Let's Talk Azure! (Alan Armstrong & Sam Foot)
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| 17 Mar 2023 | S3E11 - Azure Cognitive Services - Efficiently add cognitive functionality into your apps/services | 00:56:09 | |
Alan and Sam discuss the functionality provided by Azure Cognitive Services, a group of AI powered cognitive solutions that can rapidly add advanced cognitive functionality to your applications and services, build on top of advanced pre trained models to accelerate your products abilities. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 25 Nov 2022 | S2E21 - Season Finale! - End of Season Recap | 00:44:06 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Season 2 has gone. They discuss their best episodes, the podcast stats and what the plans are for Season 3 in the new year. We would like to say thank all their listeners of this season and look forward to providing content in the next season. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 16 Sep 2020 | S1E7 - Cloud vs On Premises | 00:46:39 | |
In this episode Alan and Sam talk around the move from on premises to the cloud. Why are companies doing this? What are the cost advantages? Is the cloud more reliable? When does on premises make more sense? We also have a quick recap of the latest Azure related news. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 25 Oct 2024 | S5E37 - Monitor and secure OAuth applications using App Governance | 00:36:18 | |
This week Alan and Sam discuss OAuth applications and their potential risks. Alan goes into how App Governance can give you the visibility of OAuth app and their usage. Here are a few things we covered:
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| 15 Jul 2022 | S2E2 - Microsoft Entra - First Look | 00:46:16 | |
Alan and Sam discuss all things Entra, a 'new' product offering by Microsoft. Alan takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains his initial viewpoint of the product and why we should all be excited about this new product family from Microsoft. Entra is very new at the time of recording, and we give our first impressions on the product family and give you a high level overview of it's functionality What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 04 Jul 2022 | S2E1 - Aaaaaaaand We're Back! | 00:20:09 | |
In this episode, Alan and Sam discuss the Podcast, what's happened and what we are planning over the next season. Also with a big a apology that we have been absent for over a year. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 12 Jan 2024 | S5E1 - Microsoft updates Jan - new products and features released | 00:46:23 | |
This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last couple of months. We dive into a couple of these updates and peeked our interest. Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered:
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| 29 Nov 2024 | S5E40 - Microsoft updates November - New features and updates from Ignite 2024 | 00:57:42 | |
This week, Alan and Sam talk about the Microsoft Ignite event and the announcements that came out of it. Alan dives into the in-person experience in Chicago. They dive into a couple of the announcements that peaked their interest. Some of the Microsoft product features and updates we covered:
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| 18 Aug 2023 | S4E10 - Microsoft Entra - Global Secure Access First Look | 00:45:36 | |
Alan and Sam discuss Microsoft Entra ID Global Secure Access. A feature that was announced with the rebrand of Azure AD to Microsoft Entra ID. Here are a few things we covered:
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| 07 Oct 2022 | S2E14 - Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management | 00:45:45 | |
Alan and Sam discuss Microsoft's Threat Vulnerability Management and why it is a useful tool have in an organisation to reduce cyber risk. Alan takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains how you can easily discover your device exposure risk and start to prioritise remediations. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 03 Feb 2023 | S3E5 - Confidential Computing in Azure - Apply Zero Trust Principles to your IaaS and PaaS Workloads | 00:49:10 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Confidential Computing can be used to add additional zero trust principle layers to workloads running in Azure. Confidential Computing gives administrators multiple levels to layers of confidentiality in Azure. Sam takes us through what can be achieved and the impact this can have within your organisation. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 12 Aug 2022 | S2E6 - Microsoft Entra – Securing and Managing Cloud Identities | 01:05:50 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Azure AD, part of the Microsoft Entra family can secure your identity in the cloud. Alan takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains his viewpoint of the product and why we should consider the premium features within Azure AD to secure and manage cloud identity. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 16 Feb 2024 | S5E6 - Azure AI Studio - First Look - Build your own copilot with Microsoft's end to end solution | 00:58:07 | |
Azure AI Studio is an all-in-one AI platform that simplifies the development, evaluation, and deployment of generative AI solutions and custom copilots1. It provides a unified hub for building, managing, and fine-tuning AI models, making it easier for developers of all skill levels to create and deploy intelligent applications. Whether you’re working on natural language processing, computer vision, or other AI tasks, Azure AI Studio streamlines the process and offers a comprehensive suite of tools and services to support your AI projects. Sam takes the lead covering:
