In this episode Michael, Sarah, Gladys and Mark interview each other! The Podcast is almost three years old, and things have changed for each of us, so we thought we'd re-introduce ourselves, reflect, give career advice, and talk about what's top of mind for each of us!

We also discuss Azure Security news about SQL Server and Azure SQL DB, MFA and AAD, AAD and IPv6, new SC-100 study guide and more.

In this special episode, Michael sits down with Pieter Vanhove about a new addition to the SQL Server 'Always Encrypted' family. The new addition, Virtualization-Based Security Enclaves (VBS), is now in Preview and allows for more scalability and lower cost when using secure enclaves compared to the current SGX-based enclaves.

In this episode Michael and Sarah talk with guests Beau Faull and Lou Mercuri about some new features and updated naming in Microsoft Purview. Beau and Lou are also co-hosts of the Coast2Coast Podcast on YouTube.

We also discuss Azure Security news about Trusted Boot VMs, Sentinel and Defender for Cloud.

In this episode, Michael and Mark talk to Adrian Diglio about Software Bill of Materials and its role in helping secure the software supply chain.

We also have news items about SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Database for MySQL and Application Secure Groups and Private Endpoints. Mark goes over MCRA, Immutable Laws of Cybersecurity and Security Architecture Design.

Michael sits down with Ajay Jagannathan who is the Principal Group PM Manager for SQL Server. Michael also covers a couple of SQL Server related news items.

Michael and Sarah talk to Bronwyn Mercer from Microsoft Australia about Privileged Access as well as some ideas and processes to help you succeed. Also, the latest security news about Managed HSM, Defender for DevOps, TLS and ARM, SQL Server 2022, Application Gateway.

Finally, 'Designing and Developing Secure Azure Solutions' is now available. https://azsec.tech/get

In this episode Michael, Sarah and Mark talk with guest Joey Snow about Workload Identities in Azure. We also chat about least privilege and privileged accounts in general. Finally, the latest Azure Security news about: Azure Front Door, Log Analytics, Web Application Firewall and AKS SSH keys.

EDIT: Nov 11th, there was an error at around 27m; Gladys and Rijuta were talking over each other.

In this episode Michael, Sarah, Gladys and Mark talk with guests Rijuta Kapoor and Brandon about Microsoft Defender for Threat Intelligence. We also discuss Azure Security news about Azure Service Bus and TLS, PostgreSQL, VMs, SQL Server and Confidential VMs, Azure SQL DB, Workload Identities, Microsoft Entra and other security news from Ignite.

In this special, out of band episode, Michael talks to Andreas Wolter about the SQL Server and Azure SQL Database permission model. To many, the model is a mystery, but Andreas explains how it works as Michael poses security challenges.