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Ctrl+Alt+Azure

Tobias Zimmergren, Jussi Roinectrlaltazure.com
Weekly conversations for cloud architects, developers, CIOs, and CISOs navigating Microsoft Azure, cloud adoption strategy, security governance, identity, and agentic AI. Hosted by industry experts Tobias Zimmergren and Jussi Roine.
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Episodes

104 - Become an Azure Architect with the new AZ-305 certification

AZ-305 registration (Microsoft) AZ-305 skills measured (Microsoft) Training Certification Poster (Microsoft) Interesting courses on Entrepreneurship & Innovation (Harvard Business School) Interesting courses about Business from Harvard Online (Harvard.edu)...

Oct 20, 202134 minEp. 104

103 - Azure Updates

Security Center Updates (Microsoft Docs) Dynamic Concurrency in Azure Functions (Microsoft Docs) Azure Functions runtime 4.0 preview (Microsoft Tech Community) Cost reservations for Management Groups (Microsoft Docs) Windows 11 generally available on Azure Virtual Desktop (Microsoft Tech Community) Updates to Azure Form Recognizer (Microsoft Docs) Deploy Azure AD-joined VMs in Azure Virtual Desktop (Microsoft Docs)...

Oct 13, 202132 minEp. 103

101 - Dial into Azure

Creating a User VPN tunnel in Azure (Microsoft Docs) Azure AD authentication with P2S (Microsoft Docs) AlwaysOn VPN tunnels (Microsoft Docs) Tailscale (tailscale.com) Building a Site-to-Site VPN from home to Azure (Jussi)...

Sep 29, 202133 minEp. 101

099 - Azure Updates

Azure AD Graph is retiring June 30, 2022 (Azure Updates) Discover Azure AD Graph Apps (GitHub) Azure Functions: Configuring the Node version (Microsoft Docs) Azure Functions: Configuring the Python version (Microsoft Docs) Azure Functions: Configuring the PowerShell version (Microsoft Docs) Cross-resource query Azure Data Explorer by using Azure Monitor (Microsoft Docs) Azure Disk Storage: Automatic key rotation of customer-managed keys (Microsoft Docs) Screen capture protection for Azure Virtua...

Sep 15, 202143 minEp. 99

098 - Get certified as a Security Operations Analyst with the SC-200 exam

The SC-200 exam (Microsoft Docs) The SC-200 course (Microsoft Docs) All Microsoft courses (Microsoft) Get certified on Azure Security with AZ-500 (Ctrl+Alt+Azure) Talking about Azure Sentinel with Maarten Goet (Ctrl+Alt+Azure) Understanding and getting started with Azure Sentinel (Jussi) All posts on Azure Sentinel (Tobias Zimmergren) Visualize Log Analytics data ingestion using Azure Sentinel (Tobias Zimmergren) Discover sensitive Key Vault operations with Azure Sentinel (Tobias Zimmergren...

Sep 08, 202147 minEp. 98

097 - Durable Functions with Marc Duiker

About Marc: Marc is a lead consultant at Xpirit with a strong focus on event-driven architectures. He has extensive knowledge of the serverless offerings in the Azure platform and he enjoys helping organizations making effective use of cloud-based technology. You might have seen Marc at a developer meetup or conference since he's a regular speaker in the area of Azure cloud & serverless technologies. He started Azure Functions University, a free and open source learning curriculum on GitHub,...

Sep 01, 202150 minEp. 97

096 - Moving towards a cloud-only architecture

Join us in this episode, where we discuss the numerous aspects of moving towards a cloud-only architecture. Having a more lightweight approach to on-premises is often something that companies are focusing on, so we take a look at the relevant aspects such as file shares, legacy apps, Active Directory, and security. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question!

Aug 25, 202147 minEp. 96

095 - Azure Updates

GitHub Codespaces (GitHub) Azure VPN Client for macOS (Azure Updates) Azure Automation: Az module support (Azure Updates) PowerShell 7 support in Azure Automation (Azure Updates) Azure AD support for Azure Automation (Azure Updates) Discovery and assessment for ASP.NET web apps with Azure Migrate (Azure Updates) Azure to Azure Disaster Recovery (Microsoft Docs) Support matrix for Azure to Azure DR (Microsoft Docs) Azure Defender for SQL details (TechCommunity) Start VM on connect capability in A...

Aug 18, 202137 minEp. 95

093 - Forgetting your passwords with passwordless

Twitter's strong authentication stats (BleepingComputer.com) Mark's tweet about passwordless (Twitter.com) Windows Hello for Business planning guide (Microsoft Docs) Enable passwordless with Microsoft Authenticator app (Microsoft Docs) Enable passwordless using a security key (Microsoft Docs) Nudge users to set up Microsoft Authenticator (Microsoft Docs) Temporary Access Pass (Microsoft Docs) Becoming passwordless in Microsoft 365 using Surface Go and a FIDO2 key (Jussi)...

Aug 04, 202150 minEp. 93

092 - What's up with Application Insights

Azure AD authentication for App Insights (Microsoft Docs) Work item integration (Microsoft Docs) Availability tests overview (Microsoft Docs) Using Azure Application Insights to monitor for expiring SSL certificates (Jussi) Downtime, SLA and outages workbook (Microsoft Docs) Alert based smart detection for App Insights (Microsoft Docs) Easily create tickets from Azure Monitor to Azure DevOps or GitHub (Tobias)...

