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Azure IaaS Best Practices to Enhance Performance and Scale

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Overview

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Learn advanced strategies for optimizing Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) performance and scalability in this comprehensive 45-minute conference session from Microsoft Ignite 2025. Discover how to leverage Azure's high-throughput storage, low-latency networking, and intelligent auto-scaling capabilities to support demanding applications with precision. Explore optimization techniques for compute, storage, and network resources that help meet performance goals, reduce costs, and enable confident scaling across global regions. Dive deep into networking enhancements including ingress solutions, QUIC and HTTP/3 support, and load-aware routing in Application Gateway for Containers through live demonstrations. Master compute optimization strategies including VM automation through Schedule Actions for cost optimization and performance gains through Hyper-V Direct Virtualization advancements. Understand AI inferencing capabilities and the benefits of distributed storage solutions, plus explore the relaunched Azure Ultra Disk with improved latency and IOPS performance. Gain insights into the latest capabilities offered by Azure Boost, Compute Fleet, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, and Azure Networking from Microsoft experts Yi Chai, Varun Shandilya, and Amit Srivastava.

Syllabus

0:00 - Session Introduction and Overview
00:06:11 - Deep Dive into Networking: Ingress and Product Suite
00:09:35 - New Networking Enhancements: QUIC and HTTP/3 Support
00:17:49 - Demo of load-aware routing in Application Gateway for Containers
00:20:09 - Varun takes over to discuss compute optimization
00:28:53 - Introducing Schedule Actions for VM Automation and Cost Optimization
00:30:47 - Advancements in Hyper-V with Direct Virtualization for Performance Gains
00:36:02 - AI inferencing and benefits of distributed storage solutions
00:40:39 - Relaunch of Azure Ultra Disk with improved latency and IOPS

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