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Ctrl+Alt+Azure — 339 episodes

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339 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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338 - Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0 is GA – why does it matter?

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337 - Microsoft's certification refresh: what you need to know

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336 - Governing the Ungoverned: Agent 365 and Entra Agent ID

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335 - Reflections on Defender for Cloud and CSPM

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334 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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333 - The Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark v2

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332 - Checking out Startup-Scale Landing Zones in Azure

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331 - Breaking into Microsoft security as a career

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330 - From vibe-coding to production: Shipping verifiable AI

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329 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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328 - A lap around Unified Tenant Configuration Management APIs

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327 - Windows Backup for Organizations

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326 - Building a Well-Architected AI Workload

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325 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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324 - Governing AI with the Security Dashboard for AI

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323 - Thoughts on Azure networking topologies

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322 - Getting started with Azure Trusted Signing

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321 - Three free tools to help you with Azure and Entra ID

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320 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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319 - Hello there, new Microsoft Defender for Cloud!

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318 - A look at the new Zero Trust assessment tool from Microsoft

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317 - Reflections from Microsoft Ignite 2025

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316 - Expectations on Microsoft Ignite 2025

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315 - A look at GitHub Universe 2025

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314 - Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025

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313 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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312 - Avoiding identity mistakes using IdentityProxy with Stephan van Rooij

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311 - The three must-have alert types for your Azure tenant

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310 - Stepping away from the cloud to reflect on Microsoft PowerToys in 2025

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309 - Goodbye, Project Online and SharePoint 2013 Workflows

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308 - Running AI workloads at home

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307 - Microsoft Security Updates

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306 - Azure Storage Discovery

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305 - Finally here – Group Source of Authority in the cloud

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304 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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303 - A look at Microsoft Sentinel in 2025

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302 - A brief overview of Model Context Protocol (MCP)

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301 - A look at agentic workflows with n8n

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300 - Episode Three Hundred, and some Microsoft security updates

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299 - Lessons learned self-hosting small Docker-based services and utilities

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298 - Understanding Azure Virtual Network Manager from an ALZ perspective with Jack Tracey

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297 - Thoughts on vibe coding, productivity and the future of software development

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296 - Common questions about Azure landing zones with Jack Tracey

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295 - What’s new in MCRA – Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture?

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294 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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293 - The Dawn of Agent IDs in Entra ID

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292 - What are Service Groups?

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291 - Reflections from Microsoft Build 2025

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290 - Basics of Azure AI Foundry

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289 - Expectations on Microsoft Build 2025

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288 - Review your environments with checklists!

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287 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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286 - A look at GitHub Copilot in practice in 2025

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285 - Considerations when services are being deprecated

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284 - Understanding Network Security Perimeter in Azure

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283 - Getting started with Azure Firewall

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282 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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281 - Securing Microsoft Entra

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280 - A lap around Azure AI Foundry Agents (preview)

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279 - Backing up the cloud

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278 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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277 - Five things you should start doing for operational security

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276 - The State of Zero Trust in 2025

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275 - Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2024

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274 - CIS Benchmark for Microsoft 365 v4.0.0

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273 - Microsoft 365 Copilot one year later

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272 - Lessons learned with Azure Policy

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271 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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270 - Recap from the ESPC 2024 conference

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269 - Microsoft 365 Copilot Agents with Paolo Pialorsi

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268 - Microsoft Purview with Jasper Oosterveld

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267 - Building AI apps with Microsoft.Extensions.AI

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266 - Our three picks from Microsoft Ignite 2024 announcements

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265 - Developing for Microsoft 365 Copilot with custom apps with Waldek Mastykarz

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264 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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263 - Hey there, Windows Server 2025!

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262 - Expectations on Microsoft Ignite 2024

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261 - A look at the NIST AI RMF playbook

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260 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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259 - Hey there, RDP Shortpath!

