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The Weeks Top Links

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

• Azure Tips and Tricks Part 208 – Set up a MEAN-based web application on a new Azure Linux virtual machine via Michael Crump
• Microsoft Certification Roadmap for Role-based Paths via Chris Pietschmann
• NoSQL vs SQL: Demystifying NoSQL Databases via Chris Pietschmann
• Azure Tips and Tricks Part 207 – Reduce Bruce Force attacks to Azure VMs via Michael Crump
• Azure Tips and Tricks Part 206 – Create, host, and share packages with your team with Azure Artifacts via Michael Crump
• Run Windows 3.11 in Microsoft Azure VM (Virtual Machine and Dosbox) by Chris Pietschmann
• Making it easier to bring your Linux based web apps to Azure App Service via Oded Dvoskin
• Azure App Service Authentication with Azure Front Door via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon

Azure Service Updates

Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:

• Azure Security Center launched new network recommendations
• Introducing promotional pricing for the Basic Linux App Service Plan
• Microsoft adds new features to IPv6 support for Azure VNets
• Update 19.07 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
• One Click Integration with Stream Analytics from Event Hubs
• Pattern Matching Function is now available in Stream Analytics
• Stream Analytics supports output to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2
• Stream Analytics offers native support for Parquet format
• Analytics as aggregates is now available in Stream Analytics
• Authenticate Stream Analytics egress to Azure Blob Storage using managed identities
• Network Performance Monitor is Generally Available in Central India
• Azure Resource Graph is now generally available
• Introducing the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
• New 48vCPUs Azure Virtual Machine sizes are now available
• Azure Stream Analytics now offers native support for Apache Parquet format
• Cognitive Services Form Recognizer prebuilt capability 
• Azure Kinect DK is now generally available in the United States and China
• Azure Container Registry—Support for scheduling in Container Registry Tasks
• Azure Container Registry—Self diagnostic health check support in the Azure CLI
• A new set of Azure SDKs is now available in preview

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 Tips and Tricks Part 208 – Set up a MEAN-based web application on a new Azure Linux virtual machine via Michael Crump
• TWC9: Microsoft Edge for Enterprise, Linux on Azure App Service, Apollo 11 and more via Microsoft Developer
• Making it easier to bring your Linux based web apps to Azure App Service via Oded Dvoskin
• Azure App Service Authentication with Azure Front Door via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
• Migrating Azure Firewall To Availability Zones via AFinn
• Azure Tips and Tricks Part 207 – Reduce Bruce Force attacks to Azure VMs via Michael Crump

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• TWC9: Microsoft Edge for Enterprise, Linux on Azure App Service, Apollo 11 and more via Microsoft Developer
• Azure Blob Storage SAS Guidelines via Mark Heath
• Making it easier to bring your Linux based web apps to Azure App Service via Oded Dvoskin
• Azure App Service Authentication with Azure Front Door via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
• July 15, 2019 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

• Four Ways to Deploy your Azure Function Automatically from a Repository via Frank Boucher
• Writing and Testing Azure Functions with Function Monkey – Part 4 via James

Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Build and certify expertise with Microsoft Dynamics 365 intelligent business apps via Nancy Tandy, Business Strategy Manager, Worldwide Learning
• German state bans Office 365 in schools, citing privacy concerns via Jon Porter

Command-Line and ARM Templates

• Creating Azure Service Health Alerts in PowerShell via Thomas Thornton

Database and Big Data

• MileIQ and Azure Event Hubs: Billions of miles streamed via Jamal Mohammed
• Silo busting 2.0—Multi-protocol access for Azure Data Lake Storage via Stephen Wu
• GCast 57: Azure Data Factory GitHub Deployment via David Giard
• Assess the readiness of SQL Server data estates migrating to Azure SQL Database via Raj Pochiraju
• NoSQL vs SQL: Demystifying NoSQL Databases via Chris Pietschmann
• New capabilities in Stream Analytics reduce development time for big data apps via Krishna Mamidipaka

