• Using ServiceBus Relay to bridge Azure and the Datacenter
• ADFS for security
• Windows Azure Pack
• Systems Center management
• The Paas model is the future

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode13.mp3

Windows Azure Pack - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn296435.aspx

Cloud OS commentary - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/02/microsoft_cloud_os_analysis

• Use cases
• Portal
• Service Management API
• Client libraries (Service Management)
• Native library (C++ devs)
• Power Shell
• Operations Logs
• Alert and Monitoring

Media File: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode12.mp3

LINKS:

The Windows Azure Pack Web Sites Easy Deploy tool:

• Creates a Windows Azure Pack Web Sites instance with Portal, databases, service plan and Web Sites
• Supports deployment through Hyper-V
• Not meant to be a production deployment tool.    

Prime Challenge  http://www.primechallenge.org/all-about-prime-numbers/

The Prime Challenge is the currently running competition to find huge multi-thousand digit prime numbers using Windows Azure. The biggest number that has been submitted so far is 3,200 digits. Feel free to enter to find a new undiscovered prime :)  Leveraging Windows Azure Big Data

Storage Library (C++) for Windows Azure (preview) 

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazurestorage/archive/2013/12/20/windows-azure-storage-client-library-for-cplusplus-preview.aspx

Copying blobs between storage accounts (Michael Washam)

http://michaelwasham.com/windows-azure-powershell-reference-guide/copying-vhds-blobs-between-storage-accounts/

Sample script for deploying a full SharePoint environment

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn175489.aspx#bkmk_createvm_ps1

http://www.cerebrata.com/products/azure-management-studio/introduction

• Episode 11Basics of Hadoop
• Definition of what "Big Data" it.
• How to provision a Hadoop Cluster
• What are jobs and why are they important?
• What is MS bringing that is different?

Media:  http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode11.mp3

LINKS

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/services/hdinsight/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsa-5LGx_IY

 9:50 is approximately when Ariel starts getting really excited. J

• What the heck is Media Services?
• Step back on streaming vs progressive download.
• How they be used in production cycle
• Transcoding options
• Cost

Media File: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode10.mp3

Links:  

Live Streaming on Azure (BETA):

http://azlivestreaming.codeplex.com/

Smooth Streaming Client SDK:  (on-demand and live smooth streaming with PlayReady DRM)

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/04423d13-3b3e-4741-a01c-1ae29e84fea6?SRC=Home

Windows Azure Read-Access Geo Redundant Storage is now in preview.

Windows Azure Read-Access Geo Redundant Storage (RA-GRS) provides read access of your secondary storage replica, when the storage account on the primary location is unavailable.

http://www.tuicool.com/articles/aMzY3e

Window Azure BizTalk Services: How to Get Started and When to Use It

http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2013/12/10/sql-server-2014-hybrid-cloud-scenarios-migrating-on-premises-sql-server-to-windows-azure-virtual-machines.aspx

http://blog.codit.eu/post/2013/12/15/Step-by-step-debugging-of-bridges-in-Windows-Azure-BizTalk-Services.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msftashwin/archive/2013/12/17/new-windows-azure-network-security-whitepaper-released.aspx

• What are the current service offerings
• Configuration
• Hardware and software options
• Hybrid possibilities
• Future
• Common mistakes and how to avoid them!

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode9.mp3

Links:

NetBond (MPLS to the Cloud)

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2013/sep13/09-18msattpr.aspx

Windows Azure Websites book (Tejaswi Redkar)

http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Azure-Web-Sites-Building/dp/1491003545?SubscriptionId=0JTCV5ZMHMF7ZYTXGFR2&tag=dyndepinc-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1491003545

http://www.troyhunt.com/2013/12/working-with-154-million-records-on.html

Video on the new Azure Service Bus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ru_Moo0yro

• Basic description of services
• Details on Messaging
• Queues
• Topics
• Relays
• Testing/Development
• When to use Service Bus over Azure Queues
• Limits
• Cost discussion
• ESB
• Tips from Support (Thanks Nathan Thangavelu!)

