Tobias Zimmergren, Jussi Roine

Ctrl+Alt+Azure

Weekly conversations for cloud architects, developers, CIOs, and CISOs navigating Microsoft Azure, cloud adoption strategy, security governance, identity, and agentic AI. Hosted by industry experts Tobias Zimmergren and Jussi Roine.

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Tobias Zimmergren, Jussi Roine

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Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

125 - Azure Updates 16.03.2022

(00:00) - Intro and catching up. (06:22) - Show content starts. Show links - GA: Alert processing rules in Azure Monitor (Azure Updates) - Center for Internet Security (CIS) Kubernetes benchmark (Microsoft Docs) - Azure Defenses for Ransomware Attack - e-book (Microsoft Azure) - Azure AD Certificate-based authentication (Microsoft Docs) - GA: Deployment enhancements for SQL Server on Azure VMs (Mi...

124 - SFTP with Azure Storage 08.03.2022

(00:00) - Intro and catching up. (06:10) - Show content starts. Show links - SFTP on Azure Storage (Microsoft Docs) - Building a modern data integration solution using SFTP (Jussi) SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by ScriptRunner . ScriptRunner is a great solution to centrally manage PowerShell Scripts and standardize and automate IT tasks via a Graphical User Interface for helpdesk or end-users....

123 - The latest on Azure Bastion 02.03.2022

(00:00) - Intro and catching up. (05:23) - Show content starts. Show links - SysInternals Procmon (Microsoft Docs) - Native Client (preview) details (Microsoft Docs) - An overview of using Azure Bastion (Jussi) SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by ScriptRunner . ScriptRunner is a great solution to centrally manage PowerShell Scripts and standardize and automate IT tasks via a Graphical User Interf...

122 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Secure Score 23.02.2022

(00:00) - Intro and catching up. (06:42) - Show content starts. Show links - Secure Score recommendations (Microsoft Docs) - Continuous export for Secure Score (Microsoft Docs) - Power BI dashboard for Secure Score (GitHub) - Tracking your Secure Score over time in Azure (Tobias Zimmergren) -  Top 3 favorite capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Cloud  (Zimmergren) SPONSOR This episode is sponsor...

121 - Cost Optimization in the Azure Well-Architected Framework 16.02.2022

(00:00) - Intro and catching up. (06:52) - Show content starts. Show links - Jussi's cake - Azure Well-architected Framework (Microsoft Docs) - WAF assessments (Microsoft Docs) SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by ScriptRunner . ScriptRunner is a great solution to centrally manage PowerShell Scripts and standardize and automate IT tasks via a Graphical User Interface for helpdesk or end-users. Che...

120 - Azure Updates 09.02.2022

(00:00) - Intro and catching up. (07:08) - Episode content starts. Show links - Azure Key Vault service limits (Microsoft Docs) - Preview: Multitasking in the cost analysis preview (Azure Updates) - Azure Cache for Redis and managed identities (Azure Updates) - One-minute frequency log alerts (Azure Updates) - GA: Azure Backup hybrid backup updates (Azure Updates) - Preview: Managed certificate su...

119 - Using Azure IoT Central to control your coffee maker 02.02.2022

(00:00) - Intro and catching up. (09:06) - Show content starts. Show links - Azure IoT Central and the virtual coffee maker lab (MS Learn)  SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by ScriptRunner . ScriptRunner is a great solution to centrally manage PowerShell Scripts and standardize and automate IT tasks via a Graphical User Interface for helpdesk or end-users. Check it out on scriptrunner.com

118 - Backing up PostgreSQL databases in Azure 26.01.2022

(00:00) - Intro and catching up. (05:56) - Show content starts. Show links - The PowerShell script to fix permissions (Microsoft Docs) - Jussi's primer on Azure Database for PostgreSQL (Jussi) - Backing up PostgreSQL in Azure (preview) (Microsoft Docs) SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by ScriptRunner . ScriptRunner is a great solution to centrally manage PowerShell Scripts and standardize and aut...

117 - Make sure you have a break-glass admin account 19.01.2022

(00:00) Intro to the show, and catching up. (04:54) Episode content starts. Show links - Manage emergency access accounts in Azure AD (Microsoft Docs) - Jussi's blog on break-glass admin accounts (Jussi) SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by ScriptRunner . If you already use or want to use PowerShell to manage your Microsoft Teams, check out their free Microsoft Teams PowerShell guide. It contains...

116 - Azure Updates 12.01.2022

(00:00) Intro to the show, and catching up. (08:53) Episode content starts. Show links - Automated key rotation in Azure Key Vault is now in public preview (Microsoft Docs) - Get notified of changes in Azure Key Vault by using Event Grid (Zimmergren) - GitOps in Azure (Microsoft Docs) - Microsoft Defender for Containers (Azure Updates) - Enabling access to virtual networks in other regions (Micros...

115 - We took the Azure Load Testing service for a spin 05.01.2022

Show links - Overview of Azure Load Testing (Microsoft Docs) - Apache JMeter downloads (Apache) - Using the Azure Load Testing service (Tobias Zimmergren) SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by ScriptRunner . If you use PowerShell in your Organization you should check out their free PowerShell Security Ebook. It contains everything you need to know about PowerShell Security! Download their Security...

