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The Weeks Top Links

• Unlock new features in the MT3620 MCU with the Azure Sphere 19.05 release via Ed Nightingale
• HB-series Azure Virtual Machines achieve cloud supercomputing milestone via Evan Burness
• Move over, Amazon: Microsoft has an autonomous systems and robotics strategy, too via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Microsoft’s ‘Modern OS’ vision: A foreshadowing of ‘Lite’ or more of the same? via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Eric Boyd on Microservices via David Giard
• Manage your cross cloud spend using Azure Cost Management via Oren Maoz

Azure Service Updates

• Azure Monitor for Containers – Updates on Windows AKS Support, UI enhancement, and Node Storage Capacity
• Web Application Firewall (WAF) for Azure Front Door service is now generally available
• Azure Sphere 19.05 Release Unlocks new features in the MT3620
• Log Analytics Agent for Linux 1.10 now available
• Azure Monitor AIOps alerts with Dynamic Thresholds is now generally available
• Advanced filtering generally available in Event Grid
• IoT Hub device telemetry events in Event Grid – public preview
• Events up to 1MB in Event Grid – public preview
• Event Grid can now publish events to Service Bus
• Geo Disaster Recovery available in Event Grid
• Event Domains generally available in Event Grid
• Azure Container Registry—Helm 3 support is now in preview
• Azure Container Registry—Open Container Initiative (OCI) new artifact registry types supported (in preview)
• Azure Mv2 Virtual Machines offering up to 6 TB memory are now generally available
• Adaptive network hardening in Azure Security Center is now available
• Azure NetApp Files is now generally available
• Azure API Management Consumption Tier is now generally available
• Integration service environments (ISE) are now generally available
• Azure App Configuration is now available in preview
• General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service in South Africa North
• Application Change Analysis for Azure Monitor is now in public 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)

• How WSL accesses Linux files from Windows via Microsoft Developer
• HB-series Azure Virtual Machines achieve cloud supercomputing milestone via Evan Burness

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• June 3, 2019 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam
• May 27, 2019 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam
• How to Install AzCopy for Azure Storage via Thomas Maurer
• May 27, 2019 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

• The power of interfaces in OpenFaaS via Alex Ellis

Command-Line and ARM Templates

• Accept legal terms using PowerShell to deploy ARM templates via Martin Brandl

Database and Big Data

• Azure IoT Tools make it easy to monitor custom Event Hub endpoints via Jun Han
• Azure IoT Hub message enrichment simplifies downstream processing of your data via Ashita Rastogi
• Visual data ops for Apache Kafka on Azure HDInsight, powered by Lenses via Azure Team
• Visual data ops for Apache Kafka on Azure HDInsight, powered by Lenses via Dhruv Goel
• Microsoft Excel Can Now Turn Pictures of Your Tables Into Real Data on the iPhone via Mehedi Hassan
• Simplifying event-driven architectures with the latest updates to Event Grid via Bahram Banisadr
• Key causes of performance differences between SQL managed instance and SQL Server via Jovan Popovic

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Azure IoT Tools make it easy to monitor custom Event Hub endpoints via Jun Han
• Unlock new features in the MT3620 MCU with the Azure Sphere 19.05 release via Ed Nightingale
• Azure IoT Hub message enrichment simplifies downstream processing of your data via Ashita Rastogi
• Five Ways to Close the IoT Skills Gap via Nora Leary
• IoT at Microsoft Build 2019 via Microsoft Developer

Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• de:code 2019 Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services 最新情報 via a y a k o

DevOps and Development

• Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.05.31 via Edward Thomson
• New IP firewall rules for Azure DevOps via Whitney Jenkins
• Global DevOps Bootcamp – June 15th via Anisha Pindoria
• Announcement: Azure DevOps Server 2019 cookbook… Go get it! via Tarun Arora
• Visual Studio Code – Remote Development (Bad owner or permissions) via Simon J.K. Pedersen

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric

• Azure Service Fabric 6.4 Refresh Release via Service Fabric Team
• Accessing Azure Artifacts feed in a Docker build via jakob

Blockchain and Smart Contracts

• How Blockchain Can Put an End to Conflict Minerals via Tatsiana Levdikova
• Workbench 1.7 and Azure Blockchain Service Integration via Microsoft Developer
• Building on Bitcoin via Microsoft Developer

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• Adaptive network hardening in Azure Security Center is generally available via Azure Team
• Adaptive network hardening in Azure Security Center is generally available via Oren Parag

Learning and Certification

• AZ-103: Microsoft Azure Administrator Study Guide via Joe Carlyle

Other

• Move over, Amazon: Microsoft has an autonomous systems and robotics strategy, too via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• What’s new in Azure SignalR 1.1.0 Preview 1 via Ken Chen
• Enhanced chemistry library with 1QBit contribution and new numerics library via Quantum Team
• Repositioning Your Brand Against Cybercrimes Through VPNs via John Ejiofor
• Azure Cost Management updates – May 2019 via Michael Flanakin
• Announcing service monitor alliances for Azure Deployment Manager via David Tepper
• Integrating Azure CNI and Calico: A technical deep dive via Aanand Ramachandran
• Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 37 via Christine Alford
• Do you need additional BizTalk Server Licenses for installing BizTalk components on separate servers via Lex Hegt
• Simplify the management of application configurations with Azure App Configuration via Ye Gu
• Isolate app integrations for stability, scalability, and speed with an integration service environment via Skyler Hartle
• Microsoft’s ‘Modern OS’ vision: A foreshadowing of ‘Lite’ or more of the same? via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Microsoft Announces Modern OS via Paul Thurrott
• OpenVPN support in Azure VPN gateways via Thomas Maurer
• Manage your cross cloud spend using Azure Cost Management via Azure Team
• Azure.Source – Volume 84 via Azure Team
• Manage your cross cloud spend using Azure Cost Management via Oren Maoz
• Azure NetApp Files is now generally available via Azure Team
• 5 Ways Cloud Storage can Make Managing Your Blog Easier via Maggie Young
• Azure.Source – Volume 84 via Microsoft Azure
• Eric Boyd on Microservices via David Giard

Videos

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

• Serverless geo-distributed applications with Azure Cosmos DB via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
• IoT at Microsoft Build 2019 | 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:

• Migrating to Containers using Istio and Kubernetes with Rob Richardson via .NET Rocks!
• Episode 127 – SharePoint Conference 2019 Announcements via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Episode 281 – Disaster Recovery via The Azure Podcast
• Episode 304 | Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2019 via Microsoft Cloud Show

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