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode8.mp3

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18725576/connectionstatusbehavior-and-relaybinding

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/liveevents/windows-azure-web-sites-deep-dive-jump-start#?fbid=JENAnmyjyHu

Windows Azure Storage Known Issues (November 2013):

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazurestorage/archive/2013/11/23/windows-azure-storage-known-issues-november-2013.aspx

Windows Azure Tables Breaking Changes (November 2013):

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazurestorage/archive/2013/11/23/windows-azure-storage-breaking-changes-for-windows-azure-tables-november-2013.aspx

Free Ebook: Hybrid Cloud Management with System Center 2012 R2 App Controller:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/keithmayer/archive/2013/11/27/free-ebook-hybrid-cloud-management-with-system-center-2012-r2-app-controller.aspx?loc=zTS2z&prod=zSCz&tech=zCLz&prog=zOTprogz&type=zBLz&media=zBKz&country=zUSz#.UqB1nGYo6Uk

Little off the beaten path, but XboxLive levergaging Azure for Forza Motorsports 5 (Drivatar)

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/drivatar/default.aspx

http://www.examiner.com/article/how-forza-motorsport-5-will-be-utilizing-the-xbox-one-cloud

• Basics of the service offering
• What gaps this can fill?
• When to use this, when not.
• How we got here
• Developers?
• Tips and Tricks

Media File: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode7.mp3

Links:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2013/07/26/free-ebook-rethinking-enterprise-storage-a-hybrid-cloud-model.aspx

3rd-party SaaS integration - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn308588.aspx

• Multi-tenant versus Dedicated.
• What are the differences?
• Are there differences from on-premise SQL Server?
• Troubleshooting 
• Scale Out vs. Scale Up
• What about "other" database platforms

Media File: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode6.mp3

Links:

10 tools for Windows Azure

• Data Center Tour (long): http://cdn.globalfoundationservices.com/videos/Video_Data_Center_Long_Tour_8000k.wmv
• Data Center Tour (short): http://cdn.globalfoundationservices.com/videos/Video_Data_Center_Short_Tour_2000k.wmv
• Dublin Data Center Tour: http://cdn.globalfoundationservices.com/videos/Dublin%20Data%20Center%20Tour.wmv

• What is IAAS
• Basics of why IAAS is available/what gaps do they fill
• How much does this cost?
• How are these useful (scenarios)
• Management tools
• Tips/Tricks to using VMs effectively?
• Special guest Evan Basalik - Azure Support Specialist from Microsoft!

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode5.mp3

Links

Hot off the press - announced today - Visual Studio Online lets you edit an Azure Website directly from any modern browser (on any platform).
1) Go to the Azure Portal.

2) Pick a Site and click on the Configure tab.

3) Open the Dashboard - you will have the Edit in Visual Studio Online option.

WAAD - http://blogs.technet.com/b/ad/archive/2013/11/08/creating-and-managing-multiple-windows-azure-active-directories.aspx

'Capturing' Windows Server VMs - http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/windows/how-to-guides/capture-an-image/

We talk about some of the Storage options available in Windows Azure, specifically Blobs and Tables. We will cover Queues at a later episode when talking about the Service Bus.

• Blob Containers
• Programming
• Page/Block blobs
• Upload tools
• Local and Geo Replication
• Redundancy
• Security
• Tables - basic structure
• How to create your own table structures
• LINQ syntax for querying tables.
• REST API for storage access
• Current challenges using storage and some workarounds.

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode4.mp3

Updates

• Storage: Import/Export Hard Disk Drives to your Storage Accounts - securely ship hard disk drives to move data.
• VMs: New VM Gallery UI, ACL support for VIPs via portal;
• Web Sites: WebSocket and Remote Debugging Support
• Notification Hubs: Segmented customer push notification support with tag expressions
• TFS & GIT: Continuous Delivery Support for Web Sites + Cloud Services
• Developer Analytics and Monitoring: New Relic support for Web Sites + Mobile Services in partnership with New Relic with Windows Azure Management Portal making it really easy to configure.
• Service Bus: Support for partitioned queues and topics.
• Billing: New Billing Alert Service that sends emails notifications when your bill hits a threshold you define
• New Windows Azure Cache Service http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/services/cache/

Links

Windows Azure PowerShell CmdLets

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj152841.aspx 

Announcing the preview of a new Windows Azure service: Windows Azure Scheduler

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/services/scheduler/ 

http://alexandrebrisebois.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/create-database-diagrams-of-your-windows-azure-sql-databases/