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| 22 Sep 2023 | S4E15 - Purview Insider Risk Management - Minimise internal risks to data security | 00:43:25 | |
This week we discussed Purview Insider Risk Management. Insider Risk Management is a compliance solution that enables organisations to discover, track and manage insider risk. Insider risks can be introduced to an organisation in a multitude of ways, understanding and correlating these activities is complex and needs to be automated, this is where Insider Risk Management shines. Sam takes the lead with providing insights such as:
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| 16 Sep 2022 | S2E11 - Microsoft Purview Data Governance Portal | 01:05:53 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how the Microsoft Purview – Data Governance Portal can help you to manage and govern your organisations data. Sam takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains the 'Train the Trainer' event that he participated in with Microsoft and gives an overview of the product. Link to the Microsoft Purview Workshop: https://github.com/tayganr/purviewlab Many thanks to the team at Microsoft for their time to take us through the workshop and give get guidance to all participants. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 23 Feb 2024 | S5E7 - Vulnerability Management - Reducing risk of compromise in your organisation | 00:48:51 | |
Alan and Sam discuss what vulnerability management is, and why it is important to an organisation. Alan dives into how Microsoft security solutions help identify weaknesses and monitor their remediation. Here are a few areas we covered:
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| 01 Nov 2020 | S1E9 - Infrastructure as Code – ARM Templates | 00:44:50 | |
In this episode Alan and Sam deep dive into Infrastructure as Code and specifically ARM Templates inside of Azure. We talk about what infrastructure as code is and how it can improve your infrastructure deployment process. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 13 Dec 2024 | S5E42 - Season 4 Finale! | 01:00:46 | |
In this episode, we wrap up the season, where we explore our favourite episode of the season. We also talk about the what happened in 204, and how the podcast has grown in terms of listenership and engagement. As we bid farewell to the season, we also reveal our future plans for the next season, which will start on January 2025. This episode is a great way to end the season and to look forward to the next one. We thank our listeners for their support and feedback, and invite them to stay tuned for more updates and announcements. We wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season, and promise to return with more amazing content in the new year. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 17 Jan 2025 | S6E1 - Microsoft updates December - new products and features released | 00:38:31 | |
This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these updates that peaked our interest. Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered:
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| 17 May 2024 | S5E18 - Managing macOS with Microsoft | 00:46:15 | |
Alan and Sam discuss the management of macOS and how it is a little different to other operating systems. Alan guides through what can be configured and the reasons why. Here are a few things we covered:
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| 13 Oct 2023 | S4E18 - Microsoft Entra External ID - Provide access for external identities to your application or tenant | 00:45:48 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Microsoft Entra External ID can help organisations collaborate and provide identity to their services. Alan goes through the B2B and B2C options and their scenarios. Here are a few things we covered:
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| 14 Oct 2022 | S2E15 - Azure Sphere – Securing IoT Devices from Silicon to Cloud | 00:50:50 | |
Alan and Sam discuss Azure Sphere, it's features and the security and operational value it can bring to your IoT estate. Sam takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains his experience with the Azure Sphere Development Kit. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 03 Mar 2023 | S3E9 - Azure Developer CLI - Helping Developers to Deploy and manage their Applications on Azure | 00:56:13 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how The Azure Developer CLI can be used to help automate and manage key points in the application development lifecycle. Sam discusses what the Azure Developer CLI (azd) is, the functionality and benefits that it brings and examples of how you can use it in your own projects. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 24 Jan 2025 | S6E2 - Securing the API Gateway: A Deep Dive into Microsoft Defender for APIs | 01:05:22 | |
In this episode, we explore the critical world of API security through the lens of Microsoft Defender for APIs. Join us as we discuss how this tool can safeguard your APIs in increasingly cloud-centric environments. Topics Covered:
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| 24 May 2024 | S5E19 - Azure AI Search - Cloud-based, AI-enhanced search for applications. | 00:49:57 | |
This week Alan and Sam discuss Azure AI Search. It is a robust, cloud-based search service provided by Microsoft that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance search functionalities within applications. It allows developers to create rich, full-text search experiences with features like natural language processing, semantic search, and cognitive search capabilities, which can extract insights from various data sources. The service is scalable, ensuring efficient handling of large volumes of data and queries, and integrates seamlessly with other Azure services, providing a comprehensive solution for building intelligent and responsive search-driven applications.
