Proof we're not bluffing

Merill Fernando welcomes viewers to Microsoft’s October “Identity and Network Practitioner” webinar series and digs into the new IDC white paper, “Empowering Employees Through Secure Access.” Joined by Kaitlin Murphy from Microsoft and Christopher Rodriguez, research director on the IDC Security and Trust team, he unpacks why organizations are pushing toward a unified identity and network strategy in the AI era—and how that shift helps reduce risk while improving efficiency. The conversation spotlights a practical Zero Trust lens: breaking down identity/network silos, using Microsoft Entra Suite and the Entra portal to bring teams together, and applying controls like Conditional Access. They also connect today’s “foundation” tools (firewalls, VPN, intrusion prevention) to what’s next—SASE and Zero Trust Network Access migrations—plus what practitioners are measuring in the real world, like mean time to remediation, ticket volume, and reductions in VPN sessions.

We produced this as a pre-recorded, streamed event designed to feel easy and natural on-camera—while the complicated bits stayed safely in our remote studio and edit bays. We handled show development, designed the graphics package, prepped the guests, produced the footage, edited it into a clean, confident episode, and streamed it to multiple social channels using our streaming platform. The result: a polished digital event that keeps your experts comfortable, your message crisp, and your on-demand replay ready to keep working long after the live moment.

Matt Call (Product Architect, Microsoft Intune) hosts a Tech Community Inside Intune AMA with Maayan Bar-Niv (Group Product Manager, Intune—focused on AI tooling for IT) and Jason Roszak (leader for Intune, Intune Suite, and Copilot in Intune). They dig into where Intune is investing in AI for IT admins, including Copilot in Intune experiences that can generate PowerShell from natural-language requests and help validate scripts. The conversation zooms out to the longer-term vision: cloud-native management powered by declarative frameworks and the policy engine, app engine, and patch engine—reducing reliance on scripts while scaling across environments. They also cover Intune Suite priorities like Enterprise App Management (including a growing app catalog) and Endpoint Privilege Management, plus cross-platform momentum for macOS with platform SSO, Cloud Lapse for Mac, and a DDM-first approach for managing payloads, Conditional Access, and FileVault encryption.

We produced this as a polished, live-streamed digital event end-to-end: show development, a cohesive graphics package, guest prep that turns “I’m not a camera person” into “I could do this again,” and a live program built for clarity, pace, and smooth delivery. Then we streamed it to multiple social channels and packaged it for on-demand viewing—so the insights keep working after the live moment. The benefit to you: a show that looks effortless, keeps the conversation tight, and makes your experts feel confident—while we quietly handle the complicated parts before they get any feral ideas.

Mike Danoski, Product Manager on the Microsoft Intune team, hosts a security policy AMA with Laura Arrizza (Product Manager focused on security policy and Defender integrations), Matt Call (PM Architect over core infrastructure in security), and Per Larsen (Intune CAT team, working with strategic customers on adoption). They unpack how Endpoint security in Intune became a curated one-stop shop—built with Microsoft Defender—to help security and IT teams apply targeted templates and workflows. Along the way, they dig into Conditional Access, antivirus policy and reporting (including Defender signature visibility), endpoint detection and response, BitLocker, dedicated RBAC by security area, and newer integrations that let admins manage the same policies from the Defender portal without hopping between consoles. Audience questions steer into Linux endpoints, server management expectations, and when to use approaches like MDE Attach.

We produced this as a polished live-streamed digital event from the ground up: show development, a sharp graphics package, guest prep that turns “I’m not a camera person” into “I could do this weekly,” and live production built for smooth switching and clear storytelling. Then we streamed it to multiple social channels and packaged it for on-demand viewing—so the content keeps working long after the live moment. The result is a show that looks effortless, feels fun, and stays blissfully free of last-minute meltdowns—because we handle the moving parts before they get any big ideas.

Honeycutt Inc. produced Microsoft’s Virtual Ninja Training video featuring Corina Feuerstein. Our creative team focused on capturing expertise and insights from this valuable guest, weaving a conversation into a compelling narrative that reflects the mission of Virtual Ninja Training Show - empowering professionals to learn, connect, and grow. Through dynamic visuals, purposeful pacing, and a storytelling-first approach, we delivered a piece that engages and englightens audiences while reinforcing Microsoft’s commitment to building a more secure digital future.

At Honeycutt Inc., we make digital events feel less like buttons and screens—and more like moments people actually remember. You bring the content; we bring cameras, cues, and a slight obsession with flawless timing. We start by understanding your goals: audience, messaging, and that special spark that makes your event worth tuning in for. From there, we design the flow, visuals, and tech setup—so every slide, video, and live segment lands perfectly. When it’s go-time, our team runs the show—switching feeds, mixing audio, managing graphics, and keeping everything smooth enough to make you forget it’s digital. Post-event, we edit highlights, polish recordings, and package assets so your event lives on across platforms for a digital experience that actually feels human.

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We partnered with Microsoft Security to create the Microsoft Entra Suite Summer Camp video, designed to bring energy and clarity to a complex, vital topic: identity and access management. Our team focused on showcasing technical concepts that highlight how Microsoft Entra empowers organizations to strengthen security, streamline access, and build digital trust. By blending creativity with purpose, this became a piece that educates, inspires, and positions Microsoft Entra as a leader in shaping the secure, connected future of work. We captured the collaborative spirit of the Summer Camp experience through the innovation behind Microsoft’s Entra Suite and this video celebrates not only the technology but also the people and community driving progress in cybersecurity.

