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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- What are the Microsoft Certified Expert Certifications? by Chris Pietschmann
- Upgrade to New Azure Certifications with Transition Exams, retiring June 2019! by Chris Pietschmann
- Microsoft open sources Trill to deliver insights on a trillion events a day by James Terwilliger
- Azure PowerShell ‘Az’ Module version 1.0 by Mark Cowlishaw
- How to migrate from AzureRM to Az in Azure PowerShell by Madeleine Clayton
- IoT Security Architecture: Trust Zones and Boundaries by Chris Pietschmann
- The year in review: Hybrid applications for developers by Ricardo Mendes
- The biggest IoT stories of 2018 by Peter Cooper
- Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) with customer managed keys for Managed Instance by Alice Kupcik
Azure Service Updates
Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:
- Azure Scheduler will retire on September 30, 2019
- Azure DevTest Labs: CIS Windows Server 2016 Benchmark L2 available in your lab
- Self-service big data prep (dataflows) available in Power BI Embedded
- Power BI Embedded capacity metrics to monitor workloads
- Azure Resource Health monitoring for Power BI Embedded
- Power BI Embedded zero-downtime capacity scale
- Power BI Embedded new workspace experience creation API
- SQL Data Warehouse integration with Informatica iPaaS on Azure
- Premium tier now available for the Azure Database Migration Service
- Azure Cosmos DB emulator support for Cassandra API
- Support for SQL to Azure SQL DB Managed Instance online migrations
- Dev/test pricing for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is now available
- Retirement of Media Hyperlapse (in preview) on March 29, 2019
- Power BI Desktop December Update
- Power BI service December update
- Azure Service Bus and Azure Event Hubs Virtual Networks and Firewall rules are now generally available
- Cognitive Services Speech Services neural text-to-speech capability is in preview
- Azure IoT Edge 1.0.5 release
- Azure Monitor for Containers agent updates
- Azure Log Analytics is available in West US 2
- Migrating to the Az.ApiManagement PowerShell module
- Azure API Management update December 20
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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)
- Best practices for queries used in log alerts rules by Yossi Yossifon
- Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) with customer managed keys for Managed Instance by Alice Kupcik
- Providing Students access to centrally provided Azure Resources when they do not have Azure Subscription credentials by Lee Stott
- Azure Backup can automatically protect SQL databases in Azure VM through auto-protect by Swati Sachdeva
- Virtual Network Service Endpoints for serverless messaging and big data by Ashish Chhabria
Command-Line / ARM Templates
- Azure PowerShell ‘Az’ Module version 1.0 by Mark Cowlishaw
- How to migrate from AzureRM to Az in Azure PowerShell by Madeleine Clayton
Database / Big Data
- Transforming your data in Azure SQL Database to columnstore format by Jovan Popovic
- Connect Azure Data Explorer to Power BI for visual depiction of data by Gabi Lehner
- A fintech startup pivots to Azure Cosmos DB by Kate Baroni
- Microsoft open sources Trill to deliver insights on a trillion events a day by James Terwilliger
Internet of Things (IoT)
- IoT Security Architecture: Trust Zones and Boundaries by Chris Pietschmann
- IoT in Action: New insights for retail by Justin Slade
- The biggest IoT stories of 2018 by Peter Cooper
- Continue using Hyper-V container for IoT Edge on Windows RS4 by Xin_Shi
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
- Data Science Virtual Machine with GPU for $0.18/Hour using Low Priority VMs by Lee Stott
- Custom Modules for #AzureML by Jen Stirrup
Development and DevOps
- The year in review: Hybrid applications for developers by Ricardo Mendes
- Visual Studio 2019 Preview .NET Productivity by Kendra Havens
Security / Privacy
- IoT Security Architecture: Trust Zones and Boundaries by Chris Pietschmann
Azure Stack
- Start Free with Azure Stack Development Kit by Wriju Ghosh
Learning / Certification
- What are the Microsoft Certified Expert Certifications? by Chris Pietschmann
- Upgrade to New Azure Certifications with Transition Exams, retiring June 2019! by Chris Pietschmann
- AZ-400 Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions Certification Exam by Chris Pietschmann
- Free Trainings for Azure Certifications AZ-* by Wriju Ghosh
- Top 3 free resources developers need for learning Azure by Rob Caron
- Microsoft Technology Associate Certification at the University of Lincoln by Lee Stott
- Exam and Certification Retirement Roundup, December 2018 by Liberty Munson
Other
- Microsoft officially announces ‘Windows Sandbox’ for running applications in isolation via ZDNet
- Friday Five: Python with Power BI, Microsoft Azure, and More! via Microsoft MVP Award Program Blog
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Learning Azure: Part 1—Azure Docs tips and tricks | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Learning Azure: Part 2—Architecture and interactive APIs for .NET and REST APIs via Azure Friday
- Learning Azure: Part 3—A quick tour of Microsoft Learn via Azure Friday
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:
- Top Azure Security Fails with Karl Ots via .NET Rocks!
- Episode 283 | KubeCon 2018, Deprecations and Clarity 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:
- Intel Unfolds Roadmaps For Future CPUs And GPUs by Timothy Prickett Morgan
- Participate in the 16th Developer Economics Survey by Rob Caron
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