Cale, Cynthia, Kendall, and Russell speak with Senior PM Stephanie Krieger on what Azure Data Box Edge is, how we can get our hands on one, and some use cases that have been utilizing the computing powers at the intelligent edge.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode291.mp3

Transcript: https://eus2.videoindexer.ai/accounts/e0eee289-7730-4999-978b-eb7f63be8cb5/videos/dbdfaaaf3e/?location=EUS2

Resources

• Here is the link to the Intelligent Edge Patterns site that has the code and architecture for the retail out-of-stock (void detection) scenario
• Here is the link to the brief Olympus video about exploring AI on the Edge with Data Box Edge
• Data Box Edge technical docs

Other updates:

Azure Dedicated Host in Preview - A new Azure service that provides physical servers that host one or more Azure virtual machines. The server is dedicated to your organization and workloads.

Network security group improvements—ICMP support and override default Azure platform considerations

Cross-tenant management is now supported in Azure Security Center
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security-center/security-center-cross-tenant-management 

Moving your VMware resources to Azure is easier than ever
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/moving-your-vmware-resources-to-azure-is-easier-than-ever/

We’re making Azure Archive Storage better with new lower pricing
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/we-re-making-azure-archive-storage-better-with-new-lower-pricing/

Improved developer experience for Azure Blockchain development kit
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/improved-developer-experience-for-azure-blockchain-development-kit/

Introducing Azure Dedicated Host
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/ blog/introducing-azure-dedicated-host/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/samples/azure-intelligent-edge-patterns/

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/us-partner-blog/2019/07/24/mill5-and-olympus-use-azure-data-box-edge-to-expedite-ai-innovation-in-healthcare/

Cynthia and Sujit discuss their experiences using App Service for Linux with some tips to get started and what to watch out for.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode290.mp3

Transcript: https://eus2.videoindexer.ai/accounts/e0eee289-7730-4999-978b-eb7f63be8cb5/videos/466596d4d8/?location=EUS2

Resources:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/containers/app-service-linux-intro

https://github.com/Azure-App-Service

Other updates:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-security-center-launched-new-sql-recommendations/

New Analytics reports and Azure Boards app available for Slack
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/new-analytics-reports-and-azure-boards-app-for-slack/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/network-security-group-improvements-now-available/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-blob-lifecycle-management-is-now-available-in-all-azure-regions/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-monitor-for-containers-prometheus-integration-is-now-in-preview/

Cale and Sujit talk to Senior Software Engineer Eugene Chuvyrov about the partnership between HashiCorp and Microsoft and how customers can benefit by leveraging HashiCorp's products on Azure. He dives into Terraform, Consul and Vault and provides some nice tips on how and why customers should use these products on Azure.

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Resources:

Microsoft and HashiCorp integration announcements
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/expanding-the-hashicorp-partnership/

Terraform Registry
https://registry.terraform.io/

Terraform for Azure Doc Hub
https://aka.ms/tfhub

Terraform for Azure Examples
https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-azurerm/tree/master/examples

Senior Software Engineer Romit Girdhar and Senior PM Tolu Agunbiade dive into the new Oracle-Azure Cloud Partnership that has opened up a world of possibilities for customers that use the benefits of both clouds for applications that run on Azure but rely on Oracle databases, software and services.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode288.mp3

Transcript: https://eus2.videoindexer.ai/accounts/e0eee289-7730-4999-978b-eb7f63be8cb5/videos/412422f41d/?location=EUS2

Resources:

Public Announcements:
 
Oracle Press Release: https://www.oracle.com/corporate/pressrelease/microsoft-and-oracle-to-interconnect-microsoft-azure-and-oracle-cloud-060519.html
Microsoft Press Release: https://news.microsoft.com/2019/06/05/microsoft-and-oracle-to-interconnect-microsoft-azure-and-oracle-cloud/
 
Landing pages:
 
https://www.oracle.com/cloud/oci-azure.html
https://aka.ms/oracleonazure
 
Technical Content:
 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-oci-overview
https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/iaas/Content/Network/Concepts/azure.htm
https://cloud.oracle.com/iaas/whitepapers/deploy_peoplesoft_jdedwards_across_oci_azure.pdf
https://cloud.oracle.com/iaas/whitepapers/deploy_oracle_retail_merchandising_suite_across_oci_azure.pdf 
https://cloud.oracle.com/iaas/whitepapers/deploy_ebusiness_suite_across_oci_azure_sso_oam.pdf 
https://cloud.oracle.com/iaas/whitepapers/deploy_ebusiness_suite_across_oci_azure_sso_idcs.pdf
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/oracle-cloud-tutorial

Other updates: 

Ephemeral OS disks for Azure VMs

Ephemeral OS disks are created on the local virtual machine (VM) storage and not saved to the remote Azure Storage. Ephemeral OS disks work well for stateless workloads, where applications are tolerant of individual VM failures, but are more affected by VM deployment time or reimaging the individual VM instances. With Ephemeral OS disk, you get lower read/write latency to the OS disk and faster VM reimage.

