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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 211 – Working with Azure Functions using PowerShell via Michael Crump
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 210 – Working with Azure Blueprints via Michael Crump
- Goodbye MSDN Magazine…You Meant So Much To Me via shawn@wildermuth.com (Shawn Wildermuth)
- How IoT Running on Blockchain Can Make Climate Change a Reality via Vitaly Bulatov
- Docker Desktop for WSL 2 integrates Windows 10 and Linux even closer via Scott Hanselman
- Announcing general availability for the Azure Security Center for IoT via Michal Braverman-Blunmenstyk
- Choosing between Azure VNet Peering and VNet Gateways via Anavi Nahar
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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)
- Moving your VMware resources to Azure is easier than ever via Jeremy Chapman
- Docker Desktop for WSL 2 integrates Windows 10 and Linux even closer via Scott Hanselman
- Run Linux Containers with Docker Desktop and WSL 2 via Thomas Maurer
- Run Windows Server and SQL Server workloads seamlessly across your hybrid environments via Arpan Shah
- Choosing between Azure VNet Peering and VNet Gateways via Anavi Nahar
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 211 – Working with Azure Functions using PowerShell via Michael Crump
- Writing and Testing Azure Functions with Function Monkey – Part 5 (Authorization) via James
Command-Line and ARM Templates
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 211 – Working with Azure Functions using PowerShell via Michael Crump
- How to Install Azure CLI on Windows (one-liner) via Thomas Maurer
- How IoT Running on Blockchain Can Make Climate Change a Reality via Vitaly Bulatov
Database and Big Data
- Understanding and leveraging Azure SQL Database’s SLA via Alexander (Sasha) Nosov
- Run Windows Server and SQL Server workloads seamlessly across your hybrid environments via Arpan Shah
- Cloud providers unite on frictionless health data exchange via Josh Mandel
- Microsoft buys data-access control vendor BlueTalon via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Internet of Things (IoT)
- How IoT Running on Blockchain Can Make Climate Change a Reality via Vitaly Bulatov
- Announcing general availability for the Azure Security Center for IoT via Michal Braverman-Blunmenstyk
Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Ruth Yakubu on Machine Learning tools in Azure via David Giard
DevOps and Development
- Improved developer experience for Azure Blockchain development kit via Marc Mercuri
- Support for large test attachments now available in Azure Pipelines via Divya Vaishnavi
- Azure DevOps Roadmap update for 2019 Q3 via Gloridel Morales
- Ruby on Rails on Windows is not just possible, it’s fabulous using WSL2 and VS Code via Scott Hanselman
- GitHub restricts developer accounts based in Iran, Crimea, and other countries under US sanctions via Jon Porter
- GitHub Restricts Developers in Iran and Syria Following U.S. Sanctions via Mehedi Hassan
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric
- Docker Desktop for WSL 2 integrates Windows 10 and Linux even closer via Scott Hanselman
- Run Linux Containers with Docker Desktop and WSL 2 via Thomas Maurer
Blockchain and Smart Contracts
- Improved developer experience for Azure Blockchain development kit via Marc Mercuri
- How IoT Running on Blockchain Can Make Climate Change a Reality via Vitaly Bulatov
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Talk: Are all these #Azure security features for me? via Bill Wilder
- Announcing general availability for the Azure Security Center for IoT via Michal Braverman-Blunmenstyk
Other
- Azure API Management – Restrict users to specific products using Azure custom roles based RBAC via Sanganak – Authority
- Goodbye MSDN Magazine…You Meant So Much To Me via shawn@wildermuth.com (Shawn Wildermuth)
- New Azure Blueprint simplifies compliance with NIST SP 800-53 via Lily Kim
- Introducing Azure Dedicated Host via Ziv Rafalovich
- Azure Cost Management updates – July 2019 via Michael Flanakin
- API Management – OAuth and private back-ends via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
- Microsoft’s Original HoloLens Will No Longer Receive Major Windows 10 Updates via Mehedi Hassan
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 210 – Working with Azure Blueprints via Michael Crump
- Microsoft will drop Skype for Business Online on July 31, 2021 via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Microsoft Azure welcomes customers, partners, and industry leaders to Siggraph 2019! via Tad Brockway
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Create dependent pipelines in your Azure Data Factory via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Azure Foundation for nonprofits | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Accelerating HPC Storage with the Azure FXT Edge Filer | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Solving business problems at scale with IoT and context data | Internet of Things Show 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 136 – Azure SQL Managed Instance via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 290 – App Service for Linux via The Azure Podcast
- Episode 313 | Solo CJ and the News! via Microsoft Cloud Show
Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:
- Cross-tenant management is now supported in Azure Security Center
- Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service—June 2019 update
- Azure Cost Management updates—July 2019
- Easy tables and easy APIs will be removed from Azure App Service on November 11, 2019
- Azure Dedicated Host in Preview
- The latest update to Azure Sphere (in preview) is now available in the retail feed
- Azure Site Recovery update rollup 38 (July 2019)
- Azure DevOps Roadmap update for Q3 of 2019
- Managed Instance enhances security with network traffic containment within Azure cloud
- GPU Optimized Visualization VMs now available in South Central US, West US, West Europe and North Europe Azure Regions
- New features added to Data Factory Mapping Data Flows making schema drift handling easy
- Azure marketplace charges are now available in Azure Cost Management for Pay-As-You-Go customers!
- Azure Security Center launched new SQL recommendations
- Network security group improvements—ICMP support and override default Azure platform considerations
- Azure Security Center for IoT now available
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