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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

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)

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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Microsoft MVP – Azure
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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.