Episodes

Monday Sep 11, 2023
Episode 310 - Breakglass
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
News and updates from the Microsoft Cloud in this episode to bring you up to date. I also take a look at break glass accounts and some best practice recommendations and considerations for you about settings these up[ and ensuring they stay as secure as possible.
This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023.
Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com
Resources
Microsoft announces new Copilot Copyright Commitment for customers
Results of Major Technical Investigations for Storm-0558 Key Acquisition
Conditional Access Overview and Templates are now Generally Available!
Microsoft 365 Defender Monthly news
Microsoft announces changes to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 to address European competition concerns
Learn the steps needed to protect your data and manage identity
New Microsoft 365 app enhancements to use across your devices
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention: Announcing general availability of several capabilities
Configure Just-in-Time Access to M365 Defender

Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Episode 309 - Incident response
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
All the latest news and updates from the Microsoft Cloud with a focus on SMB. Inside this episode are also some thoughts around incident response and why you should have one and why you should be reviewing and updating it regularly.
This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023.
Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com
Resources
Copilot in Teams: August 2023 Updates
Microsoft announces 2023 Surface event taking place next month in New York
Microsoft Defender data can now be hosted locally in Australia
Frontline updates in Microsoft Teams, Windows 365, Copilot & Dynamics 365 Field Service
Remote Help for Android coming soon to public preview
Day zero support for Android 14 with Microsoft Intune
SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: July 2023
View and edit shape data in Visio for the web
Conditional Access for Protected Actions is Now Generally Available!

Monday Aug 07, 2023
Episode 308 - Importance of a learning practice
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Join me for a look at all the latest news and updates from the Microsoft Cloud as well as my thoughts on why developing a learning practice is a critical components of staying relevant in the even changing world of the Microsoft Cloud.
This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023.
Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com
Resources
Cyber Signals: Sporting events and venues draw cyberthreats at increasing rates
Enable second video stream with Teams Content Camera
Midnight Blizzard conducts targeted social engineering over Microsoft Teams
Announcing New DMARC Policy Handling Defaults for Enhanced Email Security
Public Preview: Strictly Enforce Location Policies with Continuous Access Evaluation
Microsoft Defender Monthly news - August 2023
Announcing the availability of in-product guidance!
Introducing Microsoft Clipchamp: Unlock the power of video at work
What’s new in Microsoft Intune 2307 (July) edition
Feature Deep Dive: Simplified Sharing Across Microsoft 365
Investigate URLs and domains more efficiently with the new URL page

Monday Jul 24, 2023
Episode 307 - News from Inspire
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
All the news and announcements from Microsoft Inspire plus Azure AD getting renamed to Entra as well as some recent security news you should be across. Lots in this episode so listen along and let me know what you think.
This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023.
Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com
Resources
Microsoft Inspire: Accelerating AI transformation through partnership - The Official Microsoft Blog
Microsoft Inspire: Prepare for the future of security with AI | Microsoft Security Blog
SMB security New innovations from Microsoft Inspire 2023
Introducing a new SharePoint Web UI kit! - Microsoft Community Hub
Security Copilot - How it works
Azure AD is Becoming Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Community Hub
Microsoft Entra Expands into Security Service Edge with Two New Offerings - Microsoft Community Hub
Get started with Global Secure Access (preview) | Microsoft Learn
Analysis of Storm-0558 techniques for unauthorized email access | Microsoft Security Blog
Compromised Microsoft Key: More Impactful Than We Thought | Wiz Blog

Monday Jul 10, 2023
Episode 306 - Overlooked features of Microsoft 365
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Join me for an update of the Microsoft Cloud news as well as some thoughts around the features I don't see used enough in Microsoft 365.
This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023.
Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com
Resources
Run a remediation script on-demand (preview)
Updated Requirements for SMTP Relay through Exchange Online
Microsoft 365 Defender news - July 2023
Microsoft Entra new feature and change announcements
Learn about Microsoft Search in Microsoft 365
Scan and save with OneDrive document scanning
Getting started with Microsoft Whiteboard

