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

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

2. Microsoft Azure News
November 2020.

3. Sponsorship Update

5. Upcoming Presentations
Month Presenter(s) Topic
January 2020 Gayatri Guru Sneak Peek into Azure Billing API
February 2020 Alex Apergis / Josh Hurn Life in CloudOps
March 2020 Valeriia Savenko Azure IoT 101
April 2020 COVID19 Isolation
May 2020 Jernej Kavka From Paper to Power using Azure Form Recognition
June 2020 Todd Whitehead Best of Build 2020
July 2020 Bill Chesnut Azure Application Insights for Developers
August 2020 Wagner Silveira A Lap Around API Management VS Code Extension
September 2020 Johannes Strydom Blazor’ing’ly simple secure app development with immutable infrastructure
October 2020 Ashish Sentinel Azure Sentinel (catchy title to come)
November 2020 Errol LeBoydre Streaming Analytics vs Event Grid for Flexible Event Routing
December 2020 Various UNCONVENTION NIGHT!
Got Topic?
Send message on Meetup or email baug@outlook.com.au

7. new memory-optimized Azure VM’s (GA)
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/reduce-costs-with-new-memoryoptimized-azure-virtual-machines-certified-for-sap-hana/

8. Zone Redundant Azure Cache for Redis preview
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/zone-redundancy-for-azure-cache-for-redis-now-in-preview/
By default, standard or premium tier have
replication with a two-node configuration
New in preview, Azure Cache for Redis can now support up to four
nodes in a cache distributed across multiple availability zones.

9. Modular Datacenter (GA)
Azure Modular Datacenter (MDC) for
customers who need cloud computing
capabilities in hybrid or challenging
environments, including remote areas.
A major differentiator for MDC is that
customers can run the unit with full
network connectivity, occasionally
connected or fully disconnected.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-the-microsoft-azure-modular-datacenter/

10. Microsoft and SpaceX to launch Azure Space (GA)
Microsoft has teamed
up with SpaceX and
SES to launch the tech
giant's new cloud
computing business
for space.
Microsoft will have
access to Starlink
broadband network
Current - over 800
Projected – 12,000
https://www.space.com/microsoft-launches-azure-space-cloud-computing

12. Friday 20th: 03:00 PM PST – 06:00 PM EST – 11:00
PM GMT
Saturday 21st 9:00 AM AEST – 07:00 AM SGT
https://brisbanebootcamp.com/

14. 25 – 26 November 2020, 9:00am – 1:15pm SGT
https://aka.ms/APACDevOpsSummit

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

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

18. 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

19. http://www.hanselman.com/
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/bg-p/ITOpsTalkBlog

21. Streaming Analytics vs Event Grid for Flexible
Event Routing
Speaker: Errol LeBoydre
Solution architect and lead developer for more than 30 years with a
passion for solving simple to complex business challenges.
Highly regarded as an Integration Specialist having delivered many
solutions with a focus on process and operational efficiency
improvements.
Errol enjoys the challenge of following the changing Microsoft landscape
specifically with cloud development and services.