Episodes

  • S7E02 - Entra Account Recovery - Next Level Self Service
    Jan 30 2026

    Alan and Sam dive into the next level of self-service for Entra accounts. Alan takes us through what Entra Account Recovery is and how it is different to Self-Service Password Reset. Here are a few things we covered:

    • Impacts on helpdesks when users have to call in to get their account recovered.
    • What Self-Service Password Reset it
    • What Entra Account Recovery
    • How to setup Entra Account Recovery

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    50 mins
  • S7E01 - December News
    Jan 16 2026

    This week, Alan and Sam Introduce season 7 and talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these updates that peaked our interest.

    Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered:

    • Key Microsoft Entra, Intune and Defender features and updates
    • Lots of Azure changes and new features

    What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site.

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    55 mins
  • S2E12 - Microsoft Purview Information Protection – Classify and Secure Your data
    Sep 23 2022

    Alan and Sam discuss how Microsoft Purview Information Protection can help label, classify and protect your data in Office 365 . Alan takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains how you can easily start labelling document, as well as encrypt them to protect data leaving your organisation.

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    Less than 1 minute
  • S4E20 - Microsoft Entra ID - A single cloud identity to rule them all.
    Oct 27 2023

    Alan and Sam the concept discuss cloud identities and how cloud identity providers like Microsoft Entra ID can help manage and secure those identities.

    Here are a few things we covered:

    • What is a cloud Identity?
    • What capabilities does Microsoft Entra ID have?
    • Can you bring your on-premises ID up to the cloud?
    • How can it integrate into SaaS application?
    • What security features are available?
    • How is it licensed.

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    49 mins
  • S2E21 - Season Finale! - End of Season Recap
    Nov 25 2022

    Alan and Sam discuss how Season 2 has gone. They discuss their best episodes, the podcast stats and what the plans are for Season 3 in the new year.

    We would like to say thank all their listeners of this season and look forward to providing content in the next season.

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    44 mins
  • S2E1 - Aaaaaaaand We're Back!
    Jul 4 2022

    In this episode, Alan and Sam discuss the Podcast, what's happened and what we are planning over the next season. Also with a big a apology that we have been absent for over a year.

    What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site.

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    20 mins
  • S6E7 - Microsoft updates February - new products and features released
    Mar 14 2025

    This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these updates that peaked our interest.

    Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered:

    • Key Microsoft Entra, Intune and Defender features and updates
    • Lots of Azure changes and new features

    What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site.

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    48 mins
  • S3E7 - Azure Stack - Take Azure with you to the Edge
    Feb 17 2023

    Alan and Sam discuss how Azure Stack solutions can help bring the capabilities of Azure management plane to your on-premises and edge environments. Sam goes through the three solutions, what their capabilities are and example use cases / workloads.

    What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site.

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    1 hr and 1 min