Best Azure Infrastructure Management Podcasts (2025)

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D2DO288: Technology, Career, and Finding a Purpose with Deana Solis 47:29

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Ned and Kyler sit down with Deana Solis, a freelance FinOps engineer and mentor. They discuss the undervalued skills of communication, look at the inherent biases and misplaced confidence of AI models, and offer guidance for those starting their careers. Deana also talks about her journey to discover the intersection of technology, career, and find…

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# 70 Sustainability: A Strategic Advantage, (Not Just a Cost), with Sathpal Singh and Jo Masraff 53:28

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It’s time that we reframe sustainability as a criterion for success, not just a checkbox on a regulatory report. And on today’s episode of Green IO, Gaël is joined by Jo Masraff and Sathpal Singh, two domain experts who demonstrate how changing our approach to sustainability can be a key difference maker for businesses across any industry. Jo and S…

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319 - Hello there, new Microsoft Defender for Cloud! 27:09

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In this episode, we unpack what's new with Microsoft Defender for Cloud. During Ignite 2025, Microsoft announced that the public preview of MDC would be available shortly, and it has arrived now. We'll take a look at what changed, what didn't, and why you should care. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:52) - Show content starts. Show links - Defe…

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318 - A look at the new Zero Trust assessment tool from Microsoft 29:19

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In this episode, we take a look at the new Microsoft Zero Trust Assessment tool. We reflect on Zero Trust in general, its application in the Microsoft security landscape, and what this exciting tool will offer you. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (05:00) - Show content starts. Show links - Microsoft Zero Trust Assessment tool - Demo of Microsoft Z…

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D2DO287: Leveling Up in Data Science 37:51

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Ever wonder what it takes to level up your career in data science? Senior Data Scientist Darya Petrashka joins Ned and Kyler to share her personal journey from management and linguistics into data science, the real difference between a junior and a senior role, and helps us get under the “data science umbrella” to see... Read more »…

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317 - Reflections from Microsoft Ignite 2025 40:09

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Microsoft Ignite 2025 is here! We reflect on the hero announcements and what they mean for the future. Some exciting announcements were made during the first keynote, and we already had a chance to try a few of them out. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:35) - Show content starts. Show links - ESPC’25 in Dublin - Microsoft Agent 365 - Security C…

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#69 Big Tech carbon emissions by the millions with Cathleen Berger 52:48

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They say that numbers don’t lie… but what if we are looking at the wrong numbers to begin with? On today’s episode of Green IO, Gaël is joined by Cathleen Berger who is here to help us decipher why accurate emissions reporting is so crucial, and why Big Tech continues to make big mistakes when it comes to the figures they release. Because as the fo…

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316 - Expectations on Microsoft Ignite 2025 30:56

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Microsoft Ignite 2025 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. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (04:55) - Show content starts. Show links - Microsoft Ignite 2025 - Give us feedback!By Tobias Zimmergren, Jussi Roine

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D2DO286: Scaling Kubernetes Across Clouds – Identity, DNS, and Security 40:39

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If you think managing Kubernetes clusters is hard, what about managing Kubernetes clusters across three different public clouds? We dive into the challenges that arises from running multi-cloud Kubernetes workloads. These challenges include workload identity, DNS query resolutions, and security. Here to help us navigate this complexity and offer po…

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315 - A look at GitHub Universe 2025 32:29

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This week, we unpack the hero announcements from GitHub Universe 2025. Much of this is related to agents, agentic AI, and GitHub Copilot. We reflect on these new announcements as we proceed. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:59) - Show content starts. Show links - Agent HQ - Custom agents examples - Copilot integrations - Agentic code review in …

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#68 A dive into every GenAI rabbit hole with Wilco Burggraaf and Mark Butcher 1:18:23

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Over the last 3 months, several studies were published about GenAI and its environmental footprint. The most famous are Mistral AI’s life cycle analysis and Google’s study on Gemini. The opportunity and the conclusions of the Gemini prompt study were heavily debated in the Green IT field, including by two of the most respected thought leaders: Mark…

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314 - Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025 37:01

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This week, we review the Microsoft Digital Defense report 2025. We did the same for 2024 and 2023, so this time we'll look at what's interesting in the report and what to focus on from a security perspective. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:40) - Show content starts. Show links - Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025 - Ctrl+Alt+Azure: Episode …

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D2DO285: The Death of IaC Has Been Greatly Exaggerated 39:52

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While declaring the death of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) or Terraform may get you clicks on LinkedIn, IaC is alive and kicking. On today’s Day Two DevOps we talk about why IaC still matters. Guest Malcolm Matalka argues that IaC provides the tools and a model for managing infrastructure across its lifecycle in a structured... Read more »…

