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The Weeks Top Links

Here are some of the most notable links from the week:

AI-100 Designing and Implementing an Azure AI Solution Certification Exam via Chris Pietschmann
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 182 – Use VNET peering to connect existing VNETs via Michael Crump
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 181 – Taking a peek at Azure Key Vault Part 2 of 2 via Michael Crump
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 180 – Taking a peek at Azure Key Vault Part 1 of 2 via Michael Crump

Azure Service Updates

Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:

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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)

Find out when your virtual machine hardware is degraded with Scheduled Events via Sandeep George
Azure App Service on Linux–Copy files from container that does not use WEBSITES_ENABLE_APP_SERVICE_STORAGE via jsanders
Intelligent Edge support grows – Azure IoT Edge now available on virtual machines via Chipalo Street
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 182 – Use VNET peering to connect existing VNETs via Michael Crump
DevTest Labs: Users may not be able to claim/unclaim VMs on the VM blade via Tanmayee Kamath
Announcing the general availability of Lsv2-series Azure Virtual Machines via Joel Pelley
Azure App Service Linux – Adding PHP Extensions via Toan Nguyen-Azure
Disaster Recovery support for Linux on VMware via Mayuri Gupta
Azure App Service Linux – Update PHP Settings via Toan Nguyen-Azure
Upload a file from an Azure Windows Server Core machine to Azure Blob storage via Premier Developer
Azure Security Center can detect emerging vulnerabilities in Linux via Mor Weinberger
Azure Site Recovery: Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) for Azure, by Azure via Rajani Janaki Ram
Debug your live apps running in Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Kubernetes via Visual Studio Blog
Announcing Support for Windows Server 2019 within Docker Enterprise via Carl Fischer
DevTest Labs: Users may not receive VM auto shutdown emails via Tanmayee Kamath

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Deploying a Docker image to the Azure App Service via Guy Bowerman
Azure App Service on Linux–Copy files from container that does not use WEBSITES_ENABLE_APP_SERVICE_STORAGE via jsanders
How to send emails through Azure Web Apps using Google / Gmail via Brad Edwards (MICROSOFT)
Azure App Service Linux – Adding PHP Extensions via Toan Nguyen-Azure
Azure App Service Linux – Update PHP Settings via Toan Nguyen-Azure
Upload a file from an Azure Windows Server Core machine to Azure Blob storage via Premier Developer
Running Python in Azure App Service via Guy Bowerman

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

Logic Apps Connector to Ethereum Blockchain Networks via Microsoft Developer
Logic Apps SQL trigger underlying mechanism to fire event on change via David Burg
Only the Logic App new SAP connector for new Logic Apps via David Burg
Microsoft Integration Weekly Update: Jan 28, 2019 via Gautam

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Microsoft is making OneDrive, SharePoint Online its default save locations for Office 365 apps via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
MS-900 | Microsoft 365 Fundamentals Is Now Available: Register Today via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Do You Use Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement? Three New Certification Exams Are in Beta Now! via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Introducing New Certifications for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Functional Consultants via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Announcing New Certifications for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Financial and Operations Functional Consultants via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Microsoft Teams: What’s in it for Developers? via Premier Developer
4 Part Guide For Measuring (And Actually Using) Advanced Metrics For a SaaS Company via Dan Martell

Command-Line and ARM Templates

Completers in Azure PowerShell via Madeleine Clayton
PowerShell scripts to discover PowerApps and Flows with specific features via Brad Groux

