Azure Friday

Tom Kerkhove joins Scott Hanselman for a hands-on experience to demonstrate how enterprises can make the transition to API-first architectures and microservices in a hybrid, multicloud world with the self-hosted gateway in Azure API Management. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:03 - Concepts 06:38 - Demo setup 10:46 - Demo self-hosted gateway 23:09 - Wrap-up Recommended resources API gateway in Azure API Management Self-hosted gateway overview Guidance for running self-hosted gateway on Kubernetes in production Azure / api-management-self-hosted-gateway Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter: @SHanselman Tom Kerkhove | Twitter: @TomKerkhove Azure API Management | Twitter: @AzureApiMgmt Azure Friday | Twitter: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter: @Azure

Harold Campos joins Scott Hanselman to show how you can use Azure Logic Apps to build native integration solutions for mainframes and midranges, including IBM DB2, Host Files, CICS, IMS, MQ, 3270 systems, and many more. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:27 - A brief history of mainframes and midranges 03:21 - Mainframe modernization 04:28 - Azure Logic Apps for legacy modernization 07:24 - Demo: Azure Logic Apps workflow and mainframe connectors 15:13 - Wrap-up Recommended resources What is Azure Logic Apps? What is HIS (Host Integration Server) Azure Integration Services Blog Azure Logic Apps: Cloud Native Capabilities to Integrate with Mainframe and Midranges Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter: @SHanselman Harold Campos | Twitter: @hcamposu Azure Logic Apps | Twitter: @logicappsio Azure Friday | Twitter: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter: @Azure

Ben Murphy joins Scott Hanselman to walk through Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Insights, which is a native monitoring solution that gives you visibility into connection characteristics and optimization opportunities for your AVD environment. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:50 - Macro and micro analysis 01:33 - Overview tab 03:33 - Connection Diagnostics tab 04:44 - Connection Performance tab 05:37 - Utilization tab 12:20 - Clients tab 14:57 - Configuring AVD Insights 16:30 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Use Azure Virtual Desktop Insights to monitor your deployment Estimate Azure Virtual Desktop monitoring costs Autoscale scaling plans and example scenarios in Azure Virtual Desktop Azure Virtual Desktop Insights glossary Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter: @SHanselman Azure Friday | Twitter: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter: @Azure

Liam Cavanagh joins Scott Hanselman to explain vector search in Azure Cognitive Search. Vector search is a method of searching for information within various data types, including image, audio, text, video, and more. It determines search results based on the similarity of numerical representations of data, called vector embeddings. Unlike keyword matching, vector search compares the vector representation of the query and content to find relevant results for users. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:55 - What vectors are 06:37 - How vector search works 12:06 - Vector search discussion 17:26 - Hybrid search 19:23 - Multi-modal: text and images 20:24 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Announcing Vector Search in Azure Cognitive Search Public Preview Azure Cognitive Search Vector search within Azure Cognitive Search Azure Cognitive Search AMA: Vector search, Azure OpenAI Service, generative apps, plugins & more Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter: @SHanselman Liam Cavanagh | Twitter: @liamca Azure Friday | Twitter: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter: @Azure

Olivia Al Joundi and Sudhanva Huruli join Scott Hanselman to discuss the recently announced Azure Linux for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Azure Linux is Microsoft's Linux distribution and is Generally Available for use as an OS option in AKS. It provides added security, performance, and quality benefits for your Linux based Kubernetes workloads. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:38 - Why Azure Linux? 02:11 - Demo - az aks create 04:53 - Demo - kubectl debug 07:00 - Demo - add a new Azure Linux node pool to an existing cluster 12:48 - The Azure Linux difference 13:57 - Wrap-up Recommended resources What is the Azure Linux Container Host for AKS? Introducing the Azure Linux container host for AKS Core concepts for the Azure Linux Container Host for AKS Azure Linux: A container host OS for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Q&A Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter: @SHanselman Sudhanva Huruli | Twitter: @HuruliS Azure Friday | Twitter: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter: @Azure

