RunAs Radio
Episodes
MLOps + DevOps + Kubernetes with Annie Talvasto
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Machine learning models need updating - what's the reliable way to do it? While in Romania, Richard sat down with Annie Talvasto to talk about her wor...
Identity Governance with Jef Kazimer
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How's your identity governance? Richard talks to Jef Kazimer from Microsoft about Entra's capabilities to help you have robust governance around ident...
SQL Server and AI with Muazma Zahid & Bob Ward
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How does artificial intelligence fit in with SQL Server? At the Microsoft Fabric Conference in Las Vegas, Richard sat down with Muazma Fahid and Bob W...
PowerShell 7.4 with Sydney Smith
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you downloaded the latest version of PowerShell? While at the MVP Summit in Redmond, Washington, Richard sat down with Sydney Smith to discuss so...
GitHub Copilot with Damian Brady
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can GitHub Copilot help you? Richard chats with Damian Brady at NDC Sydney about the power of GitHub Copilot to help you understand and write the ...
Securing AI with Sarah Young
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Artificial Intelligence enters our organizations, how do we secure them? While at NDC in Sydney, Richard sat down with Sarah Young to discuss the c...
Microsoft Copilot for Security with George Coldham
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can Microsoft Copilot for Security help you? While at NDC in Sydney, Richard chatted with George Coldham about Microsoft Copilot for Security - co...
GitHub for SysAdmins with April Edwards
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What can GitHub do for you? While at NDC London, Richard chatted with April Edwards about how GitHub can help sysadmins - and everyone in your organiz...
From SysAdmin to Platform Engineer with Steve Buchanan
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aren't we all platform engineers? Steve Buchanan says yes! But there's more to it - and Steve talks about the mindset of looking beyond individual pro...
Understanding Large Language Models with Jodie Burchell
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do you know about large language models? While at NDC in London, Richard sat down with Dr. Jodie Burchell to discuss how machine learning has rea...
Upgrading TLS with Scott Helme
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you upgraded to TLS 1.3? While at NDC in London, Richard chatted with Scott Helme about his work moving companies onto the latest version of TLS....
Copilot Governance with Martina Grom
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How are we going to manage the use of M365 Copilot? Richard chats with Martina Grom about her experiences helping organizations prepare for M365 Copil...
Windows Server vNext with Jeff Woolsey
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What's coming next for Windows Server? Richard chats with Jeff Woolsey about the latest information around Windows Server vNext! Jeff discusses how cu...
Maximizing Metadata with Emily Mancini
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How does your company organize information? Richard chats with Emily Mancini about the metadata in SharePoint. Emily points out that if you're using T...
Managing Cloud Native with Brendan Burns
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do you manage cloud-native applications? While at Ignite in Seattle, Richard chatted with Brendan Burns about ongoing efforts to develop tools to ...
Software Licensing in 2024 with Mary Jo Foley
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is there a strategy for buying software licenses? Richard talks with Mary Jo Foley about her new role at Directions on Microsoft, including her experi...
AI for IT with Gil Pekelman
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can artificial intelligence help sysadmins? While at Ignite in Seattle, Richard talked with Gil Pekelman of Atera about their AI for IT product. G...
Copilots for Power Platform with April Dunnam
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How is the Power Platform evolving? Richard chats with April Dunnam about the latest on the Power Platform - especially the emergence of Large Languag...
Hardening Active Directory with Jerry Devore
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Active Directory is still part of our lives - but can we make it more robust? Richard talks to Jerry Devore about his ongoing blog series on hardening...
Doing More with Less in 2024 with Erin Chapple
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another year of doing more with less? While at Ignite in Seattle, Richard sat down with Erin Chapple to talk about her work on Azure Infrastructure an...
The Sysadmin in 2024
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the last show of 2023, let’s look back at the year and speculate about 2024. Richard flies solo to talk about what he’s learned the past year ...
Azure Arc Guest Configuration with Jodi Boone
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What's an Azure Arc Guest Configuration? Richard talks to Jodi Boone about the freshly renamed Machine Configuration for Azure Arc. It turns out "gues...
SysAdmin Gifts with Joey Snow & Rick Claus
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The holiday season is upon us! What do you get your favorite sysadmin? Richard brings back his friends Joey Snow & Rick Claus to discuss some of their...
Modernizing using M365 with Sharon Weaver
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Can M365 help modernize your workplace? Richard chats with Sharon Weaver about her work helping companies migrate into M365 and how it helps provide m...
Zero Trust Adoption Guidance with Nicolas Blank
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're all using zero trust - but are we using it well? Richard talks to Nicolas Blank about his work helping to develop the Zero Trust Adoption Framew...
