Deep Kapur, a Microsoft PM on the Azure team, gives us an great refresher on Service Fabric and breaks down the new Service Fabric Mesh offering for us.   Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode241.mp3 Some links: http://aka.ms/servicefabricdocs - learn more about Service Fabric http://aka.ms/servicefabricmesh - learn more about Mesh http://aka.ms/tryservicefabric - free clusters to party on! https://github.com/microsoft/service-fabric - our GitHub codebase https://twitter.com/deepkkapur   Other updates: Azure HDInsight Interactive Query: Ten tools to analyze big data faster https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-hdinsight-interactive-query-ten-tools-to-analyze-big-data-faster/ Ethereum Proof-of-Authority on Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/ethereum-proof-of-authority-on-azure/ Microsoft Ignite – now with more code https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-ignite-now-with-more-code/ Azure.Source – Volume 43 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-source-volume-43/ Interested in deploying your Linux or containerized web app in an Azure Virtual Network? The Azure App Service team is excited to announce the general availability of Linux on Azure App Service… https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/linux-on-azure-app-service-environment-now-generally-available/ Windows Server Containers in Web App are now available in public preview! Web App for Containers is catered towards developers who want to have more control over what is installed in their containers. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-public-preview-of-windows-container-support-in-azure-app-service/ Instance size flexibility for Azure Reserved VM Instances is now generally available. Instance size flexibility is a new feature that is applicable to all new and existing Azure Reserved VM Instance purchases. Instance size flexibility can:  • Simplify the management of Azure Reserved VM Instances  • Avoid the need to exchange or cancel a reserved VM instance to apply its benefit to other virtual machines within the same Azure RI VM group and region  • Help further reduce costs in many scenarios  • Automatically apply Azure RI benefits that have been purchased to other VMs within the same group and region This feature applies to both Windows and Linux Azure Virtual Machines. For general information regarding this new Azure RI feature please visit the Azure Reserved VM Instances Webpage. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/reserved-vm-instances/