Rong Zhang and Tatsat Mishra join Scott Hanselman to talk about the latest updates for the AKS extension in VS Code that provides a fully integrated developer experience with Azure Kubernetes Services. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:00 - Overview with Rong 02:30 - Demo with Tats 11:22 - Content to get started 12:45 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Extension for Visual Studio Code Visual Studio Code AKS Tools docs Visual Studio Code AKS Tools installation Visual Studio Code AKS Tools features Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Related episodes Watch the previous episode Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter: @SHanselman Rong Zhang | Twitter: @RongZhang817 Tatsat Mishra | Twitter: @Tats_innit Azure Friday | Twitter: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter: @Azure

Sean Noyes, Senior Cloud Solutions Architect from Redis, joins Scott Hanselman to discuss the latest advancements in Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise. Developers can enhance their applications with efficient index searching and global backups for cached data, all while reducing costs. Learn more about these new capabilities, including Active-Active, Persistence & CMK, Reserved Pricing, and RedisJSON. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 02:00 - Quick tour of what's new 06:22 - Scale and cache types 09:46 - Discussion of all things Redis 15:58 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Azure Cache for Redis Use Redis modules with Azure Cache for Redis Azure Cache for Redis Documentation Azure Cache for Redis pricing Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter: @SHanselman Azure Friday | Twitter: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter: @Azure

Parikshit Savjani joins Scott Hanselman to discuss the evolution of Azure Database for MySQL, an open-source MySQL database on Azure. The conversation focuses on the journey from the Single Server deployment model to the new and improved Flexible Server offering, which represents a fully managed MySQL database-as-a-service (PaaS or DBaaS) running on Azure. Learn all about Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server, including its top features related to performance, security, and high-availability, its simplified migration experience, and how easy and cost-effective it is to get started. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 02:16 - Demo: Azure Database for MySQL in the Azure portal 06:02 - Demo: Failover experience 09:08 - Planned failover 10:16 - Backup and restore 11:00 - Migrating to flexible server 13:56 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Azure Database for MySQL Azure Database for MySQL documentation Create your first Azure Database for MySQL flexible server Azure Database for MySQL Resources Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter: @SHanselman Parikshit Savjani | Twitter: @talktosavjani Azure Database for MySQL | Twitter: @AzureDBMySQL Azure Friday | Twitter: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter: @Azure Azure Database for MySQL | YouTube: @AzureDBMySQL

Davide Mauri and Thomas Gauvin join Scott Hanselman to show how building a full-stack or JAMstack solution has never been so easy. Using Azure Static Web apps and the newly released Data API builder (also available as an open-source project), you can add REST and GraphQL APIs to your database in a minute, including pagination, sorting, filtering, authentication, and authorization. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:49 - Static Web Apps and database connections 01:37 - Connecting to a database with Azure Static Web Apps 09:54 - Data API builder open-source project 15:02 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Connecting to a database with Azure Static Web Apps (preview) Quickstart: Use Data API builder with Azure Databases Azure/data-api-builder Database connection configuration in Azure Static Web Apps (preview) Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter: @SHanselman Davide Mauri | Twitter: @MauriDB Thomas Gauvin | Twitter: @ThomasGauvin Azure Friday | Twitter: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter: @Azure

Simplify your Kubernetes development process with automated deployments for AKS powered by Draft. With just a few clicks, automated deployments take care of the tedious work of containerization so that you can focus on bringing your app to life. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting out, automated deployments make it easy to run your app on AKS. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:44 - Automated deployments workflow 04:30 - Demo of automated deployments 11:36 - Discussion 12:00 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Automated Deployments for Azure Kubernetes Service (Preview) Draft for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (preview) Azure/draft repo on GitHub Draft: Containerize apps for Azure Kubernetes Service AzureTalks Podcast #004 Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter: @SHanselman Steve Buchanan | Twitter: @BuchaTech Azure Friday | Twitter: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter: @Azure