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| 07 Jul 2023 | S4E4 - Understand your Cloud Security Posture using Microsoft Defender for Cloud | 00:51:58 | |
Alan and Sam discuss why it is important to have a Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) solution in place. Alan explains the benefits of CSPM, and dives into Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Topics that we covered are:
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| 31 May 2024 | S5E20 - MDE Device Discovery - Find those unknown devices | 00:44:25 | |
Alan and Sam talk about why it is important to monitor your network for connected devices. Alan runs us through the benefits of doing it with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Here are a few areas we covered:
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| 26 Jul 2024 | S5E26 - Microsoft's Unified Security Operations Platform | 00:42:18 | |
Alan and Sam dive into Microsoft's Unified Security Operations Platform and how it can benefit SOC analysts in their day to day. Here are a few things we covered:
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| 27 Oct 2023 | S4E20 - Microsoft Entra ID - A single cloud identity to rule them all. | 00:48:51 | |
Alan and Sam the concept discuss cloud identities and how cloud identity providers like Microsoft Entra ID can help manage and secure those identities. Here are a few things we covered:
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| 01 Sep 2023 | S4E12 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps - Your SSPM and CASB solution | 00:48:39 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps can help monitor and secure access to your SaaS applications. Here are a few things we covered:
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| 08 Sep 2023 | S4E13 - Azure Lighthouse - Large scale multi-tenant management within Azure | 00:51:05 | |
This week we discussed Azure Lighthouse. Lighthouse allow organisations and partners access and manage resources and services in multiple tenants at scale. Lighthouse allows management of access, provides a simplified control plane to reduce operation burden allow your organisation to better collaborate internally at scale over multiple tenants or partners to manage and collaborate multiple customers securely and simply. Sam takes the lead with providing insights such as:
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| 15 Jul 2020 | S1E4 - Learning and Accreditations for Azure/O365 | 01:02:59 | |
In this episode we cover many aspects of the learning and accreditation process within the ecosystem of Microsoft. We wanted to give a high level overview of the structure of learning and what you can expect from the exam process, Alan gives us some insight into his own experience of the exams he has taken in the past. If you want to start your learning journey with Microsoft a good place to start is: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/ the Microsoft Learn site has loads of free content to get you started. Also, check out the certification area of the learn site: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/ this website covers all of the various exams and accreditations you can work towards. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 10 Mar 2023 | S3E10 - Power Platform - Managing your application lifecycle with Solutions | 00:41:24 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Power Platform solutions can help manage your lo-code/no-code application lifecycle. Alan runs through what a solution can be used for and what can be managed in Power Platform. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 30 Jun 2023 | S4E3 - Azure Functions - Build serverless application in the cloud, just focus on your code, leave the rest to Azure | 00:46:47 | |
This week we discuss Azure Functions. Azure Functions allows you to build serverless applications on top of Azure. Serverless functions allow you to bring your code and let Azure handle the hosting and management of infrastructure. Functions typically deal with one business case at a time, allowing for a microservices architecture to be used, potentially improving interoperability and collaboration. Sam takes the lead with providing insights such as:
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| 04 Aug 2020 | S1E5 - Security Center | 01:01:10 | |
In this episode we look at Azure Security Center and the features and benefits that it can bring to a range of different teams working with assets in Azure. We highlight some of the vast range of features, how we use it day to day and introduce how you can get started using it right away. A good place to start is the Security Center Community on GitHub here -> https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Security-Center or on Docs -> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/identify-threats-with-azure-security-center/ What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 12 May 2023 | S3E19 - Azure DevOps Services - plan, manage and deploy software more effectively | 01:05:09 | |
Alan and Sam discuss Azure DevOps services and its features. Sam gives us a tour of the features and benefits of Azure DevOps and how it can be integrated into your development process. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 15 Sep 2023 | S4E14 - Monitor Active Directory with Microsoft Defender for Identity | 00:45:32 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Microsoft Defender for Identity monitors and detects unusual behavior's and attacks on Active Directory: Here are a few things we covered:
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| 10 May 2024 | S5E17 - Azure Data Box - move big data to Azure efficiently | 00:39:04 | |
This week Alan and Sam discuss Azure Data Box. It is a ruggedised appliance designed to simplify the process of transferring large volumes of data to Azure cloud storage, offering high-speed data transfer and secure encryption. It enables organisations to overcome bandwidth limitations and easily migrate large datasets, ensuring efficient and reliable data transfer.
