Azure Infrastructure Weekly Update – 18th July 2021

A number of great updates this week across all of Azure feature areas!

Azure Bastion – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/azure-bastion/
HPC Cache changes – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-storage/caching-nfs-high-throughput-vms-and-more-hpc-cache-developments/ba-p/2519360
AVS Disk Pools – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-pools-planning
ADLSGen1 Migration – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/data-lake-storage-migrate-gen1-to-gen2-azure-portal
Cosmos DB Cache provider – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/session-state-and-caching-provider
Azure SQL DB Always Encrypted – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql/always-encrypted-with-secure-enclaves-now-generally-available-in/ba-p/2502560
Windows 365 – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-virtual-desktop/new-ways-to-deliver-a-secure-hybrid-workplace-with-azure-virtual/ba-p/2547291

00:00 Introduction
00:10 New videos
00:55 AKS updates
04:15 Azure Bastion Standard SKU
05:24 HPC Cache updates
08:03 Azure Blob container soft delete
08:58 Disk Pools for AVS
12:38 ADLSGen1 migration
13:12 Cosmos DB Insights and Workbooks
13:35 Cosmos DB session state and cache provider
14:40 Azure SQL DB Always Encrypted
15:55 Arc-enabled SQL MI
16:54 Azure Automation CMK
19:02 Free extended security updates on Azure
19:23 Windows 365
23:24 Azure Automation user-assigned MI
23:55 Close

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by John Savill

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