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  • Episode 518 - Azure Confidential Ledger

    Episode 518 - Azure Confidential Ledger
    2025/04/18

    Join Cale and Sujit in this exciting episode as they dive into the world of Azure Confidential Ledger with special guests Shubhra Sinha Kamath and Yagnesh Setti Subramanian from the Azure Product Team. Discover the latest updates and features of this auditable, tamper-proof ledger service, and learn how it integrates with Azure SQL and BLOB storage to ensure data integrity and confidentiality. Explore real-world applications in financial services, healthcare, AI, and more. Don't miss out on insights into server-side programming, multi-party capabilities, and upcoming previews. Tune in for a comprehensive look at how Azure Confidential Ledger is revolutionizing data security and compliance.

    Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode518.mp3

    YouTube: https://youtu.be/scWpKSKLsGs

    Resources:

    https://aka.ms/ACL-Docs

    https://aka.ms/ACL2025Preview

    Othwr updates:

    Creating better healthcare outcomes with Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Foundry

    https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/creating-better-healthcare-outcomes-with-azure-openai-service-and-azure-ai-foundry/

    Learn more about what’s new with Microsoft Azure Storage at KubeCon Europe 2025

    https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/learn-more-about-whats-new-with-microsoft-azure-storage-at-kubecon-europe-2025/

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/kubernetes-codeless

    https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/copilo
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  • Episode 517 - ExpressRoute Gateway Resiliency Validation

    Episode 517 - ExpressRoute Gateway Resiliency Validation
    2025/04/15

    In this episode of the Azure Podcast, host Evan Basalik dives into the world of Azure ExpressRoute with special guest Duong Au. They discuss the benefits of ExpressRoute, its resiliency features, and the new validation tools available to ensure robust connectivity. Tune in to learn about the latest updates, practical applications, and how to optimize your network setup for maximum reliability.

    Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode517.mp3

    YouTube: https://youtu.be/o_-NfWnYtxg

    Resources:

    Email to sign up for preview of the resiliency validation: exr-resiliency@microsoft.com

    Resiliency Validation: Azure ExpressRoute Gateway Resiliency Validation (preview) | Microsoft Learn

    Resiliency Insights: Resiliency Insights for ExpressRoute virtual network gateway (preview) | Microsoft Learn

    Other updates:

    SQL Server on Azure VM I/O Performance Analysis - Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

    Enhancements to Carbon Optimization APIs - Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

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  • Episode 516 - Digital Intelligence Architecture

    Episode 516 - Digital Intelligence Architecture
    2025/04/04
    In this episode, Sujit D'Mello and Cynthia Kreng are joined by special guest Mike Becker, an Azure Architect at Microsoft, to discuss how various Azure services can be combined to create a complex solution. Sujit covers the latest enhancements in AKS, including Azure CNI, load balancer support, network isolated clusters, cost recommendations, and GPU driver options. Mike shares insights into a comprehensive Azure cloud solution for collecting and analyzing economic data and media feedback about companies, highlighting the use of Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Power BI, and OpenAI for sentiment analysis. The discussion delves into the architectural decisions, technical challenges, and practical applications of these technologies in delivering robust and secure solutions. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode516.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/wG12eJymh54 Resources: ADF how it workshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/introduction#how-does-it-work Azure Data Factory- Best Practiceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1283307/azure-data-factory-best-practices Azure Data Bricks Medallion architecturehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/lakehouse/medallion Azure Data Bricks Best Practiceshttps://dzone.com/articles/azure-databricks-best-practices-for-a-developer Sentiment Analysis with Azure AI serviceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/machine-learning/tutorial-cognitive-services-sentiment Power BI recommendationshttps://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/Power-BI-Development-and-Best-Practices/m-p/4632985/highlight/true#M1386307 Improve Power BI model's performancehttps://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/best-practice-rules-to-improve-your-models-performance/ GitLab best practices - if you cannot use Azure DevOpshttps://about.gitlab.com/topics/version-control/what-are-gitlab-flow-best-practices/
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  • Episode 515 - Building Copilots

    Episode 515 - Building Copilots
    2025/03/27

    In this episode of the Azure podcast, Sujit and the team, including Cale, Russell, and Cynthia, are joined by special guest Matteo Pagani, a Cloud Solutions Architect in the Tech Strategy team at Microsoft. Matteo provides insights into the agentic world of Co-pilot, explaining how agents can enhance business processes and improve efficiency. Tune in to learn about the practical applications of these technologies and how they can be integrated into existing workflows.

    Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode515.mp3

    YouTube: https://youtu.be/qMJ88BLbTVo

    Resources:

    • Overview of Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/extensibility/
    • Building declarative agents with Visual Studio Code, Copilot Studio and Agent Builder: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/extensibility/overview-declarative-agent
    • Building custom engine agents with Visual Studio Code and Copilot Studio: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/extensibility/overview-custom-engine-agent
    • My blog with some fun experiments with multi-agents scenarios: https://www.developerscantina.com/

    Other updates:

    Announcing GA for Azure Container Apps Serverless GPUs | Microsoft Community Hub

    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/introducing-deep-reasoning-agent-flows-copilot-studio-charles-lamanna-n1zxc/

    Let's try GitHub Copilot Agent mode in VS Code to build a FULL app!
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  • Episode 514 - Sysinternals Tools on Azure

    Episode 514 - Sysinternals Tools on Azure
    2025/03/06

    In this episode of the Azure Podcast, Sujit D'Mello and the team, including Cynthia, Evan, and Cale, are joined by special guest Mario Hewardt, an engineering manager on the Sysinternals team. Mario shares insights into the evolution of Sysinternals tools, their cross-platform journey, and their integration with Azure services. The discussion covers the development process, challenges faced, and the innovative features being added to these essential diagnostic tools. Tune in to learn about the latest updates and how Sysinternals continues to support both Windows and Linux environments.

    Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode514.mp3

    YouTube: https://youtu.be/6TAJfqnScuI

    Resources:

    Sysinternals (/Windows)

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/

    Email: syssite@microsoft.com

    ZoomIt is open source as part of PowerToys - https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

    Sysinternals (/Linux)

    ProcDump for Linux - https://github.com/microsoft/ProcDump-for-Linux

    Procmon for Linux - https://github.com/microsoft/ProcMon-for-Linux

    Sysmon for Linux - https://github.com/microsoft/SysmonForLinux

    For help with Linux tools, please file issues/discussions on GitHub.

    Social media

    Bluesky: @sysinternals
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  • Episode 513 - Azure Container Apps Deep Dive

    Episode 513 - Azure Container Apps Deep Dive
    2025/02/26

    Evan, Kendal and Sujit dive into the details of Azure Container Apps sharing thier own experiences designing, supporting and using the service. They share tips and tricks for utilizing the correct ACA options for your workloads.

    Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode513.mp3

    YouTube: https://youtu.be/nuxBz8O05LU

    Resources: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/overview

    Other updates:

    Next generation Azure Databox - Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

    Azure HDInsight deprecates TLS1.1 - Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

    MySQL Virtual Canary program - Scheduled Maintenance - Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server | Microsoft Learn

    SQL MI Modernization Assistant - Modernization Advisor (Preview) - SQL Server on Azure VMs | Microsoft Learn

    Private DNS Zones Internet fallback - Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

    Modern Data Movement library - Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-testing/how-to-schedule-tests

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-data-studio/whats-happening-azure-data-studio

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/log-analytics-simple-mode

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/clean-rooms/

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/synchronize-aws-gateway-apis?tabs=portal

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/sessions-tutorial-nodejs
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  • Episode 512 - WAF and WARA on the Azure Podcast

    Episode 512 - WAF and WARA on the Azure Podcast
    2025/02/03

    Senthuran Sivananthan comes on the show to talk about the Well-Architected Framework (WAF) and Well Architected Resiliency Review (WARA).

    Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode512.mp3

    YouTube: https://youtu.be/xTxG7X9RoWQ

    Resources:

    • Azure Pricing Calculator
    • Azure Architecture Review
    • Web Application Firewall

    Other Updates:

    • Retirement of Azure Automation's Powershell runbooks using AzureRM modules
    • TLS1.0/1.1 retirement for Azure Automation
    • Customer Managed Unplanned Failover for ADLS and Storage+SFTP
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  • Episode 511 - Semantic Kernel and File Shares

    Episode 511 - Semantic Kernel and File Shares
    2024/12/24

    Cale and Sujit discuss their current projects in Azure as 2024 comes to a close. They also cover a ton of AKS updates.

    Semantic Kernel makes it easier for developers to build Azure Open AI applications that can also include SLMs like Phi-4.

    Azure has many options to use File Shares and Volumes, and we walk through the process of figuring out which one is right for your needs.

    Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode511.mp3

    YouTube: https://youtu.be/dLfCJ6btKng

    Resources:

    Semantic Kernel - https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel

    • Journey with SK on OpenAI and AzureOpenAI
    • Ollama (running SLM local) - https://github.com/ollama/ollama
    • Ollamazure (running SLM that looks like Azure OpenAI) - https://github.com/sinedied/ollamazure
    • PhiSilica - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ai/apis/phi-silica

    File Shares: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-introduction

    Other updates:

    Lots of AKS updates!

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/concepts-network-isolated

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/azure-kubernetes/availability-performance/container-image-pull-performance

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/imds-restriction

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/use-windows-gpu

    https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/?id=471295

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/tutorial-restore-aks-backups-across-regions

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/app-routing-nginx-configuration?tabs=azurecli#control-the-default-nginx-ingress-controller-configuration-preview

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/automated-deployments

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/aks-extension-ghcopilot-plugins

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/containers/container-insights-logs-schema#kubernetes-metadata-and-logs-filtering
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