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- 457 - Episode 493 - Azure Advisor
The team catches up with Priyanka Khare to learn about recent advancements in Azure Advisor and how customers can use Advisor to help ensure their workloads are more stable. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode493.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y9LVYhSiGgE Resources: Azure Advisor: Advisor - Microsoft Azure Advisor Workbooks: Advisor Workbooks Advisor WAF Assessments: Advisor WAF Assessments Advisor Recommendations: Advisor Recommendations Advisor Manage Reviews: Advisor Manage Reviews What's new on Azure Advisor: What's new in Azure Advisor - Azure Advisor | Microsoft Learn Engage with Microsoft for a Resiliency Review: Azure Advisor resiliency reviews - Azure Advisor | Microsoft Learn
Wed, 01 May 2024 - 456 - Episode 492 - April News Roundup
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
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 455 - Episode 491 - Azure Service Retirement Workbook
The team talks with Amit Bajaj about the new Retirement Workbook customers can use to keep track of services they are using that are being retired. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode491.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z83s9lhOUTg Resources: Prepare migration of your workloads impacted by service retirements. - Azure Advisor | Microsoft Learn Azure Service Retirement Workbook (microsoft.com) Visualize Azure Service Retirements (microsoft.com) 3-Year Notification Subset - Microsoft Lifecycle | Microsoft Learn Other updates: Public preview: Public IP Domain Name Label Scope | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Database watcher for Azure SQL | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on VMware | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Tue, 09 Apr 2024 - 454 - Episode 490 - Azure API Center
Russell and Evan discuss the preview Azure API Center with Julia Kasper, Microsoft's Product Manager. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode490.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/mJnaCqgnPSg Resources: Request features/raise issues on API Center functionality: Issues · Azure/api-center-preview (github.com) Video on API governance with APIC: Mastering API Governance with Azure API Center (youtube.com) Sign up for updates and news: Stay in touch with Azure API Center! (office.com) Other updates: Public Preview: Modernizing Azure Resource Manager Throttling Microsoft open sources Retina: A cloud-native container networking observability platform Generally Available: Cost analysis add-on for AKS
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 453 - Episode 439 - APIM Self Hosted Gateway V2
Kendall and Sujit talk to Tom Kerkhove again, now a Senior Software Engineer in the Azure team and still the maintainer of KEDA. He gives us insights into the new API Management Self Hosted Gateway V2 option, which allows customers to host API Management capabilities in other clouds and on-premises with many more deployment options. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode439.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/qgtnKyIeyqU Resources: https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/references/config https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/deploy/k8s/production-guidance https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/migration/v2 https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/releases https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/registry-portal https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/deploy/k8s/helm https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/deploy/k8s/yaml https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/deploy/k8s/arc https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/samples/container-apps https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/intro https://aka.ms/apim/gateway-overview Other updates: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients-and-mobile-in-exchange-online/deprecation-of-basic-authentication-exchange-online General availability: Standard network features for Azure NetApp Files | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Virtual datacenter tour | Azure global infrastructure experience (microsoft.com) Generally available: Resizing of peered virtual networks | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure API Server VNet Integration in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) - Azure Kubernetes Service | Microsoft Learn Public preview: Operation abort | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Sun, 25 Sep 2022 - 452 - Episode 438 - Azure NAT Gateway
The team catches up with Aimee Littleton, PM on the Azure Networking team, to learn more about NAT Gateway and when customers should be using it. Short answer = whenever you have outbound network connectivity as part of your workload! Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode438.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/cmU5hNEISlg Resources: What is Azure Virtual Network NAT? | Microsoft Docs Dive deep into NAT gateway’s SNAT port behavior | Azure Blog and Updates | Microsoft Azure Other Updates: General availability: Azure Communication Services support for Teams identities | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Wed, 14 Sep 2022 - 451 - Episode 437 - Azure CXP CRE Low Code Automation
James Tabor from the Azure CXP CRE (Customer Reliability Engineering) team shares how he improves team productivity by building Power Platform Apps and gives us tips and tricks to get us started on the same journey. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode437.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/_t6BIh-9vHI Other Updates: Public preview: Ephemeral OS disks supports host-based encryption using customer managed key | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Generally available: Live resize for Premium SSD and Standard SSD Disk Storage | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Elevate your visualizations with Azure Managed Grafana—now generally available https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/elevate-your-visualizations-with-azure-managed-grafana-now-generally-available/ Microsoft Cost Management updates – August 2022 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-cost-management-updates-august-2022/ Azure private MEC—A thriving partner ecosystem https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-private-mec-a-thriving-partner-ecosystem/ Azure Virtual Machines with Ampere Altra Arm–based processors—generally available https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-virtual-machines-with-ampere-altra-arm-based-processors-generally-available/ Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache | Microsoft Docs Public preview: App Configuration references for App Service and Azure Functions | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Generally available: Azure Functions extension for Event Grid blob trigger | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Tue, 06 Sep 2022 - 450 - Episode 436 - App Services on Kestrel
The team catches up with Byron Tardif from the App Services team to learn about App Services' migration to Kestrel+YARP (Yet Another Reverse Proxy) Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode436.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/OuPj4RAGDLQ Resources: A Heavy Lift: Bringing Kestrel + YARP to Azure App Services - .NET Blog (microsoft.com) gRPC support on App Service now in Public Preview - Azure App Service Submit App Services ideas at Web Apps · Community (azure.com)
Sun, 28 Aug 2022 - 449 - Episode 435 - HPC on Azure
The team catches up with Bill Paxson and Rob Futrick to learn about Azure HPC and the unique way in which the Microsoft Support team is supports HPC customers Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode435.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/1y1iDUvx75A Resources: High-performance computing (HPC) on Azure - Azure Architecture Center | Microsoft Docs High Performance Computing – HPC | Microsoft Azure Free MS Learn modules covering many HPC AI topics, from intro to HPC to advanced optimization: Run high-performance computing (HPC) applications on Azure - Learn | Microsoft Docs Overview from HPC AI Day conference earlier this year: (101) Azure HPC+AI Day: HPC + AI software - YouTube Great overview of the entire HPC platform, including CPU + GPU hardware, HPC Storage considerations + options, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U54kF0EZ9DM Azure CycleCloud specifically: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyrsXUwm0vA. It has a live demo 19 minutes in. Other updates: Monday, August 15, 2022 9:00 PM Use Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver for Azure Blob storage on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) - Azure Kubernetes Service | Microsoft Docs Azure Data Explorer: Log and telemetry analytics benchmark https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-data-explorer-log-and-telemetry-analytics-benchmark/ Announcing Microsoft Dev Box Preview https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-microsoft-dev-box-preview/
Sat, 20 Aug 2022 - 448 - Episode 434 - Azure Traffic Manager
Evan and Cynthia speak with Abhishek Tiwari, Director of Software Engineering about the diverse types of situations traffic manager can be used in, how Microsoft has built a service to support 100% SLA, and how traffic manager can even be leveraged as part of a cloud modernization effort in a hybrid scenario. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode434.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/NhuJlK_vOEs Resources: What is Traffic Manager? How Traffic Manager Works Traffic Manager routing methods Updates: Review and remove AAD inactive users in Public Preview Public preview: Azure Dedicated Host restart General availability: Azure App Service Environment v3 support for custom domain suffix
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 - 447 - Episode 433 - Azure Relay Service
Evan and Sujit discuss one of the earliest, yet least talked-about services in Azure, the Relay Service. They discuss how it works and the place it can play in various application deployment scenarios. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode433.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/hCR-BY8hf7E Resources: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-relay/relay-what-is-it Samples: https://github.com/Azure/azure-relay/tree/master/samples/hybrid-connections Other Updates: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/new-kms-dns-in-azure-global-cloud/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-public-ipv6-offerings-are-free-as-of-july-31/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-firewall-premium-is-now-icsa-labs-certified/
Thu, 04 Aug 2022 - 446 - Episode 432 - App Config Service
Cale and Sujit discuss the little-known. but very important App Config Service which simplifies configurations for all applications on Azure. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode432.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/P6QsUY0zdQQ Resources: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-app-configuration/overview Other updates: Azure empowers easy-to-use, high-performance, and hyperscale model training using DeepSpeed https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-empowers-easytouse-highperformance-and-hyperscale-model-training-using-deepspeed/ Microsoft Cost Details API now generally available for EA and MCA customers https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-cost-details-api-now-generally-available-for-ea-and-mca-customers/ Azure Confidential Ledger goes GA https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/azure-confidential-ledger/#overview Satya announced the general availability of Azure confidential ledger at INSPIRE
Thu, 28 Jul 2022 - 445 - Episode 431 - Azure Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
We chat with Nir Mashkowski, Principal PM Manager, about the evolution of PaaS since its inception 10+ years ago, some of the usage patterns that he has observed, the benefits and reasoning of using PaaS services, and the future of where Azure PaaS services is headed. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode431.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/b3zUtaCnhTE Resources: Overview - Azure App Service | Microsoft Docs Azure Functions Overview | Microsoft Docs What is Azure Static Web Apps? | Microsoft Docs Azure Container Apps documentation | Microsoft Docs Dapr - Distributed Application Runtime KEDA | Kubernetes Event-driven Autoscaling
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 - 444 - Episode 430 - Multi-tenant Architectures
Azure FastTrack Engineers John Downs and Arsen Vladimirskiy explain how multi-tenant architectures can be deployed on Azure. They talk about the various factors that should be considered when designing these types of applications. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode430.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/r4pePMf_Y28 Resources: https://aka.ms/multitenancy https://aka.ms/multitenancy/live https://aka.ms/multitenancy/feedback Other Updates: Generally available: HTTP proxy support for AKS clusters | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Custom certificate authorities | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: New API backend options in Azure Static Web Apps | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Generally available: Improved Try Azure Cosmos DB for free experience | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Create an additional 5000 Azure Storage accounts within your subscription | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 - 443 - Episode 429 - Azure Native Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Solutions
