Barry Luijbregts, a very well-known and respected Azure Developer, author and Pluralsight instructor, talks to us about the universal issue in Azure - which service should you use to run your app?

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode236.mp3

https://aka.ms/azurefordotnetdevs    Azure Quick Start Guide for .NET Developers
 
https://aka.ms/devsguide  The Developer’s Guide to Azure

Other updates:

Maven Plugin on Azure Web Apps
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/maven-deploy-java-apps-to-azure-with-tomcat-on-linux/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-event-hubs-and-service-bus-vnet-service-endpoints-in-preview/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/spoken-language-identification-in-video-indexer/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-search-announcing-the-general-availability-of-synonyms/

Cale and Sujit talk about the new style of applications that leverage AI, Blockchain and Big Data services in Azure.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode235.mp3

Other updates:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/log-analytics-solutions-network-security-goup-analytics-and-azure-web-apps-analytics-now-available-in-azure-quickstart-template-gallery/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-storage-static-web-hosting-public-preview/

Microsoft from GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit: New Azure innovations will advance the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-from-geekwire-cloud-tech-summit-new-azure-innovations-will-advance-the-intelligent-cloud-and-intelligent-edge/

The emerging big data architectural pattern
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/the-emerging-big-data-architectural-pattern/

Reasons why retail and consumer goods brands should address Artificial Intelligence today
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/reasons-why-retail-and-consumer-goods-brands-should-address-artificial-intelligence-today/

Azure Data Factory new capabilities are now generally available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-data-factory-new-capabilities-are-now-generally-available/

Longtime guest on the show, Bill Zack joins us along with colleague Aaron Ebertowski to talk about Azure Migrations.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/episode234.mp3

http://www.stratum-tech.com/
https://www.movere.io/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/migrate/migrate-overview

Bill's Blog post: Is Azure Adoption too easy? https://cloudyinnashville.com/2018/03/11/is-azure-adoption-too-easy/

Other updates:

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) GA – New regions, more features, increased productivity
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-kubernetes-service-aks-ga-new-regions-new-features-new-productivity/

Event trigger based data integration with Azure Data Factory
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/event-trigger-based-scheduling-in-azure-data-factory/

Immutable storage for Azure Storage Blobs now in public preview
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-immutable-blob-storage-now-in-public-preview/

Disaster Recovery solution for Azure IaaS applications
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/disaster-recovery-for-azure-virtual-machines-using-azure-site-recovery/

Column-Level Security is now supported in Azure SQL Data Warehouse
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/column-level-security-is-now-supported-in-azure-sql-data-warehouse/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/run-command
https://www.marketplace.org/2018/06/05/tech/make-me-smart-kai-and-molly/67-bitcoin-runs-network-trust

CryptoKitties  https://twitter.com/Windozer/status/996196708374761473?s=17

In this last of the shows recorded by our team at BUILD 2018, the guys talk to Senior Azure PM Jeff Hollan on all things IoT & Serverless.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode233.mp3

Continuing our sessions from BUILD 2018, here is a great discussion with Asir Selvasingh on running Java on Azure.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode232.mp3

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

 More goodness from BUILD 2018 - this time a great discussion with Paul Yuknewicz and Cesar De La Torre on moving apps to Azure

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode230.mp3

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode229.mp3

The first of many episodes recorded live at BUILD 2018.

Audio file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode228.mp3

Principal Software Engineer Richard Clawson from the Azure SRE team gives us the inside scoop on how his team keeps Azure running reliably.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode227.mp3

Other updates:

Standard public IP addresses are static IP addresses that offer zone resiliency. Assign them to network interfaces or standard internet-facing load balancers.

Global VNet Peering is available in all Azure public regions, excluding the China, Germany, and Azure Government regions.
 
SQL Data Warehouse Gen2 is generally available. Take advantage of five times the compute power and four times the concurrent queries.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/bring-the-power-of-serverless-to-your-iot-application-and-compete-for-cash-prizes/
Registration link: http://azurehacks.devpost.com/
Azure IoT on Serverless Hackathon
New to Azure? New to serverless? Worry not! Check out this quick sample on how to capture data from your devices or sensors, perform aggregation, filtering or some other custom processing on this data, and store it on a database.
$10,000 cash prize for the solution ranked 1st/ Azure Blog feature

AzCopy on Linux now generally available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azcopy-on-linux-now-generally-availble/

Microsoft extends AI support to PyTorch 1.0 deep learning framework
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-extends-ai-support-to-pytorch-1-0-deep-learning-framework/

Azure Marketplace new offers: April 1–15
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-marketplace-new-offers-for-april-1-15/

Microsoft Build: Come for the tech, stay for the party
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-build-come-for-the-tech-stay-for-the-party/