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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 189 – Guided tour of Azure Machine Learning Studio via Michael Crump
- AZ-103 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Exam via Chris Pietschmann
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 188 – Work with Notification Hubs on your next Native iOS application via Michael Crump
- How IoT and AI are Disrupting the Sports Events Industry via Roberta Rottigni
- Microsoft and NVIDIA bring GPU-accelerated machine learning to more developers via Daniel Schneider
- The first cars using Microsoft Connected Vehicle platform at scale are coming via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Setting up a Docker Containers Infrastructure with Azure DevOps via Andreas Helland
Azure Service Updates
Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:
- PostgreSQL extension in Azure Data Studio and PostgreSQL extension in Visual Studio Code
- Azure Kubernetes service (AKS) control plane audit logging is now in preview
- TimescaleDB for Azure Database for PostgreSQL to power IoT and time-series workloads
- Azure premium blob storage is now generally available
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster autoscaler is in preview
- Azure Backup SQL Servers running in Azure Virtual Machines is now generally available
- Azure Boards and Azure Pipelines GitHub Integration Improvements – Sprint 149 Update
- General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service in India Central
- Windows Virtual Desktop now in public preview
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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)
- Lesson Learned #81: How to create a linked server from Azure SQL Managed Instance to SQL Server OnPremise or Azure VM via Jose M Jurado – MSFT
- Setting up a Docker Containers Infrastructure with Azure DevOps via Andreas Helland
- Azure Stack IaaS – part five via David Armour
- How to run Ghost blogging software on Azure in a Linux Docker Container via jldeen
- Azure Container Registry virtual network and Firewall rules preview support via Steve Lasker
- Azure Backup for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines now generally available! via Swati Sachdeva
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Deploy automatically a static website into an Azure Blob storage with Azure DevOps Pipeline via Frank Boucher
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Microsoft Integration Weekly Update: March 25, 2019 via Gautam
- Microsoft Integration Weekly Update: March 18, 2019 via Gautam
Command-Line and ARM Templates
- AKS Auto Scaler with ARM Template via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
Database and Big Data
- Exploring the new .NET Cosmos DB SDK (v3) via Joonas Westlin
- Lesson Learned #82: Azure SQL Database Managed Instance supports only COPY_ONLY restoring a database backup via Jose M Jurado – MSFT
- Lesson Learned #81: How to create a linked server from Azure SQL Managed Instance to SQL Server OnPremise or Azure VM via Jose M Jurado – MSFT
- Data integration with ADLS Gen2 and Azure Data Explorer using Data Factory via Linda Wang
- Lesson Learned #80: Monitoring Login-Logout events in Azure SQL Database using Extended Events via Jose M Jurado – MSFT
- Breaking the wall between data scientists and app developers with Azure DevOps via Wolfgang Pauli
- Microsoft’s Azure Cosmos DB is named a leader in the Forrester Wave: Big Data NoSQL via Rimma Nehme
- Securely monitoring your Azure Database for PostgreSQL Query Store via Harini Gupta
- Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence in the Cloud with #Azure: How do we get good, fast, cheap and easy? via Jen Stirrup
- Power IoT and time-series workloads with TimescaleDB for Azure Database for PostgreSQL via Sunil Kamath
- Azure Data Studio: An Open Source GUI Editor for Postgres via Rachel Agyemang
- Azure Backup for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines now generally available! via Swati Sachdeva
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Bret Stateham on IoT Edge via David Giard
- Expanded Jobs functionality in Azure IoT Central via Sarah Hubbard
- The Value of IoT-Enabled Intelligent Manufacturing via Justin Slade
- IoT, AR and AI are Found Revolutionizing the World of Mobile Apps via Rooney Reeves
- Overcoming the Last-Mile Commute Challenge with the IoT via Nora Leary
- How IoT and AI are Disrupting the Sports Events Industry via Roberta Rottigni
- Power IoT and time-series workloads with TimescaleDB for Azure Database for PostgreSQL via Sunil Kamath
Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 189 – Guided tour of Azure Machine Learning Studio via Michael Crump
