The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:- Azure Portal App for Windows in Preview via Chris Pietschmann
- Book Launch: Ultimate Guide to Microsoft Certification via Chris Pietschmann
- Azure Sphere’s customized Linux-based OS via Ed Nightingale
- IoT Plug and Play is now available in preview via Chris Green
- Registering for a Microsoft Certification Exam via Chris Pietschmann
- Azure + AI Conference – Nov 2019 – Chris Pietschmann Speaking on Azure IoT via Chris Pietschmann
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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)
- Plan migration of your Hyper-V servers using Azure Migrate Server Assessment via Hanaa Musa
- Azure Security Center single click remediation and Azure Firewall JIT support via Miri Landau
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Run Azure Functions in Kubernetes with KEDA via Mark Heath
- Reducing SAP implementations from months to minutes with Azure Logic Apps via Skyler Hartle
Command-Line and ARM Templates
- Azure Monitor – Taking the Logging and alerting deployment from ARM To PowerShell via Thomas Thornton
- Azure Security Center single click remediation and Azure Firewall JIT support via Miri Landau
Database and Big Data
- Creating an Azure SQL Data Warehouse via David Giard
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Inter-module messaging without IoT Edge routing via Sander van de Velde
- IoT Plug and Play is now available in preview via Chris Green
- Azure + AI Conference – Nov 2019 – Chris Pietschmann Speaking on Azure IoT via Chris Pietschmann
- Azure Sphere’s customized Linux-based OS via Ed Nightingale
Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- GCast 62: Sentiment Analysis Cognitive Service via David Giard
- Guidelines for Human-AI Interaction with Dr. Saleema Amershi via scott@hanselman.com (Scott Hanselman)
- Azure + AI Conference – Nov 2019 – Chris Pietschmann Speaking on Azure IoT via Chris Pietschmann
- Artificial Intelligence: A Tool or a Threat to Cybersecurity? via Nabeel Ahmad
DevOps and Development
- Now available: Azure DevOps Server 2019 Update 1 RTW via Erin Dormier
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric
- Building an Azure-powered Concourse pipeline for Kubernetes – Part 3: Deploying containers to Kubernetes via Richard Seroter
- Building an Azure-powered Concourse pipeline for Kubernetes – Part 3: Deploying containers to Kubernetes via Richard Seroter
- Run Azure Functions in Kubernetes with KEDA via Mark Heath
- Bring Anomaly Detector on-premise with containers support via Microsoft Developer
- Building an Azure-powered Concourse pipeline for Kubernetes – Part 1: Setup via Richard Seroter
- Building an Azure-powered Concourse pipeline for Kubernetes – Part 2: Packaging and containerizing code via Richard Seroter
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Cross-tenant token attacks are now harder in Azure AD via Joonas Westlin
- Artificial Intelligence: A Tool or a Threat to Cybersecurity? via Nabeel Ahmad
- Azure Security Center single click remediation and Azure Firewall JIT support via Miri Landau
Learning and Certification
- Registering for a Microsoft Certification Exam via Chris Pietschmann
- Book Launch: Ultimate Guide to Microsoft Certification via Chris Pietschmann
Other
- Azure Portal App for Windows in Preview via Chris Pietschmann
- Function Monkey for F# via James
- IRAP protected compliance from infra to SAP application layer on Azure via Sachin Ghorpade
- Preview of custom content in Azure Policy guest configuration via Michael Greene
- Azure Policy – Where to Start? via Joe Carlyle
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:- Azure API Management updates – serverless, schemas, and a new dev portal via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Protect your web applications using WAF with Azure Front Door via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Azure API Management updates – serverless, schemas, and a new dev portal | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- An introduction to Azure Dedicated Hosts via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Azure SQL unified Azure portal experience | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- Training Machine Learning models with ML.NET | On .NET 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 293 – ONNX Runtime via The Azure Podcast
- Episode 139 – Azure Migrate v2 via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 316 | We’ve Got a New Site! via Microsoft Cloud Show
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Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:- Storage Ultra Disks meter name change
- Announcing pricing decrease for Azure App Service on the Premium plan
- Global trace flags are now available in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
- Azure Function Consumption plan for Linux is now available
- Python support in Azure Functions is now available
- Just-in-time (JIT) VM access for Azure Firewall is now generally available
- Security Center now has single click remediation to boost your security posture (in preview)
- Azure SQL provides a unified management experience
- SQL data discovery and classification for Azure SQL Database is now available
- Same region read replica is now available for Azure Database for MariaDB
- New Azure Blockchain SDK updates with Truffle
- Help protect large data disks Azure Site Recovery
- IoT Plug and Play Preview is now available
- Azure Archive Expanded Capabilities now in Public Preview
- Announcing new lower pricing for Azure Archive Storage
- New Copy APIs for efficient data copy in Azure Blob Storage
- Azure portal August 2019 feature update
- General availablility of Managed Identity for Linux in App Service and Functions
- General availability of user-assigned managed identities for App Service and Azure Functions
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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.
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