V030 - Sailing the Sea of Thieves while talking Cloud
Chris and Simon team up for a Sea of Thieves gaming session while diving into the week’s cloud news and community updates. The episode covers Azure Firewall Premium and its next-gen capabilities including TLS inspection, IDPS, URL filtering, and web category filtering — along with the pricing differences compared to Firewall Standard. Chris also discusses how 5G and cloud computing intersect for IoT and edge device scenarios.
On the community side, the episode highlights a Cloud With Chris session on using GitHub Actions to build and deploy static websites, plus a conversation with JJ Asghar about lessons learned from cultivating open source projects and communities. Simon shares his progress studying for the AZ-900 certification using Pluralsight and Whizlabs practice exams, touching on how community involvement and osmosis learning contribute to cloud knowledge.
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Chris plays Sea of Thieves with community members James, Simon, and Dean while delivering Azure updates on Bastion Standard SKU, Application Insights authentication, and Windows 365 from Microsoft Inspire. The episode also covers GitHub blog highlights including GitHub Copilot and Issues forms, plus a discussion on making Cloud with Chris more accessible.
V023 - Weekly Technology Vlog #23
Chris rounds up the week's Azure, Azure DevOps, and GitHub news — including the rebrand of Windows Virtual Desktop to Azure Virtual Desktop, Azure FHIR healthcare API updates, SAP on Azure, and a preview of the Azure Arc hybrid and multi-cloud digital event. On the GitHub side, supply chain security takes the spotlight with package registry credential scanning, Dependabot enhancements, and GitHub's Blacktocat fifth anniversary celebrating Black voices in tech. Cloud with Chris recaps include Carl Cook on GitHub Actions, Azure Arc for apps (Event Grid), Sarah Lean on hybrid cloud and DevRel life, and Will Esprit demonstrating the Geode pattern hands-on.
V010 - Weekly Technology Vlog #10 (Episode backlog until Mid-July! New Microphone, Ignite Content!)
Vlog #10 is a milestone episode: Chris celebrates his birthday and a full year of Cloud With Chris with a new Shure SM7B microphone upgrade. The bulk of the episode is a walkthrough of Microsoft Ignite announcements, covering Azure Arc-enabled Machine Learning for on-premises data sovereignty scenarios, the Azure Communication Services and Microsoft Teams interoperability story, and significant security updates including Azure Key Vault Managed HSM (preview) and Trusted Launch for VMs. GitHub Actions fans also get a bonus segment on four lesser-known platform capabilities, including semantic release note generation and bring-your-own-environment workflows.