
Let's Talk Azure!
Listen with Alan Armstrong and Sam Foot as we talk about all things Microsoft Azure!
We are both technical consultants working with Azure day in, day out. Alan focuses on Identity and Security automation while Sam is a .NET developer deploying PaaS and SaaS solutions on Azure.
Each episode we have a topic we cover and we highlight some key news that we are interested in. No fluff, sales or products here, just two technical people having a light hearted chat.
Latest episodes

17 snips
Aug 19, 2022 • 58min
S2E7 - Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
Sam, an expert in The Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure, discusses the benefits of cloud adoption, challenges in workload migration, naming conventions, and securing multi-cloud environments with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Aug 12, 2022 • 1h 6min
S2E6 - Microsoft Entra – Securing and Managing Cloud Identities
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.
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Aug 5, 2022 • 58min
S2E5 - Managing Compliance with Azure Policy
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.
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Jul 29, 2022 • 53min
S2E4 - Modern Device Management with Microsoft Endpoint Manager
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.
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Jul 22, 2022 • 51min
S2E3 - Terraform - Deploy your Infrastructure as Code
Alan and Sam discuss Terraform, a popular choice in the Infrastructure as Code space. Sam takes the role of 'Expert' and explains his viewpoint of the product and why we should be utilising Terraform in our organisation and recommending it to our customers.
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Jul 15, 2022 • 46min
S2E2 - Microsoft Entra - First Look
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
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Jul 4, 2022 • 20min
S2E1 - Aaaaaaaand We're Back!
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.
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Nov 1, 2020 • 45min
S1E9 - Infrastructure as Code – ARM Templates
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.
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Sep 30, 2020 • 51min
S1E8 - Microsoft Ignite Recap
In this episode Alan and Sam talk recap all the latest news from Ignite! Even though Ignite was virtual this year, Microsoft announced a load of new features and products around Azure/Office 365. You can check the Book of News from Microsoft here: https://news.microsoft.com/ignite-2020-book-of-news/
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Sep 16, 2020 • 47min
S1E7 - Cloud vs On Premises
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.
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