Talking tech with Techielass

Some weeks are definately tougher than others, and I'm going to be taking time this weekend for myself.

During my update I mentioned some Azure news: 

Azure Site Recovery update rollup 51 - October 2020

Log Analytics Linux Agent for Fall 2020 now available

This week in my update I talk about the latest Azure news, the community work I am doing with the Glasgow Azure User Group and also the issues I seem to be having with some sciatica!  

For more information on the Azure news that I mentioned here are some resources:   

Azure Blob storage point-in-time restore now generally available  

Azure Monitor Log Analytics data export is in public preview

This week I am working on some tight deadlines for a project that will be launching in November so it's been busy and stressful, but I am also working on things for the Glasgow Azure User Group, so be sure to check out what we have planned for October and December.  

During my update I mentioned the following news:  

Azure portal September 2020 update 

Learn how to manage and optimize your Azure costs with our guided learning module -

Monitor Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes with Metric Alerts 

This week has been another quick week, I've been busy trying to catch up on admin that I missed last week when I was focussing on Ignite and also I've been trying to catch up on creating some content.  

During my update I talked about a couple of things, if you want to check them out in more detail here are some links: 

- New Azure Advisor operational recommendations 

- New Azure Advisor performance recommendations

- Azure Security Center AWS and GCP connectors 

- Application Insights now available in UK West

This week has been pretty full on with Microsoft Ignite, I recap some of the news from the week and also give you some insight into what it was like backstage while I was interviewing people live for the mainstream. 

Azure Automanage 

Windows Admin Centre in the Azure Portal 

Azure Resource Mover

Azure Arc 

Azure VMware Solution 

Microsoft 365 Lighthouse 

Azure Migrate PowerBI 

 This week has again been all consumed with prep for Microsoft Ignite, it's been awesome meeting and catching up with the people that I will be interviewing during the event and also preparing for the session that I will be delivering.  

My team and I have set up a Discord Server where we as a community can have some chats and also during Ignite try and set up some of those hall way conversations that we all love at in person events, sign up to the Discord Server and get involved with the community.

 If you want to catch the sessions I am involved in here are the details:   

- Real world Azure Architecture with Kristian Nese 

- Azure Advanced Threat Protection Mythbusting with Ricky Simpson 

- Reinventing the electricity grid with Brian Janous 

- Cloud Migration and how Azure Migrate can assist with Bharath Sivaraman 

During my update I talked about a couple of things, if you want to check them out in more detail here are some links:  

- Update rollup 50 for Azure Site Recovery 

- Azure Retail Prices API 

- Application Insights in preview in new regions

This week has been a hectic one with lots of prep for the upcoming Microsoft Ignite digital event, there are a lot of cool things being planned and although I am disappointed we aren't all heading to New Orleans for the event in person I am excited that we are still able to run the conference and share knowledge together and interact with each other still.   

My team and I have set up a Discord Server where we as a community can have some chats and also during Ignite try and set up some of those hall way conversations that we all love at in person events, sign up to the Discord Server and get involved with the community.   

During my update I talked about a couple of things, if you want to check them out in more detail here are some links:   

- Automatic VM Guest patching for Windows VMs in Azure

- Migrate to Azure Availability Zones when using Azure Migrate 

This week I have been focusing on creating content, both blogs and presentations.  I also finished a new project showcasing the azure user groups around the world to help people find their local group.    

Azure Blob versioning is now generally available   

Visualize and Manage your AWS costs in Azure Cost Management 

Azure Security Center—News and updates for August 2020   

Microsoft Security Webinars 

Find your local Azure user group

I am back at work this week, and getting back into the swing of things after a week off last week.  Thankfully I was off last week, as the weather in Scotland has been weather for ducks only! lol   

During my update I talked about a couple of things, if you want to check them out in more detail here are some links:   

- Support to assess physical, AWS, GCP servers now generally available within Azure Migrate 

- AzCopy v10.6 with new features has been released 

Something else I noticed that was released in preview this week is the the ability to query audit logs within Azure Monitor:  

- Audit queries in Azure Monitor Logs (preview) 

This week I have been off work, and although I haven't went away anywhere on vacation I've been taking the time to explore a bit of Scotland and disconnect from social media and work.  So it feels very wierd to be checking in on what has been happening with Azure news this week, but here goes. 😉

During my update I talked about a couple of things, if you want to check them out in more detail here are some links:

- Cost optimization enhancements now available in Azure Advisor

- Azure Site Recovery update rollup 49

- Azure Policy Compliance Scan Action for GitHub Workflows is in public preview

Although I have been enjoying down time I took the chance to catch up with my good friend Lisa's latest podcast episode, where she speaks to a bunch of people about Azure Stack HCI.  If you haven't had a listen to episode 20, it's a must listen this year! 👍

Music by https://youtube.com/ikson