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Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- Using Managed Service Identities in Functions to Access Key Vault by Jason Boeshart
- Azure Service Bus Managed Service Identity (MSI) and Role-based access control (RBAC) (preview) released! by Ch. Wolf
- Azure Deep Learning and ND, NC series with NVidia by Lee Stott
- Why Use Azure DNS? by Aidan Finn
- Benefits of migrating IaaS to Azure Resource Manager by Kay Singh
- Azure Backup now supports BEK encrypted Azure virtual machines by Sonia Gupta
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 72 – Sentiment Analysis with Cognitive Service and Azure by Michael Crump
- Azure Event Hubs Managed Service Identity (MSI) and Role-based access control (RBAC) (preview) released! by Ch.Wolf
- Robot Avatars Help Sick Children Stay Connected With Schoolmates Using IoT by Jerry Lee
- Announcing the preview release of subscription level budgets via ARM APIs by Vinod Kurpad
- Azure #CosmosDB: Entry point for unlimited containers is now 60% cheaper and other improvements by Rimma Nehme
- VMware virtualization on Azure by Corey Sanders
- XBox – Analytics on petabytes of gaming data with Azure HDInsight by Ashish Thapliyal
- Azure HDInsight Integration with Azure Log Analytics is now generally available by Ashish Thapliyal
- Azure Service Bus Geo-disaster recovery is now generally available by Ch. Wolf
- Announcing the availability of DoD regions via Government CSP Program for Azure Government by Azure Gov Team
- Azure HDInsight announcements: Significant price reduction and amazing new capabilities by Rimma Nehme
- Azure Databricks – Getting Started by Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
- Microsoft Killing Off The Classic Azure Management Portal by Aidan Finn
Service Updates
Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:
- General availability: Azure CNI plug-in
- Azure DevTest Labs: Set up internal support information for your lab
- Preview: Azure SDK for Go 12.0.0
- December update for Azure IoT Edge
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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)
- Why Use Azure DNS? by Aidan Finn
- Benefits of migrating IaaS to Azure Resource Manager by Kay Singh
- Azure Backup now supports BEK encrypted Azure virtual machines by Sonia Gupta
- VMware virtualization on Azure by Corey Sanders
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Application Insights Debug Snapshot issue “Unexpected error has occurred” by Pam Lahoud
- Getting started with Azure Table Storage by Simon Foster
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Azure Content Spotlight – Azure Logic Apps On-premises Data Gateway by Sjoukje Zaal
- Take a Break with Azure Functions by Justin Clareburt
- Azure Data Factory 2.0 – How is it different from Azure Logic Apps? by Tom Kerkhove
- Azure Serverless Computing Explained in less than 5 minutes #LessThan5Min by ranand12
Command-Line / ARM Templates
- Azure PowerShell Get to know about availability of the VM sizes by Wriju Ghosh
- How to Fix the [ERROR] Get-ChildItem when Deploying an Azure Resource Group in Visual Studio by Frank Boucher
- Announcing the preview release of subscription level budgets via ARM APIs by Vinod Kurpad
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 69 – Access and embed Azure Cloud Shell Anywhere by Michael Crump
Database / Big Data
- SQL Server (2017) Always On with Cloud Witness – Azure Resource Manager Template by Michael Hansen
- Azure HDInsight Performance Benchmarking: Interactive Query, Spark and Presto by Ashish Thapliyal
- New connectors available in Azure Data Factory V2 by Linda Wang
- Azure #CosmosDB: Entry point for unlimited containers is now 60% cheaper and other improvements by Rimma Nehme
- XBox – Analytics on petabytes of gaming data with Azure HDInsight by Ashish Thapliyal
- Azure HDInsight Integration with Azure Log Analytics is now generally available by Ashish Thapliyal
- Azure Service Bus Geo-disaster recovery is now generally available by Ch. Wolf
- Notice of upcoming change: Removing Azure SQL Server administrative access to Tiers 2, 3, 4, and 5 Sandbox environments deployed in Microsoft subscription by Dynamics Lifecycle Services Communication
- Azure HDInsight Integration with Azure Log Analytics is now generally available by Ashish Thapliyal
- Azure HDInsight announcements: Significant price reduction and amazing new capabilities by Rimma Nehme
- Enterprise Security Package preview for Azure HDInsight by Bhanu Prakash
- Announcing Apache Kafka for Azure HDInsight general availability by Raghav Mohan
- Azure Databricks – Getting Started by Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
- Getting Started with CosmosDB SQL API by Jeremy Likness
Internet of Things (IoT)
