Azure Friday

Mariia Mykhailova joins Scott Hanselman to discuss quantum computing and quantum programming with Microsoft Quantum Development Kit (QDK), from writing Q# code to running it on hardware via Azure Quantum.[0:00:00]– Intro[0:00:51]– Overview[0:05:43]– From algorithm to coding and unit tests[0:20:58]– Jupyter notebook support for Q#[0:34:17]– Wrap-upMicrosoft Quantum overviewAzure Quantum documentationQuantum computing foundationsQuantum KatasCreate a free account (Azure)

Sydney Morton joins Scott Hanselman to show how verifiable credentials enable you to own and prove who you are in the digital world. See how to enable decentralized identity through seamless user and developer experiences.[0:00:00]– Intro[0:00:37]– Overview[0:03:01]– Demo – end user experience[0:06:14]– Demo – relying party experience[0:09:53]– Demo – admin experience[0:13:00]– Wrap-upAn introduction to decentralized identities | Azure FridayIdentity verification solutions - Microsoft SecurityAzure Active Directory Verifiable Credentials documentationDecentralized Identity FoundationCreate a free account (Azure)

Kirill Gavrylyuk and friends join Scott Hanselman to discuss Azure Cosmos DB updates: integrated cache, serverless for MongoDB API, and Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra with dual write proxy.[0:00:00]– Opening[0:01:33]– Integrated cache with Tim Sander[0:17:36]– Serverless for MongoDB API with Gahl Levy[0:24:00]– Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra with Theo van Kraay[0:37:35]– Wrap-upHow to configure the Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache (Preview)Azure Cosmos DB serverlessAzure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra documentationGitHub - Azure-Samples / cassandra-proxyLearning path: Work with NoSQL data in Azure Cosmos DBCreate a free account (Azure)

Claire Giordano joins Scott Hanselman to show how the new Free account for Flexible Server & the new Basic tier for Hyperscale (Citus) in Azure Database for PostgreSQL makes it easier and cheaper to get started with Postgres on Azure.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:01:15]– What you might not know about Postgres on Azure[0:02:50]– Flexible Server available in Azure free account[0:04:00]– Getting started with Hyperscale (Citus)[0:09:05]– Demo: Hyperscale (Citus)[0:18:20]– Wrap-upFlexible Server (Preview) documentationTutorial: Deploy Django app with App Service and Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server (Preview)DEMO: 3 Hyperscale (Citus) superpowers to scale PostgreSQL (YouTube)Citus (PostgreSQL extension) GitHub repoAzure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus) documentationNew Postgres superpowers in Hyperscale (Citus) with Citus 10Sharding Postgres with Basic tier in Hyperscale (Citus), how why & whenMicrosoft Learn: Introduction to Azure Database for PostgreSQLIntroducing Flexible Server in Azure Database for PostgreSQL & MySQL (Ch 9)How do you pronounce Citus?Create a free account (Azure)

Christos Matskas joins Scott Hanselman to show how the Microsoft identity platform enables you to add identity authentication and authorization to your solution in a few easy steps.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:03:19]– Overview of the Microsoft identity platform[0:10:50]– Demo: ASP.NET Core Web App with AAD authentication[0:12:53]– Demo: Registering an application in AAD[0:16:05]– Wrap-upWhat is the Microsoft identity platform?Microsoft identity platform documentationMicrosoft 365 Developer ProgramThe 425 ShowLearn: Secure your identities by using Azure Active DirectoryCreate a free account (Azure)

Lisa Cohen joins Scott Hanselman to explain how Microsoft uses data science to help Azure customers. Learn about content, programs, and services to guide you on your cloud journey while getting a glimpse behind the scenes into how data drives product investments.[0:00:00]– Opening[0:00:25]– Introduction[0:03:10]– Azure Quickstart Center for early success[0:04:07]– Azure portal improvements and the Azure mobile app[0:04:45]– Experimenting with Azure.com, free accounts, and offers[0:07:15]– Evolving Azure Marketplace[0:08:07]– Azure support[0:09:17]– Using data to optimize your experience[0:09:56]– Documentation and feedback[0:11:14]– Wrap-upData Science at MicrosoftFind, try, and buy apps on Azure MarketplaceMicrosoft Azure portal overviewMicrosoft Garage: Azure Quickstart CenterCreate a free account (Azure)

Azure VMware Solution delivers a VMware environment as a service, which enables you to run native VMware workloads on Azure.  Shannon Kuehn shows Scott Hanselman the seamless experience to migrate VMs directly from on-premises to Azure.[0:00:23]– Introduction[0:01:44]– Background[0:04:10]– Architecture[0:05:18]– Demo[0:15:02]– Wrap-upAzure VMware Solution overviewAzure VMware Solution documentationWMware Hands-on LabsPrepare to migrate VMware workloads to Azure by deploying Azure VMware SolutionCreate a free account (Azure)

Develop web applications with real-time messaging using Azure Web PubSub, a fully managed service that supports native and serverless WebSockets.  David Fowler and Liangying Wei join Scott Hanselman to show how to build real time applications with WebSockets and Azure Web PubSub.[0:00:23]– Introduction[0:05:55]– Live chat demo[0:12:52]– Collaborative whiteboard demo[0:13:41]– Using with ngrok and CloudEvents[0:17:30]– Using Azure CLI to broadcast messages[0:18:45]– Wrap-upAzure Web PubSub product overviewAzure Web PubSub repo (Azure/azure-webpubsub)Azure Web PubSub Service GitHub PagesAzure SignalR Service product overviewCreate a free account (Azure)

Wee Hyong Tok joins Scott Hanselman to provide an Azure Data Factory update with several members of the Azure Data Factory engineering team.[0:00:22]– Intro[0:02:48]– Using Azure Data Factory and Azure Purview for data governance and data integration (Linda Wang)[0:16:37]– Fast startup time to data flow compute clusters (Mark Kromer)[0:31:46]– CI/CD improvements with Azure Data Factory (Abhishek Narain)[0:47:08]– Wrap-upAzure Data FactoryPush Data Factory lineage data to Azure Purview (Preview)How to startup your data flows execution in less than 5 seconds! (Public Preview)Automated publishing for continuous integration and deliveryData integration at scale with Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse PipelineCreate a free account (Azure)

Kirill Gavrylyuk joins Scott Hanselman to provide another Azure Cosmos DB update with several members of the Azure Cosmos DB engineering team.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:02:20]– MongoDB 4.0 (Gahl Levy)[0:12:30]– Azure Cosmos DB notebooks (Tanuj Mittal)[0:22:43]– Continuous backups (Govind Kanshi)[0:31:25]– Wrap-upAzure Cosmos DB's API for MongoDB (4.0 server version): supported features and syntaxUpgrade the API version of your Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB accountPublish notebooks to the Azure Cosmos DB notebook galleryImport notebooks from a GitHub repo into Azure Cosmos DBContinuous backup with point-in-time restore (Preview) feature in Azure Cosmos DBCreate a free account (Azure)