{"id":56422,"date":"2020-01-01T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/?p=56422"},"modified":"2020-04-01T10:34:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T09:34:36","slug":"cloudstackd-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/2020\/01\/01\/cloudstackd-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"CloudStack[d] December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0|0px|54px|0px|false|false&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text module_id=&#8221;MicrosoftAzure&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.11&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Roboto|300|||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#00a9e0&#8243; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#e05206&#8243; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#e05206&#8243; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#e05206&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; text_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; text_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; text_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; link_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; link_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; link_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; ul_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; ul_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; ul_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; ol_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; ol_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; ol_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; quote_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; quote_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; quote_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_2_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_2_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_2_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_3_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_3_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_3_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_4_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_4_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_4_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_5_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_5_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_5_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_6_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_6_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_6_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_vertical_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_blur_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_spread_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">MICROSOFT AZURE<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">ANNOUNCING THE PREVIEW OF AZURE SPOT VIRTUAL MACHINES<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/pricing\/spot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azure Spot Virtual Machines<\/a> provide access to unused Azure compute capacity at deep discounts. The catch? They can be evicted anytime if Azure needs capacity. To ensure organisations don\u2019t suffer as a result of this Azure has suggested workloads that are ideally suited to run on Spot Virtual Machines. These include, but are not necessarily limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Batch jobs<\/li>\n<li>Workloads that can sustain and\/or recover from interruptions<\/li>\n<li>Development and test<\/li>\n<li>Stateless applications that can use Spot Virtual Machines to scale out, opportunistically saving cost<\/li>\n<li>Short-lived jobs which can easily be run again if the Virtual Machine is evicted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on pricing, deployment, handling evictions, and best practices click <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/blog\/announcing-the-preview-of-azure-spot-virtual-machines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">MICROSOFT OPENS 35 DAY WINDOW FOR AZURE CUSTOMERS TO POSTPONE IMPACTFUL HOST UPDATES<\/h3>\n<p>Azure\u2019s preview of a <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/maintenance-control-for-platform-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">maintenance control feature for Azure VMs<\/a> gives more control to customers with highly sensitive workloads for platform maintenance. Using this feature, customers can control all impactful host updates, including rebootless updates, for up to 35 days.<\/p>\n<p>Azure frequently updates its infrastructure to improve the reliability, performance, and security, or to launch new features. Almost all updates have zero impact on your Azure VMs however some very sensitive workloads may require full control of all maintenance activities. This new feature will benefit those customers who deploy this type of workload.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56427 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Azure-Maintenance-Control.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Azure-Maintenance-Control.png 584w, http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Azure-Maintenance-Control-480x130.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 584px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/maintenance-control-for-platform-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How the maintenance control feature works. Source: Microsoft<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">SAP HANA BACKUP USING AZURE BACKUP IS NOW GENERALLY AVAILABLE<\/h3>\n<p>In December Azure shared the <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/blog\/sap-hana-backup-using-azure-is-now-generally-available\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">general availability of Microsoft Azure Backup\u2019s solution for SAP HANA databases in the UK South region<\/a>. Azure Backup is Azure&#8217;s native backup solution which allows you to seamlessly backup and restore SAP HANA databases running on Microsoft Azure VMs and leverage enterprise management capabilities that Azure Backup provides. Benefits include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>15-minute RPO:<\/strong> Recovery of critical