Database and Big Data

Azure Stream Analytics now supports Azure SQL Database as reference data input via Ajay.MSFT
Azure Stream Analytics now supports Azure SQL Database as reference data input via Sid Ramadoss
TomTom Partners With Microsoft to Offer Location Data for Azure via Mehedi Hassan
Microsoft buys BrightBytes DataSense to bring more data analytics to schools via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Advancing tactical edge scenarios with Dell EMC Tactical Microsoft Azure Stack and Azure Data Box family via Tad Brockway
GA: Azure Service Bus & Event hubs availability zones via Deva [MSFT]
Logic Apps SQL trigger underlying mechanism to fire event on change via David Burg
Are You a Data Scientist? Want to Become One on Azure? Read On! via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Calling Azure Data Engineers! Beta Exams Now Available Just for You! via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Announcing New Data and AI Certifications from Microsoft: What They Are and How to Earn One via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Transitioning big data workloads to the cloud: Best practices from Unravel Data via Ashish Thapliyal
Announcing the general availability of Query Store for Azure SQL Data Warehouse via Matt Usher
Lesson Learned #70: Is ASP Classic able to connect to Azure SQL Database using Azure Active Directory? via Jose M Jurado – MSFT
Azure Database for MySQL in Azure Government via Steve Michelotti
Lesson Learned #69: Azure SQL Database – How are the statistics updated automatically by SQL engine via Jose M Jurado – MSFT
Go “multi-cloud” while *still* using unique cloud services? I did it using Spring Boot and MongoDB APIs. via Richard Seroter
Read Replicas for Azure Database for PostgreSQL now in preview via Kalyan Sayyaparaju
How to Migrate Azure SQL Database to Azure SQL Managed Instance via Bashar Hussein

Internet of Things (IoT)

Intelligent Edge support grows – Azure IoT Edge now available on virtual machines via Chipalo Street
Azure IoT Device Agent for Windows via Microsoft Developer
IoT in Action: Enabling Intelligent Healthcare Solutions via Justin Slade
Make healthcare more intelligent by putting IoT into action via Justin Slade
The Things Network and Azure IoT connect LoRaWAN devices via Olivier Bloch
What’s new with Windows IoT in 2019 via Microsoft Developer

Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI-100 Designing and Implementing an Azure AI Solution Certification Exam via Chris Pietschmann
AI And The Further Automation Of IT via Jeffrey Burt
Are You an AI Engineer? Interested in Becoming One? New Certification Just for You! via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Announcing New Data and AI Certifications from Microsoft: What They Are and How to Earn One via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
AI Chip Startup Puts Inference Cards on the Table via Michael Feldman
What is The Next AI Platform? via Nicole Hemsoth

DevOps and Development

Using Az module with Visual Studio Azure resource group projects via Donovan Brown
Taking small steps into Azure (with Developer Support) via Premier Developer
Microsoft Teams: What’s in it for Developers? via Premier Developer
Development, source control, and CI/CD for Azure Stream Analytics jobs via Jie Su
Running Python in Azure App Service via Guy Bowerman
Enhanced in Visual Studio 2019: Search for Objects and Properties in the Watch, Autos, and Locals Windows via Visual Studio Blog

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric

Deploying a Docker image to the Azure App Service via Guy Bowerman
Azure Service Fabric 6.4 Refresh Release via Service Fabric Team
Custom Logs on AKS & Azure Monitor via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
Debug your live apps running in Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Kubernetes via Visual Studio Blog
Announcing Support for Windows Server 2019 within Docker Enterprise via Carl Fischer

Blockchain and Smart Contracts

Logic Apps Connector to Ethereum Blockchain Networks via Microsoft Developer
Bots and Azure Blockchain Workbench via Microsoft Developer

Security, Identity, and Privacy

Change device owner of an Azure AD joined device via Armin Reiter
Lesson Learned #70: Is ASP Classic able to connect to Azure SQL Database using Azure Active Directory? via Jose M Jurado – MSFT
Azure Security Center can detect emerging vulnerabilities in Linux via Mor Weinberger

Azure Stack

Ruggedized Azure Stack at the extreme Edge via Thomas Maurer
Advancing tactical edge scenarios with Dell EMC Tactical Microsoft Azure Stack and Azure Data Box family via Tad Brockway

