In this episode Haishi Bai and Romit Girdhar are joined by Chris Anderson, Program Manager on the Azure App Service team focusing on Azure Functions. Azure Functions provides a way to host code that can respond to a variety of different triggers. Currently Azure Functions has first class support for C# and Node with additional functionality on the way (PowerShell, F#, Python, etc). Links from the show: [01:26] - Chris' presentation[03:01] - What is Azure Functions?[04:07] - Web Jobs vs Functions[18:30] - How pricing works[21:20] - Functions and Logic Apps demo[29:35] - Bot Framework demo[32:30] - Function monitoring demoAzure Functions homepageAzure Functions signupAzure Functions SDK in GitHubIntroducing Azure Functions at BuildLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @haishibai2010Follow @romitgirdharFollow @crandycodes

In this episode Chris Risner and Thiago Almeida are joined by Ahmet Alp Balkan, an Open Source Engineer on the Azure Linux team. Ahmet joins us to talk about his work on Docker Machine. Docker Machine is a tool developed by Docker that handles the creation of virtual machines that are already configured to run Docker containers for you. He starts by demonstrating using Docker Machine to create a new vm on his local laptop using Virtual Box. Ahmet then uses the Azure Driver to create a new virtual machine and resource group, as well as all other items necessary to run the vm, with Docker set up. Finally, Ahmet deploys a web server to the Azure vm and then demonstrates how to shut down and delete all of his resources using Docker Machine. Links from the show: [03:07] - Ahmet's presentation[04:04] - Creating a local VM[06:28] - Using the Azure Driver[12:07] - Deploying a web server container[14:40] - Deleting resourcesDocker OverviewDocker Machine documentationUsing Docker Machine with AzureMore on using Docker Machine with AzureIn the news: Open Sourcing XamarinIn the news: Azure Container Service GAsIn the news: Azure Stream Analytics and Power BI GAsIn the news: Migrating Application Insights to HockeyAppIn the news: Azure SQL Database support for Geo-replication at all tiersIn the news: Azure Mobile Apps Node.js SDK 2.1.0Like Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @haishibai2010Follow @nzthiagoFollow @ahmetalpbalkan

In this episode Chris Risner is joined by Ashish Kurmi, developer on the Azure App Service team. Ashish joins us to talk about adding custom domains and SSL certificates to Azure App Services. Ashish starts by demonstrating how to purchase a new Custom Domain from within the Azure portal. This is easily found by navigating to the Settings for your Azure App Service and finding Custom Domains and SSL. Purchasing a domain can be done completely within the Azure portal and makes use of GoDaddy's registrar services behind the scenes. Once a domain is purchased, it is a top level resource which can be used anywhere within Azure. Ashish also demonstrates using it with Traffic Manager. We also look at how to access advanced DNS settings from the portal. Ashish then goes into how to purchase, verify, and assign an SSL Certificate for your App Services. Links from the show: [01:05] - Buying a Custom Domain[18:00] - Advanced DNS management[19:28] - Creating an SSL CertificateBuy and Configure a Custom Domain for Azure App ServicePurchase an SSL Cert for Azure App Servicehttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/internals-of-app-service-certificate/Azure App Service CertificatesLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @haishibai2010 Follow @kurmiashish

In this episode Chris Risner and Haishi Bai are joined by Ahmed Elnably, a Program Manager on the Azure Web Apps team. Ahmed joins us to talk about App Service App Cloning, which is a way for users to clone apps from one region or one app service environment to another. Links from the show: [03:00] - Cloning from the portal[06:23] - Cloning from PowerShellAzure App Service Cloning using PowerShellAzure App Service Cloning in the PortalLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @haishibai2010 Follow @elnably

In this episode Chris Risner is joined by Cory Fowler, Program Manager on the Azure App Services team. Cory joins us to talk about Azure App Service Local Cache. Local Cache enables your Apps to copy their code to storage on the local VMs running their site. Normally, Apps are run from a network based disk. Changing to storage local to the VM greatly improve the performance of languages like PHP, Node.js, and any other platform that needs to frequently read the files running it. Local Cache can be turned on by adding two application settings into your App Service's settings. Cory walks through adding these settings and then how you can check to see that it has been turned on. Finally, Cory walks through how you should use site slots to ensure your code changes are redeployed to the local cache. Links from the show: [04:45] - Cory's presentation[10:10] - Turning on Local CacheAzure App Service Local Cache documentationIn the news: Deploy Java Web Apps to Azure using EclipseIn the news: Azure Search introduces lower cost tierIn the news: General Availability of StorSimple Virtual ArrayIn the news: Azure Search Indexer for Azure Blob Storage now in Public PreviewLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @haishibai2010Follow @cfowlermsft