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258 - Approaching security assessments for your Microsoft tenant

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257 - On productivity

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256 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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255 - Reliability in the Well-Architected Framework with Bastian Ulke

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254 - Notes from the field: MacOS for work

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253 - Reflections on low-code, coding and Copilots

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252 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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251 - Unpacking Microsoft compliance

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250 - A look at Microsoft Sentinel auxiliary logs

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249 - Understanding the modern security landscape

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248 - Azure Updates

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247 - Entra Suite explained

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246 - Azure Summer projects

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245 - Entra ID licensing: One person, one license

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244 - We discovered Azure virtual machine hibernation

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243 - Azure Updates

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242 - Building a homelab

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241 - A lap around Copilot for Security

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240 - Build 2024: Thoughts on the hero announcements

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239 - Lessons learned: Infrastructure as Code with Jack Tracey

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238 - An introduction to Azure Quantum with Elaine van Bergen

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237 - Expectations on Microsoft Build 2024

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236 - Azure Updates

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235 - Understanding Entra SSE

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234 - Talking cost management and FinOps with Paola Annis

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233 - Getting started with GitHub for Enterprises

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232 - Diving into Azure AI Studio

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231 - Let's explore Microsoft Security Exposure Management

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230 - Azure Updates

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229 - Checking out Azure Storage Actions

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228 - The updated Operational Excellence pillar in the Azure Well-Architected Framework with Bastian Ulke

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227 - Experiences in Azure with Mustafa Toroman

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226 - Azure Verified Modules with Jack Tracey

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225 - Get sustainability insights with Azure Carbon Optimization!

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224 - We're talking about Security Operations (SecOps) in Azure

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223 - Understanding Azure AI Search

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222 - Azure Updates

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221 - Exploring the updated Azure Well-Architected Framework with Dom Allen

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220 - When to use what with generative AI?

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219 - Designing architectures for Azure

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218 - Azure SQL backup and recovery

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217 - Exploring Microsoft's 'Generative AI for Beginners' training material

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216 - Azure Updates

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215 - Exploring AI and Copilot for Azure

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214 - Becoming certified as an Azure AI Engineer Associate with exam AI-102

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213 - Reflections from Microsoft Ignite 2023

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212 - Developing generative AI apps with AI-050

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211 - Reflections on upskilling with Microsoft Applied Skills

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210 - Reflecting on the Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2023

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209 - Azure Updates

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208 - Expectations on Microsoft Ignite 2023

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207 - What is Microsoft Entra ID cross-tenant sync?

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206 - Lessons learned this week on Microsoft Fabric, Entra ID and Azure OpenAI

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205 - Reflections on relevant skills to work with security in Azure

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204 - Azure Updates

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203 - PIM, PAM and PAW - what and how in Azure?

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202 - Let's talk about uncommon services in Azure

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201 - A peek into a secure future with Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access

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200 - What is API-driven inbound provisioning in Microsoft Entra ID?

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199 - Refreshing our knowledge on Azure AI

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198 - Azure Updates

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197 - Cost and performance considerations for BCDR with Paola Annis

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196 - Building a SaaS service with Adis Jugo

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195 - A lap around Microsoft Fabric with Oskari Heikkinen

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194 - Subscription vending to enable democratization of Azure with Jack Tracey

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193 - Azure Updates

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192 - Getting started with devtunnel CLI

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191 - Prompt engineering techniques with ChatGPT and Azure OpenAI

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190 - Let's take Defender for APIs for a spin

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189 - AI-based coding with GitHub Copilot Chat

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188 - Favorite announcements from Microsoft Build 2023

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187 - Azure Updates

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186 - Azure Pipelines vs. GitHub Actions with Panu Oksala

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185 - Get certified as a Microsoft Information Protection Administrator (SC-400)

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184 - Reviewing design decisions for Microsoft Sentinel workspace architecture

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183 - Azure Updates

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182 - Expectations on Microsoft Build 2023

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181 - Keeping skills relevant and renewing your certifications

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180 - Build your own ChatGPT solution with Azure OpenAI

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179 - Azure Updates

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178 - Using Microsoft Assessments to establish your cloud posture

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177 - Security in the Azure Well-Architected Framework

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176 - Let's talk about Azure Virtual Desktop

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175 - Azure Landing Zones with Dom Allen

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174 - Preparing for the SC-900 Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals certification

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173 - Understanding Power Platform for Azure professionals with Antti Pajunen

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172 - Azure Updates

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171 - Azure Files with Azure AD Kerberos

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170 - Can we ignore certificates and PKI in cloud era? With Mika Seitsonen

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169 - What is the EU Data Boundary?

