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The Weeks Top Links

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

SQL Server on Linux or in Docker plus cross-platform SQL Operations Studio by Scott Hanselman
Introduction to Azure Maps – Geospatial and Location APIs by Chris Pietschmann
Welcome Sharepoint 2019 Preview by Murat Odabasi
Azure App Service now supports Java SE on Linux by Joaquin Vano
Making Impact on Oil and Gas Industries – Microsoft Advance Analytics by Agarwal Gaurav
Congratulations 2018 Imagine Cup Championship Teams! by Student Developer Evangelism Team
How GDPR Impacts Your Certification Data by Lisa Weber
Microsoft Exams Scheduled to Retire in Late 2018 by Chris Pietschmann

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)

Automated Deployment of Gadgetron Workstation in Azure by Michael S. Hansen
How to move your e-commerce infrastructure to Azure by Scott Seely
New recommendations in Azure Advisor by Kaitlyn Corazao
Azure Firewall, a step towards a “managed” VNA? by Stephane Eyskens
Running Gadgetron in Kubernetes in Azure by Michael S. Hansen
Azure-Linux VM -Restart and Recover a non-responding SSHD by Tzachi Elkabatz

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Azure Tips and Tricks Part 144 – Swiftly understand what versions of .NET are supported on Azure App Service by Michael Crump
Export Azure Application Insights Data by Abhijit Jana
Azure App Service now supports Java SE on Linux by Joaquin Vano
Named Pipes and Azure App Services by Benjamin Perkins
Why Azure API Management by Bill Chestnut
Build richer applications with the new asynchronous Azure Storage SDK for Java by Sercan Guler
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 143 – Keep your Azure Web App Hydrated and Responsive by Michael Crump
Azure Storage Tiers explained by David Giard
Recover Azure Blob Storage Data by enabling Soft Delete by Abhijit Jana

Command-Line / ARM Templates

Chocolatey Package Manager and How I Use It by David Giard
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 142 – Quickly edit files within Cloud Shell using Code by Michael Crump
Integrate ServiceNow with VSTS RM pipelines using PowerShell by Tarun Arora

Database / Big Data

8 Azure Cosmos DB Tips & Tricks that you should know by Abhijit Jana
How to enhance HDInsight security with service endpoints by Omid Mola
SQL Server on Linux or in Docker plus cross-platform SQL Operations Studio by Scott Hanselman
Avoid Big Data pitfalls with Azure HDInsight and these partner solutions by Pranav Rastogi
Accelerated and Flexible Restore Points with SQL Data Warehouse by Kevin Hgo
Getting the Azure Data Factory Service Identity by Abhijit Jana
Making Impact on Oil and Gas Industries – Microsoft Advance Analytics by Agarwal Gaurav
Connect to Azure Cosmos DB from Explorer by Abhijit Jana
Improving the development experience worldwide with Event Grid by Bahram Banisadr
How GDPR Impacts Your Certification Data by Lisa Weber
Using Azure Cosmos DB Explorer by Abhijit Jana
Trigger Azure Data Factory Pipeline when a Blob is created or deleted by Abhijit Jana
Pearl Abyss: Massive Scale using Azure SQL Database by Joseph Sack
Azure Cosmos DB – getting started with Python by sendmarsh
Build hybrid cloud analytics solutions with ADLA Task in SSIS by Yanan Cai
Next on the Menu – event file target for Azure SQL Database by boB ‘The Tool Man’ Taylor
How to schedule trigger for Azure Data Factory (ADF) Pipeline? by Abhijit Jana

Internet of Things (IoT)

Azure Stream Analytics: Managing timelines and coding on IoT Edge via Azure Friday
Feeding IoT Device Telemetry Data to Kafka-based Applications by Reza Sherafat
Azure IoT Toolkit 1.1.0 for VS Code released: Welcome page, generate SAS token, deploy Edge device at scale and more! by formulahendry
IoT: the catalyst for better risk management in insurance by Nick Leimer

Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence

Current use cases for machine learning in healthcare by David Starr

Development and DevOps

What’s new in VSTS Sprint 137 Update by Alex Nichols
Visual Studio IntelliCode expands AI-assisted coding to Python in Visual Studio Code by Visual Studio Blog
Enabling administrators to revoke VSTS access tokens by Justin Marks
Get started with DevOps by esseemme

