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Service Updates

Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:

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

About the Author

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.