The key features of ephemeral disks are:

• Ideal for stateless applications.
• They can be used with both Marketplace and custom images.
• Ability to fast reset or reimage VMs and scale set instances to the original boot state.
• Lower latency, similar to a temporary disk.
• Ephemeral OS disks are free, you incur no storage cost for OS disk.
• They are available in all Azure regions.
• Ephemeral OS Disk is supported by Shared Image Gallery.

Loads of announcements this week due to inspire - I've put a few below, but it's not exhaustive.

Availability Zones support is now available for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in preview

Protect applications and data from datacenter failures with redundancies across Availability Zones. 

Blob API interoperability with Azure Data Lake Storage        Gen2 is now in preview

Proximity placement groups are now in preview

New 48vCPUs sizes for the Dv3, Dsv3, Ev3, Esv3, Fsv2, and Lsv2 Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) are now available so you can better match your workload requirements. 

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-preview-of-azure-data-share/ 

Introducing the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

The Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure provides end-to-end guidance, best practices, documentation, and tools that cloud architects, IT professionals, and business decision makers need to successfully achieve their objectives.

Cognitive Services Form Recognizer prebuilt capability

Form Recognizer learns the structure of your forms to intelligently extract text and data.

• Introducing Azure Lighthouse

Azure Lighthouse provides service providers with a single control plane to manage across customer estates with increased automation, efficiency, and governance.

Announcing Azure Migration Program

Azure Migration Program, which allows customers and partners to apply to work directly with Microsoft to plan and implement Azure migration projects, is now available. Using proven Microsoft cloud adoption methodologies, tools, resources, and best practices, you’ll simplify and accelerate your Azure cloud migration with an approach that’s tailored to your organization’s unique needs.

Azure Resource Graph is now generally available 

Azure Resource Graph, which enables exploration of your resources at scale, is now generally available for all Azure customers.

Anna Roth, a Senior PM in the Computer Vision team and Anand Raman, Group PM of Cognitive Services, join us for all the latest and greatest updates in Azure Cognitive Services.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode287.mp3

Transcription: https://eus2.videoindexer.ai/accounts/e0eee289-7730-4999-978b-eb7f63be8cb5/videos/0fdc09c624/?location=EUS2

Resources:

http://aka.ms/CognitiveServices
https://github.com/Azure-Samples

Other updates:

Thanks for 10 years and welcome to a new chapter in SQL innovation
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/thanks-for-10-years-and-welcome-to-a-new-chapter-in-sql-innovation/

Reducing overall storage costs with Azure Premium Blob Storage
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/reducing-overall-storage-costs-with-azure-premium-blob-storage/

What’s new in Azure Firewall
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/what-s-new-in-azure-firewall/

Previewing Azure SDKs following new Azure SDK API Standards
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/previewing-azure-sdks-following-new-azure-sdk-api-standards/

Azure DevOps adds new features including bi-directional traceability between Releases and Jira issues
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/bi-directional-traceability-between-releases-and-jira-issues/

The team talks to Frank Simorjay about the importance of securing the workstations and learns why if the workstation isn’t secure, then many of the other security controls become useless.

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Transcript: https://eus2.videoindexer.ai/accounts/e0eee289-7730-4999-978b-eb7f63be8cb5/videos/3efd880845/?location=EUS2

Resources: https://aka.ms/securedworkstation

Sujit, Kendall, and Cynthia talk with the one and only Richard Campbell on how to tell the cloud story, the conversations to have with customers as they enter the cloud and the implications of globally distributed cloud that needs to be considered. Probably one of our favorite shows.

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Kendall, Cynthia and Sujit talk with Abel Wang, Anthony Chu and Cecil Phillip on their respective focus areas on DevOps, Serverless and Students.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode284.mp3

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Sujit and Cynthia talk with VS & .NET Director, Scott Hunter, on how Microsoft is shifting paradigms in the Linux world and .NET development experience with Azure.

Audio file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode283.mp3 

Transcript: https://eus2.videoindexer.ai/accounts/e0eee289-7730-4999-978b-eb7f63be8cb5/videos/d7a742f921/

Cynthia talks with Sharad Agrawal on what Azure Front Door Service is, how to choose between Azure Front Door Service, CDN, Azure Traffic Manager and App Gateway, and how to get started.

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