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Service Updates

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

• General availability: Operations Management Suite Security
• General availability: Azure SQL Data Warehouse now in more regions
• General availability: New Azure SQL Database Premium performance level, P15
• G-Series instances for Azure Virtual Machines available in Canada Central and Canada East
• Public preview: N-Series instances for Azure Virtual Machines
• Public preview: Computer Vision API and Academic Knowledge API in Cognitive Services
• Machine Learning workspaces and web service pricing plans available in Azure portal

Top Links

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

• Microsoft IoT Grove Kit for Raspberry Pi by Chris Pietschmann
• What is Serverless Computing? Exploring Azure Functions by Scott Hanselman
• Azure Import Export Service generally available in Azure Government by Brenda Y Lee
• New book – Azure Security Infrastructure by Thomas W Shinder

Blog Articles

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

• Free Website Hosting in Microsoft Azure by Chris Pietschmann
• MkeAzure Slides: Getting Started with IoT using Azure, Windows IoT and Raspberry Pi by Chris Pietschmann
• Handling Azure Resource Manager Deployment Limits by Brian Christopher Harrison
• ExpressRoute common customer questions answered via MSDN Blogs
• JSON support is generally available in Azure SQL Database by Jovan Popovic
• Why enterprises trust Azure with their apps and data by James Staten
• Enhance ARM deployments with PowerShell by Janne Mattila
• HDInsight – Attach additional Azure storage accounts to the cluster by Ashish Thapliyal
• Containerizing Java Applications in Azure using DC/OS and the Azure Container Service by Bruno Tersely
• Azure SQL Database Migration Performance via MSDN Blogs
• Retrieve platform notification system error details with Azure Notification Hubs by Mimi Xu
• Get free hands-on experience with OMS Security and Compliance by Thomas W Shinder
• How to get Azure Log Information into your on-premises SIEM by Thomas W Shinder
• Deploying Django App to Azure App Services using Git and new version of Python by Prashanth Madi
• ARM template enforcing script execution order and timing in a loop by Harry Chen
• Capture Microsoft Azure Stream Analytics logs via MSDN Blogs
• Azure Content Spotlight – Azure Stack via Channel 9
• Upcoming Changes to How You Log into Visual Studio Team Services via MDSN Blogs
• Generating SSH keys for Azure Linux VMs by Scott Semyan
• Meteor 1.4 App on Azure App Service by Prashanth Madi
• Networking for a hybrid application environment by Mikkel Riis
• ExpressRoute Dallas now available by James Walters
• Azure Event Hubs Client for Java 0.8.0 is now live by John Taubensee
• Azure Log Integration SIEM configuration steps by Thomas W Shinder
• How do I call Cognitive Services from Azure Machine Learning? via MSDN Blogs
• ISO Azure Security Superstars to be Azure Security MVPs by Thomas W Shinder
• Implementing Microsoft’s hybrid cloud solution by Rajeev Jain
• Fix Azure Function Application Terminated or Unavailable Error by Chris Pietschmann
• Run PowerShell on Azure Linux VM as Docker Container in 4 simple steps by Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed
• Best Practices – Azure App Service and Java Application via MSDN Blogs

Videos

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

• Service Fabric Servies (1 of 3) – Introduction via Microsoft Azure Cloud Cover Show
• Azure CDN with Akamai via Azure Friday
• Flight Delays Prediction with Microsoft R via Channel 9
• The Maker Show: Azure IoT Starter Kits via Channel 9
• Erica Wu on the Bot Framework and Cognitive Services by Seth Juarez
• Linux Management with Operations Management Suite (OMS) by Seth Juarez

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:

• App Service Environment | Episode 141 via The Azure Podcast
• Office 365 in Education with Alex Pearce | Episode 143 via Microsoft Cloud Show

General Cloud

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

• Using Docker on a Raspberry Pi as an IoT hub via Adafruit
• SQL Server 2016: It’s Just Faster | Data Exposed via Channel 9
• Apple’s Machine Learning has cut Siri’s Error Rate by a Factor of Two by Joe Rossignol

Book of the Week

Programming Microsoft Azure Service Fabric

by Haishi Bai

Microsoft Azure Service Fabric makes it easier than ever before to build large-scale distributed cloud applications. You can quickly develop and update microservice-based applications, efficiently operate highly reliable hyperscale services, and deploy the same application code on public, hosted, or private clouds. This book introduces all key Azure Service Fabric concepts and walks you through implementing several real-world applications. You’ll find advanced design patterns, tuning tips, and lessons learned from early adopters—all from the perspective of developing and operating large projects in production.

 

 

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