Tag: Podcast

Microsoft 365 Insider Round Up

Microsoft Defender XDR – Monthly news – August 2024

Windows 365 at three years: Customer-centric solutions for security, management and productivity

New Windows 365 features help provide a more secure workspace

Windows 365 GPU-enabled Cloud PCs now generally available

Supercharge Your Business: Simplify communications with AI in Microsoft Teams and Teams Phone

Microsoft Announces General Availability of Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Backup Storage

SharePoint roadmap pitstop: July 2024

What’s new in Copilot | July 2024

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | July 2024

Looking back on FY24: from Copilots empowering human achievement to leading AI Transformation

Best practices AI and machine learning Microsoft Purview 3 min read New Microsoft whitepaper shares how to prepare your data for secure AI adoption

Use WinGet 1.8 to download Microsoft Store apps

Monitoring Microsoft Sentinel Reports with Dashboard Hub & Power BI

Announcing quarantine release integration in MDO hunting experience!!

Windows Security best practices for integrating and managing security tools

Microsoft Purview Data Governance will be generally available September 1, 2024

Migrate ADAL apps to MSAL with enhanced insights

Public Preview: New Azure Monitor Auxiliary Logs Plan

Onyx Sleet uses array of malware to gather intelligence for North Korea

Zero Trust in the Age of AI: Join our online event to learn how to strengthen your security posture

Try out the new Copilot in Planner (preview) today in the new Microsoft Planner in Teams

OneDrive in-depth: Learning content

The Microsoft Copilot Dashboard is now included with Copilot for Microsoft 365

Prompts to try in Copilot for Microsoft 365

Need to Know podcast–Episode 323

The Crowdstrike issue has been the dominant news item recently and I have some information as well as my own thoughts on this which I share. As always the news and updates from Microsoft continue and I share with you what I feel is most relevant including a number of handy videos on various Copilots, so listen along and enjoy. As always love to hear your thoughts and feedback.

You can listen directly to this episode at:

https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-323-aftermath/

Subscribe via iTunes at:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ciaops-need-to-know-podcasts/id406891445?mt=2

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Helping our customers through the CrowdStrike outage

Microsoft Bookings | Your Appointment Scheduling Solution

Announcing Public Preview of Inbound SMTP DANE with DNSSEC for Exchange Online

Guest sharing now available in Microsoft Loop

Make OT security a core part of your SOC strategy with Microsoft Defender XDR

Perfect your prompt with Copilot for Microsoft 365

Build a great prompt with Copilot for Microsoft 365

New Outlook for Windows | How to use Coaching by Copilot

Copilot Learning Hub: Your Gateway to Mastering Microsoft Copilot

Turn PDFs into editable documents in Word for iOS

Simplified Zero Trust security with the Microsoft Entra Suite and unified security operations platform, now generally available

How to secure access for your workforce with Microsoft Entra Suite

Microsoft Entra Internet Access Overview

Microsoft Security Service Edge now generally available

Introducing dynamic watermarking for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

SharePoint roadmap pitstop: June 2024

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | June 2024

Dealing with Unsatisfactory Responses

Promptbooks

File menu improvements in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web

Need to Know podcast–Episode 322

Latest news and updates from the Microsoft Cloud. Global Secure Access pricing has been announced but not a lot of details published on this as yet, hopefully soon. Updates for both Entra and Copilot that you should take a look at. Also a great video demonstrating the use of Microsoft technology in a modern classroom. Thanks again for listening.

You can listen directly to this episode at:

https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-322-global-secure-access/

Subscribe via iTunes at:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ciaops-need-to-know-podcasts/id406891445?mt=2

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What is Global Secure access?

