Matias Quaranta joins Scott Hanselman to show how the updated Azure Cosmos DB extension for Azure Functions uses the latest Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK to add support for Azure AD authentication. Dispense with connection strings required, improve performance, and get support for custom serialization. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:31 - Identity-based connections with managed identities 09:50 - Performance improvements 12:15 - Custom serialization 13:59 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Azure Functi...
Feb 14, 2022
Kavitha Gowda joins Scott Hanselman to discuss and demo Azure Red Hat OpenShift, which is jointly engineered, operated, and supported by Microsoft and Red Hat to provide an integrated support experience. There are no virtual machines to operate, and no patching is required. Master, infrastructure, and application nodes are patched, updated, and monitored on your behalf by Microsoft and Red Hat. Your Azure Red Hat OpenShift clusters are deployed into your Azure subscription and are included on yo...
Feb 02, 2022
Simona Cotin shows Scott Hanselman how Azure Static Web Apps enterprise-grade edge powered by Azure Front Door enables faster page loads, enhanced security, and increased reliability for your global apps with no configuration or additional code required. Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:38 - Overview 02:45 - Enabling enterprise-grade edge 04:03 - Reducing latency with points of presence 06:03 - Powered by Azure Front Door 08:05 - "Back in the old days..." 09:42 - Observing the performance imp...
Jan 26, 2022
April Edwards joins Scott Hanselman to show how delivering apps in a DevOps world also means shifting security left. To securely deliver our apps, organizations must harden their dev environments, while leveraging tooling to scan and proactively protect their repositories, ensuring continuous delivery is secure. Azure Friday Quiz Sweepstakes Watch the episode to the end and then submit your answers to our five-question quiz about the info April covered with Scott. Eligible participants who answe...
Jan 14, 2022
Over 77% of transaction revenue in the world touches an SAP system, and more SAP systems are running in the cloud each year. The SAP platform provides a foundation for innovation for many companies and can handle various workloads natively. Holger Bruchelt joins Scott Hanselman to show how you can combine Microsoft Cloud with SAP on Azure to extend with Power Platform, integrate with Azure APIM and Logic Apps, and more. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 03:50 - SAP on Azure overview 04:55 - Demo: Az...
Jan 07, 2022
Azure Chaos Studio is a is a fully managed chaos engineering experimentation platform for accelerating discovery of hard-to-find problems, from late-stage development through production. John Engel-Kemnetz joins Scott Hanselman to show how you can disrupt your apps intentionally to identify gaps and plan mitigations before your customers are impacted by a problem. 00:00 - Introduction 0:41 - Chaos engineering 3:58 - Demo context 4:49 - Demo of a chaos experiment 15:22 - Wrap-up Resources: What i...
Dec 17, 2021
The Azure App Service Environment is an Azure App Service feature that provides a fully isolated and dedicated environment for securely running App Service apps at high scale. Christina Compy joins Scott Hanselman to introduce ASE v3. 00:00 - Introduction 04:26 - Demo 08:39 - Resources 09:48 - ASEv3 vs ASEv2 13:19 - Wrap-up Resources: App Service Environment overview Create an App Service Environment Using an App Service Environment Securing web workloads with App Service Environments Create a f...
Dec 10, 2021
Justin Yoo joins Scott Hanselman to demonstrate an extension he developed for adding OpenAPI capabilities to Azure Functions apps. See how easy it is to get HTTP-triggered .NET functions with OpenAPI support and deploy an Azure Functions app with Azure API Management from Visual Studio. Chapters 00:00 - Intro 03:15 - Create 09:20 - Publish 12:56 - Consume 22:48 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Create serverless APIs in Visual Studio using Azure Functions and API Management integration (preview) A...
Nov 12, 2021
Jason Zander, executive vice president of the Azure Team joins Scott Hanselman to celebrate the 8th anniversary of Azure Friday. In this special crossover episode with Hanselminutes, they reflect on Azure's history and Jason's career at Microsoft during that timeframe. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:13 - Jason's history at Microsoft 08:25 - Microsoft's evolution 10:44 - Cloud before the cloud 19:38 - Developers as execs 23:03 - Azure today 25:25 - Looking forward 30:33 - Wrap-up Recommended re...
Nov 12, 2021
Toddy Mladenov and Jeanine Burke join Scott Hanselman to talk about the new IoT Edge scenarios enabled by ACR connected registry, which is an on-premises extension of the Azure Container Registry. See how you can deploy hierarchical IoT Edge infrastructure, pull container images from the connected registry without direct internet access, and use the connected registry in disconnected scenarios.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:00:37]– Conceptual overview[0:06:25]– Demo setup[0:10:07]– Demo: Create a con...
