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The Weeks Top Links

Here are some of the most notable links from the week:

Azure Tips and Tricks Part 191 – Serial console access with Azure VMs via Michael Crump
Top 13 Cosmos DB Features Coming Soon as of March 2019 via Chris Pietschmann
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 190 – Multi-Factor Authentication on Azure in a Nutshell via Michael Crump
Azure Blob Storage on Azure IoT Edge via Microsoft Developer
Introduction to Windows Server IoT 2019 via Microsoft Developer
Using Ethereum Logic Apps to push ledger data into to a MySQL or PostgreSQL database via Microsoft Developer

Azure Service Updates

Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:

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Blog Articles

Here’s a collection of some of the most note worthy blog articles posted over the past week:

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Azure Tips and Tricks Part 191 – Serial console access with Azure VMs via Michael Crump
Analysis of network connection data with Azure Monitor for virtual machines via Scott Kinghorn
Azure Stack IaaS – part six via David Armour
Introduction to Windows Server IoT 2019 via Microsoft Developer
Larger, more powerful Managed Disks for Azure Virtual Machines via Tad Brockway

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Azure Blob Storage on Azure IoT Edge via Microsoft Developer
Azure Blob Storage lifecycle management generally available via Yuan Zheng
High-Throughput with Azure Blob Storage via Claus Joergensen
Playing with Container in Azure App Service via Andreas Helland
Azure Storage support for Azure Active Directory based access control generally available via Chris Brooks
Azure Premium Block Blob Storage is now generally available via Claus Joergensen

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

Microsoft Integration Weekly Update: April 1, 2019 via Gautam
Concurrency and Isolation in Serverless Functions via Mikhail Shilkov
Microsoft Integration Weekly Update: April 1, 2019 via Gautam
Reducing Cold Start Duration in Azure Functions via Mikhail Shilkov
Microsoft Integration Weekly Update: March 25, 2019 via Gautam
Building serverless microservices in Azure – sample architecture via Gorka Madariaga
Using Ethereum Logic Apps to push ledger data into to a MySQL or PostgreSQL database via Microsoft Developer

Software as a Service (SaaS)

MB-900: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Fundamentals Is Now Available: Register Today via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Announcing the Remaining Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Beta Exams via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)

Command-Line and ARM Templates

Enabling precision medicine with integrated genomic and clinical data via David Houlding
Azure CLI – some tips via Wriju Ghosh

Database and Big Data

Schema validation with Event Hubs via Volkan Civelek
Enabling precision medicine with integrated genomic and clinical data via David Houlding
Announcing the public preview of Data Discovery & Classification for Azure SQL Data Warehouse via Kavitha Jonnakuti
Resource governance in Azure SQL Database via Alexandru Chirica
Our new Azure SQL Database blog site is live via Ajay.MSFT
Analysis of network connection data with Azure Monitor for virtual machines via Scott Kinghorn
Microsoft, Adobe and SAP are out to prove the Open Data Initiative is ‘open’ via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Top 13 Cosmos DB Features Coming Soon as of March 2019 via Chris Pietschmann
Clean up files by built-in delete activity in Azure Data Factory via Ye Xu
Cumulative Update #14 for SQL Server 2017 RTM via SQL Server Engineering Team
Incrementally copy new files by LastModifiedDate with Azure Data Factory via Ye Xu
Lesson Learned #83: How to create my own SQL Auditing file in Azure SQL via Jose M Jurado – MSFT
Using Ethereum Logic Apps to push ledger data into to a MySQL or PostgreSQL database via Microsoft Developer

Internet of Things (IoT)

Azure Blob Storage on Azure IoT Edge via Microsoft Developer
Driving Cloud Transformation Through IoT Solutions via Justin Slade
Azure IoT Device Workbench bumped to 0.2.6 with more cool samples and huge performance improvement via Liya (Liki) Du
Microsoft expands its patent protection program to include Azure-powered IoT devices via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Hannover Messe 2019: Azure IoT Platform updates power new, highly-secured Industrial IoT Scenarios via Sam George
Securing your IoT Application with Azure Security Center via Microsoft Developer
Azure Sphere ecosystem accelerates innovation via Olivia Burgess
What’s new in Azure IoT Central – March 2019 via Vivian Liu
Introduction to Windows Server IoT 2019 via Microsoft Developer
Azure IoT Edge for VS Code 1.11.0 has been released – import modules from Azure marketplace via Xin Shi
Why IoT is not a technology solution—it’s a business play via Jaishree Subramania

Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Step up your machine learning process with Azure Machine Learning service via Sarah Bird
Umanis lifts the hood on their AI implementation methodology via Gaelle Cottenceau
How Facebook Might Find Nervana For Machine Learning Training via Timothy Prickett Morgan

