This Week I Learned - Week #219
This Week I Learned -
* All newly created Azure SQL databases will automatically be protected with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE). TDE is SQL’s proven encryption-at-rest technology that is required by many compliance standards to protect against theft of storage media. Customers can manage the TDE encryption keys and other secrets in a secure and compliant management using Azure Key Vault - Azure Blog
* The Virtual Machines Readiness Assessment tool will automatically inspect your on-premises environment, whether it is physical or virtualized, and provide you with a check list and detailed report on steps you need to take to move your environment to the cloud.
* The free Virtual Machine Optimization Tool automatically inspects SQL Server, Active Directory, and SharePoint deployments and provides a detailed set of prioritized recommendations and step-by-step instructions for improvement. Aimed especially at IT pros, this tool is a companion to the Virtual Machine Readiness Assessment Tool - Azure Edu
* Google's Project Sunroof Data Explorer combines machine learning with imagery from Google Maps and Google Earth to provide an estimate of how many houses in an area have solar installations.
* Alcohol consumption is illegal in Bihar, Gujarat, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Nagaland. Each state's Excise department also decides how many bottles of alcohol can be kept at home. A Mumbaikar can officially store 48 beer bottles of 650ml each at home or 24 wine bottles (750ml) or 16 hard liquor bottles (750 ml) for a month. India leads the world in the consumption of alcohol while the US, China, Russia and the UK have very high beer consumption. As much as 93% liquor consumption in india is of hard liquor if the pure alcohol content per litre is considered. Beer, on the other hand, makes up a mere 7%. Maharashtra is its largest producer of wine in India.
* A Ola cab can be booked not just from the app but also a desktop browser. If you're an existing user, it will show your past ride history
* Kochi metro covering 13kms was built at a cost of Rs 5,181 crore and was built over 4 years.
* "We suffer more often in imagination than in reality" - Seneca
* All newly created Azure SQL databases will automatically be protected with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE). TDE is SQL’s proven encryption-at-rest technology that is required by many compliance standards to protect against theft of storage media. Customers can manage the TDE encryption keys and other secrets in a secure and compliant management using Azure Key Vault - Azure Blog
* The Virtual Machines Readiness Assessment tool will automatically inspect your on-premises environment, whether it is physical or virtualized, and provide you with a check list and detailed report on steps you need to take to move your environment to the cloud.
* The free Virtual Machine Optimization Tool automatically inspects SQL Server, Active Directory, and SharePoint deployments and provides a detailed set of prioritized recommendations and step-by-step instructions for improvement. Aimed especially at IT pros, this tool is a companion to the Virtual Machine Readiness Assessment Tool - Azure Edu
* Google's Project Sunroof Data Explorer combines machine learning with imagery from Google Maps and Google Earth to provide an estimate of how many houses in an area have solar installations.
* Alcohol consumption is illegal in Bihar, Gujarat, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Nagaland. Each state's Excise department also decides how many bottles of alcohol can be kept at home. A Mumbaikar can officially store 48 beer bottles of 650ml each at home or 24 wine bottles (750ml) or 16 hard liquor bottles (750 ml) for a month. India leads the world in the consumption of alcohol while the US, China, Russia and the UK have very high beer consumption. As much as 93% liquor consumption in india is of hard liquor if the pure alcohol content per litre is considered. Beer, on the other hand, makes up a mere 7%. Maharashtra is its largest producer of wine in India.
* A Ola cab can be booked not just from the app but also a desktop browser. If you're an existing user, it will show your past ride history
* Kochi metro covering 13kms was built at a cost of Rs 5,181 crore and was built over 4 years.
* "We suffer more often in imagination than in reality" - Seneca
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