Ctrl+Alt+Azure Tobias Zimmergren, Jussi Roine

In this week's episode, we look at recent Azure updates. What's new? What's interesting? What's retiring? We found updates for Azure Bastion Host, Virtual Network Manager, Defender for Cloud, and many others. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(02:48) - Show content starts.
Show links- Azure Bastion Premium- How to use Virtual Network Verifier- isNestedVirtualizationSupported- Activity log alerts can now run in EU Data Boundary- Defender for Endpoint with Defender for Cloud Apps: macOS support- Public preview: Advanced Container Networking Services for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS)- Azure Web Application Firewall integration in Microsoft Copilot for Security (preview)- Public preview: Azure Functions extension for OpenAI
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This week, we talked about why it's useful (and fun!) to build a homelab. What constitutes a homelab? Why should you build one? We talk about the different use cases, the options, and key components you should get. Lastly, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(03:09) - Show content starts.
Show links- Jussi's Homelab Part 1, Part 2
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In this week's episode we take a deeper look into Copilot for Security. What can you do with it, and will Generative AI really make everything nicer and easier? We talk about capabilities, options, pricing and cost, and security in general. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(05:03) - Show content starts.
Show links- Copilot for Security (Microsoft Learn)
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Last week's Microsoft Build 2024 is fresh on our minds, and we take a deeper look at the hero announcements. Copilot+ PCs and AI in general are top of mind for us, because that was also what Build was essentially about. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(03:58) - Show content starts.
Show links- Microsoft Build 2024- Build 2024 Book of News- Copilot+ PCs- Ctrl+Alt+Azure | 232 - Diving into Azure AI Studio- What is Azure AI Studio? - Azure AI Studio | Microsoft Learn
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Infrastructure as Code means one thing and so many things simultaneously for people. We pick the brains of Jack Tracey from Microsoft, on his lessons learned and insights with IaC. What are the pitfalls? What works? Bicep or Terraform? Also, Jussi asks Jack an unexpected question.
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(03:46) - Show content starts.
Show links- https://aka.ms/avm - Decompile ARM template JSON to Bicep - Azure Resource Manager | Microsoft Learn
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In this week's episode we talk about Azure Quantum with Elaine van Bergen from Microsoft. What is quantum? What about Azure Quantum? Who can build solutions, and what sort of solutions can you build? We try not to understand the math, but we want to understand everythin else. Also, Tobi asks Elaine an unexpected question.
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.(02:57) - Show content starts.
Show links- Get started with Azure Quantum - Training | Microsoft Learn - Starting your journey to become quantum-safe | Microsoft Security Blog- Advancing science: Microsoft and Quantinuum demonstrate the most reliable logical qubits on record with an error rate 800x better than physical qubits - The Official Microsoft Blog- Schrödinger's cat - Wikipedia- Azure Quantum | Learn about quantum and cryptography (microsoft.com)- Azure Quantum | Elements Overview (microsoft.com)
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