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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- Microsoft to stop supporting its Azure Container Service in January 2020 via ZDNet
- Kusto Query Language with Azure Notebooks and Azure Data Explorer by Lee Stott
- An Azure Function orchestrates a real-time, serverless, big data pipeline by Kate Baroni
- Power BI and Azure Data Services dismantle data silos and unlock insights by John Macintyre
- How to Build Microsoft Graph Engine on Red Hat Linux by bill
- Tackling the conservation crisis with the right data via Microsoft Cloud Perspectives Blog Team
- Native Python support on Azure App Service on Linux: new public preview! by Dan Taylor
- Cross-database Query in Azure SQL Database by Fernando Cobo Enriquez
Azure Service Updates
Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:
- Connect Cognitive Services subscription to enable unlimited skillset execution
- Python images for App Service Linux are now in preview
- Azure Monitor for containers is now available
- MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB migration is in preview
- General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service in East Asia
- Azure Database for MariaDB name changes
- Azure databases for MySQL and PostgreSQL resource GUID changes
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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)
- How to Build Microsoft Graph Engine on Red Hat Linux by bill
- NEW REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE: Deploy highly available network virtual appliances – PIP-UDR NVAs without SNAT by Ed Price
- Azure Monitor for containers now generally available by Keiko Harada
- Understanding health criteria in Azure Monitor for VMs by Shikher Saluja
- Mainframe Migration to Azure – Portal by Ed Price
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Static websites on Azure Storage now generally available by Sercan Guler
- Native Python support on Azure App Service on Linux: new public preview! by Dan Taylor
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Building a Simple Contact Form with Azure Functions by Isaac Levin
- Using Azure DevOps REST API to start multiple releases with Azure Logic Apps by Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
- Inserting lots of rows into SQL with a Logic App and a Stored Procedure by michaelstephensonuk
- An Azure Function orchestrates a real-time, serverless, big data pipeline by Kate Baroni
- Create a Function App in Visual Studio by David Giard
Database / Big Data
- Azure Notebooks new UI And Project Features–Get your academic course content showcased. by Lee Stott
- Azure HDInsight integration with Data Lake Storage Gen2 preview – ACL and security update by Ashish Thapliyal
- Microsoft Azure Notebooks and Additional Compute Capacity via connecting to Data Science VMs by Lee Stott
- Kusto Query Language with Azure Notebooks and Azure Data Explorer by Lee Stott
- Power BI and Azure Data Services dismantle data silos and unlock insights by John Macintyre
- Deploying Apache Airflow in Azure to build and run data pipelines by Parikshit Savjani
- Automatic performance monitoring in Azure SQL Data Warehouse (preview) by Matt Usher
- Packt’s Guide to NoSQL with Azure Cosmos DB…free by esseemme
- Azure SQL DB with more than 4 readable secondaries by FonsecaSergio
- How to Scale up Azure Database for MySQL from Basic Tier to General Purpose Tier by Bashar Hussein
- Cross-database Query in Azure SQL Database by Fernando Cobo Enriquez
Internet of Things (IoT)
- IoT in Action: Experts Weigh in on Current & Future IoT Trends by Justin Slade
- Extracting insights from IoT data using the cold path data flow by Ercenk Keresteci
- Meet the Microsoft Azure IoT on Serverless Hackathon winners via Microsoft Azure Blog
- Get Started with Cognitive Service Container in IoT Edge by Wu Shuai
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 174 – Machine Learning with ML.NET and Azure Functions – Part 1 of 2 by Michael Crump
Development and DevOps
- New Azure DevOps Work Item Experience in Visual Studio 2019 via Visual Studio Blog
- Older versions of Visual Studio 2017 will not install in Windows Server 2019 containers by Heath Stewart
- Deck the Halls with an Improved Visual Studio App Center Portal UI by Bo-ying Fu
- A Year of Q# by Mariia Mykhailova
Containers / Service Fabric
- Microsoft to stop supporting its Azure Container Service in January 2020 via ZDNet
- KubeCon North America 2018: Serverless Kubernetes and community led innovation! by Brendan Burns
- A hybrid approach to Kubernetes by Ricardo Mendes
- Announcing New REST based Service Fabric PowerShell Module via Service Fabric Team
- Build and deploy microservices on Azure Service Fabric Mesh by Jason Haley
Learning / Certification
Azure Government
Other
- Free Azure Subscription–no credit card needed by Wriju Ghosh
- Tackling the conservation crisis with the right data via Microsoft Cloud Perspectives Blog Team
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Decentralized Identity and Blockchain | Block Talk via Channel 9
- Python on Azure: Part 1—Building Django apps with Visual Studio Code via Azure Friday
- Python on Azure: Part 2—Deploying Django services to Azure Web Apps via Azure Friday
- Python on Azure: Part 3—CI/CD with Azure Pipelines via Azure Friday
- Python on Azure: Part 4—Running serverless Django apps with Functions via Azure Friday
- Machine Learning on Code | The Open Source Show via Channel 9
- Azure IoT TypeEdge : a strongly-typed development experience for Azure IoT Edge | 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 258 – Live from KubeCon 2018 via The Azure Podcast
- Episode 103 – Enterprise Mobility with Simon Binder via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 282 | Microsoft Connect(), Microsoft Flow Licensing Changes & Microsoft Ditches Edge via Microsoft Cloud Show
- IoT and Edge Computing with Jared Rhodes via .NET Rocks!
- Interview about Azure and Microsoft on Technado ITPro.TV by Thomas Maurer
- Episode 99 – Office 365 PowerShell with Vlad Catrinescu via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 280 | Recent Cloud Outages and Office 365 News via Microsoft Cloud Show
- Containers in Windows Server 2019 with Elton Stoneman via .NET Rocks!
- Dynamics 365 Practice Podcast – Episode 43 – ISV Opportunities with Josh Burgess via The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
- Episode 98 – Catching Up On Office 365 News via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
General Cloud / Related
Here’s some noteworthy links about Cloud computing and other related topics that aren’t necessarily specific to Microsoft Azure:
- Clean up after yourself Docker, your mom isn’t here! by FreddyDK
- Working With Signed JWTs (OAuth With certificates) by Andreas Helland
- Talking Databases With Hadoop Creator Doug Cutting by Timothy Prickett Morgan
- How IoT is Impacting the Brick-and-Mortar Retail Experience by Alex Brown
- GitHub: top programming languages of 2018 #Programming #Python @GitHub by Mike Barela
- NEW PRODUCT – Raspberry Pi Model 3 A+ by Angelica
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