Sussex Azure User Group - The Podcast

This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions are of the talkers own minds! Episode 28 is here! And it’s time to reflect and look back at the year (2021) of Azure announcements and changes. Jack and Ryan between them select their top 5 Azure announcements from 2021 and discuss them in detail and why they selected them. Links Shared from the Episode WVD to AVD & Windows 365 Cloud PC Autoscale Start on VM connect RDP Shortpath MSIX App Attach AAD enhancements Windows 365 AVS and the pace of development Disk pools Placement groups Networking enhancements Azure Route Server Azure Firewall Premium Gateway load balancer Arc enhancements vSphere (preview) Stack HCI SQL Server on Arc-Enabled Servers On demand capacity reservations As always further information about the Sussex Azure User Group can be found on our website. We also welcome you to follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn & subscribe to our YouTube channel. Podcast Music Andrew Marshall & Jake Marshall

This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions are of the talkers own minds! Episode 27 is here! And we are back with our usual Ignite Round Up! Ryan and Jack chat through their pick of the new announcements from Ignite November 2021! See all the links below for further info! Links Shared from the Episode Ignite 2021 - November: Book of News Azure Arc for vSphere (preview) On-demand Capacity Reservations New E and D series VM Tiers ExpressRoute FastPath for Peered VNETs (preview) ExpressRoute BGP Communities for Private Peering (preview) Azure Bastion Standard SKU GA Azure Virtual Network Manager (preview) Azure Gateway Load Balancer (preview) Various Azure Disk Updates and Announcements Azure Virtual Desktop Autoscale (preview) Azure Virtual Desktop on Azure Stack HCI Azure Backup Multi-User Authentication (preview) Multiple Backups Per Day for Azure Files Azure Tech Community Blogs As always further information about the Sussex Azure User Group can be found on our website. We also welcome you to follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn & subscribe to our YouTube channel. Podcast Music Andrew Marshall & Jake Marshall

This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions are of the talkers own minds! Episode 26 is here, following our summer break. We’re back! This time round Jack and Ryan catch up on the latest new capabilities of Azure VMWare Solution (AVS). We were joined by Dennis Boeynaems - Advanced Migration Global Black Belt from Microsoft who guided us through a demo on how to deploy AVS and how to configure the new capabilities since this service went GA. Links Shared from the Episode AVS Product Page - Microsoft AVS Product Page - VMware AVS Updates AVS Product Documentation As always further information about the Sussex Azure User Group can be found on our website. We also welcome you to follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn & subscribe to our YouTube channel. Podcast Music Andrew Marshall & Jake Marshall

This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions are of the talkers own minds! Episode 25 is here! And this time we tackle the topic of Azure Subscription Migrations; once again at the pub! Confused at all the different ways to pay for your Azure services? This week we talk about all the different billing models available in Azure. Everything from pay-as-you-go and EAs/Server Cloud Enrolments to CSP/Azure Plan. Jack also takes us through the various migration paths between them, what is supported and some key gotchas when moving between plans. Don’t forget to check out the super handy Subscription Migration Support Matrix in Jack’s blog below! Links Shared from the Episode Jack’s Subscription Migration Blog Post Move Azure Resources - Overview Move Azure Resources Between Resource Groups & Subscriptions Move Azure Resources - Support Matrix As always further information about the Sussex Azure User Group can be found on our website. We also welcome you to follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn & subscribe to our YouTube channel. Podcast Music Andrew Marshall & Jake Marshall

This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions are of the talkers own minds! Episode 24 is here and it’s the first SAUG “Pubcast” of the year! This week Ryan and Jack have a quick chat about how to keep an eye on how much you are spending in Azure. We discuss some tips to ensure you are running your workloads in the most cost optimal way from using the latest VM series, scaling and reservations to continually right-sizing all in the goal of using the elasticity of cloud to its full potential! Links Shared from the Episode Azure Cost Management Azure Advisor Azure Reservations Azure VM Families Azure Well-Architected Framework - Cost Optimization Pillar As always further information about the Sussex Azure User Group can be found on our website. We also welcome you to follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn & subscribe to our YouTube channel. Podcast Music Andrew Marshall & Jake Marshall

Episode 23 is here! On this podcast, Jack and Ryan run it solo to talk about architecting resilience into workloads deployed into Azure. We covered everything from how uptime is measured via SLAs to recovery point and time metrics which are key in designing for failure. We hope you find this episode helps you on your Azure journey! Links and further show notes can be found here, as well as the YouTube recording of this podcast: https://podcast.sussexazure.uk/episodes/23.html **This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions our of the talkers own minds!** ****Podcast Music: Andrew Marshall and Jake Marshall - 2020****