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| 01 Mar 2024 | S5E8 - Azure Event Grid - Managed event routing service for event-driven architectures. | 00:40:44 | |
Alan and Sam discuss Azure Event Grid. It simplifies event-driven architectures by providing a fully managed service for routing events from various sources to multiple destinations in near real-time, enhancing agility and scalability in cloud-based applications. It enables seamless communication between Azure services, custom applications, and external sources while offering features like event filtering, routing, and dead-lettering for reliable event handling at scale.
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| 28 Jun 2024 | S5E23 - Managed Identities for Azure Resources - Remove the need for secrets | 00:33:08 | |
Alan and Sam talk about the use of Managed Identities for Azure resources. Alan takes us through the methods used for programmatic access to Azure resources and the risks of some of the options. Here are a few things we covered:
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| 06 Oct 2023 | S4E17 - Cosmos DB - a fully managed NoSQL and relational database for modern app development | 00:54:12 | |
This week we discussed Cosmos DB, a No SQL and relational database system hosted and managed by Microsoft. Cosmos DB is a cloud first service from Microsoft on Azure. It’s a modern approach to a database management system, built to achieve global scale and high availability. There are many APIs to pick from: NoSQL MongoDB PostgreSQL Apache Cassandra Apache Gremlin Table Storage Sam takes the lead with providing insights such as:
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| 24 Nov 2023 | S4E24 - Azure Container Apps - Fully managed containers in the cloud | 00:51:30 | |
This week we cover Azure Container Apps. Container Apps is a serverless container service provided by Microsoft Azure, designed to simplify the deployment and scaling of containerized applications using Kubernetes. It offers a seamless and integrated platform for developers to focus on building applications without the need to manage the underlying infrastructure. Sam takes the lead covering:
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| 27 Jan 2023 | S3E4 - Privileged Identity Management - Secure Azure and Azure AD | 00:44:54 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Microsoft’s Privileged Identity Management (PIM) can be used to improve your identity Security. PIM gives the ability to provide just-in-time access to management roles in Azure AD and Azure. Alan also goes into detail around the user experience and how PIM can be extended outside of the Microsoft Cloud. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 02 Aug 2024 | S5E27 - Microsoft updates July - new products and features released | 00:31:39 | |
This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these updates that peaked our interest. Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered:
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| 07 Feb 2025 | S6E4 - Microsoft updates January - new products and features released | 00:48:21 | |
This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these updates that peaked our interest. Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered:
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| 09 Sep 2022 | S2E10 - Microsoft Entra – Azure AD – Identity Governance | 00:38:42 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Identity Governance within Azure AD, part of Microsoft's Entra family of identity products can help with your user lifecycle. Alan takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains how Entitlement Management, Access Reviews and Privileged Access can secure, review, and give access. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 26 May 2023 | S3E21 - Season 3 Finale - including a Microsoft Build 2023 recap! | 00:39:16 | |
It's the Season 3 Finale! Where has the time gone! Alan and Sam discuss the season, what their favorite episode were. They discuss some of the announcements at Microsoft Build 2023 that peaked their interest. Microsoft Build 2023 Book of News What did you think of this episode and season? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 19 Aug 2022 | S2E7 - Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure | 00:57:57 | |
Alan and Sam take a look at The Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure. Sam takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains his experience with the Cloud Adoption framework and highlights the reasoning about considering using the framework. Get Started with Azure Cloud Adoption Framework What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 21 Jul 2023 | S4E6 - Introduce Passwordless authentication into your organisation with Microsoft technology | 00:44:24 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how passwordless authentication can help organisations to improve their authentication health and increase their security posture. Alan explains the concept and the solutions available. Alan also covers the rebrand of Azure AD to Microsoft Entra ID. Some of the areas we cover:
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| 10 Nov 2023 | S4E22 - Microsoft Training - What’s new in certifications and the new applied skills accreditation | 00:38:20 | |
Alan and Sam have a discussion around Microsoft accreditations and how they have recently changes. Here are a few things we covered:
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| 08 Mar 2024 | S5E9 - Microsoft updates March - new products and features released | 00:29:11 | |
