Mary Jo Foley

Our next MJFChatt features special guest Orin Thomas, Microsoft Principal Cloud Operations Advocate, who will field questions on how to security-harden Windows Server.

The next MJFChat is between me and Russell Smith, an IT consultant, trainer and author. We’ll be talking all about Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge browser.

Our next MJFChat, scheduled for Monday, July 22, is between me and Rick Claus, Cloud Advocate Team Lead at Microsoft. The general topic of our chat is career tips and tricks for IT pros.

On July 8, the next MJFChat will be all about keeping up with Windows patches in your enterprise. Our special guest is Bryan Dam, Software Engineer at Recast Software and the force of nature behind the “Dam Good Admin” blog.

Our next MJFChat, scheduled for Monday, June 24, is between me and Rimma Nehme, Azure Cosmos DB Product Manager and Architect. The general topic of our chat is Cosmos DB, Microsoft’s NoSQL, multi-model, distributed database.

Our next MJFChat is with Azure MVP and Innofactor Principal Consultant Aidan Finn and is focused on “The Five Azure Services Every IT Pro Needs to Know About.”

Our next MJFChat, scheduled for Monday, May 27, is between me and Gary Pretty, Conversational AI Consultant at Mando and Microsoft MVP. The general topic of our chat is how tech pros can get started with AI using Microsoft technologies like the Bot Framework, Cognitive Services and more.

Our next MJFChat, scheduled for Monday, May 13, is between me and Yina Arenas, Principal Program Manager for Microsoft Graph. (Arenas also is known more informally as the mother of the Microsoft Graph.) The general topic of our chat, unsurprisingly, is the Microsoft Graph — its centralized API and a key to enabling next-generation computing scenarios.

Our next MJFChat, scheduled for Monday, April 29, is between me and Brad Sams, the Executive Editor of Petri.com. The general topic of our chat is Windows ‘Lite,’ Microsoft’s latest attempt to combat Chrome OS. Make sure to submit your best questions ahead of our chat here in the forums.

Our next MJFChat, scheduled for Monday, April 15, is between me and Steve Mordue, CEO of Forceworks Global and a Microsoft Business Applications MVP. We’ll be talking all about Microsoft’s Power Platform.

Our next MJFChat is between me and Vadim Vladimirskiy, the CEO of IT management and automation vendor Nerdio. Our topic: Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop.

Our second MJFChat, scheduled for Monday March 18, is between me and Lorraine Bardeen, Microsoft’s General Manager of Engineering for Dynamics 365 Mixed Reality Apps.  The general topic of our chat is why it’s not too early to start learning about Microsoft’s new mixed-reality apps.