Kendall, Cale and Evan talk to Sami Kubba, a Senior PM Lead in the Azure CXP org, about how they handle communications of outages and other issues in Azure. Great insight into what goes on behind to scenes to maintain full transparency into the workings of Azure. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode261.mp3 Transcript: https://www.videoindexer.ai/accounts/aca83d23-620b-46d6-beec-e920bff88847/videos/6962df0b56/ Resources: Understand Azure service health: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/features/service-health/   Configure service health alerts: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/platform/alerts-activity-log-service-notifications?toc=%2fazure%2fservice-health%2ftoc.json  Configure resource health alerts https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-health-alert-arm-template-guide Other updates for the week: Use Azure Database Migration Service to migrate PostgreSQL databases hosted on-premises, on a virtual machine, or on AWS RDS PostgreSQL, to Azure Database for PostgreSQL while the source database remains online during migration. Use Azure Database Migration Service to migrate MySQL databases hosted on-premises, on a virtual machine, or on AWS RDS MySQL, to Azure Database for MySQL while the source database remains online during migration.  Migrate SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Database with minimal downtime by using  Azure Database Migration Service. Learn how to use Azure Database Migration Service to perform online migrations from SQL Server on-premises or on virtual machines to Azure SQL Database with minimal downtime by reading  this tutorial. Over the last 12 months, Operations Management Suite (OMS) monitoring, management, and security capabilities have been incorporated into the Azure portal. We’ve also enhanced the Azure portal with many new features and capabilities. Because the Azure portal fully replaces it, the OMS portal will be retired on January 15, 2019. You can continue to use your existing services and licensing in the Azure portal. You can read more about the move from the OMS portal to the Azure portal in the documentation. If you have any questions or concerns, reach out to us at [email protected]. CES 2019: Microsoft partners, customers showcase breakthrough innovation with Azure IoT, AI, and Mixed Reality https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/ces-2019-microsoft-partners-customers-showcase-breakthrough-innovation-with-azure-iot-ai-and-mixed-reality/ Streamlined development experience with Azure Blockchain Workbench 1.6.0 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/streamlined-development-experience-with-azure-blockchain-workbench-1-6-0/ To infinity and beyond: The definitive guide to scaling 10k VMs on Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/to-infinity-and-beyond-the-definitive-guide-to-scaling-10k-vms-on-azure/