Best MS Dev Podcasts (2025)

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PowerShell 7.5 and DSC 3.0.0 with Jason Helmick 36:47

1h ago36:47

36:47

What's new in PowerShell 7.5? Richard talks to Jason Helmick about the latest version of PowerShell. Jason talks about 7.5 being a version with plenty of community contributions and what that means for everyone. He also discusses 7.6, which will be released as a long-term support version of PowerShell synchronized with .NET 10. Then, on to Desired …

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Backend for Frontend Security Framework with Erwin van der Valk 52:00

5d ago52:00

52:00

How do you secure browser-based frontends with ASP.NET Core backends? Carl and Richard discuss the Backend for Frontend (BFF) Security Framework with Erwin van der Valk. Erwin talks about Sam Newman's BFF Pattern and how it helps deal with the diversity of clients, including web, desktop, and mobile, to work with a common backend. OAuth 2.0 is capa…

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C# Networking with Chris Woodruff 50:05

5d ago50:05

50:05

Do you understand how networking works in C#? Carl and Richard chat with Chris Woody Woodruff about his new book on networking with C#. Chris runs down the fundamentals of networking and then discusses the different approaches readily available in the C# world, including web sockets, gRPC, SignalR, and many more! The conversation also turns to the …

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Mike Kistler (Microsoft) on OpenAPI

5d ago

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OpenAPI is the framework of choice for documenting APIs OpenAPI support in ASP.NET Core API apps https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/openapi/overview?view=aspnetcore-9.0 Generate OpenAPI documents at build-time https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/openapi/aspnetcore-openapi?view=aspnetcore-9.0&tabs=visua…

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Active Directory in 2025 with Liz Tesch 34:38

6d ago34:38

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Active Directory is 25 years old - are you still managing it like it's 1999? Richard talks to Liz Tesch about her excellent blog post on the subject and the challenge many sysadmins have with Active Directory today. Liz talks about how WAN bandwidth was a concern in the early 2000s, so we organized Active Directory into Organizational Units to mini…

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Episode 175 - Migrating from on-prem to AWS RDS 38:59

7d ago38:59

38:59

Guy talks about a recent migration project he was working on to move an on-prem SQL Server to AWS RDS. Eitan talks about a new AI-related feature in Azure SQL Databases. And we also discuss the new SNAPSHOT backup T-SQL command in SQL Server 2022. Relevant links: Importing and exporting SQL Server databases using native backup and restore - Amazon …

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Architecture vs Code with Steve Smith 56:00

12d ago56:00

56:00

How do you balance architecture and code? Carl and Richard talk to Steve Smith about various architectural strategies and the swing back-and-forth against over-designing architecture and getting code written. Steve talks about how architecture changes depending on the size and number of teams, how the latest tools can help with architectural choice…

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Building a Career in Cybersecurity with Yuri Diogenes 36:29

13d ago36:29

36:29

How do you make a career in cybersecurity? Richard talks to Yuri Diogenes about his work in cybersecurity, including his book on building a career in cybersecurity. Yuri talks about the inquisitive mindset that works well in cybersecurity - wanting to understand why things happen and get to the root cause. The conversation also explores the value o…

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The Open Source Maintenance Fee with Rob Mensching 1:06:00

19d ago1:06:00

1:06:00

Open Source Maintainers are burning out or going commercial - how do we solve this? Carl and Richard chat with Rob Mensching about his work to create the open source maintenance fee through GitHub. Rob talks about the common problem of single maintainers getting buried under issues and demands of consumers for a project. Recognizing that most peopl…

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Modern Work in 2025 with Karoliina Kettukari 34:55

20d ago34:55

34:55

So what does modern work look like today? Richard talks to Karoliina Kettukari about her new role as the Head of Modern Work for a financial services company in Finland, and what modern work has evolved. Karoliina talks about how the pandemic accelerated modern work, such as being able to work anywhere and collaborating with whomever you need to. P…

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AI for Government RFPs with Vishwas Lele 55:00

26d ago55:00

55:00

How can a large language model help your organization answer government RFPs? Carl and Richard talk to Vishwas Lele about his startup pWin, as in proposal win. Vishwas talks about being a year into the startup and his deeper understanding of how AI technologies can augment skilled operators to produce better quality products in less time, including…

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Agentic AI for IT Pros with Tim Warner 34:44

27d ago34:44

34:44

What can agentic AI do for you? Richard talks to Tim Warner about his work utilizing next generation agentic AI technologies to help with sysadmin tasks. Tim talks about the early lead that Cursor AI took with AI agents capable of writing and executing scripts on your behalf - as opposed to just creating code you can cut-and-paste. Today, GitHub Co…

