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This week, we look at Network Security Perimeter, which is currently in public preview. It's a nifty capability for controlling inbound and outbound traffic for your PaaS resources.

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- Creating a network security perimeter in the Azure Portal
- Tobias' device: ZTE U50, 5G Portable WiFi Hotspot (Amazon.se)

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This week, we're considering when and how to use Azure Firewall in your deployments. What are the features, SKUs, and capabilities? When should you choose Azure Firewall, and when should you choose something else? Considerations on enterprise architectures also.

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- Azure Firewall Basic - getting started
- Cloud Adoption Framework: Landing Zones

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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?

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- What's new in Microsoft Defender for Cloud features

- Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

- Vaulted Backup Support for Azure Files

- Log Analytics Simple Mode

- Azure AI Foundry new models

- Secure and govern AI Apps

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This week, we take a look at fresh guidance from Microsoft on increasing security for Microsoft Entra. It's an interesting guide - easily digestible, solid advice, and very actionable recommendations. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

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- Securing Microsoft Entra-guidance

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This week, we look at building agents using Azure AI Foundry. What's an agent, and why should you care? What's the process for building an agent? And where does Copilot Studio stand in here? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

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- Azure AI Foundry: Agents (preview)

- Introducing Azure AI Agent service

- Ctrl+Alt+Azure | Episode 267: Building AI apps with Microsoft.Extensions.AI

- Ctrl+Alt+Azure | Episode 269: Microsoft 365 Copilot Agents with Paolo Pialorsi

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This week, we focus on disaster recovery - specifically, backups. Should you back up the cloud? All of Azure and Microsoft 365? Or nothing? We consider the different viewpoints, options, and possibilities. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

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- I Ran 9 Popular LLMs on Raspberry Pi 5; Here's What I Found
- Ctrl+Alt+Azure | Episode 218: Azure SQL Backup and Recovery
- EntraExporter

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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, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

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- Azure Data Studio retirement
- DNSSEC in Azure DNS Public Zones
- Deepseek-R1 in Azure AI Foundry

Microsoft Sentinel:
- What's new in Microsoft Sentinel
- Announcing Public Preview: New STIX Objects in Microsoft Sentinel
- (Request access to STIX tables) https://forms.office.com/r/903VU5x3hz?origin=lprLink
- Enable the data connector for Microsoft's threat intelligence 

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- Tobias Zimmergren (@zimmergren.net) — Bluesky
- Jussi Roine • Microsoft MVP (@jussiroine.com) — Bluesky
 

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Let's talk OpSec! In practice - we share five indispensable things you shuold adopt today - if you haven't - to ensure you are following proper operational security approaches when dealing with customer data, connectivity, and work in general. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

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- Windows LAPS overview | Microsoft Learn
- Tailscale
- Ctrl+Alt+Azure | Episode #235: Understanding Entra SSE
- Ctrl+Alt+Azure | Episode #036: All things Security with Sami Laiho

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It's been a couple of years since we last looked at the state of Zero Trust. In this week's episode, we discuss Zero Trust as we see it today. What is it, and is it widely adopted already? What should you consider if you're going to Zero Trust? Also, Jussi asks Tobi an unexpected question.

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- Ctrl+Alt+Azure | Trust no-one! A look at Zero Trust in 2022
- Zero Trust and Copilot
- Zero Trust Architecture (NIST SP800-207)
- The Evolution of Zero Trust in the Financial Sector:… | Synpulse

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This week, we review the Microsoft Digital Defense report 2024. We did the same previously for 2023, so this time, we'll look at what's interesting in the report and what to focus on with security. Also, Tobi asks Jussi an unexpected question.

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- Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2024
- Microsoft blog: Escalating cyber threats

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