DevOps and Development

Azure DevOps to build and deploy ReactJS App via Subodh Sohoni
Azure Developer – Get the list of conference rooms using Microsoft Graph API programmatically via Deva [MSFT]
Azure Developer–Let’s investigate production issues with Azure Monitor, Snapshot Debugger via Deva [MSFT]
Using Azure DevOps for NodeJS application optimization using Gulp via Subodh Sohoni
Using Azure DevOps for Build and Deployment of NodeJS application via Subodh Sohoni
Azure IoT Edge for VS Code 1.11.0 has been released – import modules from Azure marketplace via Xin Shi

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric

Developing using Azure Dev Spaces with Azure Kubernetes Services via Tobias Zimmergren
Testing outbound connections in AKS-Kubenet and ACI via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
Advancing Windows Containers with Docker and Kubernetes via Mark Church

Blockchain and Smart Contracts

Using Ethereum Logic Apps to push ledger data into to a MySQL or PostgreSQL database via Microsoft Developer

Security, Identity, and Privacy

Are You an Azure Security Engineer? Want to Become One? Check Out This Beta Exam! via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
ASP.NET MVC5, Azure Security Center, and More on This Week’s Friday Five! via MVP Award Program
Securing your IoT Application with Azure Security Center via Microsoft Developer
Azure Storage support for Azure Active Directory based access control generally available via Chris Brooks

Azure Stack

Azure Stack IaaS – part six via David Armour
Azure Stack vs Azure Stack HCI via Mark Scholman
Microsoft’s Azure Stack HCI: A new option for running virtualized apps that connect to Azure via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Azure Stack HCI – A new member of the Azure Stack family via Thomas Maurer

Learning and Certification

Are You an Azure Security Engineer? Want to Become One? Check Out This Beta Exam! via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Preparing and appearing for AZ-300 via Wriju Ghosh
Announcing the Remaining Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Beta Exams via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
How Facebook Might Find Nervana For Machine Learning Training via Timothy Prickett Morgan

Government

Resource governance in Azure SQL Database via Alexandru Chirica

Other

Azure Availability Zones in the Real World via AFinn
Azure Update during March 2019 via Wriju Ghosh
Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 34 via Christine Alford
Azure Search – New Storage Optimized service tiers available in preview via Mike Carter
Get an official service issue root cause analysis with Azure Service Health via Stephen Baron
API Management exclusive access to Azure Function via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
Microsoft Takes Control of 99 Websites Linked to Hacker Group via Paul Thurrott
Microsoft Stretches Azure Cloud To The Edge via Michael Feldman
Happy birthday to managed Open Source RDBMS services in Azure! via Sudhakar Sannakkayala
PHP Minor Version Update for March 2019 via Eric Stenson (Microsoft)
What are Azure Blueprints? via Joe Carlyle
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 190 – Multi-Factor Authentication on Azure in a Nutshell via Michael Crump
Quantum No Threat to Supercomputing as We Know It via Nicole Hemsoth
Azure.Source – Volume 75 via Rob Caron

Videos

Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:

Deploy to Azure using GitHub Actions | Azure Friday via Channel 9
Using GitHub Actions to Deploy to Azure | The DevOps Lab via Channel 9
Azure Container Registry (ACR) repository and tag locking via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
Azure Container Registry (ACR) repository and tag locking | Azure Friday via Channel 9
Introduction to Windows Server IoT 2019 | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
Using Ethereum Logic Apps to push ledger data into to a MySQL or PostgreSQL database | Block Talk via Channel 9
Azure IoT Certification Service | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
Azure Friday Microburst #2 via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
What is Azure Mixed Reality Services? | One Dev Question via Channel 9

Podcast

To complete the collection of different mediums to allow you to consume your Azure news / info in any way you want, here’s a list of the podcasts released this week:

Episode 297 | The Last Microsoft Cloud Show via Microsoft Cloud Show
Episode 272 – The New Azure Monitor via The Azure Podcast
Azure Functions using Node with Simona Cotin via .NET Rocks!
Episode 118 – Lots Of News via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
Power Platform Daily Brief: March 27, 2019 via CRM Audio — The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
Episode 296 | “Have I been pwned?” – An Interview with Troy Hunt via Microsoft Cloud Show
Daily Brief: March 26, 2019 via CRM Audio — The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast

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Microsoft MVP – Azure
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Chris Pietschmann

Chris Pietschmann is a Microsoft MVP, HashiCorp Ambassador, and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) with 20+ years of experience designing and building Cloud & Enterprise systems. He has worked with companies of all sizes from startups to large enterprises. He has a passion for technology and sharing what he learns with others to help enable them to learn faster and be more productive.