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S6E27 - Microsoft updates October- new products and features released Nov 07, 2025

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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:

Key Microsoft Entra, Intune and Defender features and updates
Lots of Azure changes and new features

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S5E7 - Vulnerability Management - Reducing risk of compromise in your organisation Feb 23, 2024

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Alan and Sam discuss what vulnerability management is, and why it is important to an organisation. Alan dives into how Microsoft security solutions help identify weaknesses and monitor their remediation. Here are a few areas we covered:

What are vulnerabilities?
why should you monitoring, priorities and resolve them?
How can Microsoft Solutions help manage your vulnerabilities?
What Microsoft licenses do you need to get started?

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S4E26 - Season 4 Finale! Dec 08, 2023

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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.

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S4E24 - Azure Container Apps - Fully managed containers in the cloud Nov 24, 2023

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This week we cover Azure Container Apps. Container Apps is a serverless container service provided by Microsoft Azure, designed to simplify the deployment and scaling of containerized applications using Kubernetes. It offers a seamless and integrated platform for developers to focus on building applications without the need to manage the underlying infrastructure.

Sam takes the lead covering:

What are containers, and why do organisations use them?
What is Azure container apps? And how do they compare to other services in Azure?
Which types of apps can be deployed and hosted?
What are the SKUs how much does it cost?

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S3E15 - Azure API Management - Manage and Secure your APIs at scale Apr 14, 2023

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Alan and Sam discuss Azure API Management. Sam explains the key features and benefits of using API management to manage your APIs at scale.

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S3E14 - Azure Private Link (plus some important news!!!) - Secure access to your Azure resources Apr 07, 2023

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Alan and Sam discuss the Azure Private Link and how it can secure your services. Alan goes through the functionality available and the benefits of using Azure Private Endpoints to access PaaS.

Alan also announces his new achievement of becoming a Microsoft MVP in Security.

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S3E4 - Privileged Identity Management - Secure Azure and Azure AD Jan 27, 2023

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Alan and Sam discuss how Microsoft’s Privileged Identity Management (PIM) can be used to improve your identity Security. PIM gives the ability to provide just-in-time access to management roles in Azure AD and Azure. Alan also goes into detail around the user experience and how PIM can be extended outside of the Microsoft Cloud.

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S2E20 - Microsoft XDR – Create a Holistic View of Your Environment Nov 18, 2022

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Alan and Sam discuss Microsoft XDR and why it is now becoming a requirement in organisations. They both take the role of the 'Expert' and explains what XDR is, how it helps reduce security risk.

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S2E11 - Microsoft Purview Data Governance Portal Sep 16, 2022

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Alan and Sam discuss how the Microsoft Purview – Data Governance Portal can help you to manage and govern your organisations data. Sam takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains the 'Train the Trainer' event that he participated in with Microsoft and gives an overview of the product.

Link to the Microsoft Purview Workshop: https://github.com/tayganr/purviewlab

Many thanks to the team at Microsoft for their time to take us through the workshop and give get guidance to all participants.

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S2E8 - Securing Multi-Cloud environments with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Aug 26, 2022

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Alan and Sam discuss how Microsoft Defender for Cloud can help Secure your multi-cloud environments. Alan takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains how you can easily gain visibility of your multi-cloud environment and how you secure it using protection workloads.

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