This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these updates that peaked our interest. Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered:
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| 08 Nov 2024 | S5E38 - Microsoft updates October - new products and features released | 00:34:49 | |
This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these updates that peaked our interest. Some of the Microsoft product features and updates we covered:
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| 21 Apr 2023 | S3E16 - Azure Firewall - Securing your Azure Network | 00:52:11 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Azure Firewall can help secure your network environment. Alan discusses how to set it up, and when you should decide to use it over Network Virtual Appliances (NVA). They also discuss the pricing and how it might compare to NVA or on-premises firewalls. What is Azure Firewall? | Microsoft Learn Choosing the right Azure Firewall SKU to meet your needs | Microsoft Learn What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 29 Sep 2023 | S4E16 - Intune - Modern Management for Windows | 00:42:06 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Microsoft Intune can help manage your Windows 10/11 estate from anywhere that has an internet connection. Alan goes through the capabilities and how it can help organisations. Here are a few things we covered:
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| 17 Nov 2023 | S4E23 - Ignite 2023 Recap - Seattle and what is hot off the press! | 00:52:34 | |
This week talk all things Microsoft Ignite 2023! Microsoft Ignite is an annual conference hosted by Microsoft, centred around technology trends, product innovations, and announcements concerning Microsoft's cloud services, enterprise solutions, and developer tools. The event usually gathers IT professionals, developers, business leaders, and technology enthusiasts in one place. Alan is out at Ignite in person, we covered:
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| 07 Jun 2024 | S5E21 - Microsoft updates May - new products and features released | 00:46:23 | |
This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these updates that peaked our interest. Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered:
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| 17 Feb 2023 | S3E7 - Azure Stack - Take Azure with you to the Edge | 01:00:36 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Azure Stack solutions can help bring the capabilities of Azure management plane to your on-premises and edge environments. Sam goes through the three solutions, what their capabilities are and example use cases / workloads. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 28 Apr 2023 | S3E17 - Azure Load Testing - Load test your APIs and Web Applications with ease | 00:50:12 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Azure Load Testing can streamlined you load testing QA process. Bring your JMeter scripts, configure the service and let Azure and Microsoft take care of the rest. Sam runs us through the why load testing is important, what the service can do and how simple it is to configure. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 26 Jun 2020 | S1E3 - The Rise of the Citizen Developer | 00:44:26 | |
In this episode we discuss the changing nature of who builds applications and systems on Azure/o365. In recent years, with the proliferation of low/no code platforms, we have seen a rise in people within the business building solutions to their problems without the need for traditional development and project practices. We cover who these people are, where they have come from and how we, as IT professional can help to promote and support transformation, directly in the teams that need these solutions. We also recap the news over the past few weeks. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 04 Oct 2024 | S5E35 - Microsoft updates September - new products and features released | 00:39:13 | |
This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these updates that peaked our interest. Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered:
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| 02 Feb 2024 | S5E4 - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint - An integrated AV and EDR solution | 00:57:05 | |
Alan and Sam discuss all things Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE). Alan goes through the history of MDE, what its capabilities are, and the platforms it covers. Here are a few other areas we cover:
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| 26 Aug 2022 | S2E8 - Securing Multi-Cloud environments with Microsoft Defender for Cloud | 00:51:11 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Microsoft Defender for Cloud can help Secure your multi-cloud environments. Alan takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains how you can easily gain visibility of your multi-cloud environment and how you secure it using protection workloads. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 11 Nov 2022 | S2E19 - Microsoft Power Platform – Power to the Users | 01:11:49 | |
Alan and Sam discuss Microsoft Power Platform and why it is a useful tool have in an organisation. Alan takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains how you can easily build internal apps, automate process, and present data using the platform. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 09 Feb 2024 | S5E5 - Microsoft updates Feb- new products and features released | 00:40:27 | |
