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Service Updates

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

• Azure Data Catalog is ISO, CSA STAR, HIPAA, EU Model Clauses compliant
• General availability: MySQL in-app feature
• Managed node can support Hybrid Runbook Worker and Update Management simultaneously

Top Links

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

• Windows Server running on ARM CPUs, Azure is Next! by Chris Pietschmann
• Send your first ‘Hello World’ message to Azure IoT Hub using JavaScript with Azure IoT Toolkit for VS Code by formulahendry
• Microsoft partners with Opsgility to level up your Azure skills by Chris Pietschmann
• Portal Preview of Azure Resource Policy by Mike Chen
• Visual Studio 2017 Development using a VM in Azure by Chris Pietschmann

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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)

• IaC on Azure – Linux Virtual Machine Deployment in a breeze with ARM Template by Ryen Kia Zhi Tang
• Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics support in OMS Security via The Scripting Guys
• Where is my custom log data? via The Scripting Guys
• Getting Started with Windows Azure Series 1. Overview by Lee Stott
• Getting Started with Windows Azure Series 2. Building your first VM by Lee Stott
• Add Azure Antimalware Extension to a VM Scale Set by Tim Omta
• How to download Azure blob storage contents in Azure Linux VM using Azure CLI by Sanganak
• How Do I Choose My Azure VM Type? by Mike McKeown
• Update to Azure Antimalware Extension for Cloud Services by Thomas W Shinder
• Azure for IT Pros Content Series by Matthew Calder
• DIY: Build your own VPN with Microsoft Azure #OSS by ChengBinTham
• Backup Azure VMs using Azure Backup templates by Trinadh Kotturu
• Protect and recover Hyper-V machines to premium storage with Azure Site Recovery by Poomima Natarajan
• SharePoint Server 2016 in Azure infrastructure services by Joe Davies

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Azure Logic Apps Release Update 2017-03-10 by Jeff Hollan
• January/February 2017 App Service Update by Byron Tardif
• Azure App Service Authentication – App Roles by Jeff Sanders
• Send Mails with C# in Azure by Armin Reiter
• Azure Service Bus Premium Messaging now available in UK by Andres Juarez
• Logic Apps Killed The Console App Star by Pete Laker
• Azure Logic Apps Incident – SQL Connector by Jeff Hollan
• Custom Cultures Coming Soon to Azure App Service by Daria Grigoriu
• Pick your Dynamics 365 connector of choice using Flow, Logic Apps, or PowerApps by 365blog
• Protecting Secrets using VSTS and Azure Key Vault by ddeeb
• Azure Service Bus, Event Hubs and Notification Hubs on the Classic Azure Portal Announcement by Justin Conway
• Azure LogicApps tooling in Visual Studio 2015 by Christos Matskas
• New Azure Storage JavaScript client library for browsers – Preview via Windows Azure Storage
• How to deploy a .NET Core console application to Azure, WebJob by Benjamin Perkins
• Migrate development database on MySQL in-app to production MySQL database by mksunitha
• Announcing general availability for MySQL in-app by mksunitha
• [Sample Of March. 7] How to send Event Telemetry to Azure Application Insights by RESTful API via OneCode Team
• Announcing Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer 0.8.9 by Catherine Wang

Functions as a Service (FaaS)

• Azure Functions vs Web Jobs: How to choose? by Chris Pietschmann
• Azure Active Directory B2C and Azure Functions by Helge Mahrt
• Creating an Azure Function in F# from the ground up (Part 2) by brandewinder

Database / Big Data

• Nodes in HDInsight by Abdullah Al Mahmood
• Analyze your data in ADLS with more assurance with the recently GA’d Power BI desktop connector by Sachin C Sheth
• Azure Analysis Services adds Standard S0 pricing tier by Bret Grinslade
• Increasing PolyBase Row width limitation in Azure SQL Data Warehouse by Casey Karst
• Azure Data Factory February new features update by Eric Chen
• Announcing Azure SQL Database Premium RS, 4TB storage options, and enhanced portal experience by Jan Engelsberg
• Introducing SQL Server Data Tools for Analysis and Reporting Services for Visual Studio 2017 by Christian Wade
• Generally available: Azure Data Lake Store and Azure Data Lake Analytics in North Europe region by swums
• Azure Stream Analytics Tools for Visual Studio by Jie Su
• Azure Data Lake Tools for VSCode (Preview) – March Update by Jenny Jiang
• Launching online training and certification for Azure SQL Data Warehouse by Matt Goswell
• Comparing SELECT..INTO and CTAS use cases in Azure SQL Data Warehouse by James Rowland-Jones
• Moving databases to new storage within an Availability Group by jftl6y_007
• Improved troubleshooting in Azure Stream Analytics with diagnostic logs by Samantha Chandrashekar

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Easier ways to add devices into IoT Hub by Sneezry
• Web-based Azure IoT Hub Developer Tool by Sneezry

Machine Learning

• Build & Deploy Machine Learning Apps on Big Data Platforms with Microsoft Linux Data Science Virtual Machine via Cortana Intelligence and ML Blog Team
• Building a solution on Azure Government Part I: Cognitive Services by Steve Michelotti
• Virtual Reality Games, Digital Signs & Swedish Apartments Get a Boost with Microsoft AI & Machine Learning via Cortana Intelligence and ML Blog Team
• Using the Cognitive Recommendations API in Bots and Websites by Martin Keam

DevOps

• DevOps with Bots: CI/CD Pipeline with the Bot Framework and Azure – end-to-end walkthrough by Jamie Dalton

Other

• Save Time With Azure and the Magic of PowerShell Jobs by Tim Omta
• Ecosystem momentum positions Microsoft’s Project Olympus as de facto open compute standard by Kushagra Vaid
• SONiC: The networking switch software that powers the Microsoft Global Cloud by Yousef Khalidi
• Enabling cloud workloads through innovations in Silicon by Leendert van Doom
• Networking innovations that drive the cloud disruption by Yourself Khalidi
• How to activate Azure $150 credits on Microsoft BizSpark program by ChengBinTham
• Opsgility joins forces with Microsoft’s Visual Studio Dev Essentials Program by Michael Washam
• Azure Automation – Fix Failing Module Upgrade in Azure Portal via Visual Studio Geeks
• Azure Brings big data, analytics, and visualization capabilities to U.S. Government by Tom Keane
• Azure Active Directory B2C: Build an ASP.NET Core MVC web API by Helge Mahrt
• My recent Azure Training Courses on Opsgility.com by Chris Pietschmann
• Running Jekyll on Windows & Azure by Ken Cenerelli

Videos

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

• Running SAP on Azure reduces costs and increases scale via Channel 9
• Using Microsoft Flow with PowerApps and the Common Data Service via Azure Friday
• Azure Advisor via Azure Friday
• Tuesdays with Corey: Azure Network Watcher part two | Tuesdays With Corey via Channel 9
• Getting started with Azure in Visual Studio 2017 | Visual Studio 2017 Launch by Anthony Cangialosi
• Twitter Influencer Score using Machine Learning 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 169 – Azure Compute Options Demystified via The Azure Podcast
• Episode 183 | Nintex Workflow Cloud with Ryan Duguid via Microsoft Cloud Show

General Cloud / Related

Here’s some noteworthy links about Cloud computing and other related topics that aren’t necessarily specific to Microsoft Azure:

• A Basic Introduction to Webhooks via SoundCode

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