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Windows Azure NewsOctober 2014

leaders

Goodbye Paul!

leadersMehdi KhaliliSenior Consultant at ThoughtWorks@MehdiKhaliliProgrammer, architect, team leader, mentor, agile practitioner.

Damien BerryDelivery Lead at SunsuperDamien.Berry@gmail.comTeam manager, project manager, architect, developer

Dan ToomeySenior Consultant at Mexia@Daniel2MeIntegration specialist, Pluralsight author, Azure Advisor, BizTalk UG leader

sponsorship

give aways

updates

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in Preview Portalhttp://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/azure-sql-databases-api-management-media-services-websites-role-based-access-control-and-more

• Grant access to resource groups as well as individual resources

• Based on Azure Active Directory

• Three built-in roles: Owner, Contributor, Reader

Azure Site Recovery is now GAhttp://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/10/02/disaster-recovery-to-azure-using-azure-site-recovery-is-now-ga/

• Disaster Recovery (DR) to Azure

• ASR Recovery Plans and Azure Automation integration

Platform

Tag Support with Resourceshttp://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/azure-redis-cache-disaster-recovery-to-azure-tagging-support-elastic-scale-for-sqldb-docdb

• Azure Management platform and Azure Preview Portal

• Categorisation via name/value pairs

• Used for filtering / searching

Platform

Virtual MachinesNew D-Series of Azure VMs with 60% Faster CPUs, More Memory and Local SSD Diskshttp://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/new-d-series-of-azure-vms-with-60-faster-cpus-more-memory-and-local-ssd-disks

• Up to 112 GB memory

• Up to 800 GB SSD Drives

Instance-Level Public IPs are now Generally Availablehttp://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/azure-redis-cache-disaster-recovery-to-azure-tagging-support-elastic-scale-for-sqldb-docdb

• Assign public IP addresses to VMs and web or worker roles

• No need to map a virtual IP endpoint for access

SQL DatabaseGeneral Availability of Azure SQL Database Service Tiershttp://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/azure-sql-databases-api-management-media-services-websites-role-based-access-control-and-more

• 99.99% SLA• Guarantee of consistent performance level• Point-in-Time Restore• Auditing• Active Geo-Replication• Per-Hour Billing

Elastic Scale preview for Azure SQL Databasehttp://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/10/02/introducing-elastic-scale-preview-for-azure-sql-database/

• Enhanced sharding capabilities thru .NET libraries and Azure templates• Great for High-Volume OLTP, Multi-tenant SaaS, & Continuous Data Collection

Web SitesVirtual Network Integration, new Scalable CMS with WordPress

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/azure-sql-databases-api-management-media-services-websites-role-based-access-control-and-more

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/09/15/azure-websites-virtual-network-integration/

• Virtual Network Integration in Preview Portal

• Scalable CMS with WordPress

• Improvements to Backup

CacheGeneral Availability of Redis Cache Servicehttp://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/azure-redis-cache-disaster-recovery-to-azure-tagging-support-elastic-scale-for-sqldb-docdb

• Recommended distributed cache solution, managed as a service by Microsoft• Two editions (Basic, Standard) and multiple sizes (250MB 53GB)• High-performance data types• Built-in monitoring & alerting

Media ServicesLive Streaming, DRM, Faster Cost Effective Encoding, and Media Indexer

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/azure-sql-databases-api-management-media-services-websites-role-based-access-control-and-more

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/09/18/azure-media-services-rtmp-support-and-live-encoders/

• Public preview of Live Streaming (RTMP)

• DRM Content Protection

• Faster and More Cost Effective Media Encoding

• Media Indexer

• More Media Partners

Mobile Services

Updates to .NET Backend

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/10/02/custom-login-scopes-single-sign-on-new-asp-net-web-api-updates-to-the-azure-mobile-services-net-backend/

• Custom scopes for social authentication providers

• Single sign-on support for Windows Store applications

• Updated dependency to Web API 5.2

Notification Hubs

Support for Baidu Cloud Push

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/azure-redis-cache-disaster-recovery-to-azure-tagging-support-elastic-scale-for-sqldb-docdb

• Support for Android devices in China

HDInsight

Public Preview of HDInsight in China

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/09/19/microsoft-brings-hadoop-to-china-with-the-public-preview-of-hdinsight/

API ManagementGeneral Availability of Azure API Management Service

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/azure-sql-databases-api-management-media-services-websites-role-based-access-control-and-more

• Formal SLA for Standard tier services

• OAuth support in Developer Portal

Monitoring

General Availability of Azure Alerting and new Alerts on Events support

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/azure-sql-databases-api-management-media-services-websites-role-based-access-control-and-more

• Send email when alert threshold is crossed

• Configured via Management Services

• Preview: Create alerts on Operational Events

PricingLatest Price Reductions (as of 25 Sept 2014):

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/09/25/microsoft-offers-price-reductions-on-select-azure-services/

Current Prices New Prices

ExpressRoute NSP (1 Gbps) $12K/month $8.7K/month

BizTalk Services (Standard) $4.03/hour $2.93/hour

Mobile Services (Standard) $199/month $139.99/month

Cache (Basic) $25/month $18/month

Microsoft Azure WebJobs SDK – 1.0.0-rc1

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/09/22/announcing-the-1-0-0-rc1-of-microsoft-azure-webjobs-sdk/

Mobile Services Beta iOS SDK Released

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/10/07/mobile-services-beta-ios-sdk-released/

SDK & Tooling

resources

http://channel9.msdn.com/WindowsAzure

Windows Azure Area on

http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Web+Camps+TV

http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Subscribe

http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/videos/windows-azure-friday/http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Windows-Azure-Friday

events

http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/teched/teched-2014/default.aspx

TechEd Australia 2014Melbourne: 7 - 8 OctoberSydney: 27 - 28 October

https://www.azureconf.net/

Azure Conf 201421 October 20148:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST

http://integrate2014.com/

INTEGRATE 2014Microsoft, Redmond + BizTalk360 (Kovai Ltd), LondonWednesday, December 3, 2014 - Friday, December 5, 2014 Redmond, WA

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