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The Weeks Top Links

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

• Top 14 Security Certifications in 2019 via Chris Pietschmann
• Cloud Design Patterns Infographic via Chris Pietschmann
• Raspberry Pi 4 vs NVIDIA Jetson Nano Developer Kit via Chris Pietschmann
• Azure Tips and Tricks Part 203 – Delivering static content via Azure CDN via Michael Crump
• Creating an Azure Data Factory and Pipeline via David Giard

How to Build Azure

The latest addition to BuildAzure.com is the all new How to Build Azure guides! This is a new section of BuildAzure.com that hosts “How to” style guides to help you be more productive working in the Microsoft Azure cloud.

Here’s a few of the latest guides in the How to Build Azure archive:

• Setup Visual Studio 2019 Development VM in Microsoft Azure Cloud
• Azure IoT Hub: Create using Azure Portal
• Azure CLI 2.0: List and Set Azure Subscription
• Azure CLI 2.0: Convert VM to Managed Disks

Additionally, in the How to Build Azure catalog are the Microsoft Cloud Workshops; which are developed by Microsoft and released as Open Source. These are hosted here to help give visibility and increase the accessibility of the awesome resource that is the Microsoft Cloud Workshops! Below is a list of a few of the Microsoft Cloud Workshops in How to Build Azure:

• Cosmos DB Real-Time Advanced Analytics – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• Migrating SQL databases to Azure – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• Enterprise Ready Cloud – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• Line-of-Business Application Migration – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• Microservices Architecture – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• SAP HANA on Azure – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• Containers and DevOps – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• Continuous Delivery in Azure DevOps – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• Data Platform and Migration – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• Intelligent Analytics – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• Modern Cloud Apps – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• OSS PaaS and DevOps – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• SAP NetWeaver on Azure – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• Optimized Architecture – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• IoT and the Smart City – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• Azure Blockchain – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• Serverless Architecture – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
• plus more!

The new “Guide” content type in BuildAzure.com is designed to provide “How to” or “Lab” style guides on how to do things in the Microsoft Azure cloud. Rather than “lab guides” that are step-by-step learning resources, How to Build Azure is meant to help you be more productive in your day-to-day job. How to Build Azure is a productivity booster resource to go along with all the Articles posted on the site; from certifications to architecture, developer, devops, and beyond. These guides can be found in the “Guides” header menu item of BuildAzure.com, and displayed in the sidebar of the website.

Azure Service Updates

Here’s this weeks Azure service updates from Microsoft:

• General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service in Brazil South
• Azure API Management extension for Visual Studio Code is now in preview
• API Apps Icon Removed from Azure Marketplace Web category in the Azure Portal
• Clean up files by built-in delete activity in Azure Data Factory
• Security Advisory: Patching Azure HDInsight clusters to address Linux Kernel TCP vulnerabilities
• Application Insights Availability in Central US Region
• Azure Data Box Disk now available in Southeast Asia and Azure Government
• Public preview: Azure Log Analytics in SOUTH AFRICA NORTH, BRAZIL SOUTH, UK WEST and NORTH CENTRAL US
• Announcing Preview Refresh for Azure DNS Private Zones
• New Active geo-replication optimization is coming to production soon in Azure SQL DB
• Storage auto-grow for Azure Database for MySQL now generally available
• Storage auto-grow for Azure Database for MariaDB now generally available
• Storage auto-grow for Azure Database for PostgreSQL now generally available
• New connectors available in Azure Data Factory: SAP Table and SAP BW via Open Hub
• Azure Data Factory enriches PolyBase support for loading data into SQL DW
• General availability: Azure Data Factory in China East 2
• Now available: Ingest data from Oracle database performantly using Azure Data Factory
• Azure Blockchain Workbench 1.7 integration with Azure Blockchain Service
• Azure Premium Files is now generally available
• M-series VMs are now available in the South Africa North region
• Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 support for Event Grid Notifications is now in preview
• Azure Monitor for virtual machine scale sets are now in preview
• Azure Container Registry is now generally available in South Africa North
• New Managed Instance Contributor role enhances security of Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
• Preserve ACLs when upgrading from ADLS Gen1 to Gen2 using Azure Data Factory
• Update 19.06 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
• Public endpoint for data traffic is globally available for Azure SQL Database managed instance
• Enhanced management capabilities to release unused subnets and create databases available for Azure SQL Database managed instance