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168 - A look at Microsoft Entra Verified ID

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167 - Azure Updates

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166 - Let's talk about Defender for DevOps

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165 - Running a Signal Proxy on Azure

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164 - Get certified as a Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator (SC-300)

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163 - Azure Updates

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162 - Lessons learned on Zero Trust in the past year

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161 - Design for sustainability with the Azure Well-Architected Framework

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160 - Azure Updates

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159 - Celebrating 3 years of Ctrl+Alt+Azure

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158 - Exporting data from Dataverse to Azure

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157 - Azure Updates

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156 - Top 3 favorite announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2022

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155 - Building Mission-Critical workloads on Azure with Martin Simecek

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154 - Expectations on Microsoft Ignite 2022

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153 - An early look at Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence

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152 - A look at Ampere Altra Arm-based Virtual Machines

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151 - Back to basics: Securing Azure in 3 steps

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150 - Azure Updates

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149 - Developing in the cloud with Microsoft Dev Box

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148 - Tackling DDoS attacks in Azure

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147 - What is the new Azure Developer CLI?

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146 - A look at Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management

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145 - Azure Updates

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144 - A look at the Power Platform API and Azure AD Service Principals

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143 - Azure Updates

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142 - Building Azure at home with Azure Stack Edge

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141 - Adventures in data: Integrating PostgreSQL with Azure Data Lake

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140 - Reliability in the Azure Well-Architected Framework

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139 - Azure Updates

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138 - F5 NGINX on Azure - what, why and how?

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137 - Our personal favorites from Microsoft BUILD 2022

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136 - Operational Excellence in the Azure Well-Architected Framework

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135 - Managed Grafana in Azure

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134 - Compliance with Microsoft Purview

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133 - Performance Efficiency in the Azure Well-Architected Framework

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132 - Microsoft Partner program updates for Azure

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131 - Azure Updates

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130 - Structured Azure Functions deployments and monitoring with Andrew Connell

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129 - Azure Reservations with Tamás Gémesi

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128 - Preparing for the new Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100) certification

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127 - Joiners, Movers and Leavers in Azure AD

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126 - The latest on WordPress on Azure

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125 - Azure Updates

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124 - SFTP with Azure Storage

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123 - The latest on Azure Bastion

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122 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Secure Score

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121 - Cost Optimization in the Azure Well-Architected Framework

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120 - Azure Updates

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119 - Using Azure IoT Central to control your coffee maker

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118 - Backing up PostgreSQL databases in Azure

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117 - Make sure you have a break-glass admin account

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116 - Azure Updates

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115 - We took the Azure Load Testing service for a spin

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114 - Options for running containers in Azure

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113 - Trust no-one! A look at Zero Trust in 2022

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112 - Azure Updates

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111 - How do you choose the correct Azure compute service?

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110 - Azure in Sweden

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109 - Azure Policy as Code with Jesse Loudon

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108 - Controlled havoc with the Azure Chaos Studio

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107 - Azure Updates

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106 - Digesting announcements from Microsoft Ignite in November 2021

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105 - Expectations on Microsoft Ignite Fall 2021

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104 - Become an Azure Architect with the new AZ-305 certification

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103 - Azure Updates

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102 - Where do you store your application config data?

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101 - Dial into Azure

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100 - Celebrating one hundred episodes of the podcast!

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099 - Azure Updates

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098 - Get certified as a Security Operations Analyst with the SC-200 exam

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097 - Durable Functions with Marc Duiker

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096 - Moving towards a cloud-only architecture

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095 - Azure Updates

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094 - Your PC in the cloud with Windows 365

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093 - Forgetting your passwords with passwordless

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092 - What's up with Application Insights

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091 - Azure Updates

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090 - Managing virtual machines with Azure Automanage

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089 - Azure Disk Encryption for Linux

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088 - Azure Updates

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087 - Get certified on Azure Security with AZ-500

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086 - Exploring Azure Synapse with Vesa Tikkanen

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085 - A look at Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes

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084 - Creating custom connectors in Azure for Power Platform

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083 - Microsoft Build 2021 announcements and news

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082 - So, where is my data?

