Ctrl+Alt+Azure – Détails, épisodes et analyse

This week, we digest the NIST AI RMF Playbook and dive into what the four functions are, and share a few thoughts on what we think about this framework. Also, Tobias asks Jussi an unexpected question.

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- ESPC 2024 discount code (100 EUR): CtrlAltAzure - get your tickets here: https://www.sharepointeurope.com/
- NIST AI RMF Playbook

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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, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

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- Public Preview: Simulate everyday interactions with your app in Azure AI Studio

- Public Preview: New evaluations for quality and similarity in Azure AI Studio

- Public Preview: Evaluations for protected material (text) in Azure AI Studio 

- Public preview: Azure Virtual Network IP address management

- Retirement: Azure Orbital Ground Station Retirement

- Sentinel Ninja training

- Microsoft discontinues HoloLens 2

- IntuneMacAdmins

- GSA resources

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This week, we unpack Microsoft compliance. It can mean many things, and often different things to different people. How have we experienced compliance in practice? What tools, regulations, capabilities, and resources are there? What lessons have we learned? Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

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- CIS Azure Benchmark
- Responsible AI Tools and Practices | Microsoft AI

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- Welcome | Learn Green Software
- Sustainability workloads - Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework | Microsoft Learn
- Build sustainable solutions on Azure and save money (Zimmergren)

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- Use managed identities with Azure Front Door Standard/Premium (Microsoft Learn)

- Azure Front Door zero downtime migration (Azure Updates)

- Upgrade from Azure Front Door Standard to Premium tier (Azure Updates)

- Manage tables in a Log Analytics workspace (Azure Updates)

- Migrate from Azure MFA Server to cloud-based Azure MFA Service (Microsoft Learn) 

- Introduction to Azure Advisor Score (Microsoft Learn) 

- Microsoft Sentinel Technical Playbook for MSSPs (TechCommunity)

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Show links: Guest episodes

- 009 - Thinking about remote access options for VMs

- 036 - All things Security with Sami Laiho

- 021 - Talking about Azure Sentinel with Maarten Goet

- 072 - Ignite recap with Martijn

- 080 - Exploring Azure Arc with Thomas Maurer

- 109 - Azure Policy as Code with Jesse Loudon

- 155 - Building Mission-Critical workloads on Azure with Martin Simecek

Show links: Favorite episodes

- 001 - Let's talk about Azure Key Vault

- 121 - Cost Optimization in the Azure Well-Architected Framework

- 133 - Performance Efficiency in the Azure Well-Architected Framework

- 136 - Operational Excellence in the Azure Well-Architected Framework

- 140 - Reliability in the Azure Well-Architected Framework

- Any Azure Update episode, as they are very informative and a great way for anyone to stay updated with interesting and relevant updates that we hand-pick each time.

- And, of course, all episodes where we reflected on something tangible from customer and real-world project experiences.

Show links: General
- How we planned and launched a Podcast - the technical story (Zimmergren)

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- Data Export Services deprecation notice (Microsoft)
- Episode 141 where we talked about ADF (Ctrl+Alt+Azure)
- Azure Synapse Link details (Microsoft Docs)

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto.
We at Sovelto support your personal growth, keep your Azure skills up to date and increase your market value. Learn or expire: sovelto.fi/pro 

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- Monitoring for Ampere Altra Arm-based VMs and AKS clusters (Azure Updates)
- Deprecation notice: Log Analytics Alert API in Azure Monitor will be retired (Azure Updates)
- Encrypt managed disks with cross-tenant customer-managed keys (Microsoft Learn)
- Customer-managed keys for Azure Storage encryption (Microsoft Learn)
- Generally available: Resizing of peered virtual networks (Azure Updates)
- Generally available: Action groups can now be saved and processed within Europe (Azure Updates)
- Azure Orbital updates (Azure Updates)
- Generally available: Managed Grafana (Azure Updates)

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto.
We at Sovelto support your personal growth, keep your Azure skills up to date and increase your market value. Learn or expire: sovelto.fi/pro 

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• Sustainability guidance for Azure with the Azure Well-Architected Framework (Microsoft Docs)
• Microsoft cloud security benchmark (MCSB) (Microsoft Docs)
• Azure Savings Plan for Compute (TechCommunity)

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto.
We at Sovelto support your personal growth, keep your Azure skills up to date and increase your market value. Learn or expire: sovelto.fi/pro 

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• Azure Well-Architected: Mission-critical workloads (Microsoft Docs)
• GitHub: Mission-critical Online & Mission-Critical Connected (GitHub)
• Martin Simecek (Twitter)

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto.
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