Best Exchange Server Podcasts (2025)

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How drones change everything, and nothing. Meduza’s in-depth examination of Russian–Ukrainian unmanned warfare and where it’s leading this bloody conflict

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Ukrainian servicemen from the 24th Mechanized Brigade equip a "Kazhan" bomber drone. Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, May 15, 2025 Ukraine’s recent sabotage operations against Russian long-range and strategic aviation bases, known as Operation Spiderweb, have renewed international focus on the capabilities of small kamikaze drones. In fact, the attacks …

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Waiting for Renault. After rebounding in 2024, Russia’s new car market sees yet another wartime plunge

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In 2022, when Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, new car sales in Russia plunged, falling more than 50 percent. Over the following two years, the market rebounded, and by 2024, sales had nearly returned to 2021 levels. But in 2025, the trend has reversed again: between January and May, Russians bought 26 percent fewer cars than dur…

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Putin holds phone calls with leaders of Israel and Iran

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken by phone with both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, the state news agency Interfax reports. In his conversation with Netanyahu, Putin stressed that “Russia condemns Israel’s actions, which were carried out in violation of the UN Charter and international l…

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Active Directory Security and Configuration Best Practices with Victor King: Practical 365 Podcast S04E40 41:24

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In this episode, Steve Goodman and Bastiaan Verdonk interview Victor King from Quest on best practices for Active Directory security. They discuss identifying misconfigurations, managing privileged access, and continuous environmental monitoring. Want to stay up to date on all things Practical 365? Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin to st…

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Moscow court bans two websites offering Instagram verification services, citing Meta’s ‘extremist’ designation

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A Moscow court has declared the websites of two companies offering Instagram profile verification services “extremist” and banned them in Russia. The court rulings were discovered in the case archive by Verstka. Prosecutors requested the ban on the websites of RosMedia and Aura, arguing that their services bore “signs of financing extremist activit…

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Remains of 1,200 Ukrainian service members returned as part of exchange with Russia

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Ukraine has received the bodies of 1,200 fallen soldiers as part of an ongoing repatriation effort, the country’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said on Friday. “According to the Russian side, the bodies belong to Ukrainian citizens, primarily military personnel. The repatriation was carried out in accordance with a…

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‘If all those soldiers drop dead tomorrow, I’ll pour a glass of wine’. Siberia woman arrested over video slamming ‘Russia Day’ and public support for war

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The Russian authorities arrested a woman in the Irkutsk region on Friday over a video on Instagram in which she criticized the country’s Russia Day holiday and the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. A day earlier, 35-year-old Maria Makhmutova had posted a clip of herself calling Russian soldiers “murderers” and criticizing her compatriots for celebrating…

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Moscow and Kyiv react as Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear sites and military command

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People inspect damaged buildings following Israeli airstrikes on June 13, 2025. Tehran, Iran. In the early hours of June 13, Israel carried out airstrikes on Iran, hitting nuclear sites and killing top Iranian military officials. In the aftermath, Russia — whose military-industrial ties with Iran have deepened in recent years and which is a major b…

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Russia bans domestic airlines from flying to or over Israel and Iran as hostilities escalate

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Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has issued guidance for domestic airlines “in connection with the sharp escalation of the situation in the Middle East.” Under the directive, Russian carriers are prohibited from operating flights to airports in Israel and Iran, and from flying through the airspace of Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Ir…

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Kremlin ‘strongly condemns sharp escalation’ following Israeli airstrikes on Iran

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that Moscow was “concerned” and “strongly condemns the sharp escalation of tensions,” following Israel’s strike on Iran, Interfax reported. “At the president’s direction, the Foreign Ministry will issue a detailed statement in the very near future, which will then be sent to the United Nations,” Peskov…

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‘You Are Not Alone’ campaign raises over $150,000 for Russian political prisoners in a single day

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The “You Are Not Alone” fundraiser, held on June 12 by independent Russian media outlets in partnership with the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), raised more than 12 million rubles ($150,000) to support Russian political prisoners and their families. By the end of the broadcast, donations had reached 12,429,395 rubles (about $155,000) — and fundra…

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A new ‘buffer zone’? Russia advances in east-central Ukraine, pushing toward territory it does not already claim

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Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article takes stock of the recent developments on the battlefield based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the very start, and our detailed military analyses are part of our commitment to objective reporting on a war we firmly oppose. O…

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Chats and punishment. Journalists and rights groups accuse Telegram of FSB ties and exposing user data — just how worried should users be?

