ACA Dynamic Sessions - The best Azure service you've never heard of

In this episode of Azure Friday, Scott Hanselman interviews Nir Mashkowski about ACA Dynamic Sessions, a service for running isolated containers, particularly useful for AI applications. Nir explains how ACA Dynamic Sessions allow developers to execute code generated by large language models in a secure, sandboxed environment with fast cold starts. They discuss various use cases, including using LangChain for simple tasks, running small language models in App Service with sidecars, and performing complex data analysis using ACA GPUs and custom containers. Nir also introduces the upcoming MCP (Multi-Compute Protocol) feature, which will enable these sandboxes to act as endpoints for distributed computing tasks.