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The Weeks Top Links

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

Internet of Things (IoT) Messaging Architecture by Chris Pietschmann
Azure IoT Toolkit for Visual Studio Code generally available for managing Azure IoT Hub and Devices with ease by formulahendry
Static website hosting for Azure Storage now in public preview by Michael Hauss
Expanding Azure Certified for IoT program for the intelligent edge by Koichi Hirao
Microsoft from GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit: New Azure innovations will advance the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge by Mark Russinovich
Azure IoT Edge generally available for enterprise-grade, scaled deployments by Sam George
Announcing General Availability and Sovereign Cloud Support of Managed Service Identity for App Service and Azure Functions by Matthew Henderson
Function Proxies now Available in Functions Version 2.x! by Alex Karcher

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)

New zone-redundant VPN and ExpressRoute gateways now in public preview by Ashish Jain

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Query Application Insights Telemetry Data using REST API by Abhijit Jana
Static website hosting for Azure Storage now in public preview by Michael Hauss
How to start or stop multiple Azure App Services together? by Abhijit Jana

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

Azure Tips and Tricks Part 136 – Quickly Restore your Local Settings File for Azure Functions by Michael Crump
Logic App SAP connector all the logs to capture for troubleshooting and requesting support by David Burg
Understanding Logic App Custom Connectors configuration by David Burg
Updating QnA Maker knowledge base via SharePoint Online using Logic Apps! by Ali Mazaheri
Announcing General Availability and Sovereign Cloud Support of Managed Service Identity for App Service and Azure Functions by Matthew Henderson
Function Proxies now Available in Functions Version 2.x! by Alex Karcher

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Microsoft readies OneDrive for Business feature to aid in migrating local data off Windows PCs via ZDNet

Command-Line / ARM Templates

How to export the list of Azure Resources to Excel? by Abhijit Jana
Quick-start script: Create Azure SQL Managed Instance using PowerShell by Jovan Popovic
Terraform for the ARM Template Developer by Scott Semyan
Updated ARM Template to deploy server with Auditing and Threat Detection turned ON by Olga Guzheva

Database / Big Data

How to create user-defined restore points on Azure SQL Data Warehouse by Joon Kyu Lee
The emerging big data architectural pattern by Pratim Das
A closer look at Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 by Jason Hogg
Azure Content Spotlight – Microsoft Research Open Data by Sjoukje Zaal
IP Filtering for Event Hubs and Service Bus by Justin Conway
Azure Event Hubs and Service Bus Virtual Network Service Endpoints in preview by Justin Conway
Point-in-time restore of a database on Azure SQL Managed Instance using AzureRm.Sql PowerShell library by Jovan Popovic
Azure Notebooks by David Giard
Azure Elastic Database jobs is now in public preview by Srini Acharya
Microsoft releases preview of its ‘Gen2’ Azure Data Lake Storage service via ZDNet
Lift SQL Server Integration Services packages to Azure with Azure Data Factory by Sandy Winarko
Azure simplifies cloud analytics by Tad Brockway
Azure Data Factory new capabilities are now generally available by Mark Kromer
Enterprises get deeper insights with Hadoop and Spark updates on Azure HDInsight by Pranav Rastogi
Cosmos DB Stored Procedures – handling continuation by Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
How to create user-defined restore points on Azure SQL Data Warehouse by Joon Kyu Lee

Internet of Things (IoT)

Internet of Things (IoT) Messaging Architecture by Chris Pietschmann
Microsoft from GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit: New Azure innovations will advance the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge by Mark Russinovich
Azure IoT Edge generally available for enterprise-grade, scaled deployments by Sam George
Azure IoT Toolkit for Visual Studio Code generally available for managing Azure IoT Hub and Devices with ease by formulahendry
How to create user-defined restore points on Azure SQL Data Warehouse Migrating IoT Edge solutions to GAMachine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
Azure IoT Toolkit for Visual Studio Code generally available for managing Azure IoT Hub and Devices with ease by formulahendry
Upgrading from preview to GA version of IoT Edge by Todd Whitehead
Automatic device management, module identity, and module twin are now generally available by Chrissie Chi
Microsoft’s Azure IoT Edge, now generally available, is key to Redmond’s IoT strategy via ZDNet
Expanding Azure Certified for IoT program for the intelligent edge by Koichi Hirao

Development and DevOps

How to add custom HTML to VSTS dashboard? by Abhijit Jana
Have a Kinect for Azure or Mixed Reality Idea? Apply for Dev Kits! by Lance Larsen
Import an existing Git Repository in your VSTS by Abhijit Jana
Ability to sign the service bus message in task by Aseem Bansal

Containers / Service Fabric

Visual Studio Code plugin for Service Fabric Reliable Services by Sudhanva Huruli
Service Fabric 6.2 Refresh Release (CU3) by Mikkel Mark Heghaj
How to use Azure Container Registry for a Multi-container Web App? by Yi Liao
How to use docker containers with azure services for you solution by Sergii Bielskyi

Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence

Reasons why retail and consumer goods brands should address Artificial Intelligence today by Mariya Zorotovich
LinkedIn launches translation feature that builds on Microsoft AI technologies via ZDNet

Security / Privacy

Azure Active Directory Proxy for SMART on FHIR by Michael S. Hansen
AAD authentication, Edit In Excel, Embedded PowerBi and http://aka.ms/GETNAV by FreddyDK
Use Azure Active Directory with Spring Security 5.0 for OAuth 2.0 by Yitao Dong

Learning / Certification

O’reilly’s “Designing Distributed Systems” free ebook by esseemme
“Azure for Architects” and “Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook” free ebooks by esseemme

Azure Government

Microsoft Teams coming to U.S. Government Cloud users starting July 17 via ZDNet

Other

Congratulations, Everyone! The 2018 Annual Award Cycle Kicks Off Today! by MVP Award Program
Microsoft MVP 2018-2019 Cloud and Datacenter Management by Thomas Maurer
Autocomplete in Azure Search now in public preview by Upasana Dixit
Augmented Reality becomes mainstream in Manufacturing, changes the face of the industry by Diego Tamburini
This MVP Travels Japan To Bring Science To Life With HoloLens by Microsoft MVP Award Program Blog

Videos

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

Azure AD Managed Service Identity | Azure Friday via Channel 9
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 overview via Azure Friday
Windows IoT #4: Azure IoT Hub and IoT Central Integration for Windows IoT (Getting Started Series) | Visual Studio Toolbox via Channel 9
Azure IoT Edge – ready for enterprise-grade, scaled deployment | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
Episode 20: Five Things About Service Workers | Five Things via Channel 9
Managing costs with the Azure Budgets API and Action Groups via Azure Friday

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 235 – AI, Blockchain and Big Data discussion via The Azure Podcast
Episode 71 – Accessing Office 365 on Mobile Devices via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
Developer Security in Azure with Daniel Piessens via .NET Rocks!
Episode 261 | Azure Stack with Microsoft Technical Fellow Jeffrey Snover via Microsoft Cloud Show
ML.NET with John Alexander 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:

Adobe is Using Machine Learning Help Spot Photoshopped images by Zay
A Tale Of Two – Well, Three Or Four – Kubernetes by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Cracking Nuclear Fusion With Supercomputers And Smart Code by Timothy Prickett Morgan
The Supercomputing of 2025 Looks Much Like AI Today by Nicole Hemsoth

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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.