Bob Serr

Integrated communication is everywhere! While at Build in Seattle, Richard talked with Bob Serr, the VP of Azure Communication Services (ACS) at Microsoft. Bob discusses how ACS provides tooling to integrate voice, text, and video into any application through Azure. This leads to a broader conversation about the power of deeper communication, especially for difficult discussions like tech support. Can adding video make it easier to diagnose a problem? And what is the role of the new large language model technologies coming from OpenAI in providing automated communications? There are a lot of possibilities available today!Links:Azure Communication ServicesAzure OpenAI ServiceRecorded May 25, 2023

Integrated communication is everywhere! While at Build in Seattle, Richard talked with Bob Serr, the VP of Azure Communication Services (ACS) at Microsoft. Bob discusses how ACS provides tooling to integrate voice, text, and video into any application through Azure. This leads to a broader conversation about the power of deeper communication, especially for difficult discussions like tech support. Can adding video make it easier to diagnose a problem? And what is the role of the new large language model technologies coming from OpenAI in providing automated communications? There are a lot of possibilities available today!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/communication-services/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Communication Services</a></li><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/cognitive-services/openai-service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure OpenAI Service</a></li></ul>Recorded May 25, 2023

Future of Integrated Communication with Bob Serr

Karinne Bessette

How do you secure the sprawling array of services your organization depends on? Richard talks to Karinne Bessette about her experiences working with companies with virtually no internal infrastructure - using Software-as-a-Service products from various providers and finding their glue to keep multiple bits working together. Karinne talks about putting together teams to understand how workflows function first - then trying to put some governance around it. Single sign-on is a great place to start, but the solutions depend on what tools you're using. This is the new reality we're working in - we must find a way to secure it!Links:Azure Single Sign OnOktaZero TrustData Loss PreventionAzure PurviewMicrosoft SyntexRecorded June 5, 2023

How do you secure the sprawling array of services your organization depends on? Richard talks to Karinne Bessette about her experiences working with companies with virtually no internal infrastructure - using Software-as-a-Service products from various providers and finding their glue to keep multiple bits working together. Karinne talks about putting together teams to understand how workflows function first - then trying to put some governance around it. Single sign-on is a great place to start, but the solutions depend on what tools you're using. This is the new reality we're working in - we must find a way to secure it!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/connect/how-to-connect-sso?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Single Sign On</a></li><li><a href="https://www.okta.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Okta</a></li><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/security/business/zero-trust" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zero Trust</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/dlp-learn-about-dlp?view=o365-worldwide&amp;WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Data Loss Prevention</a></li><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-ca/products/purview/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Purview</a></li><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/enterprise/microsoft-syntex" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Syntex</a></li></ul>Recorded June 5, 2023

Securing Sprawling Services with Karinne Bessette

Johan Arwidmark

Windows 11 is coming to your organization - do you know how to deploy it? Richard talks to Johan Arwidmark about the need to get to work testing the deployment of Windows 11: Microsoft isn't giving us much of a choice about moving to it! Johan discusses the available deployment strategies, including Configuration Manager, Intune/Autopilot, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, and more. Odds are, you will have to make some changes to how you deploy Windows to make things go smoothly with Windows 11, so it's a good time to get testing!Links:Windows 11Support for Windows 11 in Configuration ManagerMicrosoft Deployment ToolkitWindows AutopilotMicrosoft IntunePowerShell DeploymentPSAppDeployToolkitRecorded May 30, 2023

Windows 11 is coming to your organization - do you know how to deploy it? Richard talks to Johan Arwidmark about the need to get to work testing the deployment of Windows 11: Microsoft isn't giving us much of a choice about moving to it! Johan discusses the available deployment strategies, including Configuration Manager, Intune/Autopilot, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, and more. Odds are, you will have to make some changes to how you deploy Windows to make things go smoothly with Windows 11, so it's a good time to get testing!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Windows 11</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/configs/support-for-windows-11?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support for Windows 11 in Configuration Manager</a></li><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=54259" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Deployment Toolkit</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/mem/autopilot/windows-autopilot?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Windows Autopilot</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/mem/intune/fundamentals/what-is-intune?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Intune</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/FriendsOfMDT/PSD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PowerShell Deployment</a></li><li><a href="https://psappdeploytoolkit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PSAppDeployToolkit</a></li></ul>Recorded May 30, 2023

Windows 11 Deployment with Johan Arwidmark

Luise Freese

Whether you know it or not, Power Platform apps are proliferating! While at Techorama in Antwerp, Richard chatted with Luise Freese about her work with companies discovering that users are building Power Apps at alarming rates. Luise talks about the ability of users to find solutions in the Power Platform tools, often because they have enough security privileges (or demand them) to get access to data and systems... without many controls in place to ensure those resources are used correctly or securely! This leads to a conversation around providing guide rails for Power Platform developers, using security and governance. Get your telemetry cranked up - likely, you already have Power App proliferating!Links:Create Reusable Custom FunctionsComponent LibrariesDynamics 365Microsoft DataverseMicrosoft Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter KitRecorded May 16, 2023

