We're introducing support for Azure Container Apps Sandboxes in the Azure Container Apps extension for Visual Studio Code. The new experience brings sandbox groups and individual sandboxes into the Azure Resources view, putting everyday sandbox operations alongside your development workflow.

Instead of switching tools to create and manage sandbox resources, you can work with them directly in VS Code, see their current state, and follow operation results in the Azure output channel.

Your sandboxes, alongside your code

The new Container Apps Sandboxes node gives sandbox resources a dedicated home in the Azure Resources tree. Expand a sandbox group to find its sandboxes and see status labels such as Running and Stopped.

Start with Create Sandbox Group... and follow the guided workflow, including choosing an existing resource group or creating a new one. Once your sandbox group appears in the tree, right-click it and select Create Sandbox... to create a sandbox within that group.

The result is a straightforward path from creating a group to working with a running sandbox, all from your editor.

Execute commands without switching tools

With Execute Command in Sandbox..., you can run a command against a sandbox directly from VS Code. This brings command execution into the same resource-management experience you use to find and inspect your sandboxes.

 

Enter a command to run in the sandbox without leaving VS Code.

The Azure output channel reports operation results, helping you keep track of what happened without leaving the editor.

Create named snapshots

Use Snapshot Sandbox... to create a named snapshot of a sandbox. Snapshot creation is available alongside the other sandbox actions, so you can create a snapshot as part of your workflow rather than switching to a separate management tool.

 

Give your snapshot a name directly in the editor.

Stop and resume from the resource tree

Sandbox lifecycle controls are available directly in the extension:

• Stop Sandbox to stop a running sandbox.
• Resume Sandbox to resume a stopped sandbox.
• Delete Sandbox to remove a sandbox you no longer need.

Inline status labels make it easy to see the transition between running and stopped states. Operation results also appear in the Azure output channel.

 

Access sandbox actions from the resource tree.

Sandbox groups include familiar management actions such as Edit Tags..., View Properties, Open in Portal, and Refresh, as well as an option to delete a sandbox group.

Get started

To explore the new experience:

1. Install or update the Azure Container Apps extension to a release that includes Sandbox support, then sign in to Azure.
2. Open the Azure Resources view and find Container Apps Sandboxes under your subscription.
3. Use Create Sandbox Group... and follow the prompts to create a group.
4. Right-click the group and select Create Sandbox....
5. Explore command execution, named snapshots, and stop/resume controls from your sandbox's available actions.

Less context switching. More time in your development workflow. Azure Container Apps Sandbox support brings creation and day-to-day management into VS Code, right where you're already working.

Have feedback? Share it in the Azure Container Apps extension repository.

Episode 0036 - Edge + Hybrid Cloud: Building for Low Latency, Local Control, and Cloud Scale

The cloud is fast, but it cannot outrun physics or conjure an internet connection in the middle of the ocean. Carl and Brandon explore why latency, privacy, and unreliable connectivity push compute closer to the work. Chemical leak detection, robotics video, and financial trading show how local processing and cloud analysis serve different roles. The practical patterns keep real-time decisions and state local, then send insights or synchronize data when connectivity allows.

Cloud-native tools still fit at the edge, but containers do not erase the challenges of disconnected operation. Configuration twins, missed updates, and device retirement make compatibility and lifecycle management essential, while local compute still needs its own resilience plan. The trade-offs span central control versus autonomy, data residency, and hardware costs. Neither moving everything to the cloud nor putting Kubernetes at every site is a universal answer. Good hybrid architecture models reality: what must happen locally, what can wait, and what keeps working when the connection disappears?

Links

• Device twins: desired and reported state in Azure IoT Hub
• Azure ExpressRoute overview
• GitHub Actions self-hosted runners

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Summary

In this episode, Andy welcomes back Mark Miller, who spent nearly 45 years at Chick-fil-A and is co-author with Ken Blanchard of The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do. The book first came out more than 20 years ago, and the revised and expanded fourth edition still centers on a simple but often misunderstood idea: great leaders serve.

