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The Weeks Top Links

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

• Microsoft xCloud: Azure Powered Game Streaming by Chris Pietschmann
• You can now download the new Open Source Windows Terminal via Scott Hanselman
• Passed Exam AZ-500 Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate via Thomas Maurer
• Azure Security Center for IoT on the Edge via Sander van de Velde
• How Can Blockchain Help Secure IoT Data? via Harikrishna Kundariya
• Azure HC-series Virtual Machines cross 20,000 cores for HPC workloads via Evan Burness

Azure Service Updates

Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure service updates from over the past week:

• Log Analytics Agent for Linux 1.11 now available
• View linked GitHub activity from the Kanban board
• Public Preview: Backup support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 for Azure Virtual Machines
• Public Preview: Immersive Reader, an Azure Cognitive Service
• HDInsight Tools for VSCode: Enhanced PySpark Interactive Query
• Just-in-time access now supports Azure Firewall
• Azure API Management update June 19
• VM Health feature now supports new OS’ and is available in new regions
• Use existing automation account for automatic updates of the Mobility service
• Improved process server monitoring and reporting
• Enable replication for added Azure VM data disks
• HDInsight Tools for VSCode: Hive Table Preview
• First Microsoft cloud regions in Middle East now available
• Azure Monitor Log Analytics UI updates
• Azure Bastion – RDP and SSH over SSL – now available for Preview
• ExpressRoute now supports up to 4 circuits from the same peering location into the VNet
• Application Insights connector will retire on June 30,2019
• Database engine auditing for Azure Database for MariaDB now in preview
• Database engine auditing for Azure Database for MySQL now 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 HC-series Virtual Machines cross 20,000 cores for HPC workloads via Evan Burness
• Microsoft delivers public preview of Azure Bastion service for remotely accessing VMs more securely via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Azure Bastion – Private RDP and SSH access to Azure VMs via Thomas Maurer
• Virtual machine scale set insights from Azure Monitor via Scott Kinghorn
• Availability Sets v Availability Zones in IaaS via Thomas Thornton
• Azure Stack IaaS – part ten via David Armour

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Gartner names Microsoft a leader in 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise iPaaS via Skyler Hartle
• Migrate AWS S3 buckets to Azure blob storage via Thomas Maurer
• June 17, 2019 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

• What happens to sleeping instances when you update long-running AWS Lambdas, Azure Functions, and Azure Logic Apps? via Richard Seroter
• Using Entity Framework Core on Azure Functions with Dependency Injection via Mark Heath
• Azure Functions:- Creating a PowerShell Function v2 using Azure CLI via Thomas Thornton
• Logic Apps – RSS Feeds to Twitter via Thomas Thornton

Command-Line and ARM Templates

• Azure Functions:- Creating a PowerShell Function v2 using Azure CLI via Thomas Thornton

Database and Big Data

• Microsoft positioned as a leader in the Forrester WaveTM: Database-as-a-service via Asad Khan
• How Can Blockchain Help Secure IoT Data? via Harikrishna Kundariya

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Azure Security Center for IoT on the Edge via Sander van de Velde
• How Can Blockchain Help Secure IoT Data? via Harikrishna Kundariya

Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Immersive Reader is now LIVE! New addition to Azure Cognitive Services family via Jen Stirrup
• Introducing next generation reading with Immersive Reader, a new Azure Cognitive Service via Microsoft Azure

DevOps and Development

• Azure DevOps for TypeScript React.JS App via Subodh Sohoni
• Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.06.21 via Edward Thomson
• Azure Python SDK Exception handling via Guy Bowerman
• Running Windows Container Build Agents for Azure Pipelines via jakob
• Microsoft and Truffle partner to bring a world-class experience to blockchain developers via Marc Mercuri

Blockchain and Smart Contracts

• Microsoft and Truffle partner to bring a world-class experience to blockchain developers via Marc Mercuri
• How Can Blockchain Help Secure IoT Data? via Harikrishna Kundariya

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• Azure Security Expert Series: Learn best practices and Customer Lockbox general availability via Scott Woodgate
• Azure Security Expert Series: Best practices from Ann Johnson via Scott Woodgate
• Azure Security Center for IoT on the Edge via Sander van de Velde
• Passed Exam AZ-500 Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate via Thomas Maurer

Azure Stack

• Azure Stack IaaS – part ten via David Armour

Learning and Certification

• Passed Exam AZ-500 Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate via Thomas Maurer

Other

• Microsoft xCloud: Azure Powered Game Streaming by Chris Pietschmann
• Microsoft bans Slack and discourages AWS and Google Docs use internally via Tom Warren
• You can now download the new Open Source Windows Terminal via Scott Hanselman
• New to Azure? Follow these easy steps to get started via Ayesha Ghaffar
• Perfecting Continuous Delivery of NuGet packages for Azure Artifacts via Utkarsh Shigihalli
• Using Azure Search custom skills to create personalized job recommendations via Norah Abokhodair
• Announcing the preview of Microsoft Azure Bastion via Yousef Khalidi
• What is Azure Bastion? via Joe Carlyle
• Azure Bastion – First thoughts on Preview via Thomas Thornton
• First Microsoft cloud regions in Middle East now available via Tom Keane
• Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 39 via Christine Alford
• Azure.Source – Volume 87 via Microsoft Azure

Videos

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

• Improve your productivity with Azure Tips and Tricks | Azure Friday via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Azure Tips and Tricks for Visual Studio 2019 | Azure Friday via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• An introduction to Azure Tips and Tricks | Azure Friday via Channel 9
• Azure IoT Edge development with Azure DevOps | Internet of Things Show 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 284 – Jam session with the Cloud Developer Advocates via The Azure Podcast
• Episode 130 – Microsoft Teams Governance via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Episode 307 | Clear and Stormy Cloud News Updates via Microsoft Cloud Show

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Chris Pietschmann
Microsoft MVP – Azure
Founder, BuildAzure.com

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