The Azure Podcast
Evan and Sujit catch up on a number of recent news items in the Azure space spanning Networking, Open AI and IBM Mainframes???
Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode492.mp3
YouTube: https://youtu.be/WslylOKwXDM
Resources:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/announcing-app-service-multi-plan-subnet-join/ba-p/3971493
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-of-azure-logic-apps-connectors-for-ibm-mainframe-and-midranges/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-of-azure-openai-and-ai-search-inapp-connectors-for-logic-apps-standard/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/alt-fairfax/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-backup-vm-disk-access-public-preview/
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/stream-analytics/write-to-delta-lake
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-high-performance-computing-leads-to-developing-amazing-products-at-microsoft-surface/
General availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption availability in all regions | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Azure Data Box Disk is now available with hardware encryption | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
General availability: HBv4-series & HX-series VMs are now available in Sweden Central. | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/expressroutemetro/
Public Preview – DR for Shared Disks – Azure Site Recovery | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Using Azure OpenAI speech to create our intro/exit segments in the podcast https://speech.microsoft.com/portal
Keywords: News
Filed Under: Podcast
Evan and Sujit catch up on the flurry of Azure updates from the past week.
Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode398.mp3
YouTube: https://youtu.be/J0Vq3IGlTFY
Updates:
Azure Automation Hybrid Worker Extension for Azure and Arc-enabled servers now in public preview
From <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/automation-user-hybrid-extension-support/>
SpaceCows – using AI, space technology and cloud to protect the Top End – Microsoft Australia News Centre
AKS Related
Public preview: HTTPS proxy configuration support | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Public preview: AKS support for WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) workloads | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Enable Cloud Controller Manager (Preview) - Azure Kubernetes Service | Microsoft Docs
Public preview: IPv6 for Kubenet | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
General availability: Azure Monitor container insights for Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Microsoft says it mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded (msn.com)
Networking
Utilize the Service Tag Discovery API to retrieve a list of Service Tags and corresponding IP ranges to easily configure on-premises firewalls and Azure resources.
Public preview: Customize Azure Static Web Apps authentication with a serverless function
Published date: October 13, 2021
You can now define a serverless function that is invoked whenever a user successfully logs in to your static web app. This function can assign custom roles to the logged in user. You can use these roles to configure route-based authorization rules; and other serverless functions in your app can also access these roles.
From <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-customize-azure-static-web-apps-authentication-with-a-serverless-function/>
SQL
From <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-sql-public-preview-updates-for-october-2021/
Private Link is now available in preview for Hyperscale (Citus) on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.
New centralized management experience for Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server in public preview
From <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/new-centralized-management-experience-for-azure-hybrid-benefit-for-sql-server-in-public-preview/>
General availability: Azure Monitor application insights in Azure Spring Cloud | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
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