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313 - Microsoft Tech Updates 27:45

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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 Platform, and similar Microsoft platforms and capabilities. What's new? What's interesting? What's retiring? (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (04:40) - Show content starts. Show links - Pu…

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#67 Can we be optimistic about AI sustainability? With Iuna Tsyrulneva 44:07

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The potential impact of Artificial Intelligence on our worsening climate crisis is certainly a hot topic, pardon the pun. Fortunately, we have an expert on today’s show to help us make sense of it all. Iuna Tsyrulneva is one of the leading voices in AI and sustainability. Well versed on both topics, Iuna holds a PhD in materials science, and works …

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312 - Avoiding identity mistakes using IdentityProxy with Stephan van Rooij 35:51

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Today, we talk about identity mistakes, with our guest, Stephan van Rooij. We learn about OWASP top 10, his project IdentityProxy and things to avoid when building custom solutions that revolve around identities. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (02:50) - Show content starts. Show links - Blog: https://svrooij.io - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in…

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311 - The three must-have alert types for your Azure tenant 31:20

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Today, we go through the three recommended and must-have alerts you should configure in all of your Azure tenants. We touch upon FinOps, security, a bit of WAF and CAF, and find out if we're using these recommendations ourselves. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:20) - Show content starts. Show links - Azure Quota Alerts (Preview): Still overloo…

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D2DO284: AI, MCP, and the Identities that Tie Them All Together 45:07

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AI is developing at an incredible pace. With that development comes questions. For instance, how do you connect your resources to agents? How do agents connect with each other? And how do you keep it all secure? Our guest Christian Posta is here to guide us through AI, MCP, and the concept of workload identities.... Read more »…

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#66 Data Centers and Water in the US: a Complex Story with Mohammad Islam and Shaolei Ren 1:01:24

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“We're living under a water stressed world. Maybe not today, but a certain time of the year.” This new reality stated by Dr Shaolei Ren questions both the resiliency and the water footprint of the data center industry. In this episode we bring an academic perspective on these questions with two of the most renowned experts in the field, Dr Shaolei …

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310 - Stepping away from the cloud to reflect on Microsoft PowerToys in 2025 22:46

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In this week's episode, we take a tour of Microsoft PowerToys in 2025. What's in there? What's new? Do we actually use these tools, or are they just gimmicks? (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (06:44) - Show content starts. Show links - Microsoft PowerToys Feedback - Give us feedback!By Tobias Zimmergren, Jussi Roine

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#65 Green IO London 2025 special episode in collaboration with Architect Tomorrow 26:18

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Today, we don’t have 1 or 2 guests but 10! In partnership with the YouTube channel Architect Tomorrow, we are glad to share with you snippets and interviews of the speakers who made the latest Green IO Conference in London a huge success last week. The audio quality has improved since last year but is still perfectible. Except for this, I hope you’…

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D2DO283: Lessons Learned When a Startup Doesn’t Take Wing 34:10

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Today we talk to Elad Ben-Israel about his former startup Wing Cloud, and the language that was built along with it, Winglang. We discuss why Eland started Wing Cloud, lessons learned about founding a start up, and what the future holds for the Winglang language. Ad Spot: Faddom Faddom helps you discover and map your... Read more »…

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309 - Goodbye, Project Online and SharePoint 2013 Workflows 30:12

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In this week's episode, we talk about our experiences with SharePoint and Project. Now that Project Online is going away, as well as SharePoint 2013-style Workflows, we discuss the options for moving to more modern capabilities, and why these are still very valid tools. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:58) - Show content starts. Show links - Pr…

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308 - Running AI workloads at home 30:04

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In this week's episode, we share ideas, experiences and lessons learned running AI workloads at home. On a laptop, in a custom-built AI rig, and everything in between! (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:37) - Show content starts. Show links - HuggingFace - Ollama & Open WebUI - LMStudio - Azure AI Foundry Local Feedback - Give us feedback!…

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#64 Why we hate recycling with Elaine Brown and Ross Cockburn 55:42

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Elaine and Ross hate recycling. Both know first hand about our computers’ and smartphones’ life. About the wasted opportunities to better use the precious resources into it. Elaine Brown is the CEO of the Edinburgh Remakery who refurbished 295 laptops last year. She’s also a keen expert on the right to repair issues. Ross Cockburn is the Trustee of…

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D2DO282: Simplifying Complex Kubernetes Deployments With kro 30:16

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Kubernetes is flexible and customizable, but it can also be notoriously complex and difficult to deploy to. On today’s Day Two DevOps we learn about kro (Kube Resource Operator), an open-source tool that helps simplify complex application deployments. Our guest is Islam Mahgoub, a Solutions Architect at AWS focused on building kro. We talk about...…

