Ctrl+Alt+Azure

By Tobias Zimmergren, Jussi RoineBusiness Technology

Ctrl+Alt+Azure episodes

August 20, 2025 304 - Microsoft Tech Updates
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?
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(04:15) - Show content starts.
Show links
- Create Tenant Level Service Health Alerts (preview) - Azure Monitor | Microsoft Learn
- AKS Updates
- What is Azure App Testing?
- Azure 128 & 192 vCPU sizes
- Azure Cloud HSM
- GA: Network Security Perimeter
- Two-way forest trusts for Entra DS

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32 min
August 13, 2025 303 - A look at Microsoft Sentinel in 2025
Back in 2020 we did our first episode on Microsoft Sentinel. We feel it's time to revisit Sentinel after five years, and take a look at where it stands today. What's relevant, what's new, and what's happening with Sentinel?
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(04:29) - Show content starts.
Show links
- Microsoft Sentinel Quickstart
- Sentinel Data Lake

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27 min
August 06, 2025 302 - A brief overview of Model Context Protocol (MCP)
In this week's episode, we break down Model Context Protocol, or MCP. What is it, why should you care, and how does it change your solutions? We discuss the concept, the architecture, and share our experiences working with MCP solutions.
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:02) - Show content starts.
Show links
- MCP home: modelcontextprotocol.io
- Use MCP: Connect to Remote MCP Servers
- Build a server: Build an MCP Server
- Build a client: Build an MCP Client
- modelcontextprotocol/csharp-sdk: The official C# SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients.
- MCP Dev Days session

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33 min
July 30, 2025 301 - A look at agentic workflows with n8n
In this week's episode, we'll take a look at n8n—the agentic workflow engine/tool/product/service. How does it compare to Power Platform, Azure Functions, Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, and other similar offerings from Microsoft? Self-hosting vs. cloud-hosted? We also share lessons learned and other insights.
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:44) - Show content starts.
Show links
- n8n.io
- n8n GitHub Repo
- n8n workflows

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31 min
July 23, 2025 300 - Episode Three Hundred, and some Microsoft security updates
This is episode 300! Massive thank you and gratitude to everyone for tuning in over the years. We reflect a bit on the past 6 years of the show, and then we dive deep into security-focused updates from Microsoft.
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(03:02) - Show content starts.
Show links
- What's new in Microsoft Defender for Cloud features | Microsoft Learn
- Containers support matrix in Defender for Cloud | Microsoft Learn
- Alerts for AI services - Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Microsoft Learn
- Manage workspaces in Microsoft Security Copilot | Microsoft Learn
- Manage security compute unit usage in Security Copilot | Microsoft Learn
- Azure DNS security policy | Microsoft Learn

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44 min
July 16, 2025 299 - Lessons learned self-hosting small Docker-based services and utilities
In this week's episode, it's time to share insights and lessons learned from self-hosting stuff at home! We'll talk about the why and the what, and also some stuff that didn't work at all. You'll also hear about how to best service workloads from home, and what sort of equipment is needed.
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(04:04) - Show content starts.
Show links
- Cloudflare Tunnel
- Jussi's ipecho service

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40 min
July 09, 2025 298 - Understanding Azure Virtual Network Manager from an ALZ perspective with Jack Tracey
Today, we'll talk about AVNM, or Azure Virtual Network Manager, with insights from Microsoft's Jack Tracey. What is it, and why do you need it? We talk about mesh networks, routing, IP address management, AVNM with Azure Landing Zones, and more!
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(05:08) - Show content starts.
Show links
- What is AVNM?
- Frequently asked questions about Azure Virtual Network Manager | Microsoft Learn
- Azure Virtual Network Manager in Azure landing zones - Cloud Adoption Framework | Microsoft Learn

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47 min
July 02, 2025 297 - Thoughts on vibe coding, productivity and the future of software development
In this week's episode, we'll talk about vibe coding - the practice of writing code that prioritizes aesthetics, creativity, and personal expression. What's our experience on this? What tooling are we using? What does this mean for productivity?
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(04:14) - Show content starts.
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- Mistral Small 3.2

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41 min
June 25, 2025 296 - Common questions about Azure landing zones with Jack Tracey
Today, we'll talk about Azure Landing Zones, with insights from Microsoft's Jack Tracey. What are landing zones, to be more exact? We touch topics on application and platform landing zones, networking, architectures, infrastructure as code, and many others.
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(02:30) - Show content starts.
Show links
- Azure Landing Zones | Cloud Adoption Framework
- Azure Landing Zone Accelerator
- Azure Landing Zone Brownfield
- Development environments

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47 min
June 18, 2025 295 - What’s new in MCRA – Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture?
In this week's episode, we look at MCRA - the Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture. Updates were released in April 2025; we'll go through the updates and explain why MCRA matters.
(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
(05:29) - Show content starts.
Show links
- Updated MCRA

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28 min

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