Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
by Ben Stegink, Scott Hoag
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Episode 440: The J Factor: Bringing Your Experience to Generative AI
Episode 440: The J Factor: Bringing Your Experience to Generative AI
About this podcast
Ben Stegink and Scott Hoag discuss the latest in Microsoft 365 and Azure for IT professionals.
Episodes
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- Episode 440: The J Factor: Bringing Your Experience to Generative AI · 38 min · Episode 440Welcome to Episode 440 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. Recorded live at the North American Cloud and Collaboration Summit in Branson, Missouri, this MS Cloud on the Road…
- Episode 439: Azure SRE Agent vs. the Azure Copilot Troubleshooting Agent · 38 min · Episode 439Welcome to Episode 439 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott dig into two Azure agents with confusingly different names: the Azure Copilot…
- Episode 438: Taking your WorkOS and LLM Wiki to the Next Level · 47 min · Episode 438Welcome to Episode 438 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. Back in Episode 429, Ben and Scott introduced LLM wikis. In this episode, they come back a few months later to…
- Episode 437: Nasuni and AI-Ready Unstructured Data with Nick Burling · 40 min · Episode 437Welcome to Episode 437 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Nick Burling, Chief Product Officer at Nasuni, joins Ben and Scott to talk about getting…
- Episode 436: Finding the Entra Tenants You Didn't Know You Had · 38 min · Episode 436Welcome to Episode 436 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott dive into Microsoft Entra Tenant Governance. Almost nobody runs one Microsoft Entra…
- Episode 435: Power BI Meets Git and MCP · 36 min · Episode 435Welcome to Episode 435 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott take a lap around what’s new in Power BI, starting with the two MCP servers now in…
- Episode 434: Reading the Spec Sheet on Microsoft's Agentic SOC · 48 min · Episode 434Welcome to Episode 434 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. Microsoft announced Project Perception on 2026-07-27 with a lot of “workforce of AI agents” language. In this…
- Episode 433: Passkeys, Passwords, and the End of SMS MFA · 46 min · Episode 433Welcome to Episode 433 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott discuss how Microsoft 365 authentication is moving from “make passwords safer with…
- Episode 432: AI-Era Consulting Billing for Microsoft Cloud Delivery · 42 min · Episode 432Welcome to Episode 432 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott discuss how AI is not eliminating Microsoft 365 and Azure consulting, but it is…
- Episode 431: Agent Governance Is the New App Governance · 48 min · Episode 431Welcome to Episode 431 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott get into why agent governance is quickly becoming one of the most pressing challenges…
- Episode 430: Scouting out Microsoft Scout · 43 min · Episode 430Welcome to Episode 430 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, where Scott and Ben dig into Microsoft Scout, the new desktop AI application announced at Microsoft Build. They walk…
- Episode 429: Getting started with LLM Wikis · 44 min · Episode 429Welcome to Episode 429 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Scott and Ben dig into the concept of LLM wikis, specifically building personal knowledge…
- Episode 428: Migrating Group Policy to Microsoft Intune · 41 min · Episode 428Welcome to Episode 428 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott unlock the secrets to modernizing your IT management by ditching pesky on-prem GPOs…
- Episode 427: Copilot Cowork Hands-On Experiences · 32 min · Episode 427Welcome to Episode 427 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott open with a quick look at YAKO (getyako.com), a browser extension built by community…
- Episode 426: Claude Cowork vs Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork · 52 min · Episode 426Welcome to Episode 426 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast.Ben and Scott are back together this week to talk through Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork, including how it compares to…
- Episode 425 – Exploring Collaboration and Governance at the MVP Summit with Joy Apple · 50 min · Episode 425Welcome 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…
- Episode 424 – A new frontier for Microsoft 365 with E7 · 34 min · Episode 424Welcome 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…
- Episode 423 – Non-Human Identities in Microsoft Entra with Eric Woodruff and Chris Brumm · 39 min · Episode 423Welcome to Episode 423 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben is live from Workplace Ninjas, joined by Eric Woodruff, Chief Identity Architect at Semperis…
- Episode 422: Back to the Terminal: The Rise of AI CLI Interfaces · 42 min · Episode 422Welcome 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…
- Episode 421: Microsoft 365 Mergers and Divestitures with Frank Lesniak · 34 min · Episode 421Welcome to Episode 421 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode Ben sits down for a conversation with Frank Lesniak, the lead of the Microsoft 365 team at West…
- Episode 420 – Ben convinces Scott to buy a 3D printer · 27 min · Episode 420Welcome to Episode 420 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Scott is back for a lighthearted discussion on some of the new tech and toys and that Ben and Scott…
- Episode 419 – Security and AI: Security Store, Security Copilot, and Agents · 25 min · Episode 419Welcome to Episode 419 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben is once again live from Workplace Ninjas and is joined by John Joyner, an 18-year Microsoft MVP…
- Episode 418 – An Anti-AI Adventure with Cat Schneider: SharePoint, Power Automate, and Conference Shenanigans · 38 min · Episode 418Welcome to Episode 418 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben sits down with Cat Schneider during a lively conference to discuss a variety of topics…
- Episode 417 – Workplace Ninjas US, Zero Trust, and Conditional Access! · 30 min · Episode 417Welcome to Episode 417 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Jay Leask joins Ben once more as the two of them recap their…
- Episode 416 – Microsoft Sentinel, Security, and Ignite with Henrik Wojcik · 33 min · Episode 416Welcome to Episode 416 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this week’s episode, Ben finally has a chance to sit down with Henrik Wojcik. Henrik has been a long-time…