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307 - Microsoft Security Updates 25:19

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This week, we dive deep into security-focused updates from Microsoft. As we've done with more generic tech updates, this time we'll focus on the interesting security updates from Microsoft. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (04:29) - Show content starts. Show links - RETIREMENT: Migration from Azure China CDN to Azure Front Door - PREVIEW: Custom bl…

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#63.b AI & Energy Efficiency: just follow the money? with Anne Currie 35:38

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Anne Currie is the co-author of the acclaimed O’Reilly book “Building Green Software”, a pillar of the GSF, a veteran in the Cloud Industry and also a SF novelist with her series of panopticon books. Preparing her forthcoming keynote at Green IO London, she went all the way down into the rabbit hole of AI and energy efficiency. She investigated fro…

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D2DO281: Faddom: Providing a Unified Source of Truth for Security and IT Operations (Sponsored) 45:13

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Faddom is re-envisioning what application dependency mapping and infrastructure inventory can be in the era of cloud and hybrid IT. Join us today on this sponsored episode as we speak with Faddom’s Itamar Rotem, CPO and Ofer Regev, CTO, about how Faddom’s discovery process can help to improve migrations for any size organization and help... Read mo…

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306 - Azure Storage Discovery 28:58

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Today, we take a look at Azure Storage Discovery. It's a new preview feature that gives you insights and actionable items across all your Storage Accounts. We discuss our experience using it and how to properly test its capabilities. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:25) - Show content starts. Show links - Azure Storage Demo Populator tool (GitH…

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#63a AI & Energy Efficiency: why was DeepSeek a defining moment? with Anne Currie 41:45

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Anne Currie is the co-author of the acclaimed O’Reilly book “Building Green Software”, a pillar of the GSF, a veteran in the Cloud Industry and also a SF novelist with her series of panopticon books. Preparing her forthcoming keynote at Green IO London, she went all the way down into the rabbit hole of AI and energy efficiency. She investigated fro…

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D2DO280: Architect for Your AI Success With F5 and MinIO (Sponsored) 34:33

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In the changing landscape of AI data infrastructure, F5 and MinIO are partnering on a solution that brings together the best of each company. This solution bookends the AI stack—it uses F5 for reliable, secure, and observable data delivery and MinIO’s AIStor for storage of all data types. The goal is to help organizations be... Read more »…

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305 - Finally here – Group Source of Authority in the cloud 28:50

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Today, we'll take a look at something that is of the essence for anyone working with identities and the shift to the cloud. What is Group SOA, and why should you care? We reflect on the dependencies of Active Directory, the five stages of transformation, and what this capability will help you achieve. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (05:20) - Show…

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304 - Microsoft Tech Updates 31:18

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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 Platform, and similar Microsoft platforms and capabilities. What's new? What's interesting? What's retiring? (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (04:15) - Show content starts. Show links - Cr…

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#62 Thirsty datacenters in the heart of Silicon Valley with Masheika Allgood 49:04

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A month ago, Google released its 2024 sustainability report. Its overall water consumption increased by 28% in a year. Less publicized than the data center energy boom, water is also pivotal for the Tech industry and data is even scarcer. To better understand this secret but serious love affair between big tech and water, what better location to in…

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D2DO279: Herding the Agentic Geese 40:33

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Developers Rizel Scarlett and Ian Douglas join Ned and Kyler to talk about building an AI agent. Rizel and Ian work at Block, where they’re part of a team building an agent called Goose. They talk about what the agent does, building challenges, observability, and more. They also dive into topics such as how using AI... Read more »…

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303 - A look at Microsoft Sentinel in 2025 26:49

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Back in 2020 we did our first episode on Microsoft Sentinel. We feel it's time to revisit Sentinel after five years, and take a look at where it stands today. What's relevant, what's new, and what's happening with Sentinel? (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (04:29) - Show content starts. Show links - Microsoft Sentinel Quickstart - Sentinel Data Lak…

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302 - A brief overview of Model Context Protocol (MCP) 33:00

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In this week's episode, we break down Model Context Protocol, or MCP. What is it, why should you care, and how does it change your solutions? We discuss the concept, the architecture, and share our experiences working with MCP solutions. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (03:02) - Show content starts. Show links - MCP home: modelcontextprotocol.io -…

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D2DO278: The Future of HashiCorp Inside IBM 40:10

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On today’s show, we talk to Armon Dadgar, co-founder and CTO of HashiCorp regarding HashiCorp’s future within IBM. We start with a quick recap of IBM’s acquisition of HashiCorp and then move on to the challenges of bringing a small, young tech company into a huge corporation that makes lots of its revenue on legacy... Read more »…