Summary: <p>In this 168th episode, AC and CJ look back and discuss some of the stats and additional non-container news that came out of Microsoft's Connect(); event in New York City the week of November 14th, 2016. They also talk about OpenAI selecting Azure as their platform, more continuous integration with containers, new GPUs available in the Google Cloud Platform and some space related picks (yeah... we know... shocker).</p><p>Notes:</p><ul> <li>Connect(); News <ul> <li><a href="https://dotnetfoundation.org/blog/google-join-tsg">Google Cloud joins .NET <g class="gr_ gr_53 gr-alert gr_spell gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" id="53">Froundation</g> Tech Steering Group</a></li> <li><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2016/11/16/visual-studio-2017-rc/">Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate</a></li> <li><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2016/11/16/visual-studio-mobile-center/">Visual Studio Mobile Center Preview</a></li> <li><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2016/11/16/visual-studio-for-mac/">Visual Studio for Mac Preview</a></li> <li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-general-availability-of-azure-functions/">Azure Functions GA</a></li> <li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-azure-announces-industry-s-first-cloud-bot-as-a-service/">Azure Bot Service</a></li> <li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/app-service-on-linux-now-supports-containers-and-asp-net-core/">Azure App Service on Linux Preview now ith Container & ASP.NET Core support</a></li> <li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-n-series-general-availability-on-december-1/">Azure N Series GA</a></li> <li><a href="https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2016/11/16/announcing-sql-server-on-linux-public-preview-first-preview-of-next-release-of-sql-server/">SQL Server on Linux & Windows</a></li> <li><a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-mssql.mssql">VSCode extension for SQL & updated connectors & tools</a></li> <li><a href="https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2016/11/16/announcing-the-next-generation-of-databases-and-data-lakes-from-microsoft/">Azure Data Lake Analytics & Store GA with VS & VSCode Tooling</a></li> <li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/documentdb-emulator-for-local-development-and-dotnet-core-support/">Azure DocumentDB new emulator for offline mode (initially for Windows only)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Microsoft / Azure News <ul> <li><a href="https://www.wired.com/2016/11/next-battles-clouds-ai-chips">OpenAI Joins Microsoft on the Cloud’s Next Big Front</a></li> <li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/continuous-integration-and-deployment-to-azure-container-service/">Continuous integration and deployment to Azure Container Service</a></li> <li><a href="https://pleasereleaseme.net/category/continuous-delivery-with-containers">Continuous Delivery with Containers – Use Visual Studio Team Services and Docker to Build and Deploy ASP.NET Core to Linux</a></li> <li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-azure-paas-services-available-for-azure-stack-technical-preview-2-tp2">New Azure PaaS services available for Azure Stack Technical Preview 2 (TP2)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Google / AWS News <ul> <li><a href="https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2016/11/announcing-GPUs-for-Google-Cloud-Platform.html">Announcing GPUs for Google Cloud Platform</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>AC’s Picks <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Into-Black-Extraordinary-Columbia-Astronauts/dp/1501123629/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479865124&sr=8-1&keywords=into+the+black&tag=rnwap-20">Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/margaret-hamilton-apollo-software-engineer-awarded-presidential-medal-of-freedom">Margaret Hamilton, Apollo Software Engineer, Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>CJ’s Picks <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1PNp_YggAA">Margaret Hamilton and Grace Hopper Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>The Microsoft Cloud Show sponsored by: </strong></p> <ul> <li> <strong><a href="http://valid.nl?utm_source=mscloudshow&utm_medium=newsleter">Valid.nl</a>'s</strong> motto is “Stay Ahead”. 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