Whether you know it or not, Power Platform apps are proliferating! While at Techorama in Antwerp, Richard chatted with Luise Freese about her work with companies discovering that users are building Power Apps at alarming rates. Luise talks about the ability of users to find solutions in the Power Platform tools, often because they have enough security privileges (or demand them) to get access to data and systems... without many controls in place to ensure those resources are used correctly or securely! This leads to a conversation around providing guide rails for Power Platform developers, using security and governance. Get your telemetry cranked up - likely, you already have Power App proliferating!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Webinars-and-Video-Gallery/Create-Reusable-Custom-Functions-using-Power-Apps-Components/td-p/1429549" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Create Reusable Custom Functions</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/canvas-apps/component-library?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Component Libraries</a></li><li><a href="https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dynamics 365</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/data-platform/data-platform-intro?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Dataverse</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/starter-kit?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit</a></li></ul>Recorded May 16, 2023

Power Platform Proliferation with Luise Freese

Sami Laiho

It's 2023 - are you able to keep your systems patched? Richard talks to Sami Laiho about the emerging patching crisis. Sami talks about how MFA and user security have improved enough that they are no longer the primary path of exploitation for ransomware. Today, the main way to get breached is through unpatched computers. But patches are risky and can occasionally cause downtime - so we control when patches are installed and (hopefully) test extensively. Is it worth it? Is it better to be down for an hour due to a lousy patch versus down for months due to a breach? It's time to talk to leadership about a change of tone around patches - and get moving faster!Links:Microsoft AuthenticatorWindows AutopatchCenter for Internet SecuritySami Laiho WebsiteRecorded May 10, 2023

It's 2023 - are you able to keep your systems patched? Richard talks to Sami Laiho about the emerging patching crisis. Sami talks about how MFA and user security have improved enough that they are no longer the primary path of exploitation for ransomware. Today, the main way to get breached is through unpatched computers. But patches are risky and can occasionally cause downtime - so we control when patches are installed and (hopefully) test extensively. Is it worth it? Is it better to be down for an hour due to a lousy patch versus down for months due to a breach? It's time to talk to leadership about a change of tone around patches - and get moving faster!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/mobile-authenticator-app" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Authenticator</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/overview/windows-autopatch-overview?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Windows Autopatch</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cisecurity.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Center for Internet Security</a></li><li><a href="https://samilaiho.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sami Laiho Website</a></li></ul>Recorded May 10, 2023

Patching in 2023 with Sami Laiho

Aria Carley

Should you use Windows Server Update Services or Windows Update for Business? Richard talks to Aria Carley about the different update mechanisms available today - and some new ones that are coming! Aria talks about how Windows is evolving to routine, incremental feature updates - but that can be challenging for managed workstations. The conversation explores the roles of Configuration Manager, WSUS, WSUB, Group Policy, Intune, and the new Azure Update Management tools. Plus, a hint of what is to come - could there be an Update Copilot in our future?Links:Configuration ManagerAzure Update ManagementMicrosoft IntuneWindows Server Update ServicesWindows Update for BusinessWidows Client Roadmap UpdateWindows AutopatchRecording May 4. 2023

Should you use Windows Server Update Services or Windows Update for Business? Richard talks to Aria Carley about the different update mechanisms available today - and some new ones that are coming! Aria talks about how Windows is evolving to routine, incremental feature updates - but that can be challenging for managed workstations. The conversation explores the roles of Configuration Manager, WSUS, WSUB, Group Policy, Intune, and the new Azure Update Management tools. Plus, a hint of what is to come - could there be an Update Copilot in our future?Links:<ul><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/introduction?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Configuration Manager</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/update-management/overview?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Update Management</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/fundamentals/what-is-intune?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Intune</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-server-update-services/get-started/windows-server-update-services-wsus?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Windows Server Update Services</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-manage-updates-wufb?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Windows Update for Business</a></li><li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/windows-client-roadmap-update/ba-p/3805227" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Widows Client Roadmap Update</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/overview/windows-autopatch-overview?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Windows Autopatch</a></li></ul>Recording May 4. 2023

Windows Update for Business with Aria Carley

Allan Hirt

What does high availability look like in 2023? Richard chats with Allan Hirt about his work with high-availability solutions today - not just on-premises but also in the cloud. Allan talks about the frustration folks had with moving workloads in the cloud during the pandemic panic, lift-and-shifting workloads focusing on getting things working quickly rather than cost-effectively. The results can be costly, to the point where some folks considering moving back off the cloud again - but does that make sense? Allan talks about creating high availability efficiently wherever you want to run your workloads!Links:Always On on SQL Server with Azure VMsSQL Server 2022Azure Regions and Availability ZonesOperations ManagerRecorded May 11, 2023

What does high availability look like in 2023? Richard chats with Allan Hirt about his work with high-availability solutions today - not just on-premises but also in the cloud. Allan talks about the frustration folks had with moving workloads in the cloud during the pandemic panic, lift-and-shifting workloads focusing on getting things working quickly rather than cost-effectively. The results can be costly, to the point where some folks considering moving back off the cloud again - but does that make sense? Allan talks about creating high availability efficiently wherever you want to run your workloads!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/virtual-machines/windows/availability-group-overview?view=azuresql?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Always On on SQL Server with Azure VMs</a></li><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-2022" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SQL Server 2022</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/availability-zones-overview?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Regions and Availability Zones</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center/scom/welcome?view=sc-om-2022?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Operations Manager</a></li></ul>Recorded May 11, 2023