Cale and Cynthia chat with Manju Ramanathpura about the Azure Native ISV program, the customer experience, the background of the initiative and the investments that are made to streamline various products that developers are using onto Azure. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode429.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/DEjJ6DJDjBc Resources: Extend Azure with solutions from partners Updates: Public preview: AKS release tracker Threat detection in airports, railways, and retail with Azure Percept NYC NFT Conference Infura NFT Service General availability: Azure Key Vault secrets provider on Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes Azure Orbital Ground Station as Service extends life and reduces costs for satellite operators
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 - 442 - Episode 428 - Java and Spring Apps
Our resident expert on all things Java on Azure, Asir Vedamuthu Selvasingh, gives us all the latest updates on running your Java workloads on various Azure services. He also dives into the newly renamed Azure Spring Apps service which now has more SKUs to address various use-cases. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode428.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/PaMaWij21N0 Resources: Start Enterprise - https://aka.ms/spring-apps-EnterpriseDevelop your first Spring Boot app - https://aka.ms/Start-SpringLearn using a self-paced workshop - https://aka.ms/Learn-SpringWatch bite-size demos - https://aka.ms/Spring-PlaylistLeverage best practices - https://aka.ms/Spring-BootBuild and deploy Java apps on Azure - https://aka.ms/LearnJavaInteract with Azure services using Spring - https://aka.ms/Spring-Cloud-Azure Technical Case StoriesFedEx - https://aka.ms/FedExNational Life Group - https://aka.ms/National-LifeDigital Realty Trust - https://aka.ms/DLRSwiss Re - https://aka.ms/Swiss-ReRaley's - https://aka.ms/Raley'Liantis - https://aka.ms/LiantisKroger - https://aka.ms/Kroger-on-AzureMorgan Stanley - https://aka.ms/Morgan-StanleyBosch - https://aka.ms/Bosch.IO Other Updates: See how 3 industry-leading companies are driving innovation in a new episode of Inside Azure for IT https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/see-how-3-industryleading-companies-are-driving-innovation-in-a-new-episode-of-inside-azure-for-it/ Responsible AI investments and safeguards for facial recognition https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/responsible-ai-investments-and-safeguards-for-facial-recognition/ Azure IoT increases enterprise-level intelligent edge and cloud capabilities https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-iot-increases-enterpriselevel-intelligent-edge-and-cloud-capabilities/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-databricks-available-in-new-regions/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-sdk-for-go/ Various Load Testing updates: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-load-testing-supports-splitting-input-data-across-test-engines/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-load-testing-support-for-user-specified-jmeter-properties/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-load-testing-support-for-customermanaged-keys/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-load-testing-support-for-userassigned-managed-identities/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-load-testing-supports-quick-start-tests-with-web-url/ General availability: Azure Data Explorer connector for Power Automate, Logic Apps, and Power Apps https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/power-platform-connector-ga/
Sat, 25 Jun 2022 - 441 - Episode 427 - Software for Open Networking in the Cloud
The team catches up with Sarah Novotny and Xin Liu to learn about both the network switch SONiC and why Microsoft recently transferred control of it to the Linux Foundation. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode427.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/hmyz4Qpp9e4 Resources: Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) Moves to the Linux Foundation GitHub Repo Quick Start Updates: General availability: Updates for resource configuration changes Public preview: Network Watcher packet capture support for virtual machine scale sets Public preview: Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager Public preview: Private link support in Azure Application Gateway Preview of Windows Admin Center for Azure Arc-enabled infrastructure - Microsoft Windows Server Blog
Mon, 20 Jun 2022 - 440 - Episode 426 - Defender for the Cloud
Audrey Long, a Senior Security Software Engineer in Commercial Software Engineering at Microsoft, discusses the Defender for the Cloud service. She explains how the service plays an important part in securing our assets and apps in Azure and other clouds as well. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode426.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/w5wG6Bf2aQY Resources: Overview: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-cloud-introduction Microsoft Defender for Servers Microsoft Defender for Storage Microsoft Defender for SQL Microsoft Defender for Containers Microsoft Defender for App Service Microsoft Defender for Key Vault Microsoft Defender for Resource Manager Microsoft Defender for DNS Microsoft Defender for open-source relational databases Microsoft Defender for Azure Cosmos DB (Preview) Microsoft Defender for IoT https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/iot-defender/#overview Other updates: General availability: Storage optimized Azure VMs deliver higher performance for data analytics. | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Generally available: Azure NC A100 v4 virtual machines for AI | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: New portal experience for Microsoft Artifact Registry | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Start skilling on Azure with these helpful guides https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/start-skilling-on-azure-with-these-helpful-guides/ Find out why your SQL Server data belongs on Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/find-out-why-your-sql-server-data-belongs-on-azure/
Wed, 08 Jun 2022 - 439 - Episode 425 - BUILD 2022 Updates
Special guest Mark Eisenberg (Senior CSAM at Microsoft), co-hosts with Kendall, Evan and Sujit on this special edition of the Podcast to offer his insights into the various Azure announcements at BUILD 2022. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode425.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/1xoGKpDyRxs Resources: https://news.microsoft.com/build-2022-book-of-news/
Mon, 30 May 2022 - 438 - Episode 424 - Landing Zone Accelerator for API Management
Our very own Cynthia Kreng, who is a PM in the Worldwide Customer Success Unit focused on Developer acceleration, talks to us about one their first offerings in API Management. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode424.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/UusIj1ikvLM Resources: Repo: https://aka.ms/EnterpriseScale-APIM Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/app-platform/api-management/landing-zone-accelerator Other resources: Manage Red Hat workloads seamlessly on Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/manage-red-hat-workloads-seamlessly-on-azure/ Accelerating innovation in the diabetic foot market with Azure Health Data Services https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/accelerating-innovation-in-the-diabetic-foot-market-with-azure-health-data-services/ Join us and the developer community to celebrate Azure Static Web Apps https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/join-us-and-the-developer-community-to-celebrate-azure-static-web-apps/ Microsoft Build 5/24-5/26 https://mybuild.microsoft.com/
Mon, 16 May 2022 - 437 - Episode 423 - Azure Cache for Redis
Kyle Teegarden, a Senior PM in the DevDiv group, gets us re-acquainted with the Redis offering on Azure and discusses all the latest features including the Enterprise tier. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode423.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/xKA-w7Icn00 Resources: Azure Cache for Redis | Microsoft Azure How to Improve Your Azure SQL Performance by up to 800% - Microsoft Tech Community Cache-Aside pattern - Azure Architecture Center Implement Redis Pub/Sub and Streams in Azure Cache for Redis - Learn Optimize your web applications by caching read-only data with Redis - Learn Quickstart: Use Azure Cache for Redis in .NET Core Updates: Generally available: Node pool snapshot Generally available: Scale-down mode in AKS Public preview: Static Web Apps now supports Gitlab and Bitbucket for CI/CD Public preview: Azure Storage as share in Windows Code in App Service Intelligent application protection from edge to cloud with Azure Web Application Firewall Customize your secure VM session experience with native client support on Azure Bastion
Sat, 07 May 2022 - 436 - Episode 422 - Open Service Mesh
Thomas Stringer is a Software Engineering Lead in the Open Service Mesh team at Microsoft and he gives us insights into the OSM add-on for AKS and tells us why that makes applications on AKS so much more secure. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode422.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/DICsJmFSGCs Resources: https://openservicemesh.io/ Cloud Native Computing Foundation (cncf.io) Other updates: General availability: App Service - Networking capabilities added to Basic pricing tier | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: App Service - Configure networking in Azure Portal during app creation | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Thu, 28 Apr 2022 - 435 - Episode 421 - Project Flash
The team talks with Pujitha and Sidhanshu about Project Flash, an initiative to improve VM availability monitoring that allows for immediate actions and trend analysis at scale. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode421.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/c7vXz-tjQAA Resources: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/advancing-azure-virtual-machine-availability-monitoring-with-project-flash/ https://aka.ms/flashblog Other updates: Public preview: Azure SQL Database Hyperscale reverse migration to general purpose tier https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-sql-database-hyperscale-reverse-migration-to-general-purpose-tier/ General availability: Zone redundancy for Azure SQL Database general purpose tier https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-zone-redundancy-for-azure-sql-database-general-purpose-tier/ Azure Purview is now Microsoft Purview https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-purview-is-now-microsoft-purview/ Getting rid of credentials in Azure (multi-part) https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-developer-community-blog/getting-rid-of-credentials-in-azure-part-1/ba-p/3265205 Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-April 2022 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-sql-public-preview-updates-for-midapril-2022/ Generally available: IBM WebSphere on Azure with evaluation licensing https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-ibm-websphere-on-azure-with-evaluation-licensing/
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 - 434 - Episode 420 - Infrastructure as Code
Microsoft MVP, Director of Solution Architecture at WTW and all things Azure expert, Sam Cogan, joins us for an in-depth discussion on Infrastructure as Code. He shares his views and give us valuable tips for having a good IaC strategy. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode420.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/PlfAS6eUfzE Blog: https://samcogan.com Other updates: Generally available: Azure storage table access using Azure Active Directory | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Microsoft is announcing the general availability of the Ebs/Ebds v5 memory optimized Azure VM series, that deliver up to 300% increase in remote storage performance compared to prior generation VMs. Generally available: Azure Data Explorer Inline script deployment with ARM Template | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: Azure Data Explorer supports Azure private endpoints | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure No need to expose public endpoints or expose data over public internet to enable access from ADX clusters. Update: Azure AD Graph retirement date | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Extended retirement to move to Microsoft Graph - now 31 Dec 2022 (was 30 June 22). Feature updates are going into MS Graph, not AD Graph General availability: Azure Backup now supports vault-archive tier for Azure VMs | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure More GB but cheaper overall, using vault-archive instead of vault-standard https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/the-future-is-on-fhir-for-sas-and-microsoft-azure/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-metrics-and-alerts-support-in-azure-container-apps/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-health-probes-support-in-azure-container-apps/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-visual-studio-support-for-azure-container-apps/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-visual-studio-code-extension-for-azure-container-apps/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-managed-identities-support-in-azure-container-apps/
Thu, 14 Apr 2022 - 433 - Episode 419 - Azure Front Door
We are fortunate to have Abhishek Tiwari, from the Azure Networking team, join us again on the podcast, this time to discuss the Front Door service. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode419.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/QrNMpugD4zA Resources: Front Door Announcement Updates: General availability: Bring your own IP ranges to Azure Public preview: Simplified compute node communication Public preview: Azure Bastion support for Kerberos authentication Public preview: Azure Arc integration with VMware vSphere and Azure VMware Solution Public preview: Azure Cosmos DB partition key advisor notebook Join us at the Innovate for Impact digital event
