Ctrl+Alt+Azure
237 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis is the Ctrl+Alt+Azure podcast. We talk about all things Microsoft Azure and share our experiences and thoughts on the way. Your hosts are Tobias Zimmergren and Jussi Roine.
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086 - Exploring Azure Synapse with Vesa Tikkanen
June 16, 2021 13:00 - 49 minutes - 68.4 MBVesa Tikkanen on Twitter Vesa Tikkanen on LinkedIn Azure Synapse Analytics (Microsoft Docs) Azure Databricks (Microsoft Docs) Getting started with Snowflake on Azure (Snowflake.com)
085 - A look at Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
June 09, 2021 13:00 - 40 minutes - 55.5 MBAzure Arc with App Service, Functions, and Logic Apps (preview) Custom locations (Microsoft Docs) Deploy and manage Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes cluster extensions (Microsoft Docs)
084 - Creating custom connectors in Azure for Power Platform
June 02, 2021 13:00 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBIn 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.
083 - Microsoft Build 2021 announcements and news
May 26, 2021 13:00 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MBBuild 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 Platf...
082 - So, where is my data?
May 19, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes - 43 MBData residency (Microsoft) Further documentation (Microsoft Docs) Power BI Report (Microsoft) Jussi's blog on Azure data residency
081 - Azure Updates
May 12, 2021 13:00 - 40 minutes - 55.5 MBMicrosoft 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 V...
080 - Exploring Azure Arc with Thomas Maurer
May 05, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MBThomas 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
079 - We're talking about Azure Bicep
April 28, 2021 13:00 - 40 minutes - 55.3 MBAzure Bicep on GitHub PSArm Thread on Twitter about Azure Bicep likes and dislikes (thanks @ryanyates1990 & @CloudCristoph!) Getting started with Azure Bicep (Tobi)
078 - Azure Updates
April 21, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes - 48.5 MBPublic 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 Az...
077 - Publishing with Azure AD Application Proxy
April 14, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes - 55.6 MBAzure AD App Proxy licensing (Microsoft Docs) Building secure access to Teslamate using Azure (Jussi) Publishing Qlik via Azure AD App Proxy (Microsoft Docs)
076 - So you want to become an Azure developer? Get the AZ-204!
April 07, 2021 13:00 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBCertification poster (Microsoft) The AZ-204 certification (Microsoft Docs) How I prepare and (often) succeed with technical Microsoft certification exams (Jussi) AZ-204 labs (GitHub)
075 - Azure spring cleaning
March 31, 2021 13:00 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MBREST API for querying SAS tokens in a Storage Account (Microsoft Docs) Azure Clean!
074 - Azure Updates
March 24, 2021 14:00 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MBRunning Azure Functions on .NET 5 (Microsoft Docs) Differences with .NET class library functions (In-process vs out-of-process) (Microsoft Docs) Network routing preferences for Azure Storage (Microsoft Docs) Azure API Management for Visual Studio Code (Visual Studio Code Marketplace) Introducing Microsoft Power Fx (Microsoft Power Apps) RBAC with Cosmos DB (Microsoft Docs) Security Center Updates, February 2021 (Microsoft Docs) Routing preference (Microsoft Docs) Trusted launch for ...
073 - Security with Microsoft Teams
March 17, 2021 14:00 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBSecuring Microsoft Teams (Tobias Zimmergren)
072 - Ignite recap with Martijn
March 10, 2021 14:00 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MBMartijn Brant on Twitter Martijn Brant on LinkedIn Scheveningen Catch up on Ignite Ignite: Book of News Certificate renewal Microsoft Mesh Azure Bicep v0.3 Windows Server 2022 Windows Admin Center with Azure Portal Device Update for Azure IoT Hub Azure Percept Azure Route Server Azure Resource Mover Azure Backup Center
071 - Briefly chatting about Security Operations in Azure
March 03, 2021 14:00 - 37 minutes - 60.9 MB041 - Optimize your workloads with the Azure Well-Architected Framework 021 - Talking about Azure Sentinel with Maarten Goet
070 - Expectations on Microsoft Ignite 2021
February 24, 2021 14:00 - 37 minutes - 51.6 MBRegister for Microsoft Ignite
069 - Printing is still a thing - a look at Universal Print
February 17, 2021 14:00 - 28 minutes - 39 MBBuilding a print-anywhere setup using Universal Printing and an old HP LaserJet (Jussi) Removing a print connector (Microsoft Docs)
068 - Azure updates
February 10, 2021 14:00 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MBPrevent Shared Key Authorization for an Azure Storage Account (Microsoft Docs) Azure Cache for Redis Event Grid Overview (Microsoft Docs) Secure backend services using client certificate authentication in Azure API Management (Microsoft Docs) Security Center Preview Updates January 2021 (Microsoft Docs) Security Center GA Updates January 2021 (Microsoft Docs) General availability: Soft delete for Azure file shares is now on by default for new storage accounts (Microsoft Docs) Append b...