High Availability in 2023 with Allan Hirt

Sarah Young

Are you using Microsoft Sentinel? Richard talks to Cloud Security Advocate Sarah Young about Sentinel, Microsoft's Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution. Sarah talks about the role of the SIEM in creating a common place for all security-related data to arrive. She mentions some of the many tools in the Microsoft suite to feed into Sentinel - Defender for Endpoints, Identity, and Cloud as examples. Specialized analysis tools send summaries to Sentinel, but Sentinel can also process raw logs as well - make sure you need the data because billing for Sentinel is connected to the number of ingress sources. There's a lot to learn, but also a lot of great documentation and information to work from. Check the show notes for links!Links:Microsoft SentinelArcSightDefender Security AlertsDefender for EndpointDefender for IdentityMicrosoft Digital Defense Report 2022Defender for CloudWhat is CSPM?Security Baselines BlogMicrosoft Security CopilotRecorded April 6, 2023

Are you using Microsoft Sentinel? Richard talks to Cloud Security Advocate Sarah Young about Sentinel, Microsoft's Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution. Sarah talks about the role of the SIEM in creating a common place for all security-related data to arrive. She mentions some of the many tools in the Microsoft suite to feed into Sentinel - Defender for Endpoints, Identity, and Cloud as examples. Specialized analysis tools send summaries to Sentinel, but Sentinel can also process raw logs as well - make sure you need the data because billing for Sentinel is connected to the number of ingress sources. There's a lot to learn, but also a lot of great documentation and information to work from. Check the show notes for links!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/products/microsoft-sentinel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Sentinel</a></li><li><a href="https://www.microfocus.com/cyberres/secops/arcsight-esm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ArcSight</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/defender-for-cloud/alerts-overview?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Defender Security Alerts</a></li><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/security/business/endpoint-security/microsoft-defender-endpoint" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Defender for Endpoint</a></li><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/security/business/siem-and-xdr/microsoft-defender-for-identity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Defender for Identity</a></li><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/security/business/microsoft-digital-defense-report-2022" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2022</a></li><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/products/defender-for-cloud/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Defender for Cloud</a></li><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/security-101/what-is-cspm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What is CSPM?</a></li><li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-baselines/bg-p/Microsoft-Security-Baselines" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Security Baselines Blog</a></li><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/security/business/ai-machine-learning/microsoft-security-copilot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Security Copilot</a></li></ul>Recorded April 6, 2023

Microsoft Sentinel with Sarah Young

Aidan Finn

Are your finance people suffering from Azure sticker shock? Richard talks to Aidan Finn about his experiences with organizations discovering they spend far more on Azure than expected. Aidan talks about designing systems based on on-premises requirements where hardware is over-provisioned, and new features in Azure are added without a thought to cost. Getting finance involved in an Azure migration from the beginning can help mitigate the shock and balance features and costs. Plus, there are great tools for cost management in Azure that can allow for budget projections, catch unusual spending early, and point out opportunities to save money with specific services available today!Links:Azure Firewall PremiumAzure AdvisorCloud Adoption FrameworkAzure Pricing CalculatorMicrosoft Cost ManagementAzure MonitorAzure ReservationsAzure Hybrid BenefitRecorded April 6, 2023

Are your finance people suffering from Azure sticker shock? Richard talks to Aidan Finn about his experiences with organizations discovering they spend far more on Azure than expected. Aidan talks about designing systems based on on-premises requirements where hardware is over-provisioned, and new features in Azure are added without a thought to cost. Getting finance involved in an Azure migration from the beginning can help mitigate the shock and balance features and costs. Plus, there are great tools for cost management in Azure that can allow for budget projections, catch unusual spending early, and point out opportunities to save money with specific services available today!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/firewall/premium-features?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Firewall Premium</a></li><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/products/advisor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Advisor</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cloud Adoption Framework</a></li><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/calculator/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Pricing Calculator</a></li><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/products/cost-management/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Cost Management</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/overview?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Monitor</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/save-compute-costs-reservations?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Reservations</a></li><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/hybrid-benefit/#overview" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Hybrid Benefit</a></li></ul>Recorded April 6, 2023

Azure Sticker Shock with Aidan Finn

Paula Januszkiewicz

Is your organization ready to respond to a security incident? Richard talks to Paula Januszkiewicz about her experience helping organizations respond effectively when a security incident occurs. Paula talks about detection - attackers often have breached your infrastructure months before their attacks become visible. Once you've detected a potential breach, the next steps are to determine where the breach comes from, or as Paula says, who is patient zero? And what are the indicators of compromise? It's not enough to slam the door shut on an attack - how do you keep it from happening again? The conversation explores the idea of threat hunting, of understanding what the black hats are doing by being able to respond effectively to isolate exploited machines but not necessarily shut them down. An attack is an opportunity - seize it!Links:CqureAttack Surface Reduction RulesLocal Administrator Password SolutionSecurity Information and Event ManagementAzure SentinelRecorded April 4, 2023

Is your organization ready to respond to a security incident? Richard talks to Paula Januszkiewicz about her experience helping organizations respond effectively when a security incident occurs. Paula talks about detection - attackers often have breached your infrastructure months before their attacks become visible. Once you've detected a potential breach, the next steps are to determine where the breach comes from, or as Paula says, who is patient zero? And what are the indicators of compromise? It's not enough to slam the door shut on an attack - how do you keep it from happening again? The conversation explores the idea of threat hunting, of understanding what the black hats are doing by being able to respond effectively to isolate exploited machines but not necessarily shut them down. An attack is an opportunity - seize it! Links:<ul><li><a href="https://cqure.pl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cqure</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/attack-surface-reduction?view=o365-worldwide?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Attack Surface Reduction Rules</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/laps/laps-overview?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Local Administrator Password Solution</a></li><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/security-101/what-is-siem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Security Information and Event Management</a></li><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/products/microsoft-sentinel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Sentinel</a></li></ul>Recorded April 4, 2023

Incident Response Readiness with Paula Januszkiewicz

RunAs Radio is a weekly Internet Audio Talk Show for IT Professionals working with Microsoft products.

