Wow. It was nice to have a week off,
even though it's here in the Australian winter.
Did you miss Daniel's update last week? Go back and check it out.
He's way more cool than me too. Now
this week Windows can now run in the cloud on your Windows machine.
Um, yeah.
Azure Firewall Premium is out and API Management finally
plays nice with Event Grid, but more on all that in a moment.
If you're keen on some more interaction with ACG Training Architects and
other cloud experts, why not follow our Twitch channel as well?
There are live events such as our Community Summit,
certification exam walk-throughs and trivia. We might even wear hats.
Windows 365,
it's Windows running in the cloud so you can use Windows remotely from your
Windows machine. Wait, that doesn't sound right.
It's Windows running remotely so you don't need a computer.
That's that's not right either. Um,
it's a full Windows experience in the cloud,
so you can have the same PC everywhere. That's better!
Aimed at almost anyone from developers to interns and contractors,
Windows 365 is called a Cloud PC by Microsoft. All your apps,
data, settings, cat gifs and more, is stored in the cloud.
And the entire experience is streamed to you.
Why is this a big deal?
It means you can use the same Cloud PC from any device connected to the
internet, whether that is a Mac, Linux, tablet, or phone.
Actually don't use your phone because Remote Desktop on phone
is a shortcut to a straight jacket and a padded cell.
Instead head to windows365.com from the 2nd of August and get going with a few
clicks. When Windows 11 is available, that will be supported too.
You will be paying for the service of course,
but we don't know how much yet unfortunately.
If you want all the current details, use the link in the description.
The premium tier of the Azure Firewall is now in general availability.
This NGFW, next generation firewall...yes really,
there is an acronym for that as well,
offers a few extra and juicy features over the non-premium version.
TLS inspection of traffic,
which means Azure Firewall can more accurately determine security measures for
TLS traffic.
A signature-based intrusion detection and prevention system that detects
attacks based on patterns or known malware.
You can allow or deny user access to the internet based on categories such as
social networking, search engines and gambling.
And finally URL filtering both for plain text and encrypted traffic.
This is all done through Firewall Policy and you can try it out all today on
your Azure infrastructure. Go try it.
Try the fires and the walls.
API Management now integrates with Azure Event Grid so you can send event
notifications to other services and trigger downstream processes.
This could be used to create user accounts based on database entries,
and then notify an administrator, for example. In other words,
you can configure API Management to publish events to Event Grid,
to send event notifications to other services and trigger their downstream
processes. If you're already using Event Grid,
this is a welcome addition to pass messages and events for any API
endpoint.
It makes integration between Azure services that little bit more streamlined yet
at the same time, decoupled.
Best the both worlds.
The integration is now in public preview. So you can take it for a spin.
Are you going to try out Windows 365 to run Windows in the cloud from your
Windows machine?
Let me know in the comments what you think.
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