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 - 432 - Episode 418 - Azure Marketplace
We have a wonderful discussion with David Starr, a Principal Software Engineer from the Commercial Marketplace Services team (and fellow hoster of his own Podcast) to talk about the services available to ISVs and customers to get their cloud applications and solutions visibility via the Azure Marketplace so then can monetize them. We discuss Azure Managed Apps, App Source and various technical and business details around these services. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode418.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Gu8N0sjnkLA Resources: Azure Marketplace - https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/ AppSource - https://appsource.microsoft.com/ Mastering the Marketplace technical learning library - https://aka.ms/MasteringTheMarketplace Azure for Executives podcast - https://aka.ms/AzureForExec Get started here - https://partner.microsoft.com Other updates: App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/app-service-environment-v1-and-v2-retirement-announcement/ http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-ondemand-capacity-reservations/ Diversifying the telecommunications supply chain with Open RAN https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/diversifying-the-telecommunications-supply-chain-with-open-ran/ Accelerate silicon design innovation on Azure with Synopsys Cloud https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/accelerate-silicon-design-innovation-on-azure-with-synopsys-cloud/ Introducing the new Azure Front Door: Reimagined for modern apps and content https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-the-new-azure-front-door-reimagined-for-modern-apps-and-content/ Public preview: Azure dedicated host support in AKS https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-dedicated-host-support-in-aks/
Thu, 31 Mar 2022 - 431 - Episode 417 - App Service Diagnostics
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/
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 - 430 - Episode 416 - Azure Purview
Amber Zhao and Karen Ekberg from the Azure FastTrack team dive into the role Azure Purview plays in managing the data estate of a customer. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode416.mp3 YouTube: Episode 416 - Azure Purview - YouTube Resources: What is Azure Purview? FastTrack for Azure Live FastTrack for Azure Updates: Public preview: Azure Private Link support in Azure API Management Generally available: Best practices assessment for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines Learn how Microsoft Circular Centers are scaling cloud supply chain sustainability Microsoft launches Azure Health Data Services to unify health data and power AI in the cloud Scaling cloud solutions to new heights with Microsoft’s partner ecosystem Things fall into place on ‘Domino Masters,’ as these Seattle geeks test engineering skills on reality TV Public preview: Azure App Configuration soft delete capability General availability: New extensions for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 - 429 - Episode 415 - International Women's Day Special with Kathleen Mitford
The team speaks with Kathleen Mitford, CVP of Azure Marketing, as a celebration for International Women's Day. Kathleen shared her new stay at home habits, thoughts on the evolution of women in tech, family life, career journey, and vision for where she sees Azure going with the rise of Digital Natives. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode415.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/a-WSdcmSl8Y
Tue, 08 Mar 2022 - 428 - Episode 414 - Azure DNS
The team catches up with Abhishek Tiwari to talk about the past, present, and future of Azure DNS. Insert image Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode414.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/lHHwNJEVEas Other updates: The new and better ‘WordPress on App Service’ - Microsoft Tech Community Public preview: Azure NetApp Files - application consistent snapshot tool v5.1 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: SKU recommendation in Azure SQL Migration extension - Azure Data Studio | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure - an extension for Azure Data Studio General availability: Azure Red Hat OpenShift support for OpenShift 4.9 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Azure Spring Cloud Enterprise | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Fri, 04 Mar 2022 - 427 - Episode 413 - Thinking Cloud Native
Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect Stephen Kaufman gives us valuable insights into the considerations for making applications 'Cloud Native' when hosting them on Azure. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode413.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/6xUmrgL1dNM Resources: CNCF Cloud Native Interactive Landscape Link to the CNCF Trail map Other updates: Public preview: Azure Spring Cloud Enterprise https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-spring-cloud-enterprise/ Public preview: WordPress enhancements for App Service https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-wordpress-enhancements-for-app-service/ Generally available: Direct enterprise agreement on Azure Cost Management and Billing https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/ea-azure-billing-experience-on-cost-management-and-billing-3/
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 - 426 - Episode 412 - Azure Database for Postgres
The team catches up with Prabhat Tripathi and Sunil Agarwal to learn all about Azure Database for Postgres and that service's Flexible Server SKU that recently went generally available. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode412.mp3 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXThfIGE9dg Resources: Comparison chart - Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single Server and Flexible Server Introducing Flexible Server for Azure Database for PostgreSQL What is Flexible Server in Azure Database for PostgreSQL? Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server is now GA! Updates: MS Linux on Azure Public preview: Azure Tables extension for Azure Functions Microsoft Azure’s first Azure HPC + AI Day Advancing Azure Virtual Machine availability monitoring with Project Flash Generally available: Virtual Machine level disk bursting supports additional VM types Public preview: Azure Monitor predictive autoscale for Azure virtual machine scale sets
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 - 425 - Episode 411 - Event Driven Architectures on Azure
Cloud Solution Architects Suhas Rao and Graeme Foster have implemented several Event Driven Architectures on Azure. They talk to Cynthia and Sujit about why customers are looking at these application patterns and provide valuable insights into implementing them on Azure. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode411.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/tbNqKLhKisY Resources: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/patterns/event-sourcing https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/saga/saga https://vasters.com/archive/Sagas.html https://developer.lightbend.com/docs/akka-platform-guide/concepts/message-driven-event-driven.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STKCRSUsyP0&t=299s https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/event-grid/compare-messaging-services https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iuMjjKQnhg https://yourazurecoach.com/2021/08/11/azure-service-bus-vs-event-grid/ https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/3867165/top-10-strategic-technology-trends-for-2018-event-driven0 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/retry-service-specific Other updates: General availability: Deployment enhancements for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Anomaly Detector adds synchronous multivariate detection and improved anomaly interpretation | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Azure Bastion now supports file transfer via the native client | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Private preview: AKS cluster persistent volume backup | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: Azure Cache for Redis active geo-replication in enterprise tiers | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Thu, 10 Feb 2022 - 424 - Episode 410 - Fusion Dev
Rita and Linda speak with the team about what Fusion Dev is, how we can empower more developers, and how professional developers can leverage the Power Platform to make their lives easier. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode410.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/5sSTQqR-kS0 Resources: Ebook: Fusion development approach to building apps using Power Apps An Illustrated Guide to Fusion Development Transform your business applications with fusion development April's YouTube Channel Updates: Public Preview: Microsoft Azure Payment HSM Service Generally available: PowerShell on Linux OS in Azure Functions Public preview: Custom virtual network support in Azure Container Apps
Fri, 04 Feb 2022 - 423 - Episode 409 - Azure Service Connector
Xin Shi, an Azure PM focused on the Developer Experience, tells us about the Service Connector service in Azure which makes is easy for developers to ensure apps have all the right connectivity and security in place to access their Azure resources. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode409.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/odJubQN6SJ8 Resources: https://aka.ms/service-connector Other updates: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-static-web-apps-enterprisegrade-edge/ General availability: Ultra disks support on AKS | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public Preview: Managed Certificate support for Azure API Management | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Azure DDoS Protection—2021 Q3 and Q4 DDoS attack trends https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-ddos-protection-2021-q3-and-q4-ddos-attack-trends/ Rightsize to maximize your cloud investment with Microsoft Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/rightsize-to-maximize-your-cloud-investment-with-microsoft-azure/ 7 reasons to attend Azure Open Source Day https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/7-reasons-to-attend-azure-open-source-day/ Generally available: Kibana dashboards and visualizations on top of Azure Data Explorer | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Support for managed identity in Azure Cache for Redis | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 - 422 - Episode 408 - Azure Load Testing
Hosted by Arsen Vladimirskiy, the team talks to Azure PM John Stallo about the new Azure Load Testing service. John explains the history behind the service and how it simplifies and democratizes load testing such that it can be part of any software development lifecycle. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode408.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/hyDM_z8aNX0 Resources: Azure Load Testing Documentation Submit issues for Azure Load Testing Updates: Azure Traffic Manager: Additional IP addresses for endpoint monitoring service. General availability: Microsoft Defender for Cloud updates for December 2021 Public preview: Semantic Search update Azure Backup - Automation updates - 2021
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 - 421 - Episode 407 - Container Apps
Our very own Kendall Roden and Daria Grigoriu, both PMs in the Azure team, talk to us about the brand-new Azure Container Apps service. They explain the service in detail and discuss typical use-cases for using it. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode407.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/LKXu2ZHvHIE Resources: Azure Container Apps | Microsoft Azure
Mon, 10 Jan 2022 - 420 - Episode 406 - Azure Bastion
The team talks to Azure PMs Isabelle Morris and Tanu Balla about the Bastion service which allows for secure access to VMs. We discuss the use-cases for this service, and they provide insights into using it effectively. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode406.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ssr7z1imDkk Resources: Azure Bastion | Microsoft Docs Other Updates: Automated key rotation in Azure Key Vault is now in public preview | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Azure Kubernetes Service configuration management with GitOps | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Azure Storage: Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC) conditions with principal attributes now in public preview | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Thu, 16 Dec 2021 - 419 - Episode 405 - Azure Active Directory's Investments in Reliability and Resilience
The team catches up with Nadim Abdo who fills them in on all the work Azure AD has been doing to increase their resiliency and improve the customer experience. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode405.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/waIVg9WuPmM Resources: Building resilience into identity and access management with Azure Active Directory Other Updates: Public preview: Run Command – Execute PowerShell or shell scripts on Virtual Machines and Scale Sets General availability: New Azure Maps features: Historical Weather, Air Quality, and Tropical Storms Immutable storage with versioning for Blob Storage is now generally available Public preview availability of Virtual Machine restore points Azure Storage: Secure access to storage account from a virtual network/subnet in any region now in public preview
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 - 418 - Episode 404 - When Windows is nowhere to be found - Making Azure better with CBL Mariner
