Deep Kapur, a Microsoft PM on the Azure team, gives us an great refresher on Service Fabric and breaks down the new Service Fabric Mesh offering for us.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode241.mp3

Some links:
http://aka.ms/servicefabricdocs - learn more about Service Fabric
http://aka.ms/servicefabricmesh - learn more about Mesh
http://aka.ms/tryservicefabric - free clusters to party on!
https://github.com/microsoft/service-fabric - our GitHub codebase

https://twitter.com/deepkkapur

Other updates:

Azure HDInsight Interactive Query: Ten tools to analyze big data faster
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-hdinsight-interactive-query-ten-tools-to-analyze-big-data-faster/

Ethereum Proof-of-Authority on Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/ethereum-proof-of-authority-on-azure/

Microsoft Ignite – now with more code
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-ignite-now-with-more-code/

Azure.Source – Volume 43
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-source-volume-43/

Interested in deploying your Linux or containerized web app in an Azure Virtual Network? The Azure App Service team is excited to announce the general availability of Linux on Azure App Service…
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/linux-on-azure-app-service-environment-now-generally-available/

Windows Server Containers in Web App are now available in public preview! Web App for Containers is catered towards developers who want to have more control over what is installed in their containers.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-public-preview-of-windows-container-support-in-azure-app-service/

Instance size flexibility for Azure Reserved VM Instances is now generally available. Instance size flexibility is a new feature that is applicable to all new and existing Azure Reserved VM Instance purchases.
Instance size flexibility can:
 • Simplify the management of Azure Reserved VM Instances
 • Avoid the need to exchange or cancel a reserved VM instance to apply its benefit to other virtual machines within the same Azure RI VM group and region
 • Help further reduce costs in many scenarios
 • Automatically apply Azure RI benefits that have been purchased to other VMs within the same group and region
This feature applies to both Windows and Linux Azure Virtual Machines. For general information regarding this new Azure RI feature please visit the Azure Reserved VM Instances Webpage.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/reserved-vm-instances/

The guys talk to Todd Abel, a PM in the Azure Service Fabric team, about some considerations for using Service Fabric in real world scenarios.

Todd has shared his 'best practices' deck and some hands on labs that you can try.

https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtdXA-T4UyqjnI4kSqtSUT8b_7cojw

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode133.mp3

(First couple of minutes the sound quality is slightly degraded but the rest of the episode is fine. Sorry)

Other updates:

Azure HDInsight application platform: Install solutions built for the Apache Hadoop ecosystem
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-hdinsight-application-platform-install-solutions-built-for-the-apache-hadoop-ecosystem/

Two more things to keep your costs on track in DevTest Labs
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/keep-your-cost-on-track-in-devtestlabs/

Updated high availability and disaster recovery app design guidance
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/updated-high-availability-and-disaster-recovery-app-design-guidance/

DNS security appliances in Azure
 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/dns-security-appliances-in-azure/

Version 1.1 of Solidity Extension released
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/caleteet/2016/06/19/version-1-1-of-solidity-extension-released/
https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/96221853-33c4-4531-bdd5-d2ea5acc4799

Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 and .NET Core 1.0 Available Now
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2016/06/27/visual-studio-2015-update-3-and-net-core-1-0-available-now/

Based on some feedback from a Twitter follower, Cale and Sujit do a bit of a deep dive on Azure Service Fabric.

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode108.mp3

Other updates:

Microsoft Azure Stack: Hardware requirements for preview release
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-azure-stack-hardware-requirements-for-preview-release/

September update for Web Apps and App Service environments in the Azure Preview Portal
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/september-update-for-web-apps-and-app-service-environments-in-the-azure-preview-portal/

Backing up DocumentDB Databases
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/backing-up-documentdb-databases/

Just FYI - Support Ending for the .NET Framework 4, 4.5, 4.5.1 @ January 12, 2016
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/deva/archive/2015/12/22/just-fyi-support-ending-for-the-net-framework-4-4-5-4-5-1-january-12-2016.aspx

Open Source + Azure (series)
https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/TechNet+Radio/TechNet-Radio-Part-1-Open-Source--Azure-Building-Linux-in-the-Cloud

FREE! Online training on Azure Big Data/Machine Learning
https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/implementing-big-data-analysis-8311?l=gOOGH0Yy_4304984382

Sujit and Evan talk about Azure Service Fabric, the soon-to-be-released PaaS model that works both in the cloud and on-premises.

 Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode95.mp3

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/campaigns/service-fabric