This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these updates that peaked our interest. Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered:
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| 06 Dec 2024 | S5E41 - Manage your patching processes using Azure Update Manager and Hotpatch | 00:36:00 | |
Alan and Sam discuss the process organisations go through to manage patches. Alan dives into some of the tooling and covers:
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| 21 Oct 2022 | S2E16 - Microsoft Ignite 2022 - The In-Person Experience | 00:55:41 | |
Alan and Sam discuss Microsoft Ignite 2022, the announcements and how the in-person experience vs remote was. Sam quizzes Alan on his experience in Seattle and ignite. Link to the Ignite 2022 Book of News - Here What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 13 Sep 2024 | S5E33 - Azure VM Image Builder - A managed Azure service to handle VM image building | 00:41:50 | |
This week Alan and Sam discuss Azure VM Image Builder which is a service that simplifies the creation, customisation, and management of virtual machine images in Azure, automating tasks like software installation, configuration, and patching for consistent deployments. Here is what we covered:
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| 05 May 2023 | S3E18 - Windows 365 - the ultimate managed Cloud PC for all | 00:51:48 | |
Alan and Sam discuss all of the features of Windows 365. Alan goes through the pricing, benefits and how organisations can use this to provide secure access to their environments. Windows 365 Cloud PC Plans and Pricing | Microsoft Compare Windows 365 Business and Enterprise | Microsoft Learn What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 30 Sep 2022 | S2E13 - Architecting Serverless Applications in Azure/O365 | 01:05:12 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how server applications in Azure can help you to more efficiently build applications for your business in a different way to traditional application development. We both take the role of the 'Expert' and give our experiences using these technologies to build applications for our customers. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 23 Aug 2024 | S5E30 - Azure Container Storage - Native container volume management in Azure | 00:39:11 | |
This week Alan and Sam discuss Azure Container Storage which is a volume management service built natively for containers, which enables cost-effective performance scaling and simplified management of volumes for stateful container applications.
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| 07 Apr 2023 | S3E14 - Azure Private Link (plus some important news!!!) - Secure access to your Azure resources | 00:57:03 | |
Alan and Sam discuss the Azure Private Link and how it can secure your services. Alan goes through the functionality available and the benefits of using Azure Private Endpoints to access PaaS. Alan also announces his new achievement of becoming a Microsoft MVP in Security. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 09 Aug 2024 | S5E28 - Azure Storage Accounts - Scalable, secure cloud storage for data objects | 00:54:37 | |
This week Alan and Sam discuss Azure Storage Accounts which provide scalable, secure, and highly available cloud storage for various data types, including blobs, files, queues, and tables. It serves as a foundational service in Microsoft Azure, enabling applications to store and retrieve data efficiently across multiple redundancy options and access tiers, here is what we covered:
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| 12 Jul 2024 | S5E24 - Microsoft updates June - new products and features released | 00:28:49 | |
This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these updates that peaked our interest. Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered:
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| 20 Oct 2023 | S4E19 - Azure DDoS Protection - Add DDoS resilience to your public facing workloads | 00:48:28 | |
This week we discussed Azure DDoS protection, a managed service from Microsoft in Azure to mitigate against DDoS attacks. DDoS or distributed-denial-of-service attacks are commonly used to overwhelm internet facing resources in the hope of disrupting their operation. Azure DDoS protection is a simple to use managed service which allows organisations to rapidly apply protection to their resources. Sam takes the lead with providing insights such as:
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| 29 May 2020 | S1E2 - Microsoft Build Recap | 00:49:17 | |
In this episode we recap the Microsoft Build virtual conference. Build this year, due to COVID19 was broadcast over 48 hours non stop across the world. Attendees watched virtually as Microsoft announced new products and feature updates for developers across the Microsoft product stack. We recap some of most important news to us, to keep you all informed. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 19 May 2023 | S3E20 - Windows 365 vs Azure Virtual Desktop, how do you decide? | 00:51:32 | |
Alan and Sam discuss the difference between Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). Alan goes through what to consider when choosing which technology to use for different scenarios. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 20 Sep 2024 | S5E34 - Secure Your Tokens: Defend Against Theft and Replay Attacks | 00:37:38 | |
