The Azure Podcast
Evan talks about his favorite topic, networking. Specifically high-speed networking within IaaS VMs for gaming and financial markets scenarios.
Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode112.mp3
http://www.ageofascent.com/azure-cloud-high-speed-networking/
Other resources:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/new-t-sql-programmability-features-in-azure-sql-database/
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We are fortunate to have Azure Senior PM, Bernardo Muñoz on the show to talk about a new facility called Azure Resource Health which makes diagnosing problems with VMs etc. so much easier.
Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode111.mp3
Blog about this service: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/reduce-troubleshooting-time-with-azure-resource-health/
Other updates and resources:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/the-state-of-the-union-with-microsoft-pulse-and-azure-event-hubs/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-batch-service-update-december-2015/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/analyzing-your-azure-search-traffic/
Keywords: Support
Cale talks about his project and how he leveraged Azure Search and DocumentDB to get a project off the ground quickly.
Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode110.mp3
Azure Automation: Graphical and textual runbook authoringhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-automation-graphical-and-textual-runbook-authoring/
Azure Blockchain as a Service Update #3https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-blockchain-as-a-service-update-3/
API Management: Advanced caching and throttling policieshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/api-management-advanced-caching-and-throttling-policies/
Notifying users of data received from sensors or other systemshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/notifying-users-of-data-received-from-sensors-or-other-systems/
Azure Automation Desired State Configuration generally available https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/automation-dsc-overview/?WT.mc_id=azurebg_email_Trans_981_MOSP#what-is-azure-automation-dsc
Azure Premium Storage generally available in additional region https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/premium-storage/?WT.mc_id=azurebg_email_Trans_981_MOSP
Microsoft Operations Management Suite alert notification and remediation in public preview https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/operations-management-suite/overview.aspx?WT.mc_id=azurebg_email_Trans_981_MOSP
Azure Role-Based Access Control with custom roles generally available http://blogs.technet.com/b/ad/archive/2015/12/10/custom-roles-in-azure-rbac-is-now-ga.aspx?WT.mc_id=azurebg_email_Trans_981_MOSP
Classic NSGs now supported in Ibiza
Keywords: DocumentDB, Search
Cale and Sujit review the podcasts in 2015 and discuss some of the highlights of the year that defined Azure.
Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode109.mp3
Other updates:
Introducing a simplified configuration experience for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machineshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-configuration-experience-sql-server-virtual-machines/
Load data to Azure Data Lake Store with high throughputhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/yingqin/archive/2015/12/29/load-data-to-azure-data-lake-store-with-high-throughput.aspx
Azure WebJobs with Storage Queue and Exceptionshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/mustafakasap/archive/2015/12/26/azure-webjobs-with-storage-queue-and-exceptions.aspx
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/guids-migration-documentdb/
Based on some feedback from a Twitter follower, Cale and Sujit do a bit of a deep dive on Azure Service Fabric.
Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode108.mp3
Microsoft Azure Stack: Hardware requirements for preview releasehttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-azure-stack-hardware-requirements-for-preview-release/
September update for Web Apps and App Service environments in the Azure Preview Portalhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/september-update-for-web-apps-and-app-service-environments-in-the-azure-preview-portal/
Backing up DocumentDB Databaseshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/backing-up-documentdb-databases/
Just FYI - Support Ending for the .NET Framework 4, 4.5, 4.5.1 @ January 12, 2016http://blogs.msdn.com/b/deva/archive/2015/12/22/just-fyi-support-ending-for-the-net-framework-4-4-5-4-5-1-january-12-2016.aspx
Open Source + Azure (series)https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/TechNet+Radio/TechNet-Radio-Part-1-Open-Source--Azure-Building-Linux-in-the-Cloud
FREE! Online training on Azure Big Data/Machine Learninghttps://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/implementing-big-data-analysis-8311?l=gOOGH0Yy_4304984382
Keywords: Service Fabric
The guys talk to Piyush Joshi who is a Senior PM in the Azure Mobile Engagement Services team. He gives us the low-down on this new offering.
Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode107.mp3
Here are some useful links:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/mobile-engagement/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/mobile-engagement-overview/
Recent blog post - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-mobile-engagement-december-2015-update/
Twitter handle - https://twitter.com/AzureMobileEng
Other recent updates:
Azure Data Lake now integrated with Azure Data Cataloghttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-data-lake-now-integrated-with-azure-data-catalog/
DocumentDB paging support with TOP and more query improvementshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/documentdb-paging-support-with-top-and-more-query-improvements/
Announcing the StorSimple Virtual Array Previewhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-storsimple-virtual-array-preview/
Glimpse at Application Insights Telemetryhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/glimpse-application-insights/
Keywords: Mobile
The guys have a discussion on how customers can grapple with the various cloud vendors and frameworks.
Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode106.mp3
http://libcloud.apache.org/
http://www.openstack.org/
http://www.cloudscale-project.eu/
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/cloud/helion-eucalyptus-overview.html
Run U-SQL scripts locally with updated Azure Data Lake Tools for Visual Studiohttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/run-u-sql-scripts-locally-with-updated-azure-data-lake-tools-for-visual-studio/
Exploring Azure DocumentDB in Visual Studiohttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/exploring-azure-documentdb-in-visual-studio/
The new Recommendations feature for Azure App Servicehttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-recommendations-feature-for-azure-app-service/
Azure SQL Server: To upgrade or not to upgrade, that is the questionhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-sql-server-to-upgrade-or-not-to-upgrade-that-is-the-question/
Microsoft offers new certification for Linux on Azurehttp://news.microsoft.com/2015/12/09/microsoft-offers-new-certification-for-linux-on-azure/
Keywords: Frameworks
We are fortunate to talk to Scott Zhang who is a Senior PM with the Open Source Technology group about the new release of the DSC for Linux Extensions.
Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode105.mp3
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introduce-azure-dscforlinux-extension/
Announcing general availability of AzCopy 5.0 with File and Table Storage supporthttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-general-availability-of-azcopy-5-0-with-file-and-table-storage-support/
Announcing general availability of App Service Mobile Appshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-general-availability-of-app-service-mobile-apps/
Azure Container Service previewhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-container-service-preview/
Azure Security Center now availablehttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-security-center-now-available/
Announcing availability of Debian GNU/Linux as an endorsed distribution in Azure Marketplacehttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/debian-images-now-available-on-azure/
Keywords: DSC
We introduce the new concept of Azure VM Scale Sets and discuss how scaling can be achieved across Azure services.
Today we are announcing the public preview of Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Audio file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode104.mp3
http://summit7systems.com/the-performance-impact-of-premium-storage-in-microsoft-azure/
Azure Preview Portal - November 2015 updatehttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-preview-portal-november-2015-update/
Using Azure Machine Learning with SQL Data Warehousehttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/using-azure-machine-learning-with-sql-data-warehouse/
Azure PowerShell 1.0https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azps-1-0/
Azure App Service Updates – November 2015https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-app-service-updates-november-2015/
Here’s the subscription limits article - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/azure-subscription-service-limits/#virtual-machines-limits
Keywords: IaaS
As part of our make-it-real series, the guys discuss a question posed to us by a colleague regarding migrating a realtime financial app to Azure PaaS.
Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode103.mp3
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-app-service-authentication-authorization/
What's in ARM and what's not?
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/resource-manager-supported-services/
This post summarizes the updates and how the new tools will improve your Azure development experience.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-azure-sdk-2-8-for-net/
Azure Disk Encryption for Linux and Windows Virtual Machines-Public Preview Now Availablehttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/azuresecurity/archive/2015/11/16/azure-disk-encryption-for-linux-and-windows-virtual-machines-public-preview.aspx
Azure Service Fabric in Public Previewhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/service-fabric/
Azure Dev/Test Labs in Public Previewhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/devtest-lab/
Keywords: PaaS
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