Gareth Gudger

Is your Exchange server one of the vulnerable ones? Richard talks to Gareth Gudger about the ongoing security concerns around on-premises Exchange servers. The conversation addresses a blog post by the Exchange server team about restricting access of potentially vulnerable Exchange servers to Exchange Online. But, as Gareth explains, this has to do with hybrid Exchange, where your on-premises server can access Exchange Online in a privileged state. What is the right thing to do to limit exploits in Exchange? Keeping up with the latest versions, patching, and ultimately maintaining your entire infrastructure, especially Active Directory - all play a role in securing on-premises infrastructure. Stay vigilant!Links:Blocking Email from Vulnerable Exchange ServersTony Redmond's Comment on the Blog PostDeprecation of Remote PowerShellRe-enabling or Extending RPSExchange Online PowerShell v3Exchange Server 2013 End of SupportTurning off your Last Exchange ServerOffice 365 for IT ProsRecorded April 4, 2023

Is your Exchange server one of the vulnerable ones? Richard talks to Gareth Gudger about the ongoing security concerns around on-premises Exchange servers. The conversation addresses a blog post by the Exchange server team about restricting access of potentially vulnerable Exchange servers to Exchange Online. But, as Gareth explains, this has to do with hybrid Exchange, where your on-premises server can access Exchange Online in a privileged state. What is the right thing to do to limit exploits in Exchange? Keeping up with the latest versions, patching, and ultimately maintaining your entire infrastructure, especially Active Directory - all play a role in securing on-premises infrastructure. Stay vigilant!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/throttling-and-blocking-email-from-persistently-vulnerable/ba-p/3762078" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blocking Email from Vulnerable Exchange Servers</a></li><li><a href="https://office365itpros.com/2023/03/31/unsupported-exchange-server-rant/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tony Redmond's Comment on the Blog Post</a></li><li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/deprecation-of-remote-powershell-rps-for-new-exchange-online/ba-p/3761567" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deprecation of Remote PowerShell</a></li><li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/deprecation-of-remote-powershell-in-exchange-online-re-enabling/ba-p/3779692" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Re-enabling or Extending RPS</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/connect-to-exchange-online-powershell?view=exchange-ps?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Exchange Online PowerShell v3</a></li><li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/exchange-server-2013-reaches-end-of-support-next-month/ba-p/3762083" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Exchange Server 2013 End of Support</a></li><li><a href="https://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/832" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Turning off your Last Exchange Server</a></li><li><a href="https://office365itpros.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Office 365 for IT Pros</a></li></ul>Recorded April 4, 2023

Dealing with Vulnerable Exchange Servers with Gareth Gudger

Jen Sheerin

Moving to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) has never been easier! Richard talks to Jen Sheerin about her work with the Azure Virtual Desktop Accelerator tools. Jen describes how moving workloads to AVD is part of the Cloud Adoption Framework that helps you integrate virtual desktop workloads with standard security and licensing practices. The conversation explores the different folks who use the accelerator - even for greenfield implementations of new virtual desktops! There are more great tools to help you optimize your AVD implementation. Check the links in the show notes!Links:Azure Virtual DesktopRemote Desktop ServicesMicrosoft Cloud Adoption FrameworkAVD Remote Desktop Web ClientBicepAzure Virtual Desktop AcceleratorVirtual Desktop Optimization ToolWindows 10 vs Windows 11 BenchmarkLicense Universal PrintRecorded April 7, 2023

Moving to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) has never been easier! Richard talks to Jen Sheerin about her work with the Azure Virtual Desktop Accelerator tools. Jen describes how moving workloads to AVD is part of the Cloud Adoption Framework that helps you integrate virtual desktop workloads with standard security and licensing practices. The conversation explores the different folks who use the accelerator - even for greenfield implementations of new virtual desktops! There are more great tools to help you optimize your AVD implementation. Check the links in the show notes!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-desktop/overview?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Virtual Desktop</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/welcome-to-rds?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Remote Desktop Services</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-desktop/users/connect-web?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AVD Remote Desktop Web Client</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/overview?tabs=bicep&amp;WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bicep</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/Azure/avdaccelerator" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Virtual Desktop Accelerator</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/The-Virtual-Desktop-Team/Virtual-Desktop-Optimization-Tool" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Virtual Desktop Optimization Tool</a></li><li><a href="https://www.loginvsi.com/resources/blog/windows-10-vs-windows-11/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Windows 10 vs Windows 11 Benchmark</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/universal-print/fundamentals/universal-print-license&amp;WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">License Universal Print</a></li></ul>Recorded April 7, 2023

Azure Virtual Desktop Accelerator with Jen Sheerin

Paul Thurrott

Large Language Models like ChatGPT are all the rage, but how will they impact work going forward? Richard chats with Paul Thurrott about the role of LLMs in the Windows ecosystem. Paul digs into the history of ChatGPT and how this whole wave of technology started more or less by accident until Microsoft grabbed on and created BingAI. Now with announcements for Copilot for security and M365, where else can the technology go? The conversation digs into the power of having a tool that can help you make sense of all the products you own and to go down the checklist of the right things to do when taking on a new task. We're still in the early days for large language models - the next version of Windows should be interesting!Links:OpenAIMicrosoft Security CopilotMicrosoft VivaMicrosoft 365 CopilotRemoving the Bing Button from Microsoft Edge 111Recorded April 3, 2023

