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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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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
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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
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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
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.
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Script to download Australian Ignite sessions
Microsoft Teams rolls out worldwide
Tuesday Mar 14, 2017
Tuesday Mar 14, 2017
Marc and I shoot the breeze with Andrey Korenkov Cloud Specialist from Rhipe Solutions, about the Microsoft CSP program. Andrey answers many common questions we hear from resellers as well as come curly ones that we also come up with in regards to CSp for both Office 365 and Azure. There is also plenty of news from Marc and I, especially about the recent release of Microsoft Teams into the wild. Listen in, stay up to date and be informed on the latest for the Microsoft Cloud.
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New Office 365 profile experience
Microsoft Teams becomes generally available
New features of Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection
Tuesday Mar 07, 2017
Tuesday Mar 07, 2017
Marc and I have a chat about the latest developments in the Microsoft Cloud. There is plenty of both Office 365 and Azure news to cover this week so listen in for all the latest updates.
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New Office 365 Health Dashboard available
New Yammer integration with Groups rolling out
Visio for Office 365 now available
Domain joining servers to Azure AD
Sunday Feb 26, 2017
Sunday Feb 26, 2017
I take a break for a week and let Marc run the show. He's got a great guest for you, Microsoft MVP and renown author Orin Thomas as well all the news on Azure. I'll be back next episode to catch everyone up on everything Office 365 so stay tuned.
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Tuesday Feb 21, 2017
Tuesday Feb 21, 2017
Marc is back from Microsoft Ignite Australia with a load of information and experiences from one of the biggest Microsoft events of the year. He shares his thoughts and feedback on the experiences, the sessions, presenting as well as the social side. He also has some interesting statics to share about the conference so stay tuned. We'll also cover off the latest Office 365 and Azure news to get us back on track with our regular updates. Also don't forget to let us know what you think about the new and improved intro. Marc's done a great job so don;t hesitate to give him a shout out and let him know. He always likes to hear from listeners.
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SharePoint and OneDrive for Business enhanced copying abilities
Tuesday Feb 14, 2017
Tuesday Feb 14, 2017
We wrap up our final Microsoft Ignite Australia speaker focus with Stephane Budo whom we are talking to about his upcoming sessions including:
A deep dive into Storage Spaces
Join MVP Stephane Budo in this session to learn everything about Storage Spaces Direct, from what it is, its requirements and how to implement it, to testing its performance and tips and tricks. Using a lot of demos, we will look under the covers of the next evolution of Microsoft's Software Defined Storage.
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Protecting enterprise workloads with Cloud-First Bcakup solutions
Join Aruna Somendra from Microsoft and Stephane Budo, MVP in this technical and demo packed session to learn how Azure Backup - a Cloud-First SaaS service delivers hybrid backup as a service without the need to deploy or manage any infrastructure in the cloud for protecting and managing your workloads (SQL, Exchange, SharePoint) whether they are running in Azure or on premises. Understand how Azure backup went the extra step to protect backups in the cloud using multi-factor auth for destructive operations to guard against the emerging threats of ransomware. Find out more about how hybrid backup optimizes storage consumption and extends support to VMWare environments. Discover how you can easily build a bullet proof backup and restore strategy and become the legend that saves the day when a critical restore is required!
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Monday Feb 13, 2017
Monday Feb 13, 2017
You can't stop the presses so we're back with a heap of Azure and Office 365 news. We round up all the Microsoft cloud happenings and then jump into our super special guest, Christophe Fiessinger, Office 365 program manager from Microsoft to talk all about his presentation at Microsoft Ignite Australia:
Get the Latest on Office 365 Groups - Overview, What's New and Roadmap
You’re invited to discover Microsoft Office 365 Groups. It’s the key component of our group collaboration solution, enabling you to move from task to task with cross application group membership (managed in Azure AD). Office 365 apps that are leveraging groups include Outlook, SharePoint, Yammer, OneNote, Skype for Business, Planner, Power BI, and Dynamics CRM. We’ll unlock the following topics: overview & demonstration, administration, and product roadmap.
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New Groups integration abilities
Power BI Reports in SharePoint
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
We once again dive straight into our focus on Microsoft Ignite Australia speakers. This time it's with Hamish Watson Operations Manager from Jade Software in Christchurch New Zealand. His topic is:
Making DevOps work in the wild..
You may have heard about DevOps and wondered whether it is just another buzzword and/or what it can do for you and your organization. In this session I will demystify the concepts of DevOps and more importantly show it in action in a real life application deployment pipeline. By using a realistic live demonstration and great technologies such as the Azure platform, Team Foundation Server, SSDT and docker on Windows Server 2016 I will show how DevOps can help you automate deploys reliably and repeatedly to your production applications. You will be able to take what you learned in this session and implement it successfully in your organization.
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hamish.watson8@icloud.com