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The Weeks Top Links

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

Azure Tips and Tricks Part 194 – Azure Automation with Windows Machine with PowerShell via Michael Crump
Microsoft buys real-time operating system vendor Express Logic via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Configure Azure Site Recovery from Windows Admin Center via Thomas Maurer
Move your data from AWS S3 to Azure Storage using AzCopy via Sercan Guler
Put IoT in action to overcome public building safety challenges via Justin Slade
See the Road Ahead with Traffic Camera Images on Bing Maps via Bing Team
Customize your Azure best practice recommendations in Azure Advisor via Kaitlyn Corazao

Azure Service Updates

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

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)

What is the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)? | One Dev Question via Microsoft Developer
Configure Azure Site Recovery from Windows Admin Center via Thomas Maurer

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Move your data from AWS S3 to Azure Storage using AzCopy via Sercan Guler

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

Microsoft Integration Weekly Update: April 22, 2019 via Gautam
Doing more with Logic Apps via Microsoft Developer
Microsoft Integration Weekly Update: April 22, 2019 via Gautam
First look at knative build for OpenFaaS functions via Alex Ellis
Microsoft Integration Weekly Update: April 15, 2019 via Gautam

Command-Line and ARM Templates

Azure Tips and Tricks Part 194 – Azure Automation with Windows Machine with PowerShell via Michael Crump
TWC9: Microsoft Edge Insider, Azure April, Chocolatey, PowerShell 7, and more via Microsoft Developer
Connect to Azure using a Bash shell via Guy Bowerman

Database and Big Data

Connect IIoT data from disparate systems to unlock manufacturing insights via Diego Tamburini
Frank Gill on Azure SQL Database Managed Instances via David Giard
Azure SQL Data Warehouse reserved capacity and software plans now generally available via Yashesvi Sharma
Microsoft open sources Data Accelerator, an easy-to-configure pipeline for streaming at scale via Geoff Staneff
Manage Azure HDInsight clusters using .NET, Python, or Java via Tyler Fox
Move your data from AWS S3 to Azure Storage using AzCopy via Sercan Guler

Internet of Things (IoT)

Connect IIoT data from disparate systems to unlock manufacturing insights via Diego Tamburini
Unlocking the Promise of Enterprise IoT via Zach Butler
Meet our Azure IoT partners: Accenture via Microsoft Developer
Put IoT in action to overcome public building safety challenges via Justin Slade
How to develop an IoT strategy that yields desired ROI via Peter Cooper
Microsoft buys real-time operating system vendor Express Logic via ZDNet | microsoft RSS

Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Machine Learning powered detections with Kusto query language in Azure Sentinel via Liza Mash Levin

DevOps and Development

DevOps For ASP.NET Developers Pt.5 – Unit Testing via Microsoft Developer
What’s new in Azure DevOps Sprint 150? via Anisha Pindoria
Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.04.19 via Edward Thomson
Manage Azure HDInsight clusters using .NET, Python, or Java via Tyler Fox

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric

NVIDIA Jetson Nano – Install Docker Compose via Docker Pirates ARMed with explosive stuff
Service Fabric Community Q&A 33 via Service Fabric Team
Azure Container Registry now supports Singularity Image Format containers via Steve Lasker

Blockchain and Smart Contracts

Working with the Enemy: Why Blockchain Adoption is a Social Problem via Lucas PenzeyMoog
Blockchain’s Mainstream Debut Awaits Dev Ecosystem Evolution via Reuben Jackson
Moving Towards web3.0 Using Blockchain as Core Tech via Shahid Shaikh

Security, Identity, and Privacy

Customize your Azure best practice recommendations in Azure Advisor via Kaitlyn Corazao
How to create service principal or App registration in Azure AD via Sanganak – Authority
Detecting threats targeting containers with Azure Security Center via Yossi Weizman

Government

Announcing Azure Government Secret private preview and expansion of DoD IL5 via Lily Kim

Other

How (and why) Microsoft is looking at freelance experts as its next big target for Office via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Pull Requests with Rebase via Edward Thomson
Best practices in migrating SAP applications to Azure – part 1 via Will Bratton
NVIDIA Jetson Nano Developer Kit – Introduction via Docker Pirates ARMed with explosive stuff
Migrating SAP applications to Azure: Introduction and our partnership with SAP via Bryan McCutchan
Exploring DNS with the .NET Core based Technitium DNS Server via Scott Hanselman
Sync File Servers with Azure File Sync in Windows Admin Center via Thomas Maurer
Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 35 via Christine Alford
Azure.Source – Volume 79 via Rob Caron
Azure Cost Management now generally available for Pay-As-You-Go customers! via Adam Wise
See the Road Ahead with Traffic Camera Images on Bing Maps via Bing Team
CRM Audio : Power Platform Daily Brief: April 18, 2019 via CRM Audio: Network Feed
Azure resources to assess risk and compliance via Astha Malik
Multiple Service Endpoints to multiple services via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
New Logic App connector error responses to SAP via David Burg
Responding back to SAP from Logic App via David Burg
Connect Windows Admin Center to Azure Monitor via Thomas Maurer
Rewrite HTTP headers with Azure Application Gateway via Abhave Sharma
The Realities Show – Episode 2: HoloLens 2, Human Understanding via Microsoft HoloLens

Videos

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

Meet our Azure IoT partners: Accenture | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
DevOps For ASP.NET Developers Pt.5 – Unit Testing | On .NET via Channel 9
Doing more with Logic Apps | Block Talk via Channel 9
Getting started with Azure App Configuration via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
Getting started with Azure App Configuration | Azure Friday via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
How can HoloLens 2 apps be better with Azure 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 275 – Azure Foundations via The Azure Podcast
Episode 121 – Moving at the Speed of the Cloud via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

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Chris Pietschmann
Microsoft MVP – Azure
Founder, BuildAzure.com

About the Author

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.