Azure-IaaS-Digest number 8 (June-July)

Disclaimer: I write mostly about Azure in terms of infrastructure (DSC, IaaS, Hybrid \ Private Cloud, OMS, ASR, Backup, etc.). Not about the development of Azure (although sometimes something slips).

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Azure
A set of guides to create "sustainable" services in Microsoft Azure.
Migration from the classical model to ARM (video).
Generate names for resources in the ARM template.
Troubleshooting virtual machines in Microsoft Azure.
Expanding the virtual machine disk to the maximum possible.
A short review of VM Scale Sets (video).
FreeBSD is available at the Azure marketplace.
Using blob snapshots of virtual machines and PowerShell (video).
View data about virtual machines using PowerShell.
Basics of AzureCLI (video).
Configuring SQL endpoints and ACLs in Microsoft Azure.
Subtleties when cloning Azure SQL virtual machines.
What to do if the data in Microsoft Azure should not leave the limits of the country (this, of course, is not about Russia).
First steps in Azure Container Service.
Why is vertical scaling bad?
Multi-Site Azure VPN.
How to change the "size" of your VNet Gateway.
How to remove unnecessary vhd.
Guide for developing your Azure architecture and resources in it.
Deploy virtual machines from the Azure Marketplace.
Migration from classical to ARM is widely available.
SQL Migration Always On to premium storage.
Work with Azure Storage without SDK.
Automatic creation of access rules in NSG.
NSG best practice.
Free utilities for working with Azure.
Bale of Azure Presale Materials.

OMS
Develop Azure Automation Runbooks using the right modules.
Wordpress as frontend for Azure Automation.
The main news in the OMS for June.
Create your own OMS solutions.