067 - End-to-end testing with Playwright on Azure
February 03, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 42.1 MBLoad test projects in VS2019 (Micrsooft Docs) Playwright GitHub repo Browserless.io Selenium Creating a custom Azure Function on Linux using a custom container (Microsoft Docs)
066 - Azure Updates
January 27, 2021 14:00 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBEncryption of backup data using Customer-Managed Keys (CMK) (Microsoft Docs) View changes at scale with Application Change Analysis (Azure) Azure Security Center - News and Updates for December 2020 (Azure) Intro to flow logging for NSGs (Microsoft Docs) ARM template support for NSG flow logs (Microsoft Blog) Deploy and manage NSG Flow Logs using Azure Policy (Microsoft Docs) Chile Azure region announcement (Microsoft Blog)
065 - Design for transient faults in Azure
January 20, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MBTransient Fault Handling (Microsoft Docs) Error handling for resilient applications in Azure (Microsoft Docs) Retry Guidance for specific Azure Services (Microsoft Docs) Retry Pattern (Microsoft Docs) Overview of the Reliability pillar in the Azure Well-Architected Framework (Microsoft Docs)
064 - Getting started with machine learning using Lobe
January 13, 2021 14:00 - 24 minutes - 39.2 MBLobe How to train with TensorFlow (Microsoft Docs) How to deploy a local container notebook (Microsoft Docs) How to deploy machine learning models with TensorFlow Building a machine learning model with Lobe, easily (Jussi)
063 - Azure updates
January 06, 2021 14:00 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBCreate a Zone-redundant Azure Container Registry (Microsoft Docs) App Service Environment v3 now available in Public Preview (Azure Updates) App Configuration is now GA in China and US Gov (Azure Updates) Azure Functions in Any Language with Custom Handlers (Microsoft Tech Community) Five more services available in Azure free services (Azure Updates) Digital Twins is GA (Azure Updates) Azure Stack HCI is GA (Azure Updates) Azure Stack HCI Catalog Azure Storage account recovery porta...
062 - Finding your way with Azure Maps
December 30, 2020 14:00 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MBAzure Maps overview (Microsoft Docs) Creator Preview (Microsoft Docs)
061 - Azure updates
December 23, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 42 MB29 preview recommendations in Azure Security Benchmark NIST SP 800 171 R2 added to the regulatory compliance dashboard Recommendations list now includes filters Auto provisioning experience improved and expanded Secure score is now available in continuous export (preview) "System updates should be installed on your machines" recommendation now includes sub-recommendations Policy management page in the Azure portal now shows status of default policy assignments Azure Storage Acc...
060 - FinOps with Azure with Tamás Gémesi
December 16, 2020 14:00 - 48 minutes - 66.8 MBTamás Gémesi on LinkedIn FinOps Foundation Introduction to FinOps course Cost Management (Microsoft) Azure VM comparison Cloud Economics v2.0: The FinOps Handbook ShareGate Overcast Cloud Custodian
059 - Azure in Space?