Nov 05, 2021
Datadog is a monitoring and analytics platform for large-scale applications. It encompasses infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, and user-experience monitoring. Sreekanth Thirthala from Azure and Ryan MacLean from Datadog join Scott Hanselman to show how Datadog's offering in the Azure Marketplace enables you to manage Datadog in the Azure console as an integrated service.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:00:51]– Overview of Datadog in Azure[0:04:08]– Demo of Da...
Oct 29, 2021
Last December, Gaurav was on Azure Friday with Scott Hanselman to introduce a new Azure service: Azure Purview. He showed how Azure Purview scans and map all your data—no matter where it is. Azure Purview is now generally available, and Gaurav is back to show what's new and what's on the roadmap.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:00:30]– Azure Purview overview[0:05:40]– Key GA Announcements[0:18:40]– Roadmap[0:19:05]– Wrap-upWhat is Azure Purview?Quickstart: Create an Azure Purview account in the Azure p...
Oct 22, 2021
Sarah Young joins Scott Hanselman to discuss updates to Azure Sentinel automation and how you can use it to accelerate and streamline threat response for your security operations.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:02:41]– Azure Sentinel automation rules[0:06:15]– Automating responses with playbooks [0:09:30]– Playbook templates [0:12:56]– Wrap-upAutomate incident handling in Azure Sentinel with automation rulesAutomate threat response with playbooks in Azure SentinelSecurity Orchestration, Automation, an...
Oct 15, 2021
David de Matheu joins Scott Hanselman to show how the Azure Communication Services UI Library enables you to add communications capabilities to your applications with only a couple lines of code plus composable components and turn-key composites. [0:00:00]– Overview[0:00:49]– General concepts[0:05:54]– Azure Communication Services UI Library storybook[0:12:22]– Demo[0:19:43]– Wrap-upAzure Communication ServicesAzure Communication Services UI Library storybookAdd Calling Communications to your Ap...
Oct 08, 2021
Lior Kamrat joins Scott Hanselman to show how Azure Arc-enabled data services bring Azure data solutions – such as SQL Managed Instance and PostgreSQL Hyperscale – to your own infrastructure and how to modernize your data layer using Azure services, outside of Azure.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:01:14]– Overview and architecture[0:04:22]– Demo: Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance deployment flow[0:14:00]– Demo: Azure Arc-enabled data services operations[0:23:34]– Wrap-upWhat are Azure Arc-enabled...
Oct 01, 2021
Kirill Gavrylyuk, Matias Quaranta, Deborah Chen, and Estefani Arroyo join Scott Hanselman to provide another set of updates for Azure Cosmos DB. Learn about: using Azure Cosmos DB as a Session State Provider for ASP.NET Core; the latest updates for Azure Cosmos DB free tier; how to optimize cost and performance by scaling the throughput (RU/s) of your database or container automatically and instantly; and the great new monitoring and diagnostic features that make it even easier to monitor and de...
Sep 24, 2021
Steve Michelotti joins Scott Hanselman to show what's new in Azure Government, which provides a physically separate and network-isolated instance of Azure for U.S. federal, state, and local governments in multiple regions in the United States. Learn how Azure Government is both the same and different from Azure public cloud.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:00:38]– What is Azure Government?[0:05:19]– Azure Government in the Azure portal[0:12:27]– Azure Government in a terminal or shell[0:17:21]– Azure G...
Sep 17, 2021
Derek Martin joins Scott Hanselman to discuss the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Secure Baseline reference implementation from the Azure Architecture Center. Learn what it is, how it works, and how you can use it to start your production deployment in a secure and compliant manner. You'll also learn about the available additions for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS 3.2.1) compliance and multi-region cluster support.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:00:36]– Overview [0:02:41]– Gettin...
Sep 10, 2021
Yuan Zheng joins Scott Hanselman to discuss and demonstrate Blob storage support for the NFS 3.0 protocol, which enables you to run your applications on a single storage platform. With no application rewrites necessary you will also help eliminate data silos.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:02:00]– Overview of NFS v3 support for Azure Blob Storage[0:04:42]– Demo: Enabling NFSv3 in your Storage account[0:05:49]– Demo: Secure access using virtual networks[0:07:20]– Demo: Blob storage compatibility with V...
Sep 03, 2021
Delbert Murphy joins Scott Hanselman to show how quantum-inspired algorithms mimic quantum physics to solve difficult optimization problems. Quantum-Inspired Optimization (QIO) takes state-of-the-art algorithmic techniques from quantum physics and makes these capabilities available in Azure on conventional hardware, and callable from a Python client. You can use QIO to solve problems with hundreds of thousands of variables, combined into millions of terms, in a few minutes, with this easy-to-con...
Aug 27, 2021
Josh Caplan, Sabin Nair, and Priyanka Langade join Scott Hanselman to show how you can use native Azure Synapse Analytical runtimes to analyze Dataverse data and get actionable insights. Dataverse structures a variety of data and business logic to support interconnected applications and processes in a secure and compliant manner. Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse is the fastest path to success for you to slice and dice large volumes of Dataverse data and run AI and ML on it. [0:00:00]– Intro[0:00...