Jul 28, 202148 minEp. 92

091 - Azure Updates

Azure Image Builder services overview (Microsoft Docs) NAT on Azure VPN Gateway (Microsoft Docs) IoT Plug and Play Mobile App (Microsoft Docs) Azure Bastion Standard SKU (Microsoft Docs) Windows 365 (Techcommunity) Session and Cache provider using Azure Cosmos DB (Microsoft Docs) Azure Service Bus support for large messages (Microsoft Docs) Azure AD Authentication for Application Insights (Microsoft Docs) API Management and Event Grid (Microsoft Docs)...

Jul 21, 202149 minEp. 91

089 - Azure Disk Encryption for Linux

Jussi's ground floor chart Azure Data Encryption at rest (Microsoft Docs) dm-crypt (Wikipedia) Get-AzVMDiskEncryptionStatus (Microsoft Docs) Securing your Linux VMs in Azure with Azure Disk Encryption (Jussi)...

Jul 07, 202134 minEp. 89

088 - Azure Updates

Log Analytics Open in Excel (Azure Updates) Azure Key Vault Managed HSM (Microsoft Docs) Migrate Azure Monitor Application Insights smart detection to alerts (Microsoft Docs) Public preview: Default Rule Set 2.0 for Azure Web Application Firewall (Azure Updates) Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Arizona (Azure Updates) - see also here GA: Azure Defender for Azure Database for MySQL – Single Server (Azure Updates) Now Available: Pricing changes to Azure Sentinel and Azure Monito...

Jun 30, 202143 minEp. 88

087 - Get certified on Azure Security with AZ-500

AZ-500 (Microsoft Docs) Free learning resources for AZ-500 (MS Learn) AZ-500 labs (GitHub) Passing AZ-500: Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate (Zimmergren)...

Jun 23, 202144 minEp. 87

086 - Exploring Azure Synapse with Vesa Tikkanen

Vesa Tikkanen on Twitter Vesa Tikkanen on LinkedIn Azure Synapse Analytics (Microsoft Docs) Azure Databricks (Microsoft Docs) Getting started with Snowflake on Azure (Snowflake.com)...

Jun 16, 202150 minEp. 86

085 - A look at Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes

Azure Arc with App Service, Functions, and Logic Apps (preview) Custom locations (Microsoft Docs) Deploy and manage Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes cluster extensions (Microsoft Docs)

Jun 09, 202140 minEp. 85

084 - Creating custom connectors in Azure for Power Platform

In this episode, we focus on creating Azure-hosted custom connectors, that Power Platform can use. We briefly take a look at what Power Platform is, and then move on to how to host your custom connectors and what Azure services to utilize. Lots of talk about APIs, Swagger, and serverless! Jussi also asks Tobi an unexpected question.

Jun 02, 202141 minEp. 84

083 - Microsoft Build 2021 announcements and news

Build 2021 Book of News The main blog post on Build from Microsoft Jussi's recap of the Build announcements and keynote Azure Security Center and container scan results (Microsoft Tech Community) Azure Bicep (GitHub) GPT-3 integrates with Power Apps (Microsoft Power Apps blog) Logic Apps gets new hosting options Updates to Azure Communication Services Azure AI updates (Microsoft Docs) Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) (Microsoft Docs) Power Platform updates (Microsoft Power Platform blog) Azure...

May 26, 202146 minEp. 83

082 - So, where is my data?

Data residency (Microsoft) Further documentation (Microsoft Docs) Power BI Report (Microsoft) Jussi's blog on Azure data residency...

May 19, 202131 minEp. 82

081 - Azure Updates

Microsoft Azure Web PubSub service in public preview (Microsoft Azure) Application Insights work item integration in Azure Monitor (Microsoft Docs) Stateful and 1-minute frequency log alerts in Azure Monitor (Azure Updates) Azure Cache for Redis Event Grid overview (Microsoft Docs) New Azure Policy built-in definitions for data encryption in Azure Monitor (Azure Updates) Using Policy with Azure Site Recovery (Microsoft Docs) Upgrade your infrastructure with the latest Dv5/Ev5 Azure VMs in previe...

May 12, 202140 minEp. 81

080 - Exploring Azure Arc with Thomas Maurer

Thomas Maurer's blog Thomas Maurer on Twitter Manage hybrid infrastructure with Azure Arc (MS Learn) Azure Arc jump start Azure Arc on Microsoft Tech Community Jussi's blog on Azure Arc...

May 05, 202139 minEp. 80

079 - We're talking about Azure Bicep

Azure Bicep on GitHub PSArm Thread on Twitter about Azure Bicep likes and dislikes (thanks @ ryanyates1990 & @ CloudCristoph !) Getting started with Azure Bicep (Tobi)...

Apr 28, 202140 minEp. 79

078 - Azure Updates

Public preview: Announcing platform support migration of Azure Cloud Services (classic) to Azure Resource Manager GA: Log Analytics Windows Agent for Winter 2021 now generally available GA: Updated App Service Authentication portal experience is now generally available GA: Changes coming to Azure Pipelines free grants GA: Azure Communication Services GA: Azure Blob Storage supports objects up to 200 TB in size Preview: Azure STIG Solution templates to accelerate compliance for DoD Azure Security...

Apr 21, 202130 minEp. 78

075 - Azure spring cleaning

REST API for querying SAS tokens in a Storage Account (Microsoft Docs) Azure Clean!

Mar 31, 202145 minEp. 75
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