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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- Penny Pinching in the Cloud: Deploying Containers cheaply to Azure by Scott Hanselman
- Polynimbus is the future of the cloud by Chris Pietschmann
- Azure Blob Storage lifecycle management in public preview by Yuan Zheng
- How (I) would handle a timeout in Azure Function by Benjamin Perkins
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) GA – New regions, more features, increased productivity by Brendan Burns
Azure Service Updates
Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:
- Azure Container Instances: June updates
- Logic Apps available in US Gov
- Name changes and GUID migration: App Service Basic and Standard plans
- Azure Batch updates
- Name changes: SQL Database Singleton US Government
- Name changes: SQL Advanced Threat Protection
- Name changes: SQL Database Singleton
- TLS configuration now fixed to block 1.0
- General availability: Scaling across tiers in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
- General availability: Scaling across tiers in Azure Database for MySQL
- User-Defined Restore Points are now supported for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
- Start/Stop VMs during off-hours in Azure Automation has been updated
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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)
- Enable Compression for Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) by Abhijit Jana
- Note to myself: How to perform a CTRL+ALT+DEL inside an Azure Virtual Machine? by Sandro Pereira
- Using Command Line Tools to Start and Stop Azure DevTest Lab Virtual Machines by Roger Best
- AzureCAT Whitepaper: High-performance computing on Microsoft Azure: GlusterFS by Ed Price
- AzureCAT eBook: Parallel Virtual File Systems on Microsoft Azure by Ed Price
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Quickly Generate Azure Dashboard from Application Insights Telemetry by Abhijit Jana
- Implementing custom cultures, CultureInfo, localize Azure App Service by Benjamin Perkins
- Azure API Management roadmap is moving to Azure Roadmap by Vlad Vinogradsky
- Container? Why not App Services? by Casey Kriutzfield
- CHALLENGE #6 – Access files stored in Azure Blob Storage (LEVEL 2) by FreddyDK
- Use SSL certificates on your Azure WebApp by David Sanchez
- Use Azure Storage from Visual Studio Code by Abhijit Jana
- (Cross Post) Azure Blob Storage lifecycle management in public preview via Windows Azure Storage
- Azure Mobile App – Monitor the health and status of your Azure Resources on the Go by Abhijit Jana
- ASP.NET Core AppSettings for Azure App Service by Prashant Pratap
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Friday Five: Use Azure Serverless To Become GDPR Compliant, And More via MVP Award Program
- How (I) would handle a timeout in Azure Function by Benjamin Perkins
- Custom URL path for Pass-through SOAP connector for Azure Logic App by David Burg
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 130 – Manage Application Settings for Azure Functions within Visual Studio by Michael Crump
- Using Azure API Management with Azure Function by Abhijit Jana
- Azure Active Directory B2B Self Service Sign-Up using Logic Apps by Michael S. Hansen
- How to add a HOST.JSON file to an Azure Function by Benjamin Perkins
- How to setup Flic Smart Button and trigger a Microsoft Flow by Sandro Pereira
- Azure Function 400 Bad Request by Benjamin Perkins
- How to connect to a database from an Azure Function using Azure Key Vault by Benjamin Perkins
- Using Managed Service Identity (MSI) with and Azure App Service or an Azure Function by Benjamin Perkins
- Azure Blob Storage lifecycle management in public preview by Yuan Zheng
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Announcing new Microsoft 365 Business security features by Nicolas Charritton
Command-Line / ARM Templates
- Enforcing TLS version on Azure WebApps with Resource Manager Policies by Christos Matskas
- Using Azure Cloud Shell from Azure Mobile App by Abhijit Jana
- Determine latest API version for a resource provider by Martin Brandl
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 131 – Quickly display a list of all Azure Web Apps URL from Azure Cloud Shell by Michael Crump
Database / Big Data
- Pointing an existing ASPNET Core WebAPI from MongoDB to CosmosDB by Wriju Ghosh
- Four steps to using data visualization to drive sales and growth by Microsoft Cloud Perspectives Blog
- Quick Recovery Time with SQL Data Warehouse using User-Defined Restore Points by Kevin Ngo
