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Using Query Store to Help Developers Understand Query Performance with Erin Stellato
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do you make your SQL queries go faster? Richard chats with Erin Stellato about how Query Store in SQL Server 2017 and its ability to provide detai...
Physical and Virtual Machine Security with Ned Pyle
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Firewalls and MFA are awesome, but how's your physical security? Richard chats with Ned Pyle about a story surrounding a consultant able to walk into ...
Creating the State of DevOps Report 2019 with Nicole Forsgren
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The next DevOps Report Survey is out, and Nicole Forsgren needs your help! Richard chats with Nicole about the changes at DORA (now part of Google) - ...
Monitoring Office 365 with Paul Keely
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Office 365 is growing in popularity - but is it fast enough? Richard chats with Paul Keely about how IT needs to monitor Office 365 to understand perf...
PowerBI and AI with Jen Stirrup
20 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is Artificial Intelligence part of your data analytics strategy? Richard chats with Jen Stirrup about how data analytics and business intelligence con...
AaronLocker with Aaron Margosis
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Whitelisting is a good idea - but not easy to make happen! Richard talks to Aaron Margosis about his work making it easier to use AppLocker to impleme...
Application Insights with Isaac Levin
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do you understand what's going on in your applications? Richard talks to Isaac Levin about Azure Application Insights - now part of the Azure Moni...
Taming the Hoarders with Stephanie Donahue
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Every organization has information hoarders; the question is, do you know where it is? Richard talks to Stephanie Donahue about the challenges around ...
IPv6 in 2019 with Ed Horley
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's 2019 - do you know where your IPv6 network is? Richard chats with Ed Horley about the current state of IPv6 and his new business, HexaBuild, that...
Getting Ready for Machine Learning with Ginger Grant
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Machine Learning is all around us - are you getting ready for your company to use it? Richard chats with Ginger Grant about what you need to understan...
Containers in the Cloud with Corey Sanders
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's a container world - we're just living in it! Richard chats with Microsoft VP Corey Sanders about how containers have taken off in the cloud world...
Developers and DBAs Collaboration Panel at PASS
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do you get developers and DBAs to collaborate more effectively? Richard moderated a panel discussion at the PASS conference in Seattle with paneli...
Why DevOps Works with Martin Woodward
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why does DevOps work? Richard chats with Martin Woodward about the key aspects of DevOps and how they make a difference in an organization - even one ...
SQL Q and A from SQLIntersection Fall 2018
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Once more into the questions and answers! A twice-yearly event, SQLIntersection always closes with a great question and answer session with all of the...
Exchange 2019 with Gareth Gudger
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What's happening with Exchange 2019? Richard chats with Gareth Gudger about the announcements around Exchange 2019 back at Ignite, and what has happen...
Multilingual PAL with Clint Huffman
02 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
PAL is back, and speaking more languages! Richard chats with former PFE Clint Huffman about his latest work on Performance Analysis of Logs or PAL. Fo...
2018 Recap with Jeffrey Snover
26 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Time for a holiday season show and a look back at the year! Richard chats with Microsoft Technical Fellow Jeffrey Snover about the very good year that...
Windows Customer Experiences with Chris Jackson
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How do you engineer a customer experience? Richard chats with Chris Jackson about the role of the Windows Customer Experience Engineers - the folks at...
SQL Server 2019 with Brent Ozar
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What's new in SQL Server 2019? Richard chats with Brent Ozar about his take on the latest version of SQL Server. Is there any more to do? Apparently y...
Traditional and Modern Device Management with Jeremy Moskowitz
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Device Management is evolving - are you? Richard chats with Jeremy Moskowitz about how device management is changing. From the good old days where Act...
Azure Sphere with Galen Hunt
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How do you make the Internet of Things (IoT) secure and reliable? Richard chats with Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Galen Hunt about Azure Sphere, a...
Cloud Ops Advocates with Rick Claus
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Who advocates for operations folks in the cloud? While at Ignite in Orlando, Richard sat down with Rick Claus to talk about what it means to be an adv...
Always On VPN with Richard Hicks
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What's happening with VPNs in the Microsoft world? While at Ignite in Orlando, Richard sat down with Richard Hicks to talk about the on-going evolutio...
State of DevOps in 2018 with Nicole Forsgren
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The DevOps movement continues to grow - let's see the results! Richard chats with DORA chief scientist Dr. Nicole Forsgren about the State of DevOps i...
When IoT and SCADA Meet with Niall Merrigan
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Internet of Things and Industrial SCADA controls are colliding - what happens next? Richard chats with Niall Merrigan about the security issues ar...
Building Microsoft Graph with Jeremy Thake
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What can Graph do for you? Richard chats with Jeremy Thake about his return to Microsoft, joining the engineering team at Microsoft Graph. Jeremy is f...
