https://jgardner04.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/podcast_001mp3.mp3 Azure Announcements Azure Backup Update Improved data disk limit on VMs – 16 data disks in addition to the OS disk Support for long-term retention – up to 99yrs Enhanced monitoring and reporting Downloadable summary report gives a snapshot of backup and restore operations on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Every backup job now includes the backup data size transferred value Export job functionality provides detailed information on jobs triggered in specified time frames and can be customized Row-Level Security for SQL Database is GA Restricting access to financial data based on region and role Multi-tenant application can only access their rows of data Reporting based on position. Mobile Apps update Changes to the Mobile App Portal streamlining the experience put mobile and web experience together Azure SQL Database Updates New pricing tiers for Elastic Database Pool Basic and Premium Basic Elastic Database Pools are great for light-usage SaaS scenarios. Basic Elastic Database Pools allows individual databases performance bursts up to 5 eDTUs. Premium Elastic Database Pools are designed for databases that require the highest performance per database. Premium Elastic Database Pools allows individual database performance bursts up to 1,000 eDTUs. Easy migration between database tiers for individual items.  If customer grows it can be upgraded. Higer-end scale options for SQL database General Discussion Project Nami – WordPress for SQL Server Containerization Form of Operating-system-level virtuliiztion Allows for multiple isolated user-space instances Benefits Configuration definition to standardize deployment of applications Can be run on an already virtualized environment no double inception issues. Vendors/Technologies Docker – Azure Kubernets (coo ber neties) – Google built on top of Docker Amazon EC2 Container Service – AWS Management Service for Docker OpenVZ Viiruozo VMWare ThinApp Good Resources Azure Partner Readiness Catalog Crowdsourced content Updated regularly Things I like right now Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop Polk Audio Hampden speakers Trunk Club What I’m reading How to Win Friends and Influence People Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae Filed under: Podcast