Microsoft Open Source Blog

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Azure CLI 2.0 now generally available 

This week Microsoft announced the general availability Azure CLI 2.0, including the vm, acs, storage and network commands. These commands provide a rich interface for a large array of use cases, from disk and extension management to container cluster creation.

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Clear Linux* OS now available in the Azure Marketplace 

Microsoft recently announced the availability of Clear Linux* OS for Intel Architecture in the Azure Marketplace. Clear Linux OS is a free, open source Linux distribution built from the ground up for cloud and data center environments and tuned to maximize the performance and value of Intel architecture.

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Hybrid cloud monitoring is easy with Microsoft OMS 

Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) is Microsoft’s cloud-based IT management solution that helps you manage and protect your on-premises and cloud infrastructure. Since OMS is implemented as a cloud-based service, you can have it up and running quickly with minimal investment in infrastructure services.

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Docker on Microsoft Azure – תצורות שימוש ויתרונות 

נכתב על ידי רותם רוזמריןRotem RozmarinMicrosoft P-TSP Linux & DevOpsCTO Aztek, Cloud Architect & DevOps כש-Microsoft הכריזה לראשונה על כך ש-Azure תתמוך ב-Docker, חשבתי שמדובר בעוד פתרון שנוסף  לרשימה, אך בפועל השימוש ב Docker הינו משמעותי מאוד בפלטפורמה והשימוש בו על ידי כלי ניהול כגון Swarm ו-Kubernetes הופך את הפתרון למאוד רלוונטי וחשוב.

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Create Custom Linux VM on Azure – Step by Step Guide 

רותם רוזמריןCTO, Cloud Architect & DevOpsrotem@rozmarin.net פלטפורמת Azure תומכת בהרצת מספר הפצות פופולאריות של Linux המסופקות ונתמכות על-ידי מספר מפיצים גדולים. ב-Azure Marketplace, אפשר למצוא הפצות כגון Red Hat Enterprise, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, CoreOS, RancherOS, FreeBSD. מפגישותי עם אנשים בכירים במיקרוסופט בסיאטל ראיתי שמיקרוסופט עובדת בשיתוף עם קהילת ה Linux.

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Zoom on the InfoQ week, featuring BizSpark Plus startups! 

Four BizSpark Plus startups were interviewed by IT publication InfoQ France, following their participation at Microsoft Experiences conference last October. These startups have chosen Microsoft Azure for their technical architecture and to support their open source technologies.

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Now available: Microsoft R Server 9.0 with support for Spark 2.0 

This week Microsoft released Microsoft R Server (MRS) version 9.0, built on top of the latest open source R engine. This release has several exciting new capabilities, best-of-breed machine learning algorithms, simplified operationalization of R models, and support for Spark 2.0, to name a few.

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Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation 

Announced this week at Connect(); 2016, Microsoft has joined the Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member. As part of ongoing efforts to work closely with open source communities, Microsoft’s membership in the Linux Foundation will benefit customers and partners through increased collaboration and innovation within a diverse technology ecosystem.

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How-to: Install Cloudera Enterprise on Microsoft Azure (Part 2) 

Earlier this year, GoDataDriven deployed a large Cloudera Enterprise (CDH + Cloudera Manager) cluster on Microsoft Azure for one of the busiest and largest European airports. This two-part series, written by Alexander Bij and Tünde Alkemade,and republished with permission, includes information about use-case, design, and deployment.

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How-to: Install Cloudera Enterprise on Microsoft Azure (Part 1) 

Earlier this year, GoDataDriven deployed a large Cloudera Enterprise (CDH + Cloudera Manager) cluster on Microsoft Azure for one of the busiest and largest European airports. This two-part series, written by Alexander Bij and Tünde Alkemade, and republished with permission, includes information about use-case, design, and deployment.

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Running the MEAN stack on Microsoft Azure – Part II 

In the Part I of this blog post, we discussed why many customers are choosing the MEAN (Mongo, Express, Angular, and Node) stack as an efficient and powerful approach to building web applications. We also reviewed how to get started with Express, Angular and Node development on Azure.