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

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

2. Microsoft Azure News
May 2021

3. Our Sponsors

5. Upcoming Presentations
Month Presenter(s) Topic
February 2021 Joe Albahari What's New in C# 9 - The Best Parts
March 2021 Martin Cairney Exploring the World of Azure Data Explorer
April 2021 Robert Crane All About Azure Sentinel
May 2021 Rory Braybrook The Microsoft Identity Jigsaw – Putting the Pieces Together
June 2021
July 2021
August 2021
September 2021
October 2021
November 2021
December 2021
Got Topic?
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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 and Azure DevOps.
- 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 Rebecca McDonald (remcdonald@deloitte.com.au) here in Brisbane!

9. A fluent new look for the Azure icon
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/a-fluent-new-look-for-the-azure-icon/
One detail updating today is the Azure “A” icon, which will be rolled out in product experiences and
across related sites in the coming weeks.
The new Azure icon represents the unity of Azure within the larger Microsoft family of product
icons. It’s part of Microsoft's Fluent Design System (https://www.microsoft.com/design/fluent/)

10. Microsoft acquires Kinvolk
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-acquires-kinvolk-to-accelerate-containeroptimized-innovation/
The ability to run Kubernetes anywhere, whether in the cloud or on-premises, has been a high
priority for Azure customers looking to rapidly innovate
Kinvolk’s founding mission statement is “to build and promote an enterprise-grade open cloud-
native stack”
The Kinvolk team will remain active in their existing open source projects and will be essential to
driving further collaboration between Azure engineering teams and the larger open source
container community.

11. Azure Web PubSub (Preview)
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/easily-build-realtime-apps-with-websockets-and-azure-web-pubsub-now-in-preview/
• Azure Web PubSub service supports native
WebSocket and a wide variety of
programming languages (including C#,
Python, and Java)
• This service also offers the
json.webpubsub.azure.v1 subprotocol
• Write less code, maintain less infrastructure,
and save on costs.

12. Dv5/Ev5 Azure VMs (Preview)
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/upgrade-your-infrastructure-with-the-latest-dv5ev5-azure-vms-in-preview/
Series vCPU Memory (GiB) Local Disk (GiB Max Data Disks Max NICs
Dv5-series 2 - 96 8 - 384 n/a 4 - 32 2 - 8
Dsv5-series 2 - 96 8 - 384 n/a 4 - 32 2 - 8
Ddv5-series 2 - 96 8 - 384 75 - 2,400 4 - 32 2 - 8
Ddsv5-series 2 - 96 8 - 384 75 - 2,400 4 - 32 2 - 8
Series vCPU Memory (GiB) Local Disk (GiB Max Data Disks Max NICs
Ev5-series 2 - 96 16 - 672 n/a 4 - 32 2 - 8
Esv5-series 2 - 96 16 - 672 n/a 4 - 32 2 - 8
Edv5-series 2 - 96 16 - 672 75 - 2,400 4 - 32 2 - 8
Edsv5-series 2 - 96 16 - 672 75 - 2,400 4 - 32 2 - 8

14. https://www.biztalk360.com/integrate-2021-remote/

15. https://www.biztalk360.com/integrate-2021-remote/

17. Azure Australia Slack Team!
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19. On Demand Training - Updates
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/offers/30-days-to-learn-it
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

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

22. The Microsoft Identity Jigsaw
- Putting the Pieces Together
Rory Braybook is an Identity
Architect and a Microsoft MVP. He is active on
stackoverflow and Twitter (@rbrayb) and posts
often on Identity issues at
https://authory.com/RoryBraybrook