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How to stream big data with Data Accelerator for Apache Spark

Geoff Staneff joins Donovan Brown to show how Data Accelerator for Apache Spark simplifies everything from onboarding to streaming of big data. It offers a rich, easy-to-use experience for creating, editing, and managing Apache Spark jobs on Azure HDInsight while enabling the full power of the Apache Spark engine.Microsoft open sources Data Accelerator for Apache SparkData Accelerator for Apache Spark (microsoft/data-accelerator) on GitHubAzure HDInsight overviewAzure HDInsight docsCreate a free account (Azure)

• HDInsight

How to execute Azure Machine Learning service pipelines in Azure Data Factory

Gaurav Malhotra joins Scott Hanselman to show how you can run your Azure Machine Learning (AML) service pipelines as a step in your Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipelines. This enables you to run your machine learning models with data from multiple sources (85+ data connectors supported in ADF). This seamless integration enables batch prediction scenarios such as identifying possible loan defaults, determining sentiment, and analyzing customer behavior patterns.Azure Data Factory overviewAzure Data Factory docsAzure Machine Learning overviewAzure Machine Learning docsCreate a free account (Azure)

• Azure Machine Learning service
• Data Factory

How to modernize Windows Server File Shares with Azure File Sync

Orin Thomas joins Donovan Brown to show how you can use Azure File Sync to tier unused files from file shares to the cloud, and to simplify replication of files and folders to different file servers in your organization.[00:01:32] - DemoDeploy Azure File SyncPlanning for an Azure File Sync deploymentCloud Tiering OverviewAbout Azure File SyncCreate a free account (Azure)

How to reserve a public IP range in Azure using Public IP Prefix

Are you tired of managing your multiple public IP addresses in Azure? Anavi Nahar joins Donovan Brown to show how Public IP Prefix enables you to use one prefix to manage your public endpoints in Azure. You can have predictable, contiguous public IP addresses that don't change as you scale. With a prefix, you can give your customers in Azure one range to simplify firewall management with predictable public IP addresses.[00:01:57] DemoPublic IP address prefixCreate, change, or delete a public IP address prefixPublic IP addressesPublic IP Address pricingCreate a free account (Azure)

• Network Infrastructure

How to reduce inter-VM latency with Proximity Placement Groups

The performance of your applications is central to the success of your IT organization. Many factors can affect the performance of your applications including network latency which is impacted by, among other things, the physical distance between the deployed virtual machines. Ziv Rafalovich joins Donovan Brown to show how Proximity Placement Groups help you co-locate your Azure infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) resources and achieve lower network latency.[00:03:25] DemoIntroducing proximity placement groupsCo-locate resources for improved latencyPreview: Deploy VMs to proximity placement groups using Azure CLIAzure Virtual Machines overviewCreate a free account (Azure)

• Virtual Machines

How to use PowerShell in Azure Data Studio

Sydney Smith joins Scott Hanselman to show the rich editing experience provided by the PowerShell extension in Azure Data Studio by creating a SQL Server in a Linux Docker container with external storage—all using PowerShell Core in Azure Data Studio.To get started with the notebook used in the episode check out: PowerShell/vscode-powershell[00:01:36] Demo - Getting started - installing modules[00:04:45] Demo - Creating a new editor filePowerShell Editor Support for Azure Data StudioThe PowerShell Extension is now in the Azure Data Studio MarketplaceWhat is Azure Data Studio?Create a SQL Server on Linux Container with 5 Lines of CodeBuild Docker Containers with External Storage on Your DesktopCreate a free account (Azure)