Episode 159 – Azure Spot VMs and Azure AD Cloud Provisioning

In Episode 159, Ben and Scott kick off 2020 with a discussion about the deprecation of Low Priority VMs in Azure and the introduction of Spot VMs and then they talk about a new feature available in Azure AD that can help you synchronize users and groups from disconnected domains. Sponsors ShareGate - ShareGate's industry-leading products help IT professionals worldwide migrate their business to the Office 365 or SharePoint, automate their Office 365 governance, and understand their Azure usage & costs Opsgility - Your Cloud enablement partner to help guide your organization through all phases of Cloud migration and adoption Office365AdminPortal.com - Providing admins the knowledge and tools to run Office 365 successfully Intelligink - We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business Show Notes Azure Spot Virtual Machines Preview: Deploy Spot VMs using the Azure portal Bring identities from disconnected ADs into Azure AD with just a few clicks! What is Azure AD Connect cloud provisioning? How is Azure AD Connect cloud provisioning different from Azure AD Connect sync? Azure AD Connect cloud provisioning new agent configuration Previous Episodes Episode 129 – The Latest and Greatest in Azure and Office 365 Episode 137 – Azure and Office 365 News Episode 152 – Using Azure DevOps to Automate Azure Deployments with Steven Murawski Episode 154 – Azure AD Security with Ramiro Calderon and Stefan van der Wiele About the sponsors Sperry Software, Inc focuses primarily on Microsoft Outlook and more recently Microsoft Office 365, where a plethora of tools and plugins that work with email have been developed. These tools can be extended for almost any situation where email is involved, including automating workflows (e.g., automatically save emails as PDF or automatically archive emails that are over 30 days old), modifying potentially bad user behaviors (e.g., alert the user to suspected phishing emails or prompt the user if they are going to inadvertently reply to all), and increased email security (e.g., prompt the user with a customizable warning if they are about to send an email outside the organization). Get started today by visiting www.SperrySoftware.com/CloudIT Everyone on your team is unique...so is SkillMeUp.com. Only Skill Me Up provides the bridge from fundamentals to certification paths to advanced skills to accelerate digital transformation with 1 subscription with 5 ways to learn. Start your free pilot today and supercharge your IT and Microsoft Azure skills. https://skillmeup.com/pilot/?src=Pod Every business will eventually have to move to the cloud and adapt to it. That’s a fact. ShareGate helps with that. Our industry-leading products help IT professionals worldwide migrate their business to the Office 365 or SharePoint, automate their Office 365 governance, and understand their Azure usage & costs. Visit https://sharegate.com/ to learn more. Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.