Translated from 日本語 • View original Good morning from Seattle.
This is Akiyama, an engineer.
We participated in Microsoft Build 2017 held in Seattle on 5/10~12 local time and posted this report from there.
You can watch the Build on Channel9 .
What's new in Azure
In this article, we will summarize the content of the new feature introduction session for Azure in general.
Azure Compute: New features and roadmap
Please note that the content presented in the keynote on the first day is excluded.
See the keynote for Day 1 here, the keynote for Day 2 here, and the summary of Azure Storage here .
Virtual Machine
ND(P40), NCv2(P100s)
More GPUs, more power, more intelligence
Let's start with a light topic. It was announced about three days before the build, but GPU-specific instances were announced for use in machine learning and other applications.
To use it, you need to sign up for a preview at the above URL.
Dv3, Ev3
At the same time, we announced nested virtualzation, an instance that can run VMs on top of VMs.
Azure will support nested virtualization soon now | UP2V
Since I can't find any official information, please refer to the diagram in the English article above to get an idea.
Cross-Region Site Recovery
Azure SQL Database and Storage can have redundancy in secondary regions, but we have announced Cross-Region Site Recovery to create a DR environment.
The following services are covered
- Cosmos DB (formerly Document DB)
- Azure Database(SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
- Blob Storage
- VirtualMachine
Japanese users need to verify whether this function can deal with cases such as the March failure that are fresh in their memory.
Azure Portal
Azure Cloud Shell running on the Azure portal has just been announced, but the PowerShell version has already been announced. You also need to sign up for the preview. For the link, please refer to the Channel9 video at the beginning of the 13th minute.
Azure Service Fabric
Announcing Windows Server Container orchestration with Azure Service Fabric
Windows Server Containers has been GA. At the same time, we also previewed the deployment with Docker Compose.
Azure Batch
Batch computing at a fraction of the price
Low-priority VMs in Batch is now in preview.
Previously, Batch cost the same price as Virtual Machine, but it is available at an 80% discount. It is recommended for jobs where task interruptions are acceptable and there are no execution time constraints. Examples include large-scale load testing and regression testing.
Azure Batch Rendering
Massive-scale cloud rendering with Autodesk on Azure
Azure Batch Rendering, which specializes in video rendering, has been announced in preview. Is there a wave in the use of computing resources in the video industry?
You can apply from the following site.
Web App on Linux
See what’s new for Azure App Service - Web App on Linux (Preview) The preview Web App on Linux is now public, but the feature has been published.
- Slots and swaps with slots
- Automatic scaling
- SSH to containers
- Integration with Visual Studio TeamService
- Integration with DockerHub
- Always-on connection
- Wildcard domain support
- Port automation for custom images of containers
It's catching up with the features of the Windows version. WebApp is one of my favorite services, so I'm looking forward to seeing what the future holds.
Azure Functions Runtime
Introducing Azure Functions Runtime preview
Runtimes for using Azure Functions on-premises are now available in preview.
Service Catalog Managed Application
Azure Managed Applications overview
We've released features for managing Azure resources together.
For example, an image that creates a service that consists of a combination of VirtualMachine and SQL DataBase as a single catalog. When deployed with this feature, individual resources cannot be deleted. There is also a wave of microservices, and it is a service for management on a service-by-service basis.
Conclusion
I felt like I had heard a lot of announcements about Azure in the keynote, but when I looked at it this way, I could see that development was going on quite widely.
It's hard just to follow the information.