Sussex Azure User Group - Podcast: Recent Episodes
Sussex Azure User Group
The Sussex Azure User Group Podcast was born at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic by Jack Tracey and Ryan Littlemore, who previously ran the user group in person events in Brighton, UK. The podcast was started to continue to discuss, present and chat about all things Azure, mainly infrastructure related, with special guests and much more.
Merry Christmas! Our last one of the year in which Jack and Ryan chat about their highlights on 2021 in the Azure space. What is your favourite new product launch or feature of 2021 and do they match any of ours? Let us know!
Episode 27 is here! And we are back with our usual Ignite Round Up and renames! Ryan and Jack chat through their pick of the new announcements from Ignite November 2021!
We're back from the summer break! This time round Jack and Ryan catch up with Dennis (GBB) on the latest new capabilities of Azure VMWare Solution (AVS).
Back at the pub for the second time in 2021! This week we talk about all the different billing models available in Azure. As well as how to deal with migrations between them all and things to lookout for.
It's the first SAUG Pubcast of 2021! This week Ryan and Jack have a quick chat about how to keep an eye on how much you are spending in Azure. Including their top tips!
This week Jack and Ryan talk about architecting resilient workloads deployed in Azure. We covered everything from how uptime is measured in SLAs to RPOs and RTOs which are key in designing for failure.
This week Jack and Ryan are joined by fellow Microsoft colleague Chris Bennett to discuss the Azure Well-Architected Framework. We discuss how the framework can be used and how to get started!
This week Jack and Ryan get together to discuss all the recent announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2021; the second virtual edition of this conference! There's a lot, so grab a beverage and join us!
This week Jack and Ryan welcome Maria Ferreira, Data and AI Specialist from Microsoft to talk about the principles of Artificial Intelligence. What is good or bad AI and what are Microsoft's take on the ethics of these technologies?
Azure Firewall Premium (Public Preview) is here! With lots of cool new features that will make a lot of customers very happy! Jack and Ryan dive straight into the portal and deploy the new Premium SKU and give it a test drive!
In this episode, Ryan and Jack introduce Will Jones - Consultant from Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) to give us the lowdown on what MCS is and how it's been built to help Microsoft customers deploy services into live environments.
We are back for 2021, stay tuned for more exciting content! This week we welcome Vince Mullin to share his insights into some of the latest Data and AI products on the Azure platform. Azure Synapse and Azure Purview.
Jack and Ryan are joined by Jon Fancey (Group Product Manager for Azure Integration). Jon shares his insight into how Logic Apps have evolved since their inception, as well as some hot off the press product updates about to go live!
This week Jack and Ryan are joined again by April Edwards. April works in a division of Microsoft called CSE (Commercial Software Engineering). CSE are a team of Microsoft Ninjas who work with customers on innovative projects.
Another short and sharp podcast for easy consumption this time round! This week Ryan and Jack are talking about the recent announcements to hit Azure in the last couple of weeks. Jack also dives into his favourite subject!
Jack and Ryan catch up for another 15 minute short blast this time about AHUB (Azure Hybrid Usage Benefit). AHUB has had some changes recently, so we cover what these are and also what AHUB is and how you can use it!
Episode 12 is here! This time we are trying something a little different. Short, sharp and precise episodes covering a specific topic in 10-15 minutes; wish us luck! This time we discuss everything about Azure Reservations!
Jack & Ryan are joined by Kristian Nese (Principal Architect, CAE Team @ Microsoft) to discuss Enterprise Scale! Enterprise Scale is a new addition to the Ready phase of the CAF with prescriptive design principals and architecture guidance.
Jack and Ryan are joined, via Teams Together Mode, by Kirk Ryan from NetApp to discuss all the announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2020! Strap yourselves in for an hour of non-stop updates!
Jack & Ryan meet up at a pub (socially distant, of course) in the heart of Sussex to discuss some of the latest announcements in the Azure space including cost allocation, Azure VWAN, Security Center & Project Bicep!
Jack & Ryan are joined by Kirk Ryan from NetApp to discuss Azure NetApp Files (aka ANF)! They discuss what Azure NetApp Files is and how it fits in the storage space within Azure compared to other products and services.
This week we talk about Azure Lighthouse! Azure Lighthouse enables partners and customers with multiple AAD Tenants and Azure Subscriptions to simplify how they access and manage resources across these at scale.
This week Jack & Ryan are joined again by our friend & colleague April Edwards (Senior Software Engineer @ Microsoft) for her 2nd appearance at our user group, however this time virtually! We discuss DevOps for IT Ops!
This week the podcast is a replay from our first ever virtual meetup in 2020 where Jack & Ryan were joined by Paul Grimley (CSA @ Microsoft) to discuss all things Azure Exams!
This week we discuss native storage options in Azure, so that's Storage Accounts, Blob, File, Queue & Table options and how they differ! We also take a deep dive into blob & file storage and the various features available.
This week we are joined by Brent Beer from GitHub to discuss as a 3, all the latest and greatest features that have been released to GitHub! As well as looking forward to the months ahead as to what the roadmap looks like.
This week Jack and Ryan are are discussing the newly launched native AVS (Azure VMware Solution) in Azure. They will be covering the an overview of the service as well as the changes from the previous editions of the service.
In this episode Jack & Ryan are joined by their friend & colleague Margaret Orton (Azure Application Development Specialist @ Microsoft) to discuss their favourite announcements and development from the first ever virtual Microsoft Build!