Ctrl+Alt+Azure

We've discussed generative AI and Azure AI capabilities in a few past episodes. In this episode, we'll bring it all together and focus on Azure AI Studio?how do you build generative AI solutions using this service? We consider how to choose LLMs, cost, deployment, bringing your data, and what solutions companies are building with this. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
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- Ctrl+Alt+Azure: 199 - Refreshing our knowledge on Azure AI
- Ctrl+Alt+Azure: 220 - When to use what with generative AI?
- Ctrl+Alt+Azure: 223 - Understanding Azure AI Search

- Azure AI Studio

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In this week's episode, we look at Microsoft Security Exposure Management. What is it, and what can you do with it? We discuss the capabilities, our initial impressions of this capability, and licensing. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
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- Microsoft Security Exposure Management documentation

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In this episode, we take a look at recent updates to Azure. What's new, what's in preview, and what's interesting? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
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- GA: Application Gateway for Containers

- Public preview: Application Gateway support for TLS and TCP

- GA: Elastic SAN

- Windows Server 2025

- Public Preview: Well-Architected Framework assessment on Azure Advisor

- Migrate Azure Cloud Services (classic) to Azure Cloud Services (extended support)

- Azure Storage Actions documentation

- What's new in Microsoft Sentinel

- Microsoft Graph CLI

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In this week's episode, we take a first look at Azure Storage Actions. What is this new feature, and why should you use it? Does it differ from existing capabilities that do the same thing? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

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- Azure Storage Actions
- Introducing Azure Storage Actions: Serverless storage data management

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The Azure Well-Architected Framework (WAF) recently got a big rewrite. We take Operational Excellence, a pillar from WAF, for a deeper look with Bastian Ulke from Microsoft. What is it? How should you utilize this pillar? Bastian also talks about the recommendations and patterns within Operational Excellence. Also, Tobi asks Bastian an unexpected question.

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- WAF: OpEx

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We talk about experiences in Azure with Mustafa Toroman. He is the CTO for run.events and shares his vast experience working with Azure both as a consultant and for building a product. How does he learn new stuff? What about the approach to DevOps? Also, Jussi asks Mustafa an unexpected question.

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- CloudSummit
- Mustafa Toroman (@toromust) / X (twitter.com)
- Windows95man - No Rules!

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We're talking about Azure Verified Modules with Microsoft's Jack Tracey. What is AVM? How and when should you use it? Jack shares insights on the vision and how you can benefit as an architect and developer. Also, Tobi asks Jack an unexpected question.

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- https://aka.ms/AVM 
- https://aka.ms/AVM/ModuleProposal 
- https://aka.ms/AVM/ModuleTriage  

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Azure now has Carbon Optimization capabilities available. We take a look at what this means, how it works, why it's important, and what can you do with it. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
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- Azure carbon optimization - Microsoft Learn
- Microsoft Azure emissions insights (preview) - Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability

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In this episode, we'll look at SecOps or Security Operations. What is it, and what are the elements one should consider? What about SOC, how does it tie into all of this? Lastly, we discuss the tools and services within Azure that are essential for any SecOps work. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

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- Introduction to Security operations (SecOps) - Training
- MCRA
- SAF

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Let's focus on understanding what Azure AI Search is. What was it called before? What features does it have, and how much will it cost? We also talk about use cases, especially with generative AI workloads with Azure AI Search. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
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- Introduction to Azure AI Search
- Pricing - Azure Cognitive Search

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In this episode, we take a look at recent updates to Azure. What's new, what's in preview, and what's interesting? Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:57) - Show content starts.

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- Private Preview: Upgrade existing Azure Gen1 VMs to Gen2-Trusted launch

- GA: Azure Virtual Network encryption

- Entra ID - redemption order

- Azure Copilot for Azure CLI

- Entra External ID - Google as an identity
- Public Preview of the Arc Visual Studio Code Extension

- Quickstart: Create and run a load test with Azure Load Testing

- Use secrets & environment variables - Azure Load Testing

- Ctrl+Alt+Azure | 190 - Let's take Defender for APIs for a spin

- Microsoft Announces GA of Defender for APIs

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We re-visit the Azure Well-architected Framework, with Dom Allen from Microsoft. What has changed, and what's interesting now in the WAF refresh? We take a look at what's new, and how to best utilize WAF. Also, Tobi asks Dom an unexpected question.

