Microsoft has a website that contains a dozen or so checklists, best practices and guidance documents for the various pieces of Azure.
Best practices and guidance for Azure
Source: Azure Guidance | patterns & practices | Microsoft Azure
Author: Scott Duffy
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Azure Guidance | patterns & practices | Microsoft Azure
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5 Design Patterns for AI in the Cloud – Microsoft Video
“We are still in the first minutes of the first day of the Intelligence revolution. In this keynote, Dr. Joseph Sirosh will present 5 solutions (and their implementations) that the intelligent cloud delivers. Join us in this keynote to learn how these solutions can help any organization, from a startup to an enterprise, better handle uncertainty, reduce risks, build intelligent applications that deliver better services faster, grow customer loyalty, help businesses become more proactive with respect to customer needs and differentiate themselves from intensifying competition.”
Source: Video: Azure – the Cloud Supercomputer for AI – insideHPC
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Microsoft and Bank of America Merrill Lynch collaborate to transform trade finance transacting with Azure Blockchain as a Service | News Center
Interesting news today about how Azure is becoming a platform for financial institutions using Blockchain technology. Blockchain is the concept underlying Bitcoin, that allows secure transfer of digital value.
Also an interesting fact buried in the article:
More than 80 percent of the world’s largest banks are Azure customers.
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Microsoft Azure ‘Pay-As-You-Go’ now available for India regions – MSPoweruser
Microsoft Azure ‘Pay-As-You-Go’ offer is now available in India data center region.Good news if you live in India and want to run servers in India.
Source: Microsoft Azure ‘Pay-As-You-Go’ now available for India regions – MSPoweruser
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What is Windows Azure Active Directory? | Channel 9
Windows Azure Active Directory is described in cartoon format in this video. It’s an easy to follow sketch of all the major pieces and how you can use it. It also describes the differences between Windows Azure Active Directory and Windows Server Active Directory.
Source: What is Windows Azure Active Directory? | Windows Azure Active Directory | Channel 9
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Azure Data Center
Azure Datacenter Virtual Tour. The coolest thing I’ve seen in a while. WTG Microsoft…
Check out the Azure Data Center
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Azure Redis Security Caching | Azure Friday | Channel 9
Another Azure Friday post from Channel 9 talking about Redis. This time, it’s improving security while using Redis and Azure.
Answering questions like, how can you ensure that the cache can only be accessed from a specific client and not publicly addressable?
Source: Azure Redis Security Caching | Azure Friday | Channel 9
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Azure Redis Cache Best Practices | Azure Friday | Channel 9
A very interesting Azure Friday video on Redis.
In this video we will look at some of the best practices on how should you pick the right Redis Cache offering for your use case.
Source: Azure Redis Cache Best Practices | Azure Friday | Channel 9
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The Open Group Changes Testing Centers
The Open Group recently announced that they are switching from Prometric to Pearson VUE. For now, the TOGAF 9.1 exam is available at both testing centers (and in many cases, the same testing center supports both testing companies). But at some point in the future, the exams will only be available through Pearson.
The Open Group selects Pearson VUE for global computer-based IT certification testing programme delivery
Source: The Open Group :: Pearson VUE