Darren Tu joins Scott Hanselman to explore the new UI in Azure Cloud Shell and ephemeral (non-persistent) Cloud Shell sessions. Learn more about the Azure Cloud Shell container image and how to engage the team on GitHub. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:03 - Old Cloud Shell UI 01:33 - New Cloud Shell UI 02:15 - Ephemeral sessions 04:25 - Exploring the new UI 05:15 - Accessing Cloud Shell 06:17 - Cloud Shell container contents 07:45 - Switching session settings 08:30 - Azure / CloudShell GitHub repo 10:17 - Wrap-up Recommended resources What is Azure Cloud Shell? Access your Azure Cloud Shell Azure / CloudShell repo on GitHub Azure Cloud Shell product page Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter/X: @shanselman Azure Friday | Twitter/X: @azurefriday Darren Tu | LinkedIn: /in/darrentu/

Hanna Endrias joins Scott Hanselman to discuss Microsoft Copilot for Azure integration in Azure App Service. App Service has over sixty troubleshooting tools, which can make it difficult to know where to look when an issue arises. With Azure Copilot, you can describe a problem and navigate to the perfect diagnostics, whether it's related to high CPU usage, networking issues, getting a memory dump, or more. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:40 - Requesting access to Microsoft Copilot for Azure preview 01:10 - Demo: Copilot experience in Azure App Service 11:15 - Key words 13:50 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Troubleshoot your apps faster with App Service using Microsoft Copilot for Azure (preview) What is Microsoft Copilot for Azure (preview)? Limited access to Microsoft Copilot for Azure (preview) Register to use Microsoft Copilot for Azure (preview) Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter/X: @SHanselman Azure App Service | Twitter/X: @AzAppService Azure Friday | Twitter/X: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter/X: @Azure

Join Scott Hanselman and James Codella to learn how you can turn your natural language questions about your data into Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL queries to find the right data to power your applications more easily. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:55 - Copilot for Azure in Cosmos DB 02:40 - Demo 08:30 - Discussion 10:20 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Microsoft Copilot for Azure enables natural language queries for Azure Cosmos DB data Generate NoSQL queries with Microsoft Copilot for Azure in Cosmos DB Frequently asked questions about Microsoft Copilot for Azure in Cosmos DB Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter/X: @SHanselman James Codella | Twitter/X: @JamesCodella Azure Cosmos DB | Twitter/X: @AzureCosmosDB Azure Friday | Twitter/X: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter/X: @Azure

Steve Buchanan and Rajat Shrivastava join Scott Hanselman to explore the functionality of Azure Kubernetes Service backup in safeguarding containerized apps and their data. Learn the importance of backing up your containers, even when they are mostly stateless. See why safeguarding containers is crucial and provides insights into the workings of AKS backup in ensuring the protection of workloads running on AKS. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:30 - Why AKS backup? 05:26 - Demo: Creating backups 16:10 - Demo: Restoring backups 22:35 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Backup for AKS: Cloud native, Enterprise ready, Kubernetes aware backup What is Azure Kubernetes Service backup? Cluster extensions Prerequisites for Azure Kubernetes Service backup using Azure Backup Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter/X: @SHanselman Steve Buchanan | Twitter/X: @BuchaTech Rajat Shrivastava | Twitter/X: @rajat-shrivastava Azure Backup | Twitter/X: @AzureBackup The AKS Community | Twitter/X: @theakscommunity Azure Friday | Twitter/X: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter/X: @Azure

Scott Hanselman and Mahip Deora explore the Azure cross-region Load Balancer, a global OSI Model Layer 4 load balancing solution. Now you can distribute traffic across multiple regions with ultra-low latency and high performance. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 02:00 - Load balancing options 03:24 - Request routing 06:55 - Global load balancing 15:34 - Demo in the Azure portal 19:17 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Cross-region Load Balancer Global distribution solutions with Microsoft Azure Tutorial: Create a cross-region load balancer Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter/X: @SHanselman Azure Networking | Twitter/X: @AzNetEng Azure Friday | Twitter/X: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter/X: @Azure

Join Scott Hanselman, Kirill Gavrylyuk, and James Codella to learn about Azure Cosmos DB's built-in vector search capabilities, how customers are using it in their AI apps, and how you can easily get started today. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 02:05 - Overview with Kirill Gavrylyuk 06:46 - Real world example: Asos 09:12 - Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) 11:57 - Demo setup with James Codella 15:00 - Deploy to Azure 16:53 - Azure OpenAI Studio 26:19 - Graduating from the Chat Playground 29:13 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Vector database - Azure Cosmos DB Azure OpenAI On Your Data Azure / Vector-Search-AI-Assistant-MongoDBvCore Try Azure Cosmos DB for free Introducing the General Availability of Vector Search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore! Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Create a free account (Azure) Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter/X: @SHanselman Azure Cosmos DB | Twitter/X: @AzureCosmosDB Azure Friday | Twitter/X: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter/X: @Azure

Join Stefan Wernli and Scott Hanselman as they unveil the full capabilities of the Azure Quantum Development Kit 1.0. This latest update revolutionizes quantum coding with a Rust-based core, ensuring speed, portability, and direct browser accessibility. Dive into the Azure Quantum portal, now enhanced with Copilot guidance, and transition seamlessly to web-based VS Code. Here, you can craft quantum algorithms, simulate, and refine your Q# creations, dispatch them to quantum processors, and leverage the Azure Quantum Resource Estimator to gauge the scalability of your quantum solutions. Start your quantum journey today, from novice exploration to expert innovation. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:56 - Getting started 07:20 - Continue coding in vscode.dev 11:40 - Debugging quantum code 16:22 - Running code on a quantum machine 21:12 - Resource estimation 26:11 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Azure Quantum What's New in the Modern QDK Exploring space-time tradeoffs with Azure Quantum Resource Estimator GitHub - microsoft/qsharp Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Try Azure Cosmos DB for free Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter/X: @SHanselman Azure Friday | Twitter/X: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter/X: @Azure

Khelan Modi joins Scott Hanselman to explore the features of Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore, highlighting enhanced compatibility, seamless Azure integration, and flat pricing. The vCore-based architecture streamlines MongoDB workloads, offering real-time AI capabilities, an optimized structure for rich queries, and support for distributed transactions. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:57 - Demo in the Azure portal 06:50 - Khelan's blog post 08:08 - Documentation 08:27 - Wrap-up Recommended resources Introducing Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore: Now Generally Available! Quickstart: Create an Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore cluster by using the Azure portal What is Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore? What is RU-based and vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB? Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) Try Azure Cosmos DB for free Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter/X: @SHanselman Khelan Modi | LinkedIn: /in/khelan-modi/ Azure Friday | Twitter/X: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter/X: @Azure