Episode 134 – Change Is Afoot For Microsoft Partners

In Episode 134, Ben and Scott discuss some of the upcoming changes to the Microsoft Partner program around Internal Use Rights (IUR) and support for partners, a Log Analytics solution for monitoring network bandwidth for Office 365 (or really any service!), and an example of Azure Policy which can check for the configuration of complex passwords on Windows VMs.

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Show Notes

• Microsoft reversed their decision on the upcoming partner program changes

• Important information about product licenses

• Microsoft defends planned partner program changes, but many aren’t buying it

• Microsoft is axing internal use rights for its products for its reseller partners

• Microsoft cuts partner benefit in a surprise move

• Office 365 Network Bandwidth meter

• How to use PowerShell & Azure Policy to check settings inside a VM

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Previous Episodes

• Episode 120 – All Of The Portals

• Episode 124 – Everything Came Back Up

• Episode 129 – The Latest and Greatest in Azure and Office 365

• Episode 132 – Why Friends Don’t Let Friends Buy Office 365 Business

About the sponsors

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