- Microsoft and NVIDIA bring GPU-accelerated machine learning to more developers via Daniel Schneider
- IoT, AR and AI are Found Revolutionizing the World of Mobile Apps via Rooney Reeves
- Debunking AI Myths: The Importance of Creativity in AI via Brad Anderson
- Reducing security alert fatigue using machine learning in Azure Sentinel via Ram Shankar Siva Kumar
- How IoT and AI are Disrupting the Sports Events Industry via Roberta Rottigni
- Azure Machine Learning service now supports NVIDIA’s RAPIDS via Kaarthik Sivashanmugam
DevOps and Development
- Setting up a Docker Containers Infrastructure with Azure DevOps via Andreas Helland
- Breaking the wall between data scientists and app developers with Azure DevOps via Wolfgang Pauli
- Microsoft and NVIDIA bring GPU-accelerated machine learning to more developers via Daniel Schneider
- Azure Devops – Add your build status badges to your Wiki via Gregor Suttie
- How to use Azure DevOps Pipeline and Cake.Build to generate a static website via Frank Boucher
- Deploy automatically a static website into an Azure Blob storage with Azure DevOps Pipeline via Frank Boucher
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric
- Getting Started with .NET Core and Docker and the Microsoft Container Registry via Scott Hanselman
- Setting up a Docker Containers Infrastructure with Azure DevOps via Andreas Helland
- AKS Auto Scaler with ARM Template via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
- How to run Ghost blogging software on Azure in a Linux Docker Container via jldeen
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Azure AD: Authentication Administrator Role is now available via Ronni Pedersen
- Simplifying the Certification Path for Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
- Reducing security alert fatigue using machine learning in Azure Sentinel via Ram Shankar Siva Kumar
Azure Stack
- Azure Stack IaaS – part five via David Armour
Learning and Certification
- AZ-103 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Exam via Chris Pietschmann
- Simplifying the Certification Path for Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Other
- What is Azure Mixed Reality Services? | One Dev Question via Microsoft Developer
- What is Blazor and what is Razor Components? via Scott Hanselman
- Protecting your Azure Container Registry by denying all requests except from allowed IP addresses via Tobias Zimmergren
- 6 Emerging Cyber Threats to Lookout for in 2019 via Joseph Chukwube
- SignalR Micro Course via shawn@wildermuth.com (Shawn Wildermuth)
- Windows Virtual Desktop now in public preview on Azure via Jonathan Federico
- Easily Choose Your Route with Bing Maps Traffic Coloring via Bing Team
- Microsoft Azure for the Gaming Industry via Mujtaba Hamid
- The first cars using Microsoft Connected Vehicle platform at scale are coming via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Designing Solutions That You Are Migrating To The Cloud via AFinn
- March 2019 changes to Azure Monitor Availability Testing via Morgan Grobin
- SCCM Cloud Management Gateway might fail on new Azure Subscriptions via Ronni Pedersen
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 188 – Work with Notification Hubs on your next Native iOS application via Michael Crump
- Microsoft and NVIDIA extend video analytics to the intelligent edge via Emmanuel Bertrand
- Azure.Source – Volume 74 via Rob Caron
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Get ready for Global Azure Bootcamp 2019 via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- TWC9: Microsoft Game Stack, Windows Virtual Desktop, Azure DevOps Server 2019, Open Source Calculator and more | This Week On Channel 9 via Channel 9
- Get ready for Global Azure Bootcamp 2019 | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- New Microsoft Azure HPC Goodness | Tuesdays With Corey via Channel 9
- IoT Influence on Azure | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Data Driven Styling with Azure Maps | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Azure Container Registry (ACR) virtual network and firewall rules preview | Azure Friday 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 271 – Azure Stack – Tales from the field via The Azure Podcast
- Learning Flow with Chris Fairfax via CRM Audio — The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
- Learning New Things via CRM Audio — The Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
- Episode 117 – Azure Enterprise Scaffold via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 295 | Facebook Outage and other Cloud News via Microsoft Cloud Show
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