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S6E30 - Season 6 Finale! Dec 12, 2025

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In this episode, we wrap up the season, where we explore our favorite episodes of the season. We also talk about the what happened in 2025, and how the podcast has grown in terms of listenership and engagement.

As we bid farewell to the season, we also reveal our future plans for the next season, which will start in January 2026. 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 you 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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S6E24 - Microsoft updates September - new products and features released Oct 03, 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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S6E3 - How can CSPM help fortify your defences Jan 31, 2025

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Alan and Sam discuss why it is important to have Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) solutions in place. Alan goes through the general benefits of CSPM, enhancements since its release and dives into Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Topics that are covered are:

What is Cloud Security Posture Management and why it is important
What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud’s approach to CSPM
What is Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark
what are the pricing tiers for CSPM

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S6E2 - Securing the API Gateway: A Deep Dive into Microsoft Defender for APIs Jan 24, 2025

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In this episode, we explore the critical world of API security through the lens of Microsoft Defender for APIs. Join us as we discuss how this tool can safeguard your APIs in increasingly cloud-centric environments.

Topics Covered:

Introduction to Defender for APIs
- What it is and why it matters in today's cloud landscape.
- Who should care about API security?
Key Features of Defender for APIs
- Inventory management and visibility.
- Security findings and vulnerability assessment.
- Real-time threat detection based on OWASP API Top 10.
- Integration with other Azure and security tools.
Benefits for Businesses
- Enhanced API security posture.
- Compliance with regulatory standards.
- Mitigating risks in API lifecycle management.

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S5E30 - Azure Container Storage - Native container volume management in Azure Aug 23, 2024

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This week Alan and Sam discuss Azure Container Storage which is a volume management service built natively for containers, which enables cost-effective performance scaling and simplified management of volumes for stateful container applications.

What are containers and their storage requirements?
Why Azure Container Storage is useful
How do you create storage? What are the configuration options?
How much does the service cost?

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S5E25 - Azure Storage Actions - Serverless storage actions across your storage accounts Jul 19, 2024

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This week Alan and Sam discuss Azure Storage Actions a serverless framework currently in preview that allows users to perform common data operations on millions of objects across multiple Azure Storage accounts without needing additional compute resources. It involves creating storage tasks with defined conditions, operations, and assignments. Users can monitor and manage these tasks, which run asynchronously, via metrics and reports. Azure Storage Actions is integrated with Azure Event Grid for event handling, and is supported in several regions, here is what we covered:

What is Azure Storage Actions and why are they useful?
How do you create them? What are the configuration options?
How much does it cost?

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S3E21 - Season 3 Finale - including a Microsoft Build 2023 recap! May 26, 2023

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It's the Season 3 Finale! Where has the time gone! Alan and Sam discuss the season, what their favorite episode were. They discuss some of the announcements at Microsoft Build 2023 that peaked their interest.

Microsoft Build 2023 Book of News

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S3E9 - Azure Developer CLI - Helping Developers to Deploy and manage their Applications on Azure Mar 03, 2023

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Alan and Sam discuss how The Azure Developer CLI can be used to help automate and manage key points in the application development lifecycle. Sam discusses what the Azure Developer CLI (azd) is, the functionality and benefits that it brings and examples of how you can use it in your own projects.

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S3E6 - Microsoft Defender for Office - Protecting users from phishing attacks and more Feb 10, 2023

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Alan and Sam discuss how Microsoft Defender for Office (MDO) can be used to protect users from phishing attacks. Alan will go through all the security benefits, as well some of the education training features included in MDO. We will discuss how this tie into the Microsoft 365 Defender portal and XDR.

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S2E13 - Architecting Serverless Applications in Azure/O365 Sep 30, 2022

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Alan and Sam discuss how server applications in Azure can help you to more efficiently build applications for your business in a different way to traditional application development. We both take the role of the 'Expert' and give our experiences using these technologies to build applications for our customers.

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