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The Weeks Top Links

Serverless at Scale: Serving StackOverflow-like Traffic via Mikhail Shilkov
An intro to Azure Cosmos DB JavaScript SDK 2.0 via Microsoft Developer
AI & IoT Insider Labs: Helping transform smallholder farming via Microsoft Azure
Introducing IoT Hub device streams in public preview via Reza Sherafat
Visual Studio 2019 Preview 2 is now available via Visual Studio Blog

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)

Set up IIS on Windows Virtual Machine via Premier Developer
How to use Windows 10’s built-in OpenSSH to automatically SSH into a remote Linux machine via Scott Hanselman
Lesson Learned #67: Azure SQL Database – SSH, VNET and Firewall via Jose M Jurado – MSFT

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

Azure Durable Functions, Using Office 2019 on a Virtual Desktop, and More on The Friday Five! via MVP Award Program
Serverless at Scale: Serving StackOverflow-like Traffic via Mikhail Shilkov

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Adding a File Tab to a Microsoft Teams Channel via David Giard
Adding a File to a Microsoft Teams Channel via David Giard
Microsoft Teams for Education Introduces Grade Sync, Turnitin Integration via Mehedi Hassan
Adding a New Channel in Microsoft Teams via David Giard

Command-Line and ARM Templates

Azure Backup now supports PowerShell and ACLs for Azure Files via Vishnu Charan TJ

Database and Big Data

An intro to Azure Cosmos DB JavaScript SDK 2.0 via Microsoft Developer
Lesson Learned #68: Azure Database – SQL Connectivity Checker via Jose M Jurado – MSFT
Analyze data in Azure Data Explorer using KQL magic for Jupyter Notebook via Manoj Raheja
How IoT and Big Data Applications Will Revolutionize Our Smart Cities via Debraj Chatterjee
Microsoft and Citus Data: Providing the best PostgreSQL service in the cloud via Sudhakar Sannakkayala
HDInsight Tools for Visual Studio Code now generally available via Jenny Jiang
Azure Service Bus and Azure Event Hubs expand availability via Ashish Chhabria
Lesson Learned #67: Azure SQL Database – SSH, VNET and Firewall via Jose M Jurado – MSFT
Getting started with Azure SQL Managed Instance via Jovan Popovic (MSFT)
HDInsight Metastore Migration Tool open source release now available via Taylor Cox
How to auto-scale an Azure Database for MySQL/PostgreSQL instance with Azure run books and Python via juliocalderon
Export data from your IoT Central app to Azure Event Hubs and Azure Service Bus via Microsoft Developer

Internet of Things (IoT)

AI & IoT Insider Labs: Helping transform smallholder farming via Microsoft Azure
How IoT and Big Data Applications Will Revolutionize Our Smart Cities via Debraj Chatterjee
IoT : How to build .NET Core to build applications for IoT? via Deva [MSFT]
Introducing IoT Hub device streams in public preview via Reza Sherafat
Azure IoT Hub Device Streams via Microsoft Developer
Azure IoT Edge – IoT skoro bez cloudu, Brno 24.1.2019 via Jiri Burian
Export data from your IoT Central app to Azure Event Hubs and Azure Service Bus via Microsoft Developer
Connecting Node-RED to Azure IoT Central via Peter Provost

Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI & IoT Insider Labs: Helping transform smallholder farming via Microsoft Azure
Azure Content Spotlight – Cognitive Services via chilberto
Getting started with Machine Learning and Sabrina Smai via scott@hanselman.com (Scott Hanselman)

DevOps and Development

An intro to Azure Cosmos DB JavaScript SDK 2.0 via Microsoft Developer
Top 5 Open Source Features in Azure Pipelines via Edward Thomson
Automating Releases in GitHub through Azure Pipelines via Raiyan Alam
Visual Studio 2019 Preview 2 is now available via Visual Studio Blog
HDInsight Tools for Visual Studio Code now generally available via Jenny Jiang
How to auto-scale an Azure Database for MySQL/PostgreSQL instance with Azure run books and Python via juliocalderon
Azure DevOps Server 2019 RC2 now available via Erin Dormier MSFT

Security, Identity, and Privacy

Regulatory compliance dashboard in Azure Security Center now available via Ronit Reger
Security for healthcare through cloud agents and virtual patching via Sidney Higa
Lesson Learned #66: Azure Active Directory – Universal with MFA authentication – Output Window Trace Level via Jose M Jurado – MSFT

Learning and Certification

Azure Speech Service: Example project for custom voices, transcribe videos & generate subtitles! via Pete Laker
Analyze data in Azure Data Explorer using KQL magic for Jupyter Notebook via Manoj Raheja

Other

High Performance Computing on Azure – Portal via AzureCAT
The Role of Roadmapping and Strategic Planning in Agile Project Teams via Timothy Ness
Hyperledger Fabric updates now available via Cale Teeter
Hyperledger Fabric on Azure via Microsoft Developer
NEW E-BOOK: Install TmaxSoft OpenFrame on Azure via AzureCAT
Customizing Alert notification email in Azure monitoring via Premier Developer
Using containerized services in your pipeline via Matt Cooper
Announcing the preview of OpenAPI Specification v3 support in Azure API Management via Mike Budzynski
Azure Application Insights Role Name Nuget Package via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
Cross (micro) services authentication with Azure B2C via Premier Developer
Microsoft to start selling more Azure services directly starting in March via ZDNet | microsoft RSS

Videos

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

An intro to Azure Cosmos DB JavaScript SDK 2.0 via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
Hyperledger Fabric on Azure | Block Talk via Channel 9
Azure IoT Hub Device Streams | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
Export data from your IoT Central app to Azure Event Hubs and Azure Service Bus | 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:

CRM Audio 106: April ’19 release notes part 2 via CRM Audio — The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
Episode 109 – Fitness Trackers for Work via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
Episode 263 – Partner Spotlight – Aqua Security via The Azure Podcast
At Your Service 29: Upgrading Field Service Mobile via CRM Audio — The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
Episode 287 | Looking forward to 2019 via Microsoft Cloud Show

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About the Author

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.