Do you ever feel like you’re excelling at work but failing in your personal life? We all know this, but often seem to forget it, Life is about more than just work. But it takes a conscious effort to experience some form of balance along the way. In this episode, Read More
In Episode 225, Ben and Scott spend 30 minutes talking about several preview features available to Azure subscribers - WVD start on connect and Azure Cloud Services (extended support). Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even if you’re too busy to manage your Read More
How do you measure success for your life and business? Many of us, myself included, get fixated on what other people tell us are the proper metrics for success, but I’ve learned this is often misleading. In today’s episode, I am talking with a mentor of mine, Tom Rossi. Tom Read More
In Episode 224, Ben and Scott go down a rabbit hole to explore Windows Hello for Business and passwordless authentication options in Windows. They also talk about how these features can be used to satisfy requirements for standards such as CMMC. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make Read More
The number one thing that holds people back in life is fear. I’ve watched it happen time and time again with entrepreneurs, they begin seeing success but are afraid to leave the comfort of the 9-5 job or others never even launch their dream business because of fear of what Read More
In Episode 223, Ben and Scott sit down with Laurent St-Pierre from ShareGate to discuss the release of their report State of Microsoft 365: Migration, Modernization, and Security in 2021. You can learn more about ShareGate at and connect with Laurent on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter. Sponsors Sperry Read More
According to Harvard Business, more than 75% of startups fail. To help ensure this doesn't happen to us, today’s guest is Tom Eisenmann. Tom has been a Harvard Business School professor for the past 24 years. During this time Tom has guided over 1,000 Harvard Business students and alumni as Read More
In Episode 222, Ben and Scott talk about considerations for upping your presentation game with a teleprompter and Teams and then spend some time talking through the latest Azure Active Directory outage and considerations for customers when Azure AD is unavailable. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make Read More
Have you intentionally created your business’s avatar? By defining and knowing this single most ideal customer, you’re positioning yourself for uncommon success in your entrepreneurial journey. In this episode, I’m talking to the podcasting legend, John Lee Dumas. He’s the host of Entrepreneurs on Fire and he’s also the author Read More
In Episode 221, Ben and Scott talk about Ben's new M1 Mac Mini, the general availability of Routing Preference, and the introduction of Azure Trusted launch which brings support for vTPMs, trusted boot, and virtualization-based security (VBS). Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy Read More
While you’re networking or meeting with a business contact or friend, are you more focused on what you can get from the person you’re talking to, or are you focused on the value that you can add to them? In this episode, I am talking with Jordan Harbinger, host of Read More
In Episode 220, Ben and Scott talk through follow-up post-Microsoft Ignite, some ways you can track changes to the governance plane of Azure using AzAdvertizer, and a new tool for tracking documentation changes in docs.microsoft.com with Docs Update Tracker. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email Read More
Do you constantly feel overwhelmed with busyness or like your energy is being pulled in a hundred different directions? In this episode I am talking with Greg McKeown, he is the author of the book, Essentialism. Today Greg shares a counter-culture solution for overcoming the constant pursuit of more that Read More
In Episode 219, Ben and Scott discuss the announcements and news from Microsoft's Spring Ignite event for Microsoft 365 and Azure. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even if you’re too busy to manage your inbox ShareGate - ShareGate's industry-leading products help IT Read More
In today’s chaotic world it seems that no one can avoid toxic thoughts, depression, or anxiety. But we shouldn't settle into this mental mess as if it's just our new normal. In this episode, I am interviewing Dr. Caroline Leaf. She is the world’s leading expert in mind-brain connection. Dr. Read More
In Episode 218, Ben and Scott talk about opportunities to interact directly with Microsoft Teams engineering, changes to the timeline for the switchover from Stream to OneDrive and SharePoint for recordings in Teams, and the future of MTA certifications. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email Read More
Whether you’re applying for a job, trying to land a new client, or even pitching your business to investors, each will require someone to have faith that you will succeed in your endeavors. My question is this: Do you have what it takes for someone to bet on you? In Read More
In Episode 217, Ben and Scott talk about the new regions coming to Azure in the United States, service availability by region and the availability of Availability Zones in US South Central, and improvements to recovery in Azure Files. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email Read More
As entrepreneurs, each of us is unique in the problem we solve and the solution we offer for our customers. However, the majority of us do have one common goal: to become millionaires through our businesses! My guest today is Kent Billingsley. Kent is the CEO of Revenue Growth Company Read More
In Episode 216, Ben and Scott talk through the latest news and events, including the announcement of Microsoft Viva, an overview of the IT Ops Talk All Things Hybrid event, and improvements coming to Azure AD. Sponsors Sperry Software – Powerful Outlook Add-ins developed to make your email life easy even Read More