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
- Microsoft Cognitive Services: The Language Understanding (LUIS) by Lee Stott
- Azure Deep Learning and ND, NC series with NVidia by Lee Stott
- ICYMI: Recent Microsoft AI Platform Updates, Including in ONNX, Deep Learning, Video Indexer & More via Cortana Intelligence and Machine Learning Blog
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 72 – Sentiment Analysis with Cognitive Service and Azure by Michael Crump
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 71 – Language Detection with Cognitive Service and Azure by Michael Crump
- How We Share the Latest AI & ML Developments Within Microsoft via Cortana Intelligence and Machine Learning Blog
- Exploring Big Data: Course 9 – Developing Big Data Solutions with Azure Machine Learning by Samuel Lester
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 70 – Key Phrase Extraction with Cognitive Service and Azure by Michael Crump
- Bring your own vocabulary to Microsoft Video Indexer by Dr. Royi Ronen
- Azure Data Science Virtual Machine by Wriju Ghosh
Development and DevOps
- Participate in the Developer Economics Survey by Rob Caron
- Setting up your ASP.NET Core 2.0 apps and services for Azure AD B2C by Andrei Dzimchuk
Containers and Service Fabric
- Docker Blog Series Part 5 – Understanding new container management features in Service Fabric by Monu Bambroo
- Kubernetes Services task failing in VSTS. by jikuma
- Microservices & Docker Architecture for Apps by Wriju Ghosh
Security
- Using Managed Service Identities in Functions to Access Key Vault by Jason Boeshart
- Azure Service Bus Managed Service Identity (MSI) and Role-based access control (RBAC) (preview) released! by Ch. Wolf
- Azure Event Hubs Managed Service Identity (MSI) and Role-based access control (RBAC) (preview) released! by Ch.Wolf
- How Azure Security Center detects vulnerabilities using administrative tools by Yossi Weizman
- Accessing Azure Resources Protected With SAS Tokens Using Tokens Issued by Azure AD by Andreas Helland
Learning / Certification
- Get certified. Get an Awesome T-shirt. by Selina Winter
- 4 tips for keeping your resolution to learn Azure by Rob Caron
Azure Government
- Announcing the availability of DoD regions via Government CSP Program for Azure Government by Azure Gov Team
Blockchain
- SAP’s blockchain strategy to build on supply chain base by Courtney Bjorlin
Azure Stack
- Azure Stack Brings Microsoft’s Cloud Outside Microsoft Data Centers by Mary Branscombe
Events
Other
- Storage scales and analysis improves when data moves to the cloud by Microsoft Cloud Perspectives Blog Team
- Deploying with Azure by Wriju Ghosh
- Announcing the public preview for Adaptive Application Controls by Ben Kliger
- Recurrent serverless batch job with Azure Batch by Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
- New Alerts (preview) in Azure Monitor by Shankar Sivadasan
- Reference Architecture and automation for Financial Services web applications by Matt Rathbun
- What’s new in Log Analytics? by CliveW
- Microsoft Killing Off The Classic Azure Management Portal by Aidan Finn
- Microsoft to shut down its Connect beta testing site by year end via ZDNet
- Last week in Azure: Azure France regions, cost savings, and more by Rob Caron
- New process to report a production outage through Lifecycle Services by Dynamics Lifecycle Services Communication
- GDPR How-to: Get organized and implement the right processes by Eric Tierling
- Azure Log Analytics: Queries, the basics explained – Part 4 by CliveW
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Chris Gillum – Serverless workflows with Durable Functions | On .NET via Channel 9
- TWC9: Last Show of 2017 with Qbits, Hardhat Hololens, Azure bots, Mainframe Christmas Cards and more… | This Week On Channel 9 via Channel 9
- Use the Azure portal to answer your billing questions via Azure Friday
- Neuroscience with Azure Machine Learning | AI Show via Channel 9
- Apache Kafka on HDInsight via Azure Friday
- Dream.Build.Play December Update & Azure for Game Developers | Level Up via Channel 9
- Meet the new Azure IoT Remote Monitoring Preconfigured Solution | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
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:
- Episode 209 – DevOps with Kubernetes via The Azure Podcast
- Machine Learning 101 with Paige Bailey via Hanselminutes
- Episode 231 | FCC, Microsoft and VMWare Cloud News via Microsoft Cloud Show
General Cloud / Related
Here’s some noteworthy links about Cloud computing and other related topics that aren’t necessarily specific to Microsoft Azure:
- How to set up a 10″ Touchscreen LCD for Raspberry Pi by Scott Hanselman
- Putting Docker Enterprise Edition on the Map with Kadaster and Capgemini by Jenny Fong
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