RunAs Radio

RunAs Radio episodes:

• 04.24.2024

  PowerShell 7.4 with Sydney Smith

  Have you downloaded the latest version of PowerShell? While at the MVP Summit in Redmond, Washington, Richard sat down with Sydney Smith to discuss some of the features in PowerShell 7.4. Sydney talks about the successful delivery of PSResourceGet and...

  
• 04.17.2024

  GitHub Copilot with Damian Brady

  How can GitHub Copilot help you? Richard chats with Damian Brady at NDC Sydney about the power of GitHub Copilot to help you understand and write the bits of code you need - whether you're using PowerShell, understanding a RegEx...

  
• 04.10.2024

  Securing AI with Sarah Young

  As Artificial Intelligence enters our organizations, how do we secure them? While at NDC in Sydney, Richard sat down with Sarah Young to discuss the challenges of securing these new technologies. Sarah talks a bit about the fundamentals - in...

  
• 04.03.2024

  Microsoft Copilot for Security with George Coldham

  How can Microsoft Copilot for Security help you? While at NDC in Sydney, Richard chatted with George Coldham about Microsoft Copilot for Security - combining GPT-4 with information about Microsoft security products and your organization's resources in Azure to provide...

  
• 03.27.2024

  GitHub for SysAdmins with April Edwards

  What can GitHub do for you? While at NDC London, Richard chatted with April Edwards about how GitHub can help sysadmins - and everyone in your organization! In the end, GitHub is an engine for managing work, with GitHub Actions...

  
• 03.20.2024

  From SysAdmin to Platform Engineer with Steve Buchanan

  Aren't we all platform engineers? Steve Buchanan says yes! But there's more to it - and Steve talks about the mindset of looking beyond individual products that we might have skills with and owning the entire problem of providing platforms...

  
• 03.13.2024

  Understanding Large Language Models with Jodie Burchell

  What do you know about large language models? While at NDC in London, Richard sat down with Dr. Jodie Burchell to discuss how machine learning has reached this new technological milestone. Jodie talks about different types of machine learning and...

  
• 03.06.2024

  Upgrading TLS with Scott Helme

  Have you upgraded to TLS 1.3? While at NDC in London, Richard chatted with Scott Helme about his work moving companies onto the latest version of TLS. But do you need to? Scott talks about how SSL 2 and 3...

  
• 02.28.2024

  Copilot Governance with Martina Grom

  How are we going to manage the use of M365 Copilot? Richard chats with Martina Grom about her experiences helping organizations prepare for M365 Copilot. Martina talks about getting your data estate in shape - and the challenge that represents...

  
• 02.21.2024

  Windows Server vNext with Jeff Woolsey

  What's coming next for Windows Server? Richard chats with Jeff Woolsey about the latest information around Windows Server vNext! Jeff discusses how customer feedback influences Windows Server and the challenges of moving folks to the latest versions. Server vNext is...

  
• 02.14.2024

  Maximizing Metadata with Emily Mancini

  How does your company organize information? Richard chats with Emily Mancini about the metadata in SharePoint. Emily points out that if you're using Teams, you're using SharePoint - it's all under the hood. And that means any files are being...

  
• 02.07.2024

  Managing Cloud Native with Brendan Burns

  How do you manage cloud-native applications? While at Ignite in Seattle, Richard chatted with Brendan Burns about ongoing efforts to develop tools to make building and operating cloud-native applications more manageable. Brendan discusses the challenges around building apps with Kubernetes...

  
• 01.31.2024

  Software Licensing in 2024 with Mary Jo Foley

  Is there a strategy for buying software licenses? Richard talks with Mary Jo Foley about her new role at Directions on Microsoft, including her experiences around the multi-day workshops on effectively buying software licenses today. Mary Jo talks about understanding...

  
• 01.24.2024

  AI for IT with Gil Pekelman

  How can artificial intelligence help sysadmins? While at Ignite in Seattle, Richard talked with Gil Pekelman of Atera about their AI for IT product. Gil talks about developing smart instrumentation for IT and extensively monitoring machines and networks to give...

  
• 01.17.2024

  Copilots for Power Platform with April Dunnam

  How is the Power Platform evolving? Richard chats with April Dunnam about the latest on the Power Platform - especially the emergence of Large Language Models like Copilot. April talks about how it's possible to use Copilots in Power Apps,...

  
• 01.10.2024

  Hardening Active Directory with Jerry Devore

  Active Directory is still part of our lives - but can we make it more robust? Richard talks to Jerry Devore about his ongoing blog series on hardening Active Directory. Jerry talks about credential drift - decisions made in the...

