In this final episode before the summer break, Alexander and Simon discuss (and Simon rant) about Windows 11, news from Power BI, Windows 365 and the news from Microsoft Inspire! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here: Show notes: Windows 11 Hardware Requirements Power BI Paginated Report Visual […]

In this episode, Alexander and Simon discuss some of the issues inherent in means, talk about two new preview features in SQL Server, cover the change in names for Windows Virtual Desktop, check out news from WWDC and as always, what’s new in Config Manager! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to […]

In this episode Alexander and Simon talk about information classification, cover some of the (exceptional) Power BI news in the wake of Microsoft Build, discuss the upcoming next Windows generation, and what’s new in InTune! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here: Show notes: Power BI News from […]

In this episode, Alexander starts to talk and then rants about data modelling, Simon covers news in InTune and Config Manager, as well as discuss news from the RSA conference and the statement from Microsoft that they will be storing data in Europe. Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode […]

In this episode, a.k.a “telemetelrelny”, Alexander and Simon talk about data compliance, the deluge of Power BI announcements from Microsoft Business Applications Summit, news in Intune, the search for a new default M365 font and Microsoft’s Q3 earnings. Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here: Show notes: MBAS […]

In this episode, Alexander and Simon talk about the book “the Phoenix Project”, discuss a number of improvements to Power BI, cover the new Config Manager release, look at a few DLP news and talk about “verified credentials”! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here: Show notes: The […]

In this episode Alexander and Simon reminisce about Toni who sadly passed away early March. There is some Ignite content in there as well – somewhere. In memory of Toni, this episode is also listed as containing explicit language. Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here: Show notes:

In this episode Simon lays out his vision for the modern digital workplace, we share a bunch of exciting news from the worlds of Power BI, Windows and Config Manager and talk a bit about upcoming conferences! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here:  Show notes: dax.do […]

In this episode, the focus segment is about Power BI Premium – what it is, why it is and who it is for. The trio also covers Microsoft Defender for endpoints, a new service for OLAP cubes in the cloud, Melissa Coates on GuyInaCube, execs leaving Microsoft, and as always – what’s new in Intune. […]

The rumors of our collective demise have been greatly exaggerated, and we’re back with a special, longer episode to close out the year. We’re having a conversation about the dumpster fire that has been 2020, what we’ve been struggling with and what we’re taking away as we move to 2021.  Show notes:

In this episode, the trio talk about a few specific news items in Power BI, the new Edge browser for Linux, the Microsoft Server Summit and some Machine Learning!  Show notes:

In this episode, a.k.a “the long excuse”, Alexander and Simon talk about Windows as an emulation layer on a Linux kernel, the new AMD Zen 3 processor family, a new Windows Insider build, what’s new in ConfigMgr and finally discuss the ins and outs of snakelike programming languages.  Show notes: Windows on Linux? AMD […]

In this episode, the trio talk about their respective takeaways from Microsoft Ignite!  Show notes: Microsoft Ignite Book of News 2020  

In this episode, a.k.a “pulling out of … the cloud”, the trio talk about automated Always On Availability Group deployments for Azure virtual machines, the upcoming Xbox hardware releases, the equally upcoming AMD Zen 3 platform and expectations on Microsoft Ignite! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here: […]

In this first episode after the vacation, the trio try to get back at it and talk news from Power BI, ConfigMgr, discuss Microsoft Virtual Desktop, user groups and what’s in store going forward! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here:   

In this final episode before vacation, the trio talk about updates to both the Power BI service as well as new support for running SQL Server failover clusters in Azure, and look both backwards and forwards on this strange year of 2020! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right […]

In this episode, a.k.a “yes, grandpa”, the trio talk about the demise of Mixer, certification exams out of beta, changes to the ARM template structure, a new ConfigMgr technical preview and some WWDC news! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here:  Show notes: Mixer is dead ARM […]

In this episode, Alexander and Simon talk about increased resistane to ransomware in Sweden, the Power BI June update, new GA features in Azure firewall and new fundamentals courses! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here:  Show notes: Incresed resistance to ransomware in Sweden (Swedish) Power BI […]