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Audio-Video in .NET with Elias Puurunen 1:08:00

1M ago1:08:00

1:08:00

Can you integrate performant audio-video into your .NET application? Carl and Richard talk to Elias Puurunen about his work at Tractus Events, where he uses the NDI protocols to bring real-time audio and video streams into his C# application. Elias talks about the power of P/Invoke to access the underlying libraries for controlling video streams, i…

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How to Not Hate PowerShell with Barbara Forbes 36:54

1M ago36:54

36:54

Are some of your team members starting to hate PowerShell? Richard talks to Barbara Forbes about her experiences with teams frustrated by PowerShell. Barbara talks about overcomplicating PowerShell scripts—the kind the most senior folks can create but no one else can maintain. Eventually, nobody will want to touch those scripts. Then there is the q…

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Episode 174 - Is SQL Server quality in decline? Or is it just friction? 32:37

1M ago32:37

32:37

Guy and Eitan worry about the decline in SQL Server feature quality. But maybe there's something else behind it? Relevant links: Improving Azure SQL Database reliability with accelerated database recovery in tempdb | Microsoft Community Hub What the Decline of Sql Server Quality means for Developers and DBAs SLA for SQL Database | Azure AI will eli…

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Agentic AI in .NET with Spencer Schneidenbach 56:00

1M ago56:00

56:00

Ready to build an agentic AI in .NET? Carl and Richard talk to Spencer Schneidenbach about his work using large language models to enhance customer interactions in healthcare. Spencer discusses using the LLMs to summarize customer conversations to identify topic areas, sentiment, and other concerns. He digs into how Microsoft's Semantic Kernel make…

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Application Risk in Security Copilot with Ari Schorr 34:02

1M ago34:02

34:02

How can Security Copilot help you secure your applications? Richard talks to Ari Schorr about assessing application risk with Microsoft Security Copilot - a new feature in preview in Security Copilot that focuses on application roles and entities. Ari talks about the sheer array of resources that applications depend on, and the many security risks …

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Measuring LLMs with Jodie Burchell 1:01:00

2M ago1:01:00

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How do you measure the quality of a large language model? Carl and Richard talk to Dr. Jodie Burchell about her work measuring large language models for accuracy, reliability, and consistency. Jodie talks about the variety of benchmarks that exist for LLMs and the problems they have. A broader conversation about quality digs into the idea that LLMs…

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GitHub Copilot for SysAdmins with Jessica Deen 38:32

2M ago38:32

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What can GitHub Copilot do for SysAdmins in 2025? Richard talks to Jessica Deen from GitHub about her experiences using Copilot for her work. Jessica talks about Copilot being the first stop for most tasks - describing the task to Copilot helps you think through the problem, and often the tool can generate code or information to get that task done …

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Javascript Promises with Martine Dowden 55:00

2M ago55:00

55:00

What are JavaScript promises, and why do you want to make them? Carl and Richard talk to Martine Dowden about all the various async options available in Javascript today, including Callbacks, Promises, Async/Await, and even ReactiveJS! Martine digs into some of the more remarkable features available, including grouping sync calls together so code i…

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Writing Better PowerShell with Jeff Hicks 36:37

2M ago36:37

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How do you write better PowerShell? Richard talks to Jeff Hicks about his latest book, Behind the PowerShell Pipeline, and his efforts to promote writing PowerShell scripts that are easy to understand, use, and maintain! Jeff talks about how making a script work is not enough anymore - you can use GitHub Copilot. The goal is to make the output as u…

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.NET Aspire 9.1 with Rob Richardson 56:47

2M ago56:47

56:47

What's the latest with .NET Aspire? Carl and Richard talk to Rob Richardson about his experiences with .NET Aspire to help build great .NET cloud apps. Rob talks about all the goodness that comes out of the box with Aspire, including OpenTelemetry, containerization, good security practices, and the excellent dashboard. The discussion turns to the c…

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Managing AI Costs with Sonia Cuff 37:28

2M ago37:28

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How are you managing your AI costs? Richard chats with Sonia Cuff about how she's been helping sysadmins understand how AI technology is billed out and how to measure them within a given application and across the organization. Sonia starts with some definitions since the term AI is so broad. It's not just about large language models! The conversat…

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Automapper V14 with Jimmy Bogard 58:00

2M ago58:00

58:00

Seventeen years of Automapper! Carl and Richard talk to Jimmy Bogard about his latest version of Automapper - and the challenge of maintaining a long-lived and much-loved open-source library! Jimmy talks about the origins of Automapper as a tool he needed for working with clients and automating the mapping of objects. Initially, he moved to GitHub …

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Strong Certificate Mapping in Active Directory with Richard Hicks 39:33

