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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- ESP32-Azure IoT Kit Development Board from Espressif (ESP32-WROVER-B) via Chris Pietschmann
- Top 3 Features in C# 8 that will change the way you write code via Andrea Angella
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 197 – Getting started with Azure API Management via Michael Crump
- A Cosmonaut’s guide to the latest Azure Cosmos DB announcements via Rimma Nehme
- Systems Thinking as important as ever for new coders via Scott Hanselman
- What Does the GitHub Registry Mean to Developers? via shawn@wildermuth.com (Shawn Wildermuth)
- Avoiding Azure Functions Cold Starts via Mark Heath
Azure Service Updates
- Azure Security Center new Azure Linux analytics agent
- Azure Monitor Dynamic Threshold meter name change
- Azure Search Document Cracking Image Extraction Resource GUID name change
- Azure Search Basic Unit and Standard Unit Resource GUID change
- Azure App Service Basic, Standard, Premium v2 Plans Resource GUID change
- Azure Virtual Machines NVv2 meter name change
- Azure NetApp Files Resource GUID change
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports Windows Server containers
- Update 19.05 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
- Kubernetes integration with Azure Pipelines is now available
- Network Security Group service tag for Azure Backup is now available
- Reserved instance pricing in the Dev/Test Offer
- Upgraded Gremlin API functionality for Azure Cosmos DB is now available
- Enhanced SQL API query functionality in Azure Cosmos DB is now available
- Slow query log integration with Azure Monitor for Azure Database for MariaDB is now supported
- The Orafce extension on Azure Database for PostgreSQL is now available
- Read replica across regions for Azure database services for MySQL and PostgreSQL
- Azure Cosmos DB Operator role for role-based access control (RBAC) is now available
- Enhanced Azure Resource Manager support for Azure Cosmos DB is now available
- High-Performance Computing Virtual Machines are now available in South Central US, Western Europe
- General Availability: Azure Dev Spaces
- Improvements to the Azure portal user experience are now available
- General Availability: Public IP Prefix
- Azure Virtual Machine PowerOff now available with fast shutdown
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)
- Announcing the preview of Windows Server containers support in Azure Kubernetes Service via Taylor Brown
- Debug IoT Edge C / C# Linux Module Container with Visual Studio Azure IoT Edge Tools via Renlong Tu
- How to identify boot, temp and data disks in Azure Linux VMs via Home on Kay’s Blog
- Open Source at Microsoft: Focus on AKS and Infrastructure Capability – BDL2051 via Microsoft Developer
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- May 20, 2019 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam
- May 13, 2019 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Automating Azure Container Instances with PowerShell Azure Functions via Mark Heath
- Azure Functions Fundamentals Updated for Version 2 via Mark Heath
- Avoiding Azure Functions Cold Starts via Mark Heath
- Optimize price-performance with compute auto-scaling in Azure SQL Database serverless via Morgan Oslake
- Mind blowing serverless updates with Jeff and Eduardo – BDL2012 via Microsoft Developer
- Auto blogging Jekyll with Logic Apps, ACI Containers and .NET Core via Shayne Boyer
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Microsoft 365 boosts usage analytics with Azure Cosmos DB – Part 2 via Parul Matah
- Announcing the Azure Pipelines app for Microsoft Teams via Karthik RG
Command-Line and ARM Templates
- Automating Azure Container Instances with PowerShell Azure Functions via Mark Heath
- What is the difference between Cmd, PowerShell, and Bash? | One Dev Question via Microsoft Developer
Database and Big Data
- Optimize price-performance with compute auto-scaling in Azure SQL Database serverless via Morgan Oslake
- Mining your data for gold with Elad and Luis – BDL2004 via Microsoft Developer
- Managing Data in the Cloud ☁ via Jeremy Likness
- Microsoft 365 boosts usage analytics with Azure Cosmos DB – Part 2 via Parul Matah
- How to identify boot, temp and data disks in Azure Linux VMs via Home on Kay’s Blog
- How to use Azure Data Lake Storage REST API via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
- What’s new in Cosmos DB – BDL2017 via Microsoft Developer
- Azure Data – at the pointy-end of scalability across on-prem the cloud and on the – BDL2025 via Microsoft Developer
- Operationalizing your PostgreSQL database health checks using SQL Notebooks via Parikshit Savjani
- A Cosmonaut’s guide to the latest Azure Cosmos DB announcements via Rimma Nehme
- Tips & Tricks for getting data of any shape and size into Azure Data Lake using – THR3018 via Microsoft Developer
- Azure SQL Database Edge: Enabling intelligent data at the edge via Rohan Kumar
Internet of Things (IoT)
- ESP32-Azure IoT Kit Development Board from Espressif (ESP32-WROVER-B) via Chris Pietschmann
- Easily develop and debug Azure IoT Edge modules with Azure IoT Edge Tools (Preview) for Raspberry Pi in Visual Studio 2017 via Erich(Renyong) Wang
- Debug IoT Edge C / C# Linux Module Container with Visual Studio Azure IoT Edge Tools via Renlong Tu
- Is it Time to Implement IoT in the Warehouse? via Megan Ray Nichols
Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Microsoft Wants to Train 15,000 Workers on AI via Mehedi Hassan
