Architecting and Building Hybrid Cloud Apps for Azure and Azure Stack.
With Filippo Seracini @pipposeraand Ricardo Mendes @rifmendesfrom the AzureStack Team
When you have installed Microsoft Visual Studio Code which is Free and Open Source with Git integration, Debugging and lot of Extensions available,
You activate the Microsoft Azure App Service extension in VSC.
Azure App Service Extension
You can install really easy more Azure Extensions here.
On the Left you will see your Azure Subscription and by pushing the + you will create a new Azure WebApp.
After this it will install your Microsoft Azure Web App in the Cloud in a couple of seconds 🙂
When you open the Azure Portal you will see your App Service plan running.
From here you can configure your Azure Web App for Continues Delivery, and use different tools like VSC, Kudu or Azure App Service Editor.
Azure Web Apps enables you to build and host web applications in the programming language of your choice without managing infrastructure. It offers auto-scaling and high availability, supports both Windows and Linux, and enables automated deployments from GitHub, Visual Studio Team Services, or any Git repo.
And to come back at Microsoft Visual Studio Code, you can manage and Build your Azure Web App from here too :
Azure Web App Services in VSC
Hope this first step by step Guide is useful for you to start with Microsoft Azure Web App and Visual Studio Code to make your Pipeline.
More Information at Visual Studio Code
Azure DevTest Labs can be used to implement many key scenarios in addition to dev/test. One of those scenarios is to set up a lab for training. Azure DevTest Labs allows you to create a lab where you can provide custom templates that each trainee can use to create identical and isolated environments for training. You can apply policies to ensure that training environments are available to each trainee only when they need them and contain enough resources – such as virtual machines – required for the training. Finally, you can easily share the lab with trainees, which they can access in one click.
I already got it installed with some Virtual Machines.
When you go to Configuration and Policies you can configure your DevTest LAB for your Users.
From here you can manage and Configure your DevTest LAB.
Costs per Resource and who is the Owner
You can give your DevTest LAB Users full Control on Virtual Machine Sizes, but then you have to watch your Costs.
To keep you in Control you can decide which VM sizes can be selected by the DevTest LAB Users. From small standard A2 VM
or Powerful GS5 Virtual Machine.
Then you can select how much Virtual Machines can be selected by the DevTest LAB User or How Much Virtual Machines can be added to a Complete DevTest LAB :
Virtual Machines Per User
Virtual Machines per LAB
Here you can make a DevTest LAB Announcement for the Users.
To keep you Costs in a efficient way in Control, you can Auto Shutdown the Complete LAB and Start it with a Scheduler again.
Then you don’t pay for Compute when It’s not in use, this keeps your total costs low.
Auto Start
Auto Shutdown
Important for your Azure DevTest LAB are the Images form the Market Place but you can also upload your own custom images :
Azure Market Place
Of course you can add also Repositories to your Azure DevTest LAB :
When you installed this all, you can configure your Identity and Access Management for your Azure DevTest LAB Users.
I Gave Student01 the Role DevTest Lab User.
When you Login with the Azure DevTest LAB User you see your Resources and the LAB.
In the Activity Log you can see what is happening in your LAB.
For Teachers in Education is Microsoft Azure DevTest LAB a Great solution to work with IT Students and Develop or making there own Projects for School.
Here you see how easy you can role out a Kali-Linux Virtual Machine in your Azure DevTest LAB
Select the Kali-Linux Image
Select your Virtual Machine Settings
Here you can select Artifacts for in your VM
You can download your JSON ARM Template here
Your Kali-Linux VM is Creating in your Azure DevTest LAB.
I like Microsoft Azure DevTest LAB a lot and I hope you too 🙂
In this episode, Microsoft takes a look at updates to Project Honolulu and PowerShell Core to manage your server infrastructure. Jeff Woolseyexplains the updates IT pros will want to know about and demonstrates what’s new in Project Honolulu – including Remote Desktop Protocol,Windows client management and PowerShell support. Speaking of PowerShell, Jeff also shows how everything has evolved to PowerShell Core, so you can manage your Windows and Linux workloads from one unified scripting place. You’ll even see how with a single cmdlet, you can talk to both Windows and Linux machines and get cross-platform joined outputs.
Project Honolulu is a flexible, lightweight browser-based locally-deployed platform and a solution for management scenarios. One of Microsoft goals with Project Honolulu is to make it simpler and easier to connect existing deployments of Windows Server to Azure services. With Windows Server 2019 and Project Honolulu, customers will be able to easily integrate Azure services such as Azure Backup, Azure File Sync, disaster recovery, and much more so they will be able to leverage these Azure services without disrupting their applications and infrastructure.
Break down video of the essentials needed to plan and implement your solutions on Microsoft Azure IaaS. This 7-minute intro covers compute, virtual machines, containers, networking, storage and management options in Microsoft Azure.
When you transform your datacenter on-premises to Microsoft Azure Cloud Service, these Architecture references can help you
to make the right chooses for your business needs. The Azure Architecture Center contains guidance for building end-to-end solutions on Microsoft Azure. Here you will find reference architectures, best practices, design patterns, scenario guides, and reference implementations.
On the left site of this page you can download the complete content of Microsoft Azure Architecture Center into a PDF file 😉
Looks like this :
When your transition and your Architecture is done on Paper you can move save to Microsoft Azure Cloud Services.
Accelerate your digital transformation:
Now is the time to move to Azure and reap the rewards of cloud technology, including the ability to scale up or down quickly, pay only for what you use, and save on compute power. Whether you are deploying new virtual machines, moving a few workloads, or migrating your datacenters as part of your hybrid cloud strategy, the Azure Hybrid Benefit provides big savings as you move to the cloud.
Here you find the Whitepaper of Azure Virtual Datacenter Lift and Shift Guide but also an E-book of Azure Virtual Datacenter from the Azure CAT Guidance Team which can help you to start your transition of your datacenter to the Microsoft Azure Cloud.
When you have workloads in your on-premises Datacenter which may not run in any public Cloud or via Internet, you can run Microsoft Azure in your Datacenter via Microsoft Azure Stack.
Build modern applications across hybrid cloud environments
Azure Stack is an extension of Azure, bringing the agility and fast-paced innovation of cloud computing to on-premises environments. Only Azure Stack lets you deliver Azure services from your organization’s datacenter, while balancing the right amount of flexibility and control—for truly-consistent hybrid cloud deployments.
Welcome to the February 2018 release of Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer.
• Support for File Share snapshots:
o Create and manage snapshots for your File Shares.
o Easily switch views between snapshots of your File Shares as you explore.
o Restore previous versions of your files.
• Preview support for Azure Data Lake Store:
o Connect to your ADLS resources across multiple accounts.
o Connect to and share ADLS resources using ADL URIs.
o Perform basic file/folder operations recursively.
o Pin individual folders to Quick Access.
o Display folder statistics.
Azure Storage Explorer (Preview) is a standalone app that enables you to easily work with Azure Storage data on Windows, macOS, and Linux. In this article, you learn several ways of connecting to and managing your Azure storage accounts.
Azure File Sync agent release notes
Azure File Sync (preview) allows you to centralize your organization’s file shares in Azure Files without giving up the flexibility, performance, and compatibility of an on-premises file server. It does this by transforming your Windows Servers into a quick cache of your Azure File share. You can use any protocol available on Windows Server to access your data locally (including SMB, NFS, and FTPS) and you can have as many caches as you need across the world.