data of up to 15 minutes is possible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>One-click, point-in-time restores:<\/strong> Easy to restore production data on SAP HANA databases to alternate servers. Chaining of backups and catalogues to perform restores is all managed by Azure behind the scenes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Long-term retention:<\/strong> For rigorous compliance and audit needs, you can retain your backups for years, based on the retention duration, beyond which the recovery points will be pruned automatically by the built-in lifecycle management capability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Backup Management from Azure:<\/strong> Use Azure Backup\u2019s management and monitoring capabilities for improved management experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">PROXIMITY PLACEMENT GROUPS NOW GENERALLY AVAILABLE<\/h3>\n<p>Back in July Azure <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/introducing-proximity-placement-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> the preview of Azure proximity placement groups to enable customers to achieve co-location of Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) resources with low network latency. Last month Azure informed us that these <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/blog\/announcing-the-general-availability-of-proximity-placement-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proximity placement groups are now generally available<\/a>, ensuring that your IaaS resources (virtual machines, or VMs) are physically located close to each other with the additional of new features and best practices for success.<\/p>\n<p>Additional capabilities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More regions, more clouds<\/li>\n<li>Portal support<\/li>\n<li>Move existing resources to, and from, proximity placement groups<\/li>\n<li>Supporting SAP applications<\/li>\n<li>Measure VM latency in Azure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56428\" src=\"http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Proximity-Placement-Groups.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Proximity-Placement-Groups.png 500w, http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Proximity-Placement-Groups-480x503.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/blog\/announcing-the-general-availability-of-proximity-placement-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Azure Proximity Placement Groups. Source: Microsoft<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">SQL SERVER ON AZURE IS FASTER, AND CHEAPER, THAN ON AWS<\/h3>\n<p>Over a million on-premises SQL Server databases have moved to Azure, representing a massive shift in where customers are collecting, storing, and analysing their data. This may be largely down to the fact that a recent study comparing performance between SQL Server on Azure VMs and SQL Server on AWS EC2 found that Azure was up to 3.4 times faster and up to 87% cheaper!<\/p>\n<p>Have a read of <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/blog\/faster-and-cheaper-sql-on-azure-continues-to-outshine-aws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft\u2019s announcement<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aka.ms\/sql_iaas_price_perf_whitepaper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GigaOm report<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-56429 aligncenter size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GigaOm-Report.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GigaOm-Report.png 1024w, http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GigaOm-Report-980x351.png 980w, http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GigaOm-Report-480x172.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/blog\/faster-and-cheaper-sql-on-azure-continues-to-outshine-aws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Performance and price-performance comparisons from the GigaOm report. Source: Microsoft<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">IN OTHER NEWS:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/blog\/microsoft-is-a-leader-in-the-forrester-wave-streaming-analytics-q3-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft is a leader in The Forrester Wave\u2122: Streaming Analytics, Q3 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/blog\/achieve-operational-excellence-in-the-cloud-with-azure-advisor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azure Advisor announces new recommendation category<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/blog\/new-enhancements-for-azure-iot-edge-automatic-deployments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New enhancements for Azure IoT Edge automatic deployments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/azure-founders-reflect-on-microsofts-first-decade-as-a-public-cloud-vendor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azure founders reflect on Microsoft&#8217;s first decade as a public cloud vendor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/blog\/connecting-microsoft-azure-and-oracle-cloud-in-the-uk-and-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft and Oracle extend multi-cloud partnership to Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/azure-active-directory-identity\/bring-identities-from-disconnected-ads-into-azure-ad-with-just-a\/ba-p\/827835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azure AD Connect cloud provisioning now in public preview<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.29.3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; 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ANNOUNCING THE PREVIEW OF AZURE SPOT VIRTUAL MACHINES Azure Spot Virtual Machines provide access to unused Azure compute capacity at deep discounts. 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In terms of market share however, AWS is still very much in the lead, commanding 33% of public cloud market with Azure following in 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place with 13%.