- A Power BI Data Analytics Pipeline for ISVs by Greg Oliver
- New Akka Streams and Apache Flink tutorials/samples for Event Hubs for Kafka Ecosystems by Basil Hariri
- Microsoft Azure Data welcomes attendees to ACM SIGMOD/PODS 2018 by Rohan Kumar
- Process more files than ever and use Parquet with Azure Data Lake Analytics by MRys
- Azure Data Lake Analytics and U-SQL Spring 2018 Updates: Parquet support, small files, dynamic output, fast file sets, and much more! by MRys
Internet of Things (IoT)
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
- Building a Speech To Text Artificial Intelligence app in C# and Azure by Atanu Gupta
- Microsoft Credits AI for April 2018 Update Rollout Success by Paul Thurrott
- GCast 2: Azure Machine Learning Studio by David Giard
- Adding Batch AI jobs the Easy Way with Autonaming by Cameron Better
Development and DevOps
- Sharing Deployment Groups Across Team Projects in VSTS by Derrick Cawthon
- Who is Blazor for Exactly? by Shawn Wildermuth
- Monitoring Python Applications with Azure App Insights by Najib Zarrari
Containers / Service Fabric
- Penny Pinching in the Cloud: Deploying Containers cheaply to Azure by Scott Hanselman
- Announcing Microsoft OpenHack: Containers by Megan Mallin
- Container Tooling for Service Fabric in Visual Studio 2017 by Cristy Gonzalez
- SmartHotel360 Microservices on Azure Kubernetes Service by Brady Gaster
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) GA – New regions, more features, increased productivity by Brendan Burns
- Using Azure Container Instances to complete automation by Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
- Easy steps to create Azure Kubernetes Service by Wriju Ghosh
Security / Privacy
- Azure AD B2C settings menu unable to load for a small set of customers by Srinivas Nadimpalli
- Accessing Applications protected using Azure AD by Srikantan Sankaran
- Proactively Plan for your Critical Event in Azure with Enhanced Support and Engineering Services by Jon Guerin
- How to fetch a user’s profile from Azure Active Directory using PowerShell by Chev Bryan
- TLS Configuration now fixed to block 1.0 by Oded Dvoskin
- Create an Azure Key Vault and Secret by Benjamin Perkins
Learning / Certification
- Free Azure Training Resources by Nicole Welch
Azure Government
- Publish your solutions to Azure Government – what, why and how by Steve Michelotti
- #AzureGovMeetup recap – Harnessing cloud: how to accelerate your mission apps by Karina Homme
Events
- Upcoming DevOps and Tech Conferences by Premier Developer
Other
- Polynimbus is the future of the cloud by Chris Pietschmann
- Bing Maps Streetside Imagery Now Integrated into OpenStreetMap iD Editor via Bing Team
- New free Go-To-Market Services for all marketplace publishers by Christine Alford
- Accelerating Business Opportunities with Power Apps and Integration by Michael Stephenson
- Participate in the 15th Developer Economics Survey by Rob Caron
- Bing Visual Search and Entity Search APIs for video apps by Milan Gada
- Exciting advances in Azure Alerts – From better alert management to Smart Groups by Manish Mittal
- Rendering in Azure with Qube 7 by John Thurrott
- Microsoft’s Next-Gen HoloLens is Codenamed Sydney; Arrives Q1, 2019 by Brad Sams
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Service Fabric Extension for VS Code | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Custom Vison AI on Azure IoT Edge | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) GA via Azure Friday
- Java in App Service on Linux via Azure Friday
- Getting started with Windows IoT Episode #2: Creating, running and debugging with Pi hardware | Visual Studio Toolbox via Channel 9
- Azure IoT Edge updates | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Microservice Architecture with ASP.NET Core | On .NET via Channel 9
- Horizontal Partitioning in Azure Cosmos DB | 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 233 – Live from Build 2018 – Serverless & IoT with Jeff Hollan via The Azure Podcast
- Tips for Teaching Programming with Dr. Neil Brown via Hanselminutes
- Episode 69 – PowerApps with Laura Rogers via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Antifragility in Software Architecture with Barry O’Reilly via .NET Rocks!
- Episode 259 | Plethora of Microsoft, Cloud, Hyperfish News! via Microsoft Cloud Show
- Microsoft Buys GitHub with Phil Haack 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:
- Roblox Has Kids Code With ‘Jurassic Park’ by Zay
- Advice from a tech Mom on getting teens to learn to code by Jen Stirrup
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