Ctrl+Alt+Azure

Follow along when we talk a bit about considerations and practices for Azure development at scale. Performance, caching, redundancies and more - some good tips for thinking before kicking off development. Show notes:Azure Application Architecture (Microsoft)Building scalable cloud systems with great performance using Azure Cache for Redis (Zimmergren)Caching Best Practices (Microsoft)Cloud Design Patterns (Microsoft)Run background tasks with WebJobs in Azure App Service (Microsoft)Using Azure Automate to run PowerShell runbooks (Microsoft)Reflections on Logic Apps (Ctrl+Alt+Azure episode 006)

Azure Security Center overview Pricing Microsoft Secure Score Identity Governance Azure Advisor

Tag along for this episode where we're talking about remote access options for VMs, and the joys of traveling around the world to talk about Azure. Show notes:Tiago Cost (Twitter, Linkedin)Tiago's courses on Linkedin Learning: Scaling Applications with Microsoft Azure Developing Long-Running Tasks with Microsoft Azure Azure for Developers: Implementing and Developing Functions Azure Administration: Implement and Manage Application Services The Maersk articleAzure Bastion HostJussi's walkthrough of getting started with Azure Bastion HostJust-In-Time VM accessJust-In-Time VM access pricing detailsPowerShell DSCPets vs. Cattle analogyWindows Admin CenterRun Azure Cloud Shell in Windows Admin Center (Thomas Maurer)Azure Functions consumption planAzure Functions 3.0 availability

Tag along for this episode where we're talking about the tools we like with Azure, and what happens when you accidentally delete a Web App in production. Show notes:Azurespeed.com and fast.comAzure HeatmapAzure Pricing CalculatorAzure CLI CurlPostman & FiddlerScreenshotting: Greenshot / SnagIt / Windows 10Windows TerminalResources.azure.comVisual Studio Code + PowerShell extensionAzure RoadmapAzure ArchitecturesAzure Storage ExplorerAzCopyAzure Portal App

In this episode we dive into a discussion around developing on Azure. Whether you're just getting started, or a seasoned developer, we'll take a look at what's involved when you want to start building solutions on Azure. Tag along for this episode where we're reflecting a bit on what's essential in developing solutions on Azure!Show links:Visual Studio OnlineAzure Pricing Calculator How Azure pricing worksGet Visual Studio 2019

In this episode we dive into a discussion around Logic Apps. What are they, what differs Logic Apps from things like Flow or Azure Functions? When do you use what? Do you know the costs involved? What about recurring Logic Apps and the involved cost? … and what about custom code in my Logic Apps?Links:Automating tasks with Logic AppsLogic Apps pricing modelShort (28 min) intro to building solutions with Logic AppsServerless and Logic Apps

Tobias Zimmergren and Jussi Roine talks about Microsoft Azure Certifications, and different angles on if they are still important, what the experience is today versus in the past, differences between beta- and released exams and a lot more. Links:Role-Based Certification Exams (Microsoft)How to prepare and succeed with exams (Jussi Roine)

Project Cortex. Azure Synapse. Democratizing AI. Entitlement Management. A lot of announcements took place during the Microsoft Ignite 2019 week in Orlando, and we're digesting some of our favorite ones in this episode.Show links:Azure Security Center updatesAdding TLS certs for App ServiceCloud Adoption FrameworkPre-registration for Ignite 2020Jussi's new book: Azure GovernanceProject CortexVision Keynote with Satya NadellaJussi's recap of the Vision KeynoteMaarten Eekels' Podcast with Jussi and Benjamin Niaulin from IgniteAzure Synapse AnalyticsDemocratizing AISpotify democratizes content creation with Azure AI

Microsoft recently announced a plethora of news on Microsoft technologies. During Microsoft Ignite event, Microsoft made quite a lot of new announcements around Azure and the Microsoft cloud offerings. In this episode we dive into some of our favorite announcements.Here's links to some of the things we talked about:Azure Cost Management for Cloud Solution PartnersAzure Internet Analyzer PreviewAzure ArcAzure AD Passwordless and MFA updatesAzure Security Center updatesAzure Monitor with Network and Storage Insights

Recommended conferencesMicrosoft Azure + AI Conf Microsoft Ignite Microsoft Ignite "The Tour" Microsoft BUILD Microsoft Inspire Microsoft Envision "The Tour" European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference European Collaboration Summit European Cloud Summit

Welcome to the Ctrl Alt Azure podcast. This is the very first episode, where Tobias Zimmergren and Jussi Roine dives into the realm of Azure Key Vault. Links from the recording:Azure Key Vault Overview (Microsoft)Who accessed my Azure Key Vault (Tobias Zimmergren)Using Key Vault Secrets from your Azure DevOps pipelines (Tobias Zimmergren)Microsoft Azure AZ-500 Exam (Microsoft)Mastering Azure CLI (Jussi Roine)