The Azure Security Podcast
Hosted by Michael Howard & Sarah Young & Gladys Rodriguez & Mark Simos
Microsoft security veterans on Azure, Entra ID, and Zero Trust, with a news segment on what changed in Microsoft's cloud.
- Level
- Practitioner, assumes you work in or study security
- Status
- Active, last episode
- Who's behind it
- Independent, Michael Howard, Sarah Young, Gladys Rodriguez and Mark Simos sourceThe hosts are Microsoft employees and the show covers Microsoft's cloud; the feed credits the hosts, not Microsoft, as owner.
- Last verified
Listed underCloud security
Editorial take
The best regular source for defenders running workloads on Azure and Entra ID. The hosts are Microsoft security staff; Michael Howard co-wrote the book Writing Secure Code. Each 30 to 45 minute episode pairs an interview, often with the Microsoft engineer who built the feature or a researcher like Nestori Syynimaa of AADInternals, with a news segment on recent Azure security changes. It is candid and technical, but it is Microsoft people talking about Microsoft's cloud, so treat it as a platform show, not a neutral one. If you do not run Azure or Microsoft 365, the news segments will mean little.
Last hand-checked 2026-09-30, Website episode list stops at Episode 94 (2024); newer episodes are on the RSS.com feed.
Listen if you …
- secure Azure, Entra ID, or Microsoft 365 and want feature changes explained by the people behind them
- are studying for Microsoft security certifications such as SC-200 or SC-100
- want Zero Trust architecture discussed from inside Microsoft
Skip if you …
- your estate is AWS or Google Cloud, coverage is Microsoft-only
- you want an outside view of Microsoft security, the hosts work there
Start with these 3 episodes
- 01
Episode 125: Origins of MITRE ATT&CK
· 35 min · Beginner
Blake Strom on how ATT&CK was built, useful context for anyone mapping detections, even outside Azure.
- 02
Episode 105: Azure and Entra ID Security Tools
· 37 min · Practitioner
Representative format: a Microsoft engineer on free tools for checking your Azure and Entra ID posture, plus the news segment.
- 03
Episode 102: Entra ID Purple-teaming with Dr Azure AD
· 37 min · Practitioner
The researcher behind AADInternals explains how Entra ID gets attacked and how to see it coming.
About the show
The Azure Security Podcast launched in May 2020 and is hosted by Microsoft security staff Michael Howard, Sarah Young, Gladys Rodriguez, and Mark Simos. It was described as twice-monthly and has run closer to monthly in 2026, reaching episode 133 in September 2026.
Episodes combine a guest interview on an Azure, Entra, or Microsoft security topic with a roundup of recent Azure security news. Topics include confidential computing, Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Cloud, SQL security, Zero Trust, and securing AI agents.
Notable guests
- Mark Russinovich
- John Savill
- Blake Strom
- Nestori Syynimaa
- Merill Fernando
- Craig Nelson
- Matt Zorich
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