Containers / Service Fabric

Dockerizing R and Python Web Services by Ramkumar Chandrasekaran
Azure Content Spotlight – Azure Service Fabric Mesh (Preview) by Sjoukje Zaal
Orchestrating production-grade workloads with Azure Kubernetes Service by Brian Redmond
Accessing Certificates in Service Fabric Hosted Windows Containers by Megan Meyer
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with Azure AD by knethteo

Blockchain / Smart Contracts

Top feature requests added with Azure Blockchain Workbench 1.2.0 by Zeyad Rajabi

Security / Privacy

Security Center’s adaptive application controls are generally available by Ben Kliger
Azure Daemon Application using EWS with OAuth by David Barrett
Build secure Oozie workflows in Azure HDInsight with Enterprise Security Package by Omid Mola

Learning / Certification

Microsoft Exams Scheduled to Retire in Late 2018 by Chris Pietschmann

Azure Government

Announcing the launch of Azure M-series VMs with up to 4TB RAM in USGov Arizona region by Azure Gov Team
Machine Learning on Azure Government with HDInsight by Steve Michelotti
Announcing availability of Azure Managed Application in AzureGov by Gaurav Bhatnagar

Azure Stack

Azure Stack Readiness Checker – AzsReadinessChecker by Thomas Maurer

Events

Marketplace news from Inspire 2018 by Christine Alford
Congratulations 2018 Imagine Cup Championship Teams! by Student Developer Evangelism Team

Other

Bing Maps Routing API knows the shortest route that visits all waypoints! by Bing Team
Announcement: Welcome to Small Basic Website 2.0 by Ed Price
Introduction to Azure Maps – Geospatial and Location APIs by Chris Pietschmann
BizTalk Server Tips and Tricks: Configure Visual Studio to run with elevated permissions (as administrator) by Sandro Pereira
Welcome Sharepoint 2019 Preview by Murat Odabasi
The Ability Hacks: Microsoft employees hack to make tech more accessible by Microsoft Accessibility Blog
Azure Marketplace new offers: June 16–30 by Christine Alford

Videos

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

Azure Stream Analytics: Managing timelines and coding on IoT Edge | Azure Friday via Azure Friday
Kafka Integration with Azure IoT Hub | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
Episode 24: Five Things About NLP | Five Things via Channel 9
Azure IoT Hub Manual Failover | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
First look at Maps in Azure IoT Central | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
ACR Build: Automate Docker builds with OS and framework patching | Azure Friday via Channel 9
Detecting unwanted content using machine-assisted content moderation | On .NET via Channel 9
ACR Build: Automate Docker builds with OS and framework patching via Channel 9
Event-based data integration with Azure Data Factory | Azure Friday 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 239 – Kubernetes Developer Tooling via The Azure Podcast
Episode 75 – Securing Office 365 (Part 2) via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
GraphQL with Cory House via .NET Rocks!
CRM Audio 90: Business Applications Oct ’18 Release Notes for Dynamics 365, PowerApps, and Flow via The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
Episode 264 | Microsoft Teams Free SKU & Azure App Insights Behavior Analytics via Microsoft Cloud Show
It’s a Container World with Ben Hall via .NET Rocks!
Episode 238 – Serial Console via The Azure Podcast

General Cloud / Related

Here’s some noteworthy links about Cloud computing and other related topics that aren’t necessarily specific to Microsoft Azure:

Intel Makes Money Hand Over Fist In The Datacenter by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Slack Acquires HipChat Following Increased Competition From Microsoft by Mehedi Hassan
Getting All Zen About AMD’s Datacenter Business by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Fault Tolerance at Heart of Google’s Quantum Strategy by Nicole Hemsoth
What is Hadoop? How is Hadoop connected with the Cloud? by Manchun Pandit
How High School Students Can Become Developers? by John Sonmez
The Many Machine Learning Engines Of Google by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Accessible Packaging for the Xbox Adaptive Controller by Microsoft Accessibility Blog
Kubernetes is Now Available In Docker Desktop Stable Channel by Jim Armstrong
Toward Open, Extensible Quantum Programming by Nicole Hemsoth
Google Builds AI Prowess Into G Suite by Mehedi Hassan
How to Get Your Apps off Windows 2003 and Into the Cloud with Docker Enterprise by Elton Stoneman
Google Takes On Public Cloud Rivals With Private Kubernetes Service by Timothy Prickett Morgan
How AI is making it easier to diagnose disease | Pratik Shah via TED Talks Daily
Chrome 68 to Flag Potentially Insecure Websites by Paul Thurrott
Clearing the TensorFlow to FPGA Path by Nicole Hemsoth

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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.