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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 183 – Optimize what you spend on the cloud with Azure Cost Management via Michael Crump
- Azure IoT Edge runtime available for Ubuntu virtual machines via Greg Manyak
- Third Party IoT solution Accelerators via Microsoft Developer
- Service Fabric Customer Architecture: ZEISS Group via AzureCAT
- Migrating your existing on-prem SQL Server database to Azure SQL DB via Angelos Petropoulos
Azure Service Updates
Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:
- Azure API Management update February 14
- Azure Sphere 19.02 Release
- Azure DevOps Roadmap update for 2019 Q1
- Public preview: Power BI Embedded support for application authentication with service principal
- CVE-2019-5736 and runC vulnerability in AKS
- CVE-2019-5736 fix for Azure IoT Edge
- Public preview: Azure Service Bus for Node.js
- VPN Gateway resource GUID and name changes
- ExpressRoute to VNet Gateway name changes
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL Resource GUID and name changes
- Service Bus name change
- Backup SQL Server in Azure VM Protected Instances resource GUID and name change
- Resource GUID and name changes
- Container Registry Build vCPU Duration name change
- Virtual Network Public IP name and resource GUID changes
- Storage Standard SSD Managed Disks name changes
- Advanced Data Security for SQL Database name 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)
- Moving your Azure Virtual Machines has never been easier! via Rajani Janaki Ram
- Protect Azure Virtual Machines using storage spaces direct with Azure Site Recovery via Ashish Gangwar
- Azure IoT Edge VM on Azure Marketplace via Microsoft Developer
- Azure IoT Edge runtime available for Ubuntu virtual machines via Greg Manyak
- Azure Stack IaaS – part one via David Armour
- Using the Data Science VM within your classes via Lee Stott
- Join me for a Azure IaaS Masterclass Webinar! via Thomas Maurer
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- How to: Mount an Azure Storage File Share to containers in Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) via Tobias Zimmergren
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Microsoft Integration Weekly Update: Feb 18, 2019 via Gautam
- Accessing Azure Key Vault using Managed Service Identity Logic Apps via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
- Migrating Azure Functions from v1 (.NET) to v2 (.NET Standard) via Jeremy Likness
- Microsoft Integration Weekly Update: Feb 11, 2019 via Gautam
- Logic Apps AS2 Decode: MIC algorithm is required for signed MDN via David Burg
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Microsoft Teams Is Down and Users Aren’t Happy via Mehedi Hassan
Database and Big Data
- Experiencing Data Access issue in Azure and OMS portal for Application insights in SUK – 02/18 – Resolved via Azure Monitoring Services Health Status
- NEW REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE: Batch scoring of Spark models on Azure Databricks via AzureCAT
- Everything You Need for Coding with Node and Cosmos DB in 60 Seconds-ish via John Papa
- Processing data from SQLite hosted in an Azure File share, running in Azure Kubernetes Services via Tobias Zimmergren
- Azure Instance Metadata Service updates for attested data | Azrue Friday via Microsoft Developer
- Migrating your existing on-prem SQL Server database to Azure SQL DB via Angelos Petropoulos
- Building Microservices, Disaster Recovery with Data Export Service and More, on The Friday Five! via MVP Award Program
- Azure Content Spotlight – Azure Data Factory via Sjoukje Zaal
- Connecting #Azure WordPress, #HubSpot data for analyzing data in #PowerBI for a small business #CRM via Jen Stirrup
- Controlling costs in Azure Data Explorer using down-sampling and aggregation via Oded Sacher
- Using the Data Science VM within your classes via Lee Stott
- Get started quickly using templates in Azure Data Factory via Gaurav Malhotra
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Third Party IoT solution Accelerators via Microsoft Developer
- Easily build and debug IoT Edge modules on your remote device with Azure IoT Edge for VS Code 1.9.0. via Xin Shi
- Update 19.02 for Azure Sphere public preview now available via Ed Nightingale
- Learn how to build with Azure IoT: Upcoming IoT Deep Dive events via Pamela Cortez
- Introducing Azure IoT Tools for Visual Studio Code via Xin Shi
- New year, new experience and new sample for Azure IoT Device Workbench via Liya (Liki) Du
- Azure IoT Hub Toolkit 2.1.0: Great performance optimization, more code generation templates and UX improvement via Jun Han
- Azure IoT Edge VM on Azure Marketplace via Microsoft Developer
- Azure IoT Hub Java SDK officially supports Android Things platform via Yi Zhong
- Azure IoT Edge runtime available for Ubuntu virtual machines via Greg Manyak
- NEW GUIDE: IoT Temperature Logger with Analog Devices ADT7410, Feather and Adafruit IO @digikey @ADI_News @adafruitio via brent
Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Anomaly detection using built-in machine learning models in Azure Stream Analytics via Krishna Mamidipaka
- Building Applications from Scratch with Azure and Cognitive Services via Microsoft Developer
- Machine Learning – Building a Pet Detector in 30 minutes using Tensorflow via Deva [MSFT]
- Cloud AI/ML APIs, How easy is it to deploy these on the Edge via Lee Stott
DevOps and Development
- Azure Container Instances – C# .NET Core apps running as containers in your private Azure Container Registry via Tobias Zimmergren
- New Basic Process Available in Azure DevOps via Dan Hellem
- Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.02.15 via Edward Thomson
- Easily build and debug IoT Edge modules on your remote device with Azure IoT Edge for VS Code 1.9.0. via Xin Shi
- Microsoft’s Developer Blogs are Getting an Update via App Center Team