2M ago39:33

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Are you using strong certificate mapping in Active Directory? Richard Hicks returns to the show to talk about the impacts of KB5015754, issued way back in 2022, and how it turned into an enforcement event on February 11, 2025 that might have caused some serious problems for folks trying to authenticate to Active Directory. For most sites, the upgra…

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Episode 173 - SQL Noir and the fate of Azure Data Studio 34:36

2M ago34:36

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Guy and Eitan discuss a few interesting topics. Including a fun new game called "SQL Noir", how to implement statistical clustering model in SQL, about surrogate and natural keys, and the recently announced deprecation of Azure Data Studio. Relevant links: SQL Noir - A Detective SQL Game How to Write a Recursive CTE in SQL Server | LearnSQL.com Azu…

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James Montemagno on blending .NET application development

2M ago

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A fascinating discussion of building .Net MAUI applications with Blazor and JavaScript libraries. James’ enthusiasm is catching and he doesn’t disappoint in this interview. .NET Beginner Videos: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/videos Microsoft Learn Training: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/dotnet/ Workshops: http://github.com/d…

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React in 2025 with Aurora Scharff 50:47

3M ago50:47

50:47

React version 19 has been released! Carl and Richard talk to Aurora Scharff about the long-awaited version of React that incorporates React Server Components and many other features. Aurora talks about the rethink involved in switching to a server-first implementation of a React website, which is best suited for greenfield implementations. For exis…

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Secure by Design with Karinne Bessette 40:04

3M ago40:04

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What does it mean to be secure by design? Richard chats with Karinne Bessette about the scope of the problem around making more secure software. Karinne talks about the US government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) push to promote more secure software products. The conversation digs into some of the more famous exploits in…

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Vertical Slice Architecture with Jeremy Miller 54:09

3M ago54:09

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How can vertical architecture help you? Carl and Richard talk to Jeremy Miller about using vertical architecture to help build applications quickly and reliably. Jeremy talks about resisting the over-thinking of architecture leaving room for developers to build the app and get to results rapidly - by taking a vertical slice of the problem space, en…

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Exchange Server in 2025 with Michel de Rooij 31:42

3M ago31:42

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What is it like to take care of an Exchange Server in 2025? Richard chats with Michel de Rooij about his work with Exchange, including the many scripts he has written and published over the years to help sysadmins solve problems. Michel discusses how staying on-premises with Exchange is getting harder - the new version will be subscription-based! T…

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Mads K. on Visual Studio

3M ago

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Mads Kristensen discusses Visual Studio extensions, and the use of CoPilot to get the most out of Visual Studio programming.By Jesse Liberty

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Uno Hot Design with Francois Tanguay and Sasha Krsmanovic 56:57

3M ago56:57

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Ready to speed up your cross-platform development? Carl and Richard chat with Francois Tanguay and Sasha Krsmanovic about Uno Hot Design. First shown at .NET Conf in 2024, Hot Design brings the Hot Reload experience to UX onto your various client devices. Francois talks about the evolution of the Uno Platform into a place where you can use a variet…

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Managed DevOps Pools with Eliza Tarasila 32:19

3M ago32:19

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How do you manage your CI/CD pipeline resources? Richard chats with Eliza Tarasila about Managed DevOps Pools in Azure DevOps. Eliza tells the story of discovering that teams were using Azure DevOps internally at Microsoft but would need to build their tooling to stand up the resources for testing and deployment. Managed DevOps Pools became the sta…

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Maddy Leger on Aspire

3M ago

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Maddy is the program manager/ owner of Microsoft’s Aspire. This is new, exciting and powerful. More about AspireBy Jesse Liberty

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The Empowered Customer with Richard Reukema 56:23

3M ago56:23

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How do customers take control of their data from merchants? Carl and Richard chat with Richard Reukema about his book The Empowered Customer. Richard discusses building a data cooperative between customers and merchants using ethical data handling techniques and technology to create mutual benefit. The conversation dives into how to get merchants t…

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The Empowered Customer with Richard Reukema 57:00

3M ago57:00

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How do customers take control of their data from merchants? Carl and Richard chat with Richard Reukema about his book The Empowered Customer. Richard discusses building a data cooperative between customers and merchants using ethical data handling techniques and technology to create mutual benefit. The conversation dives into how to get merchants t…

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Upgrading to Windows Server 2025 with Robert Smit 37:51

3M ago37:51

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Ready to upgrade to Windows Server 2025? Richard talks to Robert Smit about his experiences doing an upgrade—with a few important dos and don'ts! Robert talks about dusting off your Active Directory setup and ensuring you're at the Server 2016 functional level. The conversation also dives into the new-build-versus-upgrade options, taking advantage …

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