- Episode 415 – Diving Into Ignite 2025 for IT Pros and AI Agent Management · 30 min · Episode 415Welcome to Episode 415 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. Ben and Scott discuss the major announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2025, focusing on the dominant themes of AI…
- Episode 414 – When the Cloud Falls: Understanding the AWS and Azure Outages of October 2025 · 29 min · Episode 414Welcome to Episode 414 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast.This episode covers the major cloud service disruptions that impacted both AWS and Azure in October 2025. Even the…
- Episode 413 – Simplifying Azure Files with a new file share-centric management model · 36 min · Episode 413Welcome to Episode 413 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. Microsoft has introduced a new file share-centric management model for Azure Files, aiming to eliminate the…
- Episode 412 – Microsoft Sentinel Gets a Data Lake · 32 min · Episode 412Welcome to Episode 412 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, we explore three announcements from Microsoft that are reshaping how security teams work with…
- Episode 411 – Securing AI with Microsoft Purview: Data Security Posture Management for AI · 36 min · Episode 411Welcome back to another episode of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast! In this episode, we dive deep into one of Microsoft Purview’s AI monitoring and protection capabilities…
- Episode 410 – Joy and Jay take over and talk Change Management · 33 min · Episode 410** Welcome to Episode 410 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast where hosts Jay Leask and Joy Apple are joined by special guest Ben Stegink for a discussion recorded live from…
- Episode 409 – Preparing for Copilot- Securing Your Microsoft 365 Data and Beyond · 40 min · Episode 409Welcome to Episode 409 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott explore the configuration decisions tenant administrators face when preparing their…
- Episode 408 – Model Context Protocol (MCP) Part 2: Getting the Most Out of MCP Servers · 37 min · Episode 408Welcome to Episode 408 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. Part two of our exploration into Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers continues our hands-on discussion about…
- Episode 407 – Model Context Protocol (MCP) Part 1: The USB Port of AI Communications · 31 min · Episode 407Welcome to Episode 407 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, we dive deep into the Model Context Protocol (MCP) – a game-changing specification that’s extending…
- Episode 406 – Agents of Insight: Copilot in Action and Sentinel on the Move · 36 min · Episode 406Welcome to Episode 406 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott discuss their recent experiences and thoughts on Microsoft’s Copilot features and…
- Episode 405 – Loop, Loop Workspaces, Loop Pages, Copilot Pages, Copilot Notebooks, Copilot Notebooks in OneNote Notebooks · 26 min · Episode 405Welcome to Episode 405 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott tackle the increasingly complex world of Microsoft’s notebook ecosystem, exploring…
- Episode 404: The Microsoft 365 Landing Page Shake-Up · 38 min · Episode 404Welcome to Episode 404 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott discuss the latest change Microsoft has rolled out to the Microsoft 365 user…
- Episode 403 – Catching up on all the news from Microsoft Build 2025 · 40 min · Episode 403Welcome to Episode 403 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast where Ben and Scott catch up on some of their favorite announcements and news from Microsoft Build 2025. Show Notes…
- Episode 402 – Declarative Agents with Andrew Connell · 34 min · Episode 402Welcome to Episode 402 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In today’s episode, we’re thrilled to have Andrew Connell (AC) joining us once again. If you’ve been with us for a…
- Episode 401 – Zero Trust in Microsoft 365 · 39 min · Episode 401Welcome 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…
- Episode 400 – Microsoft 365 Copilot Declarative Agents and Copilot Studio Agent Builder · 36 min · Episode 400Welcome 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…
- Episode 399 – Azure Infrastructure as Code with Greg Suttie · 31 min · Episode 399Welcome 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…
- Episode 398 – PowerShell and Intune with Harm Veenstra · 32 min · Episode 398Welcome 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…
- Episode 397 – Local LLMs: Why Every Microsoft 365 & Azure Pro Should Explore Them · 44 min · Episode 397Welcome 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…
- Episode 396 – Lessons from a real-life ransomware attack · 37 min · Episode 396Welcome to Episode 396 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben walks Scott through a ransomware attack on an on-premises VMware environment. As they discuss…
- Episode 395 – Getting Started with VDI in Azure with Azure Virtual Desktop · 44 min · Episode 395Welcome to Episode 395 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, we dive into Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and how it enables organizations to deliver secure…
- Episode 394 – Prepare your Microsoft 365 Tenant for Copilot Success · 42 min · Episode 394Welcome to Episode 394 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, we explore everything you need to know to get your Microsoft 365 tenant ready for Copilot. From…
- Episode 393 – Microsoft Teams Meeting Room Solutions with Alex Mooney · 30 min · Episode 393Welcome to Episode 393 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben is joined on the show by Alex Mooney from Logitech. The two of them discuss the integration of…
- Episode 392 – Building Confidence In Your Microsoft Copilot Deployment with AvePoint CTO John Peluso · 31 min · Episode 392Welcome to Episode 392 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben interviews AvePoint CTO John Peluso. Listen in as they discuss Copilot in Microsoft 365 and how…
- Episode 391 – Remote Desktop and Application Delivery with Kamal Srinivasan from Parallels · 24 min · Episode 391Welcome to Episode 391 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Scott sits down with Kamal Srinivasan from Parallels to talk how you can think about delivering…