Azure Operator Nexus with Jennelle Crothers
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do telcos use the cloud? Richard talks to Jennelle Crothers about her work with Azure Operator Nexus, a set of services and tooling for telecommun...
Microsoft Entra Security Service Edge with Richard Hicks
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
So, what's Microsoft Entra all about? Richard chats with VPN guru Richard Hicks about his experiences with Microsoft Entra. More than just a new name ...
Large Language Models in Business with Ulrika Hedlund
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do large language models fit into your organization? Richard chats with Ulrika Hedlund about the challenges sysadmins face with large language mod...
Green IT with Mike Halsey
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How does green fit into IT? Richard talks with Mike Halsey about his book The Green IT Guide. Mike starts out talking about not waiting for government...
Choosing Azure Data Storage Solutions with Nicole Stevens
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you choose an Azure data storage solution? Richard talks to Nicole Stevens about her experiences helping companies move data into the cloud - t...
Large Language Models for IT Pros with Seth Juarez
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What can large language models do for you and your organization? Richard chats with Seth Juarez about the reality behind large language models like Ch...
Security Chaos Engineering with Kelly Shortridge
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ready to inject a little chaos into your systems? Richard talks to Kelly Shortridge about her book Security Chaos Engineering. Kelly discusses the cha...
Episode 900!
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's episode 900! Richard brings friend Dana Epp onto the show to talk a bit about the last one hundred episodes of RunAs Radio - and a little look to...
SharePoint Online Features On-Prem with Sandy Ussia
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Your SharePoint is on-premises (at least for now), but you want to take advantage of some of those cool SharePoint Online features - is there a way? R...
PowerBI and Fabric with Mike Carlo
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do PowerBI and Microsoft Fabric work together? Richard talks to Mike Carlo about his experiences with Fabric so far. Mike explains how it is early...
Doing More with Less with Sonia Cuff
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
2023 has been a challenging year for sysadmins so far - how do we do more with less? Richard talks to Sonia Cuff about the current climate for IT in o...
Breach Reporting with Troy Hunt
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How would your organization report a data breach? Richard talks to Troy Hunt about his experiences with Have I Been Pwned and some good and not-so-goo...
Getting Ready for M365 Copilot with Karoliina Kettukari
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready for M365 Copilot? Richard talks with Karoliina Kettukari about what we can expect from M365 Copilot and how you can help your organizati...
Microsoft Fabric with Andrew Snodgrass
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is Microsoft Fabric, and why do you want some? Richard talks to Andrew Snodgrass of Directions on Microsoft about Microsoft's recently announced ...
PowerShellGet in 2023 with Sydney Smith
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PowerShellGet V3 is getting close to release - what should we expect? Richard chats with Sydney Smith about the key features of PSG3 - especially the ...
Azure Innovations with Mark Russinovich
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How does Azure continue to evolve and grow? While at Build in Seattle, Richard chatted with Azure CTO Mark Russinovich about the evolution of Azure an...
Windows 11 and Windows Update for Business with Julie Andreacola
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What are your options for upgrading to Windows 11? Richard talks to Julie Andreacola about her experiences helping organizations make the move from Wi...
Future of Integrated Communication with Bob Serr
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Integrated communication is everywhere! While at Build in Seattle, Richard talked with Bob Serr, the VP of Azure Communication Services (ACS) at Micro...
Securing Sprawling Services with Karinne Bessette
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you secure the sprawling array of services your organization depends on? Richard talks to Karinne Bessette about her experiences working with c...
Windows 11 Deployment with Johan Arwidmark
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Windows 11 is coming to your organization - do you know how to deploy it? Richard talks to Johan Arwidmark about the need to get to work testing the d...
Power Platform Proliferation with Luise Freese
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you know it or not, Power Platform apps are proliferating! While at Techorama in Antwerp, Richard chatted with Luise Freese about her work wit...
Patching in 2023 with Sami Laiho
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's 2023 - are you able to keep your systems patched? Richard talks to Sami Laiho about the emerging patching crisis. Sami talks about how MFA and us...
Windows Update for Business with Aria Carley
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Should you use Windows Server Update Services or Windows Update for Business? Richard talks to Aria Carley about the different update mechanisms avail...
High Availability in 2023 with Allan Hirt
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What does high availability look like in 2023? Richard chats with Allan Hirt about his work with high-availability solutions today - not just on-premi...
Microsoft Sentinel with Sarah Young
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you using Microsoft Sentinel? Richard talks to Cloud Security Advocate Sarah Young about Sentinel, Microsoft's Security Information and Event Mana...
