The Azure Podcast

The team gets together with Mark Eisenberg, Cloud Solutions Architect and frequent guest on the podcast, to analyze the various Innovations in Azure that were announced my Mark Russinovich at the recent Ignite conference. The discussions range from data center hardware to quantum computing. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode444.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/8ycwq-PGl4g Ignite session: Inside Azure Innovations with Mark Russinovich (microsoft.com)   Other updates: Public preview: Microsoft Azure Deployment Environments | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   Image Analysis 4.0 with new API endpoint and OCR model in preview https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/image-analysis-40-with-new-api-endpoint-and-ocr-model-in-preview/   Azure Scales 530B Parameter GPT-3 Model with NVIDIA NeMo Megatron https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-scales-530b-parameter-gpt3-model-with-nvidia-nemo-megatron/   App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024 App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

The team talks to Cesar De la Torre Llorente, a Principal Architect in the Azure team, about the new style of applications that leverage the 5G wireless network and are managed by Azure. This enables new scenarios running apps on factory floors, smart buildings, stadiums etc. and opens up new microservice style architectures that are all controlled via Azure.   Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode443.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/ghgionI4GZg Resources:  Link created especially for our Azure Podcast listeners https://aka.ms/AzurePodcast5G   Other updates: Generally available: 5,000 node scale in AKS | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   General availability: Confidential VM option for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   Public preview: Azure Resource Topology | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   Enable flow logging using Azure ExpressRoute Traffic Collector (Preview) | Microsoft Learn   https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-storage-blog/azure-elastic-san-in-preview/ba-p/3643414   General availability: OpenTelemetry exporter for Azure Data Explorer | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: Azure savings plan for compute | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure In development: Introducing ExpressRoute Metro | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure General availability: Azure Monitor predictive autoscale for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

The team catches up with Brian Lehr to take a look at the range of IP services available in Azure.   Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode442.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/weTl6r63qYo Resources: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/ip-services-overview (IP Services Overview) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/custom-ip-address-prefix (BYOIP) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/routing-preference-overview (Routing Preference) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/ipv6-overview (IPv6 Overview)   Other updates: Generally available: Backup and restore updates for App Service | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure Public preview: Automatic backup for App Service Environment V2 and V3 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   General availability: Smart tiering to vault-archive tier for Azure Backup | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   Distributed PostgreSQL comes to Azure Cosmos DB - Azure Cosmos DB Blog (microsoft.com)   Public preview: Azure Resource Topology | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   Public preview: New Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set and Spot Virtual Machines capabilities | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

The team catches up with the developers of the Databricks Accelerator for Azure Purview to learn when, where, and why you might use it.   Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode441.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/W9Dyb6E5eKk Resources: The Databricks to Purview Solution Accelerator Repo: microsoft/Purview-ADB-Lineage-Solution-Accelerator: A connector to ingest Azure Databricks lineage into Microsoft Purview (github.com) Demo Deployment Quickstart: Purview-ADB-Lineage-Solution-Accelerator/deploy-demo.md at release/2.1 · microsoft/Purview-ADB-Lineage-Solution-Accelerator (github.com) YouTube Video overview: Demoing the Azure Databricks lineage solution accelerator in Microsoft Purview - YouTube The OpenLineage Repo: OpenLineage/OpenLineage: An Open Standard for lineage metadata collection (github.com) OpenLineage + Purview Blog: Microsoft Purview Accelerates Lineage Extraction from Azure Databricks | OpenLineage   Other updates: Public preview: 128 vCore option for Azure SQL Database standard-series hardware | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure - 415 GB of memory   Azure Basic Load Balancer will be retired on 30 September 2025—upgrade to Standard Load Balancer | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure    https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-and-int-deploy-ivaap-for-osdu-data-platform-on-microsoft-energy-data-services/   Azure Machine Learning—General availability updates for September 2022 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   Azure Machine Learning—Public preview updates for September 2022 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   Public preview: Azure Firewall Basic | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure  designed for SMB ; cost effective SKU   https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/strengthen-your-security-with-policy-analytics-for-azure-firewall/

