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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:
- Azure DevTest Labs: Configure mandatory artifacts for your lab
- All Analytics custom logs are now grouped under the schema “Custom Logs” category
- Free course on the Log Analytics query language (KQL) now available
- Run signed runbooks in Azure Automation
- Accelerated and flexible restore points for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
- Name change: End of Dv2-series VMs promotion
- Public preview: Azure App Service support for Java SE on Linux
- Public preview: Metric alerts for logs
- Azure Security Center update July 22
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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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