347 - Microsoft's Security Adoption Model: a map for security modernization
In this week's episode, we dig into Microsoft's Security Adoption Model, the attempt to pull a decade of scattered security guidance under one roof. It's a role-aware way to plan security modernizatio...
17 Jun 30min
346 - Microsoft Tech Updates
In this week's episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we're expanding our scope beyond Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and related Microsoft platforms a...
10 Jun 29min
345 - Reflections from Microsoft Build 2026
In this episode, we reflect on some of our favorite announcements from Microsoft Build 2026. We touch base on some Windows 11 updates, like Intelligent Terminal, the new Run dialog, and moving the Tas...
3 Jun 52min
344 - Insights on using applied AI with Rick Van Rousselt
This week, we sit down with Rick Van Rousselt, Microsoft 365 MVP and managing partner at Advantive Belgium, for an honest look at what's actually working with applied AI in customer environments and w...
27 Mai 43min
343 - Essential MCP servers for working with Azure
In this episode, we explore MCP servers - the open Model Context Protocol that allows AI assistants like GitHub Copilot, Claude, and ChatGPT to connect to live tools and data instead of relying on out...
20 Mai 39min
342 - Expectations on Microsoft Build 2026
Microsoft Build 2026 marks the biggest format shift in nearly a decade - moving out of Seattle to a 2,500-seat Fort Mason venue in San Francisco with a deliberate "no fluff" pivot toward AI developers...
13 Mai 33min
341 - Foundry Toolkit goes GA: Building agents with code
The Foundry Toolkit for Visual Studio Code - formerly the AI Toolkit - is Microsoft's answer to fragmented AI development workflows, bringing model selection, prompt iteration, agent building, evaluat...
6 Mai 30min
340 - From outsourcing to AI-first: the rebuild that 8x'd our delivery
In this episode, we unpack nine months of lessons from Pons.io's full rebuild around agentic AI - cutting engineering outsourcing entirely, replacing HubSpot and Salesforce with an internal CRM built ...
29 Apr 38min