The team catches up with Holger Bruchelt to get an update SAP and why we now say "SAP and Azure" and not "SAP on Azure"   Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode440.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/T70PrDkSQvI Resources: https://microsoft.com/SAP - Overall picture at SAP on Azure https://aka.ms/acss - This is THE central entry point for Azure Center for SAP Solutions Overview and architecture of the SAP CDC capabilities (preview) - Azure Data Factory – this is the new SAP CDC Connector for ADF https://youtube.com/SAPonAzure - our YouTube channel for SAP on Azure    Other updates: Public preview: Customer initiated storage account conversion | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   Microsoft Ignite - Oct 12-14th, UK will have some in person element in Manchester this year, and local events will also take place in France, Germany, Latin America, Japan and China;  Showcase of the latest innovations from Microsoft and partners.   https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-netapp-files-new-regions-and-crossregion-replication/   Netapp Files now available in Korea South, Sweden Central Cross-region replication now in Korea Central/south, North Central US, East US 2, France Central and West Europe; Backup feature in public preview now expanded to SE Asia, UK South https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-unmanaged-disks-will-be-retired-on-30-september-2025/  Managed disks have now been available for several years (2017), and unmanaged discs are being retired - so you need to migrate before 30 sept 2025.  Advantages of managed discs include reliability, scalability, capacity, bursting, shared discs, etc.

Kendall and Sujit talk to Tom Kerkhove again, now a Senior Software Engineer in the Azure team and still the maintainer of KEDA. He gives us insights into the new API Management Self Hosted Gateway V2 option, which allows customers to host API Management capabilities in other clouds and on-premises with many more deployment options. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode439.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/qgtnKyIeyqU Resources: https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/references/config https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/deploy/k8s/production-guidance https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/migration/v2 https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/releases https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/registry-portal https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/deploy/k8s/helm https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/deploy/k8s/yaml https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/deploy/k8s/arc https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/samples/container-apps https://aka.ms/apim/shgw/intro https://aka.ms/apim/gateway-overview   Other updates: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients-and-mobile-in-exchange-online/deprecation-of-basic-authentication-exchange-online   General availability: Standard network features for Azure NetApp Files | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   Virtual datacenter tour | Azure global infrastructure experience (microsoft.com)   Generally available: Resizing of peered virtual networks | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   API Server VNet Integration in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) - Azure Kubernetes Service | Microsoft Learn Public preview: Operation abort | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

The team catches up with Aimee Littleton, PM on the Azure Networking team, to learn more about NAT Gateway and when customers should be using it. Short answer = whenever you have outbound network connectivity as part of your workload!   Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode438.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/cmU5hNEISlg Resources: What is Azure Virtual Network NAT? | Microsoft Docs Dive deep into NAT gateway’s SNAT port behavior | Azure Blog and Updates | Microsoft Azure   Other Updates: General availability: Azure Communication Services support for Teams identities | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

James Tabor from the Azure CXP CRE (Customer Reliability Engineering) team shares how he improves team productivity by building Power Platform Apps and gives us tips and tricks to get us started on the same journey.   Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode437.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/_t6BIh-9vHI   Other Updates: Public preview: Ephemeral OS disks supports host-based encryption using customer managed key | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   Generally available: Live resize for Premium SSD and Standard SSD Disk Storage | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure     Elevate your visualizations with Azure Managed Grafana—now generally available https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/elevate-your-visualizations-with-azure-managed-grafana-now-generally-available/   Microsoft Cost Management updates – August 2022 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-cost-management-updates-august-2022/   Azure private MEC—A thriving partner ecosystem https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-private-mec-a-thriving-partner-ecosystem/   Azure Virtual Machines with Ampere Altra Arm–based processors—generally available https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-virtual-machines-with-ampere-altra-arm-based-processors-generally-available/     Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache | Microsoft Docs Public preview: App Configuration references for App Service and Azure Functions | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   Generally available: Azure Functions extension for Event Grid blob trigger | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

The team catches up with Byron Tardif from the App Services team to learn about App Services' migration to Kestrel+YARP (Yet Another Reverse Proxy)   Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode436.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/OuPj4RAGDLQ Resources: A Heavy Lift: Bringing Kestrel + YARP to Azure App Services - .NET Blog (microsoft.com) gRPC support on App Service now in Public Preview - Azure App Service   Submit App Services ideas at Web Apps · Community (azure.com)    

