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We quite often talk about amazing enterprise-grade capabilities, like Azure Landing Zones, Data Lakes and clusters of super smart AI agents. But what about the small businesses? What do they need to get starting from scratch? In this episode we dissect the needs, the capabilities, the licenses, and security for anyone to get started in Azure and Microsoft 365!
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:00) - Show content starts.
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- Microsoft 365 business plans and pricing
- Azure Files Entra-only identities
- Plan your Microsoft Entra join deployment
- Windows Autopilot device preparation, user-driven Entra join
- Plan for mandatory Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication

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This week, we take a look at GitHub Enterprise, and why you should care. We talk about features, compliance, licensing, total cost, and preferred setups whether you're a small or large organization. Join us this week to level up your GitHub setup!
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
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- GitHub pricing
- Configuring SAML single sign-on for your enterprise (personal accounts mode)
- About Enterprise Managed Users (SAML/OIDC/SCIM partner matrix)
- Choosing an enterprise type (personal accounts vs EMU)
- Entra ID SSO tutorial - GitHub Enterprise Cloud Organization
- Entra ID SSO tutorial - GitHub Enterprise Cloud Enterprise Account

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In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding our scope beyond Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and related Microsoft platforms and capabilities. What's new? What's interesting? What's retiring?
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
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- What's new in Microsoft Security: August 2026
- Microsoft Foundry docs: What's new for August 2026
- Resilience for long-running Microsoft Foundry hosted agents (preview)
- Microsoft Entra Tenant Governance is now generally available
- Copilot Code Review Reaches Azure Repos (InfoQ)
- Announcing General Availability of Managed Instance on Azure App Service
- Managed Instance on Azure App Service Reaches GA for Legacy Windows Apps
- MCP Firewall in Global Secure Access
- Microsoft Sentinel in Azure Portal will be retired March 31, 2027
- Project HydraFusion
- Azure Multicloud Interconnect with AWS
- Agent 365 license clarification - Conditional Access Policies, Licensing in general
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This week we take a look at Microsoft Security Exposure Management, and what has changed since the last time we looked at it. Among these findings we can see containment capabilities for AI agents, and several capabilities converging into MSEM. Join us for a fun discussion on the latest and great security capabilities!
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:42) - Show content starts.
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- Secure Now
- Containment strategies for AI in Secure Now
- What's new in Microsoft Security Exposure Management
- Overview of attack paths
- Predefined classifications for critical assets
- Agentic code security overview (Codename MDASH)
- AI-powered defense for an AI-accelerated threat landscape
- Our earlier take: episode 231

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This week we focus on licensing with Microsoft 365 E7. What's included in the bundle, and which ones are relevant and when? We reflect on the upgrade path from Microsoft 365 E5, as well as E3 + Defender Suite, and reflect on the options and pricing.
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:50) - Show content starts.
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- Microsoft 365 E7 announcement
- Microsoft Agent 365 overview
- Microsoft licensing FAQ, Agent 365
- Purview data security and compliance for Agent 365
- Independent E7 licensing analysis (SAMexpert)
- Our earlier take on Agent 365 and Entra Agent ID: Episode 336

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