December 09, 2020 14:00 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBMicrosoft Azure Space The announcement on Azure Space Introducing Azure Orbital Azure Orbital docs I am interested in Azure Orbital
058 - Azure Updates
December 02, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBAnnouncing ASP.NET Core in .NET 5 (Microsoft ASP.NET Blog) Azure Cache for Redis (Microsoft Azure) Azure Cosmos DB serverless (Microsoft Docs) Azure Advisor (Microsoft Docs) Azure Firewall DNS settings (Microsoft Docs) Use FQDN filtering in network rules (Microsoft Docs) Create Bing Search resource through Azure Marketplace (Microsoft Docs) At-scale migration automation support with Azure Migrate and Azure PowerShell (Microsoft Azure) Oracle WebLogic Server on Azure Kubernetes Serv...
057 - Azure Policy and Azure Key Vault integration
November 25, 2020 14:00 - 31 minutes - 43 MBIntegrate Azure Key Vault with Azure Policy (Microsoft Docs) Built-in Azure Policies for Azure Key Vault (Microsoft Docs)
056 - News in Azure, November 2020
November 18, 2020 14:00 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBEnforce a minimum required version of Transport Layer Security (TLS) for incoming requests (Microsoft Docs) Integrate Azure Key Vault with Azure Policy (Microsoft Docs) Visual Studio Code extension diagnostics + periscope (Azure Updates) App Service Discount for Premium Plans (Azure Updates) Generate a new function app from an OpenAPI specification (Azure Updates) Grant permission to applications to access an Azure key vault using Azure RBAC (Microsoft Docs) Monitoring Key Vault with ...
055 - A few thoughts on event-based automation with Azure
November 11, 2020 14:00 - 36 minutes - 50.8 MBBest Practices for building Azure Functions (Zimmergren) Reflections on Azure Logic Apps (Ctrl+Alt+Azure Podcast) Event Grid message delivery and retry (Microsoft Docs) Subscription and tenant limits / throttling (Microsoft Docs)
054 - Linux on Windows with WSL 2
November 04, 2020 14:00 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBSideloading a custom Linux distro Building a local WordPress test environment using Windows 10, Docker Desktop, and WSL 2 (Jussi) Installing WSL 2 (Microsoft Docs)
053 - Backups using the new Azure Backup Center
October 28, 2020 14:00 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBAzure Backup Center announcement (Microsoft) Support matrix for Backup Center (Microsoft Docs) Overview of Azure Backup Center (Microsoft Docs)
052 - Recommendations if we started working with Azure today!
October 21, 2020 13:00 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBGet Started Guide for Azure Developers (Microsoft Docs) Developing with Azure Resource Manager - Azure Resource Explorer (Zimmergren) Microsoft Architecture Center (Microsoft Docs) Microsoft Learn - Azure (Microsoft Docs) What is Azure Active Directory? (Microsoft Docs)
051 - Digesting announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2020
October 14, 2020 13:00 - 36 minutes - 50.1 MB.NET 5 RC1 (Microsoft Devblogs) Azure Private Marketplace (Microsoft Docs) Azure SQL Edge (Microsoft Docs) Azure Logic Apps updates (Microsoft Techcommunity) Azure Resource Mover (Microsoft Docs) 022 - Getting Started with Azure Arc, the modern Group Policies (Ctrl+Alt+Azure episode) Azure Arc updates (Microsoft) Azure Backup Center (Microsoft Docs) Azure Backup Center Support Matrix (Microsoft Docs)
050 - First look at Azure Communication Services
October 07, 2020 13:00 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBOverview of Azure Communication Services (Microsoft) Microsoft Mechanics video on the service (Youtube) Get a phone number (Microsoft) Events supported by ACS (Microsoft) Hero sample on group chat (Microsoft)
049 - Security News from Microsoft Ignite September 2020
September 30, 2020 13:00 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBAzure Automanage (Microsoft) Azure Sentinel Updates (Microsoft) Microsoft Compliance Manager (Microsoft) Microsoft Compliance Manager Licensing and Terms (Microsoft)
048 - Azure News in September, Part 1