- Using Azure DevOps from the Command Line via George Verghese
- Welcome to the new DevOps blog! via Anisha Pindoria
- Azure DevOps Roadmap update for 2019 Q1 via Gloridel Morales
- Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.02.01 via Edward Thomson
- Adding caching to Azure Pipelines via Alex Mullans
- What’s new in Azure DevOps Sprint 146 Update via Anisha Pindoria
- Microsoft DevOps blog has moved! via Anisha Pindoria
- Announcing launch of Azure Pipelines app for Slack via Atin Bansal
- Open Source DevOps in Azure Government via Steve Michelotti
- Microsoft’s Developer Blogs are Getting an Update via Jayme Singleton [MSFT]
- Introducing Azure IoT Tools for Visual Studio Code via Xin Shi
- Azure IoT Hub Java SDK officially supports Android Things platform via Yi Zhong
- Open Source Security Best Practices for Developers, Contributors, and Maintainers via Microsoft Developer
- Announcing launch of Azure Pipelines app for Slack via Atin Bansal
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric
- Azure Container Instances – C# .NET Core apps running as containers in your private Azure Container Registry via Tobias Zimmergren
- How to: Mount an Azure Storage File Share to containers in Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) via Tobias Zimmergren
- Processing data from SQLite hosted in an Azure File share, running in Azure Kubernetes Services via Tobias Zimmergren
- We’ve Got ❤️ For Our First Batch of DockerCon Speakers via Jenny Burcio
- Service Fabric Customer Architecture: ZEISS Group via AzureCAT
Blockchain and Smart Contracts
- Blockchain based registries via Microsoft Developer
- Ethereum Name Service via Microsoft Developer
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Under the hood: Performance, scale, security for cloud analytics with ADLS Gen2 via James Baker
- How Azure Security Center helps you protect your environment from new vulnerabilities via Ram Pliskin
- Open Source Security Best Practices for Developers, Contributors, and Maintainers via Microsoft Developer
Azure Stack
- Azure Stack User Defined Routing Problem via Danny McDermott
- Azure Stack IaaS – part one via David Armour
- Managed Images on Azure Stack via Kristopher Turner
Government
- Open Source DevOps in Azure Government via Steve Michelotti
Other
- Azure.Source – Volume 70 via Rob Caron
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 183 – Optimize what you spend on the cloud with Azure Cost Management via Michael Crump
- Moving WordPress websites between Azure Subscriptions via Jen Stirrup
- NEW: Mainframe Migration on the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework via AzureCAT
- Monitor at scale in Azure Monitor with multi-resource metric alerts via Snehith Muvva
- Integration Down Under | February 14, 2019 | How we are using Microsoft Integration features and related Azure technologies to improve our processes via Sandro Pereira
- Introducing Spatial operations for Azure Maps via Microsoft Developer
- Azure for Student – Access to GPU resources via Lee Stott
- Microsoft’s LinkedIn to launch its own live-streaming video platform via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Microsoft Accessibility Sessions Slated for CSUN 2019 via Microsoft Accessibility Blog
- Help us make the .NET Architecture guides better for you! via Nish Anil
- Actuating mobility in the enterprise with new Azure Maps services and SDKs via Chris Pendleton
- PyTorch on Azure: Deep learning in the oil and gas industry via Anupam Sharma
- S/4H Installation in Azure – SETUP AND CONFIG IN ONE DAY via SachinGhorpade
- How to avoid overstocks and understocks with better demand forecasting via Sidney Higa
- Using Pytorch with Azure via Lee Stott
- Maximize throughput with repartitioning in Azure Stream Analytics via Sasha Alperovich
- AZ 203 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure Study Guide via Premier Developer
- Azure.Source – Volume 69 via Rob Caron
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Azure Instance Metadata Service updates for attested data via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Azure Instance Metadata Service updates for attested data | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Anomaly detection using machine learning in Azure Stream Analytics | Azure Friday via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Open Source Security Best Practices for Developers, Contributors, and Maintainers | The Open Source Show via Channel 9
- Anomaly detection using machine learning in Azure Stream Analytics via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Azure IoT Edge VM on Azure Marketplace | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Quickly build data integration pipelines using templates in Azure Data Factory via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Building Applications from Scratch with Azure and Cognitive Services | On .NET via Channel 9
- HashiCorp Vault on Azure via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Using HashiCorp Vault with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Quickly build data integration pipelines using templates in Azure Data Factory | Azure Friday via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
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 266 – Azure Kubernetes Service via The Azure Podcast
- CRM Audio 107: Power Platform in the Real World via CRM Audio — The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
- AYS: What’s new in Field and Customer Service via CRM Audio — The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
- Episode 112 – Azure Front Door (aka Having Honey With Your Pizza) via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Power BI & More: Data Science with Matt Lamb via CRM Audio — The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
- Episode 290 | The Great Share-Off: OneDrive v. Dropbox v. GDrive via Microsoft Cloud Show
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