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In this Azure Friday episode, Scott Hanselman and Poorvi Narang explore why Microsoft built Azure Linux, an open-source Linux distribution optimized for Azure workloads. Poorvi demonstrates a cloud-native application running from a local WSL environment to Azure virtual machines and Azure Kubernetes Service, while highlighting Azure Linux's minimal footprint, familiar DNF package management, and security-by-default capabilities such as SELinux and firewall controls. They also discuss how to get started with the Azure Linux 4.0 public preview and its path to general availability. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:32 - Why Microsoft built Azure Linux 03:09 - Local development with Azure Linux on WSL 05:19 - Deploying to an Azure virtual machine 12:47 - Deploying to AKS with Azure Container Linux 14:52 - Azure Linux 4.0 availability 16:09 - Resources and wrap-up Recommended resources Azure Linux documentation Azure Linux product page Azure Linux on GitHub Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter/X: @SHanselman Azure Friday | Twitter/X: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter/X: @Azure
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Quantum Advantage
Everyone is asking whether their workload belongs on a quantum computer, and most of the answers out there might surprise you. Werner Rall joins Scott Hanselman to demo the Quantum Advantage Evaluator, an app on Azure that gives an honest verdict - quantum, AI/ML, or classical HPC. Using Grover's search algorithm as the worked example: the algorithm runs perfectly, and the Azure Quantum Resource Estimator still says it would take 61,122 physical qubits to reliably search sixteen items. Werner then submits the same circuit as a real job to Azure Quantum simulator, and shows why the verdict is decided in code before the AI model is ever called. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:33 - Quantum Advantage Intro 01:50 - Quantum Advantage Evaluator Architecture 03:18 - Scenario - Searching unsorted database - Grover 04:50 - Application Traceability 08:20 - Grover Search Quantum run 11:40 - Pareto Frontier from the Resource Estimator: what error correction costs 14:20 - Crux of the Quantum Advantage Tool 14:56 - Azure Quantum Workspace Demo 16:35 - Which Quantum Computers are available in Azure 18:09 - Running the Grover Search Job on Azure Quantum 20:19 - Wrap up Recommended resources Learn Docs Azure Quantum Quantum Grand Challenges on GitHub Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter/X: @SHanselman Werner Rall | Twitter/X: @werneragent47 Azure Friday | Twitter/X: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter/X: @Azure
18 Sept 2026
Connect SaaS & Enterprise Systems with Azure Functions
This session showcases how Azure Functions enables highly scalable event-driven automation using managed connectors. It highlights how functions can seamlessly integrate with services like SharePoint, Teams, and more without manual polling or complex authentication handling. The demo emphasizes how triggers and actions simplify building real-world workflows with minimal code. Chapters 00:35 - Introduction 02:00 - Demo Briefing 03:27 - Connectors Portal Overview 03:55 - Functions Local Dev & Webhook Tunnel 05:42 - Triggers vs Actions 10:15 - Preview Features & Roadmap 12:16 - Resources Recommended resources Demonstrated Sample More Samples Learn Docs Azure Product page Connect Scott Hanselman | Twitter/X: @SHanselman Azure Friday | Twitter/X: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter/X: @Azure
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Scale Cloud Native Workloads with Azure Linux
Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It doesn't feel like Microsoft. It'll feel like Fedora. It'll feel like a quality cloud-based Linux. But I assume also it's meant to provide a consistent experience. So no matter where I'm at, we all standardize on Azure Linux at the company. We're going to have a great experience locally or in the cloud. Yeah, absolutely. You're right. So it does come with that very familiar Fedora foundation. It is a Fedora downstream. So it's not going to be a surprising reinvented Linux distribution. It's very familiar. It's just optimized for Azure customers. And you're also right. It gives you that consistent experience from WSL to your virtual machine. and to AKS and containers. […]
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