In this episode of the Azure Podcast, Sujit D'Mello and the team, including Cynthia, Evan, and Cale, are joined by special guest Mario Hewardt, an engineering manager on the Sysinternals team. Mario shares insights into the evolution of Sysinternals tools, their cross-platform journey, and their integration with Azure services. The discussion covers the development process, challenges faced, and the innovative features being added to these essential diagnostic tools. Tune in to learn about the latest updates and how Sysinternals continues to support both Windows and Linux environments.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode514.mp3

YouTube: https://youtu.be/6TAJfqnScuI

Resources:

Sysinternals (/Windows)

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/

Email: syssite@microsoft.com

ZoomIt is open source as part of PowerToys - https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

Sysinternals (/Linux)

ProcDump for Linux - https://github.com/microsoft/ProcDump-for-Linux

Procmon for Linux - https://github.com/microsoft/ProcMon-for-Linux

Sysmon for Linux - https://github.com/microsoft/SysmonForLinux

For help with Linux tools, please file issues/discussions on GitHub.

Social media

Bluesky: @sysinternals

The team catches up with Nithya Sivam and Joshua Min who explain how Azure is democratizing access to the self-help content accessible in the Azure Portal. The Help API makes it easier to integrate this self-help into your own workflow.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode478.mp3

YouTube: https://youtu.be/Depmijm4YUg

Resources:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/help/?view=rest-help-2023-09-01-preview

Other updates:

Realize the full potential of your cloud investment with Azure optimization

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/realize-the-full-potential-of-your-cloud-investment-with-azure-optimization/

Building for the future: The enterprise generative AI application lifecycle with Azure AI

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/building-for-the-future-the-enterprise-generative-ai-application-lifecycle-with-azure-ai/

Join Microsoft at Azure Day & KubeCon North America 2023 in Chicago!

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/join-microsoft-at-azure-day-amp-kubecon-north-america-2023-in/ba-p/3958610

Azure Elastic SAN updates: Snapshots, Security, and Usability | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

Preview: Azure Container Storage in AKS | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

Public preview: Application Gateway IPv6 support | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure 

General Availability: Azure Advisor recommendation improves the reliability of Azure Disks with Zone Redundant Storage | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

Yun Jung Choi, a PM in the Azure team, give us details about a valuable feature of the popular App Service, that allows customers to perform a variety of advanced troubleshooting tasks right within the Azure Portal.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode417.mp3

YouTube: https://youtu.be/A8IB5A2YWFI

Resources: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/overview-diagnostics

Other updates:

Manage port forwarding for backend pool with Azure Load Balancer

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/manage-port-forwarding-for-backend-pool-with-azure-load-balancer/

5 reasons to attend the Modernize and Migrate with Hybrid Cloud Flexibility digital event

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/5-reasons-to-attend-the-modernize-and-migrate-with-hybrid-cloud-flexibility-digital-event/

Accelerate graphics-heavy workloads using NVads A10 v5 Azure

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/accelerate-graphicsheavy-workloads-using-nvads-a10-v5-azure/

Azure confidential computing with NVIDIA GPUs for trustworthy AI

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-confidential-computing-with-nvidia-gpus-for-trustworthy-ai/

Public preview: Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/we-ll-retire-azure-time-series-insights-on-31-of-march-2025/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/netcore31/

Azure QnA Maker will be retired on 31 March 2025

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-qna-maker-will-be-retired-on-31-march-2025/