In Episode 46, Ben interviews Tom Resing while Scott is out on vacation. We talk about UI Text Design, SharePoint, and life at Microsoft. Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone Tom Resing's Collaboration Blog About Tom Resing Tom Resing (Blog/LinkedIn) is a SharePoint content Read More

In Episode 45, Scott and Ben look back on 2017 and put on their binoculars to peer into 2018. Episode 1 – Microsoft Teams Episode 29 – Ignite Live Show: Deep Dive on Microsoft Teams Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast Ignite Episodes Roadmap for Skype for Business capabilities coming to Read More

In Episode 44, Scott and Ben tear through the Office 365 news for December 2017. One would think it would be slow at the end of the year, but no, we're jam-packed with the latest updates. Read and write Managed Metadata in SharePoint lists, append to arrays, and a new Read More

In Episode 43, Scott and Ben give an overview of the storage options in Azure, touching on everything from blobs to tables and queues. Azure Storage Introduction to Azure Storage Deciding when to use Azure Blobs, Azure Files, or Azure Disks Azure Storage Blobs Pricing Introduction to Azure Files Azure Read More

In Episode 42, Scott has a fireside chat with Microsoft MVP John Liu about Microsoft Flow. John Liu .NET SharePoint/PnP-PowerShell Administration and ALM best practices for PowerApps, Microsoft Flow, and the Common Data Service Understand on-premises data gateways for Microsoft Flow Microsoft Blog - Flow  Microsoft Flow & SharePoint: how to Read More

In Episode 41, Ben and Scott respond to listener feedback and start the first of a who-knows-how-many series on how to onboard into Office 365. Episode 5 – Office 365 SKUs & Licensing Episode 6 – Office 365 License Management (For Real This Time) Network planning and performance tuning for Read More

In Episode 40, Scott and Ben review the latest Office 365 news for November 2017, including SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Exchange Online, and Microsoft Teams. New and updated web parts rolling out to SharePoint in Office 365 New features for SharePoint list and library preview web parts Hybrid Self-Service Read More

In Episode 39, Ben and Scott provide an overview of onboarding into Azure Virtual Machines and the associated Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) components of Azure. Azure Virtual Machines Create a Windows virtual machine with the Azure portal Create a Windows virtual machine from an ARM Template Azure Quickstart Templates Overview of Azure Read More

In Episode 38 Scott and Ben discuss how roles within IT have changed and evolved with move to the cloud.  What does it take to be successful as an Office 365 Architect? How as the Admin's role changed with the move to Office 365?  For everyone from SharePoint Admins to Read More

In Episode 37, Ben interviews Steve Peschka of Office365Mon where they discuss what you can monitor in Office 365 and Azure and most importantly - what you'll want to consider when it comes to monitoring the service health of your cloud-based platforms. About Steve Peschka Steve Peschka is one of Read More

In Episode 36, Ben and Scott cover Office 365 news for October 2017, including the Skype to Microsoft Teams transition roadmap Roadmap for Skype for Business capabilities coming to Microsoft Teams now available Skype for Business to Teams Capabilities Roadmap.pdf Office 365 Roadmap - Teams Features Changes to the previous Read More

In Episode 35, Ben and Scott tackle Yammer, Microsoft's Enterprise Social Network available in Office 365. Say hello to Yammer Yammer Overview Yammer Enterprise stand-alone plan to retire by January 2017 Yammer admin guide Enforce Office 365 identity for Yammer users Compliance Framework for Industry Standards and Regulations - Customer Read More

PowerApps, Flow, the Common Data Service (CDS) and Poetry? Scott and Ben walk you through getting started building solutions in Office 365 leveraging these three technologies. PowerApps Modify SharePoint forms with PowerApps PowerApps pricing and skus Flows Pricing for Microsoft Flow Common Data Service (CDS) introduction Use Cases: Paul Culmsee Read More

In Episode 33, Ben and Scott review all (well most of) the SharePoint-specific news from around Microsoft Ignite. Updating content management for the cloud SharePoint & OneDrive Security & Compliance Updates from Microsoft Ignite Security you can trust, control you can count on with SharePoint and OneDrive (Ignite News) Changes Read More

In this episode, Scott and Ben update you on the latest Office 365 news for September that was NOT from Microsoft Ignite.  We talk mostly about news that was announced pre-ignite that you may have missed or glossed over with the flurry of news during Ignite. Fewer login prompts: The Read More

In our final Microsoft Ignite special, Scott has a Microsoft Teams Interview with Wictor Wilén.  They talk at a high level about Microsoft Teams and then dive into extending Teams using the Yeoman Generator from Wictor. Microsoft Teams Microsoft Teams Yeoman Generator Microsoft Teams Development Center Getting Started with Bots Read More

In this special episode from Microsoft Ignite, Ben interviews Anne and Shilpi from Microsoft all new announcements around Office 365 Usage Analytics.  Including announcements around: New Usage Report, Usage Score and Advanced Usage Analytics in Office 365. Usage and Reporting Announcements from Ignite BRK2039: Introducing Advanced Usage Reporting Tools   Read More

Live from Microsoft Ignite! In Episode 29, Ben and Scott discuss the architecture of Microsoft Teams, how it is deployed and managed by Microsoft, and how organizations can enable themselves for a successful deployment in light of the announcement that Skype for Business will be built into Microsoft Teams. YouTube Read More

In Episode 28, Scott and Ben sit down with Corey Sanders, Director of Azure Compute, to discuss the latest updates to the Azure platform announced at Microsoft Ignite. Topics include compute, networking, and security. Azure Blog Tuesdays With Corey on Channel 9

In this episode, we had the opportunity to sit down with Microsoft's own Dan Holme and talk to him about the SharePoint ecosystem, where it's been, and where it is now.  We also jump into some of the new announcements from Microsoft Ignite and how they continue to move SharePoint Read More