The team learns about CBL Mariner, a Microsoft-maintained Linux distribution that runs underneath a number of Azure services. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode404.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Q_F5xQo5u6w GitHub repo - https://github.com/Microsoft/CBL-Mariner Other updates: Public preview: New SAP HANA telemetry in AMS Azure Load Testing now available in public preview https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-load-testing-now-available-in-public-preview/
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 - 417 - Episode 403 - GitHub and Azure
Cynthia and Sujit talk to Gopinath C H about the synergies between GitHub and Azure for Enterprise and OSS developers. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode403.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/AOQtfVuxN6Y Resources: Other updates: Generate automated configuration files used with Terraform to automate provisioning and configuration on your Flexible Server for Azure Database for MySQL. General availability: Azure API Management updates- October 2021 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-api-management-updates-october-2021/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-bindings-azure-sql https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/run-command https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/files-nfs-protocol
Wed, 17 Nov 2021 - 416 - Episode 402 - Azure Chaos Studio
Cale, Sujit and Cynthia speak with Senior Program Manager John Engel-Kemnetz about Azure Chaos Studio, a new service announced during Ignite to help customers emulate chaos situations that applications might run into. John also gives us some insight into some approaches to take on testing both the application and the live site responses from the support teams. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode402.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/SxHe-XfM3Hg Resources: Getting Started - https://aka.ms/chaosstudiogetstarted Docs - https://aka.ms/AzureChaosStudio Blog Announcement - https://aka.ms/chaosstudioblog Updates: 5 reasons to attend the Azure IaaS Day digital event Discover what’s new to Microsoft database services—recap from Microsoft Ignite Azure high-performance computing at Supercomputing 2021 Azure App Service support for .Net 6 now generally available Preview: Pay-as-you-go plan for Power Apps Application Insights auto-instrumentation for .NET6 App Services
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 - 415 - Episode 401 - Ignite 2021 Wrap-Up
Kendall, Evan and Sujit each discuss their favorite Azure announcements from Ignite 2021. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode401.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/6UjsEtzclJo Correction The new Dapr feature with AKS is actually considered an extension and there is new documentation around the add-on vs. extension model: Cluster extensions for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (preview) Resources: https://news.microsoft.com/ignite-november-2021-book-of-news/ DaprCon: DaprCon - YouTube
Fri, 05 Nov 2021 - 414 - Episode 400 - A view from Azure's Core
On this special milestone of the Azure Podcast, we have none other than Girish Bablani, the CVP of Azure Core, to give us insights into the Core platform and provide some perspectives on the past and future of Azure. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode400.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/VMkHHMgUoKI
Wed, 27 Oct 2021 - 413 - Episode 399 - Chain of blocks evolution
We talk to our very own Cale Teeter about the current state of Blockchain technology and how it is changing the way we deploy these networks in Azure and build applications. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode399.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/_biNB9p5_Fw Resources: Migration announcement to QBS -> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/action-required-migrate-your-azure-blockchain-service-data-by-10-september-2021/ QBS Preview -> https://consensys.net/quorum/qbs/ Quickstart for Developers -> https://consensys.net/quorum/developers/ NFT sidechain -> https://docs.palm.io/ Azure SQL Ledger -> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/ledger-overview Confidential Consortium Framework -> https://microsoft.github.io/CCF/main/overview/concepts.html Other updates: SpaceCows – using AI, space technology and cloud to protect the Top End – Microsoft Australia News Centre Computer Vision Read API for Optical Character Recognition (OCR), part of Cognitive Services, announces its public preview with new languages including Russian, Bulgarian, other Cyrillic and more Latin languages. This release also highlight handwritten OCR support for many languages, along with enhancements for digital PDFs and Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) text in identity documents. Join us on Azure IaaS Day: Learn to increase agility and resiliency of your infrastructure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/join-us-on-azure-iaas-day-learn-to-increase-agility-and-resiliency-of-your-infrastructure/ 5 reasons to join the Modernize Apps and Data with Azure and Power Apps free virtual event https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/5-reasons-to-join-the-modernize-apps-and-data-with-azure-and-power-apps-free-virtual-event/ The Enclave Device Blueprint for confidential computing at the edge https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/the-enclave-device-blueprint-for-confidential-computing-at-the-edge/ Public preview: Azure Spring Cloud RBAC config server and registry access and Nginx logs and metrics | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: Azure Spring Cloud application health monitoring and end-to-end TLS/SSL | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Visual Studio Code for the Web | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 - 412 - Episode 398 - Hear ye! Hear ye!
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/> Generally available: IP-based website protection for Azure Static Web Apps | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure SQL Leverage user-assigned managed identity for transparent data encryption (TDE) with customer managed keys, and more for SQL Database and SQL Managed Instance. 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
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 - 411 - Episode 397 - Capacity Reservation
The team spends time with Bill DeForeest to learn about Capacity Reservation and how that fits into the broader picture of Reserved Instances, Capacity management, and how to best manage allocating your overall VM fleet. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode397.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/SNmUF1DXYJY Resources: Documentation: https://aka.ms/on-demand-capacity-reservations-docs Introductory video with demo: https://aka.ms/on-demand-capacity-reservations-Preview-Video Updates: General availability: Enable hierarchical namespace for existing Azure Storage accounts Upgrade Azure Blob Storage with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 capabilities Upgrading Azure Blob Storage with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 capabilities Ebook: Fusion development approach to building apps using Power Apps New Azure VMware Solution updates and global expansion drives customer success The wait (list) is over: Azure NetApp Files is enterprise-ready in your Azure portal Microsoft named a Leader in 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for data integration tools Azure NetApp Files Datastores for Azure VMware Solution is coming soon
Thu, 07 Oct 2021 - 410 - Episode 396 - How Vattenfall uses Azure
The team meets Vattenfall's Marcus Melin and Mikael Söderström to learn how they are leveraging Azure to help enable the use of renewable energy 24x7 by their customers Also, be sure to go back and listen to the Sustainability solutions in Azure episode where the team first heard about Vattenfall from Conor Kelly. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode396.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/SgULg_YJT4k Resources: https://vattenfall.se/24-7 Other updates: Govern your data wherever it resides with Azure Purview https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/govern-your-data-wherever-it-resides-with-azure-purview/ Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – September 2021 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-cost-management-and-billing-updates-september-2021/ Building a digital guide dog for railway passengers with impaired vision https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-customer-engineering-team/building-a-digital-guide-dog-for-railway-passengers-with/ba-p/2749612 Azure IoT middleware for FreeRTOS in general availability | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 21.09 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Mon, 04 Oct 2021 - 409 - Episode 395 - SAP on Azure
The team spends time with fellow podcaster Ravi Kashyap to learn more about running SAP on Azure and how to be successful doing so. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode395.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/6fnmW845OA4 Resources: Ravi's book on SAP on Azure https://SAPonMicrosoftAzure.com (special 15% discount code for our listeners MAAA15) If you want to learn more about the book https://open.spotify.com/episode/4PQbtdLHB4eDWjJUHi4Hhy Ravi's and Nathan's Podcast on SAP on Azure https://www.saponazuretalk.com/ Other updates: Azure Backup provides packaged pre-post scripts for Oracle VMs that can be used to instantly backup, create instant clones, reduce backup storage cost, and performance impact. Announcing the private preview of the Configuration and SAP Installation for the SAP Deployment Auto https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/running-sap-applications-on-the/announcing-the-private-preview-of-the-configuration-and-sap/ba-p/2760059
Thu, 23 Sep 2021 - 408 - Episode 394 - Quantum Update
Principal Software Engineer in the Quantum Computing group, Mariia Mykhailova talks to us of the state of the technology and gives us tips on how to upskill and build Quantum applications today that can be deployed to Azure. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode394.mp3 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A7Mnd9rvw4 Resources: Microsoft Quantum overview Azure Quantum documentation Quantum computing foundations on Microsoft Learn The Quantum Katas Coding contests Q# Pocket Guide authored by Mariia available on O'Reilly in early release form. Updates: Join us behind the scenes at Azure, thanks to the Well-Architected Framework Video analytics at the edge, an ideal technology for 5G cloud monetization Boost your network security with new updates to Azure Firewall Public preview: Scale-down mode in AKS Zone redundant storage (ZRS) for Azure Disk Storage now generally available
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 - 404 - Episode 489 - Storage Revisited
In this episode, we delve into a cornerstone service within Azure that is sometimes underestimated or missed in design discussions: the Azure Storage service. Our guest, Ben Hummerstone, a seasoned Cloud Solution Architect based in the UK, brings his expertise in storage and other infrastructure services to the forefront. Ben shares a valuable set of guiding principles to assist you in crafting the optimal storage architecture for your application. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode489.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/XIKxPRI1G-Y Resources: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-government/azure-secure-isolation-guidance#high-level-azure-storage-architecture https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-redundancy https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/scalability-targets https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/access-tiers-overview Other updates: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-functions-support-for-http-streams-in-nodejs/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-kubernetes-129-support-in-aks/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/cloud-services-classic-retirement-announcement-feb2024/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-netapp-files-volume-enhancement-allow-the-same-file-path-for-volumes-in-different-availability-zones/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-os-sku-inplace-migration-for-linux-nodes/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/ga-istiobased-service-mesh-addon-for-azure-kubernetes-service/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-disable-network-policy-for-migration-in-aks/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-capacity-reservations-support-in-aks/
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - 403 - Episode 488 - Express Route Resiliency and Monitoring
Jose Moreno a Customer Engineer in the FastTrack for Azure team joins Sujit and Russell to talk about Networking, and more specifically discusses best practices for Express Route configuration and monitoring with an eye on resiliency and performance. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode488.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/KUhODMaQjEU Resources: FastTrack for Azure: FastTrack for Azure – Technical Enablement FAQ | Microsoft Azure Azure ER Locations (not to confuse with Azure Regions): Locations and connectivity providers for Azure ExpressRoute | Microsoft Learn Azure Connection Monitor: Connection monitor overview - Azure Network Watcher | Microsoft Learn Other updates: GA: Azure API Management Developer Portal Unveils Enhanced Features for Increased Developer Productivity Public Preview: Regional Disaster Recovery by Azure Backup for AKS TLS/TCP Proxy Preview
Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 402 - Episode 487 - Tales from the field with Azure Key Vault