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)

• Azure Virtual Machine – Frequently asked questions – not easily answered via Sanganak – Authority
• How to create an Ubuntu VM on Windows 10 via Thomas Maurer

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• GCast 54: Azure Storage Replication via David Giard
• June 24, 2019 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam
• Create a fault tolerant app Using Azure App Services and Azure SQL via jsanders
• June 24, 2019 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam

Command-Line and ARM Templates

• Azure CLI 2.0: List and Set Azure Subscription via Chris Pietschmann
• Fetch Azure FTP Credentials from the CLI via codefoster

Database and Big Data

• Creating an Azure Data Factory and Pipeline via David Giard
• Event-driven analytics with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 via Sumant Mehta
• Leveraging complex data to build advanced search applications with Azure Search via Liam Cavanagh
• Create a fault tolerant app Using Azure App Services and Azure SQL via jsanders
• Getting Started with Azure Data Lake Storage via David Giard
• Azure Cosmos DB: A competitive advantage for healthcare ISVs via Tim Sander

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Azure IoT Hub: Create using Azure Portal via Chris Pietschmann
• Internet of Things (IoT) to Become More Deeply Embedded in 2019 via Anurag Mehta
• Automatic Routing in Microsoft Azure IoT Hubs via David Giard
• Raspberry Pi 4 vs NVIDIA Jetson Nano Developer Kit via Chris Pietschmann
• Tiny Machine Learning on the Edge with TensorFlow Lite Running on SAMD51 @arduino @tensorflow #tinyML #tensorflow via phillip torrone

Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Tiny Machine Learning on the Edge with TensorFlow Lite Running on SAMD51 @arduino @tensorflow #tinyML #tensorflow via phillip torrone

DevOps and Development

• Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.06.28 via Sasha Rosenbaum
• Azure Pipelines: Featuring Bash, YAML, JFrog and a custom Slack app! via jldeen
• What’s new in Azure DevOps Sprint 153 via Anisha Pindoria
• Auditing for Azure DevOps is now in Public Preview via Octavio Licea Leon
• Scaling from 2,000 to 25,000 engineers on GitHub at Microsoft via Jeff Wilcox

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric

• Getting started with Windows Containers in Azure Kubernetes Service via jakob

Blockchain and Smart Contracts

• Azure Blockchain Workbench 1.7.0 integration with Azure Blockchain Service via Brenda Lee

Learning and Certification

• Top 14 Security Certifications in 2019 via Chris Pietschmann

Other

• Azure Resource Locks via Gregor Suttie
• A solution to manage policy administration from end to end via Nick Leimer
• Solving the problem of duplicate records in healthcare via David Houlding
• Cloud Design Patterns Infographic via Chris Pietschmann
• Copying Azure Blobs Between Containers the Quick Way via Mark Heath
• Announcing the general availability of Azure premium files via Tad Brockway
• Using natural language processing to manage healthcare records via David Houlding
• Azure Tips and Tricks Part 203 – Delivering static content via Azure CDN via Michael Crump
• Azure.Source – Volume 88 via Microsoft Azure

Videos

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

• HOLD – JUNE 28? Preview of Availability Zones on AKS | Azure Friday via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Deploy your Web App in Windows Containers on Azure App Service | Azure Friday via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Deploy your Web App in Windows Containers on Azure App Service via Azure Friday (HD) – 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 285 – The Azure Journey via The Azure Podcast
• Episode 131 – Microsoft Teams Governance (Part 2) via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Episode 308 | Cloud News and Giveaways! via Microsoft Cloud Show

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Chris Pietschmann
Microsoft MVP – Azure
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