  
• 01.03.2024

  Doing More with Less in 2024 with Erin Chapple

  Another year of doing more with less? While at Ignite in Seattle, Richard sat down with Erin Chapple to talk about her work on Azure Infrastructure and the challenges around the cloud - more instances of everything, more to manage,...

  
• 12.27.2023

  The Sysadmin in 2024

  For the last show of 2023, let’s look back at the year and speculate about 2024. Richard flies solo to talk about what he’s learned the past year and some thoughts about going forward into the next year. Economic concerns...

  
• 12.20.2023

  Azure Arc Guest Configuration with Jodi Boone

  What's an Azure Arc Guest Configuration? Richard talks to Jodi Boone about the freshly renamed Machine Configuration for Azure Arc. It turns out "guest" is a problematic word - but being able to set policy around machine configurations can make...

  
• 12.13.2023

  SysAdmin Gifts with Joey Snow & Rick Claus

  The holiday season is upon us! What do you get your favorite sysadmin? Richard brings back his friends Joey Snow & Rick Claus to discuss some of their favorite sysadmin gifts this year. From simple gadgets that flashback to the...

  
• 12.06.2023

  Modernizing using M365 with Sharon Weaver

  Can M365 help modernize your workplace? Richard chats with Sharon Weaver about her work helping companies migrate into M365 and how it helps provide more options to workers. Sharon talks about how the pandemic accelerated the process and the challenge...

  
• 11.29.2023

  Zero Trust Adoption Guidance with Nicolas Blank

  We're all using zero trust - but are we using it well? Richard talks to Nicolas Blank about his work helping to develop the Zero Trust Adoption Framework. Nicolas talks about resisting the buzzword effect and avoiding looking at zero...

  
• 11.22.2023

  Azure Operator Nexus with Jennelle Crothers

  How do telcos use the cloud? Richard talks to Jennelle Crothers about her work with Azure Operator Nexus, a set of services and tooling for telecommunications companies. Jennelle talks about a meeting of the minds between telcos like AT&T and...

  
• 11.15.2023

  Microsoft Entra Security Service Edge with Richard Hicks

  So, what's Microsoft Entra all about? Richard chats with VPN guru Richard Hicks about his experiences with Microsoft Entra. More than just a new name for Azure Active Directory, Entra includes essential tooling to provide secure access to all sorts...

  
• 11.08.2023

  Large Language Models in Business with Ulrika Hedlund

  How do large language models fit into your organization? Richard chats with Ulrika Hedlund about the challenges sysadmins face with large language models in their company. Ulrika talks about how employees are already using large language models like ChatGPT -...

  
• 11.01.2023

  Green IT with Mike Halsey

  How does green fit into IT? Richard talks with Mike Halsey about his book The Green IT Guide. Mike starts out talking about not waiting for government regulation - there are things we can do today to reduce our organization's...

  
• 10.25.2023

  Choosing Azure Data Storage Solutions with Nicole Stevens

  How do you choose an Azure data storage solution? Richard talks to Nicole Stevens about her experiences helping companies move data into the cloud - typically in SQL Server. The obvious answer is Azure SQL, but that doesn't always make...

  
• 10.18.2023

  Large Language Models for IT Pros with Seth Juarez

  What can large language models do for you and your organization? Richard chats with Seth Juarez about the reality behind large language models like ChatGPT – how they are built, what they are good at, and most importantly, what they...

  
• 10.11.2023

  Security Chaos Engineering with Kelly Shortridge

  Ready to inject a little chaos into your systems? Richard talks to Kelly Shortridge about her book Security Chaos Engineering. Kelly discusses the challenges of modern cybersecurity - how do you find weaknesses in your infrastructure and security systems? This...

  
• 10.04.2023

  Episode 900!

  It's episode 900! Richard brings friend Dana Epp onto the show to talk a bit about the last one hundred episodes of RunAs Radio - and a little look to the future as well. With Dana around, you know there...

  
• 09.27.2023

  SharePoint Online Features On-Prem with Sandy Ussia

  Your SharePoint is on-premises (at least for now), but you want to take advantage of some of those cool SharePoint Online features - is there a way? Richard talks with Sandy Ussia about her talk at the Thrive Conference in...

  
• 09.20.2023

  PowerBI and Fabric with Mike Carlo

  How do PowerBI and Microsoft Fabric work together? Richard talks to Mike Carlo about his experiences with Fabric so far. Mike explains how it is early days for Fabric and something you should experiment with, not roll out to production....

  
• 09.13.2023

  Doing More with Less with Sonia Cuff

  2023 has been a challenging year for sysadmins so far - how do we do more with less? Richard talks to Sonia Cuff about the current climate for IT in organizations and how we can still be successful. It's not...

  
• 09.06.2023

  Breach Reporting with Troy Hunt

  How would your organization report a data breach? Richard talks to Troy Hunt about his experiences with Have I Been Pwned and some good and not-so-good breach reporting. Troy talks about the importance of planning - making decisions about how...

