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The Weeks Top Links

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

• Azure Tips and Tricks Part 192 – Getting started with Azure Front Door via Michael Crump
• AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Certification Exam via Chris Pietschmann
• Using Azure Key Vault and Azure Storage to store Data Protection keys with ASP.NET Core via Joonas Westlin
• Device template library in IoT Central via Sarah Hubbard
• Microsoft Launches Visual Studio 2019 With Improved Start Experience, Search, Debugging via Mehedi Hassan
• Azure Front Door Service is now generally available via Sharad Agrawal

Azure Service Updates

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

• Set custom metadata properties for Stream Analytics output
• Japanese Era Update – April 2019
• Azure API Management update April 4
• Public preview: Windows Server 2019 container support in Azure App Service
• Azure Functions Premium plan
• Azure Security Center for IoT in public preview
• Public preview: Azure Log Analytics in CENTRAL US, EAST US 2, EAST ASIA, WEST US, & SOUTH Central US
• General availability: Azure Log Analytics in France Central, Korea Central, North Europe
• Support for new redirect of URLS of Azure AD B2C is in development 
• New developer portal in Azure API Management is in development 
• Read scale-out support in Azure SQL Database premium service tier is now available
• Event-driven Java with Spring Cloud Stream Binder for Azure Event Hubs is now available
• Azure Lab Services updates: GPU size, saving images, and connecting to on-premises resources
• Anomaly Detector is now available
• Regulatory compliance dashboard in Azure Security Center is now available
• Azure Security Center now supports virtual machine (VM) scale sets
• Azure Firewall is now available in Government Cloud
• Cognitive Services Custom Vision is now available
• Video Indexer is now ISO, SOC, HiTRUST, FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI certified
• Advanced Threat Protection for Azure Storage is now available
• Azure portal April 2019 update
• Azure Search—New storage optimized service tiers are now in preview 
• Video Indexer has been enhanced with new features
• Reduced pricing for Azure AD B2C
• The identity experience framework orchestration platform of Microsoft Azure Active Directory B2C (Azure AD B2C) is now available 
• Premium Blob storage is now generally available
• Upgrade your existing Service Bus standard namespaces to premium in-place
• New geospatial features in Azure Stream Analytics are now generally available
• Managed identities-based authentication for egress to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 1

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)

• Windows Server 2019 support now available for Windows Containers on Azure App Service via Andrew Westgarth

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Using Azure Key Vault and Azure Storage to store Data Protection keys with ASP.NET Core via Joonas Westlin
• Windows Server 2019 support now available for Windows Containers on Azure App Service via Andrew Westgarth

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

• Announcing the Azure Functions Premium plan for enterprise serverless workloads via Alex Karcher
• Working with Azure Logic Apps using Visual Studio Code via Abhijit Jana

Command-Line and ARM Templates

• Setup PowerShell SSH Remoting in PowerShell 6 via Thomas Maurer
• View branch policies of your Azure DevOps repository using Azure CLI via Utkarsh Shigihalli

Database and Big Data

• Using Azure Key Vault and Azure Storage to store Data Protection keys with ASP.NET Core via Joonas Westlin
• Database administrators, discover gold in the cloud via Kellyn Gorman
• Event-driven Java with Spring Cloud Stream Binder for Azure Event Hubs via Asir Selvasingh
• Connecting your Java microservices to each other? Here’s how to use Spring Cloud Stream with Azure Event Hubs. via Richard Seroter
• Connecting your Java microservices to each other? Here’s how to use Spring Cloud Stream with Azure Event Hubs. via Richard Seroter
• Unlock dedicated resources and enterprise features by migrating to Service Bus Premium via Ashish Chhabria
• Monitoring on Azure HDInsight Part 2: Cluster health and availability via Tyler Fox

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Device template library in IoT Central via Sarah Hubbard
• Azure Sphere Retail and Retail Evaluation feeds via Ed Nightingale
• Updates to geospatial features in Azure Stream Analytics – Cloud and IoT edge via Krishna Mamidipaka
• IoT in Action: Enabling cloud transformation across industries via Justin Slade

Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• AI for Accessibility Challenge proves partners transform people’s lives via markleigh@outlook.com

DevOps and Development

• Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.04.05 via Edward Thomson
• Analytics For Azure DevOps Services is Now Generally Available via Anand Guruswamy
• Web and Azure Tool Updates in Visual Studio 2019 via Angelos Petropoulos
• Azure DevOps Now Available in the UK via Martin Woodward
• Event-driven Java with Spring Cloud Stream Binder for Azure Event Hubs via Asir Selvasingh
• Connecting your Java microservices to each other? Here’s how to use Spring Cloud Stream with Azure Event Hubs. via Richard Seroter
• Connecting your Java microservices to each other? Here’s how to use Spring Cloud Stream with Azure Event Hubs. via Richard Seroter
• 11 Awesome Resources for Building Your Applications in CI Using Azure DevOps Pipelines via John Papa
• View branch policies of your Azure DevOps repository using Azure CLI via Utkarsh Shigihalli
• Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2019 is ready for download via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Microsoft Launches Visual Studio 2019 With Improved Start Experience, Search, Debugging via Mehedi Hassan
• Working with Azure Logic Apps using Visual Studio Code via Abhijit Jana

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric

• Requests vs Limits in Kubernetes via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon

Blockchain and Smart Contracts

• Blockchain explained with TruStory’s Preethi Kasireddy via scott@hanselman.com (Scott Hanselman)

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• Extending Azure Security Center capabilities via Gilad Elyashar
• AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Certification Exam via Chris Pietschmann

Azure Stack

• Azure Stack Syslog: my experience so far via Bas Wassenaar

Learning and Certification

• AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Certification Exam via Chris Pietschmann

Other

• Azure Tips and Tricks Part 192 – Getting started with Azure Front Door via Michael Crump
• What can I build today with Azure Mixed Reality Services? | One Dev Question via Microsoft Developer
• Happy 27th birthday to Windows 3.1 #Windows #Microsoft #VintageComputing #RetroComputing via Mike Barela
• Function Monkey 2.1.0 via James
• APM (Application Performance Monitoring/Management) Integration in BizTalk360 via Raja Sreenivasan
• Edit and Delete Discussion Comments on the Work Item via Jessie Somekh
• Spinnaker continuous delivery platform now with support for Azure via Mark Gray
• Web application firewall at Azure Front Door service via Teresa Yao
• Welcome to NAB Show 2019 from Microsoft Azure! via Sudheer Sirivara
• Azure Front Door Service is now generally available via Sharad Agrawal
• Azure Media Services: The latest Video Indexer updates from NAB Show 2019 via Ella Ben-Tov
• Fast and optimized connectivity and delivery solutions on Azure via Yousef Khalidi
• Azure Boards Project Paper Cuts via Ali Tai
• Microsoft Azure portal April 2019 update via Leon Welicki
• Self-service exchange and refund for Azure Reservations via Yashesvi Sharma
• GPS Week Number Rollover – Microsoft has you covered! via Astha Malik
• Alerts in Azure are now all the more consistent! via Ananth Radhakrishnan
• The future of manufacturing is open via Sam George

Videos

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

• Deploy WordPress with Azure Database for MariaDB | Azure Friday via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Deploy WordPress with Azure Database for MariaDB via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
• Deploy WordPress with Azure Database for MariaDB | Azure Friday via Channel 9
• Azure Pipelines | Visual Studio Toolbox via Channel 9
• Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for every developer with ML.NET and Visual Studio 2019 | Visual Studio 2019 Launch Event via Channel 9
• Quickly take your applications to the “edge” with IoT and .NET Core | Visual Studio 2019 Launch Event via Channel 9
• Visual Studio and Azure Sphere | Visual Studio 2019 Launch Event via Channel 9
• Azure Blob Storage on Azure IoT Edge | Internet of Things Show 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 119 – Technology Is Easy via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Still an Impostor with Rob Conery via .NET Rocks!
• Episode 273 – Application Patterns in Azure via The Azure Podcast

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Chris Pietschmann
Microsoft MVP – Azure
Founder, BuildAzure.com

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