Azure Sticker Shock with Aidan Finn
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are your finance people suffering from Azure sticker shock? Richard talks to Aidan Finn about his experiences with organizations discovering they spen...
Incident Response Readiness with Paula Januszkiewicz
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is your organization ready to respond to a security incident? Richard talks to Paula Januszkiewicz about her experience helping organizations respond ...
Dealing with Vulnerable Exchange Servers with Gareth Gudger
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is your Exchange server one of the vulnerable ones? Richard talks to Gareth Gudger about the ongoing security concerns around on-premises Exchange ser...
Azure Virtual Desktop Accelerator with Jen Sheerin
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Moving to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) has never been easier! Richard talks to Jen Sheerin about her work with the Azure Virtual Desktop Accelerator to...
Large Language Models and Windows with Paul Thurrott
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Large Language Models like ChatGPT are all the rage, but how will they impact work going forward? Richard chats with Paul Thurrott about the role of L...
Building Your Data Analytics Team at SQLBits!
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The demand for effective data analytics within organizations continues to grow – how do you build your analytics team? While at SQLBits in Wales, pa...
Project Zero Trust with George Finney
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ready to get some zero trust security inspiration? Richard chats with George Finney, author of Project Zero Trust, a fictional narrative about a compa...
Team Metrics with Angela Dugan
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you measure the productivity of your team? Richard talks to Angela Dugan about her work at 3Cloud, supporting groups that are primarily work-fr...
IPv6 and Azure Active Directory with Pierre Roman
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready for more IPv6 in your life? Richard talks to Pierre Roman about recent support added to Azure Active Directory for IPv6 - specifically a...
When Does Multi-Cloud Make Sense with Phoummala Schmitt
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Does multi-cloud make sense? Richard chats with Phoummala Schmitt about her explorations into building workloads that can survive a cloud outage. Phou...
SMB over QUIC File Servers with Ned Pyle
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Secure remote file access without OneDrive or VPNs? Richard chats with Ned Pyle about the power of SMB over QUIC. Ned talks about the ongoing battle t...
Incident Management with Hila Fish
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is your approach to incident management? While at NDC London, Richard talks to Hila Fish about her work in incident management. Hila talks about ...
FIDO2 and Passwordless with Kyle Kotowick
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ready to go passwordless? While at NDC in London, Richard chatted with Kyle Kotowick about the FIDO2 specification and how it is being implemented to ...
Reliability Management with Lesley Cordero
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Managing reliability means being available when things go wrong. But how do you make the on-call time productive? While at NDC in London, Richard talk...
Migrating to Windows 11 with Michael Niehaus
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready to move your organization to Windows 11? Richard talks to Michael Niehaus about the upcoming end of support for Windows 10 in 2025 and t...
Strengthening Security with Jess Dodson
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you improve the security of your organization? Richard talks to Jess Dodson about the current security environment we're living in and what you...
dbatools Update with Rob Sewell
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How about a free suite of over 500 tools for SQL Server best practices, administration, development, and migration? Richard talks to Rob Sewell about ...
Moving Your Intranet to the Cloud with Susan Hanley
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready to move your intranet into the cloud? Richard talks to Susan Hanley about her work helping organizations migrate intranets into Microsof...
Application Identities in Azure with Martin Ehrnst
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do your applications need identities? Richard talks to Martin Ehrnst about how all Azure resources, including your applications, need an identity to f...
DevOps in 2023 with April Edwards
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How is the DevOps movement evolving, and why should sysadmins care? Richard talks with April Edwards about how DevOps continues to grow with better to...
Local Administrator Password Solution with Jeremy Moskowitz
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you used LAPS? Richard chats with Jeremy Moskowitz about the Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS). Jeremy talks about how the Pre...
M365 Governance in 2023 with Martina Grom
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What are the new governance challenges in M365? Richard chats with Martina Grom about her ongoing work helping organizations provide governance over t...
Being a SysAdmin in 2023
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's the end of 2022, and time to reflect on the work coming up in the next year – what will it be like for SysAdmins in 2023? Richard flies solo fo...
Reflecting on Microsoft with Mary Jo Foley
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Jo Foley moves on! No, not entirely from Microsoft - away from writing several times a week about the latest enterprise topics. MJ is going to Di...
Securing Apps in the Cloud with Carroll Moon
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You're moving to the cloud; how does your application security look? Richard talks with Carroll Moon of CloudFit about moving applications into the cl...
Getting Rid of Excel with Jennifer Stirrup
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is Excel damaging your company? Richard talks with Jen Stirrup about how Excel gets used far too much in businesses and for too many things. Jen talks...