CloudOps vs DevOps with Dana Epp
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
And the battle is on - CloudOps vs DevOps! Richard debates with Dana Epp about what modern operations looks like. Dana points out that all too often, ...
The IT Community with Michael Bender
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What's an IT Community and why should you be a part of it? Richard chats with Michael Bender about being a part of a larger IT community. Michael talk...
The Modern Data Analytics Stack with Trey Johnson
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What does a data analytics solution look like today? Richard chats with Trey Johnson of Zap about how data warehousing and OLAP have evolved into the ...
Meltdown and Spectre Recap with Susan Bradley and Wayne Small
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Spectre and Meltdown are still out there - are you protected? Richard chats with Susan Bradley and Wayne Small about Spectre and Meltdown, a set of vu...
Cloud and Deployment with Johan Arwidmark
19 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What's new in Configuration Manager world? Richard chats with Johan Arwidmark about the latest for Configuration Manager - but starts out with a discu...
Whitelisting Applications in Windows with Sami Laiho
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Control what gets onto your PCs! Richard chats with Sami Laiho about the latest thinking around application whitelisting. For years we've worked from ...
Show 600!
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, it's episode 600! Let's celebrate! While down in Redmond at the residence of Kim Tripp and Paul Randal, Richard turned on the recorder and this b...
Stories from the Field with Mike O'Neill
29 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ready for a chuckle? Richard chats with Mike O'Neill about a number of stories from his work as a Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft. While it's bes...
Storage Migration Service with Ned Pyle
22 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ready to migrate some storage? Richard chats with Ned Pyle about his work on the Storage Migration Service, which is part of Server 2019. You can get ...
Subsea Data Centers with Ben Cutler
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Computers and water don't mix! Usually. Richard talks to Ben Cutler, one of the team leading Project Natick - building subsea data centers. Ben talks ...
Windows Update Crisis with Susan Bradley
08 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The month of July 2018 was an especially hard one for updates to Windows - and has prompted an important letter. Richard talks to Susan Bradley about ...
The New Windows with Paul Thurrott
01 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In April 2018, Microsoft re-organized the Windows division - so that there is no Windows division anymore. What does it mean? Richard chats with Paul ...
OneDrive for Business in 2018 with Stephen Rose
25 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
OneDrive for Business continues to evolve! Richard chats with Stephen Rose about the announcements around OneDrive for Business at the SharePoint Nort...
Azure Key Vault Tooling with Andrew Cheung and Paul Yuknewicz
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Where do you keep your secrets? While at Build in Seattle, Richard chatted with Andrew Cheung and Paul Yuknewicz about the latest features for Azure K...
Talking Containers with Jessica Deen
11 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Have you got containers in your operations? While at Build in Seattle, Richard chatted with Jessica Deen about the gamut of offerings that Microsoft h...
Azure Dev Test Labs with Claude Remilliard
04 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Self-Service Test Labs in Azure! While at Build in Seattle, Richard talked with Claude Remillard about the on-going evolution of Azure Dev Test Labs. ...
Azure SQL Data Warehouse with Matt Usher
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Data Warehousing is for everyone! While at Build in Seattle, Richard sat down with Matt Usher to talk about the latest version of Azure SQL Data Wareh...
Windows Linux Subsystem with Tara Raj and Sarah Cooley
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Linux on Windows! While at Build in Seattle, Richard talked to Tara Raj and Sarah Cooley about Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). While you've been ab...
Exchange Updates with Gareth Gudger
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Exchange story continues to evolve - how about an update! Richard chats with Gareth Gudger about his work with a variety of companies using Exchan...
SQL Linux and Containers with Bob Ward
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SQL Server runs on Linux and in containers! Richard talks to Bob Ward about the on-going evolution of SQL Server and how the latest version literally ...
Cloud-Based IT Automation with Dana Epp
30 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What can you automate in the cloud? Everything! Richard chats with Dana Epp about how the tooling in Azure allows for automating a huge range of tasks...
Building a Cybersecurity Team with Paula Januszkiewicz
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to build a great cybersecurity team? Richard chats with Paula Januszkiewicz about the work she's doing to create more cybersecurity...
Collaboration using Teams and Skype for Business with Tom Arbuthnot
16 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
So many collaboration offerings - what's the right way to go? Richard chats with Tom Arbuthnot about his experiences around the modern digital collabo...
Modern Service Management with Carroll Moon
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What does modern service management look like? Richard talks to ex-Microsoft Carroll Moon about his experiences modernizing service management at Micr...
SQL Q and A from SQLIntersection Spring 2018
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Spring in Orlando - time for a SQL Server Questions and Answer panel! Richard hosts a panel of Kim Tripp, Paul Randal, Bob Ward, Aaron Bertrand, David...