Internet of Things (IoT)

• The No Code Way to Connect Sensors to Azure IoT via Microsoft Developer

Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Conversational AI updates for July 2019 via Yochay Kiriaty
• Microsoft’s latest holoportation demo shows off its mixed reality, AI, translation technologies via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Calling the “Recognize Text” Cognitive Service from a .NET Application via David Giard

DevOps and Development

• Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.07.19 via Sasha Rosenbaum
• What’s new in Azure DevOps Sprint 154 via Anisha Pindoria
• GCast 57: Azure Data Factory GitHub Deployment via David Giard
• New capabilities in Stream Analytics reduce development time for big data apps via Krishna Mamidipaka
• Digital distribution centers—The future is here via Bert Van Hoof

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric

• Azure Monitor for containers with Prometheus now in preview via Keiko Harada
• Docker’s Contribution to Authentication for Windows Containers in Kubernetes via Jim Armstrong

Blockchain and Smart Contracts

• Whitney Griffith on Azure Blockchain as a Service via David Giard

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• German state bans Office 365 in schools, citing privacy concerns via Jon Porter

Learning and Certification

• Microsoft Certification Roadmap for Role-based Paths via Chris Pietschmann

XBox and xCloud

• Microsoft’s Surface and cloud focus helps boost Q4 earnings as Xbox sales disappoint via Tom Warren

Other

• New Logic App Inline Code icons are now included in Microsoft Integration (Azure and much more) Stencils Pack v4.0.2 for Visio via Sandro Pereira
• CloudBurst 2019 – Also in Malmö! via Michael
• Direct Line with speech now available in preview via Travis Wilson
• How HSBC built its PayMe for Business app on Microsoft Azure via Sudhakar Sannakkayala
• New ways to train custom language models – effortlessly! via Haim Sabo
• Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 41 via Christine Alford
• Azure Image Builder: a closer look via Bas Wassenaar
• Microsoft Q4 2019 Earnings Show Growth in Surface As Azure Growth Slows Down via Mehedi Hassan
• Microsoft Q4 FY19: Why is Azure ‘slowing’ and Windows growing? via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Microsoft has warned 10,000 people that nation-state hackers are targeting them via Tom Warren
• Microsoft makes it easier to build popular language representation model BERT at large scale via Venky Veeraraghavan
• Microsoft Announces Major Cloud Partnership With AT&T via Mehedi Hassan
• New transit options to help get you there – Real Time Updates, Trip Frequency, and Alternate Routes via Bing Team
• Azure Tips and Tricks Part 206 – Create, host, and share packages with your team with Azure Artifacts via Michael Crump
• How to Use The Azure Traffic Manager via Gregor Suttie
• Confidential Consortium Framework (CCF) Overview via Microsoft Developer
• Microsoft: Azure is at 99.995 percent uptime but we can do more via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• How to Use The Azure KeyVault Service via Gregor Suttie
• Introducing proximity placement groups via Ziv Rafalovich
• Enhancing the customer experience with the Azure Networking MSP partner program via Yousef Khalidi
• Advancing Microsoft Azure reliability via Mark Russinovich

Videos

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

• Run Windows 3.11 in Microsoft Azure VM (Virtual Machine and Dosbox) by Chris Pietschmann
• Improve security with Azure Sentinel, a cloud-native SIEM and SOAR solution | Azure Friday via Channel 9
• Improve security with Azure Sentinel, a cloud-native SIEM and SOAR solution via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
• Preview of Availability Zones for your Kubernetes cluster in Azure via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
• Preview of Availability Zones for your Kubernetes cluster in Azure | Azure Friday 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:

• Episode 288 – Oracle-Azure Cloud Partnership via The Azure Podcast
• Episode 134 – Change Is Afoot For Microsoft Partners via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Episode 311 | Exploring Microsoft Application Insights JS v2 and Recent News via Microsoft Cloud Show

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