Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 419 – Security and AI: Security Store, Security Copilot, and Agents
January 15, 2026

Welcome 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 in Cloud Security and Azure Management. They discuss some of the announce

Episode 418 – An Anti-AI Adventure with Cat Schneider: SharePoint, Power Automate, and Conference Shenanigans
January 01, 2026

Welcome 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, focusing on the theme of anti-AI. They reflect on life and technology before AI b

Episode 417 – Workplace Ninjas US, Zero Trust, and Conditional Access!
December 18, 2025

Welcome 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 experience at Workplace Ninjas US in Dallas, Texas. They discuss conference

Episode 416 – Microsoft Sentinel, Security, and Ignite with Henrik Wojcik
December 04, 2025

Welcome 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 listener as well as a fellow Microsoft MVP in Security and we finally had t

Episode 415 – Diving Into Ignite 2025 for IT Pros and AI Agent Management
November 20, 2025

Welcome 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 agents and security. The conversation centers on three key areas: Security Copilo

Episode 414 – When the Cloud Falls: Understanding the AWS and Azure Outages of October 2025
November 06, 2025

Welcome 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 biggest cloud providers face operational challenges. Learn what happened, how i

Episode 413 – Simplifying Azure Files with a new file share-centric management model
October 23, 2025

Welcome 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 complexity of managing storage accounts. This model treats file shares as top-level A

Episode 412 – Microsoft Sentinel Gets a Data Lake
October 09, 2025

Welcome 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 Sentinel. From a reimagined data architecture to AI integration and new visualizat

Episode 411 – Securing AI with Microsoft Purview: Data Security Posture Management for AI
September 25, 2025

Welcome 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: Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for AI – your secret weap

Episode 410 – Joy and Jay take over and talk Change Management
September 11, 2025

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 the North American Cloud and Collaboration Summit in Branson. In this episode we f