Microsoft Entra certificate-based authentication enhancements

OneNote Copilot now supports inked notes

What’s new in Microsoft Entra – June 2024

Intro to Config Refresh – a refreshingly new MDM feature

Why AI sometimes gets it wrong — and big strides to address it

More Threat Intelligence Content in MDTI, TA Enables Better Security Outcomes

What’s new in Copilot | June 2024

Driving Copilot for Microsoft 365 adoption with an assist from Microsoft Viva

Introducing the Microsoft Entra PowerShell module

Mitigating Skeleton Key, a new type of generative AI jailbreak technique

A basic demo of an AI crescendo [VIDEO]

Copilot for Security TI Embedded Experience in Defender XDR is now GA

User insights: Analyze customer identity data

How to start transforming your business with AI | AI at work with Microsoft’s Jared Spataro [VIDEO]

Inside UNSW’s State-of-the-Art Digital Teaching Studio – Microsoft Teams Rooms

Summary of podcast episode straight from Copilot for Microsoft 365:

Key Topics:

Introduction and podcast details: Robert Crane welcomes listeners to episode 322 of the Need to Know Podcast, a podcast with news and information on Microsoft Cloud for the SMB. He also shares how to contact him and support the podcast. 0:05
Global secure access pricing: Robert Crane informs listeners about the new pricing for global secure access, a feature of Microsoft Entra that allows private tunnelling for traffic to Microsoft 365, internet and on-premises resources. He also explains how it works and what benefits it provides. 1:47
Entra certificate based authentication enhancements: Robert Crane highlights a new article that explains the enhancements made to Entra certificate based authentication, a way to add additional security when logging in with or without MFA. 7:13
OneNote copilot linked notes support: Robert Crane announces that OneNote copilot now supports linked notes, a feature that allows users to link notes across different pages and notebooks. 7:35
What’s new in Entra June 2024: Robert Crane directs listeners to a detailed post that summarizes the updates and improvements made to Entra in June 2024, such as config refresh, user insights, PowerShell module and more. 7:54
AI security attacks: Robert Crane shares his interest in some attacks or threats that can be launched against AI, such as crescendo and skeleton key. He also provides links to videos and articles that explain how they work and how to defend against them. 9:56
Copilot for security TI embedded experiences: Robert Crane informs listeners that copilot for security TI embedded experiences is now generally available, a feature that allows users to use security copilot to query and analyze threat intelligence data. 12:57
Transforming your business with Microsoft technologies: Robert Crane recommends listeners to watch a short video by Jared Spataro, a Microsoft executive, that shows how to start transforming your business with Microsoft technologies, such as Viva, Teams, Stream and more. 14:21
UNSW digital teaching studio: Robert Crane praises a video that showcases the state of the art digital teaching studio at UNSW, a university in Australia, that uses Microsoft technologies to create a modern and engaging digital classroom. 14:36

Need to Know podcast–Episode 321

Lots of news an updates after being a few weeks since last episode. Fear not however, they are all linked below. Plenty of really detailed and helpful articles from Microsoft of late, especially around security. All of which I highly recommend you spend time working through and implementing the recommendations. Also plenty of new features and products to cover so dive in and take a look.

You can listen directly to this episode at:

https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-321-initiatives/

Subscribe via iTunes at:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ciaops-need-to-know-podcasts/id406891445?mt=2

Don’t forget to give the show a rating as well as send me any feedback or suggestions you may have for the show.

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Granular RBAC permissions for endpoint security workloads

How to break the token theft cyber-attack chain

Microsoft Incident Response lessons on preventing cloud identity compromise

How Copilot for Microsoft 365 Works

From pixels to presence: new features coming to Microsoft Mesh

How to unlock new experiences on your Copilot+ PC

Introduction to Cross-Tenant Mailbox Migrations

Copilot is now available in classic Outlook for Windows

Microsoft Incident Response tips for managing a mass password reset

Set default organization version limits for new document libraries and OneDrive accounts (Preview)

The guide to Microsoft Intune resources

Email Protection Basics in Microsoft 365: Bulk Email

Data security in Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365

Moving from AI experimentation to business breakthrough

Update on the Recall preview feature for Copilot+ PCs

Secure your business: Four ways Microsoft 365 for Business can help

The new Microsoft Planner is here! Streamline the planning, management, and execution of work

Announcing new Windows Autopilot onboarding experience for government and commercial customers

AI jailbreaks: What they are and how they can be mitigated

How Russia is trying to disrupt the 2024 Paris Olympic Games

Microsoft is again named the overall leader in the Forrester Wave for XDR

What’s New in Copilot | May 2024

Exploring Copilot for Security to Automate Incident Triage

Demystifying Microsoft Entra ID, Tenants and Azure Subscriptions

Moonstone Sleet emerges as new North Korean threat actor with new bag of tricks

Automatic attack disruption in Microsoft Defender XDR

Introducing Team Copilot

Missing devices in Windows Update for Business reports?