Talking DevOps to Devs with Tim Warner
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Your developers want to do some DevOps - what does it mean to you? Richard chats with Tim Warner about what operations needs to care about and learn w...
Making Email Better using OneDrive for Business with Peter Schmidt
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After email, what's the next thing you want from Office 365? Peter Schmidt says its OneDrive for Business. Starting with the ability to get rid of fil...
Understanding Containers with Jennelle Crothers
11 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Why should you care about containers? Richard chats with Jennelle Crothers about what container technology does for operations. Like virtualization be...
Exploring Microsoft Graph with Sahil Malik
04 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What can Microsoft Graph do for you? Richard talks to Sahil Malik about his experiences working with Microsoft Graph - starting with rationalizing all...
The Practice of System and Network Administration with Tom Limoncelli
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be a System or Network Administrator? Richard talks to Tom Limoncelli about his experiences and book around the subject. Tom talk...
Be the Master with Don Jones
21 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The challenge of hiring new people into the world of IT is getting harder every day - what does it take to grow your skilled staff? Richard talks with...
Debugging PowerShell with Josh Duffney
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you're writing PowerShell, you're writing code - now debug it! Richard chats with Josh Duffney about tools and techniques for debugging your PowerS...
Cloud Security with Paul Keely
07 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Modern security is complex - how can the cloud help? Richard chats with Paul Keely about his work with organizations helping to secure workstations an...
Azure Data Factory with Tom Kerkhove
28 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How do you ETL? Richard chats with Tom Kerkhove about Azure Data Factory, now previewing V2 features. We've had Extract-Transform-Load workflows since...
Managing SQL Server using dbatools with Rob Sewell
21 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ready to manage SQL Server with PowerShell? Richard chats with Rob Sewell about dbatools, an open source effort to build an amazing set of PowerShell ...
The Intranet in 2018 with Susan Hanley
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What's a company intranet look like in 2018? Richard chats with Susan Hanley about her work helping companies find value in their internal information...
Query Store and Automatic Tuning in SQL 2017 with Erin Stellato
07 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SQL Server keeps getting smarter! Richard talks to Erin Stellato about Query Store and Automatic Tuning. First introduced in SQL Azure, these features...
Managing Customizations in SharePoint Online with Andrew Connell
31 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SharePoint has never been more manageable! Richard chats with Andrew Connell about his experiences around using the latest programming models for Shar...
Office 365 Hubs for Teamwork with Tony Redmond
24 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How does Office 365 help teams collaborate? Richard chats with Tony Redmond about his insights into Microsoft's on-going effort to make Office 365 the...
Getting Your Data Ready for Analytics with Jen Stirrup
17 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Your company is sold on the idea of data analytics, but is it ready for it? Richard talks to Jen Stirrup about her experiences getting organizations s...
ReverseDSC with Nik Charlebois
10 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Desired State Configuration now works boths ways! Richard talks to fellow Canadian Nik Charlebois, a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer, about his work ...
Making Work Visible with Dominica DeGrandis
03 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How do you make your work visible to your team, your division, your entire organization? Richard talks to Dominica DeGrandis about her book 'Making Wo...
Office Macro Security with Karim El-Melhaoui
27 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Office macros need security? Yes! Richard chats with Karim El-Melhaoui about the issues around Office macros. With default settings, VBA macros in the...
Microsoft Analytics Stack with Andrew Brust
20 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Data analytics has evolved - have you kept up? Richard chats with Andrew Brust about the revolution taking place in data analytics in general and Micr...
SQL DevOps with Michael Upton
13 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Can SQL Server be part of a DevOps practice? It has to be! While at Connect in New York, Richard sat down with Michael Upton to discuss the role of SQ...
Azure Service Fabric with Mikkel Mork Hegnhoj
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Service Fabric is not just for Azure! While at Connect in New York, Richard sat down with Mikkel Mork Hegnhoj to talk about what Service Fabric can do...
CosmosDB Update with Kirill Gavrylyuk
29 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Have you looked into CosmosDB? While at Connect in New York, Richard sat down with Kirill Gavrylyuk of the CosmosDB team to talk about the latest feat...
PowerBI Reporting with Jason Himmelstein
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How do you do your business intelligence? While at DevIntersection in Las Vegas, Richard sat down with Jason Himmelstein to talk about PowerBI, the la...
SQL Q and A from SQLIntersection Fall 2017
15 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Fall in Vegas - time for a SQL Server Questions and Answer panel! Richard hosts a panel of Kim Tripp, Paul Randal, Aaron Bertrand, Jes Borland, David ...
Security Guidance and SysInternals Update with Aaron Margosis
08 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Are you using SysInternals? Richard chats with Aaron Margosis about the venerable SysInternals tools originally developed by Mark Russinovich. But fir...
