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Ctrl+Alt+Azure

Tobias Zimmergren, Jussi Roine

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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297 - Thoughts on vibe coding, productivity and the...

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2025/07/02

In this week's episode, we'll talk about vibe coding - the practice of writing code that prioritizes aesthetics, creativity, and personal expression. What's our experience on this? What tooling are we using? What does this mean for productivity?(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(04:14) - Show content starts.Show links- Mistral Small 3.2Feedback - Give us feedback!

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46:46

296 - Common questions about Azure landing zones with...

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2025/06/25

Today, we'll talk about Azure Landing Zones, with insights from Microsoft's Jack Tracey. What are landing zones, to be more exact? We touch topics on application and platform landing zones, networking, architectures, infrastructure as code, and many others.(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(02:30) - Show content starts.Show links- Azure Landing Zones | Cloud Adoption Framework- Azure Landing Zone Accelerator- Azure Landing Zone Brownfield- Development environments- Give us feedback!

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27:19

295 - What’s new in MCRA – Microsoft Cybersecurity...

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2025/06/18

In this week's episode, we look at MCRA - the Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture. Updates were released in April 2025; we'll go through the updates and explain why MCRA matters.(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(05:29) - Show content starts.Show links- Updated MCRAFeedback - Give us feedback!

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30:11

294 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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2025/06/11

In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding the scope beyond just Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and similar Microsoft platforms and capabilities. What's new? What's interesting? What's retiring?(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(05:20) - Show content starts.Show links- Design, troubleshoot, and secure networks using Microsoft Copilot in Azure | Microsoft Learn- GA: Private subnet- Public preview: VM network

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28:04

293 - The Dawn of Agent IDs in Entra ID

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2025/06/04

The future of generative AI might very well be agentic workloads. Fresh from Build 2025, we take a look at Agent IDs in Entra ID. What are they, and why would even need to know how they work? What's the difference from Enterprise Applications? We consider compliance, reporting, licensing and other aspects on Agent IDs. (00:00) - Intro and catching up.(04:08) - Show content starts.Show links- Agent IDs announcement from Build 2025- Give us feedback!

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20:45

292 - What are Service Groups?

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2025/05/28

Today, we're taking an initial look at Azure Service Groups. We're already familiar with Resource Groups and have discussed Management Groups and governance in general in previous episodes over the years. Service Groups provide a new approach to governing and managing your resources operationally. We'll share our thoughts on governance, this new capability, and how it can be utilized.(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(03:45) - Show content starts.Show links- Service Groups- Give us feedback!

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25:02

291 - Reflections from Microsoft Build 2025

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2025/05/21

* NOTE: It seems like Microsoft Teams recording messed up big time. This episode has an audio distortion issue around the 16-minute to 20-minute mark. Apologies! *This week, we'll have our initial reflections and thoughts from major Microsoft Build 2025 announcements. What caught our eye? It's AI all the way, but we find other aspects as well. Tobi shares some surprising news, and we also talk about future episodes now that we'll have a bit more time to dive deep into the new

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37:14

290 - Basics of Azure AI Foundry

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2025/05/14

This week, we'll tackle the basics of Azure AI Foundry. First, we'll talk about what it is and who it aims for. We will also walk you through the options and capabilities, like reviewing models, fine-tuning, and managing your data and indexes. We'll also consider the different aspects of building your apps before wrapping up with considerations on possible apps you could build.(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(03:15) - Show content starts.Show links- Plan and manage costs for Azure AI

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31:35

289 - Expectations on Microsoft Build 2025

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2025/05/07

In this week's episode, we ponder what to expect from Microsoft Build 2025. Is it worth traveling to Seattle for the event, that takes place May 19-22? We reflect on the possible announcements, the breakout session topics, as well as the keynotes.(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(04:56) - Show content starts.Show links- Microsoft Build 2025- DEM554: Building Agents with Security Copilot- BRK231: Building Secure AI Agents with Microsoft Entra ID- BRK222: Windows AI Developer Workstations:

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30:46

288 - Review your environments with checklists!

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2025/04/30

This week, we take a look at Azure Review Checklists. Relatively unbeknownst to us, this interesting capability allows you to really supercharge the reviews on your Azure environments!(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(03:03) - Show content starts.Show links- Azure Review Checklists- Azure Resource Inventory- Give us feedback!

