Azure Ninjas

Azure Web Apps enables you to build and host web applications in the programming language of your choice without managing infrastructure. It offers auto-scaling and high availability, supports both Windows and Linux, and enables automated deployments from GitHub, Visual Studio Team Services, or any Git repo. In this podcast we discuss the coolest features of the Azure App Service, the common use cases and the enormous scale the service is running at. We also walk through the most common misconceptions and discuss different technology stacks and languages that can be deployed on the App Service platform.

Microsoft Azure Stack is a hybrid cloud platform that lets you deliver Azure services from your organization’s datacenter. Azure Stack is designed to enable new scenarios for your modern applications in key scenarios, like edge and disconnected environments, or meeting specific security and compliance requirements. Azure Stack is offered in two deployment options to meet your needs. In this podcast we discuss the key workloads enabled by Azure Stack, the pricing model and the different services available on Stack. Come learn about this unique Microsoft cloud product from the director of program management for hybrid cloud, Natalia Mackevicius, and an Azure Global Black Belt, Ultan Kinahan

Terraform enables you to safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure. It is an open source tool that codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned.

Please join the Event Grid program manager Bahram Banisadr, and our hosts Pete Roden and David Barkol to learn about Azure Event Grid. We will discuss how the product compares to Service Bus and Event Hubs and review how it works with other IaaS and PaaS services to make integrations easier! Azure Event Grid is a fully-managed intelligent event routing service that allows for uniform event consumption using a publish-subscribe model. Use Azure Event Grid to react to relevant events across both Azure and non-Azure services in near-real time fashion. Learn how to use Azure Event Grid with our quickstarts, tutorials, and samples.

The new Azure Storage podcast features senior Storage program manager Karl Rautenstrauch giving an overview of the new features in Azure Storage services, and how Microsoft customers can leverage them to maximize business value! Microsoft Azure Storage is a Microsoft-managed cloud service that provides storage that is highly available, secure, durable, scalable, and redundant. Microsoft takes care of maintenance and handles critical problems for you. Azure Storage consists of three data services: Blob storage, File storage, and Queue storage. Blob storage supports both standard and premium storage, with premium storage using only SSDs for the fastest performance possible. Another feature is cool storage, allowing you to store large amounts of rarely accessed data for a lower cost.

The Azure Serverless podcast features Azure Functions product group members Donna Malayeri and Fabio Cavalcante reviewing the benefits of Serverless technology, why it is rapidly gaining popularity in the recent years, and how customers can leverage it to achieve business results in a cost-efficient manner in a dynamically scalable environment! Azure Functions is a Serverless compute service that enables you to run code on-demand without having to explicitly provision or manage infrastructure. Use Azure Functions to run a script or piece of code in response to a variety of events.