Monday Jun 26, 2023
Episode 305 - Logs
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Join me for an update of the Microsoft Cloud news as well as some thoughts around the importance and approach to managing logs in Microsoft Cloud Services.
This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023.
Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com
Resources
New CIAOPS Power Automate course
PowerShell connection to M365 Compliance center no longer users WinRM
Basic Windows Application Control using Intune policies
Change in the share to specific users process in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business
Microsoft Inspire - July 18-19
Microsoft Confirms Recent Cloud Outages Caused By Storm-1359 DDoS Attacks
MAM for Microsoft Edge for Business on Windows
New home experience in OneNote on iPhone
Forrester names Microsoft a Leader in the 2023 Enterprise Email Security Wave
Defender Application control in Endpoint Security

Monday Jun 12, 2023
Episode 304 - Application Control
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Join me for the latest news and updates from the Microsoft Cloud and then a look at Application Control and how you consider implementing it.
This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023.
Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com
Resources
New CIAOPS Power Automate course
Device actions during an incident
CIAOPS June Need to Know webinar
New Microsoft 365 apps security baseline profile and updates to the Microsoft Edge baseline
Update to Microsoft Intune PowerShell example script repository on GitHub
Detecting and mitigating a multi-stage AiTM phishing and BEC campaign
SharePoint roadmap pitstop: May 2023
Increasing Transparency into Azure Active Directory's Resilience Model
Microsoft 365 Lighthouse provides deployment insights across all tenants on a single pane of glass
ITDR with Microsoft: Identity threat-level detections and automatic attack response
XDR meets IAM: Comprehensive identity threat detection and response with Microsoft
Conditional Access authentication strength is now Generally Available!
Basics of deploying Windows AppLocker using Intune
Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) Basics
Basics of deploying Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) using Intune

Tuesday May 30, 2023
Episode 303 - Winget
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Join me for all the news an updates from Microsoft Build as well as a look at the Microsoft Package Manager, Winget.
This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023.
Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com
Resources
YouTube edition of this podcast
Expanding IT value in Windows 11 Enterprise and Intune
Microsoft Mesh: Transforming how people come together in the modern workplace
Hardening Windows Clients with Microsoft Intune and Defender for Endpoint
Cyber Signals: Shifting tactics fuel surge in business email compromise
Automatically disrupt adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) attacks with XDR

Monday May 15, 2023
Episode 302 - Thoughts on AI
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
In this episode I share some thoughts around AI and the impact that upcoming services like Microsoft 365 Copilot will have. As always, there is plenty of news an updates to share from the Microsoft Cloud. Listen in and let me know your thoughts on this episode.
This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023.
Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com
Resources
YouTube edition of this podcast
Responding to targeted mail attacks with Microsoft 365 Defender
Microsoft 365 Lighthouse helps you secure and improve the health of your customer tenants
Introducing the Microsoft 365 Copilot Early Access Program and new capabilities in Copilot
SharePoint in the AI Era: Introducing Copilot in SharePoint & 10 more innovations for creators
Public Preview: Token Protection for Sign-In Sessions
Get step-by-step guidance for enabling key features in Microsoft Defender
Microsoft 365 Admin Monthly Digest – April 2023
New Microsoft Entra Features Now Available
Automating and Streamlining Vulnerability Management for Your Clients

Monday May 01, 2023
Episode 301 - Compliance policies
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
News and updates from the Microsoft Cloud and then a deep dive into Compliance policies in Intune/ Have a listen and let me know what you think.
This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2022.
Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com
Resources
YouTube edition of this podcast
Windows 365 Frontline available in public preview
OneNote: Your Digital Notebook, Reimagined with Copilot
Quick Wins to Strengthen Your Azure AD Security
Automating and Streamlining Vulnerability Management for Your Clients
Phone Link for iOS is now rolling out to all Windows 11 customers
Introducing cloud.microsoft: a unified domain for Microsoft 365 apps and service
Centrally manage multiple Microsoft Sentinel workspaces with workspace manager
Announcing Windows LAPS management through Microsoft Intune
Practice Assessments for Microsoft Certifications
Profanity filtering control for live captions in Teams meetings