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The Weeks Top Links

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

Announcing new AMD EPYC™-based Azure Virtual Machines via Girish Bablani
How to Measure the Cost of Azure Functions via Mikhail Shilkov
Onboard to Azure Security Center for IoT via Microsoft Developer
Azure Sentinel – Where to start? via Joe Carlyle
Working with Azure DevOps using the Azure DevOps CLI | The DevOps Lab via Channel 9
Azure SignalR Service now supports Event Grid! via Ken Chen
Custom Startup script for PHP – Azure App Service Linux via jsanders
Introducing the new HBv2 Azure Virtual Machines for high-performance computing via Evan Burness
Introducing NVv4 Azure Virtual Machines for GPU visualization workloads via Vijay Kanchanahalli
Microsoft adds Azure Dedicated Host option for running VMs on single-tenant servers via ZDNet | microsoft RSS

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Blog Articles

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

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Microsoft Learning: Your path to success via Nancy Tandy, Business Strategy Manager, Worldwide Learning

Other

Azure API Management Disaster Recovery in Standard – Part 1 – Backup and restore configuration via Sanganak – Authority
Azure API Management Disaster Recovery in Standard – Part 2 – Traffic Manager with custom domain and way forward via Sanganak – Authority
We’re making Azure Archive Storage better with new lower pricing via Kumail Hussain
Azure and Informatica team up to remove barriers for cloud analytics migration via John ‘JG’ Chirapurath
Confidential Consortium Framework (CCF) Part II: A deeper look and demos via Microsoft Developer
Get insights into your team’s health with Azure Boards Reports via Romi Koifman
AMD Doubles Down – And Up – With Rome Epyc Server Chips via Timothy Prickett Morgan
Azure Stream Analytics now supports MATCH_RECOGNIZE via Rodrigo Alves
Building Resilient ExpressRoute Connectivity for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery via Ram Balakrishnan
Azure Sentinel – Where to start? via Joe Carlyle

Videos

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

Working with Azure DevOps using the Azure DevOps CLI | The DevOps Lab via Channel 9
A conversation about SLA for Azure SQL Database | Data Exposed via Channel 9
Testing in production with Azure App Service | Azure Friday via Channel 9
Debugging and optimizing Azure Cosmos DB performance | Azure Friday 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 314 | Azure is the new Mainframe with Steve Steuart via Microsoft Cloud Show
Episode 291 – Azure Data Box Edge via The Azure Podcast
Episode 137 – Azure and Office 365 News via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

Azure Service Updates

Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:

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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.