Azure Friday

When your private virtual networks in Azure need to talk to the Internet, a network translation is needed for your applications to talk to endpoints on the Internet. Christian Kuhtz joins Scott Hanselman to show how it works and why Azure NAT Gateway is the best and most scalable way to do Source Network Address Translation (SNAT).[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:02:18]– Presentation[0:06:58]– Demo[0:12:59]– Discussion[0:21:02]– Wrap-upWhat is Virtual Network NAT?Designing virtual networks with NAT gateway resourcesVirtual Network pricing (NAT Gateway)Troubleshoot Azure Virtual Network NAT connectivityAzure Virtual Network NAT metricsCreate a free account (Azure)

Azure App Service hosts millions of apps, serves trillions of requests per day, and has an SLA of 99.95%. But what should you do when your app has issues in production? Byron Tardif joins Scott Hanselman to discuss some operational best practices for running your web apps on Azure App Service.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:00:49]– Demo setup[0:02:23]– Demo[0:19:24]– Discussion & wrap-upTutorial: Troubleshoot an App Service app with Azure MonitorAzure App Service deployment slotsAzure App Service monitoringAzure App ServiceAZ-400: Develop a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) strategyCreate a free account (Azure)

Ye Gu joins Scott Hanselman to discuss Azure Cache for Redis, a popular open-source in-memory data store that uses DRAM to store the most frequently used or time-sensitive data for fast retrieval. With it, you can create applications on Azure that handle millions of requests per second at down to sub-millisecond latency. Now, Azure Cache for Redis is becoming even more powerful through the integration of Redis Enterprise in partnership with Redis Labs.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:00:46]– Presentation[0:06:34]– Demo[0:15:48]– Discussion & wrap-upMeeting developer needs with powerful new features in Azure Cache for RedisAzure Cache for RedisQuickstart: Create an Enterprise tier cache (preview)How to Improve Your Azure SQL Performance by up to 800%Optimize your web applications by caching read-only data with RedisCreate a free account (Azure)

With zone to zone disaster recovery, you can bring the power of Availability zones to augment your Disaster Recovery story. Siddharth Deekshit joins Scott Hanselman to show how you can now protect your Azure VMs by replicating them from one availability zone to another within the same region.[0:00:00]– Overview[0:03:28]– Presentation[0:06:34]– Demo[0:13:39]– Discussion and wrap-upEnable Azure VM disaster recovery between availability zonesProtect your Azure infrastructure with Azure Site RecoveryAzure Site Recovery overviewCreate a free account (Azure)

Azure Purview is a unified data governance service that helps you manage and govern your on-premises, multi-cloud, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) data. Gaurav Malhotra joins Scott Hanselman to show how easy it is to create a holistic, up-to-date map of your data landscape with automated data discovery, sensitive data classification, and end-to-end data lineage so that you can empower your data consumers to find valuable, trustworthy data.[0:00:00]– Overview[0:01:08]– What is Azure Purview?[0:02:21]– Azure Purview in the Azure portal and Purview Studio[0:03:08]– Automated data discovery and scans[0:10:43]– Purview Data Catalog – Glossary terms[0:14:08]– Purview Data Catalog – Data classification[0:15:28]– Purview Data Map – Lineage of assets[0:19:42]– "Open in" and bulk edit experiences[0:21:02]– Purview Data Insights [0:23:49]– Wrap-upAzure Purview overviewAzure Purview docsAzure Purview feedbackAzure Purview blog on Tech CommunityAzure Purview discussion on Tech CommunityCreate a free account (Azure)