<\/p><h2><strong>AZURE CERTIFICATIONS RECONSIDERED<\/strong><\/h2><p>After receiving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learning\/community-blog-post.aspx?BlogId=8&Id=375147\">feedback<\/a> that the current Azure exams are \u2018too broad, covering a range of skills that very few individuals, even experts in the area, would have\u2019 Microsoft have taken it upon themselves to take another look at their certifications. The result? They\u2019ll be assessing the skills you actually need to be successful \u2013 we think that\u2019s an excellent idea!<\/p><p>Microsoft are even offering an 80% discount on their Azure Administrator beta exams for the first 300 people who register! 3\u20262\u20261\u2026go!<\/p><h2><strong>MICROSOFT ADDS KUBERNETES TOOLS TO AZURE<\/strong><\/h2><p>Microsoft\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/2018\/07\/09\/announcing-the-public-preview-of-azure-dev-spaces\/\">Azure Dev Spaces<\/a> is now in public review. The cloud-native development experience can be used with <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/services\/kubernetes-service\/\">Azure Kubernetes Services<\/a> (AKS) and is designed to help developers work with cloud native code \u2013 making it easier to make the jump into container development.<\/p><p>To get started click <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/get-azds.\">here<\/a>.<\/p><h2><strong>AZURE SQL DATA WAREHOUSE GETS A SPEED BOOST<\/strong><\/h2><p>Microsoft recently <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/blog\/new-azure-innovation-advances-customer-success-for-the-cloud-and-ai-powered-future\/\">announced<\/a> that Azure SQL Data Warehouse customers will benefit from \u2018at least 2x faster query performance from their workloads, cementing it as the fastest data warehouse in the cloud\u2019. In the announcement they explained the speed boost was made real by brand spanking new <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/azure-sets-new-performance-benchmarks-with-sql-data-warehouse\/\">instant data movement capabilities<\/a> which makes the movement between data warehouse computer notes more efficient than ever before. Well, it\u2019s certainly peaked our interest!<\/p><h2><strong>MICROSOFT INTEGRATES AZURE SECURITY CENTER INTO SUBSCRIPTION EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/h2><p>Looking for visibility into the security of your cloud platform? Great news \u2013 Azure Security Center is now available in public preview and has been integrated into the subscription package so that customers can assess the security state of resources and ensure data is protected and not vulnerable to attacks.<\/p><p>Find out more <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/azure-security-center-is-now-integrated-into-the-subscription-experience\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p><h2><strong>AZURE SERVICE FABRIC MESH NOW AVAILABLE AS PUBLIC PREVIEW<\/strong><\/h2><p>In July Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/azure-service-fabric-mesh-is-now-in-public-preview\/\">announced<\/a> the release of their Azure Service Fabric Mesh to public preview. The fully-managed service supports both Windows and Linux containers and is designed to enable developers to \u2018deploy and operate containerised applications without having to manage VMs, storage or networking configuration\u2019.<\/p><p>You can get started with it <a href=\"http:\/\/aka.ms\/SFMesh\">here<\/a>.<\/p><h2><strong>AZURE COSMOS DB GETS AN UPGRADE<\/strong><\/h2><p>In May 2017, Microsoft announced its new database service, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neowin.net\/news\/microsoft-announces-mysql-and-postgresql-azure-services-and-azure-cosmos-db\">Azure Cosmos DB<\/a>, designed to deliver high performance for large scale applications. This month Microsoft announced that Cosmos DB is getting an upgrade. Introducing the new and improved <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/new-azure-cosmosdb-explorer-now-in-public-preview\/\">Cosmos DB Explorer<\/a>, described by Microsoft as \u2018a full screen standalone web-based version of the Data Explorer many of you already use in Azure Portal for Cosmos DB\u2019.<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><h1><strong>AMAZON WEB SERVICES<\/strong><\/h1><h4><em>July was a big month for Amazon Web Services. They introduced a couple of new instances and even found themselves some Greek gods!<\/em><\/h4><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><h2><strong>AMAZON INTRODUCES EC2 INSTANCES TO THEIR AWS SNOWBALL EDGE SYSTEM<\/strong><\/h2><p>Following the success of <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/greengrass\/\">AWS Greengrass<\/a> in 2017, Amazon has added more edge computing capabilities to its AWS services. Not only will this allow customers to analyse and move data at the site where its created, the introduction of their Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances to their <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/snowball-edge\/\">Snowball Edge<\/a> system, cuts down processing delays and reduces the amount of data customers need to store in the cloud.<\/p><p>Take a look at Amazon\u2019s announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/blogs\/aws\/new-ec2-compute-instances-for-aws-snowball-edge\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p><h2><strong>2,600 PERSONAL DATA FILES EXPOSED DUE TO OPEN AWS S3 BUCKET<\/strong><\/h2><p>A political autodial company has come under fire after exposing the personal data of 2,600 voters in the US after failing to properly secure their AWS S3 bucket. Unfortunately, this is becoming a pretty common issue despite <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/blogs\/aws\/new-amazon-s3-encryption-security-features\/\">Amazon offering up a solution<\/a> in November 2017 with the introduction of five new encryption and security features, including dashboard warning lights.<\/p><h2><strong>AWS ANNOUNCES THREE NEW INSTANCES\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2><p>Amazon is promising faster processes and more memory with the three new instance types they <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/blogs\/aws\/amazon-ec2-instance-update-faster-processors-and-more-memory\/\">announced<\/a> earlier this month \u2013 Z1d, R5 and R5d.<\/p><p><strong>Z1d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Compute-intensive instances running at up to 4.0 GHz, powered by sustained all-core Turbo Boost. 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