We have a great chat with James Baker, from the Azure DX team, about an interesting service that he has worked on called DASH that helps get around the current performance limitations on Storage accounts. https://github.com/MicrosoftDX/DASH  Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode144.mp3   Other updates: Join the Microsoft Azure Stack Meetup @ Ignite 2016 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/join-the-microsoft-azure-stack-meetup-ignite-2016/ Azure Event Hubs Archive is now in public preview, providing efficient micro-batch processing https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-event-hubs-archive-in-public-preview/ Service Fabric on Linux support available this month https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/service-fabric-on-linux-support-available-this-month/ Announcing the General Availability of Storage Service Encryption for Data at Rest https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-general-availability-of-storage-service-encryption-for-data-at-rest/ Free ebook: Microsoft Azure Essentials: Fundamentals of Azure, Second Edition https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/microsoft_press/2016/09/01/free-ebook-microsoft-azure-essentials-fundamentals-of-azure-second-edition/ Devcon 2 - Ethereum conference https://ethereumfoundation.org/devcon/