Lior Kamrat shows Scott Hanselman how Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes provides an easy way to apply GitOps configurations on Kubernetes clusters deployed outside of Azure, which enables you to control and govern those clusters and applications using GitHub repositories as the "single source of truth."[0:00:00]– Overview[0:02:27]– Demo kickoff[0:04:01]– Home-brewed Raspberry Pi clusters![0:06:35]– GitOps configurations[0:08:40]– Flux, the GitOps Kubernetes operator[0:09:32]– Demo application repo in GitHub[0:10:53]– Demo application running in 3 clusters[0:12:17]– Triggering an update with a code change[0:15:04]– Azure Arc Jumpstart[0:17:48]– Wrap-upAzure Arc overviewAzure Arc pricingAzure Arc JumpstartAzure Arc enabled Kubernetes with GitOpsCreate a free account (Azure)   

Jeff Hollan joins Scott Hanselman to show how you can quickly deploy and manage your Serverless API's using OpenAPI and API Management.[0:00:00]– Overview[0:00:40]– OpenAPI definition (fka Swagger)[0:02:15]– Using API Management to build an OpenAPI definition[0:03:48]– Reviewing the generated OpenAPI definition in VS Code[0:05:00]– Creating an Azure Functions project from an OpenAPI definition in VS Code[0:08:18]– Using API Management as a reverse proxy[0:10:23]– Setting policies in API Management[0:11:42]– Using API Management to front an existing Azure API[0:13:13]– Wrap-upAzure Functions code generator for OpenAPI SpecsWorkshop: Serverless APIs in AzureThree ways serverless APIs can accelerate enterprise innovation (blog post) Expose multiple Azure Function apps as a consistent API by using Azure API ManagementCreate a free account (Azure)

Jeff Hollan joins Scott Hanselman to show how you can build highly scalable serverless APIs with Azure Functions.[0:00:00]– Overview[0:01:09]– What "serverless" really means[0:04:00]– A closer look at Azure Functions[0:07:29]– Azure Functions Live Metrics[0:10:45]– Thinking downstream of Azure Functions[0:13:52]– Using deployment slots with Azure Functions[0:15:56]– Wrap-upCustomize an HTTP endpoint in Azure FunctionsThree ways serverless APIs can accelerate enterprise innovation (blog post)Azure FunctionsBuild Serverless APIs with Azure FunctionsCreate a free account (Azure)

After a quick demo of working with Docker images in Visual Studio, Paul Yuknewicz shows Scott Hanselman how the Docker for Visual Studio Code extension makes it easy for you to build, debug, and diagnose containerized apps. Paul will also show how the extension helps you deploy a container to Azure Container Instances.[0:00:00]– Overview[0:01:07]– Demo: Building & exploring a Docker image in Visual Studio[0:08:50]– Demo: Code to Cloud with VS Code and Docker (Java Settlers)[0:21:12]– Playing the game in the Cloud[0:24:08]– Wrap-upDocker for Visual Studio Code extensionVS Code Docker extension can now run containers in Azure Container InstancesDeploying Docker containers on AzureLearn: Introduction to Docker containersCreate a free account (Azure)

Azure App Service hosts over 2M web apps with a fully managed app hosting platform for .NET, Node, Python, and Java web apps. In this episode, Gaurav Seth shows Scott Hanselman what's new in Azure App Service. Gaurav demos the new Premium V3 Plan with newer and faster hardware and lower pricing, ability to save costs with the new Reserved Instance Pricing, how to migrate ASP.NET apps with OS dependencies using Windows Containers, and briefly discusses the upcoming App Service Environment v3.[0:00:00]– Overview[0:00:23]– What's new in App Service[0:04:05]– Premium V3 Plan with Windows Containers GA[0:07:10]– Reserved Instance Pricing and other cost savings[0:08:13]– App migration demo[0:13:31]– Networking capabilities in Windows Containers[0:15:56]– Azure Front Door with Web Application Firewall[0:18:20]– App Service Environment v3 & wrap-upDownload the Migration Assistant for your .NET and PHP AppsZero to Hero with App Service blog post seriesMigrate, Modernize .NET applications on Azure (Ignite 2020)Continuous Deployment for Windows Containers with GitHub ActionsDeploy a website to Azure with Azure App ServiceCreate a free account (Azure)