In this episode, Sam and Alan dive deep into the world of token theft and token replay attacks. They explore what these threats are and discuss effective countermeasures to reduce the risk of token theft and prevent replay attacks. Here’s a breakdown of what they covered:
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| 26 Aug 2020 | S1E6 - Zero Trust | 00:44:20 | |
This episode we have a deep dive looking at Zero Trust, the principles, components and tools that enable us to be more secure in the modern workplace. Alan lives and breathes security day to day, so he gives us his insights into how Zero Trust is implemented in Azure/o365 and why you should be aware of this concept, regardless of your role in your workplace. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 31 Jan 2025 | S6E3 - How can CSPM help fortify your defences | 00:49:24 | |
Alan and Sam discuss why it is important to have Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) solutions in place. Alan goes through the general benefits of CSPM, enhancements since its release and dives into Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Topics that are covered are:
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| 23 Sep 2022 | S2E12 - Microsoft Purview Information Protection – Classify and Secure Your data | ||
Alan and Sam discuss how Microsoft Purview Information Protection can help label, classify and protect your data in Office 365 . Alan takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains how you can easily start labelling document, as well as encrypt them to protect data leaving your organisation. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 29 Jul 2022 | S2E4 - Modern Device Management with Microsoft Endpoint Manager | 00:52:45 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM) can simplify device management whilst making it easy to secure them. Alan takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains his viewpoint of the product and why we should adopt MEM in our organisation. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 15 Nov 2024 | S5E39 - Navigating DevOps Security Challenges with Microsoft Defender for Cloud | 00:41:57 | |
In this episode, we tackle the critical challenges of securing DevOps environments in today’s fast-paced, cloud-centric landscape. With cyber threats evolving at an unprecedented rate, safeguarding your DevOps pipelines is more essential than ever. Join us as we explore Microsoft Defender for Cloud, a comprehensive solution designed to address security gaps across the entire DevOps lifecycle. We'll discuss best practices, key features, and practical insights on implementing effective DevOps security strategies. Whether you're an IT pro, DevOps engineer, or security enthusiast, this episode will arm you with the knowledge to protect your cloud-native workflows with confidence. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 04 Aug 2023 | S4E8 - Zero-touch deployments with Microsoft Intune | 00:39:37 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Zero-Touch deployments can help organisation reduce the effort needed to build devices. Alan goes through some of the scenarios and the benefits. Here are a few things we covered:
What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. Update: A listener pointed out that you can now manually add iOS devices onto ABM via a Mac and iPhone https://support.apple.com/sv-se/guide/apple-configurator/welcome/ios | |||
| 14 Jul 2023 | S4E5 - Azure Confidential Ledger - Use blockchain to create secure, tamper proof data stores | 00:35:37 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Azure Confidential Ledger can help organisations to create private tamper proof stores of data. Sam explains the features of the solution and the benefits that it can bring:
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| 30 Aug 2024 | S5E31 - Microsoft Security Exposure Management | 00:35:31 | |
Alan and Sam dive into Microsoft's Security Exposure Management platform. Alan takes us through the various components and the benefits on using this platform. Here are a few things we covered:
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| 23 Jun 2023 | S4E2 - Securing Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) using Microsoft Technology | 00:48:59 | |
This week we discuss how to manage Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) securely in an organisation. With hybrid working on the rise, more flexibility is needed to reduce costs, but not as the compromise of security. Alan takes the lead, providing insights such as:
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| 05 Apr 2024 | S5E12 - Microsoft updates April - new products and features released | 00:34:04 | |
This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these updates that peaked our interest. Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered:
What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 11 Oct 2024 | S5E36 - Mastering Azure Web Jobs: Automating Tasks in the Cloud | 00:36:38 | |
This week Alan and Sam discuss Azure Web Jobs which is a feature of Azure App Service that allows developers to run background tasks, scripts, and long-running processes alongside their web applications, enabling automated workflows and task scheduling in the cloud. Here are a few things we covered:
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| 14 Apr 2023 | S3E15 - Azure API Management - Manage and Secure your APIs at scale | 01:00:26 | |