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- WAF
- Azure documentation | Microsoft Learn
- YouTube: Unsolved Tetris Mysteries With Creator Alexy Pajitnov & Designer Henk Rogers 

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In this episode, Tobias and Jussi reflect a bit on options for building Generative AI with the lens of available studios like the Azure AI Studio and the Microsoft Copilot Studio. Jussi also asks Tobias a question about useless things you'd have an endless supply of.

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- Azure AI Studio
- Microsoft Copilot Studio
- Using Ollama (Jussi)
- LM Studio

We talk about Azure architectures - how to design them, thoughts and experiences on visualizing them, and what matters in the end. Additional thoughts also on collaboration and Well-architected Framework as it relates to this. Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

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- WAF: Architect's checklist
- Azure Architecture Center
- Draw.io
- Azure Diagrams

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Let's not talk about AI, but instead let's talk about Azure SQL backup and recovery. What aspects to consider for disaster recovery? What options are available for backups in Azure SQL? How to test for recovery? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

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- Disaster Recovery in WAF
- Disaster recovery in Azure SQL

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We take a look at the Generative AI for Beginners course from Microsoft. It's free, open-source, and available for everyone. What's in it? Who should go through the lessons? And is this even needed? Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

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- Generative AI for Beginners ? A Course
- 191 - Prompt engineering techniques with ChatGPT and Azure OpenAI

In this episode, we take a look at recent updates to Azure. What's new, what's in preview, and what's interesting? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:30) - Show content starts.

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- Release notes - Microsoft Defender for Cloud

- Detect threats quickly with near-real-time (NRT) analytics rules in Microsoft Sentinel

- Analytics with Azure Synapse Link - Azure Cosmos DB | Microsoft Learn

- Azure SQL trigger for Functions

- Azure Functions support on Apple Silicon Macs

- azure_ai extension for PostgreSQL

- Microsoft Fabric reservations

- Private subnet

- Defender for APIs

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So many Copilots! We take a look at Copilot for Azure, which was announced during Ignite 2023. What can you do with it? What's our experience using it? How does it relate to other Copilots, such as GitHub Copilot Chat. Who benefits from this capability? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

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- Sign up: https://aka.ms/MSCopilotforAzurePreviewRequest
- Product docs: Microsoft Copilot for Azure (preview) overview | Microsoft Learn
- Tech community post: Simplify IT management with Microsoft Copilot for Azure

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We look at AI-102 - the exam, the course, and the labs. As this course focuses on Azure Cognitive Services (Azure AI Skills after the rename), we walk through the intended audience, the skills you'll need, and the stuff you'll learn. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

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- Study guide for Exam AI-102: Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution

- Instructor-led course: Course AI-102T00--A: Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution

- Self-paced learning: Exam AI-102: Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution - Certifications

- Certification: Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate - Certifications | Microsoft Learn

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Microsoft pushes into chip manufacturing, we heard about new chips like Azure Maia and Azure Cobalt. There's also the Azure AI Studio, all the new and updated Microsoft Copilots, the updated Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture (MCRA), Microsoft Cloud PKI, The Windows App, and more. Tobias asks Jussi an unexpected question about being turned into a cat.

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- Announcing Azure AI Studio preview (microsoft.com)
- Azure AI Studio: ai.azure.com
- Copilots: See them all in the Book of News
- AI transformation and the technology driving change
- What?s new in Azure AI Platforms ? Charting the Future with Innovative AI and ML
- Security Adoption Framework
- Cloud PKI
- Windows App
- Microsoft SSE

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Earlier this year, Microsoft announced courseware and studying materials for Azure OpenAI. We look at this 1-day course and reflect on the content, who this course is best suited for, and what one should learn. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:02) - Community highlights.
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Community Highlights
- Uli Homann, CVP & Distinguished Architect at Microsoft: Deepening Well-Architected guidance for workloads hosted on Azure (microsoft.com)

Show links
- Course details: AI-050
- Course Details: AI-102
- Request access to AOAI: Limited access to Azure OpenAI Service - Azure AI services

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Microsoft recently announced the Applied Skills initiative. We talk about what it is, how it compares to Microsoft certifications, and our experience in completing the assessments of the initiative. Also, reflections on hiring and recruiting and skills in general. Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:48) - Community highlights.
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Community Highlights
- TJ Devine: Microsoft 365 Copilot is generally available