In this episode Chris Risner and Haishi Bai are joined by Brian Moore, Program Manager on the Azure Tools for Visual Studio team. The tooling in Visual Studio helps you define Azure Resource Manager templates which you can use to deploy resources in Azure. Using the tooling, developers have a very helpful design style interface for generating their templates as well as intellisense if you choose to edit the JSON directly. Links from the show: [01:33] - Creating a new project in VS[04:18] - Project structure[07:40] - Configuring Variables and Parameters[17:10] - Running a deployment from Visual Studio Team ServicesAzure SDK and Tools downloadsAzure Resource Manager OverviewContinuous integration in Visual Studio Team Services using Azure Resource Group deployment projectsLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @haishibai2010Email Brian

In this episode Chris Risner and Haishi Bai are joined by Vinayak Shastri a Cloud Security Solutions Architect from Barracuda, who joins us to discuss Barracuda's next generation firewall designed for the cloud. Vinayak takes us through a sample multi-tier architecture involving several subnets and a traditional separation of the web application, web service, and database layers. He then goes on to explain how adding the Barracuda firewall can help you secure all layers of your application by ensuring all traffic goes through the firewall. Vinayak also makes heavy use of the firewall portal which enables you to view all traffic flowing into and out of your application, control firewall endpoints and routing rules, and much more. He also demonstrates a live failover from a primary firewall box to a secondary and shows how that works in a seamless and automated way to update routing. Links from the show: [01:37] - The Next Generation Firewall[10:26] - Showing the DemoBarracuda's Azure programNG Firewall landing pageARM Templates for the FirewallBe a Superhuman and win a DroneBarracuda on Cloud Cover from 2014Have questions? Email Barracuda's Azure SupportLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @haishibai2010Follow @barracuda

In this episode Chris Risner and Haishi Bai are joined by Ross Gardler, Senior Program Manager on the Azure Linux Compute team. Ross joins us to talk about the Azure Service Container. Ross starts by talking about what Docker is by demonstrating running the Hello World container and then moves on to running 20 web servers in containers in a matter of seconds. He then goes on to explain Docker Swarm and Apache Mesos and how they work with the new Azure Container Service. Links from the show: [01:00] - Hello World with Docker[02:55] - Running a Web Server in Docker[07:28] - Running 20 Web Servers in Docker 4:43[07:34] - VMs vs Containers[14:00] - The Dockerfile[20:00] - Reducing Complexity[20:51] - Docker SWARM and Apache Mesos[26:16] - Deploying a whole application with Docker Compose[28:44] - Azure Container Service diagram[32:04] - Deploying using the Portal or ARM[33:40] - Autoscaling the applicationAzure Container Service PreviewAzure Container Service IntroAzure Container Service and DockerLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @haishibai2010Follow @rgardler

In this episode Chris Risner and Haishi Bai are joined by Brady Gaster, Program Manager on the Azure SDK and Tooling team. Brady joins us to talk about some recent updates to the Azure SDK for .NET. Brady talks about some of the new capabilities of the .NET SDK for Azure and does a deep dive on the new functionality provided in the Visual Studio tooling that is installed as part of the SDK. Links from the show: [07:04] - Brady's presentation[10:22] - Walking through Visual Studio tooling[13:30] - New App Service tooling[24:22] - Exporting ARM TemplatesAnnouncing the Azure SDK 2.8.2 for .NETIn the news: Azure Stack Technical PreviewIn the news: Azure Stack Webcast on February 3rdIn the news: File Management with Mobile AppsIn the news: Node.js SDK Updates for Azure Mobile AppsIn the news: Cordova Plugin Updates for Azure Mobile AppsIn the news: WordPress for Azure SQL Database / SQL Server with Project NamiIn the news: Azure Storage explorer preview updatesIn the news: This Week in AzureLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @haishibai2010Follow @bradygaster

In this episode Chris Risner and Haishi Bai are joined by Matthew Henderson, Program Manager on the Azure App Service team. Matthew joins us to discuss how you can migrate and upgrade your Azure Mobile Services into Azure App Service Mobile Apps. Mobile Apps provides a next generation version of the backend for your mobile apps and provides for greater functionality over Mobile Services. In the video, Matthew walks through a current Mobile Service and it's connected application and performs a migration to Mobile Apps. Next he goes through steps you would take to upgrade a .NET Mobile Service backend to a Mobile App. Links from the show: [02:20] - Mobile Services in the Current Portal[06:00] - Migrating vs Upgrading[07:10] - Migrating a Node Mobile Service in the Classic Portal[11:50] - Finding the Mobile App in the Current Portal[12:55] - Looking at App Settings for your migrated Mobile App[20:38] - Upgrading a .NET BackendMigrating Node and .NET Mobile Services to Mobile AppsUpgrading .NET Mobile Services to Mobile AppsAzure App ServiceAzure Mobile AppsLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @haishibai2010Follow @mattchendersonFollow @AzureMobile