Paulo Renato, a Principal Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft works with large GISVs and he tells us about the massive scale to which these customers have to consume Azure and how best to manage this consumption.   Resources: Azure Architecture Center: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/; Azure Security Fundamentals: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/; Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-adoption-framework/ Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode309.mp3 Transcript: https://eus2.videoindexer.ai/accounts/e0eee289-7730-4999-978b-eb7f63be8cb5/videos/c9c5ebea80/?location=EUS2   Other updates: Proximity placement groups—an Azure Virtual Machine logical grouping capability to decrease inter-VM network latency—is now available. From Azure Private Link support in AKS now in preview https://aka.ms/aks/docs/private-cluster Microsoft recently announced plans to establish a new cloud datacenter region in Qatar to deliver its intelligent, trusted cloud services and expand the Microsoft global cloud infrastructure to 55 cloud regions in 20 countries. The new region is anticipated to be available starting with Microsoft Azure in 2021, and Office 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform to follow. New enhancements for Azure IoT Edge automatic deployments "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-enhancements-for-azure-iot-edge-automatic-deployments/"https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-enhancements-for-azure-iot-edge-automatic-deployments/ Better performance with bursting enhancement on Azure Disks "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/better-performance-with-bursting-enhancement-on-azure-disks/"https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/better-performance-with-bursting-enhancement-on-azure-disks/ Announcing the preview of Azure Spot Virtual Machines https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-preview-of-azure-spot-virtual-machines/"https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-preview-of-azure-spot-virtual-machines/ https://www.marketplace.org/2019/11/25/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-anyway/