- Mining your data for gold with Elad and Luis – BDL2004 via Microsoft Developer
- Avalonia is a cross platform XAML Framework for .NET Framework, .NET Core and Mono with Steven Kirk via scott@hanselman.com (Scott Hanselman)
- YAML CI/CD and Kubernetes Deployments – BDL2057 via Microsoft Developer
- Deliver the Right Experiences & Content like Xbox with Cognitive Services – BRK3007 via Microsoft Developer
DevOps and Development
- ESP32-Azure IoT Kit Development Board from Espressif (ESP32-WROVER-B) via Chris Pietschmann
- Systems Thinking as important as ever for new coders via Scott Hanselman
- From Zero to Hero in Azure DevOps [meta-blog] via Wriju Ghosh
- Free Hands on Labs for Azure DevOps [meta-blog] via Wriju Ghosh
- Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.05.17 via Edward Thomson
- Accelerate bot development with Bot Framework SDK and other updates via Yochay Kiriaty
- Easily develop and debug Azure IoT Edge modules with Azure IoT Edge Tools (Preview) for Raspberry Pi in Visual Studio 2017 via Erich(Renyong) Wang
- Debug IoT Edge C / C# Linux Module Container with Visual Studio Azure IoT Edge Tools via Renlong Tu
- What’s new in Azure DevOps Sprint 151 + Microsoft Build announcements via Anisha Pindoria
- Top 3 Features in C# 8 that will change the way you write code via Andrea Angella
- Exploring new frontiers for Git push performance via Derrick Stolee
- Azure Pipelines Now Supports Additional Hosted macOS Versions via Nilofer Rajpurkar
- May Security Release: Patches available for Azure DevOps Server 2019, TFS 2018.3.2, TFS 2018.1.2, TFS 2017.3.1, and TFS 2015.4.2 via Erin Dormier
- Build large scale near real time analytical solutions to accelerate the digital – BRK3099 via Microsoft Developer
- Announcing the Azure Pipelines app for Microsoft Teams via Karthik RG
- What Does the GitHub Registry Mean to Developers? via shawn@wildermuth.com (Shawn Wildermuth)
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric
- Automating Azure Container Instances with PowerShell Azure Functions via Mark Heath
- Running a Minecraft Server in Azure Container Instances via Mark Heath
- Announcing the preview of Windows Server containers support in Azure Kubernetes Service via Taylor Brown
- What’s special about Kubernetes on Azure? – BDL2016 via Microsoft Developer
- Service Fabric Community Q&A 34 via Service Fabric Team
- Open Source at Microsoft: Focus on AKS and Infrastructure Capability – BDL2051 via Microsoft Developer
- YAML CI/CD and Kubernetes Deployments – BDL2057 via Microsoft Developer
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- May Security Release: Patches available for Azure DevOps Server 2019, TFS 2018.3.2, TFS 2018.1.2, TFS 2017.3.1, and TFS 2015.4.2 via Erin Dormier
Learning and Certification
- Operationalizing your PostgreSQL database health checks using SQL Notebooks via Parikshit Savjani
- Azure Exam Resources via Gregor Suttie
Other
- CRM Audio : Power Platform Daily Brief: AAD groups and importing PowerApps Components via CRM Audio: Network Feed
- Containerized Activities in Durable Workflows – Part 1 via Mark Heath
- Containerized Activities in Durable Workflows – Part 3 via Mark Heath
- Containerized Activities in Durable Workflows – Part 5 via Mark Heath
- Containerized Activities in Durable Workflows – Part 4 via Mark Heath
- Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 36 via Christine Alford
- Microsoft Azure portal May 2019 update via Leon Welicki
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 197 – Getting started with Azure API Management via Michael Crump
- Developing Mobile Augmented Reality (AR) Applications with Azure Spatial Anchors – BRK2034 via Microsoft Developer
- Waiter there’s some PowerApps in my Azure? – BDL2040 via Microsoft Developer
- Howden: How they built a knowledge mining solution with Azure Search via Jeremy Chapman
- Microsoft wants its Azure servers to be as durable as tardigrades via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Azure Firewall and network virtual appliances via Yair Tor
- Premium files redefine limits for Azure Files via Gunjan Jain
- Hello AzureCasts via Rob Conery
- Azure.Source – Volume 82. via Microsoft Azure
- Recent Searches Now Available in Bing Maps Autosuggest via Bing Team
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- 60 seconds to a Linkerd service mesh on AKS | Azure Friday via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- 60 seconds to a Linkerd service mesh on AKS via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- The Endpoint Zone 1805 | The Endpoint Zone with Brad Anderson via Channel 9
- 60 seconds to a Linkerd service mesh on AKS | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Deep Dive: Deploying IoT Edge workloads on Kubernetes | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Introducing Azure Boards to the GitHub Marketplace | The DevOps Lab via Channel 9
- The .NET Foundation Panel from Build 2019 | On .NET via Channel 9
- Texas Instruments SimpleLink MCU Platform with Azure IoT | 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:
- Episode 279 – Build 2019 – Functions Updates via The Azure Podcast
- Securing Microservices with Sam Newman via .NET Rocks!
- Episode 125 – Right Back Where We Started //BUILD 2019 via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 302 | Recapping the Microsoft Build Conference via Microsoft Cloud Show
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