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- Applied Skills announcement (Microsoft)
- Applied Skills

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In this episode, we delve into the annual Microsoft Digital Defense Report, the 2023 edition. We dive into some of the findings and reflect a bit on what this means. Some surprises here, but also some known threat angles.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:40) - Community highlights.
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Community Highlights
- Gregor Reimling: The new Azure Update Center is GA Part 1 ? three big reasons to migrate to Update Center and forget the classic Update Management Center 

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- Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2023 (Microsoft)
- What is the Cybercrime Atlas? (Tobias Zimmergren)

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In this episode, we take a look at recent updates to Azure. What's new, what's in preview, and what's interesting? Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:52) - Community highlights.
(08:30) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- James Berger | Say Goodbye to Visio: The Future of Diagram Design is Here!

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- GA: Azure AI Content Safety
- Releasing CIS Azure Foundations Benchmark v2.0.0 in regulatory compliance dashboard
- Data security overview dashboard in CSPM
- Migrate to Azure Monitor agent?based VM insights by 31 August 2024
- Azure Activity Logs Legacy solution is replaced by Diagnostic settings
- Migrate to Azure Resource Manager control plane API version 2021-11-01 by 30 September 2026
- Retirement notice: Bing Speech will be retired on 3 November 2023
- Support for TLS 1.0/1.1 on Azure Cache for Redis ending on 30 September 2024
- Azure Machine Learning - Public Preview for October
- Windows Server 2012/R2 reaches end of support
- Public Preview of Azure API Management Pricing Tiers: Basic v2 and Standard v2
- Public preview: Announcing Microsoft Playwright Testing service: Scalable end-to-end testing for modern web apps
- General availability: Microsoft Azure now available from new cloud region in Italy
- Default outbound access for VMs in Azure will be retired? transition to a new method of internet access

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In this episode, we talk about Microsoft Ignite 2023 and our expectations. We've done this several times before, and this time it feels Ignite is even more geared toward the in-person experience - exciting times! Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:39) - Community highlights.
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Community Highlights
- Stephane Eyskens: From zero to - nearly - hero with Azure OpenAI NLP and vector-based search in Azure Cognitive Search

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- Microsoft Ignite

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In this episode, we discuss Azure Active Directory - I mean Entra ID - cross-tenant synchronization capability. When do you need it, and what does it do? And why would you have more than one Entra ID tenant? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:17) - Community highlights.
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Community Highlights
- Alan Kinane: Azure Backup in 2023: Features you should know about
- Zachary Cavanell: How Microsoft 365 Copilot can work with your external data

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- ME-ID
- Announcement for cross-tenant synchronization
- Billing model for external users

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In this episode, we talk about the lessons we've learned in the past week. Three lessons to share, on Microsoft Fabric, Entra ID and Azure OpenAI. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:54) - Community highlights.
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Community Highlights
- Valentina Alto: Generating applications from sketches with LLMs
- Edi Wang: Deploy ChatGPT Next Web to Azure Container Apps with Individual Account Login in 3 minutes

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- Microsoft Fabric Licensing Guide from Reza Rad
- Entra ID External ID Public Preview

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In this episode, we reflect on what it takes to work with security in Azure. What are the skillsets? What general experience and knowledge should you have? What about certifications? And how do we learn new stuff? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:00) - Community highlights.
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Community Highlights
- Merill Fernando: Entra Newsletter
- Aaron Powell: Generative AI and .NET - Part 1 Intro

Show links
- Microsoft Fabric - get started!
- Microsoft certifications: AZ-500, SC-100, AZ-305
- Other certifications: CISSP, CompTIA Security+

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In this episode, we take a look at recent updates to Azure. What's new, what's in preview, and what's interesting? Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:38) - Community highlights.
(05:16) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Ben Ufuk Tezcan | Principal PM, AI Platform at Microsoft: Welcoming the generative AI era with Microsoft Azure
- Sonia Cuff | How to display Azure Monitor alerts with smart lights and no code

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- Sample code for Azure Communication Services Call Automation OpenAI sample

- Azure Firewall Explicit Proxy

- Azure Front Door endpoints for Azure Storage accounts

- Multi-tenant organization in Azure AD

- Generally Available: Auto-upgrade scheduled maintenance for AKS

- Azure Monitor VM Insights using Azure Monitor Agent

- Azure VNet flow logs

- Public Preview: Azure AI Content Safety | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

