Monthly news roundup as compiled and delivered to the Brisbane Azure User Group by Damien Berry

1. @BrisbaneAzureUG
meetup.com/Brisbane-Azure-User-Group

2. Microsoft Azure News
August 2017

3. sponsorship

5. Upcoming Presentations
Month Presenter(s) Topic
June 2017 1. Dale Austin & Erik Jansen (Microsoft)
2. Dan Toomey (Mexia)
1. Highlights from Build 2017
2. Hybrid Integration
July 2017 Ido Katz Azure Traffic Manager
August 2017 1. Brett Smith (F5)
2. Mike Christie (F5)
3. Ben Place (Mexia)
1. Securing Application Access with F5
2. Protecting Your Azure Environment with F5
3. How To Tell Your Success Story
September 2017 Todd Whitehead The Internet of Stranger Things
October 2017 Matt Ray Cooking Up Azure with Chef Automate
November 2017 TBA
December 2017 Unconvention Night TBA

7. Mexia is continually on the lookout for great
talent! We refer to our people as Unicorns
because they are rare, hard to find, and loved
by everyone!
Our focus on people and culture has won us
the #10 Great Places to Work for SME in
Australia, 2016.
Key skills and roles we look for:
• .NET Developers
• Integration Analysts
• Enterprise Developers
• Microsoft Azure
• Agile
• Microsoft Certification
We are advertising for Consultants now! Please check
out our job ads on LinkedIn, or contact our Unicorn
Whisperer directly at rebeccam@mexia.com.au
www.mexia.com.au

9. Azure Stack is ready to order
• Hardware partners begin shipping in September
• Azure Stack Development Kit (ASDK) available today
web download

10. SQL Compatibility level 140
• Columnstore indexes batch compatible.
• sp_execute_external_script UDX operator is batch compatible.
• Three adaptive query processing features are being introduced:
• Batch mode memory grant feedback,
- improves the performance of repeating queries
• Batch mode adaptive join,
- dynamic selection of the most optimal join algorithm based on runtime
row counts.
• Interleaved execution,
improves the performance of queries that reference multi-statement
table valued functions by using the true row count of the function call
for use during query optimization.

11. Resumable Online Index Rebuild
• Resume an index rebuild operation after an index rebuild failure (such as
after a database failover or after running out of disk space).
• Pause an ongoing index rebuild operation and resume it later.
• Rebuild large indexes without using a lot of log space and have a long-
running transaction that blocks other maintenance activities.

12. Database Scoped Global Temporary Tables
Similar to global temporary tables for SQL Server, tables prefixed with
##table_name, global temporary tables for Azure SQL DB are stored in tempdb
and follow the same semantics.
However, rather than being shared across all databases on the server, they are
scoped to a specific database and are shared among all users’ sessions within
that same database.
User sessions from other Azure SQL databases cannot access global temporary
tables created as part of running sessions connected to a given database. Any
user can create global temporary objects.

13. Bing Entity Search API
This API lets you search for entities in the Bing knowledge graph and retrieve the most relevant entities and
primary details and information sources about them.
Project Prague
Create more natural user experiences with gestures
var rotateSet = new HandPose("RotateSet",
new FingerPose(new[] { Finger.Thumb, Finger.Index }, FingerFlexion.Open, PoseDirection.Forward),
new FingertipPlacementRelation(Finger.Index, RelativePlacement.Above, Finger.Thumb),
new FingertipDistanceRelation(Finger.Index, RelativeDistance.NotTouching, Finger.Thumb));
var rotateGo = new HandPose("RotateGo", new FingerPose(new[] { Finger.Thumb, Finger.Index }, FingerFlexion.Open, PoseDirection.Forward),
new FingertipPlacementRelation(Finger.Index, RelativePlacement.Right, Finger.Thumb),
new FingertipDistanceRelation(Finger.Index, RelativeDistance.NotTouching, Finger.Thumb));
var rotateRight = new Gesture("RotateRight", rotateSet, rotateGo);

14. Nested Virtualization in Azure
Virtualization support coming to Azure with Dv3 or Ev3 series

15. App Service Premium V2 in Public Preview
Simply put, you are getting better performance and scalability for the same pricing with
Premium V2.
All features including auto scaling, CI/CD support, and test in production included with App
Service Premium are available with App Service Premium V2 as well

16. Consumption and Charge APIs for Enterprise Azure customers
• Balance and Summary: monthly summary of information on balances, new purchases, Azure
Marketplace service charges, adjustments, and overage charges.
• Usage Details: breakdown of consumed quantities and estimated charges.
• Marketplace Store Charge: usage-based marketplace
• Price Sheet: rate for each meter for the given enrollment and billing period.
• Billing Periods: a list of billing periods that have consumption data for the specified enrolment.

17. App Service Environment v2
The App Service Environment (ASE) is a powerful feature offering of the Azure App Service
that gives network isolation and improved scale capabilities..
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-accelerates-modern-bi-adoption-with-power-bi-premium/

18. Batch Rendering
• submit rendering jobs seamlessly via client applications such as Autodesk Maya, 3ds
Max, or via our SDK, Azure Batch Rendering accelerates large scale rendering jobs

20. Thursday, 10th August 2017
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/yow-night-2017-brisbane-andrew-betts-hannah-malcolm-aug-10-tickets-36218716155

21. 108
Speakers
35
Techs
20
Workshops
129
Talks
14–18
August
NDC { Sydney }
http://ndcsydney.com/
Hilton
Sydney

22. 108
Speakers
35
Techs
20
Workshops
129
Talks
14–18
August
NDC { Sydney }
http://ndcsydney.com/
Hilton
Sydney
Free Ticket to
Raffle Off!!

23. October 24th, 2017
Starting 8:00am GMT

24. October 25th - 27th 2017
https://www.biztalk360.com/integrate-2017-usa/

26. On Demand Training - Updates
mva.microsoft.com
•Dev/Test in the Cloud
•Getting Started with the Internet of Things (IoT)
www.pluralsight.com
•Designing a Hybrid Cloud in Azure
•Docker for Web Developers
•Azure AD for Developers
www.opsgility.com
•Azure For AWS Experts
•Deploying Hybrid Identitity Solutions Using Azure AD
•Monitoring Apps with Application Insights

29. How to Tell Your Success Story
Ben Place (Mexia)
Securing Application Access using Azure AD
and Azure B2C with F5
Brett Smith (F5 Networks)
Protecting Application Data via the Azure
Security Centre with F5
Michael Christie (F5 Networks)