Today, we'll talk about AVNM, or Azure Virtual Network Manager, with insights from Microsoft's Jack Tracey. What is it, and why do you need it? We talk about mesh networks, routing, IP address management, AVNM with Azure Landing Zones, and more!

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- What is AVNM?
- Frequently asked questions about Azure Virtual Network Manager | Microsoft Learn
- Azure Virtual Network Manager in Azure landing zones - Cloud Adoption Framework | Microsoft Learn

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Today, we'll talk about Azure Landing Zones, with insights from Microsoft's Jack Tracey. What are landing zones, to be more exact? We touch topics on application and platform landing zones, networking, architectures, infrastructure as code, and many others.

(00:00) - Intro and catching up.
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- Azure Landing Zones | Cloud Adoption Framework
- Azure Landing Zone Accelerator
- Azure Landing Zone Brownfield
- Development environments

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In this week's episode, we look at MCRA - the Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture. Updates were released in April 2025; we'll go through the updates and explain why MCRA matters.

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- Updated MCRA

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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?

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- Design, troubleshoot, and secure networks using Microsoft Copilot in Azure | Microsoft Learn

- GA: Private subnet

- Public preview: VM network troubleshooter

- Exchange Online Tenant Outbound Email Limits

- Virtual Network TAP

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The future of generative AI might very well be agentic workloads. Fresh from Build 2025, we take a look at Agent IDs in Entra ID. What are they, and why would even need to know how they work? What's the difference from Enterprise Applications? We consider compliance, reporting, licensing and other aspects on Agent IDs.

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- Agent IDs announcement from Build 2025

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Today, we're taking an initial look at Azure Service Groups. We're already familiar with Resource Groups and have discussed Management Groups and governance in general in previous episodes over the years. Service Groups provide a new approach to governing and managing your resources operationally. We'll share our thoughts on governance, this new capability, and how it can be utilized.

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- Service Groups

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* NOTE: It seems like Microsoft Teams recording messed up big time. This episode has an audio distortion issue around the 16-minute to 20-minute mark. Apologies! *

This week, we'll have our initial reflections and thoughts from major Microsoft Build 2025 announcements. What caught our eye? It's AI all the way, but we find other aspects as well. Tobi shares some surprising news, and we also talk about future episodes now that we'll have a bit more time to dive deep into the new announcements.

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- Build 2025 Book of News

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