Metaparticle is an experimental, cloud-native development environment for democratizing and simplifying the development of reliable distributed applications. It uses a code-first approach, so developers can describe the composite nature of their application with easy to apply patterns and practices to annotate their existing code.For more information, see:MetaparticleMetaparticle.io on GitHubMetaparticle tutorialsCreate a Free Account (Azure)Follow @donovanbrown Follow @AzureFriday Follow @brendandburns

Mike Emard joins Scott Hanselman to discuss Azure Files, which offers fully managed file shares in the cloud, and deep dive into the latest backup and restore capability in Azure Files.For more information:Introducing backup for Azure file shares (Azure blog)Overview of share snapshots for Azure Files (docs)Hybrid Storage with Azure File Sync (Azure Friday)Azure Files (overview)Create a free account (Azure)Email feedback to the Azure Storage Team: [email protected] @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday

James Montemagno joins Scott Hanselman to show how powerful Azure services can be used with Visual Studio and Xamarin to create cloud-connected mobile apps for Android, iOS, and Windows, using one toolset and development language (C#) across front-end and back-end.For more information, see:Geo Contacts app source code on GitHubData & Cloud Services docs for Xamarin.FormsMobile apps using Xamarin + Azure guideCreate a Free Account (Azure)Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday Follow @jamesmontemagno

Hariharan Jayaraman joins Scott Hanselman to discuss Azure Virtual Machine Serial Console, which allows console access to Azure VMs. This allows you to connect and recover VMs which are in a stuck state due to OS or configuration issues. For more information:Azure's Virtual Machine Serial Console (docs)Announced at Ignite - Azure Compute: New features and roadmapCreate a Free Account (Azure)Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday Follow @Harijayms

Nick Rycar from Chef stops by Azure Friday to chat with Donovan Brown about Habitat, a simple, flexible way to build, deploy, and manage cloud-native applications. Habitat makes it easier to develop and promote changes by enabling each instance of your application to continually and independently apply updates as soon as they're ready.For more information, see:Habitat (home)Habitat (docs)Habitat bldr public depotCreate a Free Account (Azure)Follow @donovanbrown Follow @AzureFriday Follow @rycar

The Azure SDK for Go provides Go packages for managing and using Azure services using the Go language. Deploy your Go app to Azure Web Apps and take advantage of managed services, such as PostgreSQL, Storage, Identity, and more.For more information, see:Azure SDK for GoVanpool Manager sample applicationAzure for Go developers (docs)Azure SDK for Go SamplesCreate a Free Account (Azure) Follow @donovanbrown Follow @AzureFriday Follow @joshugav

Joey Aiello joins Donovan Brown to discuss PowerShell Core 6.0, a cross-platform, open-source edition of PowerShell based on .NET Core built for heterogeneous environments and the hybrid cloud. You'll also learn about how the upcoming release of OpenSSH for Windows and Windows Server will enable new ways to remotely manage your environments, as well as how PowerShell Core integrates with OpenSSH.For more information, see:What's New in PowerShell Core 6.0 (docs)OpenSSH now available in PowerShell in Cloud Shell (Azure updates)Using Windows PowerShell for Administration (sample scripts)PowerShell DocumentationPowerShell Remoting Over SSH (docs)Create a Free Account (Azure)Follow @donovanbrown Follow @AzureFriday Follow @joeyaiello

Alex Karcher joins Donovan Brown to discuss Azure Function Proxies, the serverless API toolbox. Proxies give you a truly serverless experience to manage your APIs with dynamic billing and scaling, and a super simple setup process.For more information, see:Azure Functions Proxies is now Generally Available (blog post)Work with Azure Functions Proxies (docs)Azure Functions samples (GitHub)Azure Functions Resources (GitHub)Create Serverless APIs Using Azure Functions (MSDN Magazine)Create a Free Account (Azure)Follow @donovanbrown Follow @AzureFriday Follow @alexkarcher Follow @AzureFunctions

Join Kirill Gavrylyuk and Scott Hanselman to learn about native support for Apache Cassandra API in Azure Cosmos DB with wire protocol level compatibility. This support ensures you can continue using your existing application and OSS tools with no code changes and gives you the flexibility to run your Cassandra apps fully managed with no vendor lock-in. Dear Cassandra Developers, welcome to Azure #CosmosDB!Introduction to Apache Cassandra API for Azure Cosmos DBCreate a Free Account (Azure)Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday Follow @kirillg_msft

Kirill Gavrylyuk returns to Azure Friday to update Scott Hanselman on what's new in Azure Cosmos DB, such as the Cassandra API for applications that are written for Apache Cassandra, updates to the Azure Table storage API, the Apache Spark Connector, the Graph API, partitioned collections, 99.999% (five 9s) SLA, and more.Dear Cassandra Developers, welcome to Azure #CosmosDB!Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB Table APIApache Spark to Azure #CosmosDB Connector is now generally availableAzure #CosmosDB Graph API now generally availablePartition and scale in Azure Cosmos DBCreate a Free Account (Azure)Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday Follow @kirillg_msft