Evan and Sujit talk to Vishwas Lele, an Azure MVP and Microsoft Regional Director, about his role in the community, his Azure projects and his views on Azure services, specifically Hybrid scenarios. Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode161.mp3 Twitter:@vlele Company website www.appledis.com Azure courses on Pluralsight Courses  - https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/vishwas-lele Channel 9  Videos  - https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Speakers/vishwas-lele Other updates: Azure SQL Database is increasing read and write performance https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-sql-database-is-increasing-the-read-and-write-performance/   Azure Virtual Machine Internals – Part 1 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-virtual-machine-internals-part-1/   HDInsight tools for IntelliJ & Eclipse December Updates https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/hdinsight-tools-for-intellij-eclipse-december-updates/   Azure Storage Queues New Feature: Pop-Receipt on Add Message https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-storage-queues-new-feature-pop-receipt-on-add-message/ Av2-Series now generally available for Azure Cloud Services  Av2-Series instances for Azure Cloud Services are now available in all regions where Av2 virtual machines are currently offered. Av2-Series Cloud Services are up to 36 percent less expensive than the current A-Series Standard Cloud Services. For more information about pricing, please visit the internal pricing website. Av2-Series are available in standard memory options in 1, 2, 4, and 8 cores with memory ranging from 2 GB to 16 GB, and in higher memory options in 2, 4, and 8 cores with memory ranging from 16 GB to 64 GB. To learn more about this service, please visit the Cloud Services webpage.