Azure Friday (Audio)

JR Mayberry joins Scott Hanselman to discuss protecting applications on Azure from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks with the Azure DDoS Protection service. Azure resources now have access to the same DDoS Protection technology that protects other Microsoft online services, such as Xbox Live and Office 365.For more information, see:Azure DDoS Protection Service (product page)Azure DDoS pricing InformationAzure DDoS Protection (docs)Request to register for the limited previewCreate a Free Account (Azure)Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday Follow @azureddos

Dave Fellows joins Donovan Brown to chat about a new service called Azure Batch Rendering, which is built on the Azure Batch service to provide capabilities for rendering 3D graphics for film and other visual media projects. The service provides pay-per-use licensing of the commercial applications commonly used in this field.  For more information, see: Azure Batch Rendering (overview)Azure Batch Rendering (docs)Azure Batch Applications (BatchLabs)Create a Free Account (Azure)Follow @DonovanBrown Follow @AzureFriday Follow @dave_fellows

Emily Lawton joins Scott Hanselman to discuss what's new in Azure Cosmos DB's API for Mongo DB, including new preview features such as support for the aggregation pipeline and unique indexes. They discuss tips and tricks for importing large backups using MongoDB Tools.For more information, see:Azure Cosmos DB: API for MongoDBAzure Cosmos DB: Import MongoDB Data  Create a Free Account (Azure)Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday Follow @emilymlawton

Veljko Vasic shows Seth Juarez how Azure SQL Database uses built-in intelligence to continuously monitors database usage so that it can detect disruptive events that cause poor performance. Once detected, a detailed analysis is performed generating a diagnostic log with an intelligent assessment of the issue, which consists of a root cause analysis of the database performance issue and recommendations for performance improvements where possible (i.e., intelligent insights).For more information, see:Monitor Database Usage with Intelligent InsightsMonitor Azure SQL Database using Azure SQL Analytics (Preview) in Log AnalyticsCreate a Free Account (Azure)Follow @sethjuarez Follow @AzureFriday Follow @drveljko

Veljko Vasic demos the built-in automatic tuning intelligence mechanism in Azure SQL Database to show Seth Juarez how it can automatically tune and improve query performance by dynamically adapting the database to your workload. Automatic tuning in Azure SQL Database might be one of the most important features that you can enable on Azure SQL Database to optimize the performance of your queries. For more information, see: Automatic tuning in Azure SQL Database Automatic tuning in SQL Server Create a Free Account (Azure) Follow @sethjuarez Follow @AzureFriday Follow @drveljko

Telmo Sampaio joins Scott Hanselman to discuss Azure Building Blocks 2.0 (azbb), which is an open-source command line tool and set of Azure Resource Manager templates designed to simplify deployment of Azure resources. It enables you to use infrastructure as code in Azure without worrying about the complexity of ARM resources. For more information, see: Building Blocks (GitHub) Simplifying Resource Deployment (GitHub) Create a Free Account (Azure) Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday Follow @telmo_sampaio

Gabe Monroy joins Scott Hanselman to discuss Azure Container Service (AKS), Microsoft's new managed Kubernetes service. Now you can easily manage your Kubernetes environment by simplifying the deployment, management, and operations activities without sacrificing portability. You gain all the benefits of Kubernetes without the complexity and operational overhead. For more information, see: Azure Container Service (docs) Azure Container Service (overview) Create a Free Account (Azure) Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday Follow @gabrtv

Steve Lasker joins Donovan Brown to explain Azure Container Registry (ACR) Geo-replication. With ACR, you can now manage your global Azure footprint as one resource, enabling network-close deployments of your Docker containers. With regionalized WebHooks, you can deploy regions as your images arrive. For more information, see: Azure Container Registry (overview) Geo-replication in Azure Container Registry (docs) Azure Container Registry SKUs (docs) Create a Free Account (Azure) Follow @DonovanBrown Follow @AzureFriday Follow @SteveLasker

Anton Babadjanov joins Scott Hanselman to discuss the new redesigned administrative UI for API Management. Also, see how it enables a design-first approach with the ability to produce simulated (mocked) API responses. For more information, see: API Management Documentation API Management Blog Create a Free Account (Azure) Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday

Klaas Langhout joins Scott Hanselman to show Azure File Sync for centralizing file services into Azure, which reduces the cost and complexity of managing islands of data while preserving existing app compatibility and performance. In addition, it provides multi-site access to the same data, tiering of less frequently used data off-premise, and integrated backup and rapid restoration. For more information, see: Planning for an Azure File Sync (docs) Announcing the public preview for Azure File Sync (blog) Create a Free Account (Azure) Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday