Episodes
Thursday Sep 21, 2017
Episode 165 - Adam Fowler
Thursday Sep 21, 2017
Thursday Sep 21, 2017
Marc travel to Adelaide AU to speak with MVP Adam Fowler about his road to being an MVP as well his IT resources. They also cover off the local IT community in Adelaide as well as the upcoming cloud migration projects that Adam is involved with. Marc and I cover off the latest Microsoft Cloud news for Azure and Office 365.
Resources
Expand your collaboration with guest access in Microsoft Teams
How external access for Microsoft Teams
Shared status indicator in OneDrive
The SharePoint and OneDrive guide to Microsoft Ignite 2017
Monday Sep 04, 2017
Episode 163 - He's back!
Monday Sep 04, 2017
Monday Sep 04, 2017
Marc joins us after his short break to cover off all the Azure news as only he can do while I do the Office 365 stuff as usual. Still plenty of news coming our way even though we are preparing for Microsoft Ignite very soon. Enjoy the return of Mr Azure in this episode. Thanks to Rode and Ingram Micro Cloud for the support of this podcast.
Resources
New and improved iPad app for Yammer
Microsoft Forms email notifications
Document Library properties in Microsoft Forms
Communications Sites comes to SharePoint mobile app
Slight change to SharePoint sharing
Tuesday Aug 29, 2017
Episode 162 - Ashish Trivedi
Tuesday Aug 29, 2017
Tuesday Aug 29, 2017
This week, for a change, no Marc Kean! We fill in the time talking about Office 365 development with MVP Ashish Trivedi. I still do the latest Office 365 and Azure news for you, which kinda makes me wonder why we need Marc? Just kidding, he'll be back soon with a boatload of stories I'm sure. Till then, tune for the latest updates from the Microsoft Cloud
Resources
Office Dev Point
Dev Program to get free tenant
Github for samples on office dev
Github for Microsoft Graph API
Github for SharePoint
Chrome Win 10/Azute AD SSO Extension
New message enhancements in Yammer
Plan backup and disaster recovery for IaaS disks
Tuesday Jun 27, 2017
Episode 156 - Automating Office 365 billing
Tuesday Jun 27, 2017
Tuesday Jun 27, 2017
In this episode we talk to Tas Gray about the tools and processes he has developed to allow resellers to automate Office 365 billing. We discuss the solutions, how to set it up as well as the benefits of billing automation via CSP licensing.
Marc and I also give you the latest cloud news on Azure and Office 365 to help you stay up to date in this fast paced environment. Don;t forget to rate us and let us know your feedback.
Resources
Amazon now a big Azure customer
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Episode 153 - Microsoft Build 2017
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Marc and I report on our impressions of the recent Microsoft Build conference. There are quite a few things that caught our eye that we thought we'd like to share with our audience. Everything from CosmosDB to OneDrive on Demand and a few things in between. Get the latest information about all the important stuff for IT Pros from Build along with our thoughts on why they are things that you should be paying attention to.
Resources
iTunes comes to the Windows Store
Tuesday Apr 18, 2017
Episode 149 - Cloud News
Tuesday Apr 18, 2017
Tuesday Apr 18, 2017
Marc and I bring you up to date with the latest Azure and Office 365. Lot's been happening so tune in for the latest information on what been happening in the Microsoft Cloud.
Resources
Improved Office 365 login experience
SharePoint page Team news now visible
New file viewers in OneDrive for Business available
Removal of restricted file characters in SharePoint
Tuesday Apr 11, 2017
Episode 148 - Experts Live
Tuesday Apr 11, 2017
Tuesday Apr 11, 2017
Marc goes solo for this episode as he covers the recent ExpertsLive in Melbourne. He speaks with a bunch of guests all about the sessions that happened during the conference and their thoughts about the technology being discussed.
Resources
Monday Apr 03, 2017
Episode 147 - MVP Community Event
Monday Apr 03, 2017
Monday Apr 03, 2017
We speak with a few Microsoft Community Regional Directors whom we caught up with at a recent MVP event in Sydney. On this show you'll hear from Troy Hunt, Adam Coogan and Greg Low and their thoughts about what's been happening at Microsoft over the past 12 months. Some great insights from some of the leaders in Microsoft technologies today. You'll also get a behind the scenes peek about this podcast as Marc and I speak about the presentation we gave to MVPs about this very podcast and how it all happens.
Take a listen and let us know what you think -feedback@needtoknow.cloud
Resources
Thursday Mar 30, 2017
Episode 146 - Al Fresco
Thursday Mar 30, 2017
Thursday Mar 30, 2017
We try some different things in this podcast. Firstly, our normal news segment we do from a local cafe. This means you'll get the full experience of outside dining plus all the latest Office 365 and Azure news. Our content piece this week is from a live presentation I gave to a number of resellers on how different the world is today from what many believe.
Take a listen and let us know what you think - feedback@needtoknow.cloud
Resources
Microsoft Teams now available in Education
Compliance challenges of Microsoft Teams
Web SSO Portal Evernote set up tutorial
Office 365 video now supports Kiosk plans as view only
Monday Mar 20, 2017
Episode 145 - Cloud News
Monday Mar 20, 2017
Monday Mar 20, 2017
Just news this week, no guest. We'll bring you up to date with the latest happenings from the Microsoft Cloud around Azure and Office 365.
Resources
@marckean
@directorcia
Script to download Australian Ignite sessions
Microsoft Teams rolls out worldwide