The Cloud Whisperers: Your source for information about the Microsoft Cloud
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The Hidden Risks of Default Sharing Links in SharePoint
People are using Copilot and Search more wide and that is leading them to realize how important item-level security is in SharePoint and OneDrive. Microsoft and others are warning about the use of Organizational Sharing Links. Most organizations are taking steps to review how many of these links exist and how to deal with them.…
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Mastering Clipboard Usage: How Windows-V Can Help
When working with information, it is often necessary to cut and paste data from one source to another. For instance, while using a Test/Dev/Demo M365 tenant, one might have to employ a user account with usernames like MeganB@M365x12345678.onmicrosoft.com and a complex, secure system-generated password that is difficult to remember or type. The problem is that…
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Conditional Formatting in Excel with Copilot
The author shares tips for using Excel more effectively while managing M365 tenant settings. By populating a workbook with default, current, and recommended values, they utilize Copilot for conditional formatting to highlight discrepancies. This approach demonstrates Copilot’s transformative role in simplifying problem-solving in Excel without extensive search efforts.
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Optimizing Azure B2B for External User Access
When you need to allow external users access to your tenant, there are multiple ways that you can configure your tenant to allow them access. Azure B2B is the most common and easiest way to authenticate those users. Azure B2B enables external users to use their existing Identity Provider, like an M365 or Microsoft Account.…
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Episode 43 – Taking a Bite out of Apple Business Manager
Managing Apple devices like iPads and iPhones that are corporate devices can be very challenging. In this episode of The Cloud Whisperers, Brian explains to David what Apple Business Manager is, and what it can do for your organization. Many organizations issue devices to their employees, and Apple devices are very popular. The problem with…
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Episode 42 – Life, the Universe, and the Cloud Whisperers
In this episode, David interviews Jenn Calland whom he has known for decades and they discuss her personal journey as a woman getting into the tech field, and then how she was able to re-enter the field first after moving to England from the US, and then after being the primary care giver for her…
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Getting Rid of Unwanted M365 Accounts
In this article, I relate how I was having Edge log me into the wrong M365 account. To resolve this, I tried many things, and finally solved it by deleting the profile from Edge. This did allow the credentials to be “forgotten”, which I had been unable to do before. Profile Issues in Edge If…
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Episode 41 – CoPiloting the Cloud Whisperers
With the release of the latest update to Windows 11, Microsoft has dropped the first general release of their CoPilot to Windows 11. In this episode of The Cloud Whisperers, Brian and David discuss this new release and what it means to you. Everyone is excited about the new AI tools that Microsoft is developing.…
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Episode 40 – License to Whisper
The guys are back, along with one of David’s dogs Joker who desperately wants to be a part of The Cloud Whisperers. In this episode, we talk about the scintillating topic of…Microsoft Licensing…so you KNOW you want to tune in for this. Brian lays out what Business Premium licenses get you and why you may…
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Episode 39 – AI Whispering
The Cloud Whisperers are back and this time they are talking Microsoft AI Tools. Specifically Microsoft Syntex and Azure AI Document Intelligence (formerly Forms Recognizer). What are they, how do you use them, and most importantly, how much do they cost. Find out all of this and more.
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