Need to Know Podcast–Episode 119

Marc reports back on what happened during his first trip to the MVP Summit in Redmond. You’ll learn his experiences with the events, the people and the places as well as an interesting aside on Microsoft grass! You’ll also get the latest Office 365 and Azure news so listen for details of our roving reporter in the belly of the beast.

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Resources

@marckean

@directorcia

Automated patching for Azure VMS

Getting started with the new Azure AD Management experience

The Azure portals

https://rc.portal.azure.com

https://ms.portal.azure.com

https://portal.azure.com

Master the art of stage presence with James Whittaker

Azure detailed login auditing

Microsoft Teams

Need to Know Podcast–Episode 118

After the usual cloud news wrap up with both of us Marc dives deep into Azure backup with Trinadh who is the Program Manager for Azure IaaS backup. He also ropes in fellow MVP Stephan Budo to learn more about what Azure backup can do and what options are available.

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Resources

Marc Kean – @marckean

Stephane Budo – @_TheWorks_

Robert Crane – @directorcia

Dynamics 365 now generally available

Microsoft Flow and PowerApps now generally available

New scheduling experience for Outlook for iOS

Azure Onboarding Guide for IT organizations

Need to Know podcast–Episode 117

Marc and I round up all the cloud news and then I spend some time with Nigel Moore talking about selling an IT business. Nigel has extensive and current experience in exactly this having just sold his own IT business. Nigel shares some real world learnings that will benefit anyone who runs a business.

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Resources

Nigel Moore – @nigel_moore

Marc Kean – @marckean

Robert Crane – @directorcia

Dynamics 365

Facebook Workplace

PowerBI Office 365 Content Pack

Need to Know Podcast–Episode 116

Marc and I are joined by MVP Bill Chestnut, maybe better known as Biz Talk Bill, to speak about the wave of automation that is sweeping Microsoft products. Bill brings us up to date about Microsoft Biztalk Server and then shares with us his insights around things such as Azure functions, Microsoft Flow and PowerApps. We also cover the latest Azure, Office 365 and Microsoft Cloud news for you to ensure you have the latest.

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also now on Soundcloud at:

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Resources

Bill Chestnut – @biztalkbill

Marc Kean – @marckean

Robert Crane – @directorcia

New access controls for Office 365

New Office 365 App launcher

Updates to Yammer

Automatically download all the Microsoft Ignite 2016 content

Need to Know Podcast–Episode 115

Newly crowned Microsoft MVP and I speak with MVP Grant Paisley about Power BI. Grant shares with us his insight into this Microsoft tool that can be used to analyse just about any sorts of data to give you a visual dashboard of information quickly and easily We also cover the latest updates from the Microsoft Ignite conference and all the changes that are happening in the Microsoft cloud.

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https://soundcloud.com/marcy-marc-2/episode-115-grant-paisley

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Resources

@angrykoala– Grant Paisley

@marckean – Marc Kean

@directorcia – Robert Crane

Angry Koala

Microsoft Power BI

Corey Sanders at Ignite

Bulk Ignite session downloader 1

Bulk Ignite session downloader 2

Microsoft Ignite

Microsoft Ignite on demand

Microsoft Ignite YouTube channel

Introducing the Office 365 launcher

Microsoft Staff Hub for deskless workers

New OneDrive Preview sync client

OneDrive announcements

Need to Know Podcast–Episode 114

Marc spends some time with Steve Luper, ‎Worldwide Technical Director, Azure Managed Partners at Microsoft talking Azure. Marc and I of course also give you our regular update on all the cloud news and events from Azure, Office 365 and more. don;t forget you can also provide us you feedback at feedback@needtoknow.cloud.

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also now on Soundcloud at:

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Resources

@directorcia

@marckean

Steve Luper on Twitter

Lupers Learnings

Underwater data centers

Azure geographic footprint map

Microsoft Ignite

New Azure AD experience

Australian Partner Conference 2016

Dynamic 365

New Office 365 Reports

New Microsoft data centers in UK open

Azure Image factory

Office 365 Secure Score

Azure Essentials free eBook

Need to Know podcast–Episode 113

A special episode with a true technology superstar. Jeffrey Snover, Microsoft Technical Fellow/Lead Architect for Enterprise Group, Azure Stack and PowerShell Architect joins us to talk about Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) and of course, all about his baby, PowerShell. Jeff shares some really great insights into the birth of PowerShell and why scripting is so valuable is today’s modern IT environment. Of course you’ll also get a cloud news update from Marc and I as well as a special report about upcoming changes to the Microsoft reseller initiatives around Office 365. It’s a bumper episode packed with content. So listen along, give us some feedback and listen to wisdom the father of PowerShell.

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Resources

@marckean

@directorcia

Modern SharePoint Lists

SharePoint Online Site Collection limit increased to 25TB

Change to partner remuneration coming 1st October 2016

Marc’s blog with all the Azure news

@jsnover – Jeffrey Snover: Microsoft Technical Fellow/ Lead Architect for Enterprise Cloud Group/ Azure Stack Architect/ PowerShell Architect

Here is the must watch video on Jeff’s history at Microsoft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uvq38XOark

Use the PowerShell 5 Convert-String Cmdlet

Learning PowerShell

Getting Started with PowerShell 3.0 – Microsoft Virtual Academy Course

Microsoft Operations Management Suite Overview

Show feedback – feedback@needtoknow.cloud

Need to Know podcast–Episode 112

Marc and I kick off the show with a few topical news items and then I dive into an interview with Rayanne Buchianico from Sell my MSP. Rayanne and I cover off what you need to know about selling your IT business. We examine the reasons and how to go about actually doing the selling. There is more to it than you think but that doesn’t mean it’s a process you should put off. even if you currently don’t plan to sell your IT business you never know what the future might hold. The smart move is always be positioning your business for sale, that give you the maximum advantage.

You can listen to this episode at:

http://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-112-rayanne-buchianico/

The podcast is also available on Stitcher at:

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Resources

@marckean

@directorcia

http://www.sellmymsp.com/

http://www.abcsolutionsfl.com

http://www.sellmymsp.com/begin-with-the-end-in-mind/

http://www.sellmymsp.com/tips-for-doing-what-it-takes-to-sell/