Office 365 Hybrid with Scott Hoag
01 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hybrid Cloud is the new normal! Richard chats with Scott Hoag about his experiences migrating organizations onto Office 365 and embracing the reality ...
IT Certifications and Training with Greg Shields
25 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What IT certifications do you hold? Richard chats with Greg Shields about the value proposition behind various IT certifications. In the fast moving s...
GDPR and You with Seb Matthews
18 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In May 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation laws take effect. Are you ready? Richard chats with Seb Matthews about what IT Pros can do to g...
SharePoint Update with Todd Klindt
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What's next for SharePoint? While at Ignite in Orlando, Richard sat down with Todd Klindt to talk about the next version of SharePoint - announced at ...
DevOps Practices inside Microsoft with Donovan Brown and Martin Woodward
04 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft has a DevOps practice too! While at Ignite in Orlando, Richard sat down with Donovan Brown and Martin Woodward to talk about their experienc...
Database Reliability in 2017 with Allan Hirt
27 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Databases still need to be reliable, but what does that look like in 2017? Richard chats with Allan Hirt about how he makes databases reliable today. ...
The DSC Book with Missy Januszko
20 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Desired State Configuration continues to evolve, are you? Richard chats with Missy Januszko about her work (with Don Jones) on The DSC Book. DSC is sh...
OMS and SCOM with Cameron Fuller
13 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Here come the acronyms! Richard chats with Cameron Fuller about Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS), the cloud-based instrumentation, diagnost...
Thinking IT Cloud with Tim Warner
06 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Still on the fence about moving services to the cloud? Richard chats with Tim Warner about the on-going evolution of the cloud and the increasing pres...
Microsoft Reporting Ecosystem with David Pless
30 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
So what is a reporting ecosystem? Richard chats with David Pless about the modern Microsoft reporting ecosystem, which can involve SQL Server Reportin...
Turn Off SMB1 with Ned Pyle
23 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Turn off SMB1! Richard talks to Ned Pyle about the ongoing battle to retire SMB1, a 30-year-old file transfer protocol at the heart of recent malware ...
Azure and Azure Stack with Aidan Finn
16 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Azure is growing, and Azure Stack is taking orders! Richard chats with Aidan Finn about his work with companies implementing Azure and looking at Azur...
NanoServer and Containers with Jason Helmick
09 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lots of news around NanoServer - what's it all mean? Richard chats with Jason Helmick about NanoServer - but first, a quick discussion around a commen...
Windows Upgrade Readiness with Steve Thomas
02 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Windows 10 has been out for two years now, are you ready to move? Richard chats with Steve Thomas about the latest tools Microsoft provides to help yo...
DevOps for Everyone with Rob England
26 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Change is scary, how do you keep people from resisting? While at the DevOps Enterprise Summit in London, Richard sat down with fellow Kiwi Rob England...
Self-Driving Vehicles with Mark Minasi
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ready to go off the IT rails? Mark Minasi is back! Richard chats with Mark about his favorite subject at the moment - automated vehicles. Mark takes a...
DevOps for Mainframes with David Rizzo and Rosalind Radcliffe
12 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
DevOps for Mainframes? Really? Yes really! While at DevOps Enterprise Summit in London, Richard sat down with Rosalind Radcliffe and David Rizzo to ta...
Improving Help Desk Using PowerShell with David das Neves
05 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How can PowerShell improve your help desk? Richard chats with David das Neves about his work improving the efficiency of a help desk by writing PowerS...
ITIL and DevOps with Akshay Ananad and Kaimar Karu
28 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
ITIL and DevOps together? Yes! While at the DevOps Enterprise Summit in London, Richard sat down with Akshay Ananad and Kaimar Karu of AXELOS to talk ...
DevOps in 2017 with Nicole Forsgren
21 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How is DevOps evolving? While at the DevOps Enterprise Summit in London, Richard sat down with Nicole Forsgren to talk about her latest data finding a...
SQL Q and A at SQLIntersection Spring 2017
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
More questions answered at SQLIntersection! Richard hosts a panel discussion of Kim Tripp, Paul Randal, Bob Ward, Brent Ozar and many other SQL speake...
Azure Database for MySQL and Postgres with Jason Anderson and Sunil Kamath
07 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
More database services in Azure! While at the Build conference, Richard sat down with Jason Anderson and Sunil Kamath to discuss both MySQL and Postgr...
Azure Stack Update with Jeffrey Snover
31 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Azure Stack is coming soon! While at the Build conference in Seattle, Richard sat down with Jeffrey Snover to dig into the latest developments around ...
Exchange 2016 Update with Mike O'Neill
24 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What's the latest on Exchange 2016? Richard chats with Microsoft PFE Mike O'Neill about some the things he's seen lately in Exchange world. Mike talks...