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

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

2. Microsoft Azure News
January 2020

3. Sponsorship Update

5. Upcoming Presentations
Month Presenter(s) Topic
January 2019 Gayatri Guru Sneak Peek into Azure Billing API
February 2019 Alex Apergis / Josh Hurn TBA
March 2019
April 2019
May 2019
June 2019
July 2019
August 2019
September 2019
October 2019
November 2019
December 2019 Various UNCONVENTION NIGHT!
Got Topic?
Send message on Meetup or email baug@outlook.com.au

7. Our team in Deloitte Platform Engineering are interested to talking to people with a passion for Azure
and that wishing to further their career with a specialisation in cloud integration solutions!
Key skills of interest:
- Highly proficient in the Microsoft Enterprise Suite - C#, .NET, and Visual Studio;
- A background in Java and interested in exploring integration, using middleware platforms such as
MuleSoft or DellBoomi.
- Software development experience with Microsoft Azure, including App Service, Service Fabric, Logic
Apps, Service Bus, API Management;
- Solution delivery with Agile methodology and CICD;
- Previous experience in consulting or developing and engaging with teams and building client
relationships.
If you’re passionate about exploring Cloud Integration and interested in opportunities with Deloitte,
please reach out to Danica Ahlhaus (dahlhaus@deloitte.com.au) or Rebecca McDonald
(remcdonald@deloitte.com.au) here in Brisbane!

9. Proximity Placement Groups (GA)
Proximity placement groups are particularly
useful for low latency between resources.
Logical grouping construct ensures that your
IaaS resources (virtual machines, or VMs) are
physically located close to each other
Starting now, proximity placement groups are
available in all Azure public cloud regions
(excluding India central).
You can now use the Azure portal to move
existing resources into (and out of) a
proximity placement group.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/blog/announcing-the-general-availability-of-proximity-placement-groups/

10. Azure Stack HCI on HPE Edgeline EL8000
Rugged, compact-sized hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI)
enabled servers.
Compact rugged, modular form factor
Edge artificial intelligence (AI) use cases, for field programmable
gate arrays or graphics processing units.
Up to four independent compute nodes, which are cluster-ready
with embedded networks.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/blog/azure-stack-hci-now-running-on-hpe-edgeline-el8000/

11. Azure Spot Virtual Machines (Preview)
Azure Spot Virtual Machines provide access to
unused Azure compute
Spot pricing is available on :
- single Virtual Machines
- Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS).
Choice between capped price or not.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/blog/announcing-the-preview-of-azure-spot-virtual-machines/

12. Azure Disks - Burst (Preview)
Bursting capability is supported on Premium
SSD managed disks only.
It will be enabled by default for all new
deployments in the supported regions.
For existing disks of the applicable sizes, you
can enable bursting with either of the two
options:
- detach and re-attach the disk
- stop and restart the attached VM.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/blog/better-performance-with-bursting-enhancement-on-azure-disks/
Bursting support on Azure Premium SSD Disks, and new disk sizes 4/8/16 GiB on both Premium & Standard SSDs

14. International Convention Centre Sydney
February 13–14, 2020
https://www.globaldiversitycfpday.com/events/240

15. 06 Feb 2020

16. Ignite the Tour | Sydney
International Convention Centre Sydney
February 13–14, 2020

18. Azure Australia Slack Team!
http://bit.ly/az-aus-slack

19. BAUG You-Tube Channel
PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!!
http://bit.ly/BAUGYouTubeChannel

20. On Demand Training - Updates
https://aka.ms/learn/
•Azure Fundamentals
•Introduction to Azure
•Create Serverless Logic with Azure Functions
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

23. Sneak Peek into Azure Billing API
Gayatri Guru has extensive experience in Web application development
using Microsoft technologies, i.e. VB.NET, C#, SQL Server AND ASP.NET,
Web Services, WCF, Web Api, Sql Server. She is currentlty a Senior
Software Developer at Michael Hill.
Gayatri Guru.

25. Application load balancing in Azure.
A cloud of options.
Damien Berry ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/damien-berry-47b7591/ )
is passionate about leveraging emergent technologies and building high
performant teams to deliver fantastic outcomes, with simple and
effective technology.
Damien Berry