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In this episode, we dive into PIM, PAM, and PAW. What are these? When and why would you need to deploy these? Our insights on how they map to Azure controls and services, licensing required, and how to get started. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:54) - Community highlights.
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Community Highlights
- Olivier Miossec:  Azure Deployment Stacks, deploy and manage a landing zone with Bicep
- Harun Legoz: Should You Migrate To Fabric? (thatbluecloud.com)

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In this episode, we talk about Azure services we don't know enough about. Perhaps they are rare and uncommon, or we're simply not exposed to specific industries or projects where these are needed. During our journey this week, we learn a lot more about a lot of Azure services. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:55) - Community highlights.
(04:20) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Aymen: Turn any YouTube Channel Into a Chatbot
- David Giard: Increasing Developer Velocity (davidgiard.com)

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- Azure IPAM
- R Server for HDInsight
- Azure Spring Apps
- Azure Operator Nexus
- Azure Orbital Ground Station
- Avere vFXT for Azure
- Azure Sphere
- Azure Lab Services
- Azure Quantum
- Jussi's Q# and Azure Quantum journey
- Azure Space
- Azure PlayFab

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In this episode, we talk about Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access. What is it? Why would you need it? We dissect the services and talk about the capabilities and how they map back to services we've had before. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(05:01) - Community highlights.
(06:10) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Ronak Chokshi: Introducing a new Azure AI Language video series showcasing features powered by Azure OpenAI & more
- Saul Dolgin: Introducing the Azure Business Continuity Guide

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- What is Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access?

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In this episode, we take a look at API-driven inbound provisioning in Microsoft Entra ID. It's a new capability in preview. We talk about the problem space, the existing solutions, and how this capability aims to make it easier for companies to manage the creation of identities. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:07) - Community highlights.
(04:28) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Kalle Marjokorpi: How to stream all Home Assistant events to Azure?
- Ken Ross: Using ChatGPT to learn how to use JMeter

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- API-driven inbound provisionin in Microsoft Entra ID

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In this episode, we refresh our knowledge of Azure AI services. What used to be called Azure Cognitive Services has now changed a bit. We take a look at the services, the capabilities, and the use cases. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:10) - Community highlights.
(04:17) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Christopher Graham: Microsoft Azure resource groups: Introduction and best practices
- Andy Beatman: Use your own data to create a Power Virtual Agent with Azure OpenAI Service

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- What are Azure AI Services?
- Multi-service resources

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In this episode, we find updates on Defender for Cloud, Azure virtual machines, cost optimization, Azure AD renaming, and Defender for IoT, among others. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(0x:xx) - Community highlights.
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Community Highlights
- Denise Schlesinger (TechCommunity): From Prompts to Embeddings and Vector Stores - How to use OpenAI in real scenarios
- Jeff Woolsey: 30 years of Windows Server

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- Azure AD is becoming Microsoft Entra ID

- What's new in Microsoft Sentinel

- Release notes - Microsoft Defender for Cloud

- New workbook template in Azure Advisor for cost optimization

- Defender for IoT firmware analysis

- WS2012 and WS2012R2 end of support guidance

- Vector search

- New Burstable VMs

- Best Ever Food Review Show - YouTube

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In this episode, we talk about cost and performance in the context of business continuity and disaster recover. Our guest, Paola Annis from Microsoft, is the expert, and we pick her brains to learn more about this approach. Also, Jussi asks Paola an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:25) - Community highlights.
(04:40) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Jorge G: Data Governance 3.0: Augmenting your Data Governance experience with Purview and OpenAI
- Nikita Nallamothu: Azure Load Testing: You can run load tests from command-line now

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- Paola Annis
- Business continuity and disaster recovery

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In this episode, we talk about building and running a SaaS service on Azure. Our guest, Adis Jugo, (Microsoft MVP & Regional Director) shares their journey on building run.events, an events management platform, on Azure. Also, Tobi asks Adis an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:28) - Community highlights.
(04:22) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Neha Hafeez: Getting Started with API Management: A Beginner's Guide for Developers
- Valentina Alto: Chat with your own data with Azure OpenAI

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- Adis Jugo contact info
- run.events
- The European Cloud Summit
- The European Collaboration Summit
- 37Signals and the way out from the cloud

