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Cloudfirst Podcast30 - To the cloud and back, a chat about exiting the cloudMany organizations are looking at their cloud environments, wondering whether parts of it should be moved back on-premises or to other cloud providers. What are the options, really? And is what is Microsoft 365 Local? Let's find out!2025-06-2045 minCloudfirst Podcast29 - Using managed identities and federated credentials to eliminate secretsIn this episode we talk about how managed identities and federated credentials can help you eliminate all client secrets in your environment. Hopefully, after this episode, you'll never create a client secret again!2025-02-1136 minCloudfirst Podcast28 - DeepSeek and the current state of GenAIIn this episode we talk about what has been on everyone's lips lately; DeepSeek. What's happening in the GenAI world in general, and will we see more situations DeepSeek-like situations going forward?2025-02-0431 minCloudfirst Podcast27 - Microsoft AIgnite - AI with a hint of other thingsInterested in a summary of what Microsoft announced at Ignite this year? Look no further, we got you covered!2024-12-0951 minCloudfirst Podcast26 - A hitchhikers guide to Entra licensingIn this episode we discuss our favorite topic of all; licenses! More specifically Entra licensing. Did Marius win the bet of whether Global Secure Access would be included in Entra ID P2 or not? And is the Entra Suite license actually decently priced? Find out that and more in this episode of the Cloudfirst Podcast!2024-09-031h 03Cloudfirst Podcast25 - Google Next, Copilot for Security and PasskeysIn this episode we talk about news from Google Next, Entra External ID, Passkeys and Copilot for Security. Is Entra External ID, which will be GA in two weeks, ready to replace Azure AD B2C? How do passkeys really work? And, who is Copilot for Security really for?2024-05-0356 minCloudfirst Podcast24 - Microsoft Graph scopes giving attackers high hopesIn this episode we talk about the Midnight Blizzard attack on Microsoft, which turns into a rather detailed discussion on Microsoft Graph scopes and their wide permissions. Also, how many Copilot products does Microsoft have now? And how hyper-scale is Azure really? 2024-02-1557 minCloudfirst Podcast23 - So much new stuff and some other fluffAs it has been a while since last episode, there is a lot of news to cover!- The final details about Storm 0558 has been published- Microsoft and Oracle Expand Partnership to Deliver Oracle Database Services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in Microsoft Azure- Microsoft Fabric- Microsoft 365 Copilot in GA November 1st- Bicep support for Entra ID- Azure Updated Manager GA- Delegate Azure RBAC assignments with conditions- Azure VNET Flow Logs- Terraform licensing and OpenTOFU- Entra ID Device-bound...2023-10-031h 15Cloudfirst Podcast22 - Microsoft security issue development and MobileIron based attacks on governmentIn this episode we talk about the new Entra ID inbound provisioning API, the recent developments in a few Microsoft security issues and the recent 0-day utilized to attack the Norwegian government through MobileIron.2023-08-0451 minCloudfirst Podcast21 - Global Secure Access and Entrataining renaming stressIn this episode we discuss the renaming of Azure Active Directory to Entra ID, as well as deep diving into the Global Secure Access service launched into preview at the recent "Reimagine secure access with Microsoft Entra" event.2023-07-1456 minCloudfirst Podcast20 - Build news unfurled, followed by a Microsoft licensing ranting whirlIn this episode Marius and Marius talks about the news from Microsoft Build and potential new licensing for Microsoft Entra. Also, is Cloud PC really the future, or is Microsoft actually just reinventing the thin client?2023-06-0952 minCloudfirst Podcast19 - Ai ai aiIn this Episode, Marius and Marius discusses AI, or more specifically the Large Language Model (LLM) AIs available and how they can actually be used by enterprises for their own data, today.2023-05-0539 minCloudfirst Podcast18 - Antipatterns for cloud no longer covered in shroudCloud can be adopted in many ways, but not all ways are created equal. In this episode we talk about antipatterns for cloud adoption.Resource used for