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Partnered with Microsoft Security, we created the Virtual Ninja Training 2025 celebration video. Our team focused on blending cinematic visuals with a fast-paced narrative that highlights the creativity, expertise, and collaborative spirit of the Virtual Ninja Training Show. By showcasing the people, products, and culture that define this project, we crafted a piece that celebrates the achievements of the show in 2025. The video emphasizes Microsoft’s commitment to empowering security professionals worldwide while reflecting our own passion for producing content that inspires, informs, and engages. Through bold transitions, custom animations, and compelling design, we delivered a video that takes highlight reel to the next level.

We make digital events feel less like buttons and screens—and more like moments people actually remember. You bring the content; we bring cameras, cues, and a slight obsession with flawless timing. We start by understanding your goals: audience, messaging, and that special spark that makes your event worth tuning in for. From there, we design the flow, visuals, and tech setup—so every slide, video, and live segment lands perfectly. When it’s go-time, our team runs the show—switching feeds, mixing audio, managing graphics, and keeping everything smooth enough to make you forget it’s digital. Post-event, we edit highlights, polish recordings, and package assets so your event lives on across platforms for a digital experience that actually feels human.

We make digital events feel less like buttons and screens—and more like moments people actually remember. You bring the content; we bring cameras, cues, and a slight obsession with flawless timing. We start by understanding your goals: audience, messaging, and that special spark that makes your event worth tuning in for. From there, we design the flow, visuals, and tech setup—so every slide, video, and live segment lands perfectly. When it’s go-time, our team runs the show—switching feeds, mixing audio, managing graphics, and keeping everything smooth enough to make you forget it’s digital. Post-event, we edit highlights, polish recordings, and package assets so your event lives on across platforms for a digital experience that actually feels human.

In this Windows Server Summit keynote-style kickoff, host Rick Claus roams the (figurative) halls and chats with the humans behind the pixels about what’s landing in Windows Server 2025. He’s joined by Ian LeGrow, Corporate Vice President of Azure Edge and Platform, who digs into Azure-to-on-prem goodness like hotpatching—security patches without the monthly reboot ritual, brought to the on-prem world as an Arc-enabled service. Elden Christensen, Group Program Manager for Windows Server 2025, adds the bigger picture (and the practical bits): hotpatching in Server 2025 via Azure Arc on Standard and Data Center editions, monthly LCUs paired with a quarterly “baseline,” and the promise of fewer reboots and higher availability.

Along the way, the team shows off upgrades (including N-4 media upgrades all the way from Windows Server 2012 R2 to 2025 via Setup.exe, plus feature updates through the Settings dialog for N-2, and SConfig upgrades for Server 2022 Core), storage performance work with NVMe and Storage Spaces Direct, failover clustering improvements like rack-aware/campus clusters and four-way mirror resiliency, and security features like the Silicon-Assisted Security Tool, Security Baseline with drift control configuration, and Windows LAPS. Priya Satheesh and Theo Tran also walk through Windows Admin Center and Azure Arc management services (including Azure Update Manager, Azure Change and Tracking Inventory, and Azure Policy at no additional cost with Software Assurance or Pay-as-you-go), plus a lightweight Windows Admin Center extension for online migration from ESXi to Hyper-V. And because it’s Microsoft, we even detour into SQL Server 2025—Bob phones in from an AI conference in Silicon Valley to talk “AI built in,” vector store capabilities, embeddings, and vector search to support the RAG pattern.

Filmed on location at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, we produced this as a pre-recorded, streamed event built to feel effortless on the audience side and suspiciously calm behind the curtain. We handled show development, designed a full graphics package, prepped guests so they came off like polished pros (without feeling like robots wearing human suits), produced the footage, edited it into a tight, bingeable show, then streamed it to multiple social channels with the kind of smoothness that makes you wonder if time is being gently edited for your convenience. The payoff: a polished live-event vibe, blissfully free of last-minute meltdowns, plus an on-demand version that keeps working long after the stream ends.

In this Windows Server 2025 Summit session, Pierre Roman sits down with Mike Rhoads (cloud solution architect, Azure), Giles Pauli (Windows engineer supporting all things Active Directory), and Jeff Hughes (supportability program manager for storage and high availability—failover clustering, Hyper-V, storage, and Azure Local) to unpack the kinds of troubleshooting and support calls that keep popping up in the real world. They start with KMS activation and KMS client errors (including which Windows versions can activate which clients and where to find the KMS host compatibility guidance on learn.microsoft.com), then pivot into the ever-popular “how do I upgrade from Windows Server 2022 to Windows Server 2025?” conversation—especially when clusters are involved.

From there, Giles digs into common Active Directory pain points and performance sleuthing with the built-in Active Directory Collector Set in PerfMon (hello, giant HTML report) and Windows Performance Recorder, while the team keeps coming back to the usual culprit: network connectivity—ports, packet captures, and the kind of TCP basics (like spotting SYN retransmits) that quickly explain why blocking TCP port 88 tends to summon Kerberos issues. They also connect the dots on hybrid management with Azure Arc, including using Azure Update Manager and Azure Policy to orchestrate patching for on-prem servers, and when Extended Security Updates via Azure Arc can help you stay protected while you plan your upgrade path.

We produced this as a pre-recorded, streamed event designed to feel calm, crisp, and confidently “live” to the audience—without the behind-the-scenes chaos that usually requires snacks, deep breathing, and a minor pact with the streaming gods. We handled show development, designed the full graphics package, prepped the guests so they sounded like themselves (just…slightly more unstoppable), produced the footage, edited it into a tight, watchable episode, and streamed it to multiple social platforms. The result: a polished, professional show that’s easy on your team, friendly for your speakers, and built for both live impact and on-demand replay value.