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In this episode, we take a lap around Microsoft Fabric. Our guest, Oskari Saarinen, a Data Platform MVP, is the expert, and we pick his brains to learn more about the capabilities. Also, Jussi asks Oskari an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:10) - Community highlights.
(03:20) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Davide Mauri: Vector Similarity Search with Azure SQL database and OpenAI
- Vinod Soni: Azure OpenAI GPT model to review Pull Requests for Azure DevOps

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- Oskari Heikkinen contact info
- Microsoft Fabric on Microsoft Learn
- Microsoft Fabric learning path
- Microsoft Fabric pricing

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In this episode, we talk about subscription vending. Our guest, Jack Tracey from Microsoft, is the expert, and we pick his brains to learn more about this approach. Also, Tobi asks Jack an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:22) - Community highlights.
(03:20) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Maarten Balliauw: Running Large Language Models locally ? Your own ChatGPT-like AI in C#
- Valentina Alto: Introducing LangFlow: a GUI for LangChain

Show links
- Jack Tracey
- Azure Landing Zones - How many subscriptions should I use in Azure?  

- A blog on subscription vending

- Subscription vending details
- Subscription vending implementation guidance
- Subscription vending with Bicep
- Subscription vending with Terraform

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In this episode, we find updates on Defender for Cloud, Azure Container Instances, Azure Virtual Machines, and Azure Virtual Desktop, among others. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:50) - Community highlights.
(04:49) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Eleanor Berger: Grounding LLMs
- Joseph Dadzie: Microsoft Entra ID Governance is generally available

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- Generally available: Multiple backups per day for Azure Virtual Machines

- Public Preview: Azure AD Support for Azure Files SMB shares REST API

- Public preview: Azure Container Instances(ACI) Spot containers

- Public Preview ? Support for WebSocket APIs in Azure API Management Self-hosted Gateway
- Release notes for Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Public preview: Assess impact of service retirements workbook template in Azure Advisor

- Public Preview: Azure Virtual Desktop Insights Powered by the Azure Monitor Agent

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In this episode, we take DevTunnel CLI for a spin. It's a nifty little command-line tool for opening tunnels from the cloud (or public Internet) to your locally running APIs. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:32) - Community highlights.
(04:28) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Tim Heuer: Announcing C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code
- Aaryan Arora: Integrating Power Apps with Azure Machine Learning & Open AI using Power Automate

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- DevTunnel CLI
- DevTunnel CLI on GitHub

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In this episode we talk about prompt engineering in the context of ChatGPT and Azure OpenAI. What makes a good prompt? What aspects can you consider and use when crafting your prompts? And why should you care? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:42) - Community highlights.
(04:00) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Morten Knudsen: Orphaned Azure Security Principals Clean-up & Azure Policy Managed Identity Role Assignment Automation
- Zachary Cavanell: What runs ChatGPT? Inside Microsoft's AI supercomputer | Featuring Mark Russinovich

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- Prompt engineering techniques with Azure OpenAI

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Defender for APIs is now in preview, so we took this capability for a spin. Why would you need it? And how does it work? We talked about Defender for Cloud, Cloud Posture Management, Workbooks, and a bit of KQL. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(04:05) - Community highlights.
(05:35) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Jeffrey Appel: Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence (Defender TI) integrations with Microsoft Sentinel
- Zachary Cavanell: How do LLMs work with Vision AI? | OCR, Image & Video Analysis

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- Defender for APIs

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In this episode we take a practical look at GitHub Copilot Chat - the AI-based service for developers. How does it work? Will it change a developer's work? What does it do in practice? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:55) - Community highlights.
(04:19) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Kevin Chant:  Spreading your Power BI wings with Microsoft Fabric
- Denise Schlesinger: Build a chatbot to query your documentation using Langchain and Azure OpenAI

Show links
- GitHub Copilot
- GitHub Copilot Chat Waitlist

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We talk about our favorite announcements from Microsoft Build 2023. A lot of interesting content, so we picked the ones we felt are useful, interesting and game-changing. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:08) - Show content starts.
(31:25) - Community highlights.

