Build Azure Weekly is your one stop source to stay up to date on all the latest news around the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. This weekly post includes news and links to blogs, videos, and podcasts from all over the web, as well as Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week.

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Service Updates

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

Blog Articles

Here’s a collection of many of the blog articles from around the web this past week:

Azure Infographic: SharePoint with SQL Server AlwaysOn by Chris Pietschmann
Always Encrypted now generally available in Azure SQL Database by Jakub Szymaszek
Everything you need to know about loading a free Let’s Encrypt certificate into an Azure website by Troy Hunt
Super Human: Learn Azure Get a Free Drone by Chris Pietschmann
Set up continuous deployment with unit tests to your Azure App Service by John Adams
HDInsight tool in Azure Toolkit for Eclipse is GA! by Jenny Jiang
Things to know about premium messaging by John Taubensee
Debug Java Web Apps on Azure in Eclipse or IntelliJ by Asir Selvasingh
Announcing Cortana Intelligence with Bing Predicts Preview by Lance Olson
Microsoft MPI v7.1 release by Karan Batta
Simpler Azure Management Libraries for Java by Asir Selvasingh
New Application Insights metric widget for Visual Studio Team Services by Mike Gresley
Setting up your ASP.NET Core apps and services for Azure AD B2C by Andrei Dzimchuk
APIs: Are you missing a critical piece of your cloud strategy? by James Staten
Windows Server containers on Azure Container Service private preview by Saurya Das
IoT Hub from the Command Line by Martin Abbott
Export and Import your build definitions in VSTS and TFS between team projects by Utkarsh Shigihalli
Explore Telemetry Trends using Application Insights Trends Tool in Visual Studio by Abhijit Jana
Turning On/Off Application Insights Exception display for CodeLens in Visual Studio by Abhijit Jana
Tips for using Azure Data Catalog by Melissa Coates
Migrate database to Azure SQL Database using SQL Server 2016 Upgrade Advisor by Mohammed Moinudheen

Video

Here’s a collection of many of the videos posted over the past week:

The Maker Show: Episode 20 – IoT in Extreme and Off-Grid Scenarios via Channel 9
Tuesdays with Corey: Azure Functions demo via Channel 9
How to run Linux and Bash on “Windows 10 Anniversary Update” by Scott Hanselman
Microsoft Azure for Amazon AWS Cloud Professionals: 5-Part Series by Keith Mayer

Audio / Podcasts

Here’s a collection of many of the audio and podcasts posted over the past week:

Episode 134 – Mapping AWS to Azure via The Azure Podcast
Machine Learning for all with TensorFlow with Andy Kitchen via Hanselminutes
Episode 137 | Windows Containers are coming! Talking to Taylor Brown about the container wave coming to the Microsoft world via Microsoft Cloud Show
Cloud Infrastructure with Paul Stack via .NET Rocks

General Cloud and Other Related Information

Here’s a collection of some of the related links about Cloud computing and other related topics from over the past week:

NEW CLASS! Dynamics CRM Online Customization and Configuration via Opsgility
Microsoft updates its bot platforms with new features, support for Facebook, Slack bot features via ZDNet
Getting to grips with cloud computing security on Pluralsight by Troy Hunt
Microsoft follows Office 365 licensing model with new ‘Secure Productive Enterprise’ Windows 10 bundles by Mary Jo Foley
Viewing Logs Live in Windows by Jacob King
Microsoft confirms App-V will be bundled with Windows 10 Anniversary Update by Mary Jo Foley
Defrag Tools #164 – Sysinternals for Nano Server – Mark Russinovich via Channel 9
Smashing your SQL with SqlSmash by Greg Duncan
Creating a Facebook Bot using Microsoft Bot Framework via aihelpwebsite.com
A Git CLI reference for beginners by Sam Basu
Microservices vs. SOA by Ima Miri
Select Unique Lines in Bash on Linux by Trevor Sullivan

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.