Fabian Gonzalez and Azure escalation engineer and Jack Lichwa, a PM in the Azure Key Vault team, revisit the Key Vault service which forms the backbone of any deployment. They remind us of the features that Key Vault offers and give us valuable tips and tricks to configure and deploy them effectively in your workloads. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode487.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Pd5seEyqTzI Other updates: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-aks-cluster-control-plane-metrics-in-managed-prometheus/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-improvements-in-azure-key-vault/ https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-developer-community-blog/accelerate-developer-onboarding-with-the-configuration-as-code/ba-p/4062416 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-azure-blob-storage-cold-tier-support-on-change-feed-and-object-replication/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-customer-managed-key-encryption-for-enterprise-tier-caches/
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 - 401 - Episode 486 - Azure Savings Plans
Technical Program Manager in the Azure Commerce team, Obinna Nwokolo explains exactly what the new Azure Savings Plan is all about and how you can easily take advantage of it via the Portal experience. He digs into the various options for cutting costs in Azure and when the Savings Plan makes sense for you. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode486.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Qwt728PUz0U Resources: SP product page - Azure Savings Plan for Compute | Microsoft Azure SP Recommendations 101 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HV9GT9kX6A&list=PLlrxD0HtieHjd-zn7u09YoGJY18ZrN1Hq&index=2&t=15s&pp=iAQB SP Benefit application 101 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZOyh1rl3kU&list=PLlrxD0HtieHjd-zn7u09YoGJY18ZrN1Hq&index=3&t=2s&pp=iAQB Other updates: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generalavailabilityofazuremonitormetricsdataplaneapi/
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 - 400 - Episode 485 - Copilot for Azure
Santosh Somayajula, a Principal Product Manager in Azure, breaks down the new Copilot for Azure service which is currently in Private Preview in the Azure Portal. Using this feature, administrators and management can perform operations in the Portal using simple verbal commands instead of navigating the UI. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode485.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Gqv-qOOoK28 Resources: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/copilot/overview https://aka.ms/MSCopilotforAzurePreviewRequest Other updates: General Availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: ExpressRoute guided portal experience for multi-site resiliency | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General Availability: Azure MySQL Import feature for Azure Database for MySQL Single to Flexible Server migrations | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public Preview: Circuit Breaker in Azure API Management | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-topology/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/mount-azure-storage-as-a-local-share-in-app-service-linux-now-supports-nfs/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-continuous-model-monitoring-in-azure-machine-learning/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-api-center-features/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-new-major-version-of-durable-functions-extension/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-outbound-type-migration-in-aks/
Fri, 09 Feb 2024 - 399 - Episode 484 - Production LiveSite Review
Sean Klein joins Evan, Sujit, and Cale to talk about the Production LiveSite Review (PLR) process used by Azure Engineering for modern incident analysis and learnings. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode484.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/EsRrxguRn2Y Resources: How Complex Systems Fail Etsy Engineering | Blameless PostMortems and a Just Culture Other updates: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-testing/quickstart-create-and-run-load-test https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-testing/how-to-parameterize-load-tests#secrets
Mon, 15 Jan 2024 - 398 - Episode 483 - Azure VMware Solution Landing Zone Accelerator
Azure Cloud Solution Architects Elena Krasteva and Sabine Blair help us understand what the Azure VMWare Solution is all about and how the Landing Zone Accelerator helps make it easier for customers looking to migrate VMWare workloads to Azure. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode483.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Onj876JxOaw Resources: 1) Product page: https://aka.ms/avs 2) LinkedIn: (20) Azure VMware Solution Pros | Groups | LinkedIn 3) Well Architected Workload Guidance: https://aka.ms/avswafdocs 4) Landing Zone Accelerator: https://aka.ms/avsaccelerator 4) TechCommunity Blog: Azure Migration and Modernization Blog - Microsoft Community Hub 5) Learn Modules: Run VMware resources on Azure VMware Solution - Training | Microsoft Learn 6) Discovery Assessment: Azure VMware Solution assessment calculations in Azure Migrate - Azure Migrate | Microsoft Learn Other updates: Microsoft puts Azure Quantum Elements to work https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/09/microsoft-puts-azure-quantum-elements-to-work/ https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/azure-spring-apps-enterprise-is-now-eligible-for-azure-savings/ba-p/4021532
Wed, 10 Jan 2024 - 397 - Episode 482 - Network Watcher
Cale, Evan and Sujit discuss the often-overlooked Network Watcher service in Azure and how it can be used for monitoring, troubleshooting and logging of network operations in your VNETs. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode482.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/CYLtFrbXGck Resources: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/network-watcher/network-watcher-overview Other updates: Application Insights Availability Tests TLS 1.3 Enablement | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Standard and High-Performance VPN Gateway SKUs will be retired on 30 September 2025 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports new faults for Service Bus | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Store and manage medical imaging data with Azure Data Lake Storage (Preview) | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-free-sql-managed-instance/
Thu, 21 Dec 2023 - 396 - Episode 481 - AKS Fleet Manager
Cale and Sujit discuss the new Fleet Manager service which allows customers to better manage groups of AKS clusters and perform updates, deployments and network access. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode481.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/mpUfpRtqnEE Resources: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/kubernetes-fleet/overview https://github.com/Azure/fleet Other updates: Public Preview: Accelerated logs in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server, enhanced disaster recovery features | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Generally Available: Azure Functions support on Apple Silicon Macs | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Microsoft and Oracle announce that Oracle Database@Azure is now generally available | Microsoft Azure Blog
Mon, 18 Dec 2023 - 395 - Episode 480 - Ignite 2023 Updates
Mark Eisenberg joins Cale and Sujit to dissect the Azure-related updates announced at the Ignite Conference in November 2023. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode480.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/bbt4wTjo7G4 Resources: https://news.microsoft.com/ignite-2023-book-of-news/ Mark Russinovich - Inside AI Innovations
Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - 394 - Episode 479 - Radius.- radapp.IO
Today the team chat to Keith Howling, a Principal Technical Specialist at Microsoft, on the topic of Platform Engineering with Radius, an open source app deployment engine. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode479.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/JWCaXfTf77A Resources: Radius: RadApp Introducing Radius: A new open-source application platform for cloud-native apps Other news: General availability: Rate limit rules for Application Gateway web application firewall Export cost using focus Azure support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 will end by 31 October 2024 Experiment templates now available in Azure Chaos Studio General availability: Start and stop load testing faults in Azure Chaos Studio General availability: Azure Functions supports .NET 8 in the isolated worker model App Service end-to-end encryption for Linux multi-tenant (preview) Azure Monitor Logs archive provides up to 12 years of retention
Thu, 16 Nov 2023 - 393 - Episode 478 - The Azure Help API
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
Fri, 10 Nov 2023 - 392 - Episode 477 - Azure cloud within a cloud
Software Engineers Ian Jensen and Michael Litman from Microsoft's ISE group, explain the other 'clouds' in Azure. They dive into the Power Platform and Dynamics 365 suite and explain the use-cases for each of them and how you can use low-code or high-code to take advantage of these clouds without having to worry about specific resources in Azure. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode477.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/9EAl_tCAoMs Resources: Power Platform Terraform Provider: https://aka.ms/PowerPlatTerraformQuickstarts SolutionOps Playbook: https://playbook.microsoft.com Power Platform Pipelines: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/alm/pipelines ALM Accelerator for Power Platform: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/alm-accelerator/overview Updated ERP Development Experience: https://aka.ms/ERPDevDeploy , then https://aka.ms/ERPDevConfig ERP Git guidance: https://aka.ms/XppGit Other updates: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-update-channel-for-basic-standard-and-premium-caches/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-builtin-azure-monitor-alerts-for-azure-site-recovery/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-bastion-developer-public-preview/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-default-rule-set-21-for-regional-waf-with-application-gateway/
Thu, 02 Nov 2023 - 391 - Episode 476 - Azure HDInsight on AKS
Balaji Sankaran, General Manager of Azure HDInsight, joins us to share the latest announcement from HDInsight - an updated, managed HDInsight service that runs on AKS, giving a better experience for hosting opensource analytics workloads in the cloud. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode476.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/RiQzpkZeT9c Resources: HD Insight on AKS: Manage your big data needs with HDInsight on AKS Enterprise scale open-source analytics on containers (Video) Get started with HDInsights on AKS Get in touch - Ask HDInsight Other news: Announcing Microsoft Playwright Testing: Scalable end-to-end testing for modern web apps The Microsoft Azure Incubations Team launches Radius, a new open application platform for the cloud
Fri, 20 Oct 2023 - 390 - Episode 475 - Diagrid on AKS
Alice Gibbons, Customer Success Engineer and Kendall Roden, Product Manager, both from Diagrid, talk about the companies SaaS offering that allows easier monitoring and management of DAPR installations on AKS and any Kubernetes service. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode475.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/iIjUs1Z-g4I Resources: Conductor links: 5 min intro: https://www.diagrid.io/conductor#video-section book a demo: https://www.diagrid.io/conductor Run Dapr in production with Confidence webinar: https://youtu.be/88VJZ0K09PM?feature=shared Other Updates: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-data-explorer-addon-for-splunk/
Mon, 09 Oct 2023 - 389 - Episode 474 - Azure Chaos Studio
A Program Manager in the Azure Chaos Studio team, Vikram Raju joins us to give us a refresher on the service and what latest updates have just been released. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode474.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/UJYhjFoM25U Resources: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/testing/mission-critical-deployment-testing Other updates: https://aka.ms/AIR/VVTQ-J98 - this the public-facing Azure Incident Retrospective that covers the Australia East outage. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-web-pubsub-support-for-socketio/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-malware-scanning-in-defender-for-storage-2/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-timeline-view-for-azure-monitor-alerts/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/openai-whisper-model-in-preview-in-azure-openai-service-and-azure-ai-speech/
Mon, 02 Oct 2023 - 388 - Episode 473 - Azure Arc
Vishwas Lele, CTO of Applied Information Sciences, talks to us about Azure Arc. He explains the history of the service, how it helps you develop, operate and secure your applications anywhere, and why it is deserves more attention from customers, even if you don't use Azure today. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode473.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/WTSoAThTJuI Resources: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/managing-and-governing-hybrid-environments-with-azure-arc/hybrid-and-multicloud-resource-management-with-azure-arc https://azurearcjumpstart.io/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/r-word-starting-appear-cloud-conversations-its-time-set-vishwas-lele https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/ Other updates: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/announcing-javascript-sdk-v4/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-configure-customermanaged-keys-on-existing-cosmos-db-accounts/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-use-azure-key-vault-to-securely-store-and-retrieve-access-key-when-mounting-azure-storage-as-a-local-sha/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/configure-load-testing-in-your-cicd-pipeline-from-azure-portal/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-sensitive-data-protection-for-application-gateway-web-application-firewall-logs/ https://github.com/cncf/toc/pull/1168