What SysAdmins Want for Christmas with Rick Claus and Joey Snow
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What do SysAdmins want for Christmas? Richard chats with Rick Claus and Joey Snow about their favorite gadgets for SysAdmins. From the gadgets that he...
Post-Pandemic Team Building with Stephanie Donahue
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic has put a lot of stress on teams - how do we make them stronger? Richard talks to Stephanie Donahue about strengthening teams and communi...
Azure Vs AWS Billing with Corey Quinn
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How are Azure and AWS Billing different? Richard chats with Corey Quinn of Screaming in the Cloud about his experiences experimenting with all the oth...
Azure Stack HCI with Sarah Lean
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why do you need Azure Stack? Richard chats with Sarah Lean about the capabilities Azure Stack HCI brings to your organization. Sarah describes the thr...
SQL Server 2022 Hybrid Data Platform with Bob Ward
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What can SQL 2022 do for you? Richard chats with Bob Ward about the upcoming release of SQL Server 2022 and its evolution toward data anywhere. Bob ta...
Modernizing your Scripting using RPA with Christina Wheeler
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is the state of scripting in your organization? Richard talks to Christina Wheeler about Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and its role in the arr...
Windows 11 One Year Later with Paul Thurrott
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The return of Two Grumpy Old Men Complain about Windows! Richard chats with Paul Thurrott about a year of Windows 11 - the good, the bad, and the meh....
Viva Learning and Productivity with Ulrika Hedlund
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How can Viva Learning improve your team's productivity? Richard chats with Ulrika Hedlund about how the latest generation of tools from Microsoft help...
Manageable Infrastructure as Code using Pulumi with Joe Duffy
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you make manageable Infrastructure-as-Code? Richard talks to Joe Duffy about his open-source project called Pulumi, helping you build Infrastru...
PowerShell and GitHub with Barbara Forbes
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What can GitHub do for your PowerShell scripts? Richard talks to Barbara Forbes about using GitHub and PowerShell together. Barbara first discusses th...
Developer Practices that Help SysAdmins with Rick Taylor
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What can a sysadmin learn from a developer? Richard chats with Rick Taylor about his experiences learning from developers to write better code - sysad...
Artificial Intelligence in PowerBI with Priscilla Camp
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can you use artificial intelligence technologies in data analytics? Richard chats with Priscilla Camp about using cognitive services in PowerBI for im...
Learning PowerShell with Jeff Hicks
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you learn PowerShell effectively? Richard chats with Jeff Hicks about his experiences teaching PowerShell from the beginning. Jeff talks about ...
Managed Environments for PowerApps with April Dunnam
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
PowerApps are proliferating - how do you keep them under control? Richard talks to April Dunnam about managed environments for PowerApps, providing ov...
The Rogers Outage and Resiliency with Dana Epp
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On July 8, the Rogers company in Canada had a total network outage for 15 hours - what happened? Richard talks to Dana Epp about what we can learn fro...
New Viva Modules with Sandy Ussia
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Viva continues to evolve - what's the latest? Richard talks to Sandy Ussia about her work with the various Viva modules and approaches to customizing ...
Getting Hybrid Certified with Orin Thomas
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What's the best Windows Server and Azure hybrid configuration? Richard talks to Orin Thomas about the new Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associat...
Migrating Group Policy Objects into Intune with Katy Nicholson
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can you migrate group policy objects to Intune? Richard chats with Katy Nicholson about her work modernizing Windows client machines through Microsoft...
Microsoft Loop with Stephen Rose
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How does Microsoft Loop help you collaborate? Richard talks to Stephen Rose about the recent addition of Loop to Teams. Loop uses the Fluid Framework ...
SharePoint News with Emily Mancini
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your Intranet needs news, and SharePoint can help! Richard chats with Emily Mancini about the power of the News part in SharePoint to keep your Intran...
Windows Admin Center in Azure with Prasidh Arora
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Windows Admin Center in Azure? Richard talks to Prasidh Arora about the preview of WAC in Azure - giving admins that familiar Windows Admin Center vie...
Updating Windows with Aria Carley
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you keep Windows devices updated? Richard talks to Aria Carley about Microsoft's array of update services, including Windows Update for Busines...
Creating a Data Culture with Rohan Kumar and Santosh Jamadagni
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Does your organization have a data culture? Richard talks with Microsoft CVP Rohan Kumar, and Mars VP Santosh Jamadagni about building organizations f...
Viva Insights with Karoliina Kettukari
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How can Viva Insights improve personal productivity and the productivity of the team? Richard talks to Karoliina Kettukari about the role of Viva Insi...