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In recent days, the messaging app Telegram has come under scrutiny in two high-profile investigations. On June 6, the human rights group Department One reported that Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has charged people with treason for contacting bots or feedback accounts linked to Ukrainian Telegram channels. Then, on June 10, the investigat…

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Russia and Ukraine conduct new prisoner swap involving wounded soldiers

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Russia and Ukraine carried out another prisoner exchange on June 12, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced. “Today, soldiers from our army, the National Guard, and the border service are back home,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram. “All of them require medical treatment, and they will receive the care they need. This is the second stage in th…

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Marco Rubio issues first Russia Day greeting by a U.S. secretary of state since 2022

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The U.S. State Department has published a Russia Day greeting from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, written “on behalf of the American people.” “The United States remains committed to supporting the Russian people as they continue to build on their aspirations for a brighter future. We also take this opportunity to reaffirm the United States’ desire…

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Russian forces launch second consecutive night of drone strikes on Ukraine’s Kharkiv, injuring 14

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Russian forces launched another drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv in the early hours of Thursday. The attack lasted about an hour and a half, according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov. Eleven strikes were recorded. “Fires broke out in residential areas and on the grounds of educational institutions. In some cases, debris landed right next to pla…

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Russia puts Lev Shlosberg, one of the few opposition politicians left in the country, under house arrest for ‘discrediting’ military

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A court in the Russian city of Pskov has placed politician Lev Shlosberg under house arrest for two months in connection with criminal charges of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian army, according to the outlet Sotavision. Shlosberg, the deputy chairman of the Yabloko political party, is one of the last remaining opposition politicians in Russia…

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Russia puts Meduza co-founder Galina Timchenko on wanted list

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Russia’s Interior Ministry has put Meduza co-founder and publisher Galina Timchenko on its wanted list, the outlet Mediazona reported on Wednesday, citing the ministry’s official database. The database entry states that Timchenko is “wanted under a criminal code article.” In May, the Russian authorities opened a felony case against her for allegedl…

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Russia sentences exiled Navalny ally Leonid Volkov to 18 years in prison in absentia

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A Russian military court has sentenced Leonid Volkov, the former chairman of Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, to 18 years in prison in absentia, Mediazona reports. The court also fined Volkov two million rubles (about $25,300). The case was submitted in early April and includes 45 separate charges — among them, four counts of large-scal…

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Russia sentences Danish citizen Annabelle Jorgensen in absentia to 26 years in prison for fighting in Ukrainian military

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A Russian military court has sentenced Danish citizen Annabelle Jorgensen in absentia to 26 years in prison and fined her 1.7 million rubles ($21,500) for fighting in the Ukrainian military, state media reported on Wednesday. The court convicted her of multiple offenses, including mercenary activity and terrorism. Jorgensen’s hearing began on June …

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As Ukrainians’ support for territorial concessions levels off, Zelensky says current talks with Russia are limited to humanitarian issues and a ceasefire

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A fire following drone strike on Kyiv. June 10, 2025. In a new interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the delegation sent to negotiate with Russia has no mandate to discuss territorial issues — only humanitarian matters or a ceasefire. He also reiterated that Ukraine will not, under any circumstances, recognize occupied territories …

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Welcome to Dima’s villa era. How Dmitry Medvedev used the war against Ukraine to rebuild his influence — and his fortune

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In March 2017, Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation released one of its most explosive investigations — the film “Don’t Call Him Dimon,” which exposed a network of residences, vineyards, and yachts tied to Russia’s former president and then–prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev. Navalny’s team uncovered a scheme in which Medvedev had allegedly con…

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Remains of over 1,200 fallen soldiers returned to Ukraine

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Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said that, as part of ongoing repatriation efforts, the bodies of 1,212 fallen Ukrainian soldiers have been returned to Ukraine. The remains include troops who died in Russia’s Kursk region, as well as in several Ukrainian regions: Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and…

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Trump says Putin offered to broker a new U.S.–Iran nuclear deal. Could the Russian president really help? And what’s in it for him?

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Tehran, May 2025 Talks on a potential new nuclear deal between the U.S. and Iran have once again hit a deadlock. But they haven’t broken down completely — instead, both parties appear to be focused on negotiating better terms for themselves. Amid this impasse, Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to help broker an agreement, telling Trump h…

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U.S. to cut weapons procurement budget for Ukraine, Pentagon chief says

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The United States plans to reduce its budget for procuring new weapons for Ukraine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on the proposed defense budget. Responding to a question about funding for Ukraine aid, Hegseth said there would be “a reduction in this budget.” He noted that the current…

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Russian overnight drone strike on Ukraine’s Kharkiv kills three, injures 60

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Update: One of the victims — a 65-year-old man — has died in the hospital, bringing the death toll from the overnight attack to three, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported. Russian forces launched an overnight drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, killing two people and injuring dozens others, according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov. He said a total…