Tue, 19 Sep 2023 - 387 - Episode 472 - Azure Vector Search Unveiled
Farzad Sunavala, Senior PM in the Azure Cognitive Search team, reveals the details of the new Vector Search feature. He explains some of the concepts of Vector search and how developers can easily take advantage of this in their Open AI apps. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode472.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/jAvuVTUNZ2k Resources: https://aka.ms/IntroducingVectorSearch Other updates: https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/azure-app-configuration-public-preview-release-of-snapshots-feature/ https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/public-preview-azure-container-apps-supports-additional-tcp-ports/ https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/generally-available-azure-container-apps-jobs/ https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/public-preview-azure-functions-net-worker-cold-start-improvements/ https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/public-preview-azure-functions-net-8-support-in-linux-plans/ https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/generally-available-autoupgrade-scheduled-maintenance-for-aks/ https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/general-availability-azure-sql-updates-for-lateaugust-2023/
Thu, 07 Sep 2023 - 386 - Episode 471 - AI Trends in Financial Services
We talk to Steve Selleny, a Global Partner Development Manager at Microsoft, about the AI and ML trends he has noticed in Financial Services ISVs. Steve has been working in the technology sector for over 21 years in various roles including software development, systems architecture, consulting, sales, and partner management. For the past two years, he has been working with Financial Services Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to build and market solutions on the Microsoft Cloud that drive digital transformation for customers. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode471.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/6WDlqR34M48 Resources: https://news.microsoft.com/2023/06/29/moodys-and-microsoft-develop-enhanced-risk-data-analytics-research-and-collaboration-solutions-powered-by-generative-ai/ Other updates: Strengthening Your Defenses: Simulation Testing for Azure DDoS Protection - Microsoft Community Hub https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/public-preview-ratelimit-rules-for-application-gateway-web https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/general-availability-terraform-support-for-azure-cosmos-db https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/generally-available-durable-functions-for-python-v2 https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/general-availability-99th-percentile-latency-metric-in-azure Upgrade to App Service Environment v3 today and unlock new capabilities | Azure Blog | Microsoft Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/cloud-services-retirement-announcement/
Wed, 30 Aug 2023 - 385 - Episode 470 - News Roundup
Evan and Sujit cover a whole bunch of updates to various Azure services such as AKS, ACA, Functions, VMs, PostgerSQL, VNETs and Storage. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode470.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/eGsnmw5WjHI Resources: VMs https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-cross-subscription-restore-for-azure-virtual-machines/ https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-high-performance-computing/introducing-new-performance-tiers-for-azure-managed-lustre/ba-p/3900329 Storage https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-elastic-san-updates-private-endpoints-shared-volumes/ Functions https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-sdk-type-bindings-in-azure-functions/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-application-insights-integration-for-the-azure-functions-net-worker/ AKS/ACA https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-kubernetes-127-support-in-aks/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-azure-key-vault-references-for-secrets-in-azure-container-apps/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-secrets-volume-mounts-for-azure-container-apps/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-session-affinity-for-azure-container-apps/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-init-containers-in-azure-container-apps/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-cross-origin-resource-sharing-cors-in-azure-container-apps/ PostgreSQL https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-storage-autogrow-online-disk-scaling-for-azure-database-for-postgresql-flexible-server/ Major Version Upgrade of a flexible server - Azure portal | Microsoft Learn VNET https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-vnet-flow-logs/
Wed, 23 Aug 2023 - 384 - Episode 469 - Microsoft Fabric
Azure and Data technical specialist Ian Pike, joins us on the Podcast to give us a primer on Fabric and what is means for customers that use various data-related services on Azure. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode469.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/k0DkkVkfw2o Resources: Announcement for Fabric including the key dates and how to enable : Introducing Microsoft Fabric and Copilot in Microsoft Power BI | Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI Fabric Getting started : Get started with Microsoft Fabric - Training | Microsoft Learn Happy Paths : Introducing the end-to-end scenarios in Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Fabric Blog | Microsoft Fabric Cube in a Cube (2 Microsoft Employees with some great content, who are part of the Fabric Customer Advisory Team) : (488) Guy in a Cube - YouTube Endjin : (488) endjin - YouTube Advancing Analytics : (488) Advancing Fabric - YouTube Other updates: Scale generative AI with new Azure AI infrastructure advancements and availability | Azure Blog | Microsoft Azure https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/azure-customer-stories-ai Chaos Studio updates https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-chaos-studio-supports-new-faults-for-app-service-and-virtual-machines/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-chaos-studio-is-now-available-in-southeast-asia-region/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-chaos-studio-has-userassigned-managed-identity-and-custom-role-assignment/ Load Testing Updates https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-load-testing-run-tests-for-up-to-24-hours/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-load-testing-create-and-manage-tests-and-test-runs-using-azure-cli/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-load-testing-run-tests-with-100000-virtual-users/
Fri, 11 Aug 2023 - 383 - Episode 468 - WordPress on Azure App Service
This week Cale talks to Radhika Bollineni, Engineering Manager for Wordpress on App Service, about how to easily create WordPress sites in your Azure subscription to publish your content, using just a few clicks in the Marketplace. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode468.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/rO8xicLKKow Documentation: https://github.com/Azure/wordpress-linux-appservice Marketplace offering: https://ms.portal.azure.com/#create/WordPress.WordPress Other links and resources referred to in this episode: Microsoft Dev Box is now generally available Announcing Azure Managed Lustre for your HPC and AI workloads Microsoft Cost Management updates—June 2023 Supercharge your skills with Microsoft CLX tracks for Azure Explore the benefits of Azure OpenAI Service with Microsoft Learn
Fri, 28 Jul 2023 - 382 - Episode 467 - OneStream's plans for becoming more cloud native on Azure
After talking to Ryan Berry a little while back about OneStream's journey to Azure, the team catches back up with him to hear about how their architecture will evolve in the future to be more Cloud Native. In addition, they discuss the challenges of rearchitecting a pre-existing product when you cannot afford the have dual stacks running at the same time. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode467.mp3 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D4x7jDjs-8 Resources Corporate Performance Management Software | OneStream Software Links to updates mentioned at the top of the show Azure AD is becoming Microsoft Entra ID Public preview: Ingest events from Azure Event Hubs to Azure Monitor Logs General availability: Azure Data Explorer adds support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and CosmosDB SQL external tables Azure cross-region Load Balancer is now generally available Public preview: Azure Virtual Network encryption
Fri, 14 Jul 2023 - 381 - Episode 466 - Open AI
Cloud Solution Architect, Dr. Linda Sheard, joins Russell and Sujit for a primer on Azure Open AI. Linda breaks down the service and provides context on how it can be used for the typical scenario where a customer wants to reason over their own data. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode466.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/nDcIWvHa43s Resources: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/openai/overview Other updates: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/tutorial-registry-cache
Fri, 07 Jul 2023 - 380 - Episode 465 - Functions on Azure Container Apps
Evan and Sujit talk to Principal PM Ramya Oruganti about the release of Functions as a first class managed service on Azure Container Apps. She tells us how this opens up possibilities for event-driven applications on ACA with full support for KEDA, Bindings, Dapr, GitHub Actions etc. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode465.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/0XR0PJuB_ko Resources: https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-on-container-apps https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/azure-functions-for-cloud-native-microservices-public-preview/ba-p/3826800 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-deploy-container-apps?tabs=acr%2Cbash&pivots=programming-language-csharp Other updates: Understanding Service Health communications for Azure vulnerabilities | Azure Blog | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Assess impact of service retirements workbook template in Azure Advisor | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Wed, 28 Jun 2023 - 379 - Episode 464 - Azure Deployment Environments
Cale and Russell talk to the Microsoft Program Manager for DevBox and Azure Deployment Environments, Sagar Chandra Reddy Lankala, about how Azure Deployment Environments can enable rapid deployment of on-demand dev/test environments while providing governance, security and cost management - plus some more updates from Microsoft Build 2023! Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode464.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/IsgQVMIkhRc Sagar's links: GA blog - https://aka.ms/ade-ga-blog Sign up for Terraform support - https://aka.ms/ade-terraform-signup LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sagarchandrareddy Other updates mentioned in this episode: Public preview: Introducing NGads V620-series VMs optimized for cloud gaming | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Generally available: Azure Data Explorer Kusto Emulator on Linux | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Explore the latest features for Datadog—An Azure Native ISV Service Microsoft Cost Management updates—May 2023 Microsoft has made Azure Linux generally available. Repeat, Azure Linux Azure OpenAI Service - Documentation, quickstarts, API reference - Azure Cognitive Services | Microsoft Learn Azure Deployment Environments | Microsoft Azure About Azure App Spaces | Microsoft Learn Introducing Azure API Center for Centralized API Discovery and Governance (microsoft.com) GitHub Advanced Security for Azure Devops
Thu, 08 Jun 2023 - 378 - Episode 463 - OneStream's journey to Azure
The team catches up with Ryan Berry to learn about OneStream's journey to Azure. They talk about both the benefits and pitfalls and why Ryan is happy OneStream in running in Azure. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode463.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Um4rg4eKRuU Resources: https://www.onestream.com/blog/onestream-splash-dc-wows-attendees-with-ai-powered-cpm-capabilities/ Other updates: Public Preview – Data Migration for Oracle | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Build 2023: New Azure App Service plans fuel greater choice and savings | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure https://news.microsoft.com/build-2023-book-of-news/ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9265960
Mon, 05 Jun 2023 - 377 - Episode 462 - AKS LTS
Jorge Palma, the Lead PM for Azure Kubernetes Services, talks to Evan and Sujit about the Long-Term Support (LTS) version Kubernetes which provides support for 2 years. He tells us how this model works and who may benefit from this option. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode462.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/zmrOegThyCE Resources: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/azure-kubernetes-upgrades-and-long-term-support/ba-p/3782789 https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2023/04/18/join-microsoft-at-kubecon-and-cloudnativecon-europe-2023/
Thu, 25 May 2023 - 376 - Episode 461 - Azure ML with NVIDIA AI Acceleration
