Microsoft Today
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsMicrosoft is an often misunderstood global corporation with massive influence and a product strategy like no other technology company in the world. Twice per week, join Brad Groux, a Microsoft enterprise expert, as he guides you through the countless products, services, initiatives and brilliant minds at One Microsoft Way. If you're interested in technology, automation, business, education and setting yourself up for future success, then MSFT Today is the podcast for you.
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MSFT Today 2019-03-04 : Why Technology Needs Female Voices
March 05, 2019 15:38 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBDiscussing women in technology is nothing new for this podcast. In the previous episodes (such as MSFT Today 2019-01-15 : Microsoft 365 Education) I've mentioned getting women, and girls in technology several times, including in guests interviews. This has always been an important issue for me, because I come from a huge family, that is nearly split down the middle of boys and girls, and I've always longed for my nieces to geek out with my like my nephews always have. Also, having been in en...
MSFT Today 2019-02-28 : Refusing to be Mediocre in IT (Bonus Podcast)
March 01, 2019 09:01 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBIn today's Twitter follower bonus podcast, we step away from our typical podcast format and focus on something a little different - how to approach your day to day duties in information technology. It is human nature to enter a comfort zone. Most people don’t wake up one morning and make the conscious decision to be mediocre, it happens over time. In IT, this condition can be even easier to fall into. When you show up to the office, and fight the same issues, and put out the same fires, d...
MSFT Today 2019-02-26 : Spiral Out, Keep Going (Bonus Podcast)
February 27, 2019 12:03 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBWelcome to this bonus episode of the Microsoft Today Podcast. Today we're stepping away from focusing on Microsoft or technology, and discussing something more along the lines of life, education, and personal development.Spiral Out, Keep Going I've had a few of you ask about why I end each podcast with the line, "Spiral out, keep going." The line is from a song by the band Tool, called Lateralus. I could talk about the brilliance of this album for hours, but I won't bore you with that. Here...
MSFT Today 2019-02-24 : HoloLens 2, Azure Kinect and MWC19
February 25, 2019 19:46 - 51 minutes - 47 MBIn today's episode of the Microsoft Today podcast, we discuss Microsoft's live event at MWC19, including the new HoloLens 2 Mixed Reality device, and the Azure Kinect IoT Edge device. We had a tremendous time covering Microsoft's MWC19 event yesterday. Your reactions on Twitter, are why this episode has morphed so drastically as I began writing it. It's all about the power of the pivot, just ask Excel! Instead of diving into all of the details about the announcements made today, we are going...
MSFT Today 2019-02-20 : Microsoft's AI for Good Initiatives and #TemplatesForHumanity
February 21, 2019 11:04 - 33 minutes - 31 MBThe AI for Good initiatives by Microsoft were created to foster development and support for AI solutions that seek to benefit all of mankind. The initiatives are AI for Accessibility, AI for Earth, and AI for Humanitarian Action. In today's episode of the Microsoft Today Podcast, we're going discuss all of these fantastic initiatives and how you can get involved for the great good. AI for Accessibility Microsoft's goal for AI for Accessibility is to amplify human capability, as they believ...
MSFT Today 2019-02-06 : Microsoft Earnings, Xbox Game Studio, Azure for Free, and More
February 07, 2019 07:08 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBMicrosoft’s $32 Billion Q2 Earnings were Inspired and Powered by PartnersMicrosoft's Revenue Highlights Microsoft's gaming revenue was up 8% year over year during the second quarter, with revenue from Xbox software and services rising 31% over that same period. Surface "had its biggest quarter ever this holiday, delivering strong double-digit growth in both consumer and commercial" according to CEO Satya Nadella Microsoft Cloud growth exploded as commercial cloud revenue was up 48% year over ...
MSFT Today 2019-01-28 : Microsoft Flow with Jon Levesque
January 29, 2019 04:55 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBMicrosoft Flow is a service that helps you create automated workflows between your favorite apps and services to synchronize files, get notifications, collect data and more. The main types of flows are automated, button, scheduled, and business process flows. Flow is a SaaS offering for automating workflows across the growing number of applications and SaaS services that business users rely on.Introductions Brad introduces the show Brad gives a short introduction for Jon and how the show cam...
MSFT Today 2019-01-15 : Microsoft 365 Education
January 16, 2019 09:48 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBIn this episode of the Microsoft Today Podcast, we discuss Microsoft 365 Education, Office 365 Education, Minecraft Education Edition, Skype in the Classroom, Skype Translator, OneNote Class Notebooks, FlipGrid, Intune for Education, Microsoft Innovative Educators (MIE), Microsoft 365 Education Hardware, Microsoft Store STEM Saturdays, Government Grants and Funding, Microsoft Inclusive Education and much more.Bill Gates The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have made improving K-12 education...
MSFT Today 2019-01-08 : Microsoft Acquisitions
January 09, 2019 08:58 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBFirst off, we can’t talk Microsoft without acknowledging what was truly their first acquisition, MS-DOS. In 1980, after not being able to reach a license agreement with a competitor, IBM tasked Microsoft with developing or licensing an operating system for their upcoming IBM 5150 Personal Computer. Microsoft had already been hired to write the BASICprogramming language for the PC, but now they had asked for them to provide the OS to go with it. No sweat, said Microsoft… DOS, which was develo...
MSFT Today 2019-01-04 : Azure Architect and MVP, Thomas Maurer
January 04, 2019 11:31 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBThomas Mauer is a Microsoft MVP and a Cloud Architect driving Cloud and Data Center transformation utilizing virtualization, Hyper-V, Azure, Azure Stack, PowerShell and Windows Server. Follow Thomas on Twitter — https://twitter.com/ThomasMaurer View Thomas’ Website — https://www.thomasmaurer.chMicrosoft MVP Program The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award is given by Microsoft to “technology experts who passionately share their knowledge with the community. “The awarded are peopl...
MSFT Today 2019-01-03 : AI, Automation and Microsoft
January 03, 2019 14:22 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBThe application of machines to tasks once performed by human beings or, increasingly, to tasks that would otherwise be impossible. Although the term mechanization is often used to refer to the simple replacement of human labour by machines, automation generally implies the integration of machines into a self-governing system. Automation has revolutionized those areas in which it has been introduced, and there is scarcely an aspect of modern life that has been unaffected by it. — Britannica T...
MSFT Today 2019-01-01 : Not Your Typical Microsoft Podcast
January 02, 2019 02:14 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBHappy New Year and welcome everyone. My name is Brad Groux and this is Microsoft Today, a podcast and web community dedicated to Microsoft, technology and the impending automated world. This is our first ever episode which is being recorded on January 1st, 2019 — and in this episode we’ll cover my vision for he podcast, who I am and my background — and where we’re going from here. So stayed tuned as we discuss all of that and more, next! What is MSFT Today? In short, MSFT Today is a podcast...