TechEd 2014 Azure Highlights

1. TechEd 2014 Azure Highlights #ForoUniversidad David Rodriguez Microsoft Azure MVP/Insider/Advisor Intelequia Software Solutions @davidjrh Microsoft Azure

2. TechEd 2014 Azure Highlights

3. Now in Preview…

4. Now in Preview… Preview: BizTalk Hybrid Connections-Connect to any on-premises TCP or HTTP resource from Azure Web Sites. Preview: Internal load balancing for virtual machines-Load-balance Azure (VMs) with private IP addresses within a virtual network. Preview: Azure RemoteApp-Azure RemoteApp delivers Windows Server session-based applications from Azure. The service is now in public preview and provided at no additional cost during the preview period Preview: Azure Files-Mount a shared file system and access it from various virtual machines in an Azure datacenter.

5. Now in Preview… Preview: API Management-Publish APIs more reliably, more securely, and at scale. Preview: Instance-level public IPs for virtual machines-Assign public IP addresses to your virtual machines, so they become directly addressable. Preview: Redis Cache Service-A distributed, in-memory, managed cache based on the open-source Redis Cache.

6. ServiceUpdates

7. ServiceUpdates Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 client VM images are now available for MSDN subscribers- Virtual machine images for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 are now available in the Azure virtual machine gallery. Priority support plans now available from the providers of top Linux distributions-If you’re running Linux in Azure Virtual Machines and have purchased Azure support, you can take advantage of priority support plans. Microsoft Antimalware and security partnerships with Trend Micro and Symantec-Microsoft Antimalware offers customers the ability to install an antimalware agent for both PaaS roles and virtual machines

8. ServiceUpdates Deployment slots in Azure Websites expanded to 4+1 slots-Azure Websites deployment slots have been expanded to 4+1. Azure Store available to direct EA customers and channel partners-Azure EA customers in North America and Europe can purchase a range of application and data services from 3rd party providers through the Azure Store and have these subscriptions automatically billed against their EA. Scheduler GA pricing update-Scheduler GA pricing is now in effect. Traffic Manager support for external endpoints-Manage traffic for endpoints that live inside or outside of Azure.

9. General Availability

10. General Availability General Availability: Import/Export -Instead of transferring your data over the Internet, send your hard drives directly to an Azure datacenter. General Availability: VNET-to-VNET connections for virtual networks- Directly and securely connect multiple Azure virtual networks. General Availability: Multiple site-to-site connections-Securely connect multiple on-premises locations with a virtual network (VNet) in Azure. General Availability: Managed Cache Service- A highly secured, dedicated cache that’s managed by Microsoft.

11. General Availability General Availability: IP Reservation for VIPs-Reserve public IP addresses and use them as virtual IP (VIP) addresses for your applications. General Availability: Compute-intensive A8 and A9 instances for virtual machines-Faster processors, faster interconnectivity, more virtual cores for higher computing power, and larger amounts of memory. General Availability: ExpressRoute-ExpressRoute offers a 99.9% SLA on ExpressRoute connection uptime and two new bandwidth tiers for the Exchange Provider scenario: 200 Mbps and 500 Mbps.

12. More info… http://azure.microsoft.com/updates/

13. Thanks! We are done now.

14. TechEd 2014 Azure Highlights #ForoUniversidad David Rodriguez Microsoft Azure MVP/Insider/Advisor Intelequia Software Solutions @davidjrh Microsoft Azure