Russell and Sujit talk to Dave Salvator, Director of Accelerated Computing Products at NVIDIA, about a new offering in Azure via the Marketplace that will make it easier to get NVIDIA's software onto the Azure platform to make it easier for customers to take advantage of their GPU accelerated instances. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode461.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/HcAjq8jAzqo Resources: https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-collaborates-with-microsoft-to-accelerate-enterprise-ready-generative-ai Other Updates: Public preview: Azure Cold Storage | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Always Serve for Azure Traffic Manager | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: Inbound ICMPv4 pings are now supported on Azure Load Balancer | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Generally available: Azure Monitor Agent supports Linux Hardening for CIS and SELinux | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public Preview: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro for ASP.NET Core, JavaScript (Node.js), Python | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Transforming containerized applications with Azure Container Storage—now in preview | Azure Blog | Microsoft Azure
Tue, 23 May 2023 - 375 - Episode 460 - Alert Heart
Cale, Evan and Sujit talk to Neha Rathod, Garv Jasuja, Akshay Gupta and Vijay Chiluveru, who are Graduate Students at Penn State University that have developed a wireless monitoring device to detect cardiac arrest and alert the caretakers. We talk to them about how they developed the product and how Azure helped speed up the development. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode460.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/VQAVhLpzKCE Resources: https://alertheart.com/ https://www.psu.edu/news/engineering/story/engineering-graduate-students-named-finalists-microsoft-imagine-cup/ Other updates: Microsoft Build May 23 - 25 https://build.microsoft.com/en-US/home Public preview: Rolling Upgrades with MaxSurge for Virtual Machine Scale Sets | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Sat, 20 May 2023 - 374 - Episode 459 - AIOps
Evan and Sujit talk to Allison Jones, a Group PM for Azure's AIOps System Team. She gives us insights into how Microsoft uses AI/ML to analyze various signals from Azure to provide actionable information about the state of the platform. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode459.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ousa2qWQEiQ Resources: Blogs Advancing Azure Service quality with artificial intelligence: AIOps Advancing failure prediction and mitigation – introducing Narya Advancing safe deployment with AIOps – introducing Gandalf Advancing anomaly detection with AIOps – introducing AiDice Webinars AIOps webinar @ Harvard in Tech Seattle by Dongmei Zhang, Marcus Fontoura, Murali Chintalapati, and Igal Figlin AIOps Distinguished Industry Lecture by Mark Russinovich at Carneige Mellon University In addition, the customer can learn more about cutting edge AIOps solutions across industry through participation of Cloud Intelligence / AIOps workshop. Other updates: Generally available: Azure Monitor alerts now suggests signals to alert on | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Azure Advisor VM/VMSS right-sizing recommendations with custom lookback period | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-serverless-sql-for-azure-databricks/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-azure-event-hubs-dedicated-selfserve-scalable-clusters-for-mission-critical-kafka-amqp-and-https-workload/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-ebsv5-and-ebdsv5-nvmeenabled-vm-sizes/
Tue, 09 May 2023 - 373 - Episode 458 - Integration Patterns
Elizabeth Graham, a Senior Software Engineer in the Commercial Software Engineering group at Microsoft, talks to Evan and Sujit about the various options we have for integrating external systems with Azure. She talks about how messages, files and other input forms can be ingested and processed with some of the services available in Azure. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode458.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/NekugFAh2x8 Resources: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/integration/integration-start-here Data Mapper Other updates: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-service-fabric-91-third-refresh-release-2/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-crossregion-service-endpoints-for-azure-storage/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azurefilessmblinuxad/
Fri, 28 Apr 2023 - 372 - Episode 457 - Data API Builder
The team talks to Ayush Agarwal, Davide Mauri, and Sean Leonard to learn about how the open-source Data API Builder can be used to quickly and easily create CRUD APIs on top of multiple database platforms in Azure for use in many types of applications and languages. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode457.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/pgvMa3tFg7s Resources: https://aka.ms/dab Other updates: Public Preview: In-place scaling for enterprise caches | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Hotpatch now available for Windows Server VMs on Azure with desktop experience | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Node Resource Group (NRG) lockdown | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-kubernetes-126-support-in-aks/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-aks-service-mesh-addon-for-istio/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-long-term-support-version-in-aks/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/app-service-environment-v1-v2-retirement/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/unleash-the-power-of-apis-strategies-for-innovation/
Mon, 24 Apr 2023 - 371 - Episode 456 - Azure Programmable Connectivity
Evan and Sujit talk to Ricardo Villarreal about the new ability to built network-aware applications in Azure. APC provides a unified abstraction layer for accessing network APIs—such as edge discovery, quality on demand, and device location—consistently across operators and connectivity methods. Ricardo offers compelling use-cases for these new APIs in Azure and tips to get started. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode456.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/2XWy2X0WXCQ Resources: https://aka.ms/apcblog Other updates: New Azure for Operators products and partner programs released | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: New enhanced connection troubleshoot | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Database connections support in Azure Static Web Apps | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public Preview: Performance Plus for Azure Disk Storage | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General Availability: Performance workbooks for Azure PostgreSQL - Flexible Server | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public Preview: PgBouncer monitoring metrics for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Sat, 25 Mar 2023 - 370 - Episode 455 - Azure ML in the real world
In this episode we chat with Andrés Padilla and Meer Alam about practical use of AI and ML systems. Examples of this are discussed around autonomous drone / delivery models and the various components in Azure that make this a seamless, scalable and sustainable experience. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode455.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/0Y_jeCWZn38 Resources: https://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/1569428314103514552-drone-express-travel-transportation-azure-en-united-states https://github.com/Azure/KAN Other updates: Azure Disks Standard SSD billable transaction cap blog (microsoft.com) Public preview: Login and TDE-enabled database migrations with Azure Database Migration Service | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General Availability: Customer Initiated Storage Account Conversion | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure ChatGPT is now available in Azure OpenAI Service | Azure Blog and Updates | Microsoft Azure Teams premium - conversation recap, chapters, etc.; Viva Sales, Bing Chat Public preview: Azure Cognitive Service for Vision Powers State-of-the-Art Computer Vision Development | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Image captioning, customisation, improved learning, smaller datasets, higher quality. Public preview: Illumio for Azure Firewall | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Zero Trust segmentation; single holistic view of traffic with real time visibility of interaction and dependencies; test firewall changes before deploying; across all 3 skus of firewall Public Preview: Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports querying PromQL | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Use promql to define alerts to view in the portal Generally available: App Insights Extension for Azure Virtual Machines and VM Scale Sets | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Installs an agent to your VM through PS, triggered by the portal https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-to-showcase-purposebuilt-ai-infrastructure-at-nvidia-gtc/
Mon, 20 Mar 2023 - 369 - Episode 454 - Sustainability and Azure
Our guest this week, Paul Henwood joins Kendall and Russell to talk about many different aspects of sustainability, and how Azure embraces and supports customers with their sustainability goals. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode454.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/HSPeE6Hpmns Sustainability Resources: Microsoft Sustainability - Products for a Sustainable Future What is Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability? | Microsoft Learn Calculating My Carbon Footprint - Microsoft Sustainability Sustainability workload documentation - Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework | Microsoft Learn Green Software Foundation | GSF Azure Update Links: General availability: Azure Data Explorer Dashboards | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public Preview: Azure Communication Services Chat for Bot Framework | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-February 2023 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Azure Backup: Enhanced experience for creating and managing private endpoints for Recovery Services vaults is now available | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Wed, 22 Feb 2023 - 368 - Episode 453 - In the Real World - How Azure Networking Support uses Azure to support Azure customers
Ryan Bostelmann joins the Azure Podcast team to share how the Azure Support function use Azure and Power Platform to be more efficient and deliver a better customer service. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Edpisode453.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/mIYTsy6jwVQ Links: Power Apps: What is Power Apps? - Power Apps | Microsoft Learn Power Automate: Get Started with Power Automate Logic Apps: Overview - Azure Logic Apps Azure Functions: Azure Functions Overview Azure Pipelines: What are Azure Pipelines? Choose the right integration and automation services in Azure:
Tue, 07 Feb 2023 - 367 - Episode 452 - Streamlining DevOps with Bicep
The team catches up with April Edwards to learn about the benefits of using Bicep to deploy Azure resources. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode452.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/FhniwXjDBe0 Resources: IaC Blog: Infrastructure as Code - comparing tools (microsoft.com) MS Learn path for BIcep: Learn Live: Use Bicep to deploy your Azure infrastructure as code - Events | Microsoft Learn Learn Live: Building your first Bicep Template: Learn Live - Build your first Bicep template - YouTube Learn Live: Build Your First Bicep Deployment Workflow using GitHub Actions : Learn Live - Build your first Bicep deployment workflow by using GitHub Actions - YouTube Other updates: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-automation-extension/ Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer Synapse Link | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability of Azure OpenAI Service expands access to large, advanced AI models with added enterprise benefits https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/general-availability-of-azure-openai-service-expands-access-to-large-advanced-ai-models-with-added-enterprise-benefits Public preview: Capture Event Hubs data with Stream Analytics no-code editor in Delta Lake format | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Thu, 26 Jan 2023 - 366 - Episode 451 - Landing Zones
Jack Tracey, a Cloud Solutions Architect from the Customer Architecture and Engineering team talks to us about the work his team does to create the Landing Zones which can form the foundation for any well-designed Azure platform. He explains what they are and best practices to consume them in your cloud strategy. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode451.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/6Nfeaw9uELQ Resources: https://aka.ms/alz https://aka.ms/alz/tailoring https://aka.ms/alz/tf https://aka.ms/alz/bicep Other updates: Private Preview: Featured Clothing | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public Preview: IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC) is now certified with ServiceNow Tokyo version | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: Apache log4J2 sink to Azure Data Explorer | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Fri, 13 Jan 2023 - 365 - Episode 450 - Twitter Live Spaces Discussion
In an Azure Podcast team first, we all got together on Twitter Live Spaces, with a handful of live listeners to see how well this medium works. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode450.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/1SIRBCWR0YI Public Preview: Build a business case with Azure Migrate Generally Available: Azure Functions support for Java 17 Generally Available: Durable Functions support for Java | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: Improved geo-replication for Azure Cache for Redis | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure ->speed, metrics, one-click failover, global cache URL Learn how Microsoft datacenter operations prepare for energy issues Microsoft Azure CLX: A personalized program to learn Azure Forrester study finds 228 percent ROI when modernizing applications on Azure PaaS Public preview: Build a business case with Azure Migrate
