I created a new GitHub repo with all the materials for my various courses and crams and in the main readme I link to the playlists, crams, and artifacts. As always zero adverts or interruptions.
Good luck!
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Yesterday I finished the v2 Azure Master Class. The complete playlist can be found at and is over 22 hours of content! As always, no advertising or upsell, just help.
I recommend using the GitHub repo at which includes all the demo
Over the holidays I created an 8.5-hour, free AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals full certification course. Zero adverts, just learning. Good luck!
📽️ AZ-900 Full Course Playlist
📖 AZ-900 Course Handout
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Big milestone hit today, 200,000 subscribers. Just wanted to say thank you to everyone for the support.
It is not lost on me how fortunate I am to be in the position where I have the time and opportunity to learn and create this content as my hobby.
I'll be
The Well-Architected Framework was completely refreshed, and its structure updated to make it easier to use. In this video I explore WAF and how to use it.
00:00 - Introduction
00:11 - Cloud Adoption Framework
01:25 - What is a workload
03:27 -
For those studying for AZ-700, the Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions certification. I have a playlist of key videos I've created that should help you including a 3-hour study cram. Zero adverts as usual :-) Good luck!
Just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone that has supported my channel and subscribed. Just hit a big milestone of 50,000 subscribers and couldn't have done this without your support.
My wife made me a surprise cake to celebrate :-D
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After the previous version hit a million views, I figured I should update it so here is the v2 of the AZ-104 Azure Administrator Study Cram. Good luck!
00:00 - Introduction
00:44 - Materials to prepare
02:20 - Entra ID
05:01 - ADDS to Entra Sync
07:59 -
I've been asked a lot of times about my recommended path for learning Azure. I've created a new site:
This just provides a curated path of my videos, MS Learn and some other free resources.
introduces the site.
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Just hit 125,000 subscribers so THANK YOU! Trying something different for the Ask Me Anything to enable all time zones to participate. Post your questions below and then I'll create a video answering the best ones :-) .
AZ-104 study cram just passed 50,000. The AZ-305 just passed 15K views as well.
AZ-104 (Azure Administrator) Study Cram -
AZ-305 (Design Azure Infrastructure) Study Cram -
Thank you!
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#cloudcomputing
Just hit 2️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ subscribers so huge thank you to everyone. I thought I would mark this milestone with base-2 donuts. For those thinking I did this just so I would have more donuts to eat, yes, yes I did!
Thank you for all the support 😉
If you've not subscribed head over
New video looking at Azure Copilot with a focus on how it works, what access it has, the guardrails enforced and a little bit of fun demonstrating.
00:00 - Introduction
01:04 - LLM and GPT4
03:35 - Microsoft use of GPT4
04:27 - How the Azure Copilot
Passkeys are everywhere so thought I should dive into what they are, what's so great about them and how to get started!
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - Authentication history
02:04 - Why Authenticator wasn't phishing resistant
07:40 - Need protection from
Credential and token theft are impacting nearly every organization. In this video I look at what we can do to try and protect against these threats.
00:00 - Introduction
00:49 - Credential protection
05:46 - Authentication strengths
07:32 - Protection
Last few weeks been feeling very tired and stressed. Yesterday afternoon I stepped away from everything for 2 hours and just chilled out completely. Today I had great training and feel 100x better. It's OK to need a break and take it! 🤙 We are all human!
A number of people asked if the Entra Private Access could be used instead of a VPN to access on-premises AD joined resources. 100% YES, and in this video, I show you how!
00:00 - Introduction
00:23 - Entra-joined resource access
01:14 - Accessing
Now it's in public preview it's time for a deep dive into the Microsoft secure web gateway solution, Microsoft Entra Internet Access!
00:00 - Introduction
00:24 - Why we need it!
02:00 - Microsoft Entra Internet Access
05:07 - Using Internet Access
05:48
Microsoft have introduced a new FREE type of credential, Applied Skills. These hands on, on-demand lab experiences are a great way to learn, practice and demonstrate your mastery of specific skills. I quickly walk through them in this video. I even tried two and had a lot of fun.
New video walking through the new zero trust network access solution, Microsoft Entra Private Access. Had a lot of fun preparing and creating this video.
00:00 - Introduction
00:07 - Entra App Capabilities
03:59 - Traditional private access
06:38 - The
My Azure Administrator Study Cram (AZ-104) just passed 100,000 views! Nearly 4 hours of information to help you pass.
Thank you and good luck!
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Noticed my AZ-900 9.5-hour course and study cram passed one million views! Appreciate all the views! There are zero adverts or upsell.
Other content at .
Good luck!
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#azurecertified
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#azurefundamentals
I've posted this before but wanted to ensure people knew about which is just a curated set of my videos in an order that may help when thinking about learning Azure. There is also a CSV download. I update it periodically.
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#Microsoft
A few weeks ago, I posted a video on catching errors in PowerShell and got a lot of requests for a beginner's guide to debugging PowerShell so here you go!
#powershell
#debugging
#youtubevideo
#vscode
Quick overview of the Microsoft Entra Suite.
