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The Weeks Top Links

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

Azure Application Insights warned me of failed dependent requests on my site by Scott Hanselman
The Microsoft AI Idea Challenge – Breakthrough Ideas Wanted! by Tara Shankar Jana
Pushing Node.js to Azure While You Make Your Coffee by John Papa
Azure #CosmosDB reference solution: Visualizing real-time data analysis with change feed by Devki Trivedi, Serena Davis, Pascal Habineza

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)

Parallel Virtual File Systems on Microsoft Azure – Part 1: Overview by Kanchan Mehrotra, Tony Wu, Rakesh Patil
Azure Site Recovery powers Veritas Backup Exec Instant Cloud Recovery for DR by Sujay Talasila
New customizations in Azure Migrate to support your cloud migration by Sneha Agrawal

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Azure API Management – VSTS extension v2.0 release by Stephane Eyskens
Azure Application Insights warned me of failed dependent requests on my site by Scott Hanselman
Top 5 Mobile App Security Failures and How To Prevent Them byproduct Brian C Reed

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

Azure Tips and Tricks Part 148 – Share Business Logic between Azure Functions by Michael Crump

Command-Line / ARM Templates

Check for security issues in your ARM templates using AzSk by Utkarsh Shigihalli
RBAC and role assignment using ARM Templates by Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 149 – Use PowerShell to quickly see if your Deployment Slot Swapped Successfully by Michael Crump
How to remove the App Service Resource Provider by Kristopher Turner

Database / Big Data

Azure Database Migration Service – August 2018 Updates by Jim Toland
Azure #CosmosDB reference solution: Visualizing real-time data analysis with change feed by Devki Trivedi, Serena Davis, Pascal Habineza
Building an Azure Event Grid app. Part 5: CI and pushing to DockerHub with VSTS by gdavi

Internet of Things (IoT)

Azure IoT Edge for VS Code 1.2.0 has been released – Now run IoT Edge modules with simulator by Xin_Shi
Azure IoT Edge for VS Code 1.2.0 has been released by Xin_Shi
Azure IoT Workbench now supports ESP32 devices by Liya (Liki) Du

Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence

The Microsoft AI Idea Challenge – Breakthrough Ideas Wanted! by Tara Shankar Jana

Development and DevOps

C++ development with Docker containers in Visual Studio Code by RongLu
Pushing Node.js to Azure While You Make Your Coffee by John Papa

Containers / Service Fabric

Kubernetes Services in Azure AKS – Network integration by Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
Service Fabric and Kubernetes comparison, part 1 – Distributed Systems Architecture by Marcin Kosieradzki
Part II – Kubernetes DevOps : Introduction to Helm by Razi Rais

Security / Privacy

How to enhance HDInsight security with service endpoints by Omid Mola

Azure Stack

Azure App Service on Azure Stack Update 3 Released by Andrew Westgarth
Announcing Azure Stack for Azure Government customers to enable IT modernization and tactical edge scenarios by Natalia Mackevicius
How to install and manage Azure Stack Updates by Thomas Maurer

Other

Bing Maps Time Zone API: An easier way to work with time zones via Maps Blog
Azure 101: Governance by Christopher Harrison
Azure Marketplace new offers: July 1–15 by Christine Alford
Fixing ‘Could not create Directory’ in Azure WordPress installation of Elementor Pro by Jen Stirrup

Videos

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

Azure Linux Virtual Machines by David Giard
Building games with Unity and Azure | On .NET via Channel 9
Chirp your device into Azure IoT Central | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
Getting started with the Secure DevOps Kit for Azure (AzSK) via Azure Friday
“How Cloud Computing Empowers a Data Scientist” at 2018 IT Camp in Romania by David Giard

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:

CRM Audio 93: The future of marketing automation with Mike Dickerson from ClickDimensions via The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
Episode 266 | Azure Cloud News, Containers, CosmosDB via Microsoft Cloud Show
Dynamics 365 Practice 26: Dynamics Training opportunities available for Partners in FY19 via The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast

General Cloud / Related

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

A Nintendo Entertainment System Emulator for the ESP32 by Mike Barela
Source Code for the Furby Toy from 1998 by Mike Barela
Jon Skeet on Making StackOverflow More Inclusive by David Giard

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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.