In this episode Chris Risner and Haishi Bai are joined by Thiago Almeida, a Technical Evangelist in the DX team at Microsoft.  Thiago joins us to talk about AzureBot: a bot which enables you to view the status on your Azure resources and take actions such as scaling up, starting, and stopping, via common Bot endpoints such as Skype, Slack, and GroupMe. Links from the show: [00:42] - AzureBot[02:00] - AzureBot on Slack[03:40] - AzureBot in Visual Studio and the Emulator[15:14] - AzureBot in Application Insights[20:40] - Bot HostingAzureBot on GitHubAzureBot in the Bot Framework directoryAzureBot documentationBot FrameworkLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @haishibai2010Follow @nzthiago

Episode 215: AzureBot with Thiago Almeida

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In this episode Chris Risner and Thiago Almeida are joined by Kirill Gavrylyuk, a Principal Engineer working on Cosmos DB. Cosmos DB is Microsoft's globally distributed, multi-model data service, and Kirill takes us through the key new concepts of the service and a very interesting demo. We also have a note at the end, as this is our last Cloud Cover show episode. Links from the show: [00:39] - Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB[00:58] - Scenario - Moving a MEAN app using Mongo DB to Cosmos DB[04:37] - Creating a CosmosDB account in the Azure Portal with different APIs[06:52] - Moving the data from MongoDB to CosmosDB and updating the MEAN app[09:52] - Using Data Explorer to work with the Mongo API of CosmosDB data[11:55] - Replicating data globally[16:00] - Five levels of consistency settings[18:27] - Capacity and throughput configuration[27:00] - Quick note - last Cloud Cover episode!! Welcome to Cosmos DBFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @nzthiagoFollow @kirillg_msft

Episode 234: Cosmos DB with Kirill Gavrylyuk - Last Episode!

In this episode Chris Risner and Thiago Almeida are joined by Bahram Banisadr, Program Manager focusing on Event Grid.  Event Grid is a new service which enables developers to build event based programming.  Events could be anything within Azure such as a blob being created in Blob Storage, a VM starting, and much more.  By subscribing to events, you're applications can be notified whenever these events occur.  You're also able to create your own custom events which can then be subscribed to. Links from the show: [01:10] - Event Grid Overview[02:22] - Basic Concepts[10:02] - Scenarios[15:45] - Custom Event Demo[26:55] - Event Grid in the Azure Portal[27:55] - Available ServicesIntroducing Azure Event GridEvent Grid landing pageEvent Grid quick startsLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @nzthiagoFollow @bahrawesome

Episode 233: Azure Event Grid with Bahram Banisadr

In this episode Chris Risner and Noel Bundick are joined by Sean McKenna, Product Manager in the Azure Compute Team focused on Azure Container Instances.  Azure Container Instances is a new service from Azure which makes it very easy to spin up containers in the Azure cloud.  Primary features of ACI include no VM management, per-second billing, user defined resource (CPU and Memory), and image deployment from DockerHub and Azure Container Registry. Using the ACI Connector for Kubernetes, you're even able to use ACI as a place to deploy containers as part of your Kubernetes orchestration.    Links from the show: [00:46] - Introductions to Azure Container Instances[05:14] - ACI Connector for Kubernetes[09:04] - Deploying to ACI via Azure Cloud Shell[17:34] - Using the ACI Connector for KubernetesAzure Container Instances Connector for Kubernetes on GitHubAnnouncing Azure Container InstancesGitHub repo for filing issues with ACIACI TutorialsACI on User VoiceRunning Minecraft on ACILike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @nzthiagoFollow @seanmckmsftFollow @acanthamoeba

Episode 232: Azure Container Instances

In this episode Thiago Almeida and Bill Barnes are joined by Donna Malayeri, a Program Manager in the Azure Functions team. Donna joins us to show local debugging of Azure Functions written in JavaScript and C# Class Libraries as well as other features and news. Links from the show: [00:42] - What's new in Azure Functions & upcoming work[03:54] - JavaScript Debugging with Visual Studio Code[13:05] - Azure Functions visualizer[14:45] - C# Debugging with Visual Studio[21:30] - Application Insights and Custom Telemetry  [24:50] - New Portal UI improvementsUsing .NET class libraries with Azure FunctionsCode and test Azure functions locallyC# Customer Reviews sampleAzure Functions feature request and bugsAzure Functions youtube channelLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @AzureFunctionsFollow @billbaFollow @nzthiagoFollow @lindydonna

Episode 231: Azure Functions Local Debugging and More with Donna Malayeri

In this episode Thiago Almeida is joined by Mark Scurrell, Principal Program Manager in the Azure Compute group focusing on large scale compute workloads. We cover an update on Azure Batch and it's new Low-Priority VMs feature, including demos and customer scenarios. Links from the show: [01:13] - What is Azure Batch and common workloads[03:00] - Azure Batch workloads characteristics[06:56] - ffmpeg batch rendering demo[20:27] - Elasticity and maximizing utilization[22:30] - ffmpeg batch rendering demo (cont'd)[23:22] - Milliman nested stochastic cores utilization example[25:22] - Low-Priority VMs Overview [30:03] - Low-Priority VMs demo[35:00] - Options and auto-scaling with Low-Priority VMs[40:05] - Azure Batch Rendering Platform & futureBatch documentationAzure CLI – Batch template supportBatch low-priority VMs blogBatch low-priority VMs documentationRendering infoMaya plug-in for renderingLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @nzthiago

Episode 215: AzureBot with Thiago Almeida

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