Aug 21, 2021
Connie Yau joins Scott Hanselman to demonstrate the advantages of using the new Azure SDK by comparing rewrites of the same application, one using the legacy library and the other using the unified Azure SDK. In this example, Connie uses the Azure SDK for Java.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:01:45]– Cloud Clipboard sample app[0:03:07]– Adding authentication[0:06:02]– Common Azure core functions (pagination, logging, etc.)[0:07:51]– How it started vs. how it's going[0:08:54]– Idiomatic design principle...
Aug 13, 2021
Azure AD Privileged Identity Management integration in Azure Lighthouse is now in public preview. Meagan Olsen and Saif Kayani show Scott Hanselman how partners can now use just-in-time access permissions, combined with MFA, to securely deliver secure managed services.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:00:43]– Overview with Meagan Olsen[0:04:50]– Demo with Saif Kayani[0:17:55]– Wrap-upCreate eligible authorizationsUse Azure Lighthouse with your managed service businessAzure Lighthouse overviewAzure Light...
Aug 06, 2021
Anthony Chu joins Scott Hanselman to show how to build, debug, and deploy a full-stack serverless application in minutes with Azure Static Web Apps.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:00:55]– Overview[0:03:03]– Demo - basic stuff[0:12:48]– Demo - a little more advanced[0:18:41]– Wrap-upWhat is Azure Static Web Apps?Azure Static Web Apps learning pathAzure Static Web Apps CLI (preview)Getting Started with Create React App repoCreate a free account (Azure)
Jul 30, 2021
Mariia Mykhailova joins Scott Hanselman to discuss quantum computing and quantum programming with Microsoft Quantum Development Kit (QDK), from writing Q# code to running it on hardware via Azure Quantum.[0:00:00]– Intro[0:00:51]– Overview[0:05:43]– From algorithm to coding and unit tests[0:20:58]– Jupyter notebook support for Q#[0:34:17]– Wrap-upMicrosoft Quantum overviewAzure Quantum documentationQuantum computing foundationsQuantum KatasCreate a free account (Azure)
Jul 23, 2021
Sydney Morton joins Scott Hanselman to show how verifiable credentials enable you to own and prove who you are in the digital world. See how to enable decentralized identity through seamless user and developer experiences.[0:00:00]– Intro[0:00:37]– Overview[0:03:01]– Demo – end user experience[0:06:14]– Demo – relying party experience[0:09:53]– Demo – admin experience[0:13:00]– Wrap-upAn introduction to decentralized identities | Azure FridayIdentity verification solutions - Microsoft SecurityAz...
Jul 16, 2021
Kirill Gavrylyuk and friends join Scott Hanselman to discuss Azure Cosmos DB updates: integrated cache, serverless for MongoDB API, and Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra with dual write proxy.[0:00:00]– Opening[0:01:33]– Integrated cache with Tim Sander[0:17:36]– Serverless for MongoDB API with Gahl Levy[0:24:00]– Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra with Theo van Kraay[0:37:35]– Wrap-upHow to configure the Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache (Preview)Azure Cosmos DB serverlessAzure Managed In...
Jul 09, 2021
Claire Giordano joins Scott Hanselman to show how the new Free account for Flexible Server & the new Basic tier for Hyperscale (Citus) in Azure Database for PostgreSQL makes it easier and cheaper to get started with Postgres on Azure.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:01:15]– What you might not know about Postgres on Azure[0:02:50]– Flexible Server available in Azure free account[0:04:00]– Getting started with Hyperscale (Citus)[0:09:05]– Demo: Hyperscale (Citus)[0:18:20]– Wrap-upFlexible Server (Pre...
Jul 02, 2021
Christos Matskas joins Scott Hanselman to show how the Microsoft identity platform enables you to add identity authentication and authorization to your solution in a few easy steps.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:03:19]– Overview of the Microsoft identity platform[0:10:50]– Demo: ASP.NET Core Web App with AAD authentication[0:12:53]– Demo: Registering an application in AAD[0:16:05]– Wrap-upWhat is the Microsoft identity platform?Microsoft identity platform documentationMicrosoft 365 Developer ProgramT...
Jun 25, 2021
Lisa Cohen joins Scott Hanselman to explain how Microsoft uses data science to help Azure customers. Learn about content, programs, and services to guide you on your cloud journey while getting a glimpse behind the scenes into how data drives product investments.[0:00:00]– Opening[0:00:25]– Introduction[0:03:10]– Azure Quickstart Center for early success[0:04:07]– Azure portal improvements and the Azure mobile app[0:04:45]– Experimenting with Azure.com, free accounts, and offers[0:07:15]– Evolvi...
Jun 18, 2021
