Tobias Zimmergren
CTO, co-founder at pons.io | Co-host ctrlaltazure.com | Ex-Microsoft, ex-MVP.
Appears in 365 Episodes
366 - Expectations on Microsoft Ignite 2026
Microsoft Ignite 2026 is just around the corner. As is tradition by now, we take a look at what to expect from Ignite: the announcements, expectations, and sessions. J...
365 - Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2026
Microsoft recently released the 2026 edition of the Digital Defense Report. It's a massive report, 103 pages in total. We dive deep into the report, and unpack the con...
364 - Microsoft Tech Updates
In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding our scope beyond Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, ...
363 - Reflections on sovereign clouds in 2026
Let's talk about sovereign cloud, and what it means, and what is relevant. We talk about our experience with sovereign solutions, what the risks are, and the varying a...
362 - Sentinel isn’t just a SIEM anymore
We've talked about Microsoft Sentinel a few years ago, and realized it's time to brush up our understanding of the new and interesting capabilities it has to offer. In...
361 - What a small business actually needs to run cloud-native
We quite often talk about amazing enterprise-grade capabilities, like Azure Landing Zones, Data Lakes and clusters of super smart AI agents. But what about the small b...
360 - GitHub Enterprise explained
This week, we take a look at GitHub Enterprise, and why you should care. We talk about features, compliance, licensing, total cost, and preferred setups whether you're...
359 - Microsoft Tech Updates
In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding our scope beyond Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, ...
358 - What’s up, Exposure Management?
This week we take a look at Microsoft Security Exposure Management, and what has changed since the last time we looked at it. Among these findings we can see containme...
357 - Microsoft 365 E7 – let there be agents and security
This week we focus on licensing with Microsoft 365 E7. What's included in the bundle, and which ones are relevant and when? We reflect on the upgrade path from Microso...
356 - Renewing our understanding of Microsoft Global Secure Access
This week we take a look at Microsoft Global Secure Access (GSA). It's been a few years since it was announced, and it's time to refresh our thinking on what GSA is to...
355 - Microsoft Tech Updates
In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding our scope beyond Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, ...
354 - A look at the new Azure Front Door edge actions
Azure Front Door just got programmable. Edge actions run your own JavaScript at Microsoft's edge, so A/B splits, token checks and origin routing happen before requests...
353 - The Microsoft AD Tier Model explained
Microsoft has put the Active Directory Tier Model on GitHub, MIT-licensed, with a deployment engine, a drift auditor, and around 1,700 tests. This used to be consultin...
352 - So long, SMS and voice authentication
Microsoft is retiring natively provided SMS and voice authentication in Entra ID, and the clock is ticking: passkeys become the default experience on September 1, 2026...
351 - Building and hosting a static site in 2026
In this week's episode, we talk about recent experience in moving away from Ghost and WordPress for blogs, and building a static site with Astro. Since it will be host...
350 - Microsoft Tech Updates
In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding our scope beyond Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, ...
349 - Back to basics: Managed identities vs. Service Principals vs. App Registrations
In this week's episode, we go back to basics to discuss ways to access resources secured by an Entra tenant. This is the bread and butter of Azure, and it's a good tim...
348 - Updates to Azure Files in 2026
In this week's episode, we look into what's new with Azure Files in 2026. We touch on the usefulness of Azure Files, the past limitations and challenges in deploying i...
347 - Microsoft's Security Adoption Model: a map for security modernization
In this week's episode, we dig into Microsoft's Security Adoption Model, the attempt to pull a decade of scattered security guidance under one roof. It's a role-aware ...