Sean McKenna joins Donovan Brown to talk about the newest service in Azure, Azure Container Instances. Azure Container Instances makes it possible to run Linux and Windows containers directly on Azure infrastructure, without setting up and managing VMs and without adopting a higher-level service. See how easy it is to create and manage containers with the Azure CLI and the Azure portal, and learn how Azure Container Instances relates to container orchestrators, such as Kubernetes. See also: Using Kubernetes with Azure Container Instances with Brendan Burns on Azure Friday For more information, see: Azure Container Instances (Overview) Azure Container Instances (Docs) Azure Container Instances (Pricing) Fast and Easy Containers: Azure Container Instances (Azure Blog) Create a Free Account (Azure) Follow @SHanselman Follow @DonovanBrown Follow @AzureFriday Follow @SeanMcKMSFT

Eric Radzikowski joins Scott Hanselman on Azure Friday to discuss how developers can increase application availability by using Azure Scheduled Events to prepare for virtual machine maintenance. Create a Free Account (Azure) Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday Follow @EricRadzikowski

You love App Service, but you need to run your apps securely inside of an Azure Virtual Network. Plus having a little (or a lot) more horsepower would be nice, too. Stefan Schackow joins Scott Hanselman for a whirlwind tour of the new Isolated App Service offering: D-Seriesv2 workers running App Service all inside the secure “moat” of your Azure virtual network. For more information, see Introduction to App Service Environment. Create a Free Account (Azure)

Josh Caplan, a Sr. Program Manager from the Azure Analysis Services team, joins Scott Hanselman to show how you can get started using Azure Analysis Services with Azure SQL DB and Data Warehouse. It includes how to build your first data model and how to use Analysis Services to benefit your users. Create a Free Account (Azure) Follow @SHanselman Follow @azurefriday Follow @JoshCaplan1984

Matt Reat gives Scott Hanselman an overview of the new Network Watcher service and some of its features. Azure Network Watcher is Network Monitoring and Diagnostic service that recently became generally available in Azure Public Clouds. With Network Watcher you can understand your network's topology, diagnose networking issues, run packet captures, and much more. For more information, see: Azure Network Watcher Azure Network Watcher Documentation Create a Free Account (Azure) Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday

Jakub Jedryszek joins Scott Hanselman to show how the Azure mobile app is built. From benefits of Xamarin Native, through Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery with VSTS and HockeyApp, to tips and tricks for writing UI tests with Xamarin Test Cloud. For more information, see: Under the hood of the Azure Mobile App Azure Blog: Introducing the Azure app public preview Azure Mobile App Also, be sure to watch: Azure Mobile App Overview Create a Free Account (Azure) Follow @SHanselman Follow @JakubJedryszek Follow @AzureFriday

Michael Flanakin joins Scott Hanselman to show how the Azure mobile app keeps you connected to your Azure resources anytime, anywhere. Check status, metrics, and important metadata or get the latest service health and metric alerts. The app is there when you need it and helps you resolve common issues and perform simple tasks when away from a computer. For more information, see: Azure Blog: Introducing the Azure app public preview Azure Mobile App Also, be sure to watch: Azure Mobile App - Under the Hood Create a Free Account (Azure) Follow @SHanselman Follow @flanakin Follow @AzureFriday

Saloni Sonpal joins Scott Hanselman to discuss the newest offering of the Azure Database family – Azure Database for PostgreSQL, which provides a managed database service for app development and deployment with a Postgres database that has built-in high availability, automatic patching, security, automated backups, monitoring, scales on the fly, and more. For more information, see Azure Database for PostgreSQL. Follow @SHanselman Follow @SaloniSonpal Follow @AzureFriday

Jason Anderson joins Scott Hanselman to discuss the newest offering of the Azure Database family – Azure Database for MySQL. With built-in high availability, scalability, and flexible pricing options, there's no excuse to be running MySQL in a VM anymore. For more information, see: Azure Database for MySQL Azure Blog: Announcing Azure Database for MySQL Public Preview Follow @SHanselman Follow @JasonMA_MSFT Follow @AzureFriday

Olivier Martin joins Scott Hanselman to talk about the concept of Virtual Data Centers, which is at the heart of what Azure's software-defined networking stack enables you to do with a combination of vNet Peering, hybrid connectivity, and centralized infrastructure in hub & spoke topologies. Link: /azure/networking/networking-virtual-datacenter Follow @SHanselman Follow @OMartin_2010 Follow @AzureFriday