Welcome to Episode 401 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben Stegink and Scott Hoag dive into the intricacies of implementing Zero Trust principles within Microsoft 365 environments. They explore the foundational aspects of Zero Trust, starting with identity management and the importance of Entra ID. They also cover:
Identity Management: The critical role of identity in Zero Trust, including MFA, password policies, and least privilege access.
Endpoint Security: Strategies for verifying and managing devices, including compliance checks and the balance between corporate and BYOD devices.
Networking: The complexities of securing network traffic in a SaaS environment, including conditional access policies and the emerging Global Secure Access feature.
Application Management: The role of Defender for Cloud in monitoring shadow IT and ensuring data security across various applications.
Data Protection: Techniques for safeguarding sensitive information, including DLP policies and the upcoming network-level DLP capabilities.
Join us as we unpack these topics and provide practical insights for enhancing your organization's security posture with Zero Trust.
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Show Notes
Zero Trust deployment for technology pillars
Securing identity with Zero Trust
Secure endpoints with Zero Trust
Secure endpoints with Zero Trust
Secure applications with Zero Trust
Secure data with Zero Trust
Microsoft Zero Trust Assessment
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Episode 400 – Microsoft 365 Copilot Declarative Agents and Copilot Studio Agent Builder
Welcome to Episode 400 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott explore how IT professionals and developers can leverage Microsoft 365 Copilot’s declarative agents and the Copilot Studio Agent Builder to enhance productivity and streamline workflows within their organizations. Declarative agents allow you to define specific tasks and workflows, enabling Copilot to assist users more effectively. With the Copilot Studio Agent Builder, creating these agents becomes a streamlined process, even for those with minimal coding experience. Listen and learn how to build, deploy, and manage these agents, licensing considerations, and best practices to maximize their impact in your organization.
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Show Notes
Use the Copilot Studio Agent Builder to Build Agents
Copilot Studio Agent Builder Templates
Publish and Manage Copilot Studio Agent Builder Agents
Build and Install the Declarative Agent in Copilot Studio
Copilot Studio Licensing Information
About the sponsors
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Episode 399 – Azure Infrastructure as Code with Greg Suttie
Welcome to Episode 399 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, we bring you another interview from the MVP Summit. In this episode, we were able to meet up with long time listener Greg Suttie and talk about his path to becoming an MVP as well as some of what he's been working on in Azure. We cover everything he been doing with Infrastructure as code around Bicep, Azure Verified Modules, Azure Bicep Configuration files and more!
Greg Suttie Greg is an Azure MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer.
He also a passionate developer with 25 years experience, mainly with Microsoft Technologies and background is a .NET developer since the start of .NET. – He was one of the first 50 people in the world to become an MCSD developer back in the day. Recently awarded the Outstanding contribution to the Microsoft Community UK Winner and then the Outstanding contribution to the Microsoft Community Global Winner both for 2023.
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Show Notes
Greg Suttie - MVP Profile
Greg Suttie's blog
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
What is IaC
What is Bicep?
Comparing JSON and Bicep for templates
Quickstart: Integrate Bicep with Azure Pipelines
Azure Verified Modules
Azure Verified Modules
What is the Azure Well-Architected Framework?
Azure Quick Review Docs
Azure Quick Review Github
Azure Bicep Parameters
Bicep Configuration Files
Export a resource from the Azure Portal
Visual Studio Code
GitHub Copilot
About the sponsors
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Episode 398 – PowerShell and Intune with Harm Veenstra
Welcome to Episode 398 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode Ben meets up with Harm Veenstra at the annual Microsoft MVP Summit. They chat a bit about Harm experience as an MVP and his path to becoming an MVP. Then the move into a few technologies near and dear to Harm, PowerShell and Microsoft Intune. They start off talking about some of the ways Harm uses PowerShell and some of his favorite scripts. They talk about how he uses PowerShell with Intune, in particular using it with remediation scripts.
Harm Veenstra
Harm started working at 18, from a ServiceDesk employee to a workspace and system engineer at a large insurance firm in the Netherlands. 1996, those were the days! After working there for almost 11 years, Harm had different system engineer jobs and learned much about Citrix, Cisco, VMWare, storage, and Microsoft. Currently, He's employed at NEXXT (https://www.nexxt.one) as a Consultant, mainly in Endpoint Management, but He does anything Microsoft 😉 (Client, Server, 365, and Azure).
And… He became a Microsoft MVP in March 2024 in PowerShell!
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Show Notes
PowerShell is fun w/ Harm
Connect with Harm on LinkedIn
Harm's MVP Profile
Microsoft PowerShell documentation
Microsoft Intune documentation
Intune Remediations
Microsoft Graph PowerShell
About the sponsors
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Episode 397 – Local LLMs: Why Every Microsoft 365 & Azure Pro Should Explore Them
Welcome to Episode 397 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Scott and Ben dive into the world of local LLMs—large language models that run entirely on your device. We’re going to explore why more IT pros and developers are experimenting with them, the kinds of models you can run, and how you can integrate them directly into your workflow, including in Visual Studio Code for AI-assisted coding.
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Show Notes
Ollama
Running LLMs Locally: A Beginner's Guide to Using Ollama
open-webui/open-webui
LM Studio
LM. Studio Model Catalog
Why do people like Ollama more than LM Studio?
A Starter Guide for Playing with Your Own Local AI!
host ALL your AI locally
Run your own AI (but private)
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