Episode 22 is here!\n\n In this episode, the Sussex Azure User Group welcome Chris Bennett (Cloud Solution Architect from Microsoft) to talk about Azure \'Well-Architected Framework\'.\n \n WAF is a best practice on making new or existing workloads secure, cost optimised, resilient, performant and operationally easy to manage. \n \n We hope you find this episode helps you on your Azure journey!\n\n Links and further show notes can be found here, as well as the YouTube recording of this podcast: https://podcast.sussexazure.uk/episodes/22.html \n\n **This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions our of the talkers own minds!**\n\n ****Podcast Music: Andrew Marshall and Jake Marshall - 2020****

Episode 21 is here! Welcome to our round up of Ignite 2021! This week Jack and Ryan get together to discuss all the recent announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2021; the second virtual edition of this conference! We touch on most of the key announcements as well as discussing the use cases for Microsoft Mesh. Links and further show notes can be found here, as well as the YouTube recording of this podcast: https://podcast.sussexazure.uk/episodes/21.html **This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions our of the talkers own minds!** ****Podcast Music: Andrew Marshall and Jake Marshall - 2020****

Episode 20 is here! This week Jack and Ryan welcome Maria Ferreira, Data and AI Specialist from Microsoft to talk about the principles of Artificial Intelligence. What is good or bad AI and what are Microsoft's take on the ethics of these technologies? In this episode, we take a break from going deep into specific Azure technologies and have a chat about responsible Artificial Intelligence and what it means. Ryan and Jack welcome Maria Ferreira, Data and AI Specialist from Microsoft to talk about what is considered good or bad AI, the Microsoft key principles of AI and why it is so important now as the technology is quickly maturing. Links and further show notes can be found here, as well as the YouTube recording of this podcast: https://podcast.sussexazure.uk/episodes/18.html **This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions our of the talkers own minds!** ****Podcast Music: Andrew Marshall and Jake Marshall - 2020****

Episode 18 is here! Ever wondered what Microsoft Consulting Services is and how it works? This week Ryan and Jack welcome Will Jones, Consultant from MCS to talk us through how MCS can help you and your business. Will shared some customer success stories showcasing where MCS has a strong track record transforming traditional I.T workloads into something innovative and modern. We then dived into the day to day of an MCS consultant and Will shared a great insight into this background and journey into the role he now does. We hope this episode gives you all you need to know on Microsoft Consulting Services! Links and further show notes can be found here, as well as the YouTube recording of this podcast: https://podcast.sussexazure.uk/episodes/18.html **This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions our of the talkers own minds!** ****Podcast Music: Andrew Marshall and Jake Marshall - 2020****

Episode 17 is here! We are back after the festive and New Years break and ready to bring you more content in 2021, so stay tuned! We kick off the year joined by Vince Mullin, Azure Data and AI Specialist from Microsoft. Vince shares his insight into some of the latest Data and AI products on the Azure platform, particularly focused around Azure Synapse and the recently announced Azure Purview. We also had an interesting discussion on the call about the world of data, and how businesses have made the shift to getting a lot more from the information they store with the use of analytics services, powered by the hyperscale of cloud. Links and further show notes can be found here: https://podcast.sussexazure.uk/episodes/17.html **This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions our of the talkers own minds!** ****Podcast Music: Andrew Marshall and Jake Marshall - 2020****

Episode 16 is here and we have a really special guest with some hot off the press announcements for you! This week we are super excited to be joined from Seattle by Jon Fancey - Group Product Manager for Azure Integration. Jon previously joined us at one of our meetups in Brighton back in September 2019. This time round Jon shares his insight into how Logic Apps have evolved since their inception, some of the interesting use cases he's seen in our customers as well as some hot off the press product updates about to go live! Links and further show notes can be found here: https://podcast.sussexazure.uk/episodes/16.html **This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions our of the talkers own minds!** ****Podcast Music: Andrew Marshall and Jake Marshall - 2020****

Episode 15 is here! Episode 15 was all about demystifying some of the inner workings of some if the sub divisions within Microsoft. Ryan and Jack welcomed our friend and colleague April Edwards from CSE (Commercial Software Engineering) who gave us the low down on what her team does, the kinds of customers they work with and the innovation they bring to typically unique technical challenges. We hope you enjoy, stay tuned to our LinkedIn and Twitter pages for announcements on some special guests we have lined up in the coming weeks! Links and further show notes can be found here: https://podcast.sussexazure.uk/episodes/15.html **This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions our of the talkers own minds!** ****Podcast Music: Andrew Marshall and Jake Marshall - 2020****

