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Azure Service Updates
Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:
- QnA Maker simplifies knowledge base management for your Q&A bot
- Azure Automation: Update Azure Modules runbook is open source
- General Availability: Azure Data Explorer
- Public preview: Azure Service Bus for Go
- Language improvements in Azure Stream Analytics are now generally available
- Blob output partitioning in Azure Stream Analytics
- TomTom is expanding its partnership with Microsoft
- New Lsv2 Azure virtual machines (VMs) for big data, databases, and data warehousing are now generally available
- Data Migration Assistant support for target readiness assessment for Azure SQL DB Managed Instance
- Azure Cost Management is now generally available for EA customers
- Logic Apps is now available in US Gov Arizona region
- SQL Server Migration Assistant support for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
- Support for Amazon RDS SQL Server to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance online migrations
- Azure Cost Management preview for Azure Government
- Azure Cost Management preview for pay-as-you-go
- Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 is now generally available
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL read replica preview
- MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB online migration is in preview
- M-series virtual machines (VMs) are now available in Australia Central 2 region
- Azure DevTest Labs: Configure resource group control for your lab
- NuGet, npm, and other Artifacts tasks support proxies – Sprint 147 Update
- Azure Portal February 2019 update
- Ev3 and ESv3 series VMs are available in Azure HDInsight
- Public preview: Azure Service Bus for Python
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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)
- Simplify Always On availability group deployments on Azure VM with SQL VM CLI via Mine Tokus
- Known Issue for Service Fabric Linux Clusters via Service Fabric Team
- Reserved instances now applicable to classic VMs, cloud services, and Dev/Test subscriptions via Yashesvi Sharma
- Build your own deep learning models on Azure Data Science Virtual Machines via Gopi Kumar
- Azure IoT drives next-wave innovation in infrastructure and energy via Bert Van Hoof
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Account failover now in public preview for Azure Storage via Lavanya Kasarabada
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Azure DevOps Projects supporting Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Functions via Pulkit Agarwal
- Microsoft Integration Weekly Update: Feb 04, 2019 via Gautam
Command-Line and ARM Templates
- Simplify Always On availability group deployments on Azure VM with SQL VM CLI via Mine Tokus
- Friday Five: Azure Truck IoT, Mastering Azure with Cloud Shell, and More Azure! via MVP Award Program
Database and Big Data
- Packt’s “Packt: Principles of Data Science, 2nd edition” free ebook via esseemme
- Performance best practices for using Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Connection Pooling via Parikshit Savjani
- Simplify Always On availability group deployments on Azure VM with SQL VM CLI via Mine Tokus
- Azure DevOps Projects supporting Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Functions via Pulkit Agarwal
- How to get Azure SQL database size via FonsecaSergio
- Individually great, collectively unmatched: Announcing updates to 3 great Azure Data Services via Jurgen Willis
- Azure Log Analytics: Looking at data and costs via CliveW
- Microsoft Is Not The Only Way To Shrink Wrap SQL Server In Containers via Daniel Robinson
- Emitting Empty Avro Files Now Optional on Azure Event Hubs Capture via Xu Rui
- New connectors added to Azure Data Factory empowering richer insights via Linda Wang
- Build your own deep learning models on Azure Data Science Virtual Machines via Gopi Kumar
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Adafruit IoT Monthly (February 2019) #adafruitio #IoT via brent
- Colfax amplifies the power of its ESAB product portfolio with IoT via Tony Shakib
- Friday Five: Azure Truck IoT, Mastering Azure with Cloud Shell, and More Azure! via MVP Award Program
- Azure IoT drives next-wave innovation in infrastructure and energy via Bert Van Hoof
Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Announcing ML.NET 0.10 – Machine Learning for .NET via Cesar de la Torre [MSFT]
DevOps and Development
- Azure DevOps Projects supporting Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Functions via Pulkit Agarwal
- Azure Blockchain Development Kit via Wriju Ghosh
- VS Code Extensions for Azure Government via Steve Michelotti
- Adding caching to Azure Pipelines via Alex Mullans (MSFT)
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric
- Packt’s “Containerize Your Apps with Docker and Kubernetes” free ebook via esseemme
- Known Issue for Service Fabric Linux Clusters via Service Fabric Team
Blockchain and Smart Contracts
- Azure Blockchain Development Kit via Wriju Ghosh
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Azure Advisor for Azure Government now generally available via Azure Gov Team
Azure Stack
- Azure Stack Availability Sets via Bas Wassenaar
Learning and Certification
- Packt’s “Containerize Your Apps with Docker and Kubernetes” free ebook via esseemme
- Packt’s “Packt: Principles of Data Science, 2nd edition” free ebook via esseemme
Government
- Azure Advisor for Azure Government now generally available via Azure Gov Team
- VS Code Extensions for Azure Government via Steve Michelotti
Other
- Ambition and Drive to Learn Azure – Part 2 via Gregor Suttie
- Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 31 via Christine Alford
- Azure Monitor January 2019 updates via David Stephens
- Analytics in Azure is up to 14x faster and costs 94% less than other cloud providers. Why go anywhere else? via Julia White
- Azure Content Spotlight – Azure Cost Management via chilberto
- Announcing an easier way to use latest certificates from Key Vault via Andrew B Hall – MSFT
- Coding for the ZX Spectrum and Netflix/Black Mirror’s Bandersnach with Matt Westcott via scott@hanselman.com (Scott Hanselman)
- Azure Cost Management now general availability for enterprise agreements and more! via Raphael Chacko
- Microsoft Build 2019: It’s back in Seattle from May 6 to 8 via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Azure Application Insights Role Name in web page via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
- Configure resource group control for your Azure DevTest Lab via Tanmayee Kamath
- Azure Log Analytics: Disk Space Usage – Part 3 via CliveW
- Investing in our partners’ success via Julia White
- Microsoft Azure portal February 2019 update via Leon Welicki
- Best practices to consider before deploying a network virtual appliance via Reshmi Yandapalli
- Processing trillions of events per day with Apache Kafka on Azure via Negin Raoof
- NEW REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE: Enterprise-grade conversational bot via AzureCAT
- Accenture adds 10,000 more Microsoft-focused consultants to its practice via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Code-free data transformation at scale using Azure Data Factory | Azure Friday via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- An overview of Azure Data Explorer (ADX) | Azure Friday via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- An overview of Azure Blueprints | Azure Friday via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Code-free data transformation at scale using Azure Data Factory via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- An overview of Azure Blueprints | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- An overview of Azure Data Explorer (ADX) via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- An overview of Azure Blueprints via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- An overview of Azure Data Explorer (ADX) | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Azure IoT Device Agent for Windows | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Logic Apps Connector to Ethereum Blockchain Networks | Block Talk via Channel 9
- Enhanced monitoring capabilities and tags/annotations in Azure Data Factory | Azure Friday via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Enhanced monitoring capabilities and tags/annotations in Azure Data Factory via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Learning Machine Learning with .NET, PyTorch and the ONNX Runtime | On .NET 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:
- Cloud Commercial Communities webinar and podcast newsletter–February 2019 via Microsoft Azure Blog
- Episode 111 – Calling in the Cloud via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 265 – Azure DevOps Server via The Azure Podcast
- Implement This 34: Dates in the Common Data Service for Apps via CRM Audio — The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
- Episode 289 | Microsoft! Microsoft! Microsoft! via Microsoft Cloud Show
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