Are you having difficulty keeping up to date on all the frequent changes and updates in the Microsoft Azure space? Then the Build Azure Weekly has the solution you’re looking for. Build Azure Weekly is a weekly blog post that includes all the latest Microsoft Azure Service Updates from the week in addition to links to many other blog articles, podcasts and videos from all over the Internet.
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Service Updates
Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:
- Scale data across the globe with Azure DocumentDB multiple-region replication
- General availability: Git integration for API Management
- Two more things to keep your cost on track in DevTest Labs
- Release of Service Fabric SDK 2.1.150 and runtime 5.1.150
Blog Articles
Here’s a collection of some of the most note worthy blog articles posted over the past week:
- Azure Infographic: SQL Server 2016 by Chris Pietschmann
- Azure Infographic: API Management by Chris Pietschmann
- Remote Debugging Azure Web Apps from Visual Studio via Opsgility by Chris Pietschmann
- Azure Marketplace Free Trials and Subscription Spending Limits via Opsgility by Steve Ross
- Azure Government cloud expands coverage with DoD Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization, ITAR readiness and FedRAMPHigh by Tom Keane
- Microsoft, Amazon both receive highest FedRAMP status for their government clouds via ZDNet
- Microsoft readies public preview of new Azure Information Protection rights-management service via ZDNet
- Azure Service Bus client 3.2.3 is now live by John Taubensee
- Azure Certification: 70-473 Cloud Data Platform Solutions Specialist by Chris Pietschmann
- Text Analytics API Now Available in Multiple Languages via Cortana Intelligence and ML Blog
- General availability of Azure DevTest Labs – VSTS extension by Raman Kumar
- DNS security appliances in Azure by Gareth Bradshaw
- Running Selective Parts of an Azure ML Experiment by Mickael Savafi
- Microsoft brings container innovation to the enterprise at DockerCon 2016 by Mark Russinovich
- Big data in the cloud – webinar with Cloudier, Zoomdata & Microsoft on June 28 via Microsoft Azure Blog
- Microsoft: Nearly one in three Azure virtual machines now are running Linux via ZDNet
- DocumentDB protocol support for MongoDB by Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
- Microsoft Azure Government adds Premium Storage and expanded virtual machine image coverage by John Bruno
- New Docker betas for Azure, Windows 10 now available via ZDNet
- EventProcessorHost for Java Released by John Taubensee
- Azure Media Services adds support to manage resources through Azure Resource Manager (ARM) by Mingfei Yan
- Application Map: Filter and pin to a dashboard by Soubhagya Dash
- StorSimple Virtual Array: Critical update, software version 10.0.10280.0 (Update 0.2) now available by Sharath Suryanarayan
- Accessing Azure AD protected resources using OpenID Connect by Andrei Dzimchuk
- Azure Marketplace: pfSense – gateway, firewall, vpn by Chris Pietschmann
- Using ModernHttpClient with Azure Mobile Apps by Adrian Hall
- Updated high availability and disaster recovery app design guidance by Adam Glick
- Two more things to keep your costs on track in DevTest Labs by Raman Kumar
- First steps with Azure Container Services by Fabien Dibot
- Setting Up a PC for Azure Cortana Intelligence Suite Development by Melissa Coates
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- SQL Unplugged – June 2016 Edition via Channel 9
- Hybrid Management and Security with Microsoft Operations Management Suite via Microsoft Azure Security and Compliance Blog
- Azure Deployment | Web Hack Wednesday via Channel 9
- Tuesdays with Corey: DockerCon Announcements via Channel 9
- Running Docker Swarm on Microsoft Azure – Part 1 via Channel 9
- Christos Matskas on Open Source and Community | NDC London 2016 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 132 – Azure Government via The Azure Podcast
- Episode 135 | Amazon and Office 365 News plus Microsoft Acquires LinkedIn via Microsoft Cloud Show
General Cloud
Here’s some note worthy links about Cloud computing in general that aren’t necessarily specific to Microsoft Azure:
- What Will GPU Accelerated AI Lend to Traditional Supercomputing? by Nicole Hemsoth
- A Look Inside China’s Chart-Topping New Supercomputer by Nicole Hemsoth
- Docker & Containers 101 – What is Docker? by Andrew Connell
- Announcing the Docker for Mac and Windows Public Beta by Mano Marks