Need to Know podcast–Episode 320

I’ve now had a chance to play with Copilot for Security and can recommend it but to ensure that costs don’t spiral out of control for SMB, it needs to used in an ad hoc manner. Listen along for my thoughts and a walk through of resources available for you. Also news of updates of Exchange email threshold limits being changed as well as improvements for Microsoft Mesh, Loop and more. Listen in for the latest updates.

You can listen directly to this episode at:

https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-320-build-is-now-done/

Subscribe via iTunes at:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ciaops-need-to-know-podcasts/id406891445?mt=2

Don’t forget to give the show a rating as well as send me any feedback or suggestions you may have for the show.

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Microsoft Build 2024 book of news

Build presentation keynote

New agent capabilities in Microsoft Copilot unlock business value

Introducing Team Copilot

Microsoft Copilot Studio: Building copilots with agent capabilities

New Windows 11 security features are designed for hybrid work

Introducing Copilot+ PCs

You’re wrong about Windows Recall — How Microsoft keeps your data safe on Copilot+ PCs

Microsoft Edge for Business: Revolutionizing your business with AI, security and productivity

Demystifying Microsoft Entra ID, Tenants and Azure Subscriptions

Windows deployment with the next generation of Windows Autopilot

Summary of podcast episode straight from Copilot for Microsoft 365:

Key Topics:

Microsoft Build 2024: Robert highlighted the new AI features and capabilities announced at the developer conference, such as Copilot Studio, Teams Copilot, and GPT-4O. 2:23
Windows 11 security updates: Robert explained some of the new security features in Windows 11, such as Smart App Control, Vulnerability Driver Protection, and Credential Guard. 9:39
Copilot Plus PCs: Robert shared his thoughts on the new PC form factor with an NPU and Windows Recall, and asked for feedback from anyone who has bought or considered buying one. 13:38
Edge browser: Robert recommended using Edge for better security and productivity, and pointed out some of the AI features in the browser. 15:56
Azure tenants and subscriptions: Robert suggested reading a blog post that clarifies the concepts of Azure tenants, Entra ID, and subscriptions. 16:41
Windows Autopilot: Robert mentioned the benefits of using Windows Autopilot for hands-off deployment of Windows devices, and shared a link to an article that details the new features in the next generation of Autopilot. 17:28

Need to Know podcast–Episode 318

You can listen directly to this episode at:

https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-318-copilot-for-security-in-the-flesh/

Subscribe via iTunes at:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ciaops-need-to-know-podcasts/id406891445?mt=2

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Microsoft Copilot for Security

Microsoft Copilot for Security Intune Plugin Overview

How to Become a Microsoft Copilot for Security Ninja: The Complete Level 400 Training

Copilot for Security – The low down for SMB

Public Preview: High Volume Email for Microsoft 365

Exchange Online to introduce External Recipient Rate Limit

Hunting for QR Code AiTM Phishing and User Compromise

Microsoft Mesh: A new way to connect

Realigning global licensing for Microsoft 365

Improved task list components in Loop

Bringing the latest capabilities to Copilot for Microsoft 365 customers

Updates to Clipchamp that make video editing a breeze

Introducing “What’s New” in Microsoft Entra

Summary of podcast episode straight from Copilot for Microsoft 365:

Main ideas:

Podcast overview: The podcast provides news and information on the Microsoft Cloud, with a special focus on the SMB market. The host, Robert Crane, invites listeners to contact him via email, blog, YouTube, or shared channel.

New Azure service for security analysis: Microsoft copilot for security is an Azure service that leverages AI to assist security analysts and investigators. It uses a consumption billing model and can be turned on and off as required. It also supports plugins and custom documents to extend its capabilities.

