Azure Friday (Audio)

Joseph Idziorek talks about the Azure SQL Databases pricing tiers and shows Scott how easy it is to scale up and down thier SQL Databases in Azure.

Apurva Joshi (AJ) shows Scott how to use the Azure Websites Migration Assistant to migrate an on-premises site to the cloud in just a few clicks. Areas covered in this video: Migrating a Website (IIS 6.0, SQL 2005, ASP.NET 2.0) running on Windows Server 2003 to Azure Accessing the Azure Websites Migration Assistant tool Understanding the Readiness Report and Readiness Assessment Completing options and selecting which specific websites to migrate Useful topics and links: Websites and Apps Azure Websites Migration Assistant Documentation

Matt talks about Azure HDInsight - Hadoop running on Azure, that allows customers process big data. Areas covered in this video: Understanding examples of using Hadoop in Azure Understanding big data Using Azure to create a data cluster Writing a hive query Useful topics and links: Introduction to Hadoop in HDInsight Learning map for HDInsight HDInsight (Hadoop) Documentation

Mark tells Scott all about how to run compute intensive jobs at scale in the cloud. Areas covered in this video: Azure batch example scenarios View Azure batch service in the Azure portal Review an Azure Batch OCR Demo Service Use the Batch Explorer and Heat Map Useful topics and links: Microsoft Azure Batch Azure Batch Technical Overview Getting Started with the Azure Batch Library for .NET

Donna Malayeri shows Scott how to build an Azure Mobile Service with .NET backend, and talks about the Visual Studio integration and debugging capabilities. Areas covered in this video: Creating a Mobile Service Using the Quick Start Understanding the API Understanding the functionality available through Azure Running locally Publishing and debugging in Azure Useful topics and links: Microsoft Azure Mobile Services - Documentation Get started with Mobile Services Add Mobile Services to an existing app How to use the iOS client library for Mobile Services

Donna and Scott having fun talking about Azure Mobile Services Offline Sync, and how to make apps offline enabled. Areas covered in this video: Making a Windows Quick Start app offline-enabled Using NuGet to add Azure Mobile Services SQLiteStore Understanding the Sync code Running the service Handling conflicts Useful topics and links: Microsoft Azure Mobile Services - Documentation

Donna Malayeri demos how to integrate Push Notifications on both the client and the .NET backend with Azure Mobile Services. Areas covered in this video: Adding a Pushing Notification to a Window Universal project Selecting a mobile service Understanding the client and backend push notification code Sending a Push Notification Useful topics and links: Microsoft Azure Mobile Services - Documentation Get started with Mobile Services Add Mobile Services to an existing app How to use the iOS client library for Mobile Services

Santosh Balasubramanian shows the Live dashboard and Notifications in Azure Stream Analytics, and talks about how to operationalize streamed data. Areas covered in this video: Making real-time decisions based on live data Augmenting static data with stream data Streaming notifications Using a SQL query to determine when to take action Scaling using streaming units Useful topics and links: Introduction to Azure Stream Analytics Get started using Azure Stream Analytics Azure Stream Analytics - Tutorials and Guides

Santosh Balasubramanian talks about how Azure Stream Analytics helps to address data that is always in motion. Areas covered in this video: Examples of moving data Defining Azure Stream Analytics and what it provides Writing your stream processing in SQL How to create a Stream Analytics solution Useful topics and links: Azure Stream Analytics Introduction to Azure Stream Analytics Get started using Azure Stream Analytics Azure Stream Analytics - Tutorials and Guides

Kundana Palagiri shows Scott how to extend the VM functionality with VM Extensions. Kundana explains the following in this video: VM Extensions is software provided by either Microsoft or by trusted third-party providers for Azure VMs to extend the functionality of the VM. Windows and Linux are supported by VM Extensions. Deploy to a running VM or a new VM. Programmability support. Update life cycle that is independent from the VM. Enables dynamic composition on a VM. Useful topics and links: Virtual Machines