Lior Kamrat, a Cloud Solution Architect focused on the Hybrid landscape, discusses the role Azure Arc plays and the scenarios is addresses. 

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YouTube: Azure Podcast - Azure Arc - YouTube

Resources:

Azure Arc Jumpstart: aka.ms/AzureArcJumpstart

Updates:

New ways to deliver a secure hybrid workplace with Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365

General availability: Built-in Azure Policy support for Network Watcher Traffic Analytics

Meghan Liese from HashiCorp tells us about their Azure-related offerings and services and provides her perspective on cloud development in a hybrid environment.

About HashiCorp and the suite: https://www.hashicorp.com/  

Open Source Tools:
Vagrant: https://www.vagrantup.com/
Packer: https://www.packer.io/intro/
Terraform: https://www.terraform.io/
Vault: https://www.vaultproject.io/
Nomad: https://www.nomadproject.io/
Consul: https://www.consul.io/

Applying Graph Theory to Infrastructure as Code (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce3RNfRbdZ0

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode177.mp3

Other resources:

Newly created Azure SQL DBs will be encrypted at rest by default

Announcing Azure Time Series Insights
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-azure-time-series-insights/

New Power BI content pack for Azure Enterprise users
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-power-bi-content-pack-for-azure-enterprise-users/

Azure IoT Gateway SDK packages now available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-iot-gateway-sdk-packages/

Evan and Sujit talk to Vishwas Lele, an Azure MVP and Microsoft Regional Director, about his role in the community, his Azure projects and his views on Azure services, specifically Hybrid scenarios.

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode161.mp3

Twitter:@vlele

Company website www.appledis.com

Azure courses on Pluralsight Courses  - https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/vishwas-lele

Channel 9  Videos  - https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Speakers/vishwas-lele

Other updates:

Azure SQL Database is increasing read and write performance
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-sql-database-is-increasing-the-read-and-write-performance/
 
Azure Virtual Machine Internals – Part 1
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-virtual-machine-internals-part-1/
 
HDInsight tools for IntelliJ & Eclipse December Updates
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/hdinsight-tools-for-intellij-eclipse-december-updates/
 
Azure Storage Queues New Feature: Pop-Receipt on Add Message
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-storage-queues-new-feature-pop-receipt-on-add-message/

Av2-Series now generally available for Azure Cloud Services 
Av2-Series instances for Azure Cloud Services are now available in all regions where Av2 virtual machines are currently offered. Av2-Series Cloud Services are up to 36 percent less expensive than the current A-Series Standard Cloud Services. For more information about pricing, please visit the internal pricing website. Av2-Series are available in standard memory options in 1, 2, 4, and 8 cores with memory ranging from 2 GB to 16 GB, and in higher memory options in 2, 4, and 8 cores with memory ranging from 16 GB to 64 GB. To learn more about this service, please visit the Cloud Services webpage.