Pizza puffs, pipelines, and Power Platform. This one’s got it all. 
We’re joined by Austin Laugesen to talk Managed Operations. What is it? Why does it matter? And how can it help admins and makers work smarter without stepping on each other’s toes? From test automation to deployment flexibility to observability (yes, it’s different from visibility), Austin breaks down how Managed Ops. helps you monitor, improve, and scale with confidence. We also cover how Power Platform plays nice with Azure DevOps and GitHub, how alerts and metrics are evolving, and why the pizza puff deserves more hype.

Pizza puffs, pipelines, and Power Platform. This one’s got it all. We’re joined by Austin Laugesen to talk Managed Operations. What is it? Why does it matter? And how can it help admins and makers work smarter without stepping on each other’s toes? From test automation to deployment flexibility to observability (yes, it’s different from visibility), Austin breaks down how Managed Ops. helps you monitor, improve, and scale with confidence. We also cover how Power Platform plays nice with Azure DevOps and GitHub, how alerts and metrics are evolving, and why the pizza puff deserves more hype.

Episode 94: Managed Operations (w/ Austin Laugesen)

As organizations accelerate their adoption of generative AI and intelligent agents to transform how they build and manage solutions, IT professionals and developers are expanding their expertise to design, deploy, and govern AI-powered systems—leveraging Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry to integrate collaboration tools, enforce enterprise-grade compliance, and support both low-code and pro-code development. With built-in security frameworks, governance controls, and seamless integration with Microsoft Security, Entra, and Purview, these platforms empower teams to innovate responsibly while maintaining visibility, control, and trust across the AI lifecycle. Learn from Microsoft MVPs, product team members, and industry practitioners how they’ve built secure, collaborative, and compliant AI applications and agents using Microsoft’s trusted AI ecosystem.

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As organizations accelerate their adoption of generative AI and intelligent agents to transform how they build and manage solutions, IT professionals and developers are expanding their expertise to design, deploy, and govern AI-powered systems—leveraging Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry to integrate collaboration tools, enforce enterprise-grade compliance, and support both low-code and pro-code development. With built-in security frameworks, governance controls, and seamless integration with Microsoft Security, Entra, and Purview, these platforms empower teams to innovate responsibly while maintaining visibility, control, and trust across the AI lifecycle. Learn from Microsoft MVPs, product team members, and industry practitioners how they’ve built secure, collaborative, and compliant AI applications and agents using Microsoft’s trusted AI ecosystem.

As organizations accelerate their adoption of generative AI and intelligent agents to transform how they build and manage solutions, IT professionals and developers are expanding their expertise to design, deploy, and govern AI-powered systems—leveraging Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry to integrate collaboration tools, enforce enterprise-grade compliance, and support both low-code and pro-code development. With built-in security frameworks, governance controls, and seamless integration with Microsoft Security, Entra, and Purview, these platforms empower teams to innovate responsibly while maintaining visibility, control, and trust across the AI lifecycle. Learn from Microsoft MVPs, product team members, and industry practitioners how they’ve built secure, collaborative, and compliant AI applications and agents using Microsoft’s trusted AI ecosystem.

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