Public preview of high volume email feature: Microsoft 365 customers can sign up for a public preview of high volume email, which allows them to send more emails than the existing mailbox limits. This feature is useful for SMBs who need to send newsletters or marketing campaigns to their customers.

Detection of QR code phishing attacks: QR code phishing is a technique that uses malicious QR codes to trick users into giving away their credentials. Microsoft provides some KQL queries that can be used in Defender for endpoint and Sentinel to detect and alert on these attacks.

Virtual reality platform for collaboration: Microsoft Mesh is a virtual reality platform that enables users to connect and collaborate in immersive 3D spaces. It requires a Teams premium license and a compatible device. It can be used for various purposes, such as training, events, or meetings.

Licensing changes for Microsoft 365 in the European Economic Area: Microsoft has agreed to separate Teams from the Microsoft 365 suite in the European Economic Area, to comply with competition rules. This means that Teams will be a separate add-on that needs to be purchased separately. Existing customers are not affected by this change.

Need to Know podcast–Episode 317

It is only a matter of days now before we get our hands on Copilot for Security. Listen along for the latest information on this exciting new service from Microsoft. You’ll also hear about the new Security Exposure Management and lots more announcements from Microsoft.

You can listen directly to this episode at:

https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-327-copilot-for-security-is-almost-amongst-us/

Subscribe via iTunes at:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ciaops-need-to-know-podcasts/id406891445?mt=2

Don’t forget to give the show a rating as well as send me any feedback or suggestions you may have for the show.

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Here’s what you missed from Microsoft Secure

Microsoft Copilot for Security generally available on April 1

Microsoft Copilot for Security is generally available on April 1, 2024, with new capabilities

Microsoft Copilot for Security: AI-Powered Security for All

Security Exposure Management

Introducing Microsoft Security Exposure Management

Microsoft introduces a preview of Copilot in Intune

Advancing the new era of work with Copilot, Windows, and Surface

Introducing Microsoft Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 for Business

Collect information like a pro – New Microsoft Lists forms experience

The new Planner in Teams is now in Public Preview

Troubleshoot and Manage Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention for your Endpoint Devices

Introducing Restricted SharePoint Search to help you get started with Copilot for Microsoft 365

What is Global Secure Access (preview)?

Summary of podcast episode straight from Copilot for Microsoft 365:

Main ideas:

Microsoft Secure event highlights: Microsoft announced two major security products at the online event: Security Copilot and Security Exposure Management.

Security Copilot features and pricing: Security Copilot is an AI service that helps defenders analyze and respond to security incidents, as well as optimize their security posture. It will be available on April 1st as a pay-as-you-go service, with a billing unit of $4 per month.

Security Exposure Management features and availability: Security Exposure Management is a tool that helps users understand and reduce their attack surface, by providing insights into internal and external threats, critical assets, attack paths, and security initiatives. It is integrated with other Microsoft security products, such as Defender EAS and DLP. It is now available to all users at security.microsoft.com.

New Surface devices for business users: Microsoft also launched a new Surface Pro 10 and a Surface Laptop 6, aimed at business users. These devices feature a neural processing unit (NPU) for local AI workloads, and a Copilot key that launches Copilot on the desktop.6

New Microsoft List Forms experience: Microsoft introduced a new feature that allows users to create a Microsoft style form based on a SharePoint list, and save the data back to the list. This feature is currently only available for internal users.89

New Planner in Teams public preview: Microsoft announced a public preview of the new Planner in Teams, which is part of its vision to consolidate its task management capabilities. The new Planner has a cleaner and more consistent interface, and supports personal, team, and project planning.

Need to Know podcast–Episode 316

Microsoft has just completed its Copilot for Microsoft 365 tech accelerator which I’d recommend you take a look at. There are a variety of videos that are well worth watching. They are also available on Youtube as well. I have linked to many below in the show notes for you. Of course, there is also plenty of other news and updates from the Microsoft Cloud, so listen along.

ou can listen directly to this episode at:

https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-316-copilot-tech-accelerator/

Subscribe via iTunes at:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ciaops-need-to-know-podcasts/id406891445?mt=2

Don’t forget to give the show a rating as well as send me any feedback or suggestions you may have for the show.

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