114 - Options for running containers in Azure 29.12.2021

Show links - Container services (Microsoft Docs) - Containers on Windows: Lift and shift to containers (Microsoft Docs) - The decision tree flowchart (Microsoft Docs) - Running a single Docker Container in Azure cost-effectively (Jussi) SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by ScriptRunner . ScriptRunner is a great solution to centrally manage PowerShell Scripts and standardize and automate IT tasks v...

113 - Trust no-one! A look at Zero Trust in 2022 22.12.2021

Show links - The official whitepaper (Microsoft)  - Zero Trust adoption report (Microsoft)  - Zero Trust e-book (Microsoft)  - Zero Trust assessment (Microsoft)  - Jussi's monitor light - the BenQ ScreenBar Plus (benq.com) SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by ScriptRunner . ScriptRunner is a great solution to centrally manage PowerShell Scripts and standardize and automate IT tasks via a Graphical...

112 - Azure Updates 15.12.2021

Show links - Felt (mug) coasters we use (Minimaldesktop)  - GA: Audit Logs for Azure Monitor Log Queries - GA: Availability of custom OpenID providers in App Service and Azure Functions - GA: Disable local admin accounts for new AKS clusters when using AAD - Preview: Azure AD and Kerberos (Microsoft Docs) - FSLogix overview (Microsoft Docs) - Preview: Azure Load Testing (Microsoft Docs) - GA: VPN...

111 - How do you choose the correct Azure compute service? 08.12.2021

Show links - Cloud Adoption Framework – Compute Options (Microsoft Docs) - Choose an Azure compute service (Microsoft Docs) SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by ScriptRunner . Check out their PowerShell Poster that covers the PowerShell Basics and the most important commandlets. Whether you are already using PowerShell or need to ramp up, this is a great resource. Check it out: PowerShell Poster .

110 - Azure in Sweden 01.12.2021

Show links - Azure in Sweden (Microsoft) - Azure Sweden details (Microsoft) - Azure Prices endpoint (Microsoft Docs) - PsPing (Microsoft Docs) - Comparing Azure Sweden services (Microsoft) - Azure Resource Mover (Microsoft Docs) - Product availability in Power Platform (Microsoft) SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by ScriptRunner . ScriptRunner is a great solution to centrally manage PowerShell Sc...

109 - Azure Policy as Code with Jesse Loudon 24.11.2021

Guest: Jesse Loudon Jesse Loudon ( @coder_au ) is a Microsoft Azure MVP and Principal Consultant at LAB3 in Sydney, Australia. Jesse's mission statement is to democratize Azure Policy as Code.  Over the past year Jesse has been actively advocating in the community across blogs posts , open-source GitHub repositories , and YouTube for greater Policy as Code adoption which drives repeatable, auditab...

108 - Controlled havoc with the Azure Chaos Studio 17.11.2021

- What is Azure Chaos Studio? (Microsoft Docs) - Built-in faults (Microsoft Docs) - Supported resources (Microsoft Docs)

107 - Azure Updates 10.11.2021

Breaking changes in Functions Runtime v4 (Microsoft Docs) GA: Azure Monitor container insights for Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes. (Microsoft Docs) Preview: Visual Studio Code for the Web (Microsoft Blog) Provisioned throughput spending limit for Azure Cosmos DB in general availability (Microsoft Docs) General availability: Centralized management of keys for encrypting Azure disks (Microsoft Docs) P...

106 - Digesting announcements from Microsoft Ignite in November 2021 03.11.2021

Microsoft Ignite site (Microsoft) Defender for Cloud Apps trial sign-up App Governance trial sign-up Azure Container Apps (Microsoft) Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (Microsoft) Jussi's recap of the keynotes (Rencore) Pay as you go model for Power Apps (Microsoft) Logic Apps updates (Microsoft)

105 - Expectations on Microsoft Ignite Fall 2021 27.10.2021

Microsoft Ignite Fall 2021 (Microsoft) Session catalog for Ignite (Microsoft) Cloud Skills Challenge (Microsoft)

104 - Become an Azure Architect with the new AZ-305 certification 20.10.2021

AZ-305 registration (Microsoft) AZ-305 skills measured (Microsoft) Training Certification Poster (Microsoft) Interesting courses on Entrepreneurship & Innovation (Harvard Business School) Interesting courses about Business from Harvard Online (Harvard.edu)

103 - Azure Updates 13.10.2021

Security Center Updates (Microsoft Docs) Dynamic Concurrency in Azure Functions (Microsoft Docs) Azure Functions runtime 4.0 preview (Microsoft Tech Community) Cost reservations for Management Groups (Microsoft Docs) Windows 11 generally available on Azure Virtual Desktop (Microsoft Tech Community) Updates to Azure Form Recognizer (Microsoft Docs) Deploy Azure AD-joined VMs in Azure Virtual Deskto...

102 - Where do you store your application config data? 06.10.2021

Introduction to Azure App Configuration for Developers with C# .NET Core (Zimmergren) Azure App Configuration (Microsoft Docs)

101 - Dial into Azure 29.09.2021

Creating a User VPN tunnel in Azure (Microsoft Docs) Azure AD authentication with P2S (Microsoft Docs) AlwaysOn VPN tunnels (Microsoft Docs) Tailscale (tailscale.com) Building a Site-to-Site VPN from home to Azure (Jussi)

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