Content by John Savill's Technical Training (99)

Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) overview and why you should care!

John Savill's Technical Training gives a practical overview of post-quantum cryptography (PQC), why quantum computing changes the risk profile for today’s encryption, and what to start doing now—especially around inventorying crypto usage and planning for “harvest now, decrypt later” threats.
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Azure Update — 24th April 2026

John Savill's Technical Training runs through the Azure Update for 24th April 2026, covering service retirements, new AKS and Functions changes, Azure Monitor and Application Insights updates, storage improvements, Cosmos DB and PostgreSQL Flexible Server enhancements, plus a quick look at new model releases.
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Azure Update 16th April 2026

John Savill's Technical Training runs through a short Azure news roundup for 16th April 2026, covering AKS networking/monitoring updates, storage security and tiering changes, retirements, and a handful of new/updated Azure services and capabilities.
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Entra ID Integrated SFTP

John Savill's Technical Training walks through how SFTP on Azure Storage can use Microsoft Entra ID for authentication, including a demo and practical notes on token lifetime and data-plane authorization (RBAC/ABAC).
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SFTP Entra ID Integrated Auth #azure #entraid #azurestorage

John Savill's Technical Training shares a short overview pointing to a full video on integrating Microsoft Entra ID identities for authentication and authorization when accessing Azure Storage via SFTP.
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Azure Update 10th April 2026

John Savill's Technical Training runs through a quick weekly-style Azure update covering AKS networking and observability changes, new Azure Functions trigger capabilities, several Azure platform service updates, and a few AI/model-related items (including Foundry Local and new model announcements).
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Cosmos DB Optimization

John Savill's Technical Training walks through practical ways to optimize Azure Cosmos DB cost and performance, focusing on throughput (RUs), service tiers, partitioning, and data model/design choices.
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Cosmos DB Optimization #cosmosdb #database

John Savill's Technical Training shares a quick video short focused on Azure Cosmos DB optimization, aimed at improving performance and cost efficiency for NoSQL workloads.
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Azure Update 3rd April 2026

John Savill's Technical Training shares a short weekly roundup covering Azure platform updates across compute, storage, networking integration, database service lifecycle, Event Grid, and a few AI-related items like Azure Speech Neural HD and a newly referenced Nemotron model.
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Azure Update 27th March 2026

John Savill (John Savill's Technical Training) runs through a weekly set of Azure platform updates covering AKS networking and upgrades, Azure SQL and PostgreSQL changes, Fabric mirroring features, Azure AI Foundry processing updates, and Entra ID governance and MFA additions.
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Overview of Entra Backup and Recovery

John Savill's Technical Training gives a quick walkthrough of Microsoft Entra Backup and Restore, explaining how snapshots and recovery complement existing protections like soft delete and protected actions.
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Picking the right Agent Builder solution

John Savill's Technical Training explains how to choose between Agent Builder, Copilot Studio, and Microsoft (Azure AI) Foundry for building AI agents, using decision criteria like code complexity, model selection, deployment targets, lifecycle management, observability, evaluations, safety, tools/knowledge, multi-agent needs, memory, audience, and cost control.
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Azure Update 20th March 2026

John Savill's Technical Training runs through a weekly roundup of Microsoft updates, covering Azure service retirements, AKS and VM SKU changes, Entra ID and backup updates, Azure SQL and VS Code tooling news, plus Azure AI Foundry and Databricks/Fabric improvements.
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Getting Started with GitHub Copilot CLI and Work IQ

John Savill's Technical Training walks through installing and using GitHub Copilot CLI plus the Work IQ plugin, including prerequisites (PowerShell 7, Windows Terminal, Node.js), login/auth steps, and examples of interactive and non-interactive agentic CLI usage.
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Azure Update 6th March 2026

John Savill's Technical Training presents a concise Azure Update for March 6th, 2026, exploring the newest features and AI integrations shaping the Microsoft Azure landscape.
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Azure Update 27th February 2026: Latest Cloud Announcements and Tools

John Savill's Technical Training shares the top Azure updates for late February 2026, covering new AI features, security changes, cloud infrastructure news, developer tools, and integration highlights.
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Overview of the New Scalable ExpressRoute Gateway SKU

John Savill's Technical Training explains the key features of the new scalable ExpressRoute Gateway SKU on Azure, with a focus on networking scalability and enterprise connectivity.
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Scalable ExpressRoute Gateway: New SKU Deep Dive

John Savill's Technical Training presents a detailed overview of the new scalable ExpressRoute Gateway SKU for Microsoft Azure, examining networking fundamentals, scaling behavior, and considerations for enterprise cloud deployments.
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Agent 365 and Agent ID Overview

John Savill provides an in-depth overview of Agent 365 and Agent ID, demonstrating how Microsoft Entra, Purview, and Defender facilitate secure, productive agent-based environments in the Azure cloud.
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Azure Update 20th February 2026

John Savill's Technical Training presents an Azure update video, sharing the newest enhancements for AKS, storage snapshots, Azure Functions, and monitoring, offering valuable insights for Azure professionals.
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