This document summarizes highlights from Microsoft Azure that were presented at TechEd 2014. It outlines new services that are now in preview, including BizTalk Hybrid Connections, internal load balancing for VMs, Azure RemoteApp, Azure Files, API Management, and Redis Cache. Important service updates are also mentioned, such as Windows 7/8.1 VM images, priority Linux support, and security partnerships. Finally, several services that have achieved general availability are listed, including Import/Export, VNET-to-VNET connections, site-to-site connections, Managed Cache Service, and IP reservations.

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

2. TechEd 2014 Azure Highlights
Service Updates General Availability Preview
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Important Service
Updates
Services Going
Generally Available
New Services In
Preview

3. Now in Preview…

4. Now in Preview…
1. Preview: BizTalk Hybrid Connections-Connect to any on-premises
TCP or HTTP resource from Azure Web Sites.
2. Preview: Internal load balancing for virtual machines-Load-
balance Azure (VMs) with private IP addresses within a virtual
network.
3. 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
4. Preview: Azure Files-Mount a shared file system and access it from
various virtual machines in an Azure datacenter.

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

6. Service Updates

7. Service Updates
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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. Service Updates
4. Deployment slots in Azure Websites expanded to 4+1 slots-Azure
Websites deployment slots have been expanded to 4+1.
5. 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.
6. Scheduler GA pricing update-Scheduler GA pricing is now in
effect.
7. Traffic Manager support for external endpoints-Manage traffic for
endpoints that live inside or outside of Azure.

9. General Availability

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

11. General Availability
5. General Availability: IP Reservation for VIPs-Reserve public IP
addresses and use them as virtual IP (VIP) addresses for your
applications.
6. 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.
7. 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/
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13. Thanks!
We are done now.

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