Episode 430: Scouting out Microsoft Scout Hello Reader, The next episode of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro podcast has been released! Listen Online In Episode 430 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Scott and Ben take a hands-on look at Microsoft Scout, the new desktop AI application announced at Microsoft Build. This episode moves beyond the announcement headlines to explore what onboarding, setup, and daily use actually look like—from automations and model personalities to licensing,...
28 days ago • 1 min read
Episode 429: Getting started with LLM Wikis Hello Reader, The next episode of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro podcast has been released! Listen Online In Episode 429 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Scott and Ben explore a practical and increasingly popular concept: LLM wikis. The idea is simple but powerful—build a structured markdown-based knowledge vault that AI can reason over to help surface concepts, connections, and insights over time. In this episode, we cover: Building a personal...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Episode 428: Migrating Group Policy to Microsoft Intune Hello Reader, The next episode of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro podcast has been released! Listen Online In Episode 428 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Ben and Scott unlock the secrets to modernizing your IT management by ditching pesky on-prem GPOs and embracing the future with Intune. Here is what they cover: How to export and analyze legacy GPOs using AI-assisted tools Recreating policies as clean, manageable configuration...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Episode 427: Copilot Cowork Hands-On Experiences Hello Reader, The next episode of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro podcast has been released! Listen Online In Episode 427 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Ben and Scott share some of their recent hands-on experiences with Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork. The conversation goes beyond the feature list and focuses on what it actually feels like to work with these tools in day-to-day scenarios, especially when data security and governance come into...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Episode XXX Episode Title goes here.... Hello Reader, The next episode of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro podcast has been released! Listen Online This week’s episode takes a closer look at a comparison that’s starting to come up more often: Claude Cowork vs Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork. While the names are similar, the way these tools work is very different. Claude Cowork runs locally on your desktop, giving it direct access to your files and support for MCP server connections. Microsoft 365...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Episode 425 - Exploring Collaboration and Governance at the MVP Summit with Joy Apple Hello Reader, The next episode of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro podcast has been released! Listen Online Welcome to Episode 425 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this audio and video episode recorded live at Microsoft headquarters during the MVP Summit, Ben welcomes a return guest, Joy Apple, to the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast and discuss her 20-year career in the Microsoft collaboration space, from...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Episode 424 - A new frontier for Microsoft 365 with E7 Hello Reader, The next episode of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro podcast has been released! Listen Online Welcome to Episode 424 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott dig into the newly announced Microsoft 365 E7 SKU which bundles M365 E5, Microsoft 365 Copilot, the Microsoft Entra Suite, and Microsoft Agent 365. Like what you hear and want to support the show? Check out our membership options. Show Notes...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Episode 423 - Non-Human Identities in Microsoft Entra with Eric Woodruff and Chris Brumm Hello Reader, The next episode of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro podcast has been released! Listen Online Most Microsoft Entra tenants have a blind spot, and it is not the accounts you are thinking about. Non-human identities like service principals, managed identities, and app registrations often outnumber user accounts in enterprise environments, yet they receive a fraction of the governance attention. That...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Episode 422: Back to the Terminal: The Rise of AI CLI Interfaces Hello Reader, The next episode of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro podcast has been released! Listen Online Welcome to Episode 422 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Scott and Ben discuss their growing use of in their daily workflows, particularly Claude Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, and Gemini CLI. They explore how these command-line interfaces offer powerful ways to interact with local files and MCP servers beyond...
5 months ago • 1 min read