In this episode, a.k.a “Simon, catchup”, the trio talk about news in Windows release 2004, Simon’s new blogpost, news in Windows Virtual Desktop, Direct Query support in Power BI Dataflows, Microsoft and Docker working tighter and the latest Swedish Power BI User Group meetup! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the […]

In this episode, the trio talk about news from Microsoft Build, discuss a Sophos report on cybercrime reaction behavior in Sweden and look at news from Power BI and InTune! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here:  Show notes: Synapse Analytics Windows Package Manager Preview Sophos report […]

In this episode Alexander and Simon talk about some of the news out of Microsoft Business and Applications Summit, the newly released Surface hardware and marvel at Simon’s choice of a new phone. Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here:  Show notes: Driving a data culture Power […]

In this episode, a.k.a “stayin’ alive”, the trio discuss the joys of dictation, how Windows Admin Center works, a billion Windows 10 devices running around and virtual events in general. Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here:  Show notes:

In this episode, a.k.a “managing handymensch”, Simon and Toni discuss changes to Microsoft support and update policies amid the COVID-19 situation, Minecraft EDU being free for the time being and try to figure out just how many screens are reasonable to have… Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right […]

In this episode, a.k.a “end of days” Alexander and Toni talk about the coronavirus outbreak shutting down events all over the world, the 20-year-late millenium bug of some Swedish trains, several new interesting features in Power BI and Powershell 7 going GA. For some reason there is something about printing in here as well. Subscribe […]

In this episode Alexander and Simon talk about different ways of conducting training, revisit the how vs why discussion from last week, explore new changes in Windows on ARM and have a philosophical chat on cloud neutrality. Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here:  Show notes: Clustered […]

In part 1 of this blog series I outlined the gear we use to record the podcast. The second part was all about actually recording content. It’s now time to dive into the third and most technical part – post-processing. The gear Recording Post-processing Publication As a quick recap you might remember that the starting […]

In this episode (a.k.a “missing in Milan”), Toni and Alexander talk about the Challenger disaster 34 years ago, a much smaller SQL Server disaster this week, Toni’s experiences moving AD around and finally the released information about the Power Platform release wave 1! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode […]

In this episode the trio talk about the finally unveiled dates and location for Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft Business Applications Summit switching dates and locations, Microsoft planning on a horrible browser hijack, a weird Power BI performance issue and the recent security announcements. Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right […]

In this eighth episode from Microsoft Ignite, the gang sit down and talk about the highlights of the week, discuss what has been released and consider the future. Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here:  Show notes:

In this sixth episode from Microsoft Ignite, Alexander sit down with Reza Rad (@Rad_Reza) of Power BI fame to talk about technical change, sleeping and Power BI! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here:  Show notes:

In this fourth episode from Microsoft Ignite, Simon and Toni sit down with Richard Hicks, the guy who wrote the book (literally!) on DirectAccess. Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here:  Show notes:

In this second episode from Microsoft Ignite, the gang sit down with Samuel Devasahayam (@MrADFS) of Microsoft and talk AD, ADFS and all things identity! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here:  Show notes:

In this episode, Alexander and Simon discuss the October Power BI Desktop update and touch on a few specific things, the newly released Windows 10 1909, the both of us speaking at Microsoft TechDays as well as some updates about Microsoft Ignite! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right […]

In this episode the trio discuss the new Power BI mobile look, the new Guy in a Cube training courses, the Surface event in October, upcoming speaking engagements and Microsoft Ignite in general! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here: Show notes: Guy in a Cube Training

In this first episode back from the (dead) vacation, the trio discuss if it is possible to turn Windows Server into a gaming rig, new exciting features in Power BI, the Azure Data Share service presently in preview, a bunch of fantastic new developments in InTune and EMS as well as share the news that […]

In this special vacation-mode episode, Alexander and Simon talk to Microsoft Tech Community Lead Anna Chu (@_achu) about the upcoming Microsoft Ignite conference in general and community content in particular! Subscribe to us on Spotify, on iTunes or listen to the episode right here: Show notes: An old definition of session levels