September 23, 2020 13:00 - 24 minutes - 34 MBTesting application fault resiliency Automate Always On availability group deployments with SQL Virtual Machine resource provider Azure Cache for Visual Studio Code Extension (Preview) ASC: Security principals recommendation AKS: CVE-2020-8559 information (GitHub) Durable Functions v2.3.0 (GitHub)
047 - Managing the crops with Azure FarmBeats
September 16, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBAzure FarmBeats announcement (Microsoft) Overview of Azure FarmBeats (Microsoft) Integrating with Azure FarmBeats (Microsoft) Building a Translator component (Microsoft)
046 - Azure Static Web Apps with Elio Struyf
September 09, 2020 13:00 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MBElio's blog Pimp Your Own Device webshop for stickers! Visual Studio Code extension for Front Matter Azure Static Web Apps Preview (Microsoft) Static website hosting on Azure Storage (Microsoft)
045 - Azure News in August 2020 - Part 2
September 02, 2020 13:00 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBAccess Kubernetes resources from the Azure Portal (Microsoft Docs) Audit Logs of Azure Monitor logs queries now available (Microsoft Docs) Line numbers in Log Analytics query editor (Azure Updates) What's new in PowerShell 7.0 (Microsoft Docs) Azure Cloud Shell Repository (GitHub) .NET Framework 4.8 Release Notes (GitHub) NFS 3.0 protocol support in Azure Blob storage (Microsoft Docs)
044 - Common approaches to building an API in Azure
August 26, 2020 13:00 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MBAPI Design ebook (Microsoft) APIs + Microservices ebook (Microsoft) Create an Azure AD protected API (Christos Matskas) Visual Studio Code (Preview) extension for Azure API Management (Microsoft)
043 - Azure News in August 2020 - Part 1
August 19, 2020 13:00 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBAzure Cloud Shell can run in an isolated virtual network (preview) Azure Firewall Manager is now generally available Eight new recommendations to enable threat protection features Container security improvements - faster registry scanning and refreshed documentation Vulnerability assessment for virtual machines is now available for non-marketplace images Choose to allow or disallow blob public access on Azure Storage accounts All Azure updates (Microsoft)
042 - Migrate away with Azure Migrate
August 12, 2020 13:00 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MBAzure Migrate Overview (Microsoft) Getting started with Azure Migrate: Migrating an on-premises Hyper-V Virtual Machine to Azure (Jussi) Migrate to the Cloud with Azure Migrate (e-book, Microsoft) Cloud Migration Simplified: A new framework for migrating infrastructure, data, and applications (e-book, Microsoft) Azure Migrate in Cloud Adoption Framework (Jussi)
041 - Optimize your workloads with the Azure Well-Architected Framework
August 05, 2020 13:00 - 32 minutes - 45.3 MBAzure Well-Architected Framework (Microsoft) Download the framework as a single PDF (Microsoft) Cloud Adoption Framework (Microsoft) A blog post announcing the Azure Well-Architected Framework (Microsoft)
040 - What is DevTest Labs?
July 29, 2020 13:00 - 22 minutes - 21.4 MBTry out DevTest Labs Pricing (it's free) Building the perfect remote workstation in the cloud (Jussi) How to configure a lab (Microsoft)
039 - Embracing Azure Container Instances
July 22, 2020 13:00 - 28 minutes - 27.4 MBAzure Container Instances (ACI) and Secrets - Creating secret volumes and consume secrets using C# .NET Core (Zimmergren) Azure Container Instances (ACI) and Secrets - Using Secure Environment Variables (Zimmergren) Azure Container Instances - C# .NET Core apps running as containers in your private Azure Container Registry (Zimmergren) Building a .NET Core API, host it in Azure Container Instances from a private Container Registry and enable HTTPS using Application Gateway (Jussi + Tobia...
038 - Remote development with Visual Studio Code
July 15, 2020 13:00 - 22 minutes - 21.3 MBVisual Studio Code (Microsoft) VSCode remote development (Microsoft) Remote development extension for VSCode (Microsoft) Developing remotely on Raspberry Pi 4 and Linux using Visual Studio Code (Jussi)
037 - Discussing the Chaos Engineering methodology
July 08, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes - 27.7 MBChaos Monkey (Netflix) Chaos Monkey docs (Netflix) Chaos Engineering (Wikipedia)