Azure Friday

Jakub Jedryszek joins Scott Hanselman to show how the Azure mobile app is built. From benefits of Xamarin Native, through Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery with VSTS and HockeyApp, to tips and tricks for writing UI tests with Xamarin Test Cloud. For more information, see: Under the hood of the Azure Mobile App Azure Blog: Introducing the Azure app public preview Azure Mobile App Also, be sure to watch: Azure Mobile App Overview Create a Free Account (Azure) Follow @SHanselman Follow @JakubJedryszek Follow @AzureFriday

Michael Flanakin joins Scott Hanselman to show how the Azure mobile app keeps you connected to your Azure resources anytime, anywhere. Check status, metrics, and important metadata or get the latest service health and metric alerts. The app is there when you need it and helps you resolve common issues and perform simple tasks when away from a computer. For more information, see: Azure Blog: Introducing the Azure app public preview Azure Mobile App Also, be sure to watch: Azure Mobile App - Under the Hood Create a Free Account (Azure) Follow @SHanselman Follow @flanakin Follow @AzureFriday

Saloni Sonpal joins Scott Hanselman to discuss the newest offering of the Azure Database family – Azure Database for PostgreSQL, which provides a managed database service for app development and deployment with a Postgres database that has built-in high availability, automatic patching, security, automated backups, monitoring, scales on the fly, and more. For more information, see Azure Database for PostgreSQL. Follow @SHanselman Follow @SaloniSonpal Follow @AzureFriday

Kirill Gavrylyuk stops by Azure Friday to talk Cosmos DB with Scott Hanselman. Watch quick overview of the industry's first globally distributed multi-model database service followed by a demo of moving an existing MongoDB app to Cosmos DB with a single config change. For more information, see: Azure Cosmos DB. Follow @SHanselman Follow @KirillG_MSFT Follow @AzureFriday

Jason Anderson joins Scott Hanselman to discuss the newest offering of the Azure Database family – Azure Database for MySQL. With built-in high availability, scalability, and flexible pricing options, there's no excuse to be running MySQL in a VM anymore. For more information, see: Azure Database for MySQL Azure Blog: Announcing Azure Database for MySQL Public Preview Follow @SHanselman Follow @JasonMA_MSFT Follow @AzureFriday

Olivier Martin joins Scott Hanselman to talk about the concept of Virtual Data Centers, which is at the heart of what Azure's software-defined networking stack enables you to do with a combination of vNet Peering, hybrid connectivity, and centralized infrastructure in hub & spoke topologies. Link: /azure/networking/networking-virtual-datacenter Follow @SHanselman Follow @OMartin_2010 Follow @AzureFriday

In this episode of Azure Friday, Olivier Martin joins Scott Hanselman for the second of a two-part series on hybrid networking in Azure, which is key to connecting existing customer infrastructure into an Azure Virtual Network (vNet). In this episode, Olivier explains ExpressRoute peerings and describes the process for getting an ExpressRoute circuit to work for you. For more information, see: Networking to and within the Azure Cloud, part 1 Networking to and within the Azure Cloud, part 2 Networking to and within the Azure Cloud, part 3 Part One: Azure Hybrid Networking 101. Follow @SHanselman Follow @OMartin_2010 Follow @AzureFriday

In this episode of Azure Friday, Olivier Martin joins Scott Hanselman for the first of a two-part series on hybrid networking in Azure, which is key to connecting existing customer infrastructure into an Azure Virtual Network (vNet). In this episode, Olivier covers the different connection options (VPN and ExpressRoute) and provides a brief overview of what they are, connectivity models, partner solutions, and an overview of ExpressRoute peerings. For more information, see: Networking to and within the Azure Cloud, part 1 Networking to and within the Azure Cloud, part 2 Networking to and within the Azure Cloud, part 3 Part Two: Azure Hybrid Networking 201 Follow @SHanselman Follow @OMartin_2010 Follow @AzureFriday

Manling Zhang joins Scott Hanselman to show off HTTPS support for Azure CDN custom domains, which enables you to deliver secure content via SSL using your own domain name to improve the security of data while in transit. The end-to-end workflow to enable HTTPS for your custom domain is simplified via one-click enablement, complete certificate management, and all with no additional cost. Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday

Aaron Roney saves Scott Hanselman the trouble of installing Azure CLI 2.0 prerequisites by setting him up with a pre-built Docker image. Azure CLI 2.0 is the cross-platform command-line tool for managing Azure resources, which is written in Python, updated every two weeks, and is available as open source on GitHub (Azure/azure-cli). Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday Follow @twitchax