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Upcoming PresentationsMonth Presenter Topic

June 2015 Bill Chesnut Continuous Integration in the Cloud

July 2015 Dan Toomey 8 Things You Didn’t Know About Service Bus

August 2015 ?? ??

September 2015 ?? ??

October 2015 Todd Whitehead & Adam Finster

Inflight to Insights: Real-time Insights with Event Hubs, Stream Analytics and an A10 Warthog

November 2015 ?? ??

December 2015 ?? ??

updates

Logic AppsImprovements to Logic Apps Designer

• Can now create connectors directly in Logic App designer• The utcnow() function now takes format strings• Added toUpper() and toLower() functions so you can easily change the casing of strings• You can use certificates for AAD OAuth in addition to a secret

FIXES:• You could not select Add a Condition to be met in the designer. To add conditions or repeats, first

select Edit this action.• If any action in a repeat was skipped, the action was marked as Failed. Now that action will be

marked as Succeeded

http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/create-connectors-in-logic-apps-designer/

Logic AppsTemplates now available

• Retweet positive sentiments• One-way pipeline with BizTalk functions (validate, transform & route)• Text new cases• Backup FTP folder to storage• EDI X12 Inbound• Post email to Yammer

Web AppsSupport for Intermediate TLS/SSL Certificates

• Upload your own PFX file• Must have entire certificate chain• Only installs the intermediate certificates (not Root certificates)

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/06/01/intermediate-tls-certificates-for-azure-app-service-web-apps/

Web AppsWeb Vulnerability Scanning for Azure App Service powered by Tinfoil Security

• 75% of scanned websites have a vulnerability on first scan• Turned on via new Management Portal• Several pricing tiers

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/06/03/web-vulnerability-scanning-for-azure-app-service-powered-by-tinfoil-security/

Web AppsAzure App Service Web Apps custom-domain capability generally available

• Simplify process of purchasing and managing custom domain names• Partnering with GoDaddy• Top-level domains available are .com, .net, .co.uk, .org, .nl, .in, .biz, .org.uk, and .co.in

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/custom-dns-web-site-buydomains-web-app/

Media ServicesCustom Origin Support for Azure CDN

• Custom origins supported• Multiple CDN endpoints with the same origin• Save content in any Origin Folder

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/06/04/announcing-custom-origin-support-for-azure-cdn/

Media ServicesHyperlapse in Public Preview

• Video stabilisation and time lapsing• Media processor• Available in all public Azure datacenters

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/05/14/announcing-hyperlapse-for-azure-media-services/

DocumentDBUpdates to Azure DocumentDB Data Migration Tool

• Can read/write to multiple DocumentDB collections• Can partition data across multiple collections on import• Enhanced CSV support• Available on GitHub: https://github.com/azure/azure-documentdb-datamigrationtool

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/06/02/importing-data-to-documentdb-just-got-faster-and-easier/

Access Control ServiceUpdate to Google Identify Providers Required!

• OpenID 2.0 being discontinued by Google• Must upgrade to OpenID Connect• Migrate ACS 2.0 namespaces by 1 June 2015

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn927169.aspx

Express RouteExpressRoute Premium now available

• Increased routing table limit from 4000 to 10,000 routes for public peering and private peering.• Increased number of virtual networks (VNets) that can be connected to the ExpressRoute circuit

(default is 10).• Global connectivity over the Microsoft core network. You will now be able to link a VNet in one

geopolitical region with an ExpressRoute circuit in another region. Example: You can link a VNet created in Europe West to an ExpressRoute circuit created in Silicon Valley.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/documentation/articles/expressroute-premium-sku/

PlatformMicrosoft Invests in Subsea Cables

• Connect datacenters globally• New Cross Pacific (NCP) cable network will connect North America to Asia• Working with Hibernia and Aqua Comms to connect North America to Ireland and on to the United

Kingdom

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/05/11/microsoft-invests-in-subsea-cables-to-connect-datacenters-globally/

events

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Microsft Azure Cloud Dev Camp

Sydney12th June 2015Registration: FREE

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