Rob Vettor, a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, has a lot to say about Cloud Native Apps and tells us how to host them on Azure.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode385.mp3

YouTube: https://youtu.be/nZjUkAyt4Jc

Resources:

Cloud Native eBook: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/architecture/cloud-native/

Dapr eBook: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/architecture/dapr-for-net-developers/

DotNet Conf on Microservices – 6 hour training class (June 30th, 2020)
• Microservices Workshop Module 1: Introducing microservices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMDufMYAsmw&t=168s
• Microservices  Module 2: Modeling and architecting microservices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7MM21aIsqk
• Microservices  Workshop Module 3: Microservice communication https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL3Kxd4Auys
• Microservices Workshop Module 4: Deploying microservices to Kubernetes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G7NB4waGbk
• Microservices Workshop Module 5: Deploying service mesh to Kubernetes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwEfynnevEU
• Microservices Module 6: Distributed data https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kVmb747vfM

Blog: www.thinkingincloudnative.com

Other updates:

General availability: Azure Spring Cloud Pricing Model Change | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

Public preview: Azure Spring Cloud New Relic One integration and additional feature updates | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

General availability: Application Insights integration with App Services for Java & Node.js apps | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

Public preview: Create AKS clusters without local user accounts | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

Public preview: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) smart defaults | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

Drive growth with the most partner-focused business platform

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/drive-growth-with-the-most-partnerfocused-business-platform/

Manage RDP and SSH connectivity at scale with Azure Bastion 

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/manage-rdp-and-ssh-connectivity-at-scale-with-azure-bastion/

Innovate from cloud to edge on your terms with Azure

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/innovate-from-cloud-to-edge-on-your-terms-with-azure/

Public preview: API Management and Event Grid integration 

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-api-management-and-event-grid-integration/

Principal Program Manager Cristina del Amo Casado talks to us about the Sae Deployment Practices framework and tools that are used to deploy software updates to millions of servers in Azure.

Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode384.mp3

YouTube: Episode 384 - Safe Deployment Practices - YouTube

Updates:

Announcing App Service Environment v3 GA

Public Preview: Form Recognizer container support

Advancing safe deployment with AIOps—introducing Gandalf

Cynthia, Evan and Sujit discuss some recent work with various Azure services that are noteworthy and interesting.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode383.mp3

YouTube: https://youtu.be/VqrntUY1FXQ

Brandy Brown and Sherryl Manalo, from the Commercial Software Engineering team at Microsoft share an innovative approach to reducing carbon emissions by using Spot VMs in Azure for data analytics workloads.

Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode382.mp3

YouTube: Episode 382 - Reducing carbon emissions with Spot VMs - YouTube

Resources:
GitHub Repo: https://github.com/hybridflux/SparkOnSpot/

Updates:

Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Arizona

Five more free services available with an Azure free account

Azure IoT Edge integration with Azure Monitor is now in public preview

We chat with Bharathram Sivaraman, Principal PM Manager of Azure Migrate on different pathways to migrate on-prem applications to the cloud. He walked us through the portal experience and explained the functionalities of app containerization, now available through Azure Migrate, which even looks through your existing environment to recommend a suitable container image.  

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode381.mp3

YouTube: https://youtu.be/zG5f2OAhzTg

Resources:

Learn more about Azure Migrate: https://aka.ms/azuremigrate

Learn more about Azure Migrate App Containerization: https://aka.ms/appcontainerization

Other updates:

 Advancing in-datacenter critical environment infrastructure availability
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/advancing-indatacenter-critical-environment-infrastructure-availability/
Azure API for FHIR enables health organizations to deliver CMS Patient Access and Provider Directory APIs
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-api-for-fhir-enables-health-organizations-to-deliver-cms-patient-access-and-provider-directory-apis/
Azure Virtual Desktop: The flexible cloud VDI platform for the hybrid workplace
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-virtual-desktop-the-desktop-and-app-virtualization-platform-for-the-hybrid-workplace/

Azure PM and #1 Fan of App Service Environment, Christina Compy talks to us about new ASE V3 which is currently being Previewed. She shares several key updates in the latest version and provides tips and guidance to use this SKU of App Services.

Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode380.mp3

YouTube: Azure Podcast - App Service Environment - YouTube

Resources:
ASEv3 preview announcement

ASEv3 overview 

ASEv3 march to GA blog

JBoss EAP video A fully managed Jakarta EE-certified platform

Updates:

Build cloud-native applications that run anywhere

The team is joined by Shawn Hakl, VP of Program Management for Azure for Operators to learn more about Azure's investments in products and services for the telecommunications industry.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode379.mp3

YouTube: Episode 379 Azure for Operators - YouTube

Resources:

O2 partners with Microsoft to develop Mobile Edge Computing capability within a Private 5G Network - O2 The Blue

Telefónica Tech partners with Microsoft to provide the industrial sector with private 5G connectivity and on-premises edge computing | News Detail | News | Press Office | Telefónica (telefonica.com)

https://mybuild.microsoft.com/home

Azure PM Jerry Steele gives us the inside scoop on the new VMSS Flexible Orchestration feature that is currently in Preview. He gives us a primer on VMSS and how the Flex updates take it to the next level.

Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode378.mp3

YouTube: Episode 378 - VMSS Flex - YouTube

Resources:

Find Jerry at @fjsteele

Docs can be found at aka.ms/vmss/docs

Updates:

Ground processing with space data 5x faster with Azure

Enable your mission-critical workloads with SUSE on Azure—sign up for SUSECON

General availability: Azure Key Vault SLA raised to 99.99%

The Azure Podcast hosters get together for a round-table discussion on NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) led by our resident Blockchain expert Cale Teeter. Cale explains what they are and why they are growing in importance. He also provides information on how Azure services such as compute and storage can help applications that want to leverage NFTs.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode377.mp3

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/5NT8cZUjB38

Resources:

https://www.cryptokitties.co/kitty/1338266

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrNOYudaMAc

Other resources:

Company officials are predicting that Microsoft will be building 50 to 100 new datacenters each year for the foreseeable future.

Microsoft currently operates more than 200 datacenters. Its currently operating and planned datacenters are located in 34 countries worldwide, networked with more than 165,000 miles of subsea cable, officials said. The company is expecting to add datacenters in at least 10 more countries in calendar 2021, with Malaysia being the most recently announced. Microsoft typically provides customers with  Azure, Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 services in all of its cloud datacenters.

And last month, officials pledged to offer Azure Availability Zones in every country in which Microsoft publicly operates by the end of calendar 2021, plus offering Availability Zones in all new Azure regions Microsoft launches going forward.

https://www.msn.com/en-US/money/other/microsoft-we-re-on-pace-to-build-50-to-100-new-datacenters-each-year

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-static-web-apps-is-now-generally-available/

The team for a chance to talk with David Giard, Sr. Software Engineer in Commerical Software Engineering about Azure Media Services - what it does, who should use it, and what type of events can take advantage of the capability that it offers.

Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode376.mp3

YouTube: Episode 376 - Azure Media Services - YouTube

Resources:

GCast - aka.ms/gcast

Updates:

New NPv1 virtual machines are now generally available

Public preview: AKS support for Secrets Store Container Storage Interface

Microsoft Azure Web PubSub service now in public preview

Microsoft acquires Kinvolk to accelerate container-optimized innovation