Jose Moreno a Customer Engineer in the FastTrack for Azure team joins Sujit and Russell to talk about Networking, and more specifically discusses best practices for Express Route configuration and monitoring with an eye on resiliency and performance.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode488.mp3

YouTube: https://youtu.be/KUhODMaQjEU

Resources:

• FastTrack for Azure: FastTrack for Azure – Technical Enablement FAQ | Microsoft Azure
• Azure ER Locations (not to confuse with Azure Regions): Locations and connectivity providers for Azure ExpressRoute | Microsoft Learn
• Azure Connection Monitor: Connection monitor overview - Azure Network Watcher | Microsoft Learn

Other updates:

• GA: Azure API Management Developer Portal Unveils Enhanced Features for Increased Developer Productivity
• Public Preview: Regional Disaster Recovery by Azure Backup for AKS
• TLS/TCP Proxy Preview

Cale, Cynthia, Evan, Kendall, and Sujit chat with Michael Zoller from Barracuda Networks about software defined wide area network and how it was built on Azure.

Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode345.mp3

Resources:

Simplify financial reporting with cost allocation—now in preview

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/simplify-financial-reporting-with-cost-allocation-now-in-preview/

View your Azure Cache for Redis data in new Visual Studio Code extension

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/view-your-azure-cache-for-redis-data-in-new-visual-studio-code-extension/

Automatic VM guest patching is now in public preview

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/automatic-vm-guest-patching-now-in-preview/

Azure Marketplace: CloudGen WAN Service:

https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/barracudanetworks.barracuda_cloudgenwan?tab=Overview

Blog post CloudGen WAN:

https://blog.barracuda.com/2020/07/16/what-is-barracuda-cloudgen-wan/

Barracuda CloudGen WAN Announcement:

https://www.barracuda.com/news/article/810#.X1oEvYtS-Co

Barracuda main website:

https://www.barracuda.com/products/cloudgenwan?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=40855

Blog Post Microsoft: Yousef Khalidi Corporate Vice President, Azure Networking

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/running-sdwan-virtual-appliances-natively-in-azure-virtual-wan/

NVA-in-the-hub Announcement:

https://www.microsoft.com/azure/partners/videos/azure-networking-services

Barracuda Campus: technical documentation for CloudGen WAN

https://campus.barracuda.com/product/cloudgenwan/doc/91980633/overview

We talk with Ganesh Srinivasan, a Senior PM in the Azure team who manages the VPN and Express Route services that open the door for all sorts of interesting hybrid cloud/on-premises scenarios.

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode72.mp3

Other links:

Container Blog Posts:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2015/04/08/microsoft-announces-new-container-technologies-for-the-next-generation-cloud.aspx

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/04/08/microsoft-unveils-new-container-technologies-for-the-next-generation-cloud

Nano Blog Post:

                http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2015/04/08/microsoft-announces-nano-server-for-modern-apps-and-cloud.aspx