HTH0043: Microsoft Viva Las Vegas

Hope This Helps - A Tech Podcast

The STiffs return to podcasting after a very long week. The cloud has changed, Loop still isn't a thing, Viva and Entra are around, and Linux Mint vs Windows 11!

Extended show notes available at https://hthpc.com

Boot-up (AKA, "LAST WEEK, ON HOPE THIS HELPS")

• It would be fun to do a "since we've been gone" run through of a high level overview of all of the things in tech that have happened…
• Some things have changed, while others have stayed the same
• Microsoft Teams External Access Flaw Poses a Malware Risk
• Phishing emails
• Red Hat in the hot seat
• Jeff Geerling: I'm done with Red Hat (Enterprise Linux)
• A Comprehensive Analysis of the GPL Issues With the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Business Model
• Loop (or: Loop: A Fiasco)
• Loop vs OneNote vs Notion vs Whiteboard vs Miro
• A Referendum on the Cloud in 2023
• Correction: Multi-cloud talk was in HTH0041, not HTH0042.
• It used to be all cloud, then it was hybrid, then it was multi-cloud, now we're going back to on-premise?
• Hey: We're Leaving The Cloud
• Annoying Teams thing of the week: "You'll need to shorten your message to send it"
• I was pasting an Excel table, two columns, 53 cells
• Yet you can post huge chunks of code far longer than that?
• Microsoft Viva Las Vegas
• Tiff is saving an Entra story for next time…
• Stuff Tiff pasted into the HTH0042 show notes but we never got to discussing:
• Create a profile container with Azure Files and Azure Active Directory
• SharePoint Framework Client-Side Web Part Samples

Windows 11

• Thoughts on Windows 11
• Zune Software in Windows 11
• Linux Mint
• What the heck is up with the TPM requirements?
• Skip_TPM_Check_on_Dynamic_Update.cmd
• Feature updates called “moments”

Co-Pilots

• Windows Co-Pilot, GitHub Co-Pilot, etc.
• GitHub Co-Pilot's tendencies to suggest other people's code without credit or licensing
• Remember Cortana?

The end of Windows?

• Windows 11 Cloud

The Year(s) of Linux

• In January 2022, Steve moved to Linux on his main desktop - Linux Mint
• So far, nearly every app, feature, and core experience made the jump without much fuss
• Linux Mint is very Windows-like
• OneNote on the web just isn't there yet. I have a VM to run the Windows version (it doesn't work in Wine)
• Mini-state of the Zunion: It’s capable of browsing files on a connected Zune device, USB passthru to VirtualBox works
• Teams on Linux needs work
• Asks for a login every time
• Input/output sound devices get confused during calls - unusable
• Just use teams.microsoft.com in a browser
• Steam/Proton is fantastic for gaming
• Should you do it?
• If you're willing to put up with learning fast and researching community fixes
• Most Microsoft-based stuff will work on Linux, with the exception of OneNote which is stuck being web-based (or use a VM)

Outro - "Plus Delta"

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