Alan and Sam discuss Azure API Management. Sam explains the key features and benefits of using API management to manage your APIs at scale. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 24 Mar 2023 | S3E12 - Microsoft Intune Suite - New SKUs are in town! | 00:50:08 | |
Alan and Sam discuss the new Intune licences that have recently been released. Alan goes through the new functionality that is coming to Intune and why they help manage and support your endpoints. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 31 Mar 2023 | S3E13 - Azure Static Web Apps - Rapidly deploy globally hosted static & serverless web applications | 00:46:43 | |
Alan and Sam discuss Azure static Web applications. Part of Azure App Service, static web apps allows developers to deploy static web applications in conjunction with serverless function applications with modern development tooling and hosting support. We discuss the key features and benefits that Azure Static Web apps brings. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 24 Feb 2023 | S3E8 - Azure Key Vault - Securing your Certificates and Secrets | 00:53:49 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Azure Key vault can help secure your certificates, keys, and secrets. Alan goes though the types of vaults you can use and how you can secure the access to the secrets. They also cover the various uses for key vault within azure services and application development. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 25 Aug 2023 | S4E11 - Azure Chaos Studio - Use chaos to improve your infrastructure resilience in Azure | 00:44:15 | |
This week we discussed Azure Chaos Studio. Chaos Studio allows organisations to run test plans to introduce chaos. Learn how your applications and infrastructure are effected by infrastructure disruption without having to wait for actual disruption. Sam takes the lead with providing insights such as:
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| 01 Dec 2023 | S4E25 - Microsoft’s Copilot solutions - First look at generative AI at your fingertips | 00:56:39 | |
Alan and Sam discuss Microsoft's Copilot solutions. Alan talks about Generative AI and how it is being used in the world today. Here are a few things we covered:
Ignite Keynote on Microsoft Copilot What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 19 May 2020 | S1E1 - Hello World! | 00:58:34 | |
Welcome to the first episode of the Let's Talk! Azure podcast. In this episode we introduce ourselves and cover some of the current Azure news. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 14 Jun 2024 | S5E22 - Data API builder - Rapidly build CRUD APIs | 00:43:47 | |
This week Alan and Sam discuss Data API builder. It is a powerful tool designed to streamline the process of creating and deploying APIs for data-driven applications. It facilitates the rapid development of secure, scalable, and high-performance APIs that can seamlessly interact with various data sources, including databases, file systems, and third-party services. By automating much of the setup and configuration, Data API builder reduces the complexity and time required to bring data APIs to production, allowing developers to focus on building features and functionality rather than managing infrastructure. This tool is particularly beneficial for organizations looking to enhance their data accessibility and integration capabilities while ensuring robust security and performance standards.
What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 29 Mar 2024 | S5E11 - Azure Keyvault - A managed key, certificate and secret storage solution | 00:48:11 | |
Alan and Sam discuss Azure Key Vault, it is a centralized cloud service designed for securely storing and managing cryptographic keys, certificates, and secrets used by cloud applications and services. It offers robust access control, encryption, and auditing capabilities to safeguard sensitive information and streamline key management processes.
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| 19 Jul 2024 | S5E25 - Azure Storage Actions - Serverless storage actions across your storage accounts | 00:35:27 | |
This week Alan and Sam discuss Azure Storage Actions a serverless framework currently in preview that allows users to perform common data operations on millions of objects across multiple Azure Storage accounts without needing additional compute resources. It involves creating storage tasks with defined conditions, operations, and assignments. Users can monitor and manage these tasks, which run asynchronously, via metrics and reports. Azure Storage Actions is integrated with Azure Event Grid for event handling, and is supported in several regions, here is what we covered:
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| 05 Aug 2022 | S2E5 - Managing Compliance with Azure Policy | 00:57:43 | |
Alan and Sam discuss all things Azure Policy, a way to manage Azure compliance at scale. Sam takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains his viewpoint of the product/tooling and why it can help organisations to track their compliance level and enforce policies in Azure. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||
| 28 Oct 2022 | S2E17 - Microsoft Sentinel - Cloud-native SIEM and SOAR capabilities | 01:08:12 | |
Alan and Sam discuss how Microsoft Sentinel can help organisations have visibility of malicious activity in their environment. Alan takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains the capability of Microsoft Sentinel and how it is for any size organisation. Alan dives into the process from log ingestion to automated response to an incident. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site. | |||