Large Language Models like ChatGPT are all the rage, but how will they impact work going forward? Richard chats with Paul Thurrott about the role of LLMs in the Windows ecosystem. Paul digs into the history of ChatGPT and how this whole wave of technology started more or less by accident until Microsoft grabbed on and created BingAI. Now with announcements for Copilot for security and M365, where else can the technology go? The conversation digs into the power of having a tool that can help you make sense of all the products you own and to go down the checklist of the right things to do when taking on a new task. We're still in the early days for large language models - the next version of Windows should be interesting!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://openai.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OpenAI</a></li><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/security/business/ai-machine-learning/microsoft-security-copilot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Security Copilot</a></li><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-viva" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Viva</a></li><li><a href="https://news.microsoft.com/2023/03/16/introducing-microsoft-365-copilot-your-copilot-for-work/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft 365 Copilot</a></li><li><a href="https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/web-browsers/microsoft-edge/280675/tip-remove-the-bing-button-from-microsoft-edge-111" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Removing the Bing Button from Microsoft Edge 111</a></li></ul>Recorded April 3, 2023

Large Language Models and Windows with Paul Thurrott

The demand for effective data analytics within organizations continues to grow – how do you build your analytics team? While at SQLBits in Wales, panelists Maria Zakourdaev, Falek Miah, and Anupama Natarajan discussed their experiences with building teams - from recruiting to training, up-skilling, and retention. The discussion spans the different roles, including architects and data modelers, that help to provide the data sets analysts need. Do you train from within, hire into the role, or use consultants? There are many choices for growing your data analytics team!Links:SQLBitsRecorded March 18, 2023

The demand for effective data analytics within organizations continues to grow – how do you build your analytics team? While at SQLBits in Wales, panelists Maria Zakourdaev, Falek Miah, and Anupama Natarajan discussed their experiences with building teams - from recruiting to training, up-skilling, and retention. The discussion spans the different roles, including architects and data modelers, that help to provide the data sets analysts need. Do you train from within, hire into the role, or use consultants? There are many choices for growing your data analytics team!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://sqlbits.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SQLBits</a></li></ul>Recorded March 18, 2023

Building Your Data Analytics Team at SQLBits!

George Finney

Ready to get some zero trust security inspiration? Richard chats with George Finney, author of Project Zero Trust, a fictional narrative about a company dealing with a security breach and the efforts to make the company more secure. George talks about the challenges of being a security professional and learning to speak to leadership in terms they can appreciate in their efforts to improve security overall. The conversation digs into the reality that security is about people, most of all, not so much as the problem but as the only viable solution. Want some help getting more resources for security? Read and share this book!Links:Project Zero TrustZero Trust Maturity ModelWell Aware SecurityRecorded March 21, 2023

Ready to get some zero trust security inspiration? Richard chats with George Finney, author of Project Zero Trust, a fictional narrative about a company dealing with a security breach and the efforts to make the company more secure. George talks about the challenges of being a security professional and learning to speak to leadership in terms they can appreciate in their efforts to improve security overall. The conversation digs into the reality that security is about people, most of all, not so much as the problem but as the only viable solution. Want some help getting more resources for security? Read and share this book!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/project-zero-trust/9781119884842/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Project Zero Trust</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/CISA%20Zero%20Trust%20Maturity%20Model_Draft.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zero Trust Maturity Model</a></li><li><a href="https://wellawaresecurity.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Well Aware Security</a></li></ul>Recorded March 21, 2023

Project Zero Trust with George Finney

Angela Dugan

How do you measure the productivity of your team? Richard talks to Angela Dugan about her work at 3Cloud, supporting groups that are primarily work-from-home and working with remote clients. What do you measure when you can't be face-to-face? Angela talks about using objective and subjective measures - time spent on a project- and how people feel about the work they are doing and the people they are doing it with. The conversation also turns to skill growth as part of measuring a team - making new skills portion of the work, sharing them with the team, and growing your value as an employee!Links:Microsoft VivaRecorded February 23, 2023

How do you measure the productivity of your team? Richard talks to Angela Dugan about her work at 3Cloud, supporting groups that are primarily work-from-home and working with remote clients. What do you measure when you can't be face-to-face? Angela talks about using objective and subjective measures - time spent on a project- and how people feel about the work they are doing and the people they are doing it with. The conversation also turns to skill growth as part of measuring a team - making new skills portion of the work, sharing them with the team, and growing your value as an employee!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-viva" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Viva</a></li></ul>Recorded February 23, 2023

Team Metrics with Angela Dugan

Pierre Roman

Are you ready for more IPv6 in your life? Richard talks to Pierre Roman about recent support added to Azure Active Directory for IPv6 - specifically around Conditional Access. Pierre talks about how in the past, IPv6 addresses weren't a part of Conditional Access - but now they are. This could cause problems for folks connecting to an Azure tenant via IPv6 if those IPv6 ranges aren't included as named locations. Even if this update hasn't impacted you yet, it can - changes to your ISP or when connecting to the internet can result in IPv6 access being required - don't get locked out!Links:Google IPv6 AdoptionPierre's Blog Post on IPv6IPv6 Support in Azure Active DirectoryAzure DNS FAQRecorded March 27, 2023

