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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, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:38) - Community highlights.
(05:16) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Ben Ufuk Tezcan | Principal PM, AI Platform at Microsoft: Welcoming the generative AI era with Microsoft Azure
- Sonia Cuff | How to display Azure Monitor alerts with smart lights and no code

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- Sample code for Azure Communication Services Call Automation OpenAI sample

- Azure Firewall Explicit Proxy

- Azure Front Door endpoints for Azure Storage accounts

- Multi-tenant organization in Azure AD

- Generally Available: Auto-upgrade scheduled maintenance for AKS

- Azure Monitor VM Insights using Azure Monitor Agent

- Azure VNet flow logs

- Public Preview: Azure AI Content Safety | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

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In this episode, we dive into PIM, PAM, and PAW. What are these? When and why would you need to deploy these? Our insights on how they map to Azure controls and services, licensing required, and how to get started. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:54) - Community highlights.
(05:18) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Olivier Miossec:  Azure Deployment Stacks, deploy and manage a landing zone with Bicep
- Harun Legoz: Should You Migrate To Fabric? (thatbluecloud.com)

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto. Stay ahead of the game and advance your career with continuous learning opportunities for Azure Cloud professionals. Sovelto Eduhouse – Learning as a Lifestyle - Start Your Journey now: https://www.eduhouse.fi/cloudpro

In this episode, we talk about Azure services we don't know enough about. Perhaps they are rare and uncommon, or we're simply not exposed to specific industries or projects where these are needed. During our journey this week, we learn a lot more about a lot of Azure services. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:55) - Community highlights.
(04:20) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Aymen: Turn any YouTube Channel Into a Chatbot
- David Giard: Increasing Developer Velocity (davidgiard.com)

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- Azure IPAM
- R Server for HDInsight
- Azure Spring Apps
- Azure Operator Nexus
- Azure Orbital Ground Station
- Avere vFXT for Azure
- Azure Sphere
- Azure Lab Services
- Azure Quantum
- Jussi's Q# and Azure Quantum journey
- Azure Space
- Azure PlayFab

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto. Stay ahead of the game and advance your career with continuous learning opportunities for Azure Cloud professionals. Sovelto Eduhouse – Learning as a Lifestyle - Start Your Journey now: https://www.eduhouse.fi/cloudpro

In this episode, we talk about Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access. What is it? Why would you need it? We dissect the services and talk about the capabilities and how they map back to services we've had before. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(05:01) - Community highlights.
(06:10) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Ronak Chokshi: Introducing a new Azure AI Language video series showcasing features powered by Azure OpenAI & more
- Saul Dolgin: Introducing the Azure Business Continuity Guide

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- What is Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access?

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto. Stay ahead of the game and advance your career with continuous learning opportunities for Azure Cloud professionals. Sovelto Eduhouse – Learning as a Lifestyle - Start Your Journey now: https://www.eduhouse.fi/cloudpro

In this episode, we take a look at API-driven inbound provisioning in Microsoft Entra ID. It's a new capability in preview. We talk about the problem space, the existing solutions, and how this capability aims to make it easier for companies to manage the creation of identities. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:07) - Community highlights.
(04:28) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Kalle Marjokorpi: How to stream all Home Assistant events to Azure?
- Ken Ross: Using ChatGPT to learn how to use JMeter

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- API-driven inbound provisionin in Microsoft Entra ID

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto. Stay ahead of the game and advance your career with continuous learning opportunities for Azure Cloud professionals. Sovelto Eduhouse – Learning as a Lifestyle - Start Your Journey now: https://www.eduhouse.fi/cloudpro

In this episode, we refresh our knowledge of Azure AI services. What used to be called Azure Cognitive Services has now changed a bit. We take a look at the services, the capabilities, and the use cases. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:10) - Community highlights.
(04:17) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Christopher Graham: Microsoft Azure resource groups: Introduction and best practices
- Andy Beatman: Use your own data to create a Power Virtual Agent with Azure OpenAI Service

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- What are Azure AI Services?
- Multi-service resources

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto. Stay ahead of the game and advance your career with continuous learning opportunities for Azure Cloud professionals. Sovelto Eduhouse – Learning as a Lifestyle - Start Your Journey now: https://www.eduhouse.fi/cloudpro

In this episode, we find updates on Defender for Cloud, Azure virtual machines, cost optimization, Azure AD renaming, and Defender for IoT, among others. Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(0x:xx) - Community highlights.
(0x:xx) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Denise Schlesinger (TechCommunity): From Prompts to Embeddings and Vector Stores - How to use OpenAI in real scenarios
- Jeff Woolsey: 30 years of Windows Server

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- Azure AD is becoming Microsoft Entra ID

- What's new in Microsoft Sentinel

- Release notes - Microsoft Defender for Cloud

- New workbook template in Azure Advisor for cost optimization

- Defender for IoT firmware analysis

- WS2012 and WS2012R2 end of support guidance

- Vector search

- New Burstable VMs

- Best Ever Food Review Show - YouTube

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto. Stay ahead of the game and advance your career with continuous learning opportunities for Azure Cloud professionals. Sovelto Eduhouse – Learning as a Lifestyle - Start Your Journey now: https://www.eduhouse.fi/cloudpro

In this episode, we talk about cost and performance in the context of business continuity and disaster recover. Our guest, Paola Annis from Microsoft, is the expert, and we pick her brains to learn more about this approach. Also, Jussi asks Paola an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:25) - Community highlights.
(04:40) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Jorge G: Data Governance 3.0: Augmenting your Data Governance experience with Purview and OpenAI
- Nikita Nallamothu: Azure Load Testing: You can run load tests from command-line now

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- Paola Annis
- Business continuity and disaster recovery

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto. Stay ahead of the game and advance your career with continuous learning opportunities for Azure Cloud professionals. Sovelto Eduhouse – Learning as a Lifestyle - Start Your Journey now: https://www.eduhouse.fi/cloudpro

In this episode, we talk about building and running a SaaS service on Azure. Our guest, Adis Jugo, (Microsoft MVP & Regional Director) shares their journey on building run.events, an events management platform, on Azure. Also, Tobi asks Adis an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:28) - Community highlights.
(04:22) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Neha Hafeez: Getting Started with API Management: A Beginner's Guide for Developers
- Valentina Alto: Chat with your own data with Azure OpenAI

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- Adis Jugo contact info
- run.events
- The European Cloud Summit
- The European Collaboration Summit
- 37Signals and the way out from the cloud

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This episode is sponsored by Sovelto. Stay ahead of the game and advance your career with continuous learning opportunities for Azure Cloud professionals. Sovelto Eduhouse – Learning as a Lifestyle - Start Your Journey now: https://www.eduhouse.fi/cloudpro

In this episode, we take a lap around Microsoft Fabric. Our guest, Oskari Saarinen, a Data Platform MVP, is the expert, and we pick his brains to learn more about the capabilities. Also, Jussi asks Oskari an unexpected question.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:10) - Community highlights.
(03:20) - Show content starts.

Community Highlights
- Davide Mauri: Vector Similarity Search with Azure SQL database and OpenAI
- Vinod Soni: Azure OpenAI GPT model to review Pull Requests for Azure DevOps

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- Oskari Heikkinen contact info
- Microsoft Fabric on Microsoft Learn
- Microsoft Fabric learning path
- Microsoft Fabric pricing

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SPONSOR
This episode is sponsored by Sovelto. Stay ahead of the game and advance your career with continuous learning opportunities for Azure Cloud professionals. Sovelto Eduhouse – Learning as a Lifestyle - Start Your Journey now: https://www.eduhouse.fi/cloudpro