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Today, we'll talk about cost management and FinOps, and we have Paola Annis from Microsoft as the expert on this. What's FinOps again? What are companies focusing on as part of FinOps? We consider the different aspects of FinOps, and reflect how it looked in the back compared to today. Also, Jussi asks Paola an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:42) - Show content starts.

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- https://data.finops.org/#11755
- https://data.finops.org/#11757

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Today, we'll talk about GitHub Enterprise. This is based on a recent adventure in getting it to work for us, and the lessons learned are the essence of this episode. What are the plans? What do you need to configure? What got us confused? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(04:06) - Show content starts.

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- GitHub Enterprise Trial
- Jussi's Whoop 4.0 (Jussi's referral code, if you want 1 month free and Jussi gets 1 month free: link)

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We've discussed generative AI and Azure AI capabilities in a few past episodes. In this episode, we'll bring it all together and focus on Azure AI Studio—how do you build generative AI solutions using this service? We consider how to choose LLMs, cost, deployment, bringing your data, and what solutions companies are building with this. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:56) - Show content starts.

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- Ctrl+Alt+Azure: 199 - Refreshing our knowledge on Azure AI
- Ctrl+Alt+Azure: 220 - When to use what with generative AI?
- Ctrl+Alt+Azure: 223 - Understanding Azure AI Search

- Azure AI Studio

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In this week's episode, we look at Microsoft Security Exposure Management. What is it, and what can you do with it? We discuss the capabilities, our initial impressions of this capability, and licensing. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:31) - Show content starts.

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- Microsoft Security Exposure Management documentation

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In this episode, we take a look at recent updates to Azure. What's new, what's in preview, and what's interesting? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:14) - Show content starts.

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- GA: Application Gateway for Containers

- Public preview: Application Gateway support for TLS and TCP

- GA: Elastic SAN

- Windows Server 2025

- Public Preview: Well-Architected Framework assessment on Azure Advisor

- Migrate Azure Cloud Services (classic) to Azure Cloud Services (extended support)

- Azure Storage Actions documentation

- What's new in Microsoft Sentinel

- Microsoft Graph CLI

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In this week's episode, we take a first look at Azure Storage Actions. What is this new feature, and why should you use it? Does it differ from existing capabilities that do the same thing? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(04:11) - Show content starts.

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- Azure Storage Actions
- Introducing Azure Storage Actions: Serverless storage data management

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The Azure Well-Architected Framework (WAF) recently got a big rewrite. We take Operational Excellence, a pillar from WAF, for a deeper look with Bastian Ulke from Microsoft. What is it? How should you utilize this pillar? Bastian also talks about the recommendations and patterns within Operational Excellence. Also, Tobi asks Bastian an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:41) - Show content starts.

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- WAF: OpEx

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We talk about experiences in Azure with Mustafa Toroman. He is the CTO for run.events and shares his vast experience working with Azure both as a consultant and for building a product. How does he learn new stuff? What about the approach to DevOps? Also, Jussi asks Mustafa an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:32) - Show content starts.

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- CloudSummit
- Mustafa Toroman (@toromust) / X (twitter.com)
- Windows95man - No Rules!

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We're talking about Azure Verified Modules with Microsoft's Jack Tracey. What is AVM? How and when should you use it? Jack shares insights on the vision and how you can benefit as an architect and developer. Also, Tobi asks Jack an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:15) - Show content starts.

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- https://aka.ms/AVM 
- https://aka.ms/AVM/ModuleProposal 
- https://aka.ms/AVM/ModuleTriage  

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Azure now has Carbon Optimization capabilities available. We take a look at what this means, how it works, why it's important, and what can you do with it. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:37) - Show content starts.

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- Azure carbon optimization - Microsoft Learn
- Microsoft Azure emissions insights (preview) - Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability

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