Azure Weekly
Issue #85 - 17th July 2016
Confused by the cloud services offered by Microsoft, Amazon & Google? When organisations start to consider adopting the cloud, the first question is usually "which one?", and the second is often "how do we adopt it?". We’ve identified 5 common adoption strategies: Lift & Shift Scale Out, Lift & Shift Scale Up, Hybrid, Consume Platform Services, and Re-architect for Cloud. We used these to provide a side-by-side comparison of the three major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure & Google). Download for free from: https://endjin.com/thought-leadership/cloud-platform-comparison
On Azure this week, Chris Risner announces the release of the Azure Usage and Billing Portal and Rajesh Ramabathiran talks about the Azure audit logs UX refresh.
Marley Gray writes about Blockchain as a service update (#9) and Kevin Ngo unveils that Azure SQL Data Warehouse supports SSMS, higher DWUs and additional T-SQL features.
Mark Jewett talks about growing the Azure Ecosystem with Stack while Mike Neil looks at how Stack is delivering cloud infrastructure as integrated systems.
Finally, Richard Li reveals the Azure Media Services Motion Detector has added detection zones, sensitivity levels and more.
🔎 Analytics
On Channel 9, Scott Klein (@SQLScott) talks about advancements in Data Technology and announces the Azure SQL Data Warehouse general availability with Rohan Kumar.
On the Azure blog, Kevin Ngo announces that Azure SQL Data Warehouse supports SSMS, higher DWUs and additional T-SQL features.
On MSDN, Gaurav Hind writes about comparing an SQL Database PaaS with an SQL Server running on a Azure VM IaaS and the features that are not supported in the Azure SQL Database.
🖥️ Compute
On the Azure blog, Marley Gray (@HiroMarleyG) writes about Blockchain as a service update (#9).
Nino Crudele (@ninocrudele) writes about Big Data integration in a high scale scenario using Azure Service Fabric and GrabCaster.
On the Azure Blogger site, Jungcheol Kwon explains how to create VM with ARM Powershell for multiple subnets and multiple NICs.
On MSDN, Lee Stott (@lee_stott) walks through utilising Microsoft Azure Dev/Test Labs in your student projects and lab environments.
John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) walks through creating a VM with Azure Resource Manager.
🎭 Identity
On the Kloud blog, Lucian Franghiu (@lucianfrango) discusses the new Azure AD Connect built in user filter (adminDescription), and Shaun Stuart talks about accelerating Azure Multi Factor Authentication in Enterprise Organisation.
On MSDN, Wriju Ghosh (@wriju_ghosh) covers Azure Active Directory limits and restrictions.
On TechNet, Dishan Francis (@rebeladm) writes about enabling Azure Active Directory Domain Services password synchronization.
Robert Smit (@Clustermvp) looks at integrating Microsoft Azure Active Directory and Office 365 Readiness Wizard with your on-premises AD.
🔌 Integration
On MSDN, John Taubensee (@jtaubensee) covers canceling scheduled messages.
Rod Trent (@rodtrent) reveals Microsoft's Azure Stack is delayed to allow partners time to certify hardware for Windows IT Pro.
On the Azure blog, Mark Jewett (@jmarkjewett) talks about growing the Azure Ecosystem with Stack.
Mike Neil talks about how Stack is delivering cloud infrastructure as integrated systems.
⚖️ Management and Governance
Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) shares the lesson learned after the Azure bill is 2 times more than normal.
On the Azure blog, Chris Risner (@chrisrisner) announces the release of the Azure Usage and Billing Portal.
Over on TechNet, Yuri Diogenes (@yuridiogenes) blogs about the Azure Security Center and going from planning to operations in 10 steps.
On the Unigma site, Kirill Bensonoff (@prankstr25) blogs about the best practices for monitoring Microsoft Azure.
Stefan Stranger (@sstranger) writes about using ARM policies to implement Runbook best practices.
Jan Egil Ring (@janegilring) looks at triggering Azure Automation runbooks from Microsoft OMS Alerts for Powershell Magazine.
On the Daily Dot Net Tips blog, Abhijit Jana (@AbhijitJana) explores related Telemetry Trends in the Application Insight search window in Visual Studio.
Also on Azure, Rajesh Ramabathiran (@rajram) talks about the Azure audit logs UX refresh.
On MSDN, Lee Stott (@lee_stott) talks about maximising your Azure Educator grants with Azure Automation.
Clemens Reijnen (@ClemensReijnen) takes you through configuring and working with the GIT VSTS Build and Release.
🎬 Media
On the Azure blog, Richard Li (@RichyLi) reveals the Azure Media Services Motion Detector has added detection zones, sensitivity levels and more.
📦 Storage
On MSDN, Arsen Vladimirskiy (@ArsenVlad) walks through accessing Azure Storage Blobs from locally running Spark 1.6.
🔗 Web
On MSDN, Rahul Garg (@rahulmsft) explains how Azure IOT is raising beverage service to new heights, saving millions of dollars with Smart Lighting and solving renewable energy challenges.
At Redmond magazine, Jeffrey Schwartz (@JeffreySchwartz) writes about how GE Pact validates Microsoft's Cloud and IoT chops.
On the Microsoft site, the Microsoft Reporter explains how the Rolls-Royce deal with Microsoft could mean fewer flight delays.
On the Xamarin blog, Mike James (@MikeCodesDotNet) blogs about creating a five-star search experience with Azure Search.