  
• 08.30.2023

  Getting Ready for M365 Copilot with Karoliina Kettukari

  Are you ready for M365 Copilot? Richard talks with Karoliina Kettukari about what we can expect from M365 Copilot and how you can help your organization prepare for it. Karoliina discusses the more straightforward aspects of M365 Copilot we can...

  
• 08.23.2023

  Microsoft Fabric with Andrew Snodgrass

  What is Microsoft Fabric, and why do you want some? Richard talks to Andrew Snodgrass of Directions on Microsoft about Microsoft's recently announced Fabric product. Andrew explains that Fabric is an effort to integrate the various data products, including PowerBI,...

  
• 08.16.2023

  PowerShellGet in 2023 with Sydney Smith

  PowerShellGet V3 is getting close to release - what should we expect? Richard chats with Sydney Smith about the key features of PSG3 - especially the support for third-party and private repositories. Sydney talks about how developing the tool in...

  
• 08.09.2023

  Azure Innovations with Mark Russinovich

  How does Azure continue to evolve and grow? While at Build in Seattle, Richard chatted with Azure CTO Mark Russinovich about the evolution of Azure and where it is going. Mark talks about the challenges of the recent explosion in...

  
• 08.02.2023

  Windows 11 and Windows Update for Business with Julie Andreacola

  What are your options for upgrading to Windows 11? Richard talks to Julie Andreacola about her experiences helping organizations make the move from Windows 10 to 11. Julie talks about the power of Windows Update for Business Deployment Services to...

  
• 07.26.2023

  Future of Integrated Communication with Bob Serr

  Integrated communication is everywhere! While at Build in Seattle, Richard talked with Bob Serr, the VP of Azure Communication Services (ACS) at Microsoft. Bob discusses how ACS provides tooling to integrate voice, text, and video into any application through Azure....

  
• 07.19.2023

  Securing Sprawling Services with Karinne Bessette

  How do you secure the sprawling array of services your organization depends on? Richard talks to Karinne Bessette about her experiences working with companies with virtually no internal infrastructure - using Software-as-a-Service products from various providers and finding their glue...

  
• 07.12.2023

  Windows 11 Deployment with Johan Arwidmark

  Windows 11 is coming to your organization - do you know how to deploy it? Richard talks to Johan Arwidmark about the need to get to work testing the deployment of Windows 11: Microsoft isn't giving us much of a...

  
• 07.05.2023

  Power Platform Proliferation with Luise Freese

  Whether you know it or not, Power Platform apps are proliferating! While at Techorama in Antwerp, Richard chatted with Luise Freese about her work with companies discovering that users are building Power Apps at alarming rates. Luise talks about the...

  
• 06.28.2023

  Patching in 2023 with Sami Laiho

  It's 2023 - are you able to keep your systems patched? Richard talks to Sami Laiho about the emerging patching crisis. Sami talks about how MFA and user security have improved enough that they are no longer the primary path...

  
• 06.21.2023

  Windows Update for Business with Aria Carley

  Should you use Windows Server Update Services or Windows Update for Business? Richard talks to Aria Carley about the different update mechanisms available today - and some new ones that are coming! Aria talks about how Windows is evolving to...

  
• 06.14.2023

  High Availability in 2023 with Allan Hirt

  What does high availability look like in 2023? Richard chats with Allan Hirt about his work with high-availability solutions today - not just on-premises but also in the cloud. Allan talks about the frustration folks had with moving workloads in...

  
• 06.07.2023

  Microsoft Sentinel with Sarah Young

  Are you using Microsoft Sentinel? Richard talks to Cloud Security Advocate Sarah Young about Sentinel, Microsoft's Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution. Sarah talks about the role of the SIEM in creating a common place for all security-related data...

  
• 05.31.2023

  Azure Sticker Shock with Aidan Finn

  Are your finance people suffering from Azure sticker shock? Richard talks to Aidan Finn about his experiences with organizations discovering they spend far more on Azure than expected. Aidan talks about designing systems based on on-premises requirements where hardware is...

  
• 05.24.2023

  Incident Response Readiness with Paula Januszkiewicz

  Is your organization ready to respond to a security incident? Richard talks to Paula Januszkiewicz about her experience helping organizations respond effectively when a security incident occurs. Paula talks about detection - attackers often have breached your infrastructure months before...

  
• 05.17.2023

  Dealing with Vulnerable Exchange Servers with Gareth Gudger

  Is your Exchange server one of the vulnerable ones? Richard talks to Gareth Gudger about the ongoing security concerns around on-premises Exchange servers. The conversation addresses a blog post by the Exchange server team about restricting access of potentially vulnerable...