Windows Weekly 485: Live From Microsoft Ignite

Hey, It's time for Windows Weekly. It's the show that sticks in your brain like a Windows 10 nag screen.

I'm Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ. The digitial jesuit in for Leo the Fourth who is currently, on a boat.

But of course, it's a special edition because we got Paul Thurott and Mary-Jo Foley, they are bringing the fire to Microsoft Ignite.

Uh, Mary-Jo, Paul, so good to see you, you're in some sort of?

Mary-Jo: It's a connector.

Paul: It's a connector.

I'm not sure what that means,at ome point you're going to have to tell me, but,

You look good, you sound good, and it's nice to have you straight from one of the biggest microsoft events of the year.

Tell me, for the folks who haven't watched windows weekly, and are joining us for this show,

What is Microsoft Ignite supposed to be?

Paul: What is it supposed to be?

What it is, is the biggest show in the world for IT hosts

20,000 people

Mary-Jo: 25

-25,000 people, all of them crammed into this room
Off of a small hallway between two gigantic conference centers

Mary-Jo: It's the show for everything.

-It's like the show for all microsoft technologies.
Windows, sharepoint, (inaudible)...everything you would like in one show, no xbox.

(Fr. Ballecer) Wait, no xbox?

There was a small bit of onedrive news this week, that justified my travelling here.

Now, every year at Ignite, we seem to be walking away with takeaways.
Things that you like the most.

You've had just a little bit of time and I understand
it was a late night because

Mary Jo decided you need to try every craft beer in Atlanta,
But, what have been the big ticket items so far?

Big Picture, I would almost say security.

-Yep, for sure.

Security, artificial intelligence, machine learning, as well.

Well the transformation of the cloud.

-Right.
-Which is kind of ongoing.
-Definitely.

So I feel like the messaging we hear is microsoft is all in, in the cloud.

All in on security.

All in on sharepoint. I have to keep going back to sharepoint.

- Who doesn't.

-Everyone.

I know, security is pretty across the stack. When you think that its a big deal its not just high tech security

Not just server icloud security

It's security even in the fabric.

Right, it's a hybrid.

The message was hybrid.

What microsoft means by hybrid cloud is a little more comprehensive than some of the other members.

I found a new way to get quite excited,
Hybrid is an activity, right?

-Oh, that would get her very agitated.

(Fr.) Has there been much talk about Windows 10, internet of things edition?

No.
-No.