00:00 - Introduction
00:13 - Entra ID P1 and P2
01:25 - New capabilities
03:41 - Per capability licenses
05:32 - Pre-reqs for suite
05:44 - Entra Suite content
07:29 - P2 step-up
07:48 - Summary
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I saw someone talking about YouTube Premium so no adverts when watching my content. I have NO adverts enabled on my channel anywhere. I make zero money from it as my analytics shows lol.
That sense of relief when you move your PC to a new case and put on a new CPU AIO and all new fans to make it quieter and it actually turns on 😄 Now to test with this week's video!
Kicking off the New Year with a look at Conditional Access filtering and template usage.
00:00 - Introduction
00:10 - Conditional Access Basics
01:19 - Challenges with many policies
01:52 - Using filtering
05:10 - Policy options
06:13 - CA Templates
Just a little reminder I don’t discuss future content nor take requests. 😉 I want to enjoy creating content I want to create and not be chased for when things may be ready.
To celebrate hitting 140K subscribers last night did 140 mile bike ride on Zwift this morning. 6 1/4 hours
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watts and done. Thanks for watching and subscribing!!!!
SUDO for Windows! Do not adjust your computer, this is not a typo :-) Find out about how it works here!
00:00 - Introduction
00:11 - Least privilege
01:01 - User Access Control
03:52 - Elevation experience
07:13 - How to elevate in command environments
New deep dive video looking at Deployment Stacks. A new way to deploy your Infrastructure as Code on Azure to achieve better lifecycle management of the resources and optionally very powerful deny assignment capabilities.
00:00 - Introduction
00:27 -
Just posted a new 40 minute video on what Infrastructure as Code means for IT administrators all based around Azure. Features VS Code, templates, Azure DevOps and Git. Enjoy :-)
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For those people taking AI-900 or AI-102 or just want to know more about generative AI I recorded a module based around what you need to know. Had a lot of fun at the same time as you'll see with burgers and British flags :-)
00:00 - Introduction
00:23 -
The Microsoft Entra Ignite 2023 keynote is now available on YouTube. I was very honored and proud to be part of it and was a fantastic team effort.
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#ignite2023
If you ever have bluetooth headphones that suddenly go really poor quality its likely because they switch to headset mode. I have airpods that on PC only use for listening. Disable the headsfree telephony service and they will stay as stereo headphones and great sound!
Morning bike training done. Now to lift some weights then eat a lot :) I never forget how lucky I am that I get to choose to spend my time this way and have the opportunity 🤙
New video looking at Azure AD join capability and how to then RDP using an Azure AD account. This includes regular Windows 10/11 AAD join and then Windows Server 2019/2022 special case with the Azure AAD join extension and associated RBAC roles.
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Another nice milestone 🎉. Lesson one of the PowerShell Master Class hit 300,000 views! I keep this updated with recent new lessons around version 7, debugging, secrets and more.
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My new book is out today, Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services for Architects. I've started work highlighting the updates :-D
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#AzureAD
#kidding
#notkidding
A look at the brand new version of Azure Update Manager for patching in and out of Azure!
00:00 - Introduction
00:17 - Patching 101
03:31 - Azure Update Manager (original)
06:40 - New solution
10:20 - Changing Azure VM patch orchestration mode
12:32 -
New video looking at how we can protect against phishing attacks for Entra ID authentication using Conditional Access and authentication flow conditions!
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - Device code flow
02:31 - Phishing the auth flow
03:47 - Authentication
Lesson one of the 9-part PowerShell Master Class just passed 250,000 views. Zero adverts or interruptions, just info to help you learn this awesome technology.
Thanks everyone for the support and good luck in your learning!
#powershell
#learning
I just wanted to wish everyone an awesome weekend! Hopefully your week was great and if not I'm sure people still appreciated your efforts and you are valued! Enjoy your weekend, you deserve it. 🤙
New video quickly looking at how to find gaps in your conditional access and prioritize which apps to protect first!
00:00 - Introduction
00:16 - Conditional Access 101
01:40 - Gaps in protection
02:07 - Coverage in CA
03:04 - Gap analysis workbook
05:06
Added Security section to the Learn Azure site over at . This is just a suggested, curated path of learning Azure. The new Security section is my YouTube AZ-500 playlist content with links to the MS learn module as well.
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#learning
After adopting the cloud and after initial excitement every organization will sit back and feel they are spending too much and very likely there is cost optimization to be found. There are many right ways to go about a cost optimization initiative but also a definite WRONG way.
I just wanted to say thank you to the supporters of my channel. You have now raised over $1000 for Cure Childhood Cancer so seriously thank you!
Store is at if interested in donating to the charity by buying a silly t-shirt :-D
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My daughter just woke up and came into my office looking at all the tabs on my browser. We went through what they all were and then she wanted to change my reddit avatar :-) This is what she decided I should be.
"If there are hair options we don't need them".
Kids 🤣
Many people have asked for a deep dive video on ExpressRoute. After a lot of work, here it is from soup to nuts! It's long, 80 minutes, so apologies in advance!
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#AzureNetworking
#ExpressRoute
For those that don't know I'm moving lol. My new space to record will have a very similar look :-) Hopefully you won't even be able to tell. This wall was a fake texture, going to use brick tile on the new one :-)