We talk to Travis Falls, a Senior Consultant at Microsoft about DSC. He shares his stories about the advantages of DSC in general and specifically in a DevOps world.   Twitter: @travisfalls Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode165.mp3   Other updates: Azure Active Directory Domain Services is available in 10 new Azure regions: West Central US North Central US Canada East Canada Central Brazil South Central India West India South India Japan East Japan West       Azure IP Advantage Protecting your innovation in the cloud Reduce risk, innovate with confidence, and operate with freedom in the cloud. Azure IP Advantage provides the industry’s most comprehensive protection against intellectual property (IP) risks.   Announcing the new Azure Marketplace experience https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-new-azure-marketplace-experience/   Microsoft and Tierion collaborate on attestations & Blockchain proofs https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/blockchain-identity-proofs/   Webjet's Travel Bookings Blockchain Will Move to Pilot in 2017 http://www.coindesk.com/webjets-travel-bookings-blockchain-will-move-pilot-2017/   Announcing general availability of Managed Disks and larger Scale Sets https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-general-availability-of-managed-disks-and-larger-scale-sets/   Azure DocumentDB: Entry point for partitioned collections now 75% cheaper https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-documentdb-entry-point-for-partitioned-collections-now-75-cheaper/   Announcing preview of Storage Service Encryption for File Storage https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/preview-storage-service-encryption-for-file-storage/