Are you ready for more IPv6 in your life? Richard talks to Pierre Roman about recent support added to Azure Active Directory for IPv6 - specifically around Conditional Access. Pierre talks about how in the past, IPv6 addresses weren't a part of Conditional Access - but now they are. This could cause problems for folks connecting to an Azure tenant via IPv6 if those IPv6 ranges aren't included as named locations. Even if this update hasn't impacted you yet, it can - changes to your ISP or when connecting to the internet can result in IPv6 access being required - don't get locked out!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google IPv6 Adoption</a></li><li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/wired-for-hybrid-deep-dive-1-azure-ad-introduces-support-for/ba-p/3769325" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pierre's Blog Post on IPv6</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/active-directory/azure-ad-ipv6-support?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IPv6 Support in Azure Active Directory</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/dns/dns-faq?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure DNS FAQ</a></li></ul>Recorded March 27, 2023

IPv6 and Azure Active Directory with Pierre Roman

Phoummala Schmitt

Does multi-cloud make sense? Richard chats with Phoummala Schmitt about her explorations into building workloads that can survive a cloud outage. Phoummala begins the conversation with some definitions because most organizations are multi-cloud already, using more than one cloud provider. Referencing Gartner and Thoughtworks, the term "polycloud" covers that idea. Then the hard part - a workload that needs perfect uptime, even in the face of a cloud provider outage. That is a more complex and expensive proposition, but it is possible once you work through the details. The question is - is it worth it?Links:PolycloudKubernetesKubernetes Cloud Controller ManagerAzure ArcRecorded February 16, 2023

Does multi-cloud make sense? Richard chats with Phoummala Schmitt about her explorations into building workloads that can survive a cloud outage. Phoummala begins the conversation with some definitions because most organizations are multi-cloud already, using more than one cloud provider. Referencing Gartner and Thoughtworks, the term "polycloud" covers that idea. Then the hard part - a workload that needs perfect uptime, even in the face of a cloud provider outage. That is a more complex and expensive proposition, but it is possible once you work through the details. The question is - is it worth it?Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.thoughtworks.com/en-ca/insights/decoder/p/polycloud" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Polycloud</a></li><li><a href="https://kubernetes.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kubernetes</a></li><li><a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/architecture/cloud-controller/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kubernetes Cloud Controller Manager</a></li><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/products/azure-arc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Arc</a></li></ul>Recorded February 16, 2023

When Does Multi-Cloud Make Sense with Phoummala Schmitt

Ned Pyle

Secure remote file access without OneDrive or VPNs? Richard chats with Ned Pyle about the power of SMB over QUIC. Ned talks about the ongoing battle to put older versions of SMB to bed and how QUIC is becoming the de facto standard for moving files around, both within the network and across the internet. While a lot of business files can be served effectively from OneDrive for Business, often, you have applications and infrastructure that depend on UNCs and other file mapping approaches. SMB for QUIC through Azure VMs and Azure Stack HCI allows the same UNC paths to work securely inside and outside your office network. Check it out!Links:SMB1 Product ClearinghouseWindows ServerSMB CompressionSMB SigningSMB over QUICAzure Stack HCILearn SMB over QUICSMB Insecure Guest AuthRecorded February 3, 2023

Secure remote file access without OneDrive or VPNs? Richard chats with Ned Pyle about the power of SMB over QUIC. Ned talks about the ongoing battle to put older versions of SMB to bed and how QUIC is becoming the de facto standard for moving files around, both within the network and across the internet. While a lot of business files can be served effectively from OneDrive for Business, often, you have applications and infrastructure that depend on UNCs and other file mapping approaches. SMB for QUIC through Azure VMs and Azure Stack HCI allows the same UNC paths to work securely inside and outside your office network. Check it out!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/storage-at-microsoft/smb1-product-clearinghouse/ba-p/426008" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SMB1 Product Clearinghouse</a></li><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/windows-server" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Windows Server</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/storage/file-server/smb-compression?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SMB Compression</a></li><li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/storage-at-microsoft/configure-smb-signing-with-confidence/ba-p/2418102" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SMB Signing</a></li><li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/storage-at-microsoft/smb-over-quic-is-ga-and-we-have-lots-of-news/ba-p/2928695" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SMB over QUIC</a></li><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/products/azure-stack/hci/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Stack HCI</a></li><li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/storage/file-server/smb-over-quic?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-10953" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn SMB over QUIC</a></li><li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/storage-at-microsoft/smb-insecure-guest-auth-now-off-by-default-in-windows-insider/ba-p/3715014" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SMB Insecure Guest Auth</a></li></ul>Recorded February 3, 2023

SMB over QUIC File Servers with Ned Pyle

Hila Fish

What is your approach to incident management? While at NDC London, Richard talks to Hila Fish about her work in incident management. Hila talks about understanding when you have an incident and trying to grasp the scope before acting - is it impacting customer value? The goal is to learn from an incident to stop them from happening, and often immediate mitigations, like rebooting, destroy information needed for later analysis. Making the dashboard lights turn green is not enough - you want to get to a place where they never turn red!Links:Jira TicketingPagerDutyGrafanaSwimm Documentation EngineRecorded January 27, 2023

