Episode 443 - 5G Modern Connected Apps

This podcast episode (Episode 443) features an interview with Cesar De la Torre Llorente, a Principal Architect in the Azure team, discussing the potential of leveraging the 5G wireless network in Azure for new style applications. These apps can be used in various scenarios such as factory floors, smart buildings, and stadiums. This new development opens up the possibility of microservice-style architectures that are all controlled via Azure. Understanding the power of the proper data visualization and design principles is key to creating effective dashboards, like those discussed in this episode.

Aside from the podcast episode content, the post also includes a list of updates and resources related to Azure. This includes generally available 5,000 node scale in AKS, general availability of the Confidential VM option for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, public preview of Azure Resource Topology, how to enable flow logging using Azure ExpressRoute Traffic Collector, Azure Elastic SAN in preview, and general availability of OpenTelemetry exporter for Azure Data Explorer and Azure savings plan for compute. Additionally, the post explains that ExpressRoute Metro is in development, and shares about the general availability of Azure Monitor predictive autoscale for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets.

For those interested, a link created especially for Azure Podcast listeners is provided in the post for further information on Azure's new style applications (https://aka.ms/AzurePodcast5G). The post also includes a media file for the podcast episode and a YouTube link for those who prefer video content.