by Sujit D'Mello
July 20, 2024
The team catches up with Daniel Taylor and Bradley Ball of the Azure Fast Track team and learns about how Database Watcher can help customers better manage and debug their Azure SQL, Elastic Pools, SQL Managed Instances, and Hyperscale and the replicas.
Daniel and Bradley also share the really cool work they are doing helping Azure customers learn about Azure with their Tales from the Field YouTube channel, plus we hear about some upcoming events where you can see Daniel and Bradley in person!!!

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode500.mp3
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z_jBWLUBY9g
Resources:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-overview?view=azuresql
https://youtu.be/qr1Qxwao68M?si=mO24KZF3PAvTnnmn
Other updates:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/Guest-OS-Family-Retirement
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/cmk-for-backup-vaults-ga/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/Azure-Elastic-SAN-Feature-Updates
Azure classic resource providers will be retired on 31 August 2024 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
by Sujit D'Mello
July 12, 2024
by Sujit D'Mello
June 28, 2024
by Sujit D'Mello
June 15, 2024
Rishabh Tewari, a Software Engineer on the Azure team, gives us insights into Project Sirius. This is an upgrade to the Azure software that lights up Accelerated Connections for any resource that uses a network interface. Using a specialized SDN, customers and ISVs can achieve very high number of connections per second throughput across all of their Azure and non-Azure resources.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode497.mp3
YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZVgBBrRlZGQ
Resources:
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/nsdi23-bansal.pdf
Other updates:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-audit-logging-in-azure-api-management-developer-portal/
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/log-analytics-simple-mode
by Sujit D'Mello
June 6, 2024
by Sujit D'Mello
May 31, 2024
by Sujit D'Mello
May 23, 2024
by Sujit D'Mello
May 1, 2024
The team catches up with Priyanka Khare to learn about recent advancements in Azure Advisor and how customers can use Advisor to help ensure their workloads are more stable.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode493.mp3
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y9LVYhSiGgE
Resources:
Azure Advisor: Advisor - Microsoft Azure
Advisor Workbooks: Advisor Workbooks
Advisor WAF Assessments: Advisor WAF Assessments
Advisor Recommendations: Advisor Recommendations
Advisor Manage Reviews: Advisor Manage Reviews
What's new on Azure Advisor: What's new in Azure Advisor - Azure Advisor | Microsoft Learn
Engage with Microsoft for a Resiliency Review: Azure Advisor resiliency reviews - Azure Advisor | Microsoft Learn
by Sujit D'Mello
April 19, 2024
by Sujit D'Mello
April 9, 2024