How I Used $16 In Azure Resources To Build Maine’s Only Real-Time State And Local Elections Results
Using $15.58 in Microsoft Azure Services, I built a real-time election results system that served 1.3 million successful requests in 24 hours.
Tag: Azure SQL
Blue Monday: Powershell Hotfix Released For Resource Manager Storage Commands
A "new old" version of Powershell restores pre-version 1.4 signatures to Resource Manager Storage cmdlets; PHP updates are complete; Event Hubs Archive is in pu...
Blue Monday: Two New UK Regions Generally Available
Cardiff and London host two generally available datacenters; DevTest Labs can now warn users of impending VM shutdowns. ...
Blue Monday: MySQL Native In Web Apps; Use JSON In SQL Server
Web App native MySQL instances are in public preview; use JSON to CRUD your Azure SQL Sever records ...
Blue Monday: Legacy Azure Storage Accounts Get A Reprieve
Legacy Azure Storage retirement indefinitely postponed; Azure Security Center generally available; new Node.js Storage library and demo code ...
Blue Monday: List Your SaaS On Azure AppSource
Microsoft unveils an Azure AppSource "store"; Bing APIs generally available; R resources introduced; two new US regions ...
Blue Monday: Azure SQL Database Now Supports Always Encrypted
Always Encrypted data for Azure SQL Database is in general release; point-in-time restore for Standard tier SQL Database extended to 35 days ...
Blue Monday: Global DocumentDB Replication Now Available
Replicate your DocumentDB databases in multiple regions; Service Fabric begins support for Linux ...
Securing An Azure SQL Database Against Unauthorized Networks
Limiting access to an Azure SQL Database from other Azure-based services is difficult at the moment, but there are options.
Blue Monday: Notification Hubs Get Scalability Upgrades
Pricing is more flexible for push notifications; Redis gets import / export and premium autoscaling; lock your resource groups against accidental changes and de...