Microsoft Cloud Show

Episode 237 | Plethora of Office 365, Azure, AWS and Space News


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In this 237th episode, AC and CJ plow through a ton of news in the cloud space related to Microsoft, Azure, Office 365 and AWS. They spent a bit more time this week on picks… including an awesome listener submission!

Notes:

News

  • Microsoft
    • Windows emergency patch: Microsoft’s new update kills off Intel’s Spectre fix
    • Office 365
      • SharePoint Content Services January 2018 Update
      • Microsoft Teams gets tighter app integration, revamped command box, and slash commands
      • Microsoft Teams: Making meetings matter
      • New in January—enriching teamwork across devices
      • Shared Office codebase for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android means more features for more users faster
      • Containers
        • Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS, Expanding its Kubernetes and Containers Leadership
        • Azure
          • Microsoft acquires PlayFab, a tool vendor for cloud-connected games
          • Managing Azure Secrets on GitHub Repositories
          • Announcing the general availability of Azure Event Grid
          • Azure Storage SDKs for Python, Ruby and PHP now generally available
          • New in Stream Analytics: General availability of sub-streams, query compatibility, and more
          • .NET Core 2.0 support for App Service on Linux
          • AWS
            • Serverless ASP.NET Core 2.0 Applications
            • AWS Lambda .NET Core 2.0 Support Released
            • Picks
              AC’s Picks

              • Custom Silent Server - 2x Quad Core XEON 2.33Ghz, 32GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX 580
              • The World’s First Legitimate Ponzi Scheme
              • Reddit: SpaceX: Elon: This rocket was meant to test very high retrothrust landing in water so it didn’t hurt the droneship, but amazingly it has survived. We will try to tow it back to shore.
              • OPEN DSKY Apollo 50th Anniversary - Make 100
              • CJ’s Picks

                • Explorer 1
                • NASA sends historic Apollo mission control consoles to be restored
                • Listener Pick

                  • NASA’s Long Dead ‘IMAGE’ Satellite is Alive!
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