1. What's New in Azure IaaS… A Server Huggers Perspective Rick Claus rclaus@microsoft.com @RicksterCDN

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3. Fortune 500 using Azure >57 % > 50 TRILLION storage objects 439 MILLION AAD users 1 out of 5 VMs are Linux VMs > 5. 1 TRILLION transactions in March > 3 Million Developers registered with Visual Studio Online 20M SQL databases hours used everyday >18 BILLION Azure Active Directory authentications/week New Azure customers a month >90,000

4. HyperScale Global coverage Hyperscale regions Hyperscale platform The Azure Cloud Platform Enterpris e Grade Hyperscale Hybrid

5. 20132014 Coming soon… Global coverage

6. Up to 600,000 servers in some Azure regions. Hyperscale regions

7. Hybrid Connectivity Consistency Connected Services The Azure Cloud Platform Enterpris e Grade Hyperscale Hybrid

8. Azur e SSL (P2S) VPN (S2S) ExpressRoute :443 Connectivity

9. The Azure Cloud Platform Enterpris e Grade Hyperscale Hybrid Enterprise Grade

10. Trust and control Cameras and alarms 24x7 security staff Barriers and fencing Days of backup power Two-factor access control Secure by design Operation security controls Compliance certifications Forensics Penetration testing Secure and isolated VNets Network ACLs Azure Active Directory Multiple virtual NICs Security appliances Physical Infrastructure Network Anti-malware VM security extensions Role-based access controls Key vault and encryption Logging and auditing VM

11. The pieces of IaaS… Storage

12. Virtual machine storage architecture Azure virtual machine C:\ OS Disk (127 GB) E:\, F:\, etc. Data disks (1 TB) D:\ Temporary disk (Contents can be lost) Disk cache Azure Blob

13. Page Blobs 3 copies VHD disks, 1 TB per disk 500 IOPs (8000 IOPS total) Virtual machine standard storage

14. West DC East DC > 400 miles Defend against regional disasters Geo replication Virtual machine standard storage

15. Compute The pieces of IaaS…

16. New generation of D family VMs DV2 SSD Storage Fast CPUs D Scale-up options Largest virtual machines Fastest storage in the public cloud 35% faster than D Intel E5-2673 v3 CPUs NVIDIA GPUs Remote visualization Compute-intensive + RDMA Highest value A Most memory fastest CPUs G >80,000 IOPs Premium Storage GPU-enabled virtual machines N Highest valueLargest scale-up

17. © ITEdgeintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.ITEdgeintersection.com The G family Optimized for data workloads Up to 32 CPU cores, 448 GB RAM 6.5 TB local SSD Latest generation Intel processor Up to 64 attached disks!! G

18. Network The pieces of IaaS…

19. Subnet ACLs Cloud service Middle tier (Logic) Front end tier (App) Virtual network 1 Virtual network 2 Subnet ACL 10.0.0.4 Subnet ACL 10.0.0.5 Internet Backend tier (Database) Virtual network 3 On-premises datacenter VPN ACL 10.0.0.6

20. Manage resources as a single unit Role based access and control (RBAC) on groups or resources Billing integrated tagging on groups or resources Resource Groups

21. Azure Templates can: Ensure Idempotency Simplify Orchestration Simplify Roll-back Provide Cross-Resource Configuration and Update Support Azure Templates are: Source file, checked-in Specifies resources and dependencies (VMs, WebSites, DBs) and connections (config, LB sets) Parametized input/output Instantiation of repeatable config. Configuration  Resource Group Power of Repeatability SQL - AWebsite Virtual Machines SQL-A Website [SQL CONFIG] VM (2x) DEPENDS ON SQL SQLCONFIG

22. Primary Domain Controller Backup Domain Controller Sharepoint HA ARM template SQL VM1SQL VM2 SQL Witness SharePoin t App VM1 SharePoin t App VM2 SharePoin t Web VM1 SharePoin t Web VM2 SharePoint Active Directory SQL Always On Cluster

23. Key Improvements: Azure Virtual Machines (v2)  Massive and parallel deployment of Virtual Machines  3 Fault Domains in Availability Sets  Custom URLs for Custom Script VM Extensions for VMs  SSH-2 RSA Format Support for SSH keys for Linux VMs

24. © ITEdgeintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.ITEdgeintersection.com Parameters: Input Variables: Model reuse Resources: Components Outputs Template Sections

25. How to Begin the journey to hybrid cloud

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