Learning and Certification

AI-100 Designing and Implementing an Azure AI Solution Certification Exam via Chris Pietschmann
NEW EXAMPLE SCENARIO: Movie recommendations on Azure via AzureCAT
Wow! A Summary of All Exams and Certifications Launched in January, 2019! via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
MS-900 | Microsoft 365 Fundamentals Is Now Available: Register Today via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Are You an AI Engineer? Interested in Becoming One? New Certification Just for You! via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Calling Azure Data Engineers! Beta Exams Now Available Just for You! via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Announcing New Data and AI Certifications from Microsoft: What They Are and How to Earn One via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Do You Use Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement? Three New Certification Exams Are in Beta Now! via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Introducing New Certifications for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Functional Consultants via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Catching up: continuing our journey with new role-based certifications and training via Alex Payne (Director of Global Customer Learning, Microsoft)
Announcing New Certifications for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Financial and Operations Functional Consultants via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Messaging Administrators, We Need Your Help . . . Beta Exams Now Available! via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)

Government

Azure Database for MySQL in Azure Government via Steve Michelotti
Women in Tech Lunch Panel: Our Journey to Ignite Government Innovation via Azure Gov Team

Other

Microsoft Technology Centre sparks lightbulb moment for partners via markleigh@outlook.com
Help us shape new Azure migration capabilities: Sign up for early access! via Abhishek A. Hemrajani
Azure.Source – Volume 68 via Rob Caron
Modernizing payment management for online merchants via Howard Bush
Nadella’s first five years as Microsoft’s CEO: Pragmatism is the watchword via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Running TensorFlow at Petascale and Beyond via Michael Feldman
Staking A Claim In The Cloud And At The Edge via Jeffrey Burt
Make the most of your monthly Azure Credits via Angelos Petropoulos
Adventure awaits: Azure Trivia is back! via Microsoft Azure
NEW REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE: Distributed training of deep learning models on Azure via AzureCAT
Microsoft Revenues Jump 12 Percent to $32.5 Billion via Paul Thurrott
QnA Maker simplifies knowledge base management for your Q&A bot via Prakul Bansal
Ansible solution now available in the Azure Marketplace via Kylie Liang
Exploring the Microsoft Graph SDK via Microsoft Developer
New Office365 icons are now included in Microsoft Integration (Azure and much more) Stencils Pack v3.1.1 for Visio via Sandro Pereira
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 181 – Taking a peek at Azure Key Vault Part 2 of 2 via Michael Crump
MCT Monthly Newsletter – January 2019 via VT-admin User
Microsoft cloud services see global authentication outage via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 30 via Christine Alford
Azure Policies via Gregor Suttie
Microsoft joins the SciKit-learn Consortium via Prasanth Pulavarthi
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 180 – Taking a peek at Azure Key Vault Part 1 of 2 via Michael Crump
Azure.Source – Volume 67 via Rob Caron
Location, location, location! via Bing Team
Microsoft Helping Visually Impaired Children Learn to Code with Physical Blocks via Zay

Videos

Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:

Self forming teams in Azure DevOps with Aaron Bjork via Channel 9
Azure is the new mainframe | Azure Friday via Channel 9
Azure is the new mainframe | Azure Friday via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
Bots and Azure Blockchain Workbench | Block Talk via Channel 9
What’s new with Windows IoT in 2019 | Internet of Things Show 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:

Episode 264 – OnMSFT.com migrating to Azure via The Azure Podcast
Scrum Dynamics: Antipatterns via CRM Audio — The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
Episode 110 – Cloud Concepts via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
Episode 288 | Cloud News Galore! via Microsoft Cloud Show
Refresh the Cache 7: Portals April ’19 Release Notes via CRM Audio — The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast

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Chris Pietschmann

Chris Pietschmann is a Microsoft MVP, HashiCorp Ambassador, and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) with 20+ years of experience designing and building Cloud & Enterprise systems. He has worked with companies of all sizes from startups to large enterprises. He has a passion for technology and sharing what he learns with others to help enable them to learn faster and be more productive.