Mark shares what he sees differently about leadership today, including why the way to maximize results is to value both results and relationships. Andy and Mark explore what serving leadership does not mean, why an individual contributor's strengths can become a liability after a promotion, and where the line is between developing someone and rescuing them. Mark also explains why you can't lead well from the quicksand of busyness, makes the case for protected time to reflect, assess, and create, and offers a memorable way to balance heads-up and heads-down work. They close by talking about the final test of leadership: what happens when you're no longer there.

If you're looking for a clearer picture of what it really means to lead by serving, this episode is for you!

Sound Bites

• "The way to maximize results is not to focus exclusively on results. The way to maximize results is to focus on results and relationships."
• "Early in my career, I was just about the results... and I left a lot of results on the table as a result."
• "Our personal bias is probably not going to change. The way we show up can change, and that's a choice."
• "Servant leadership doesn't mean soft. It doesn't mean that it's a lesser form of leadership."
• "There are a lot of men and women who say they're servant leaders. They're just lousy leaders."
• "You can serve someone without leading, but you can't lead well without serving."
• "There's a core difference between doing great work and leading great work."
• "How can I add the most value in this situation? Sometimes it is to take charge, and sometimes it's to take out the trash."
• "You can't lead well from the quicksand. When you're in quicksand, you're not thinking about engagement. You're not thinking about quality. You're not thinking about culture. You're thinking about survival."
• "Rescuing is when you are unable to enable them to do their job."
• "Whether you're leading a project team or a $70 billion organization, you really are onto something when you can anticipate, when you can prevent problems."
• "The bigger your problems, the bigger your opportunities, the bigger your hopes, and the bigger your dreams, the more time you're gonna need to think."
• "Engagement is our responsibility. It's not their responsibility."
• "Whether you talk about something or not doesn't change whether it's true or not."

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:58 Start of Interview
• 02:08 What Mark Sees Differently About Leadership 20 Years Later
• 03:47 Do You Lean Toward Results or Relationships?
• 05:09 What Serving Leadership Does Not Mean
• 06:23 When Your Individual Contributor Strength Becomes a Liability
• 08:19 Take Charge or Take Out the Trash: The Executive 360 Story
• 09:54 Escaping the Quicksand of Busyness and Distraction
• 12:15 Developing Someone vs. Rescuing Them
• 13:52 Shifting From Solving Problems to Preventing Them
• 14:54 Making Time to Reflect, Assess, and Create
• 17:54 Balancing Heads-Up and Heads-Down Work
• 19:05 Using One-on-Ones for Heads-Up Conversations
• 19:55 The Final Test of Leadership: What Happens After You Leave
• 22:38 Why Lasting Ideas Need More Than One Champion
• 23:46 Serving Our Kids Without Rescuing Them
• 26:11 A Quick Summary of the SERVE Model
• 27:17 End of Interview
• 27:58 Andy Comments After the Interview
• 31:33 Outtakes

Learn More

You can learn more about Mark and his work at LeadEveryDay.com. Mark also invites you to call or text him at 678-612-8441 (from outside the US, +1 678-612-8441). Tell him what resonated with you, or ask him a question!

For more learning on this topic, check out:

• Episode 450 with Mark Miller. Mark's first visit to the podcast, where we discussed his book Uncommon Greatness.
• Episode 468 with James Turk. An interesting discussion about what to do in the first 45 days of becoming the person in charge.
• Episode 467 with Sabina Nawaz. Sabina coached Bill Gates and other Microsoft leaders, and we talk about what no one tells you about becoming the boss.
• Episode 488 with Joel Hilchey. A fun, informative discussion about how to be, in Joel's terms, a less terrible boss.

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You can chat directly with PMeLa, the podcast's AI persona, to get episode recommendations and answers to your project management and leadership questions. Visit PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/PMeLa to chat with her.

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Talent Triangle: Power Skills

Topics: Servant Leadership, Leadership, Project Management, Results and Relationships, Developing Others, Leadership Transition, Reflection, Busyness, Strategic Thinking, Succession, Mentoring, Parenting

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