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In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding the scope beyond just Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and similar Microsoft platforms and capabilities. What's new? What's interesting? What's retiring? (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (05:20) - Show content starts. Show links - Design, troubleshoot, and secure networks using Microsoft Copilot in Azure | Microsoft Learn - GA: Private subnet - Public preview: VM network troubleshooter - Exchange Online Tenant Outbound Email Limits - Virtual Network TAP Feedback - Give us feedback!

The future of generative AI might very well be agentic workloads. Fresh from Build 2025, we take a look at Agent IDs in Entra ID. What are they, and why would even need to know how they work? What's the difference from Enterprise Applications? We consider compliance, reporting, licensing and other aspects on Agent IDs. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (04:08) - Show content starts. Show links - Agent IDs announcement from Build 2025 - Give us feedback!

Today, we're taking an initial look at Azure Service Groups. We're already familiar with Resource Groups and have discussed Management Groups and governance in general in previous episodes over the years. Service Groups provide a new approach to governing and managing your resources operationally. We'll share our thoughts on governance, this new capability, and how it can be utilized. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:45) - Show content starts. Show links - Service Groups - Give us feedback!

This week, we'll have our initial reflections and thoughts from major Microsoft Build 2025 announcements. What caught our eye? It's AI all the way, but we find other aspects as well. Tobi shares some surprising news, and we also talk about future episodes now that we'll have a bit more time to dive deep into the new announcements. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (02:42) - Show content starts. Show links - Build 2025 Book of News - Give us feedback!

This week, we'll tackle the basics of Azure AI Foundry. First, we'll talk about what it is and who it aims for. We will also walk you through the options and capabilities, like reviewing models, fine-tuning, and managing your data and indexes. We'll also consider the different aspects of building your apps before wrapping up with considerations on possible apps you could build. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:15) - Show content starts. Show links - Plan and manage costs for Azure AI Foundry - GitHub - Azure-Samples/rag-data-openai-python-promptflow: A copilot sample that uses python to ground the copilot responses in company data. - GitHub - openai/openai-dotnet: The official .NET library for the OpenAI API - Give us feedback!

In this week's episode, we ponder what to expect from Microsoft Build 2025. Is it worth traveling to Seattle for the event, that takes place May 19-22? We reflect on the possible announcements, the breakout session topics, as well as the keynotes. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (04:56) - Show content starts. Show links - Microsoft Build 2025 - DEM554: Building Agents with Security Copilot - BRK231: Building Secure AI Agents with Microsoft Entra ID - BRK222: Windows AI Developer Workstations: Optimized for AI - Give us feedback!

This week, we take a look at Azure Review Checklists. Relatively unbeknownst to us, this interesting capability allows you to really supercharge the reviews on your Azure environments! (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:03) - Show content starts. Show links - Azure Review Checklists - Azure Resource Inventory - Give us feedback!

In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding the scope beyond just Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and similar Microsoft platforms and capabilities. What's new? What's interesting? What's retiring? (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:45) - Show content starts. Show links - What's new in Microsoft Sentinel - What's new in Microsoft Defender for Cloud features - CDN Domain URL change for Agents in Pipelines - Azure DevOps Blog - ActiveX disabled now in Microsoft 365 - I/O performance analysis in SQL Server on Azure VMs - AI agents for beginners - Azure Networking capabilities for Copilot in Azure Feedback - Give us feedback!

This week, we're revisiting GitHub Copilot. We talked about it a few years ago, when it was fresh. Has anything changed? How are we using it? Prepare to be blown away by one specific capability now in preview. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:38) - Show content starts. Show links - GitHub Copilot - Visual Studio Code Insiders - Agent mode in GitHub Copilot - Give us feedback!

This week, we'll talk about services that are being deprecated, and what to think of that. How to best prepare when you get an announcement that something is going away? What are the business perspective, and the perspectives on security? (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:57) - Show content starts. Show links - Entra Permissions Management retirement - Azure AD B2C retirement - Remote Desktop App retirement - Give us feedback!

