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Azure Local, Radius & Bastion Service | EP02 | Cloudy with a Chance of Insights
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Azure Local, Radius & Bastion Service | EP02 | Cloudy with a Chance of Insights

In this episode of ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Insights’, the hosts discuss various topics related to Microsoft Cloud, including Azure Local, Radius, Azure Bastion, and the retirement of the Azure AD API. They also explore innovations in AI, particularly focusing on a new simulation engine for financial markets and the use of AI in music generation. The conversation highlights the implications of these technologies for developers and organizations, as well as the evolving landscape of cloud computing and cybersecurity.

Links to this week’s episode:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/HdvzXDJJrQY
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3VBUExC
Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3DeN6dO
Amazon Music
: https://amzn.to/49I9NU0
Cast Box: https://castbox.fm/channel/id6377024?country=gb

SHOW NOTES

Azure Local
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/local/?msockid=2db0be1eba176e053806ab29bbf76ff3

Radius
https://docs.radapp.io/

Azure Bastion Premium
https://azure.microsoft.com/de-de/blog/enhance-your-security-capabilities-with-azure-bastion-premium

Azure AD API End of Life
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/identity/action-required-azure-ad-graph-api-retirement/4090533

News / Interesting Stuff

Microsoft dangles $10K for hackers to hijack LLM email service https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/microsoft_llm_prompt_injection_challenge/

To fab or not
https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/10/gelsinger_departure_intel_future

Girl band or boy band?!
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/davidrrowley_microsoft-christmas-pop-activity-7270727842861092864-dyGx

MarS – A unified financial market simulation engine in the era of generative foundation models https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/mars-a-unified-financial-market-simulation-engine-in-the-era-of-generative-foundation-models/

Microsoft AI Chips
https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-launches-two-data-center-infrastructure-chips-speed-ai-applications-2024-11-19/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Microsoft Hacking Event
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/19/24299999/microsoft-zero-day-quest-hacking-event-ai-cloud-security?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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Richard Hogan

Richard Hogan

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Richard is a Microsoft-focused architect and consultant with deep expertise in Azure, Microsoft 365, cybersecurity, and enterprise cloud migration. He is the founder of The Microsoft Cloud Blog and co-host of the Cloudy with a Chance of Insights podcast. All views expressed are his own.

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