In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Vikas Bhatia, Head of Product for Microsoft Azure Confidential Computing, talks with host Allyson Klein about the role of Azure and Intel SGX in protecting applications and data during use in the public cloud. Azure Confidential Computing is a broad Microsoft initiative to protect applications and data while in use in the public cloud and is enabled by Intel SGX. Vikas describes exciting recent developments in confidential computing, including the Confidential Computing Consortium, the general availability announcement of Intel SGX-based VMs, and various use cases that customers are targeting with confidential computing. To learn more about Azure Confidential Computing with Intel SGX-based VMs, visit: aka.ms/azurecc Follow @azure on Twitter. Notices & Disclaimers: Intel technologies may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. No product or component can be absolutely secure. Your costs and results may vary.