Tobias Zimmergren
Principal Content Lead @Microsoft. Co-host @CtrlAltAzure. Tweets about #azure, #security, #cybersecurity, #architecture, and more. Ex MVP (13yrs)
Appears in 269 Episodes
269 - Microsoft 365 Copilot Agents with Paolo Pialorsi
This week, we're (still) live from ESPC 2024, and we'll talk with Paolo Pialorsi from Microsoft about agents in Microsoft Copilot. What are they? How do you create the...
268 - Microsoft Purview with Jasper Oosterveld
This week, we're live from ESPC 2024, and we'll talk with Jasper Oosterveld from Rubicon about Microsoft Purview. What is it? What's included? How should you approach ...
267 - Building AI apps with Microsoft.Extensions.AI
This week, we're recording live from the ESPC conference in Stockholm, Sweden. We talk about a new and interesting SDK, the Microsoft.Extensions.AI. What is it, and wh...
266 - Our three picks from Microsoft Ignite 2024 announcements
In this week's episode, we discuss three very exciting announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2024. What did we learn, and what are the expectations for the future based ...
265 - Developing for Microsoft 365 Copilot with custom apps with Waldek Mastykarz
This week, we'll talk with Waldek Mastykarz from Microsoft about Microsoft 365 Copilot custom apps. What are they? How can you create your custom apps? What things to ...
264 - Microsoft Tech Updates
In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding the scope beyond just Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platf...
263 - Hey there, Windows Server 2025!
This week, we take a look at Windows Server 2025, which was released just recently. Who needs it? What are the new and exciting features? What's our experience running...
262 - Expectations on Microsoft Ignite 2024
In this episode, we talk about Microsoft Ignite 2024 and our expectations. We've done this several times before, and this time it feels Ignite is even more geared towa...
261 - A look at the NIST AI RMF playbook
This week, we digest the NIST AI RMF Playbook and dive into what the four functions are, and share a few thoughts on what we think about this framework. Also, Tobias a...
260 - Microsoft Tech Updates
In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding the scope beyond just Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platf...
259 - Hey there, RDP Shortpath!
This week, we discuss something near and dear to our hearts - RDP Shortpath! What is it, even? TCP and UDP? Get out of here! We touch on the current enterprise landsca...
258 - Approaching security assessments for your Microsoft tenant
This week, we discuss security assessments and our experiences performing them. What should we consider, and what are the key elements before getting started? What too...
257 - On productivity
In this episode, we reflect on productivity with a practical approach. What is productivity for us? How do we get stuff done? What tools do we use? What to consider wh...
256 - Microsoft Tech Updates
In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding the scope beyond just Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platf...
255 - Reliability in the Well-Architected Framework with Bastian Ulke
We've covered the Azure Well-Architected Framework (WAF) in the past. It also got a significant rewrite recently, and this week, we look at the updated Reliability pil...
254 - Notes from the field: MacOS for work
In this episode, we talk about lessons learned from using MacOS (and a MacBook Pro) instead of relying on Windows for all of our work. What works? What doesn't? What's...
253 - Reflections on low-code, coding and Copilots
In this episode, we reflect on the history, the present, and the future of low code/no-code, coding in general, and Copilots/Generative AI and LLMs. What does the job ...
252 - Microsoft Tech Updates
In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding the scope beyond just Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platf...
251 - Unpacking Microsoft compliance
This week, we unpack Microsoft compliance. It can mean many things, and often different things to different people. How have we experienced compliance in practice? Wha...
250 - A look at Microsoft Sentinel auxiliary logs
We haven't talked about Microsoft Sentinel in a while. This week, we take a look at auxiliary logs - a new capability that Sentinel benefits from. What is it, and why ...
249 - Understanding the modern security landscape
This week, we talk about the modern security landscape, based on an infographic we saw floating around on LinkedIn. It's a great point to start conversations with deci...
248 - Azure Updates
In this week's episode, we look at recent Azure updates. What's new? What's interesting? What's retiring? We found updates for Azure Functions, Defender for Cloud, Win...
247 - Entra Suite explained
This week, we talk about Entra Suite. What is it? We tackled Entra ID plans previously, but now we have Entra Suite. What's included, who should get it, and how much d...
246 - Azure Summer projects
This week, as it's the summer holiday season, we discuss our plans for interesting Azure projects. What to study, try out, and what's a long-forgotten project to resum...
245 - Entra ID licensing: One person, one license
This week, we tackle Entra ID licensing. We discuss the basics of Entra ID plans, the use of licenses with B2B guest accounts, and what comes into play with multi-tena...
244 - We discovered Azure virtual machine hibernation
This week, we discuss a small but handy capability: hibernation for virtual machines. What is it, why would you need it, and is it suitable for all workloads? Also, Ju...
243 - Azure Updates
In this week's episode, we look at recent Azure updates. What's new? What's interesting? What's retiring? We found updates for Azure Bastion Host, Virtual Network Mana...
242 - Building a homelab
This week, we talked about why it's useful (and fun!) to build a homelab. What constitutes a homelab? Why should you build one? We talk about the different use cases, ...
241 - A lap around Copilot for Security
In this week's episode we take a deeper look into Copilot for Security. What can you do with it, and will Generative AI really make everything nicer and easier? We tal...
240 - Build 2024: Thoughts on the hero announcements
Last week's Microsoft Build 2024 is fresh on our minds, and we take a deeper look at the hero announcements. Copilot+ PCs and AI in general are top of mind for us, bec...