Microsoft Azure News - Nov 2016
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@BrisbaneAzureUG
meetup.com/Brisbane-Azure-User-Group
Microsoft Azure NewsNovember 2016
sponsorship
getting involved
Upcoming PresentationsMonth Presenter(s) Topic
May 2016 Matt Simpson & Ed Smith (MegaPort) ExpressRoute and Office365
June 2016 BAUG Un-convention 2016.11. Mateusz Ligeza2. Todd Whitehead3. Adam Finster4. Dan Toomey
1. Sandra.Snow & Azure Websites2. Azure Cool Storage 3. Microsoft Cognitive Services4. Microsoft Flow
July 2016 Paul Seymour / Peter McCloy (Patient Zero)
Internet of (Smelly) Things: Discoveries from the “Skunk Lab”
August 2016 Bill Chesnut (MVP / SixPivot) API Management & Hybrid Integration
September 2016 Paul Seymour / Peter McCloy (Patient Zero)
(Follow-up on “Skunk Lab” IoT)
October 2016 Matt Moore (Brocade) The Art of Performance
November 2016 Todd Whitehead Building Automated Governance Using Code, Platform Svcs & Several Small Puppies
December 2016 (Various) Unconvention Night
What Would you like to see?
Topics of InterestIdeas already expressed:• Azure Data Factory• Media Services• Migration of Classic --> ARM VMs• Cost Optimisation (visibility, undetected costs, etc)• Docker & Containers• App Service Environment• What services are available and when to use?• Best practices in setting up an environment (naming standards,
etc)http://www.meetup.com/Brisbane-Azure-User-Group/messages/boards/thread/49963628
updates
General Announcements
Azure• G-Series instances available in Azure Cloud Services
where G-Series instances for Azure Virtual Machines are available today.
Akamai Standard supports geo-filteringYou can restrict access to your content, by country
Automation graphical runbooks - Error handling Automation graphical runbooks have been improved with the ability to include error handling.
Operations Management - four new services Insights & Analytics, Automation & Control, Security & Compliance, and Protection & Recovery
Public PreviewAzure HDInsight - security capabilitiesFor Hadoop - authentication, authorization, auditing
HDInsight integrates with Azure Active Directory and Azure Active Directory. HDInsight also integrates with Apache Ranger fine-grained access control policies over Hadoop data access, components, and services.Finally, data processed by HDInsight is stored in Azure Data Lake Store or Azure Storage. Both offer server-side encryption to secure data at rest.
SOAP pass-through support for Azure API Azure API Management now supports SOAP APIs. Customers can take advantage of features—such as security, analytics, and the developer portal—that were previously available only for REST/HTTP-style APIs
General Availability VSTS Test & Feedback• Test and Feedback is now generally available.
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ExpressRoute Ultra Performance Gateway Tierfive times the network throughput of “High Performance” Gateway
Azure cool blob storageAzure Blob storage accounts with hot and cool storage tiers are generally available in six new regions: US East, US West, Germany Central, Germany Northeast, Australia Southeast, and Brazil South.
General Availability Microsoft Cognitive Services: Translator generally available• Text and speech translations
Azure Active Directory Domain Services• general availability pricing will begin on December 1, 2016• combining the first two tiers into a single price point for all directories with under 25,000 objects and lowering the price by
25 percent.
• Azure Active Directory Domain Services can provide scalable, high-performance, managed services such as domain-join, LDAP, Kerberos, Windows Integrated Authentication, and Group Policy support.
Public PreviewAzure SQL Database Long-Term Retention• extend the retention period
built into SQL Database from 35 days to up to 10 years.
• Azure Analysis Services• Combine data from multiple sources into a single, trusted BI semantic model that is easy to understand and use.
General AvailabilityTemporal tables in Azure SQL• Perform data auditing in your applications.• Analyze trends or detect anomalies over time.• Implement a slowly changing dimension pattern.• Perform fine-grained row repairs at the row level, in case of accidental data errors made by humans or applications.
events
DDD Brisbane
http://dddbrisbane.com/
Ignite 2017 (Australia)
https://msftignite.com.au/
resources
On Demand Training - Updatesmva.microsoft.com • Dev/Test in the Cloud• Getting Started with the Internet of Things (IoT)
www.pluralsight.com• Designing a Hybrid Cloud in Azure• Docker for Web Developers• Azure AD for Developers
www.opsgility.com• Azure For AWS Experts• Deploying Hybrid Identitity Solutions Using Azure AD• Monitoring Apps with Application Insights
• Azure Blog:https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/
• Scott Gu’s Blog:http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu
• Scott Hanselman’s Blog:http://www.hanselman.com/
Blogs
giveaways
Free 1-month Subscription
• Two per meeting given away• Free for unemployed members
Pluralsight
tonight
Building Automated Governance in Azure
Todd WhiteheadMicrosoft