IT is changing. What’s new in that IT have always been changing.

If you look back, earlier IT is considered as cost center, client/ customer need IT service to run/support their business like using ERP, HR, Finance systems. Client always wants to keep IT spending cost as minimum as possible because it has impact on product cost.

So, what change now?

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It’s all about Application

This is the simplest definition I use to explain container. No matter whether we have simple medium or high complex environments at the end we need all this to run the applications.

If we talk about the deployment models, we can categorize application deployment on

Physical server’s environment

Virtual server’s environment (H/W virtualization)

and now we have more optimized Virtualized environment (nested virtualization or O/S virtualization)

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DevOps Project - Another exciting feature is now available in public preview.

Build any Azure application, on any Azure service, in less than five minutes.

I see this as an extension of Azure Web App with additional features. Its useful quick starting point, when your team do not have much experience in DevOps practices.

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ARM Template hands-on lab.

1. Option to create ‘n’ number of VMs associated with dedicated storage accounts along and public IPs. All these VMs share one common storage account for diagnostics.
2. All the VMs will have an additional data disk.
3. Virtual network with one subnet.
4. Create Azure SQL server instance along with database.
5. All of these resources will reside inside a single resource group.
6. Use VSTS CI/CD pipeline for deployment.

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## New Azure Free Account

Earlier when we sign up for Azure free account, we use to get 30 days free account with $200 credit. So, if you consume all $200 or 30 days, either you need to upgrade your account or it got disabled. Microsoft recently launch New Azure Free Account. The Azure free account includes $200 credit to spend for 30 days and free Azure products for 12 months. In addition to this it also give 25+ always free services

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In this post I am going to walk you through the Deploy-AzureResourceGroup.ps1. This PS script is use to perform validation, create artifact storage, container and SAS token (if required) and finally execute template deployment.

[Microsoft.Azure.Common.Authentication.AzureSession]::ClientFactory.AddUserAgent(“VSAzureTools-$UI$($host.name)”.replace(‘ ‘,’_’), ‘3.0.0’)

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An integrated, easy-to-deploy development environment for building, debugging and testing Docker apps on a Windows PC. Docker for Windows is a native Windows app deeply integrated with Hyper-V virtualization, networking and file system, making it the fastest and most reliable Docker environment for Windows.

Win 10 OS: Base machine must have Windows 10 Anniversary Edition or Creators Update (Professional or Enterprise).

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With the introduction of Azure Resource Manager model life become much easier. New model not only provide much more granule control over design, deployment and management but it also provide the JSON base template deployment to support Infrastructure-as-Code. Which is one of important pillar of DevOps.

This post is part of learn Azure RM Automation series. In this first post I will walk you through the structure and basics.

This post is part of learn Azure RM Automation series. In this first post I will walk you through the structure and basics.

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Virtual Network

The Azure Virtual Network service enables you to securely connect Azure resources to each other with virtual networks (VNets). A VNet is a representation of your own network in the cloud. A VNet is a logical isolation of the Azure cloud dedicated to your subscription. You can also connect VNets to your on-premises network.

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PowerShell in CloudShell is now available in public preview.

CloudShell:

Azure Cloud Shell is a browser-based shell experience to manage and develop Azure resources. Cloud Shell offers a browser-accessible, pre-configured shell experience for managing Azure resources without the overhead of installing, versioning, and maintaining a machine yourself.

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