Azure Friday

What other languages can be used to make an Azure WebJob? Can I deploy from the command line? Pranav Rastogi gets advanced and we deploy from DOS (not really). Areas covered in this video: Understanding cross platform command-line support to manage WebJobs Viewing WebJobs for a site using the command-line Viewing the JSON output that the API returns from the command-line Uploading a new WebJob fro...

Scott talks to Pranav Rastogi in this continuation of the WebJobs series. Here we learn how to scale our web jobs out to multiple instances. Areas covered in this video: How to scale out a deployed web job Review the ReadFromQueue web job Write messages into the queue using a producer Scale the related web site using the dashboard Customize web job behavior Useful topics and links: Use WebJobs to...

Did you know that Azure WebJobs has a management dashboard? Pranav clues us into this powerful tool in your WebJobs arsenal. Areas covered in this video: WebJobs dashboard (preview) Different type of WebJobs that you can create Uploading, accessing, and running WebJobs Viewing WebJob details Understanding a specific WebJob Replaying and testing a WebJob Kudu – Process explorer Useful topics and li...

Scott talks to Lori Woehler who explains Privacy and privacy concerns as it relates to Microsoft Azure. Is my data private? How private? Areas covered in this video: Understanding data privacy in Azure Choosing where data will be stored Understanding issues surrounding the control of data Understanding Azure's support of data privacy Useful topics and links: Microsoft Azure Trust Center

Scott talks to Lori Woehler who explains what it means to be compliant. Can we use Azure in Healthcare systems? To take Credit Cards? In your country of choice? Areas covered in this video: - Supporting your requirements to be secure and to operate in an environment that meets regulatory and industry good practices - Understanding globally recognized standards and regulations - Understanding what...

Mingfei Yan from the Azure Media Services team shows Scott how easy it is to get video into Azure at scale, then view from any device. Areas covered in this video: Azure Media Services portal Creating a Media Service Reviewing media content in Azure Available Azure Media Encoding (Portal and APIs) Publishing Media On-Demand Streaming Useful topics and links: Tutorial - Get started with Media Servi...

Scott learns how to service video from Azure dynamically to any mobile device! Mingfei Yan from the Media Services team has the hookup. Areas covered in this video: Access Azure Media Services programmatically Import the Azure Media Services .NET SDK using NuGet Create and run an Azure Media Services console application Show the resulting video example on different devices Useful topics and links:...

Going beyond the basics, Scott hears from Ashwin Palekar about how to lock down an Azure installation with multiple layers of firewalls and many layers of defense. Areas covered in this video: Layers of Firewalls – Defense in depth Cloud Access Layer – Input Endpoints, Inbound IP ACLs Guest OS Firewall – Inbound/Outbound IP ACLs 3rd party Proxy Firewall Appliance – Inbound/Outbound IP ACLs (and mo...

Scott learns how to setup a Virtual Private Network within Azure to keep Virtual Machines off the public network completely. Areas covered in this video: Keeping data, network, and infrastructure separate Isolating Virtual Private Networks Cloud Access Layer Running intranet applications in a secure way Useful topics and links: New Windows Azure Network Security Whitepaper Azure Security Guidance

Ben Ridgway schools Scott about Azure Security 101. What are the best practices when designing for a cloud platform? What is Azure's responsibility and what is mine? Areas covered in this video: Application architecture helps define the security measures offered and needed The scope of security is different based on IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Hybrid deployments adds different vectors to security Underst...

Scott hears from John Walton all about the full time security testers that attack Azure and find (and plug!) security holes, keeping our sites safe. Areas covered in this video: Methods of improving Azure security How Azure security operates Understanding emerging threats Red team and blue team roles Model real-world attacks, identify gaps, and demonstrate impact Detect and respond, enhance awaren...

Scott and Chandrika add the new Analytics JavaScript to one of Scott's production sites running within Azure and then explore the resulting data within the new Azure Portal. Areas covered in this video: Analytics on the Azure Portal Add JavaScript to set up analytics View analytics from Scott's web site Drill down into specific issues exposed by analytics Monitoring verses analytics Alert rules Us...