The team catches up with Bill Paxson and Rob Futrick to learn about Azure HPC and the unique way in which the Microsoft Support team is supports HPC customers     Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode435.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/1y1iDUvx75A Resources: High-performance computing (HPC) on Azure - Azure Architecture Center | Microsoft Docs High Performance Computing – HPC | Microsoft Azure   Free MS Learn modules covering many HPC AI topics, from intro to HPC to advanced optimization: Run high-performance computing (HPC) applications on Azure - Learn | Microsoft Docs Overview from HPC AI Day conference earlier this year: (101) Azure HPC+AI Day: HPC + AI software - YouTube Great overview of the entire HPC platform, including CPU + GPU hardware, HPC Storage considerations + options, etc.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U54kF0EZ9DM Azure CycleCloud specifically:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyrsXUwm0vA. It has a live demo 19 minutes in.   Other updates: Monday, August 15, 2022 9:00 PM Use Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver for Azure Blob storage on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) - Azure Kubernetes Service | Microsoft Docs     Azure Data Explorer: Log and telemetry analytics benchmark https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-data-explorer-log-and-telemetry-analytics-benchmark/   Announcing Microsoft Dev Box Preview   https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-microsoft-dev-box-preview/

Evan and Cynthia speak with Abhishek Tiwari, Director of Software Engineering about the diverse types of situations traffic manager can be used in, how Microsoft has built a service to support 100% SLA, and how traffic manager can even be leveraged as part of a cloud modernization effort in a hybrid scenario.  Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode434.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/NhuJlK_vOEs Resources: What is Traffic Manager? How Traffic Manager Works Traffic Manager routing methods Updates: Review and remove AAD inactive users in Public Preview Public preview: Azure Dedicated Host restart General availability: Azure App Service Environment v3 support for custom domain suffix  

Evan and Sujit discuss one of the earliest, yet least talked-about services in Azure, the Relay Service. They discuss how it works and the place it can play in various application deployment scenarios. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode433.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/hCR-BY8hf7E Resources: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-relay/relay-what-is-it Samples: https://github.com/Azure/azure-relay/tree/master/samples/hybrid-connections   Other Updates:  https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/new-kms-dns-in-azure-global-cloud/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-public-ipv6-offerings-are-free-as-of-july-31/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-firewall-premium-is-now-icsa-labs-certified/

Cale and Sujit discuss the little-known. but very important App Config Service which simplifies configurations for all applications on Azure. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode432.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/P6QsUY0zdQQ Resources: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-app-configuration/overview   Other updates: Azure empowers easy-to-use, high-performance, and hyperscale model training using DeepSpeed https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-empowers-easytouse-highperformance-and-hyperscale-model-training-using-deepspeed/   Microsoft Cost Details API now generally available for EA and MCA customers https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-cost-details-api-now-generally-available-for-ea-and-mca-customers/   Azure Confidential Ledger goes GA https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/azure-confidential-ledger/#overview   Satya announced the general availability of Azure confidential ledger at INSPIRE

We chat with Nir Mashkowski, Principal PM Manager, about the evolution of PaaS since its inception 10+ years ago, some of the usage patterns that he has observed, the benefits and reasoning of using PaaS services, and the future of where Azure PaaS services is headed.  Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode431.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/b3zUtaCnhTE Resources: Overview - Azure App Service | Microsoft Docs Azure Functions Overview | Microsoft Docs What is Azure Static Web Apps? | Microsoft Docs Azure Container Apps documentation | Microsoft Docs Dapr - Distributed Application Runtime KEDA | Kubernetes Event-driven Autoscaling

Azure FastTrack Engineers John Downs and Arsen Vladimirskiy explain how multi-tenant architectures can be deployed on Azure. They talk about the various factors that should be considered when designing these types of applications.   Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode430.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/r4pePMf_Y28 Resources:  https://aka.ms/multitenancy https://aka.ms/multitenancy/live https://aka.ms/multitenancy/feedback   Other Updates: Generally available: HTTP proxy support for AKS clusters | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   Public preview: Custom certificate authorities | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   Public preview: New API backend options in Azure Static Web Apps | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   Generally available: Improved Try Azure Cosmos DB for free experience | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   Public preview: Create an additional 5000 Azure Storage accounts within your subscription | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure