Azure Friday

Thomas Maurer joins Donovan Brown to show how you can manage and govern your Windows and Linux machines hosted outside of Azure on your corporate network or other cloud provider, similarly to how you manage native Azure virtual machines. When a hybrid machine is connected to Azure, it becomes a connected machine and is treated as a resource in Azure.[0:01:37] - DemoAzure Arc OverviewAzure Arc for serversHow to add a Server to Azure ArcAzure HybridWhat is Azure Policy?Understand Azure Policy's Guest ConfigurationCreate a free account (Azure)

Kirill Gavrylyuk joins Scott Hanselman to go over two important updates to Azure Cosmos DB: Free Tier and Autopilot. Free Tier enables you to run small applications using Azure Cosmos DB free of charge for as long as you like. Autopilot enables developers to only pay for the Azure Cosmos DB usage they need and not worry about predicting throughput.[0:02:10] - Autopilot mode demo[0:09:48] - Free TierOptimize development and testing cost in Azure Cosmos DBCreate Azure Cosmos containers and databases in autopilot mode (Preview)Frequently asked questions about provisioned throughput in Azure Cosmos DB autopilot mode (Preview)Azure Cosmos DB overviewCreate a free account (Azure)

In Kubernetes, the API server is the central way to interact and manage the cluster. To improve cluster security in Azure Kubernetes Server, Ruchika Gupta shows Scott Hanselman how you can restrict access to the API server to a limited set of IP address ranges.[0:02:23] - DemoSecure access to the API server using authorized IP address ranges in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) overviewKubernetes: Getting startedCreate a free account (Azure)

Caitie McCaffrey joins Scott Hanselman to give a detailed overview of Azure Sphere, including how the hardware, operating system, and cloud-based security service work together to deliver end-to-end security for IoT devices. Azure Sphere is now generally available. A secure foundation for IoT, Azure Sphere now generally availableGet started with Azure SphereThe Seven Properties of Highly Secure DevicesAzure Sphere overviewCreate a free account (Azure)

Cassie Condon joined Scott Hanselman at Ignite 2019 to talk about the new investments, capabilities, and form factors for the Azure Stack portfolio that ensure our edge infrastructure fits seamlessly in our customers' solutions. Azure Stack is now a portfolio of products consisting of Azure Stack HCI, Azure Stack Hub (previously Azure Stack), and Azure Stack Edge (previously Azure Data Box Edge). A rugged series is also available for sites with harsh environments, including a battery-powered form-factor that can be carried in a backpack. The versatility of these Azure Stack Edge form-factors and cloud-managed capabilities brings cloud intelligence and compute to retail stores, factory floors, hospitals, field operations, disaster zones, and rescue operations.Expanding the Azure Stack portfolio to run hybrid applications across the cloud, datacenters, and the edge (blog post)Azure Stack portfolioAzure Stack docsAI on the edge with Azure Stack EdgeCreate a free account (Azure)

Vicky Harp joins Scott Hanselman to show how Azure Data Studio combined the simple and robust SQL query editing experience of tools like SSMS with the flexibility and collaboration of Jupyter Notebooks. The November 2019 release of Azure Data Studio included SQL Server 2019 Guide as a Jupyter Book, which provides a richer troubleshooting experience.[0:04:00] - DemoAnnouncing Jupyter Book support blog postDownload and install Azure Data Studiomicrosoft/azuredatastudio GitHub repoLatest news on the SQL Server BlogCreate a free account (Azure)

Sohamn Chatterjee joins Scott Hanselman to show how to customize HTTP requests including header override, URL redirects/rewrites, and change caching policies using the rules engine for Azure CDN from Microsoft. You can add combinations of match conditions and actions per rule to do complex HTTP overrides at the CDN edge network, which improves overall performance and reduces costs at the origin.[0:03:53] - DemoStandard rules engine reference for Azure CDNMatch conditions in the Standard rules engine for Azure CDNAzure Content Delivery Network (CDN)Azure CDN pricingCreate a free account (Azure)

Shantanu Srivastava joins Scott Hanselman to show how you can manage platform updates, that don't require a reboot, using Maintenance Control. Azure frequently updates its infrastructure to improve reliability, performance, security or launch new features. Most updates are transparent to users. Some sensitive workloads, like gaming, media streaming, and financial transactions, can't tolerate even few seconds of a VM freezing or disconnecting for maintenance. Maintenance Control gives you the option to wait on platform updates and apply them within a 35-day rolling window.[0:07:21] - DemoIntroducing maintenance control for platform updatesPreview: Control updates with Maintenance Control and the Azure CLIPreview: Control updates with Maintenance Control and Azure PowerShellCreate a free account (Azure)

Narayan Anamalai joins Donovan Brown to introduce Azure Private Link. In this episode, Narayan demonstrates how you can secure Azure PaaS resources and your Azure network using Private Link, and provide protection against data exfiltration.[0:08:45] - DemoAzure Private Link overviewAzure Private Link documentationWhat is Azure Private Endpoint?Create a free account (Azure)

Curious to see the Open Application Model (OAM) in action? Look no further than Rudr - the Kubernetes reference implementation of OAM. In this episode, Mackenzie Olson and Sudhanva Huruli join Donovan Brown to demo how Rudr provides clear separation of concerns for DevOps practices for application developers, application operators, and infrastructure operators. With Rudr, we describe our distributed application, and then run two instances on AKS and GKE respectively.[0:01:25] - DemoRudr - A Kubernetes Implementation of the Open Application ModelService Tracker app (OAM samples repo)Open Application Model siteThe Open Application Model specificationOpen Application Model Gitter (oam-dev)Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Learn all about Open Application Model (OAM)Create a free account (Azure)