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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)

On-premises data gateway support for Azure Analysis Services by Bret Grinslade
Investing deeply in Terraform on Azure by Corey Sanders
Announcing the Just-In-Time VM Access public preview by Ben Kliger
Azure-Linux VM Apache Port Troubleshooting by Tzachi.Elkabatz
Reference Architecture for a high availability SharePoint Server 2016 farm in Azure by Larry Brader
Service Map integration with Operations Manager in public preview by The Scripting Guys
Reference Architecture for SAP NetWeaver and SAP HANA on Azure by Larry Brader
Azure Government ExpressRoute by Steve Michelotti
Azure NC Virtual Machines Availability – GPU Compute by kydeeds
Microsoft Azure expands with two new regions for Australia by Tom Keane
Plan Backup and Disaster Recovery for Azure IaaS Disks by Sirius Kuttiyan
Improvements to OMS Network Performance Monitor by The Scripting Guys
Accelerating the Partner-led Digital Transformation of Australian Government with new Microsoft Azure Regions by markleigh

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Using Azure WebJobs to Automate Stuff by Simon Foster
Where did I configure that Azure App Service extension? Where is this charge coming from? by Benjamin Perkins

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

Azure Functions Tools released for Visual Studio 2017 Update 3 by Donna Malayeri
All about Function App Settings for storing secrets by steve@opendirective.com
Update all items in a large list/library using Microsoft Flow (no-code solution) by Srinivas Varukala
Azure Functions: Extend Execution Timeout Past 5 Minutes by Chris Pietschmann
Part 2: Secure your Logic App using API Management – Access Restriction Policies by Sjoukje Zaal
Scaling Azure Functions with Durable Functions by Chris Pietschmann

Command Line

Managing your resources with Azure Cloud Shell by Corey Sanders
PSSwagger – Automatically generate PowerShell cmdlets from OpenAPI (f.k.a Swagger) specification by Manikyam Bavandla
Rapidly Deploy Serverless Azure Functions Using PowerShell by Doug Finke

Database / Big Data

How do I add Power BI data to a webpage? by Simon Foster
Running XGBoost on Azure HDInsight by Xiaoyong Zhu
Announcing Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL availability in India by Sunil Kamath
R and ADLS: A walk-through of Azure Data Lake Store file system operations in R by Patrick El-Azem
Imanis Data – Cloud migration, backup for your big data applications on Azure HDInsight by Pranav Rastogi
Replicated tables now in preview for Azure SQL Data Warehouse by Ron Ortloff

Internet of Things (IoT)

Azure IoT Edge: What’s in it for partners? via Microsoft IoT
Azure Event Grid streamlines IoT event routing via Microsoft IoT
Introducing Azure Event Grid – an event service for modern applications by Corey Sanders
Microsoft takes the wraps off new Azure Event Grid service via ZDNet
Azure Time Series Insights API, Reference Data, Ingress, and Azure Portal Updates by Andrew Shannon

Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence

Conversational Retail Bots, E-Commerce Fraud Protection & More – Powered By Microsoft AI via Cortana Intelligence and ML Blog Team

Development and DevOps

Azure Service Bus Java Client Generally Available by Justin Conway
Azure Service Bus .NET Standard Client Generally Available by Justin Conway

Containers and Service Fabric

Visual Studio, Docker & Azure Container Instances better together! by Ali Mazaheri
How Not to Use Service Fabric Default Services by Pam Lahoud
Docker Containers at Scale with Azure Web App on Linux by Jeremy Likness
Herding Cattle with the Azure Container Service (ACS) by Jeremy Likness
How to change the Tomcat port from 8080 to 80 in a Dockerfile by Donovan Brown

Security

Disabling Server Message Block Version 1 (SMB v1) in Azure by Thomas W Shinder
How Azure Security Center aids in detecting good applications being used maliciously by Sajva Halverson

Azure Stack

Why your team needs an Azure Stack Operator by Cheng Wei

Events

Join the Free Intel & Microsoft IoT Hands-On Lab on September 19! by Sascha Corti
Join us! Microsoft Azure Government HackFest + Training, October 3-4 in Washington, DC by Steve Michelotti
Join Us: How to Accelerate Connected Citizen Services by Karina Homme
New enhancements in Azure Log Analytics: Join the webcast to learn more by The Scripting Guys

Learning / Certification

Opsgility Spotlight: Bob Apell by Natalie Nelms

Other

Microsoft Dynamics Marketing service will be discontinued, and learn what’s coming next. via 365blog
Azure Content Spotlight – Blockchain by chilberto
Microsoft Azure helps pet technology startup PitPat by David Gristwood
Azure Monitor notifications available in Azure Germany by RalfWi
Microsoft Australia Partner Awards: Up close and personal with a Cloud for Good Award by Sarah Arnold

Videos

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

Integrating Azure CDN into Your Azure Workflows | Azure Friday via Channel 9
Optimize Your Content Delivery with Azure CDN | Azure Friday via Channel 9
Episode 233: Azure Event Grid with Bahram Banisadr via Microsoft Azure Cloud Cover Show
Azure Event Grid via Azure Friday
Tuesdays with Corey: Azure Container Instances with WINDOWS containers | Tuesdays With Corey via Channel 9
Enterprise HDInsight Monitoring with Operations Management Suite | Data Exposed via Channel 9
App Service Domains via Azure Friday

Audio / Podcasts

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 192 – Make It Real via The Azure Podcast
The Azure Platform Landscape with Barry Luijbregts via .NET Rocks!
Episode 207 | Microsoft AI Part 2: Bot Framework with Paul Stubbs via Microsoft Cloud Show

General Cloud / Related

Here’s some noteworthy links about Cloud computing and other related topics that aren’t necessarily specific to Microsoft Azure:

How Cloud-Based Physics Could Revolutionise VR by Salomons
Announcing the New Release of Docker Enterprise Edition by Vivek Saraswat
Bill Gates’ stake in Microsoft is now just 1.3 percent via ZDNet
Intel to deploy 100 self-driving vehicles worldwide by end of year by David Curry
DeepMind developing an artificial intelligence with imagination by David Curry

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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.