This week, Alan and Sam Introduce season 7 and talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these updates that peaked our interest.

Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered:

• Key Microsoft Entra, Intune and Defender features and updates
• Lots of Azure changes and new features

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This week we discussed Azure DDoS protection, a managed service from Microsoft in Azure to mitigate against DDoS attacks. DDoS or distributed-denial-of-service attacks are commonly used to overwhelm internet facing resources in the hope of disrupting their operation. Azure DDoS protection is a simple to use managed service which allows organisations to rapidly apply protection to their resources. Sam takes the lead with providing insights such as:

• What are DDoS attacks, and why do we need to mitigate them?
• What is Azure DDoS protection
• How do you set up Azure DDoS protection
• Pricing

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Alan and Sam discuss how passwordless authentication can help organisations to improve their authentication health and increase their security posture. Alan explains the concept and the solutions available. Alan also covers the rebrand of Azure AD to Microsoft Entra ID. Some of the areas we cover:

• What is passwordless authentication.
• What are the benefits of introducing passwordless to your organisation.
• What does Microsoft Entra ID provide for passwordless authentication.

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