Scott learns about the new Microsoft Endpoint Protection for Azure. This video includes how to install, update, and configure it to constantly scan for viruses and malware within our Azure instances. Areas covered in this video: Capabilities provided by Endpoint Protection Endpoint Protection features available for Azure Cloud Services platform and Azure Virtual Machines Basic configuration and mo...

Chandrika Shankarnarayan teaches Scott about how Azure Web Hosting Plans are now exposed in the new Azure portal. We'll see how they can save me money, show me exactly how much money my sites are costing me, and enable finer grain control than we ever had before. Areas covered in this video: Understanding the available web hosting plans Creating a new web hosting plan Understanding different prici...

Scott and Chandrika adds a Web Test to one of Scott's existing production websites. Web Tests enable regular monitoring of your sites' uptime, and you can even pin the web tests within the new Azure Portal. Areas covered in this video: Web Tests – Explore issues, occurrences, and errors. Create tests, add success criteria, and enable alerts. Useful topics and links: Web Tests topic - Tests your we...

Scott learns how to create and share a Linux Image on Windows Azure with Eduard Koller within Ubuntu using the Azure Command Line Tools

Scott talks to Eduard Koller about the Microsoft Open Tech "VMDepot," a collection of hundreds of open virtual machine images you can install in Azure today! Areas covered in this video: The VMDepot portal – A community-driven VM image catalog. Images contain the OS, applications, and development stack. Deployment to Azure is easy. How to modify the command line to create the VM in Azure...

Josh shows Scott how to set up hybrid connections through the new Azure portal. Hybrid connections are an excellent alternative to an on-site VPN for talking to local resources from Azure. Areas covered in this video: Use the Azure Preview Portal to add a Hybrid Connection Hybrid Connection Listener Setup See that an MVC app's Web.config is used to connect to the database Verify data changes made...

Vishal and Scott create a new Team Project, create a Web Site with SQL, setup continuous integration from a Git repository, and then browse the deployed code in the new Azure portal. Areas covered in this video: Creating a new Team Project after choosing version control, process template, etc. Create a web site + SQL and configure it Create new database and configure it Open the repository in Visu...

Scott talks to Gautam Thapar about Resource Manager in the new Azure Portal enables you to group and manage resources more easily.

Scott sits down with Gautam Thapar from the Azure Application Platform team and explores Azure Templates as a way to expand on the concept of File New. Azure Templates allow you to create large groups of resources with descriptive JSON files and a single gesture. Areas covered in this video: Use Azure Templates to provision and deploy Azure resources in seconds An Azure Template is a description o...

In this Azure Friday video, Scott Hanselman is joined by Vishal Joshi from the Windows Azure team. Scott and Vishal dig into the new Azure Portal and explore how best to save money and be aware of your bill and resources. Areas covered in this video: Azure Portal Billing Hub Subscriptions Cost by resource Dashboard Useful topics and posts: The Azure Preview Portal Introducing Web Hosting Plans for...

In this Azure Friday video, Scott Hanselman is joined by Vishal Joshi from the Windows Azure team. Vishal gives Scott a tour around the new Azure Portal and talks about blades, hubs, journeys, lenses and more. Areas covered in this video: Azure Portal Azure hubs, blades, lenses, journeys Customizing the Azure UI Azure console Azure templates Useful topics and posts: The Azure Preview Portal Introd...

In this Azure Friday video, Scott Hanselman is joined by Mark Russinovich from the Windows Azure Group. Scott talks with Mark and asks - How does Windows Azure use Software Defined Networking? Areas covered in this video: Software Defined Networking Hardware load balancers Software Load Balancing Useful topics: Load Balancing Virtual Machines Azure Networking Related Videos: Configuring Virtual Ma...

Scott Hanselman is joined by Mark Russinovich from the Windows Azure Group in this Azure Friday video. Scott talks to Mark Russinovich and asks him - Does Windows Azure run Windows? Areas covered in this video: Azure History and Project "Red Dog" Azure updates and how it works Azure and Interesting hardware errors Related Videos: FAQ with Mark Russinovich - How does Windows Azure heal? A...