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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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4 days ago
4 days ago
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Welcome to 2025. Thanks so much for listening. A couple of 'summary' or 'annual' blog posts that are worth taking a look at. I also do some annual posts on my blog around what I used over the previous year if you wanted to know. I also share how I capture and work with information on a daily and the tools I use to achieve this. Let me know what works for you.
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The transition to the new Outlook will begin on January 1, 2025
Microsoft OneNote, a year in review: AI innovation and enhanced creativity
Build custom email security reports and dashboards with workbooks in Microsoft Sentinel
6 AI trends you’ll see more of in 2025
CES 2025: The year of the Windows 11 PC refresh
SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop December 2024
Microsoft Entra: Top 50 features of 2024
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
A final episode for 2024. Thanks all for listening in 2024. For this episode I thought I'd wrap up my thoughts on the previous AI episodes experiment as well a let you know how I use Ai currently I also have some resources that I suggest you dig into to give you a better understanding of where all this Ai hype may end up.
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The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma - Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar
Mustafa Suleyman on the coming wave of AI
Create a Microsoft Licensing Agent
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
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.
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