Episode 14 is all about giving you your latest fix of what's been announced as part of the latest Azure updates. We'll be covering everything from the new additions to land in Azure Files, a must have if you are running a WVD environment with user profile storage connecting to files via SMB. We also both recently learned about a new feature recently added to Premium Managed Disks which enables customisable performance tiers allowing you to burst the throughput and IOPS to a level of significantly larger disks without altering the disk size. Also Jack goes deep in his favourite subject – networking. Talking us through the latest capabilities to be added to Azure Firewall. We'll also be debating the pros and cons of encrypting network traffic over ExpressRoute and whether you should be taking advantage of the new VPN over ExpressRoute Private Peering capabilities which have just gone GA. We hope you enjoy, stay tuned to our LinkedIn and Twitter pages for announcements on some special guests we have lined up in the coming weeks! Links and further show notes can be found here: https://podcast.sussexazure.uk/episodes/14.html **This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions our of the talkers own minds!** ****Podcast Music: Andrew Marshall and Jake Marshall - 2020****

Episode 13 is here and recorded on Friday the 13th; living life on the edge! This week we are back with another short, sharp blast on another Azure topic; this week its AHUB (Azure Hybrid Usage Benefit). AHUB is a great offering to help customers with existing licensing purchases/agreements for Windows Server, SQL Server and now some Linux distros (RHEL and SLES), to not have to pay for the licenses again when migrating the workloads to Azure; providing your licenses are eligible for AHUB. In this episode we cover what AHUB is, what it can be used for and how it helps, how it can be applied and used and also dip our toes into ESU (Extended Security Updates), AVS (Azure VMware Solution) and how they all work together. Links and further show notes can be found here: https://podcast.sussexazure.uk/episodes/13.html **This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions our of the talkers own minds!** ****Podcast Music: Andrew Marshall and Jake Marshall - 2020****

Episode 12 is here! This time we are trying something a little different. Short, sharp and precise episodes covering a specific topic in 10-15 minutes; wish us luck! Azure Reservations have been around for a little while but more and more services have been enabled to be reserved since their initial creation. From VMs to CosmosDB, there is likely a reservation for a service you utilise today! In this episode we cover what reservations are, what you can reserve, when you should reserve, how you can identify/get alerted to reserve and the commercial options you have in purchasing and managing them. Links and further show notes can be found here: https://podcast.sussexazure.uk/episodes/12.html **This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions our of the talkers own minds!** ****Podcast Music: Andrew Marshall and Jake Marshall - 2020****

Episode 11 is here! This time joined by Kristian Nese (Principal Architect, Customer Architecture and Engineering Team @ Microsoft) to discuss Enterprise Scale! Enterprise Scale is a new addition to the Ready phase of the CAF (Cloud Adoption Framework) with prescriptive design principals and architecture guidance for 8 critical design areas to enable Landing Zones at scale! A lot of us have been waiting for this kind of guidance from Microsoft and its finally here and it's awesome! And we have Kristian join us (who helped build and now maintains Enterprise Scale with the rest of the team). So if your starting out on your Azure migration/adoption journey or already have a presence in Azure, Enterprise Scale is a must review and adopt the prescriptive best practices from Microsoft! Links and further show notes can be found here: https://podcast.sussexazure.uk/episodes/11.html **This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions our of the talkers own minds!** ****Podcast Music: Andrew Marshall and Jake Marshall - 2020****

Episode 10 is here! And of course we are here with our Microsoft Ignite 2020 Recap, joined by friend of the podcast for his 2nd appearance; Kirk Ryan! As a 3 we discuss all the hot topics and announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2020 and lets just say there were lots of them! So strap yourselves in for just over an hour of pure Azure updates all from Ignite 2020! Links and further show notes can be found here: https://podcast.sussexazure.uk/episodes/10.html - Make sure to check them out as we link to a lot of Ignite sessions and blog posts directly to save you the hassle of finding them! **This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions our of the talkers own minds!** ****Podcast Music: Andrew Marshall and Jake Marshall - 2020****

Episode 9 is here! Directly from a pub in the heart of Sussex! This week, after a break for holidays, Jack and Ryan meet up at a pub (socially distant, of course) in the heart of Sussex to discuss some of the latest announcements in the Azure space! Some of the announcements include the new cost allocation feature, Azure Virtual WAN, Security Center updates and Project Bicep! Links and further show notes can be found here: https://podcast.sussexazure.uk/episodes/9.html **This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions our of the talkers own minds!** ****Podcast Music: Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod - Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama - License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/****

Episode 8 is here! This week Jack and Ryan are joined by Kirk Ryan from NetApp to discuss Azure NetApp Files (aka ANF)! As a 3 they discuss what Azure NetApp Files is and how it fits in the storage space within Azure comapred to other products and services. They also discuss a range of real world use cases and scenarios that each of them have used Azure NetApp Files in with their customers. Plus Kirk gives the low down on the latest features and enhancements coming to Azure NetApp Files in the coming weeks and months! Links and further show notes can be found here: https://podcast.sussexazure.uk/episodes/8.html **This podcast, its content and all things relating to the Sussex Azure User Group are NOT affiliated with Microsoft or any of its partners! All thoughts, views, opinions our of the talkers own minds!** ****Podcast Music: Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod - Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama - License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/****