inspiration: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/antipatterns/antipatterns-to-avoid2023-01-2353 minCloudfirst Podcast17 - News from conventions and other mentionsIn this episode, Marius and Marius talks about news in the different cloud platforms. Ignite, AWS re:Invent and Google Cloud Next has all been arranged, all containing some interesting news.2022-12-0259 minCloudfirst Podcast16 - Education and certificationWhat is really the importance of education and certification within IT? Listen in as your two favorite Mariuses discuss their way through education and certifications, and share their best tricks on how to pass your certification exams!2022-10-071h 02Cloudfirst Podcast15 - Summer TLDRJoin us as we discuss the latest in cloud, this time talking about Azure Permissions Management (Cloudnox), Databricks, the Microsoft Oracle partnership, DevBox, Defender Threat Intelligence, External Attack Surface Management and much more!2022-09-0451 minCloudfirst Podcast14 - Find your zen with a CDNIn this episode, your hosts Marius Sandbu and Marius Solbakken Mellum talks about what CDNs are, and why you most likely have a need them in your environment.2022-05-1843 minCloudfirst Podcast13 - Can you trust PaaS services?In this episode, we discuss PaaS services and whether you can trust these, with all security issues happening lately. We also discuss the Microsoft and Okta hacks, while the stories are still developing.2022-03-2251 minCloudfirst Podcast12 - CI/CD or AC/DC?In this episode we talk about Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment, what is it and how can we get going with it? Mr Sandu had a temporary headset with poor audio, but we'll fix it for the next episode!2022-02-2858 minCloudfirst Podcast11 - Workload Identities gone wildJoin us as we discuss workload identities, and different options available. What is really the difference between app registrations and enterprise applications? Which problems does Managed Service Identities solve? And what does Workload Identity Federation really mean?2022-01-311h 00Cloudfirst Podcast10 - Ransomware2022-01-101h 06Cloudfirst Podcast9 - Yay, Log4J!In this episode, we talk about the Log4J security issue.2021-12-1522 minCloudfirst Podcast8 - Public cloud, 503 service unavailableIn this episode Marius Sandbu and Marius Solbakken Mellum discuss public cloud availability considerations, recent downtime in AWS and the end of mankind.2021-12-0943 minCloudfirst Podcast7 - Publishing services to the internet without breaking a sweatJoin us as we talk about ways of publishing services to the internet. The Azure load balancing decision tree2021-11-241h 10Cloudfirst Podcast6 - Every byte from Microsoft IgniteIn this episode we dig through most of the news announced at Microsoft Ignite. Lots of it is listed at in the Book of News, but there were quite a few more things than that. 2021-11-031h 06Cloudfirst Podcast5 - Azure Networking for the whole family, part 2Join as we continue our discussion around Azure Networking. This time we focus more on PaaS services, and how we can enable private or managed networking for these.2021-10-1944 minCloudfirst Podcast4 - Azure Networking for the whole family, part 1NIC, NSG, ASG, Virtual Network, Vnet Peering, Global Vnet Peering, Azure Firewall, Network Virtual Appliance, VPN Gateway, Express Route, Load Balancer, Public IPs, NAT... and some more. Listen in on us talking about Azure Networking!2021-10-0850 minCloudfirst Podcast3 - The Hybrid Strikes Back!Hybrid is a word thrown around all the time, but what is hybrid cloud, what can it solve and what cannot it not solve? Do you remember Azure Pack? AWS Outposts or Azure Stack Hub? How about PaaS services in hybrid? And why would you want VMware on Public Cloud?Join us as we discuss hybrid cloud.2021-09-2952 minCloudfirst Podcast2 - The key management conundrumManaging the keys to your services is an important task ignored by many. Listen in to learn about key rollover, what a service principal really is and avoid do not make keys the future you's problem.Marius SandbuMarius Solbakken Mellum2021-09-1653 minCloudfirst Podcast1 - Summer of fun with printers and ExchangeEveryone loves printers and Exchange servers, and we have had our fair share of security issues with those this summer. Join us as we discuss the last two months.Attack trendsMarius SandbuMarius Solbakken Mellum2021-09-1338 min