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Have you rolled out Microsoft Defender for Cloud? Richard chats with Yuri Diogenes about the bundle of tools under the Defender for Cloud moniker. Yuri describes Defender for Cloud as a Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP). This Gartner term covers the various elements that go into a cloud-native application, including APIs, servers, containers, storage, resource manager, and more! Defender for Cloud integrates with Microsoft Purview to understand data sensitivity, and Microsoft Sentinel helps detect breaches or data misuse. It also offers attack path analysis and remediation so you can get ahead of the attackers to close off potential breach risks before they happen! Check the links in the show notes for great resources, including an ebook on CNAPP strategy!LinksDefender for CloudOWASP Top 10 API Security RisksDefender for APIsMicrosoft SentinelData Security DashboardAttack PathsMicrosoft PurviewCloud Security Posture ManagementMicrosoft Copilot for SecuritySecurity Remediation with GovernanceDefender for Cloud ServiceNow IntegrationCNAPP Strategy EbookRecorded May 13, 2024

In this episode, Intranet expert Susan Hanley discusses using Microsoft Copilot to enhance intranets, focusing on data organization and creating domain-specific Copilots. The early stages of Copilots present challenges, but the potential for improved intranet functionality is promising.

Guest Michael Epping talks about Entra's new Apple device authentication features. They discuss Apple's Secure Enclave, Entra Platform SSO for Azure resources, and upcoming releases for seamless access to enterprise resources.

How can you use PowerApps to extend the functionality of other apps? Richard talks to Christina Wheeler about her efforts to teach folks to use PowerApps to add the functionality they need to Dynamics 365 and elsewhere! Christina talks about her move to Microsoft, shifting from SharePoint to PowerApps, but still essentially doing the same thing - finding customer solutions. The conversation ranges over the power of the Dataverse to provide access to all sorts of data and the emerging role of the Microsoft Copilot Studio to build custom copilots for your organization. LinksDataverseConnect to Dynamics 365 from Power AppsXrmToolboxModel-Driven Apps in Power AppsCanvas Apps in Power AppsMicrosoft Power FxMicrosoft Copilot StudioMicrosoft Bot FrameworkAI CopilotPower Up ProgramPower Platform ConferenceRecorded April 26, 2024

Tech journalist and Windows expert Paul Thurrott discusses the end of life for Windows 10, potential extension of support, Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, and speculation about Windows 12. The conversation covers Microsoft's data collection policies, AI technology shift, and the evolution of Windows in the cloud era, including subscription services and work separation using cloud instances. Speculation on Microsoft's future plans and the potential for a paid, ad-free version of Windows.

Machine learning models need updating - what's the reliable way to do it? While in Romania, Richard sat down with Annie Talvasto to talk about her work helping to build DevOps practices around machine learning: Building repeatable processes for data ingestions, cleaning, organization, model building, and deployment. The challenges are the arrays of skilled people needed to operate and evaluate the pipeline - it takes domain experts to know if the machine learning results are accurate and valuable. Tooling can help, but it is only in the early days. If your organization is keen to get machine learning into the company, you need to do some careful planning!LinksJupyter NotebookPandasMLFlowAzure Machine LearningRecorded April 20, 2024

Jef Kazimer from Microsoft talks about identity governance with Entra, covering identity lifecycle, device cycles, and how Entra's tooling streamlines identity changes. They discuss Entra's capabilities in permission management, entitlement management, and identity lifecycle workflows. The conversation highlights the importance of effective identity governance in maintaining security standards.

How does artificial intelligence fit in with SQL Server? At the Microsoft Fabric Conference in Las Vegas, Richard sat down with Muazma Fahid and Bob Ward to discuss the AI developments in SQL Server. Muazma talks about SQL Server as a crucial source of data for building machine learning models and the new features added to make SQL Server a key store for vector data and other elements of machine learning. There's also Copilot for Azure SQL Data to help with diagnostics in your databases and to use natural language to write queries - it SQL Server Natural Language Query all over again, but certainly better than ever. LinksResponsible AI PracticesPhi-2Retrieval Augmented GenerationCopilot for Azure SQL DataJSON in SQL ServerRegEx in SQL Serversp_invoke_external_rest_endpointSQL AIRecorded March 27, 2024

Sydney Smith discusses PowerShell 7.4, highlighting successful delivery of PSResourceGet and PSReadline. They examine sysadmins sticking with PowerShell 5.1, emphasizing that PowerShell 7 has feature parity and new features enhancing quality and security.

How can GitHub Copilot help you? Richard chats with Damian Brady at NDC Sydney about the power of GitHub Copilot to help you understand and write the bits of code you need - whether you're using PowerShell, understanding a RegEx expression, or trying to get a Bash prompt right. GitHub Copilot and help to explain the code you've got, even across workspaces - so you can find all the scripts that changes might impact. And if you think it's time to rewrite some old scripts into more modern languages, GitHub Copilot can help with that, too!LinksGitHub Copilot for BusinessGitHub DependabotGitHub Code ScanningGitHub Copilot in the CLIRecorded February 14, 2024