Cale and Sujit review the podcasts in 2015 and discuss some of the highlights of the year that defined Azure. Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode109.mp3 Other updates: Introducing a simplified configuration experience for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-configuration-experience-sql-server-virtual-machines/ Load data to Azure Data Lake Store with high throughput http://blogs.msdn.com/b/yingqin/archive/2015/12/29/load-data-to-azure-data-lake-store-with-high-throughput.aspx Azure WebJobs with Storage Queue and Exceptions http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mustafakasap/archive/2015/12/26/azure-webjobs-with-storage-queue-and-exceptions.aspx https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/guids-migration-documentdb/