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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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Friday Nov 25, 2016
Friday Nov 25, 2016
Marc and I chew the fat over the latest updates from the Microsoft Cloud. No guest for this episode just us giving you the latest news. Don't worry we are buys teeing up some great guests for future episodes but we thought we'd get this update out for everyone.
Resources
Azure N Series machines available
Azure functions now generally available
Azure backups directly from VM blade in portal
CMD to be replaced by PowerShell
Outlook Customer Manager in Office 365
New SharePoint Team news authoring
New Microsoft documentation site
Saturday Nov 12, 2016
Saturday Nov 12, 2016
Marc reports back on what happened during his first trip to the MVP Summit in Redmond. You'll learn his experiences with the events, the people and the places as well as an interesting aside on Microsoft grass! You'll also get the latest Office 365 and Azure news so listen for details of our roving reporter in the belly of the beast.
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Automated patching for Azure VMS
Getting started with the new Azure AD Management experience
The Azure portals
Master the art of stage presence with James Whittaker
Friday Nov 04, 2016
Friday Nov 04, 2016
After the usual cloud news wrap up with both of us Marc dives deep into Azure backup with Trinadh who is the Program Manager for Azure IaaS backup. He also ropes in fellow MVP Stephan Budo to learn more about what Azure backup can do and what options are available.
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Marc Kean - @marckean
Stephane Budo - @_TheWorks_
Robert Crane - @directorcia
Dynamics 365 now generally available
Microsoft Flow and PowerApps now generally available
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
Marc and I round up all the cloud news and then I spend some time with Nigel Moore talking about selling an IT business. Nigel has extensive and current experience in exactly this having just sold his own IT business. Nigel shares some real world learnings that will benefit anyone who runs a business.
Marc Kean - @marckean
Robert Crane - @directorcia
Monday Oct 10, 2016
Monday Oct 10, 2016
Marc and I are joined by MVP Bill Chestnut, maybe better known as Biz Talk Bill, to speak about the wave of automation that is sweeping Microsoft products. Bill brings us up to date about Microsoft Biztalk Server and then shares with us his insights around things such as Azure functions, Microsoft Flow and PowerApps. We also cover the latest Azure, Office 365 and Microsoft Cloud news for you to ensure you have the latest.
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Newly crowned Microsoft MVP and I speak with MVP Grant Paisley about Power BI. Grant shares with us his insight into this Microsoft tool that can be used to analyse just about any sorts of data to give you a visual dashboard of information quickly and easily We also cover the latest updates from the Microsoft Ignite conference and all the changes that are happening in the Microsoft cloud.
Tuesday Sep 20, 2016
Tuesday Sep 20, 2016
Marc spends some time with Steve Luper, Worldwide Technical Director, Azure Managed Partners at Microsoft talking Azure. Marc and I of course also give you our regular update on all the cloud news and events from Azure, Office 365 and more. don;t forget you can also provide us you feedback at feedback@needtoknow.cloud.
Monday Sep 05, 2016
Monday Sep 05, 2016
A special episode with a true technology superstar. Jeffrey Snover, Microsoft Technical Fellow/Lead Architect for Enterprise Group, Azure Stack and PowerShell Architect joins us to talk about Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) and of course, all about his baby, PowerShell. Jeff shares some really great insights into the birth of PowerShell and why scripting is so valuable is today's modern IT environment. Of course you'll also get a cloud news update from Marc and I as well as a special report about upcoming changes to the Microsoft reseller initiatives around Office 365. It's a bumper episode packed with content. So listen along, give us some feedback and listen to wisdom the father of PowerShell.
SharePoint Online Site Collection limit increased to 25TB
Change to partner remuneration coming 1st October 2016
Marc's blog on all the Azure news
@jsnover - Jeffrey Snover: Microsoft Technical Fellow/ Lead Architect for Enterprise Cloud Group/ Azure Stack Architect/ PowerShell Architect
Here is the must watch video on Jeff’s history at Microsoft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uvq38XOark
Use the PowerShell 5 Convert-String Cmdlet
Getting Started with PowerShell 3.0 – Microsoft Virtual Academy Course
Microsoft Operations Management Suite Overview
Show feedback - feedback@needtoknow.cloud
Sunday Aug 28, 2016
Sunday Aug 28, 2016
Marc and I kick off the show with a few topical news items and then I dive into an interview with Rayanne Buchianico from Sell my MSP. Rayanne and I cover off what you need to know about selling your IT business. We examine the reasons and how to go about actually doing the selling. There is more to it than you think but that doesn't mean it's a process you should put off. even if you currently don't plan to sell your IT business you never know what the future might hold. The smart move is always be positioning your business for sale, that give you the maximum advantage.
Tuesday Aug 23, 2016
Tuesday Aug 23, 2016
In this episode we dive into the world of containers and Docker. We learn about what they are, why they are relevant to IT Pros and how Microsoft is providing more ways to utilise these technologies today. Our special guest subject matter expert is Trevor Sullivan who is a Microsoft MVP and able to explain to us why containers and Docker are so important in today's technology landscape. Listen and learn