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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- Microsoft advocates for government regulation of facial-recognition technology via ZDNet
- Azure NetApp files now in public preview by Andrew Chen
- Azure IoT Central available for partners to manage and extend customer solutions by Sunil Tahilramani
- New IoT and edge capabilities and programs to power partner and customer innovation; simplify journey to business value by Sam George
- Announcing new options for SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 End of Support by Takeshi Numoto
- Announcing public preview of Azure Virtual WAN and Azure Firewall by Yousef Khalidi
- Azure DevOps Projects general availability by Atul Malaviya
Azure Service Updates
Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:
- General availability: Microsoft-hosted Linux and macOS agents in VSTS Sprint 137 Update
- Azure.Source – Volume 39 now available
- Public preview: Azure Data Box Disk
- Azure Functions Runtime x Preview—breaking change for HttpTrigger for Java
- General availability: Azure DevOps Projects
- Lenovo XClarity Integrator for Azure Log Analytics
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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)
- Azure NetApp files now in public preview by Andrew Chen
- How Microsoft Azure Stack means transformation and opportunities for partners by Talal Alqinawi
- Microsoft adds new SSD disk option to its Azure Data Box Disk appliance via ZDNet
- Welcome our newest family member – Data Box Disk by Dean Paron
- Announcing new options for SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 End of Support by Takeshi Numoto
- Announcing public preview of Azure Virtual WAN and Azure Firewall by Yousef Khalidi
- Introduction to Cluster Sets in Windows Server 2019 by John Martin
- Cannot Create a Basic Tier Virtual Network Gateway in Azure by Aidan Finn
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- What is Azure Blob Rehydration ? by Abhijit Jana
- PHP Minor Version + Xdebug Update for August 2018 by Jennifer Lee
- How to update Access Tier in Azure Storage Blob Level? by Abhijit Jana
- General availability of user behavior analytics tools in Azure Application Insights by David Stephens
- How to switch Azure Storage replication strategy? by Abhijit Jana
- How to choose what data types to export from Application Insights? by Abhijit Jana
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Azure Content Spotlight – Free Serverless eBook by Sjoukje Zaal
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Microsoft Launches Free Version of Teams, Undercuts Slack by Mahedi Hassan
Command-Line / ARM Templates
- Dynamically pass a SAS token into your ARM template via PowerShell by Gabe Shapiro
- PowerShell script to execute DOS commands using KUDU APIs by Prashant Pratap
Database / Big Data
- Learn for Free KQL–the language Log Analytics and other services use by CliveW
- Latest updates to Azure Database for MySQL by Sudhakar Sannakkayala
- Lightning fast query performance with Azure SQL Data Warehouse by Tomas Talius
- Announcing new offers and capabilities that make Azure the best place for all your apps, data, and infrastructure by Julia White
- Azure sets new performance benchmarks with SQL Data Warehouse by Raghu Ramakrishnan
- Latest updates to Azure Database for PostgreSQL by Sudhakar Sannakkayala
- Announcing new options for SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 End of Support by Takeshi Numoto
- Kafka 1.0 on HDInsight lights up real time analytics scenarios by Dhruv Goel
- Streaming analytics use cases with Spark on Azure by Deepsha Menghani
- Azure HDInsight now supports Apache Spark 2.3 by Maxim Lukiyanov
- New Azure Feature Pack Release with Data Lake Analytics Task & Enhanced SQL DW Upload Task by Lingxi Li
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Azure IoT Central available for partners to manage and extend customer solutions by Sunil Tahilramani
- New IoT and edge capabilities and programs to power partner and customer innovation; simplify journey to business value by Sam George
- Use VS Code as IoT Hub Device Simulator — Say Hello to Azure IoT Hub in 5 Minutes by formulahendry
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
- Microsoft advocates for government regulation of facial-recognition technology via ZDNet
- New Azure innovation advances customer success for the cloud- and AI-powered future by Jason Zander
- Phone Call Transcription and Insights with Video Indexer and Dynamics 365 (Part 1) by Geoff Innis
- Using Siamese Networks and Pre-Trained Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) for Fashion Similarity Matching by Erika Menezes, Chaitanya Kanitkar
Development and DevOps
- Azure DevOps Projects general availability by Atul Malaviya
- Announcing TypeScript 3.0 RC by Daniel Rosenwasser
- Integrate Azure DevTest Labs Environments into your VSTS continuous integration and delivery pipeline by Roger Best
Learning / Certification
- 70-777 Implementing Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Solutions Certification Exam by Chris Pietschmann
Azure Government
- Join the Azure Gov DC Meetup July 25: IT Governance for Cloud – Gov Best Practices by Karina Homme
- New services and Azure Government marketplace partners by Azure Gov Team
Events
- Enabling partner success at Microsoft Inspire 2018 by Charlotte Yarkoni
Other
- Consulting offers in Azure Marketplace arrive in Canada by Christine Alford
- Announcing Azure Expert MSPs by Corey Sanders
- CAMS Software Reduces Costs and Increases Efficiency By Using the Bing Maps Distance Matrix API by Bing Team
- Azure Tips and Tricks – The Complete List Sorted by Azure Services by Michael Crump
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Azure Reserved VM Instances (RIs) | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Dynamics Connected Field Service for IoT | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Azure SQL Database by David Giard
- Azure SignalR Service | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Interview with Paige Bailey, Senior Cloud Developer Advocate | GALs via Channel 9
- Connecting Legacy Systems to Modern IoT Apps | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
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 237 – DevOps with AKS via The Azure Podcast
- Implement This 23: Document Generation in Dynamics 365 via The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
- PowerApps Podcast 1: Bridging the last mile with Microsoft Flow via The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
- PowerApps Podcast 2: The zombie apocalypse of PowerApps via The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
- Episode 73 – Azure Government via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 262 | Office 365, Azure and VSTS News + Moving Hyperfish to AKS via Microsoft Cloud Show
General Cloud / Related
Here’s some noteworthy links about Cloud computing and other related topics that aren’t necessarily specific to Microsoft Azure:
- Getting Started with AWS Lambda in Pulumi by Mikhail Shilkov
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