About this podcast
Listen with Alan Armstrong and Sam Foot as we talk about all things Microsoft Azure! We are both technical consultants working with Azure day in, day out. Alan focuses on Identity and Security automation while Sam is a .NET developer deploying PaaS and SaaS solutions on Azure. Each episode we have a topic we cover and we highlight some key news that we are interested in. No fluff, sales or products here, just two technical people having a light hearted chat.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 159 episodes
- S7E10 - We're Back! (News) · 45 min · Season 7 Episode 10This week, Alan and Sam are back! They discuss what they have been up to over the summer. They then dive into the new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or…
- S7E9 - May News · 1 h 1 min · Season 7 Episode 9This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these…
- S7E8 - April News · 41 min · Season 8 Episode 7This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these…
- S7E7 - March News · 53 min · Season 7 Episode 7This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these…
- S7E6 - ITDR - A must in all organisations · 40 min · Season 7 Episode 6Alan and Sam discuss the importance of monitoring identities across all systems. Alan goes through wat ITDR is, why it is important and the benefit. Here are a few areas we…
- S7E5 - February News · 48 min · Season 7 Episode 5This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these…
- S7E4 - Unified Tenant Configuration Management APIs · 56 min · Season 7 Episode 4Alan and Sam dive into configuration drift with M365 and assessment against security baselines. Here are a few things we covered: • What is configuration drift, and why a…
- S7E03 - January News · 57 min · Season 3 Episode 7This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these…
- S7E02 - Entra Account Recovery - Next Level Self Service · 50 min · Season 2 Episode 7Alan and Sam dive into the next level of self-service for Entra accounts. Alan takes us through what Entra Account Recovery is and how it is different to Self-Service Password…
- S7E01 - December News · 55 min · Season 7 Episode 1This week, Alan and Sam Introduce season 7 and talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into…
- S6E30 - Season 6 Finale! · 1 h 4 min · Season 6 Episode 30In this episode, we wrap up the season, where we explore our favorite episodes of the season. We also talk about the what happened in 2025, and how the podcast has grown in terms…
- S6E29 - Ignite 2025 Recap - San Fran and what's hot off the press · 1 h 3 min · Season 6 Episode 29This week, Alan and Sam talk about last weeks Microsoft Ignite event and the announcements that came out of it. Alan dives into the in-person experience in San Francisco. They…
- S6E28 - Automate Your Security Baseline with Microsoft’s Open-Source Assessment Tool · 32 min · Season 6 Episode 28In this episode, we dive into Microsoft’s Zero Trust Assessment - an open-source, automated tool that scans hundreds of Entra ID and Intune settings against NIST, CISA, CIS, and…
- S6E27 - Microsoft updates October- new products and features released · 46 min · Season 6 Episode 27This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these…
- S6E26 - Classify and protect your data using Purview sensitivity labels · 40 min · Season 6 Episode 26In this episode, Alan and Sam drive into the importance of classifying data in an organisation. Alan goes through the capability in Purview to tag files and encrypt them. Here…
- S6E25 - Securing Azure's Core: Microsoft Defender for Resource Manager, Key Vault, and APIs · 57 min · Season 6 Episode 25In this episode, we dive into three key Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) offerings within Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Defender for Resource Manager, Defender for Key…
- S6E24 - Microsoft updates September - new products and features released · 38 min · Season 6 Episode 24This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these…
- S6E23 - Unified DLP Platform - Monitor, alert and protect data using Purview DLP · 48 min · Season 6 Episode 23Alan and Sam discuss the topic of DLP and how Purview can help audit policy matches and provide preventions. Aland goes though the range of capability and data sources that can…
- S6E22 - Microsoft updates August - new products and features released · 44 min · Season 6 Episode 22This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these…
- S6E21 - Protecting Data within Storage Accounts with Microsoft Defender for Storage · 45 min · Season 6 Episode 21In this episode, we dive into Microsoft Defender for Storage, a key component of Microsoft Defender for Cloud. We break down its features for threat detection and malware…