Community Highlights
- Denise Schlesinger: Use OpenAI GPT with your Enterprise Data
- Toon Vanhoutte: Authenticate Logic Apps against Microsoft Graph using Managed Identity

Show links
- Dev Home
- Dev Drive
- WinGet Configuration
- API Center
- Microsoft Fabric and OneLake
- Vector Search in Azure Cosmos DB
- DevTunnels CLI

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In this episode, we find updates on Azure for containers, Azure Storage, and Azure Firewall, among others. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:53) - Community highlights.
(05:05) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- The NSA: NSA Releases Best Practices For Securing Your Home Network
- Yoav Dobrin: MLOps & GitHub Actions (Tech Community)

Show links

- Preview: Azure Container Storage!
- GA: Azure Monitor for SAP solutions
- GA: Policy analytics for Azure Firewall
- GA: Azure Bastion now support shareable links
- GA: Azure Backup Server V4
- GA: Azure Storage Mover
- Preview: Azure Cold Storage

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto. Stay ahead of the game and advance your career with continuous learning opportunities for Azure Cloud professionals. Sovelto Eduhouse ? Learning as a Lifestyle - Start Your Journey now: https://www.eduhouse.fi/cloudpro

In this episode, we talk about Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions. Our guest, Panu Oksala, is the expert, and we pick his brains to learn more about these two services. Also, Tobi asks Panu an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:43) - Community highlights.
(03:28) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Niek Palm: Safer GitHub administration through IssueOps
- Daniel Margetic: Cloud Adoption Security (microsoft.com

Show links
- Panu Oksala on Twitter, LinkedIn, Blog
- Understanding GitHub Actions
- What is Azure Pipelines?
- Gold-diggers association: https://www.kullankaivajat.fi
- Sisu, the movie

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto. Stay ahead of the game and advance your career with continuous learning opportunities for Azure Cloud professionals. Sovelto Eduhouse ? Learning as a Lifestyle - Start Your Journey now: https://www.eduhouse.fi/cloudpro

In this episode, we talk about the SC-400 certification exam. We take you through the requirements, the content, the learning material and the actual exam. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:31) - Community highlights.
(05:42) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Liam Cleary: How Microsoft Purview helps keep you compliant
- Scott Hanselman: GitHub Copilot for CLI for PowerShell
- Greg Beaumont: Azure OpenAI ChatGPT Solves Cryptic Error Codes from Power BI, SQL Server, Power Apps, and more!
- Graeme Bray: Reporting on Azure AD Password Protection

Show links
- SC-400 study guide
- SC-400 learning path: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
- SC-400 labs
- Practice Assessments for Microsoft Certifications | Microsoft Learn

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto. Stay ahead of the game and advance your career with continuous learning opportunities for Azure Cloud professionals. Sovelto Eduhouse ? Learning as a Lifestyle - Start Your Journey now: https://www.eduhouse.fi/cloudpro

In this episode, we look at the decision tree model for designing Microsoft Sentinel workspaces. Its 8 steps guide you through planning and designing your Sentinel deployment architecture. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(04:48) - Community highlights.
(07:14) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Sam Cogan: Resource Group Location Matters
- Anthony Chu ? Tech Community: This Month in Azure Container Apps: March/April 2023
- Daniel Calbimonte: How to work with ChatGPT in Visual Studio Code
- Jukka Niiranen: The world beyond apps ? my thoughts on AI?s impact

Show links

- Talking about Azure Sentinel with Maarten Goet (Ctrl+Alt+Azure Episode 021)

- Design your Microsoft Sentinel workspace architecture (Decision tree)

- Example workspace design 

- Workspace architecture best practices for Microsoft Sentinel

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto. Stay ahead of the game and advance your career with continuous learning opportunities for Azure Cloud professionals. Sovelto Eduhouse ? Learning as a Lifestyle - Start Your Journey now: https://www.eduhouse.fi/cloudpro

We take a frequent look at the recent Azure Updates. This week we found updates on Defender for Cloud, Windows Server Azure Edition, Azure OpenAI, and Logic Apps, among others. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:38) - Show content starts.

Show links
- Hotpatch for Windows Server VMs
- Azure DevOps 2023 Q1
- GPT-4 in Azure OpenAI
- Azure Logic Apps Data Mapper for VS Code
- 30 days of Azure AI

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto. Stay ahead of the game and advance your career with continuous learning opportunities for Azure Cloud professionals. Sovelto Eduhouse ? Learning as a Lifestyle - Start Your Journey now: https://www.eduhouse.fi/cloudpro