What is your approach to incident management? While at NDC London, Richard talks to Hila Fish about her work in incident management. Hila talks about understanding when you have an incident and trying to grasp the scope before acting - is it impacting customer value? The goal is to learn from an incident to stop them from happening, and often immediate mitigations, like rebooting, destroy information needed for later analysis. Making the dashboard lights turn green is not enough - you want to get to a place where they never turn red!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/service-management/ticketing-software" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jira Ticketing</a></li><li><a href="https://www.pagerduty.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PagerDuty</a></li><li><a href="https://grafana.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grafana</a></li><li><a href="https://swimm.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Swimm Documentation Engine</a></li></ul>Recorded January 27, 2023

Incident Management with Hila Fish

I&#39;m rating this a 5 bc I really enjoy it. But please be more careful.
    &#34;...but see what you did is you just granted access to the Corporate Gal because that&#39;s your context, to some random app on the app store...&#34;
I realize that we don&#39;t always &#39;assume&#39; when someone is talking about their doctor or their home renovation contractor that they are talking about a woman. It is *awesome* when someone does assume the person is the &#39;unexpected gender&#39; like Jonathan Strickland over at TechSTuff podcast often does. Let&#39;s not continue the stereotype that the Corporate Gal is the one leaking our data or installing something bad. Maybe she is! But challenging the assumption is better -- and, especially today in the tech world with so few women and such a desperate need for more of them, we deserve it.

Unnecessary these days

RunAs radio is full of great high quality content for mainly Windows admins and engineers. I also greatly appreciate the fantastic audio quality.

Great content Fantastic quality

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Sonia Cuff

Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 went out of support as of January 14, 2020. Now what? Richard talks to Sonia Cuff about what your options are to deal with your Windows 2008 Servers. The conversation dives into all the great things that have been added to Server in the past twelve years, and the various options to have to upgrade. Starting with - should you upgrade? Sonia talks about building new VMs for roles like DHCP, DNS and Active Directory - and shifting workloads gradually. There are lots of great examples online! Sonia also digs into the power of Windows Admin Center to painlessly migrate file storage roles - and improve server management as a whole!

Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 went out of support as of January 14, 2020. Now what? Richard talks to Sonia Cuff about what your options are to deal with your Windows 2008 Servers. The conversation dives into all the great things that have been added to Server in the past twelve years, and the various options to have to upgrade. Starting with - should you upgrade? Sonia talks about building new VMs for roles like DHCP, DNS and Active Directory - and shifting workloads gradually. There are lots of great examples online! Sonia also digs into the power of Windows Admin Center to painlessly migrate file storage roles - and improve server management as a whole!

Migrating from Server 2008 to Server 2019 with Sonia Cuff

Michael Levan

DevOps involves a whole organization - but what can Ops do to facilitate DevOps? Richard chats with Michael Levan about the role of Ops in the DevOps evolution of an organization. Michael talks about the need for culture change to make your DevOps practices successful, but at the same time, tools have gotten dramatically better. The conversation turns to Azure DevOps as an overarching tool for dealing with the continuous integration and continuous deployment of software for your organization. There are lots more tools needed and Michael gives time to many of them - but Azure DevOps is a great place to start!

DevOps involves a whole organization - but what can Ops do to facilitate DevOps? Richard chats with Michael Levan about the role of Ops in the DevOps evolution of an organization. Michael talks about the need for culture change to make your DevOps practices successful, but at the same time, tools have gotten dramatically better. The conversation turns to Azure DevOps as an overarching tool for dealing with the continuous integration and continuous deployment of software for your organization. There are lots more tools needed and Michael gives time to many of them - but Azure DevOps is a great place to start!

Azure DevOps for Ops with Michael Levan

It's 2020 - why are we still using passwords? Richard chats with Libby Brown about the on-going efforts to make passwordless authentication work great for everyone. The problems with passwords are well-known, but can we really get to a place where we don't have them at all? Libby talks about the challenges of using multi-factor authentication, including authenticator applications, FIDO keys, facial recognition and more. You need multiple methods of authentication and recovery strategies available before you can consider turning off passwords - but it is possible!

It's 2020 - why are we still using passwords? Richard chats with Libby Brown about the on-going efforts to make passwordless authentication work great for everyone. The problems with passwords are well-known, but can we really get to a place where we don't have them at all? Libby talks about the challenges of using multi-factor authentication, including authenticator applications, FIDO keys, facial recognition and more. You need multiple methods of authentication and recovery strategies available before you can consider turning off passwords - but it is possible!

Passwordless Authentication with Libby Brown

How do you manage CosmosDB? Richard chats with Deborah Chen from the CosmosDB team about what it takes to care and feed the cloud-based NoSQL data storage solution. Deborah talks about the advantages of not having to manage the infrastructure of storage, with replication and fail-over solutions integrated into CosmosDB from the start - as well as at-rest and in-transmission encryption always on! The management tools are pretty straightforward too, with thorough logging and diagnostics tools integrated into Azure. CosmosDB can make your life simpler!

How do you manage CosmosDB? Richard chats with Deborah Chen from the CosmosDB team about what it takes to care and feed the cloud-based NoSQL data storage solution. Deborah talks about the advantages of not having to manage the infrastructure of storage, with replication and fail-over solutions integrated into CosmosDB from the start - as well as at-rest and in-transmission encryption always on! The management tools are pretty straightforward too, with thorough logging and diagnostics tools integrated into Azure. CosmosDB can make your life simpler!

