microsoft azure news - dec 2016
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@BrisbaneAzureUG
meetup.com/Brisbane-Azure-User-Group
Upcoming PresentationsMonth Presenter(s) Topic
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 Dan Dekel & Brenden Homan (Patient Zero)
Azure Functions
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 BAUG Un-convention 2016.21. Dan Toomey2. Adam Finster3. Paul Smith
1. Azure Certification Exams2. Intro to Hybrid Connections3. Management of ARM Templates
Microsoft Azure NewsDecember 2016
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getting involved
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 AnnouncementsAzureG-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
General Availability VSTS Test & FeedbackTest and Feedback is now generally available.
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.• Starting January 1, 2017, Azure Active Directory Domain Services will introduce a high-level tier for directories with
100,000–500,000 objects. Usage will show on your bill under “S3 Domain Services (Hours).”
Azure Functions• Serverless compute experience to accelerate your development• Can scale based on demand, and you pay only for the resources you consume • General availability pricing will go into effect on January 1, 2017.
General Availability – Azure SQL DatabaseTemporal 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.
In-Memory OLTP • Memory-optimized tables• Memory-optimized table types• Natively compiled T-SQL modules • Available in all Premium databases, including databases in Premium elastic pools
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-sql-database-in-memory-performance/
General Availability – Virtual MachinesAv2-Series instances for Azure Virtual Machines Generally Available • Up to 36 percent less expensive than the current A-Series Standard virtual machines• Include load balancing and auto-scaling at no additional charge. • Available in standard memory options in 1, 2, 4, and 8 cores with memory ranging from 2 GB to 16 GB, and in higher
memory options in 2, 4, and 8 cores with memory ranging from 16 GB to 64 GB.
N-Series Virtual Machines Now Generally Available in Select Regions• South Central US, East US, West Europe, and Southeast Asia
NC-based & NV-based instances for Azure Virtual Machines available• NC-based instances powered by NVIDIA’s Tesla K80 GPUs and provide the compute power required to accelerate the most
demanding HPC and AI workloads• NV-based instances are powered by NVIDIA’s Tesla M60 GPUs and provide NVIDIA’s GRID capabilities on demand.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-machines/
Public PreviewAzure HDInsight - Security Capabilities• For Hadoop - authentication, authorization, auditing • HDInsight integrates with Azure Active Directory and Azure Active Directory Domain Service. • 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
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-security-performance-and-isv-solutions-build-on-azure-hdinsight-s-leadership-to-make-hadoop-enterprise-ready-for-the-cloud/
SOAP Pass-Through Support for Azure API ManagementAzure 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
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-soap-pass-through-support-for-azure-api-management/
Public Preview – Azure SQL DatabaseAzure 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.
Public Preview – Cognitive ServicesNew feature, Face API Person Group• Enables developers to store up to 100,000 Persons by purchasing additional Person Faces
Content Moderator• Available as a service in the Azure portal• Automatically filters out offensive content in text, image, and video across platforms• Includes human review tools for more nuanced cases
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive-services/
events
https://www.meetup.com/Brisbane-Azure-User-Group/events/235900212/
Brisbane Tech Christmas DrinksThursday, 15 December 2016
Grand Central Hotel - Platform Bar270 Ann Street, Brisbane
sponsored by:
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
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• Two per meeting given away• Free for unemployed members
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tonight
BAUG Unconvention 2016.2
Presenter Topic
Dan Toomey Azure Certification Exams
Adam Finster Intro to Hybrid Connections
Paul Smith Management of ARM Templates