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In Episode 303, Ben and Scott run through some pre-Ignite service retirement announcements for Unmanaged Disks and Azure Load Balancer Basic. Then they get into Microsoft Viva and do a quick review of some of the new features announced at Power Platform Conference.

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Show Notes

• MS Cloud IT Pro Podcast fundraiser for Girls Who Code
• Azure unmanaged disks will be retired on 30 September 2025
• Azure Basic Load Balancer will be retired on 30 September 2025—upgrade to Standard Load Balancer
• Azure Firewall Basic now in preview
• What is Azure Firewall Manager?
• Employee Experience and Engagement | Viva
• Announcing Answers in Microsoft Viva
• Episode 245 – When Good Viva Topics Go Bad
• People in Microsoft Viva – Putting people at the center of the employee experience.
• Why Google kills its own products
• Google is shutting down Stadia

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