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30:40

287 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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2025/04/23

In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding the scope beyond just Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and similar Microsoft platforms and capabilities. What's new? What's interesting? What's retiring?(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(03:45) - Show content starts.Show links- What's new in Microsoft Sentinel- What's new in Microsoft Defender for Cloud features- CDN Domain URL change for Agents in Pipelines - Azure DevOps

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37:08

286 - A look at GitHub Copilot in practice in 2025

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2025/04/16

This week, we're revisiting GitHub Copilot. We talked about it a few years ago, when it was fresh. Has anything changed? How are we using it? Prepare to be blown away by one specific capability now in preview.(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(03:38) - Show content starts.Show links- GitHub Copilot- Visual Studio Code Insiders- Agent mode in GitHub Copilot- Give us feedback!

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33:22

285 - Considerations when services are being deprecated

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2025/04/09

This week, we'll talk about services that are being deprecated, and what to think of that. How to best prepare when you get an announcement that something is going away? What are the business perspective, and the perspectives on security?(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(03:57) - Show content starts.Show links- Entra Permissions Management retirement- Azure AD B2C retirement- Remote Desktop App retirement- Give us feedback!

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24:46

284 - Understanding Network Security Perimeter in Azure

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2025/04/02

This week, we look at Network Security Perimeter, which is currently in public preview. It's a nifty capability for controlling inbound and outbound traffic for your PaaS resources.(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(05:01) - Show content starts.Show links- Creating a network security perimeter in the Azure Portal - Tobias' device: ZTE U50, 5G Portable WiFi Hotspot (Amazon.se)- Give us feedback!

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26:14

283 - Getting started with Azure Firewall

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2025/03/26

This week, we're considering when and how to use Azure Firewall in your deployments. What are the features, SKUs, and capabilities? When should you choose Azure Firewall, and when should you choose something else? Considerations on enterprise architectures also.(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(02:59) - Show content starts.Show links- Azure Firewall Basic - getting started- Cloud Adoption Framework: Landing Zones- Give us feedback!

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27:50

282 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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2025/03/19

In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding the scope beyond just Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and similar Microsoft platforms and capabilities. What's new? What's interesting? What's retiring?(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(04:15) - Show content starts.Show links- What's new in Microsoft Defender for Cloud features- Azure updates | Microsoft Azure- Vaulted Backup Support for Azure Files- Log Analytics Simple

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32:17

281 - Securing Microsoft Entra

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2025/03/12

This week, we take a look at fresh guidance from Microsoft on increasing security for Microsoft Entra. It's an interesting guide - easily digestible, solid advice, and very actionable recommendations. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(02:50) - Show content starts.Show links- Securing Microsoft Entra-guidance- Give us feedback!

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39:06

280 - A lap around Azure AI Foundry Agents (preview)

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2025/03/05

This week, we look at building agents using Azure AI Foundry. What's an agent, and why should you care? What's the process for building an agent? And where does Copilot Studio stand in here? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(04:05) - Show content starts.Show links- Azure AI Foundry: Agents (preview)- Introducing Azure AI Agent service- Ctrl+Alt+Azure | Episode 267: Building AI apps with Microsoft.Extensions.AI- Ctrl+Alt+Azure | Episode 269:

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32:38

279 - Backing up the cloud

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2025/02/26

This week, we focus on disaster recovery - specifically, backups. Should you back up the cloud? All of Azure and Microsoft 365? Or nothing? We consider the different viewpoints, options, and possibilities. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(04:00) - Show content starts.Show links- I Ran 9 Popular LLMs on Raspberry Pi 5; Here's What I Found- Ctrl+Alt+Azure | Episode 218: Azure SQL Backup and Recovery- EntraExporter- Give us feedback!

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23:53

278 - Microsoft Tech Updates

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2025/02/19

In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding the scope beyond just Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and similar Microsoft platforms and capabilities. What's new? What's interesting? What's retiring? Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(03:50) - Show content starts.Show links- Azure Data Studio retirement- DNSSEC in Azure DNS Public Zones- Deepseek-R1 in Azure AI FoundryMicrosoft

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