The Azure Podcast Sujit D'Mello

The team talks to Conor Kelly about how Microsoft is investing in sustainable energy – not only to power the Cloud, but also to advance the technology as a whole. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode356.mp3 Resources: Azure Sustainability - Azure Sustainability—Sustainable Technologies | Microsoft Azure SSE Airtricity project - Microsoft demonstrates how to increase green energy in Ireland one rooftop at a time | Innovation Stories Azure IoT for Energy - IoT for Energy | Microsoft Azure   Other resources: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/new-sap-hana-certified-memoryoptimized-virtual-machines-now-available SAP On Azure book by Ravi Kashyap https://www.sap-press.com/sap-on-microsoft-azure_5174/  

Nate McKervey, Head of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies at Splunk, talks to the team about how Splunk technologies can make Blockchain networks on Azure more secure by providing insights into the networks that make up the distributed ledger. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode355.mp3   Other updates: Boost your performance with Azure Files SMB Multichannel https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/boost-your-client-performance-with-azure-files-smb-multichannel/ Azure Hybrid Benefit now generally available for Linux https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-hybrid-benefit-now-generally-available-for-linux/ Empowering developer velocity and efficiency with Kubernetes https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/empowering-developer-velocity-and-efficiency-with-kubernetes/ Azure high-performance computing at Supercomputing 2020 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-high-performance-computing-supercomputing-2020/ AKS Office Hours hosted by Kendall https://github.com/Azure/aks-gbb-officehours  

The team discusses the magic behind how Wayne Overcash, Senior PM of Azure FastTrack program, orchestrates different Azure components that goes into ensuring that people can find out where Santa is on Christmas Eve. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode354.mp3

The team discusses that latest and greatest WVD capabilities with Senior PM Pavithra Thiruvengadam, plus talks about the breaking news about the recent FedRAMP High qualification of WVD. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode353.mp3 Resources: https://aka.ms/wvdroadmap https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-government/compliance/azure-services-in-fedramp-auditscope https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azuregov/windows-virtual-desktop-now-generally-available-in-azure-government/  

Kendall, Cale and Sujit talk to Michael Howard, a Senior Principal Consultant at Microsoft and an expert in Azure Security related topics. Michael has his own Podcast on these topics so we asked him about some of the trends, issues and advise he has discussed on his own Podcast. He provides some great insights into what is top-of-mind in the cloud security space.   Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode352.mp3 Resources: Podcast https://azsecuritypodcast.net/ https://twitter.com/AzureSecPod Me https://twitter.com/michael_howard https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikehow/ https://michaelhowardsecure.blog/ Other updates: Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – October 2020 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-cost-management-billing-updates-october-2020/    Microsoft unlocks the full potential of the smart building ecosystem https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-unlocks-the-full-potential-of-the-smart-building-ecosystem/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-aks-pod-identity/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/ga-azure-spot-on-aks/  

Principal Program Manager for all things Java on Azure, Asir Selvasingh, introduces us to the new Azure Spring Cloud. He gives us a primer on the Spring ecosystem, explains why Microsoft created this new Azure service and provides us with details on how the platform was architected for Azure to meet the needs of Enterprise customers. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode351.mp3 Resources: Get started -- Deploy Spring apps to Azure Spring Cloud using quickstart Learn using a self-paced workshop on GitHub Deploy an existing app to Azure Spring Cloud Learn more about implementing solutions on Azure Spring Cloud Play YouTube videos and learn Migrate your Spring Boot, Spring Cloud and Tomcat apps to Azure Spring Cloud Wire Spring apps to interact with Azure services. Info deck: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/artifacts/azure-spring-cloud-intro-sep-2020-s.pdf   Other Updates : Introducing the Microsoft Azure Modular Datacenter https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-the-microsoft-azure-modular-datacenter/ Solving IoT device security at scale through standards https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/solving-iot-device-security-at-scale-through-standards/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-key-vault-event-grid-integration-is-now-available/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-rolebased-access-control-rbac-for-azure-key-vault-data-plane-authorization-is-now-in-preview/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/fluent-bit-connector-for-azure-storage-to-support-azure-data-explorer/