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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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Tuesday Nov 13, 2018
Tuesday Nov 13, 2018
Troy Hunt makes a return to the podcast to talk about the power of serverless compute. We discuss how Troy has been successfully using serverless compute to run his website haveibeenpwned. Troy also shares with us some insights as to the practical day to day operations of running a site with 5 billion breach records. Brenton and I also update you on the latest Microsoft Cloud news including a raft of updates to Microsoft Teams.
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Skype for Business is moving to Teams
What's new in Microsoft Teams - November round up
Tuesday Nov 06, 2018
Tuesday Nov 06, 2018
More news this week from the Microsoft Cloud. Plenty of things that you need to know around Microsoft 365 and Azure so we bring it to you in another all news episode.
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7 things Steve Jobs can teach you about business
Microsoft MCA and Acceptance wording
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Windows 10 Home on the new Surface PC line
Windows Server 2019 RDS will not support Office Pro Plus from Office 365
New Office deployment customisation tool
What's new for Microsoft To-Do in October 2018
Office 365 soars to 155 million active users
Windows Defender now runs in a sandbox
Hardware OAUTH tokens in Azure MFA in the cloud now available
Sunday Oct 21, 2018
Sunday Oct 21, 2018
Join us in this episode as Brenton speak with Lorenzo Coppa from Gluh, which is clever way for IT Resellers to sell more hardware with less hassle and overhead. Brenton and I also bring you up to date with all the latest Microsoft Cloud news. Just because Ignite is over doesn't mean that the news stops from the cloud. We'll bring you up to date with everything you need to know.
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Updated version of Windows 10 1803 rolling out
Create an organisation wide team in Microsoft Teams
New capabilities coming to the SharePoint Migration Tool
How Azure AD can help clean up data in your on-premises Active Directory
Reset passwords from all versions of Windows
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Monday Oct 08, 2018
A follow up from our last episode with more news and updates from Microsoft Ignite. Brenton an I add a few more points of interest that came out of the conference including update on Microsoft Whiteboard, updates from Azure and multi geo for SharePoint and OneDrive plus plenty more. So tune in for the latest and greatest from Microsoft Ignite.
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More interesting news from Ignite
Absorbing content from Ignite 2018
New features for Microsoft Forms
Introducing Multi-Geo in SharePoint and Office 365 Groups
SharePoint powers teamwork in Office 365
Microsoft whiteboard now available on more devices
Thursday Oct 04, 2018
Thursday Oct 04, 2018
Brenton and I get you up to date with all the most important announcements from Microsoft Ignite. You'll hear about the new Microsoft Virtual Desktop services, improvements in OneDrive, and some exciting updates happening with Microsoft Stream. Throw in a Windows 10 update with news about Azure and there isn't enough to cover everything in one episode. All this and whole heap more on this special Ignite update on the Need to Know podcast.
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Saturday Sep 22, 2018
Saturday Sep 22, 2018
Brenton and I take an opportunity to get you up to date ahead of Microsoft Ignite on all the latest news in the Microsoft Cloud. We have some news about SharePoint and Outlook as well as some changes to Windows 7 support. Brenton also suggests that maybe we need a dedicated episode on PowerShell. What do you think? Let us know.
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Helping customers shift to a modern desktop
Microsoft Teams data residency
Windows 7 monthly update charge
Friday Sep 07, 2018
Friday Sep 07, 2018
This is our follow up episode with Marcus Dervine from Webvine speaking about Digital Transformation. We continue with the transformation pillars that Marcus has outlined in his as the road to successful adoption of technologies like Office 365. Of course Brenton joins me again to catch you up on all the cloud news. We've tried to keep the update as short as we can as we noticed that the episodes are getting longer. We'll do a deeper dive into updates in the next episode as we wanted to make sure there was plenty of time for our guest
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Marcus's book - Digital Transformation, from the inside out (use coupon code CIAOPS for 20% off)
Tuesday Aug 28, 2018
Tuesday Aug 28, 2018
I'm joined in this episode by a regular guest on the podcast, Jeff Alexander from Microsoft, to speak about modern identity in the cloud. We focus on the role that Azure Active directory can play in your organisation and how it can be used to protect users identity. If you are looking to understand how to better manage user security using teh cloud, then look no further. Before this however Brenton and I cover all the latest Microsoft Cloud news for you to ensure you are up to date with the latest.
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Guides for consuming Azure AD workloads
Enable subscription management in your tenant
Microsoft has new plan for managing Windows 10 devices
OneDrive camera upload for OneDrive for Business on iOS
Microsoft Teams Australian data residency announced
Microsoft underwater data centers
Friday Aug 10, 2018
Friday Aug 10, 2018
Brenton speaks with Tas Gray and Cam Male about their recent experiences at the Microsoft Inspire conference in Las Vegas. We get to hear what it is like for two first timers to attend one of the biggest Microsoft events of year. We also get to hear the learnings and take aways that Tas and Gray gained from attending. Of course, Brenton and I also update you with all the latest news from the Microsoft Cloud so download, plug in, sit back and enjoy yet another episode of the Need to Know podcast from the CIAOPS.
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Microsoft is hiking prices for Office 2019, Windows 10 Enterprise
New guided delet user workflow
CIAOPS O365 online security course - use coupon code = PODCAST
Thursday Jul 26, 2018
Thursday Jul 26, 2018
We'll keep it simple for this episode and just give you a run through of the latest from Office 365 and Azure with Brenton and myself. A shorter episode for a change. Let us know what you think.
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Four new ways Microsoft takes the work out of teamwork