Partner Development Manager Rob Davies gives us insights into how we should optimize Azure resources in our subscriptions.   Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode304.mp3 Transcript: https://eus2.videoindexer.ai/accounts/e0eee289-7730-4999-978b-eb7f63be8cb5/videos/05e62b9782/?location=EUS2 Resources: Nerdio’s overview of cloud Cost Models: https://getnerdio.com/academy/8-reasons-to-move-your-data-center-to-microsoft-azure/ US Datacenter Optimization (Rob’s team): https://aka.ms/usdco   Other updates: Ignite announcements: https://news.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/563/2019/11/Ignite-2019-Book-of-News.pdf   87 pages of announcements - 175 separate announcements! Ignite sessions https://myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions Enterprise Grade Hyperledger Fabric on AKS https://forms.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=v4j5cvGGr0GRqy180BHbR7qjd5hfTu5PodOg2ZvLp7BUMElGTFRCSjdaTzNGMzcwRjJDUUROVkYzUS4u Blockchain Data Manager https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/blockchain/service/data-manager Azure Blockchain Tokens https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/blockchain/tokens/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/tokenization-establishing-digital-representations-of-val-ue-as-the-medium-of-exchange/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/web-apps-migration-experience-now-available-in-azure-migrate/ New Azure Dav4-series and Eav4-series virtual machines (VMs) based on AMD EPYC™ are now available. They are ideal for general purpose and memory intensive workloads. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-kubernetes-service-aks-support-for-authenticated-ips-is-now-available/ Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for authenticated IPs is now availableAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for authenticated IPs is now availableAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for authenticated IPs is now available https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-kubernetes-service-aks-support-for-azure-availability-zones-is-now-available/ Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for Azure Availability Zones is now available https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-spot-vms-are-now-in-preview/ Azure generation 2 virtual machines (VMs) are now generally available Azure Sphere will be generally available in February 2020. General availability will mark our readiness to fulfill our security promise at scale, and to put the power of Microsoft’s expertise to work for our customers every day. Azure Sphere’s mission is to empower every organization on the planet to connect and create secured and trustworthy IoT devices. To deliver on this, we’ve made several strategic investments and partnerships that make it possible to meet our customers wherever they are on their IoT journey. General availability will be an important milestone for Azure Sphere as we continue our work to give our customers and partners greater opportunities to securely shape the future.  From Azure Serial Console is coming to Government Cloud, with the same functionality and same GUI.