Tue, 20 Dec 2022 - 364 - Episode 449 - Java Jakarta EE Applications
Reza Rahman, a Principal Program Manager for Java on Azure, talks to us about the work his team has done to enable customers using legacy Java frameworks to easily migrate to Azure or modernize in a variety of ways. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode449.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/OqjDtcT6c9E Resources: https://speakerdeck.com/reza_rahman/why-jakarta-ee-developers-are-first-class-citizens-on-azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/java/ee/ https://aka.ms/migration-survey Other updates: Public preview: Call automation capabilities for Azure Communication Services | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Improve speech-to-text accuracy with Azure Custom Speech https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/improve-speechtotext-accuracy-with-azure-custom-speech/ Microsoft and Isovalent partner to bring next generation eBPF dataplane for cloud-native applications in Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-and-isovalent-partner-to-bring-next-generation-ebpf-dataplane-for-cloudnative-applications-in-azure/ Microsoft Cost Management updates—November 2022 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-cost-management-updates-november-2022/ Free Services | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Azure SQL Trigger for Azure Functions | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Fri, 09 Dec 2022 - 363 - Episode 448 - Azure and OSS
Sarah Novotny joins us on the show again, this time to tell us all about the collaboration that happens with Azure in Open Source Software. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode448.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/XwkyxBq0KL4 Resources: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/11/16/microsoft-contributes-s2c2f-to-openssf-to-improve-supply-chain-security/ https://github.com/microsoft/fluidframework https://devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365dev/fluid-framework-is-now-open-source/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2022/10/12/microsoft-365-at-ignite-re-energize-your-workforce-in-the-office-at-home-and-everywhere-in-between/?culture=en-us&country=US https://microsoft.github.io/CBL-Mariner/docs/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/kubernetes-service/#overview https://github.blog/2022-10-25-why-were-excited-about-the-sigstore-general-availability/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/container-registry-tutorial-sign-build-push Other updates: Azure Resource Manager — Migrating to TLS 1.2 with Deprecation of Outdated Security Protocols | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: DR secondary free with SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Qualys SSL Labs - SSL Pulse Public preview: Cross Subscription Restore for Azure Virtual Machines | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Azure Bastion now support shareable links | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public Preview: Use Azure Quota Rest APIs to manage service limits (quotas) | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Thu, 01 Dec 2022 - 362 - Episode 447 - DDOS Protection on Azure
Sujit and Evan are joined by Amir Dahan, Senior Product Manager for Networking at Microsoft, to discuss Azure DDOS protection. Media File: Episode447.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/B_TNr6c2F9o Other Updates Use managed identities with Azure Front Door Standard/Premium (Preview) | Microsoft Learn Azure Machine Learning—Generally availability updates for November 2022 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: New cost recommendations for Virtual Machine Scale Sets | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Wed, 16 Nov 2022 - 361 - Episode 446 - Security & L7 DDoS protection @ Edge, DNS Security, and Private DNS
Azure Networking Engineering Manager Abhishek Tiwari joins us once again, this time to talk about all of the work his team has done to add L7 and DDOS protection at the Edge and the enhancements in the DNS Service to make it more secure. Media: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode446.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/yTtchBGLsKg Other updates: General availability: Default Rule Set 2.1 for Azure Web Application Firewall | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server will be deprecated 30 September 2024 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: Azure Automation supports Availability zones | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Generally available: Static Web Apps support for preview environments in Azure DevOps | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Sun, 13 Nov 2022 - 360 - Episode 445 - SAP for Azure Landing Zone Accelerator
Cynthia, Sujit and Russell discuss the SAP for Azure Land Zone Acclerator with Pankaj Meshram from the Microsoft Product team, and Matt Ely from Microsoft's Global Partner Solutions CSA team. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode445.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/m1FPIp0mWDo SAP on Azure Landing Zone Resources: SAP on Azure Deployment Automation Framework SAP on Azure Landing Zone Accelerator SAP Deployment Automation Framework Other updates: Public preview: Vertical Pod Autoscaler | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Mariner container optimized OS | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: New Azure Maps Creator feature - Dataset with GeoJSON | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Generally available: Logic Apps Standard Support for Functions Runtime V4 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: SAP S/4HANA events are now available on Azure Event Grid | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Generally available: Azure Communication Services short code functionality for SMS | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sharing-the-latest-improvements-to-efficiency-in-microsoft-s-datacenters/
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 - 359 - Episode 444 - Azure Innovations
The team gets together with Mark Eisenberg, Cloud Solutions Architect and frequent guest on the podcast, to analyze the various Innovations in Azure that were announced my Mark Russinovich at the recent Ignite conference. The discussions range from data center hardware to quantum computing. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode444.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/8ycwq-PGl4g Ignite session: Inside Azure Innovations with Mark Russinovich (microsoft.com) Other updates: Public preview: Microsoft Azure Deployment Environments | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Image Analysis 4.0 with new API endpoint and OCR model in preview https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/image-analysis-40-with-new-api-endpoint-and-ocr-model-in-preview/ Azure Scales 530B Parameter GPT-3 Model with NVIDIA NeMo Megatron https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-scales-530b-parameter-gpt3-model-with-nvidia-nemo-megatron/ App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024 App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Mon, 31 Oct 2022 - 358 - Episode 443 - 5G Modern Connected Apps
The team talks to Cesar De la Torre Llorente, a Principal Architect in the Azure team, about the new style of applications that leverage the 5G wireless network and are managed by Azure. This enables new scenarios running apps on factory floors, smart buildings, stadiums etc. and opens up new microservice style architectures that are all controlled via Azure. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode443.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/ghgionI4GZg Resources: Link created especially for our Azure Podcast listeners https://aka.ms/AzurePodcast5G Other updates: Generally available: 5,000 node scale in AKS | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: Confidential VM option for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Azure Resource Topology | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Enable flow logging using Azure ExpressRoute Traffic Collector (Preview) | Microsoft Learn https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-storage-blog/azure-elastic-san-in-preview/ba-p/3643414 General availability: OpenTelemetry exporter for Azure Data Explorer | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: Azure savings plan for compute | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure In development: Introducing ExpressRoute Metro | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: Azure Monitor predictive autoscale for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 - 357 - Episode 442 - Azure IP Services
The team catches up with Brian Lehr to take a look at the range of IP services available in Azure. Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode442.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/weTl6r63qYo Resources: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/ip-services-overview (IP Services Overview) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/custom-ip-address-prefix (BYOIP) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/routing-preference-overview (Routing Preference) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/ipv6-overview (IPv6 Overview) Other updates: Generally available: Backup and restore updates for App Service | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Automatic backup for App Service Environment V2 and V3 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: Smart tiering to vault-archive tier for Azure Backup | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Distributed PostgreSQL comes to Azure Cosmos DB - Azure Cosmos DB Blog (microsoft.com) Public preview: Azure Resource Topology | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: New Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set and Spot Virtual Machines capabilities | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Tue, 18 Oct 2022 - 356 - Episode 441 - Databricks Accelerator for Azure Purview
The team catches up with the developers of the Databricks Accelerator for Azure Purview to learn when, where, and why you might use it. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode441.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/W9Dyb6E5eKk Resources: The Databricks to Purview Solution Accelerator Repo: microsoft/Purview-ADB-Lineage-Solution-Accelerator: A connector to ingest Azure Databricks lineage into Microsoft Purview (github.com) Demo Deployment Quickstart: Purview-ADB-Lineage-Solution-Accelerator/deploy-demo.md at release/2.1 · microsoft/Purview-ADB-Lineage-Solution-Accelerator (github.com) YouTube Video overview: Demoing the Azure Databricks lineage solution accelerator in Microsoft Purview - YouTube The OpenLineage Repo: OpenLineage/OpenLineage: An Open Standard for lineage metadata collection (github.com) OpenLineage + Purview Blog: Microsoft Purview Accelerates Lineage Extraction from Azure Databricks | OpenLineage Other updates: Public preview: 128 vCore option for Azure SQL Database standard-series hardware | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure - 415 GB of memory Azure Basic Load Balancer will be retired on 30 September 2025—upgrade to Standard Load Balancer | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-and-int-deploy-ivaap-for-osdu-data-platform-on-microsoft-energy-data-services/ Azure Machine Learning—General availability updates for September 2022 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Azure Machine Learning—Public preview updates for September 2022 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Azure Firewall Basic | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure designed for SMB ; cost effective SKU https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/strengthen-your-security-with-policy-analytics-for-azure-firewall/
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 - 355 - Episode 440 - Azure and SAP - Better Together!
The team catches up with Holger Bruchelt to get an update SAP and why we now say "SAP and Azure" and not "SAP on Azure" Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode440.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/T70PrDkSQvI Resources: https://microsoft.com/SAP - Overall picture at SAP on Azure https://aka.ms/acss - This is THE central entry point for Azure Center for SAP Solutions Overview and architecture of the SAP CDC capabilities (preview) - Azure Data Factory – this is the new SAP CDC Connector for ADF https://youtube.com/SAPonAzure - our YouTube channel for SAP on Azure Other updates: Public preview: Customer initiated storage account conversion | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Microsoft Ignite - Oct 12-14th, UK will have some in person element in Manchester this year, and local events will also take place in France, Germany, Latin America, Japan and China; Showcase of the latest innovations from Microsoft and partners. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-netapp-files-new-regions-and-crossregion-replication/ Netapp Files now available in Korea South, Sweden Central Cross-region replication now in Korea Central/south, North Central US, East US 2, France Central and West Europe; Backup feature in public preview now expanded to SE Asia, UK South https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-unmanaged-disks-will-be-retired-on-30-september-2025/ Managed disks have now been available for several years (2017), and unmanaged discs are being retired - so you need to migrate before 30 sept 2025. Advantages of managed discs include reliability, scalability, capacity, bursting, shared discs, etc.
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