In Episode 336, Ben and Scott discuss some of the marquee announcements from Microsoft Build 2023. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Build Book of News Full Keynote | Satya Nadella at Microsoft Build 2023 Microsoft’s Azure AI Studio lets developers build their own AI ‘copilots’ Copilot in Power BI technical preview Introducing Microsoft Fabric and Copilot in Microsoft Power BI Microsoft Fabric licenses Microsoft launches Fabric, a new end-to-end data and analytics platform What is Microsoft Fabric? Microsoft Fabric terminology Video ..read more

In Episode 335, Ben and Scott discuss some of the trials and tribulations of Office 365 and Microsoft 365 licensing. Specifically, some intricacies around Microsoft Defender for Office 365. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Vague documentation on licensing #12003 Manage who can create Microsoft 365 Groups Get started using Attack simulation training Microsoft Defender for Office 365 service description – Licensing terms Retiring the AWS Documentation on GitHub Preview: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps Testing reachability o ..read more

In Episode 334, Ben and Scott take a detour into automating your home video devices/security cameras with Scrypted and then get back on track with some enhancements in Azure AD authentication methods and Microsoft Intune. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Scrypted Google’s new Pixel Tablet is a $500 slate for the home Azure Active Directory Gets ‘Converged’ Management for Authentication Methods Modernizing Authentication Management Microsoft Intune: iOS Web enrollment Enrollment guide: Enroll iOS and iPadOS devices in Microsoft Intun ..read more

In Episode 333, Ben and Scott talk about some more strange choices coming from the Microsoft Edge team before they discuss the new preview of Azure AD LAPS (with and without Intune). Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Microsoft Teams Plans to Make Users Open Links in Edge Arc is coming to Windows in 2023 THE BROWSER COMPANY IS BUILDING A SWIFT DEVELOPMENT TOOLCHAIN FOR WINDOWS Android vs. Apple Market Share: Leading Mobile Operating Systems (OS) (May 2023) Compare Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service Get started with Windows LAPS ..read more

In Episode 332, Ben and Scott dive into the recent announcements around Microsoft 365 Copilot and its impending integration into the entirety of the Microsoft 365 product suite. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Bluesky Social Microsoft Posts In-Product Ads in SharePoint Online Stop in product messaging (Microsoft Conference) Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot—A whole new way to work What is the #CollabTalk TweetJam? How to build your first app using Power Apps | Automatically with Copilot or from scratch GitHub Copilot for the Window ..read more

In Episode 331, Ben and Scott dive into the announcement of the retirement of SharePoint 2013 Workflows and the release of SharePoint Workflow Manager for SharePoint Server 2013, 2016, 2019 and Subscription Edition. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Starship Flight Test Move SharePoint Designer Workflows to Power Automate SharePoint 2013 workflow retirement Guidance: Migrate from classic workflows to Power Automate flows in SharePoint Nintex unveils Workflow plan amid Microsoft retiring product Microsoft 365 Assessment tool Announcin ..read more

In Episode 330, Ben and Scott talk about Home Assistant and how it fits into their home automation workflows. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes How to Create a Home Assistant Dashboard Wall Mounted Dashboard for Home Assistant! (Fire Tablet + Fully Kiosk) Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) Inovelli SMART 2-1 SWITCH (ON/OFF OR DIMMER) Lutron Caséta Wireless Smart Lighting Dimmer Switch and Remote Kit | P-PKG1W-WH Video https://youtu.be/_eMm-RBc3Uo About the sponsors Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsof ..read more

In Episode 329, Ben and Scott talk about some old (but new to them) enhancements to Microsoft Intune that allow for the import of ADMX and ADML administrative templates, availability of Windows 365 Cloud PC preview for Frontline workers, and avatars for Teams coming to public preview. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes UniFi Gateway – WAN Load Balancing and Failover Flux Keyboard Windows 365 offers flexibility from the office or home to the frontline Import custom ADMX and ADML administrative templates into Microsoft Intune (public pr ..read more

In Episode 328, Ben and Scott talk through the upcoming deprecation of remote PowerShell sessions (RPS) for Exchange Online, some changes to how you’ll get to Azure AD using Entra in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, and how to enable the new Microsoft Teams client. Then Scott brings Ben up to speed on strategies to make sure you’re getting notified of service retirements and deprecations for Azure. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Announcing Deprecation of Remote PowerShell (RPS) Protocol in Exchange Online PowerShell Deprecation of ..read more

In Episode 327, Ben and Scott talk through the new Microsoft Loop app which has entered public preview.           Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes Learn how to enable the Microsoft Loop app, now in Public Preview Use Loop components in Outlook You can now try Microsoft Loop, a Notion competitor with futuristic Office documents https://twitter.com/benstegink/status/1639074039850479616?s=20 https://twitter.com/EricaToelle/status/1638766066745888769?s=20 SharePoint Online Admin cannot access the Content Type H ..read more