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081 - Azure Updates

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080 - Exploring Azure Arc with Thomas Maurer

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079 - We're talking about Azure Bicep

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078 - Azure Updates

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077 - Publishing with Azure AD Application Proxy

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076 - So you want to become an Azure developer? Get the AZ-204!

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075 - Azure spring cleaning

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074 - Azure Updates

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073 - Security with Microsoft Teams

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072 - Ignite recap with Martijn

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071 - Briefly chatting about Security Operations in Azure

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070 - Expectations on Microsoft Ignite 2021

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069 - Printing is still a thing - a look at Universal Print

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068 - Azure updates

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067 - End-to-end testing with Playwright on Azure

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066 - Azure Updates

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065 - Design for transient faults in Azure

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064 - Getting started with machine learning using Lobe

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063 - Azure updates

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062 - Finding your way with Azure Maps

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061 - Azure updates

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060 - FinOps with Azure with Tamás Gémesi

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059 - Azure in Space?

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058 - Azure Updates

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057 - Azure Policy and Azure Key Vault integration

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056 - News in Azure, November 2020

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055 - A few thoughts on event-based automation with Azure

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054 - Linux on Windows with WSL 2

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053 - Backups using the new Azure Backup Center

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052 - Recommendations if we started working with Azure today!

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051 - Digesting announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2020

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050 - First look at Azure Communication Services

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049 - Security News from Microsoft Ignite September 2020

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048 - Azure News in September, Part 1

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047 - Managing the crops with Azure FarmBeats

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046 - Azure Static Web Apps with Elio Struyf

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045 - Azure News in August 2020 - Part 2

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044 - Common approaches to building an API in Azure

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043 - Azure News in August 2020 - Part 1

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042 - Migrate away with Azure Migrate

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041 - Optimize your workloads with the Azure Well-Architected Framework

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040 - What is DevTest Labs?

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039 - Embracing Azure Container Instances

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038 - Remote development with Visual Studio Code

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037 - Discussing the Chaos Engineering methodology

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036 - All things Security with Sami Laiho

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035 - Running background jobs in the cloud

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034 - Measuring your Developer Velocity

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033 - Governance with the Azure Resource Graph

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032 - Favorite announcements from Microsoft Build 2020

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031 - How we turned a coffee call into a website analytics solution on Azure

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030 - Briefly chatting about Azure Front Door

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029 - What is Azure Web Application Firewall?

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028 - Succeeding with Azure DNS

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027 - All things GitHub

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026 - Succeeding with Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)

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025 - Azure Policies - the how, the what, and the why?

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024 - Azure Governance - the overview

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023 - The basics of Azure CDN, and how you can protect it

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022 - Getting Started with Azure Arc, the modern Group Policies

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021 - Talking about Azure Sentinel with Maarten Goet

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020 - Powering your apps with Azure Cognitive Services

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019 - Understanding the basics of Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS)

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018 - Talking about securing your Azure Container Registry (ACR)

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017 - Planning and designing perimeter security in Azure

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016 - Migrating SQL Server databases to Azure SQL

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015 - A brief overview of Application Insights

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014 - Let's talk about Azure DevOps and embracing DevSecOps

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013 - Battle of the Azure Command Line - CLI, PowerShell, Windows Terminal, what more?

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012 - Azure IoT Hub and Raspberry Pi

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011 - Considerations and Good Practices for Azure Developers

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010 - Thoughts about Azure Security Center essentials

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009 - Thinking about remote access options for VMs

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008 - Our favorite tools for Azure professionals and developers

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007 - Thoughts on how to get started with Azure development

334

006 - Reflections on Azure Logic Apps

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005 - Talking about how to master Microsoft Azure certifications

336

004 - Interesting news from the Microsoft Ignite keynotes

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003 - Let's dive into the latest Microsoft Azure announcements!

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002 - Big technology conferences, to go or not to go?

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001 - Let's talk about Azure Key Vault