support for Apple Intelligence
Microsoft Entra Internet Access now generally available
The art and science behind Microsoft threat hunting: Part 3
Saturday Aug 31, 2024
Saturday Aug 31, 2024
Some Copilot and Security updates this week as well as some handy information about Microsoft OneNote and Loop, plus a whole lot more. Listen for all the latest cloud news from Microsoft.
Resources
The art and science behind Microsoft threat hunting: Part 3
North Korean threat actor Citrine Sleet exploiting Chromium zero-day
Peach Sandstorm deploys new custom Tickler malware in long-running intelligence gathering operations
Microsoft Announces Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit With CrowdStrike on September 10
What’s new: Multi-tenancy in the unified security operations platform experience in Public Preview
Harnessing the power of KQL Plugins for enhanced security insights with Copilot for Security
Critical Cloud Assets: Identifying and Protecting the Crown Jewels of your Cloud
What’s new in Microsoft Intune August 2024
Support Tip: Enforcement of multifactor authentication for Intune admin center sign-in coming soon
What’s New in Copilot | August 2024
Getting started with LLM prompt engineering
How to draft an email with Copilot – New Outlook for Windows
OneNote Copilot now supports inked notes
OneNote as a Second Brain (What You’re Missing)
Introducing SharePoint design ideas
Loop overview Almost everything you need to know to start with Microsoft Loop
Level up your project management with Loop
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
You are going to need to update any global administrator account that doesn't have MFA enabled soon. Failing to do so will cause you some pain when you visit the Azure, EntraID or Intune portal. See the included article for more details. This and lots of Microsoft cloud news in this episode including some great improvements to Microsoft Teams.
Resources
Announcing mandatory multi-factor authentication for Azure sign-in
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint’s Safe Deployment Practices
Updates to Microsoft Copilot to bring enterprise data protection to more organizations
Reimagining content management at Microsoft with SharePoint Premium
Give a custom name to the General channel in Microsoft Teams
Enhanced presenter and attendee experience with the expanded gallery view in Teams
Face Check is now generally available
Show or hide the Discover feed in Microsoft Teams
Exploring the latest AI features in Clipchamp
Professional project management with Microsoft Planner
How Microsoft and NIST are collaborating to advance the Zero Trust Implementation
Detect compromised RDP sessions with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Enhancements to the Outbound Messages in Transit Security Report