Episode 315 - Spot VMs

by Evan Basalik February 19, 2020

Senior Azure PM Varun Shandilya talks to the team about Spot VMs and gives us some great tips on tricks on when and how to leverage these low-cost VM SKUs.

 

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode315.mp3

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Other updates:

Azure Key Vault—Private endpoints now available in preview
Updated: February 07, 2020
Establish a private connection between Azure Key Vault and other Azure services by using Azure Private Link, now available in preview for all public regions.

From <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/key-vault-private-endpoint/>

 

Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics sentiment analysis v3 now supports Korean
Updated: February 07, 2020
The sentiment analysis v3 feature of Cognitive Services Text Analytics now supports Korean in addition to English, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, German, and Dutch. 

From <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/sentiment-v3-preview-updates3/>


Backup Explorer is now in preview
Updated: February 07, 2020
Azure Backup now offers a new solution called Backup Explorer (in preview). Backup Explorer is a built-in Azure Monitor Workbook enabling you to have a single pane of glass to perform real-time monitoring across your entire backup estate on Azure.

From <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/backup-explorer-public-preview-2/>


Azure Stream Analytics—Machine learning–based anomaly detection functions
Updated: February 06, 2020
Easily add anomaly detection capabilities to your Stream Analytics jobs without the requirement to develop and train your own machine learning models. Ready-to-use unsupervised learning ML models are provided within the SQL language

From <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/machine-learningbased-anomaly-detection-functions-in-azure-stream-analytics-general-availability/>

Advancing safe deployment practices
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/advancing-safe-deployment-practices/

Check out Azure for Education.
 
Build, deploy, and manage applications with comprehensive Azure cloud services. Whether you’re a student getting started, an educator teaching advanced workloads, or just interested in building cloud-based skills in your community, we’ve got the cloud development resources you need.
 
Azure for Students
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/students/
 
Azure for Students FAQ
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/free-account-students-faq/
 
Azure for Students Starter FAQ
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/students-starter-faq/

 

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Episode 231 - IaaS VM options

by Cale Teeter June 1, 2018

Cynthia, Cale and Sujit chat about the plethora of IaaS VMs available and things to watch for when selecting the right VM SKU/Size.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode231.mp3

 

Other updates:

3 reasons why Azure’s infrastructure is secure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/3-reasons-why-azure-s-infrastructure-is-secure/

Azure Security Center can identify attacks targeting Azure App Service applications
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-security-center-can-identify-attacks-targeting-azure-app-service-applications/

VNet service endpoints for Azure database services for MySQL and PostgreSQL in preview
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/vnet-service-endpoints-for-azure-database-services-for-mysql-and-postgresql-in-preview/

Receiving and handling HTTP requests anywhere with the Azure Relay
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/receiving-and-handling-http-requests-anywhere-with-the-azure-relay/

New capabilities to enable robust GDPR compliance
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-capabilities-to-enable-robust-gdpr-compliance/

VSTS Visualize Progress
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/release-notes/2018/may-30-vsts#visualize-release-progress

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Episode 104 - Scaling to Infinity & Beyond

by Sujit D'Mello November 25, 2015

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Episode 96 - IaaS under Azure Resource Manager

by Evan Basalik October 1, 2015

We are joined by Mahesh Thiagarajan, a Senior PM in the Azure Compute team responsible for the work behind the new IaaS V2 service that runs under ARM. He discusses some of the enhancements in the VM-hosting service and reasons for the new model and how customers can migrate to this new service.

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode96.mp3

 

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Episode 69 - Free for all!

by Sujit D'Mello March 18, 2015

The guys talk about a number of topics including:

Row Hammer bug http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/03/exploiting-dram-rowhammer-bug-to-gain.html

Azure IoT Suite http://blogs.microsoft.com/iot/2015/03/16/microsoft-announces-azure-iot-suite/

Lack of PaaS in Azure Pack

Max connections in VMs

Favorite Azure Feature

Something in Azure that drives you crazy

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode69.mp3

 

Resources:

ECC - Error-correcting code

Azure RemoteApp PowerShell cmdlets are publically available

 

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Episode 66 - Gatekeeper Pattern for IaaS

by Evan Basalik February 25, 2015

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Episode 45 - Roundtable discussion on new Azure updates

by Sujit D'Mello September 24, 2014

The guys talk about the new 'D' series VMs, Mark Russinovich's promotion to CTO of Azure, Redis Cache and penetration testing your apps on Azure.

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http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode45.mp3

 

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Episode 44 - Docker & Kubernetes

by Sujit D'Mello September 17, 2014

We talk to Microsoft Azure consultant Andrew Weiss, who specializes on IAAS, on how to use Docker and Kubernetes on Azure.

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Episode 43 - Under the Covers

by Sujit D'Mello September 10, 2014

Evan talks to long-time Microsoftie John Gose who is the guy that is called when the Azure Infrastructure does not work as expected.

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Episode 16 - Troubleshooting IaaS

by Sujit D'Mello February 5, 2014
  • My VM disappeared!
  • I've been pwned!
  • My VM won't work!
  • I cannot access my VM!

 

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode16.mp3

 

Links: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2014/01/24/storage-price-match.aspx

 

Two new compute-intensive instances are now generally available for use with Windows Azure Cloud Services: 

  • A8: 8 virtual cores with 56 GB of RAM
  • A9: 16 virtual cores with 112 GB of RAM

 

Configuring of MIME types for dynamic and static content compression is now enabledfor Windows Azure Web Sites.

 

A great resource Script Centerat Windows Azure site.

 

Some of the scripts the library currently includes:

  • Create/Deploy a Windows Azure Virtual Machine with Two Data Disks
  • Quickly create dev-test VM on Azure running Visual Studio 2013 Pro|Premium|Ultimate, SQL Server 2012 Developer edition SP1 and SharePoint 2013 trial (MSDN subscription required).
  • Deploy Windows Azure VMs to an Availability Set and Load Balanced on an Endpoint
  • Create Two Windows Azure VMs (IIS Frontend and SQL Backend) & Deploy a Web App
  • Create Windows Azure VMs & Deploy in the Same Windows Azure Virtual Network
  • Stop Windows Azure Virtual Machines on a Schedule

 

WAAD White Papers: 

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36391&ocid=aff-n-we-loc--ITPRO40886&WT.mc_id=aff-n-we-loc--ITPRO40886

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dn547038.aspx


Endpoints and ACLs - Scripting
Endpoint and ACLs:
 
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/08/31/weekend-scripter-creating-acls-for-windows-azure-endpoints-part-1-of-2.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/08/31/weekend-scripter-creating-acls-for-windows-azure-endpoints-part-2-of-2.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/09/18/creating-acls-for-windows-azure-endpoints.aspx

 

Powershell
Export-AzureVM - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj152899.aspx
Get-AzureVNetConfig - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dn495309.aspx

 

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