Microsoft MVP, Director of Solution Architecture at WTW and all things Azure expert, Sam Cogan, joins us for an in-depth discussion on Infrastructure as Code. He shares his views and give us valuable tips for having a good IaC strategy.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode420.mp3

YouTube: https://youtu.be/PlfAS6eUfzE

Blog: https://samcogan.com

Other updates:

Generally available: Azure storage table access using Azure Active Directory | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is announcing the general availability of the Ebs/Ebds v5 memory optimized Azure VM series, that deliver up to 300% increase in remote storage performance compared to prior generation VMs.

Generally available: Azure Data Explorer Inline script deployment with ARM Template | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

General availability: Azure Data Explorer supports Azure private endpoints | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

No need to expose public endpoints or expose data over public internet to enable access from ADX clusters.

Update: Azure AD Graph retirement date | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

Extended retirement to move to Microsoft Graph - now 31 Dec 2022 (was 30 June 22).  Feature updates are going into MS Graph, not AD Graph

General availability: Azure Backup now supports vault-archive tier for Azure VMs | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

More GB but cheaper overall, using vault-archive instead of vault-standard

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/the-future-is-on-fhir-for-sas-and-microsoft-azure/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-metrics-and-alerts-support-in-azure-container-apps/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-health-probes-support-in-azure-container-apps/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-visual-studio-support-for-azure-container-apps/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-visual-studio-code-extension-for-azure-container-apps/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-managed-identities-support-in-azure-container-apps/