Episode 265 | Teams and Skype Convergence and the News




Microsoft Cloud Show show

Summary: <p>CJ flies solo from New Zealand in this show and discusses Microsoft's recent full year financial results, how well they are doing in the cloud, teams and skype feature parity, azure disk speeds, BI Gartner magic quadrant goodies and more!</p><p>Notes:</p><p>News</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2018-Q4/press-release-webcast">Earnings Release FY18 Q4: Microsoft Cloud Drives Record Fourth Quarter Results</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-says-teams-is-now-at-feature-parity-with-skype-for-business/">Microsoft says Teams is now at ‘feature parity’ with Skype for Business Online</a></li> <li><a href="https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-gartner-bi-analytics-mq-2018-partner-consent-test.html?wt.mc_id=AID723291_QSG_SCL_259119&amp;utm_source=t.co&amp;utm_medium=referral">Microsoft recognized as a leader in analytics and BI platforms for 11 years</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/Dasync/Dasync">GitHub:C# micro service framework</a></li> <li><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/shanselman/status/1021481928246157312?s=21">Code in Azure portal</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.grsplus.com/blog/2018/07/azure-storage-how-fast-are-disks/">Azure Storage, How fast are disks?</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/zacbowden/status/1016493757091508224">Office on the new Surface</a></li> <li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-usage-forecast-api-and-other-updates-from-may/">Azure cost forecast API and other updates</a></li> <li><a href="https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2018/07/23/collaborating-with-the-security-community-for-stronger-identities/">Collaborating with the security community for stronger identities</a></li> </ul> <p>Picks<br> CJ’s Picks</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.usmlr.com/">US Major League Rugby</a></li> </ul> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>The Microsoft Cloud Show sponsored by: </strong></p> <p><a href="http://nintex.com?utm_source=mscloudshow&amp;utm_medium=email"><img src="http://assets.microsoftcloudshow.com/media/mscloudshow/logos/nintex.png" border="0"></a><br> What if you could take any process your teams use to get work done, and make it happen automatically? 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