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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:

Azure Logic App Updates January 2017 by Chris Pietschmann
Get Hands-On Experience with OMS Security with OMS Suite Experience Center by Thomas W Shinder
Azure App Service – Force redirect from HTTP to HTTPS the easy way! by nrogoff
How to delete an Azure Active Directory (ADD) Tenant by nrogoff
HDInsight tools for IntelliJ & Eclipse December Updates by Jenny Jiang
Using Machine Learning in Finance by meechao
Debugging Azure Funtions in Visual Studio by Benjamin Perkins
Using code package environment variables in Service Fabric by Andrei Dzimchuk
Building an Experimental Stock Trading System using Machine Learning and Python by meechao
Automated Partition Management with Azure Analysis Services by Christian Wade
Revisiting Windows Azure Pack Web Sites V2 Support Lifecycle Dates by Andrew Westgarth
Azure Mobile Apps iOS SDK v3.3.0 Released by Adrian Hall
Azure Archive Storage by Gautam
Azure recipes by Sergey Babkin
OMS Security malware assessment adds support for more antimalware vendors via The Scripting Guys
Automated backups configuration fails when configured from Azure portal by Ujjwal Patel
Automate SQL server backup file removal/deletion from Azure blob storage by Ujjwal Patel
Add-AzureAccount issue: Your Azure credentials have not been set up or have expired by Maheshk
Parse Server on Azure App Service Updated by Adrian Hall
Processing Configurable Threshold Based Rules in Azure Stream Analytics by Zhong Chen
Joining an ARM Linux VM to AAD Domain Services by Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
Collaboration and federation: Azure Service Bus Messaging on-premises futures by Clemens Vasters
Data Retention Option is now available in Azure portal by martynas
Notification Hubs Java SDK Improvements – Direct Send, Cancel Scheduled Pushes, Get Telemetry by Mimi Xu
Failure Anomalies alert now detects dependency failures by Yossi Yossifon
Can blockchain secure supply chains, improve operations and solve humanitarian issues? by Yorke Rhodes III
Azure SQL Data Warehouse: Secondary indexes on column store now available by Shivani Gupta
Azure Machine Learning Now Available in West Central US by Ted Way
How to integrate a new Azure Container Service cluster into an existing virtual network using ACS Engine by Julien Corioland
Azure multi-tenant documentation by Jamie Dalton
Announcing Data Science Utilities Version 0.11, for the Team Data Science Process by Cortana Intelligence and ML Blog
copy data to and between clouds by RalfWi
Embedding Power BI Reports using REST APIs and Silent authentication via Azure Active Directory by Rajat_Singhai
Deploying Azure Functions with ARM templates and the Kudu REST API by Christos Matskas
Azure Functions custom logging with AppInsights by Christos Matskas
Deploying Functions with ARM templates and inline code by Christos Matskas
Delete Empty Load Balancers with No Virtual Machines by Sonam Rastogi
Enable Azure resource metrics logging using PowerShell via The Scripting Guys
Where does the Microsoft Intelligent cloud fit into your curriculum by Lee Stott
What Microsoft Azure Service do I choose? by Jose Paulo Pendao
SSH tunnel to endpoints in Azure VNet from Windows by Paige Liu
Azure Automation available in UK and West Central US regions by Andres Juarez
[Sample Of Jan. 16] How to Use Azure Media Service RESTful API in Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1 via OneCode Team
Use Bot Framework Emulator Correctly to Test Your Bots by Benjamin Xue
Working with DocumentDb by Adrian Hall

Videos

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

Episode 221: Azure Analysis Services with Josh Caplan | Microsoft Azure Cloud Cover Show via Channel 9
Azure Analysis Services Programmability and Automation via Azure Friday
Tuesdays with Corey: Cloud Foundry is Generally Available on Azure | Tuesdays With Corey via Channel 9
Automate your expense tracking with AgitareTech and Azure Technologies via Channel 9
Amanda Lange on the Microsoft Bot Framework and LUIS via David Giard

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 162 – Partner Spotlight – Cloudhouse Technologies via The Azure Podcast
Azure Key Vault with Sumedh Barde via .NET Rocks
Episode 176 | 2017 Predictions, Wishes and Goals via Microsoft Cloud Show
Monitoring your Azure App with Tom Kerkhove via .NET Rocks

General Cloud / Related

Here’s some noteworthy links about Cloud computing and other related topics that aren’t necessarily specific to Microsoft Azure:

Visual Studio 2017 brings Docker Home by Usman Ur Rehman
HPE Gets Serious About Hyperconverged Storage With SimpliVity Buy by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Pioneer Behind “Internet of Oysters” Now Looking to Sustainably Feed the Planet via Cortana Intelligence and ML Blog
On Premises Object Storage Mimics Big Public Clouds by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Why we badly need standardization to advance IoT by Shahid Mansuri

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Programming Microsoft Azure Service Fabric (Developer Reference)

Azure Service Fabric is Microsoft’s new PaaS (Platform as a Service) offering for building large-scale, distributed cloud applications. The service is expected to be previewed in late 2015 and be released in 2016. With Azure Fabric Service, you can: 1) rapidly develop and update microservice-based applications, accelerating delivery of new functions, 2) operate reliable hyper-scale services enabling in-place upgrades, automation, and application lifecycle management, and 3) deploy the same application code on public, hosted or private clouds as needed by using the consistent platform services and the same application model across Azure and on-premises and hosted datacenters.

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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.