Managing CosmosDB with Deborah Chen

Nik Charlebois

How do you keep the configuration of your Microsoft 365 resources consistent? Richard talks to Microsoft Premier Field Engineer Nik Charlebois about the evolution of Desired State Configuration. Nik talks about how his old open source project called ReverseDSC has become a part of the new Microsoft365DSC - giving you the ability to extract all the configuration and policy details from the various elements of your Microsoft 365 tenant. And once you have that file, you can compare it against other templates of Microsoft 365 tenants and apply it if you need to. Nik talks about the power of knowing exactly when your configuration gets changed for any reason, and the options available to react to that change!

How do you keep the configuration of your Microsoft 365 resources consistent? Richard talks to Microsoft Premier Field Engineer Nik Charlebois about the evolution of Desired State Configuration. Nik talks about how his old open source project called ReverseDSC has become a part of the new Microsoft365DSC - giving you the ability to extract all the configuration and policy details from the various elements of your Microsoft 365 tenant. And once you have that file, you can compare it against other templates of Microsoft 365 tenants and apply it if you need to. Nik talks about the power of knowing exactly when your configuration gets changed for any reason, and the options available to react to that change!

Microsoft 365 Desired State Configuration with Nik Charlebois

If you care about mail, there are important things coming in 2020! Richard chats with Gareth Gudger about recent announcements from Microsoft that will have an impact on email both on-premises and in the cloud. First up is the end of Basic Authentication to Exchange Online this fall - old mail clients are going to break, time to upgrade! Next is the end of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 support - more client challenges! Gareth talks about upgrading, contracting out and other solutions for the on-going efforts to increase security to mail.

If you care about mail, there are important things coming in 2020! Richard chats with Gareth Gudger about recent announcements from Microsoft that will have an impact on email both on-premises and in the cloud. First up is the end of Basic Authentication to Exchange Online this fall - old mail clients are going to break, time to upgrade! Next is the end of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 support - more client challenges! Gareth talks about upgrading, contracting out and other solutions for the on-going efforts to increase security to mail.

Exchange in 2020 with Gareth Gudger

Melissa Coates

Power BI is a hit! Now what? Richard chats with Melissa Coates about the challenges of applying data governance to analytics tools like Power BI. Melissa describes various aspects of data governance, including security, organization/classification, documentation of data and education - you need training to understand the rules and responsibilities of data in an organization. If every company is a software company, then we're all data stewards as well!

Power BI is a hit! Now what? Richard chats with Melissa Coates about the challenges of applying data governance to analytics tools like Power BI. Melissa describes various aspects of data governance, including security, organization/classification, documentation of data and education - you need training to understand the rules and responsibilities of data in an organization. If every company is a software company, then we're all data stewards as well!

Data Governance and Power BI with Melissa Coates

Michael Richardson

How can a deployment tool make your disaster recovery process easier? Richard chats with Michael Richardson of Octopus Deploy about Operations Runbooks. Octopus Deploy handles deployments very effectively, and with Runbooks, you can expand that functionality to include all sorts of other related processes, like backing up and restoring data, running failover scripts and more. Through deployment, Octopus already knows where all your resources live and the rights they need, making it easy to expand your automation over all sorts of disaster recovery needs!

How can a deployment tool make your disaster recovery process easier? Richard chats with Michael Richardson of Octopus Deploy about Operations Runbooks. Octopus Deploy handles deployments very effectively, and with Runbooks, you can expand that functionality to include all sorts of other related processes, like backing up and restoring data, running failover scripts and more. Through deployment, Octopus already knows where all your resources live and the rights they need, making it easy to expand your automation over all sorts of disaster recovery needs!

Operations Runbooks in Octopus Deploy with Michael Richardson

Jeffrey Snover

What's an intelligent substrate? Richard chats with Microsoft Technical Fellow Jeffrey Snover about his new role in Office 365. About a year ago Jeff changed jobs and jumped into one of the biggest, oldest (and most profitable) teams at Microsoft: Office. Today Office is totally cloud-focused, and Jeff talks about the intelligent substrate, a NoSQL data store that contains everything related to Office 365, including documents, spreadsheets, SharePoint lists, email... everything. This allows artificial intelligence technology to find relationships within that data to provide more value to companies using Office 365 - lots of value!

What's an intelligent substrate? Richard chats with Microsoft Technical Fellow Jeffrey Snover about his new role in Office 365. About a year ago Jeff changed jobs and jumped into one of the biggest, oldest (and most profitable) teams at Microsoft: Office. Today Office is totally cloud-focused, and Jeff talks about the intelligent substrate, a NoSQL data store that contains everything related to Office 365, including documents, spreadsheets, SharePoint lists, email... everything. This allows artificial intelligence technology to find relationships within that data to provide more value to companies using Office 365 - lots of value!

Office 365 Intelligent Substrate with Jeffrey Snover

How does IT Pros do their jobs during a pandemic? It may sound like an April Fools Day joke, but it's not. The Covid-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on how we work and play. Richard flies solo again to talk through various aspects of IT during the pandemic, including various efforts needed to help employees work from home, communicate effectively and maintain important operations. This is a time all about business continuity - how can you keep people productive and safe? We can get through this together!

How does IT Pros do their jobs during a pandemic? It may sound like an April Fools Day joke, but it's not. The Covid-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on how we work and play. Richard flies solo again to talk through various aspects of IT during the pandemic, including various efforts needed to help employees work from home, communicate effectively and maintain important operations. This is a time all about business continuity - how can you keep people productive and safe? We can get through this together!

Information Technology in the Time of Pandemic

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