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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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Wednesday Oct 18, 2017
Wednesday Oct 18, 2017
Marc and I give you the latest news and updates in the Microsoft cloud featuring information About Office 365 and Azure. We also spend a bit of time looking at the new Azure File sync service that Microsoft annouced recently. Both Marc and I set it up recent and we share our experience with getting it all working. Thanks for being a listener.
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Sunday Oct 08, 2017
Sunday Oct 08, 2017
We pour over the news from Microsoft Ignite and give you what we believe are the major announcements to come out of Microsoft’s annual IT Pro conference.
Take a listen and let us know what you think -feedback@needtoknow.cloud
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Skype for Business becomes Microsoft Teams
Microsoft SharePoint migration tool
New ways to share with OneDrive for Business
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.
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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
Thursday Sep 14, 2017
Thursday Sep 14, 2017
Marc and I are back with the latest news and updates in the world of Office 365 and Azure. We are getting ready for the information overload we'll suffer as Microsoft Ignite rolls around at the end of this month. Stay tuned right here for all the updates and maybe some special stuff!
In this episode I do a solo session around my belief that successful Office 365 adoption comes from focusing on the 'me' services - Yammer, OneDrive for Business, OneNote and Delve. I dive deep into my reasons and the actions you need to take away for success.
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Conditional access with Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business becoming Microsoft Teams
Microsoft and Adobe build a closer relationship
Skype for Business updates on the Mac
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.
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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
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
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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
Monday Aug 21, 2017
Monday Aug 21, 2017
Marc and I and both back at our desks for this round of updates from the Microsoft Cloud. Not a huge amount of things happening but we expect there to soon be with Microsoft Ignite not far away. So listen in for the latest Office 365 and Azure news for this week.
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New updates to OneDrive for iOS app
Friday Aug 11, 2017
Friday Aug 11, 2017
We are back with more Office 365 and Azure news as well updates on what both of us have been doing lately. Marc's been giving people PowerShell training while I've been doing Azure presentations and workshops. That has however not prevented us collecting the most important news on the Microsoft Cloud and once again presenting to you with a dash of humour and sarcasm. Count the animal noises in this episode!
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New Outlook add in for Microsoft Teams
Wednesday Aug 02, 2017
Wednesday Aug 02, 2017
We are back after a break due to work scheduling. Listen in for a deep drive into why it has taken so long to get this epidode out. You choose whether you believe it or not but the good news is that we a new episode for you focusing on all the latest from Microsoft, Azure and Office 365. Plenty of product updates and some news about Microsoft's recent financial performance.
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Financial results from Microsoft
Skype for Business call analytics
Friday Jul 14, 2017
Friday Jul 14, 2017
An episode full of Microsoft Cloud news and what's going on in places like the Microsoft Insprire conference currently underway in Washington DC. We cover off news on some recent layoff at Microsoft, the recent announcement of Microsoft 365 as well as plenty of what's been happening with both Azure and Office 365. Listen in to get the latest.
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New apps for Office 365 Business Premium
New Word and PowerPoint online viewing experience