How do you get an idea to implementation in your organization? Richard chats with Amber Vanderburg about the work she's done helping teams understand the process of getting projects started and finished. Amber talks about defining a clear starting line, ending line, and dead line. While many projects are important, prioritization is the challenge. This means often other priorities have to be resolved before something new can be started - you need resources and time to be successful. Working through the process takes time, but the alternative is failure to meet expectations. It takes planning and clear communication to get things done!

Links

• Pathwayz Group
• Mythical Man Month
• The Four Disciplines of Execution
• Speed of Trust
• The Culture Map

Recorded December 4, 2025

What's coming in 2026 for Azure? Richard chats with CVP and Chief Product Officer for Azure, Jeremy Winter, about the announcements at Ignite and what we can expect in Azure over the next year. Jeremy talks about new features for migrating workloads to Azure, creating more reliable application implementations, the vast array of AI-related technologies being released, and more! The conversation also digs into the new data centers being built all over the world, and how they are becoming more efficient with resources.

Links

• Azure Copilot
• Azure SRE Agent
• Azure Resiliency Agent
• Azure Migrate
• Kubernetes Fleet
• Azure HorizonDB
• Azure Red Hat OpenShift
• Azure Fairwater

Recorded December 3, 2025

AI tools continue to evolve - what can we do with them today? Richard chats with Cecilia Wirén about her experiences using the latest AI tools to support DevOps workflows, diagnostics, and the crafting of new scripts. Cecilia focuses on tools that can help admins who occasionally work on scripts, including getting into a GitHub workflow to track prompts and results generated by LLMs, so you can always revert and learn from various approaches to interact with these new tools. The tools continue to evolve; it's worth looking at the latest features and models!

Links

• Azure SRE Agent
• Microsoft Security Copilot
• GitHub Copilot
• Awesome Copilot
• Copilot Extensions

Recorded December 3, 2025