This week, we look at Network Security Perimeter, which is currently in public preview. It's a nifty capability for controlling inbound and outbound traffic for your PaaS resources. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (05:01) - Show content starts. Show links - Creating a network security perimeter in the Azure Portal - Tobias' device: ZTE U50, 5G Portable WiFi Hotspot (Amazon.se) - Give us feedback!

This week, we're considering when and how to use Azure Firewall in your deployments. What are the features, SKUs, and capabilities? When should you choose Azure Firewall, and when should you choose something else? Considerations on enterprise architectures also. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (02:59) - Show content starts. Show links - Azure Firewall Basic - getting started - Cloud Adoption Framework: Landing Zones - Give us feedback!

In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding the scope beyond just Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and similar Microsoft platforms and capabilities. What's new? What's interesting? What's retiring? (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (04:15) - Show content starts. Show links - What's new in Microsoft Defender for Cloud features - Azure updates | Microsoft Azure - Vaulted Backup Support for Azure Files - Log Analytics Simple Mode - Azure AI Foundry new models - Secure and govern AI Apps Feedback - Give us feedback!

This week, we take a look at fresh guidance from Microsoft on increasing security for Microsoft Entra. It's an interesting guide - easily digestible, solid advice, and very actionable recommendations. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (02:50) - Show content starts. Show links - Securing Microsoft Entra-guidance - Give us feedback!

This week, we look at building agents using Azure AI Foundry. What's an agent, and why should you care? What's the process for building an agent? And where does Copilot Studio stand in here? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (04:05) - Show content starts. Show links - Azure AI Foundry: Agents (preview) - Introducing Azure AI Agent service - Ctrl+Alt+Azure | Episode 267: Building AI apps with Microsoft.Extensions.AI - Ctrl+Alt+Azure | Episode 269: Microsoft 365 Copilot Agents with Paolo Pialorsi - Give us feedback!

This week, we focus on disaster recovery - specifically, backups. Should you back up the cloud? All of Azure and Microsoft 365? Or nothing? We consider the different viewpoints, options, and possibilities. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (04:00) - Show content starts. Show links - I Ran 9 Popular LLMs on Raspberry Pi 5; Here's What I Found - Ctrl+Alt+Azure | Episode 218: Azure SQL Backup and Recovery - EntraExporter - Give us feedback!

In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding the scope beyond just Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and similar Microsoft platforms and capabilities. What's new? What's interesting? What's retiring? Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:50) - Show content starts. Show links - Azure Data Studio retirement - DNSSEC in Azure DNS Public Zones - Deepseek-R1 in Azure AI Foundry Microsoft Sentinel: - What's new in Microsoft Sentinel - Announcing Public Preview: New STIX Objects in Microsoft Sentinel - (Request access to STIX tables) https://forms.office.com/r/903VU5x3hz?origin=lprLink - Enable the data connector for Microsoft's threat intelligence Find us on Bluesky: - Tobias Zimmergren (@zimmergren.net) — Bluesky - Jussi Roine • Microsoft MVP (@jussiroine.com) — Bluesky - Give us feedback!

Let's talk OpSec! In practice - we share five indispensable things you shuold adopt today - if you haven't - to ensure you are following proper operational security approaches when dealing with customer data, connectivity, and work in general. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (04:20) - Show content starts. Show links - Windows LAPS overview | Microsoft Learn - Tailscale - Ctrl+Alt+Azure | Episode #235: Understanding Entra SSE - Ctrl+Alt+Azure | Episode #036: All things Security with Sami Laiho - Give us feedback!

It's been a couple of years since we last looked at the state of Zero Trust. In this week's episode, we discuss Zero Trust as we see it today. What is it, and is it widely adopted already? What should you consider if you're going to Zero Trust? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (02:54) - Show content starts. Show links - Ctrl+Alt+Azure | Trust no-one! A look at Zero Trust in 2022 - Zero Trust and Copilot - Zero Trust Architecture (NIST SP800-207) - The Evolution of Zero Trust in the Financial Sector:… | Synpulse - Give us feedback!

This week, we review the Microsoft Digital Defense report 2024. We did the same previously for 2023, so this time, we'll look at what's interesting in the report and what to focus on with security. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:30) - Show content starts. Show links - Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2024 - Microsoft blog: Escalating cyber threats - Give us feedback!