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The Case for Telemetry with Liz Fong-Jones 32:17

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How can modern telemetry solutions help you? While at NDC in Melbourne, Richard chatted with Liz Fong-Jones of Honeycomb about her approach to educating leadership on creating great telemetry solutions for organizations. Liz discusses the importance of being able to answer questions about reliability issues without causing problems, as opposed to r…

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Telegram denies allegations that contractors handling its servers have ties to Russian intelligence

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Telegram has responded to an investigation from the news outlet iStories, which reported that part of the messaging app’s server infrastructure is maintained by a company that has worked with the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). Telegram’s press office told BBC News Russian that the company “has contracts with dozens of different service pro…

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‘Possessed maniacs with their Shaheds’: Zelensky condemns Russian attack damaging historic Kyiv cathedral

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Russia’s most recent attack on Kyiv “unacceptable and catastrophic” after a blast wave damaged the facade of the city’s Saint Sophia Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. “In the capital, even Saint Sophia Cathedral was damaged: part of the cathedral's facade collapsed under the blast wave. To all th…

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‘Sorry, society doesn’t develop like this’. Stéphane Bauer, the director of Kunstraum Kreuzberg hosting Meduza’s ‘No’ exhibition, explains how he avoids becoming trapped in an art bubble

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The Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien in Berlin is hosting the Meduza-organized exhibition “No” until July 6. This project brings together artists and journalists to discuss how the world has changed over the last decade. The venue was not chosen by chance. For more than 50 years, Kunstraum Kreuzberg has served as a hub for protest artists, political a…

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‘Secret patients’. Belarusian hospitals have quietly treated Russian soldiers wounded in Ukraine — including a commander linked to Bucha killings

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Hundreds of Russian soldiers have received medical treatment in Belarus since the start of Moscow’s full-scale war in Ukraine, according to documents obtained by RFE’s Russian Service and its project Skhemy and shared with the Belarusian Investigative Center. Wounded troops were admitted to Belarusian hospitals, including during Russia’s failed att…

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Meduza joins other independent outlets and Anti-Corruption Foundation to host third annual fundraiser for Russian political prisoners

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On June 12, a number of independent Russian media outlets — including Meduza, TV Rain, Mediazona, and HelpDesk — are joining the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) to host the third annual “You Are Not Alone” fundraiser in support of political prisoners in Russia. The campaign will feature a 12-hour live broadcast from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Moscow time. I…

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Context And The True "Cost" Of AI 41:12

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Sure, AI has made a splash. And it's on us to level up, learn the ropes, and roll with it. But how do we even do that? And what cool human stuff might we accidentally ditch along the way? The Compiler team ends the season discussing the importance of context, creativity, and applied knowledge.By Marc Mangus, Aakanksha Duggal

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Fixing a Security Vulnerability in Active Directory with Steve Syfuhs 49:33

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Why would a security vulnerability take more than two years to fix? Richard chats with Steve Syfuhs about the evolution of the response to KB5015754. Originally published in 2022, the issue involved vulnerabilities in the on-premises certificate authority for Active Directory. Pushing a fix to force the immediate replacement of the certificates cou…

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How to Talk to Security with Sarah Young 35:48

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How do you talk to security? While at NDC Melbourne, Richard chatted with Sarah Young about her approaches to helping folks work with the security team. Often seen as an impediment to business, Sarah talks about what motivates security teams, how to use language to help them understand that you are taking security seriously, and how to get more thi…

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Agentic AI: Working As Instructed 37:36

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Agentic AIs are showing promise for tedious work. But it’s hard to explain exactly how you want it done—and getting it wrong could create big problems. This episode of Compiler investigates how Agentic AIs could carry out their tasks and how some agents are taking their baby steps in the wide world. The team also considers the difficulties humans h…

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PowerShell 7.5 and DSC 3.0.0 with Jason Helmick 36:47

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What's new in PowerShell 7.5? Richard talks to Jason Helmick about the latest version of PowerShell. Jason talks about 7.5 being a version with plenty of community contributions and what that means for everyone. He also discusses 7.6, which will be released as a long-term support version of PowerShell synchronized with .NET 10. Then, on to Desired …

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M365 Numbers, Viva Engage Evolution, and Cybersecurity Leadership with Adam Banks: Practical 365 Podcast S04E39 1:02:16

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Steve and Paul dissect Microsoft's latest financial report, explore Viva Engage's future, and discuss the role of AI in project management. Adam Banks shares insights on cybersecurity, accountability, and the mindset shifts needed for IT leadership. Want to stay up to date on all things Practical 365? Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin to…

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