Let's Talk Azure!

Discussions on new Microsoft updates including Dark Mode in Defender XDR, Cloud PKI, Azure Key Vault enhancements, and Configuration-as-code customizations. Insights into upcoming plans and cybersecurity measures against system tools. Updates in Azure with NFS support and improvements in Azure Key Vault, along with new Microsoft tools like Azure SQL migration assessment in Azure Arc and Defender for SQL.

Alan and Sam discuss Azure Event Grid. It simplifies event-driven architectures by providing a fully managed service for routing events from various sources to multiple destinations in near real-time, enhancing agility and scalability in cloud-based applications. It enables seamless communication between Azure services, custom applications, and external sources while offering features like event filtering, routing, and dead-lettering for reliable event handling at scale. What is Azure Event Grid? What are the common use cases for Azure Event Grid? How can you get started? What are the licensing options? What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site.Read transcript

Alan and Sam discuss vulnerability management, importance of Microsoft security solutions, tracking vulnerabilities with CVEs, centralizing data for streamlined patching, Microsoft Defender features, licensing details, and exploring Azure Event Grid in this insightful episode.

Azure AI Studio is an all-in-one AI platform that simplifies the development, evaluation, and deployment of generative AI solutions and custom copilots1. It provides a unified hub for building, managing, and fine-tuning AI models, making it easier for developers of all skill levels to create and deploy intelligent applications. Whether you’re working on natural language processing, computer vision, or other AI tasks, Azure AI Studio streamlines the process and offers a comprehensive suite of tools and services to support your AI projects. Sam takes the lead covering: What is AI and what do organizations use large language models for? What is Azure AI studio, and what problems is it solving? Sam's initial impressions of using Azure AI studio for the first time What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site.

This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these updates that peaked our interest. Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered: Microsoft Defender XDR MDA / MDI / Defender for Cloud Azure API Center Azure Containers Apps Multiple Ports Azure API Management Azure Gen1 to Gen 2 Migration Azure Arc Visual Studio Code Extension What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site.Read transcript

Alan and Sam discuss all things Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE). Alan goes through the history of MDE, what its capabilities are, and the platforms it covers. Here are a few other areas we cover: What capabilities does MDE provide. How is it different from other AV and EDR solutions. How is it licensed. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site.Read transcript

This week we cover Azure AI Content Safety provides developers with tools to analyze and moderate user-generated content, utilizing machine learning to detect and filter inappropriate text and images. Customizable rules, scalability, and seamless integration with Azure services empower developers to create applications that maintain a safe and compliant online environment. Sam takes the lead covering: What is content safety and the scenarios it is used. What is Azure AI Content Safety. The products contained within Azure AI Content Safety. What are the SKUs how much does it cost? What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site.Read transcript

Alan and Sam discuss Microsoft Defender XDR, a unified portal to manage you incidents across your MS Defender suite. Alan dives into the Extended Detect and Response (XDR) concepts and how it's beneficial to have all products in the same system. Here are few other areas we covered: What is XDR? What is Microsoft Defender XDR? What Microsoft solutions feed into Defender XDR? How is it licensed? What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site.Read transcript

This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last couple of months. We dive into a couple of these updates and peeked our interest. Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered: Microsoft Entra Internet Access Public Preview Defender for Cloud Apps - GenAI categories for cloud discovery Defender for Endpoint Updates (User Contain, Simplified connectivity, WSL plugin) Fee tier manage SQL instance New Chaos Studio faults for service bus DICOM on data lake preview Azure App Configuration Snapshots What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site.Read transcript

In this episode, we wrap up the season, where we explore our favourite episode of the season. We also talk about the challenges and successes we faced behind the scenes, and how the podcast has grown in terms of listenership and engagement. As we bid farewell to the season, we also reveal our exciting plans for the next season, which will start on 5th January 2024. We announce that we will move to one season per year, but with at least 48 episodes, covering more topics and look to featuring guests. This episode is a great way to end the season and to look forward to the next one. We thank our listeners for their support and feedback, and invite them to stay tuned for more updates and announcements. We wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season, and promise to return with more amazing content in the new year. What did you think of this episode? Give us some feedback via our contact form, Or leave us a voice message in the bottom right corner of our site.Read transcript