Do you find it difficult to keep up-to-date on the frequent updates and changes in the Microsoft Azure cloud? If so, Build Azure Weekly is the solution you’ve been looking for! Build Azure Weekly is a weekly newsletter that includes all the latest Microsoft Azure Service Updates from the week in addition to links to many other blog articles, podcasts and videos from all over the Internet.
If you want to receive the newsletter in your email every week, then you’ll absolutely want to Subscribe!
The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- Vision Keynote: Intelligent Cloud and Intelligent Edge | Microsoft Build 2018 via Channel 9
- Save 45% on Developer Reference titles via Microsoft Press
- Azure confidential computing by Mark Russinovich
- Microsoft Build 2018 Day 2 Keynote Summary: Better developer experiences across devices by Jen Stirrup
- Microsoft Build 2018 – Keynote 2 Summary by FitGeekGirl
- In case you missed it: 10 of your questions from our GDPR webinars by David Burt
- Connect Anything to Everything: Event Grid at Build 2018 by Jeremy Likness
- Azure Lab Services Public Preview Released! by Ji Eun Kwon
- Private Offers on Azure Marketplace by Ankit Sud
- Troubleshoot Network Security Groups (NSGs) In Microsoft Azure With Network Watcher by Timothy Warner
- Have fun and draw awesome on the cosmic scale Azure #CosmosDB #PxDraw canvas today! by Christopher Anderson
- Virtual Network Service Endpoints for Azure #CosmosDB is now generally available by Anitha Adusumilli
- Shared Image Gallery now in limited public preview by Chetan Agarwal
- Download All Build 2018 Sessions offline by Wriju Ghosh
- Sharing provisioned throughput across multiple containers in Azure #CosmosDB by Ramnandan Krishnamurthy
- Simplifying blockchain app development with Azure Blockchain Workbench by Matthew Kerner
- Microsoft opens its ‘BrainWave’ AI-on-FPGA service to external testers via ZDNet
- Announcing Microsoft’s own Content Delivery Network by Manling Zhang
Azure Service Updates
Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:
- New connectors available in Azure Data Factory
- Public preview: Azure Blockchain Workbench
- Name changes and GUID migration: Azure App Service on Linux Basic plan
- Deploy to Azure Kubernetes Service by using DevOps Projects: Sprint 134 Update
- Name changes and GUID migration: Azure App Service on Linux Premium plan
- Name changes: Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen1 and Gen2
- GUID migration: Container Instances
- Name changes and GUID migration: Azure App Service on Linux Standard plan
- Data Factory GetMetadata activity supports more sources and metadata options
- Data Factory Lookup activity supports a rich set of connectors
- Custom report tooltips and Q&A explorer available for Power BI Embedded
- Azure Memory metric available for Power BI Embedded
- Azure Memory Thrashing metric available for Power BI Embedded
- QPU High Utilization metric available for Power BI Embedded
- Azure alerts available for Power BI Embedded
- General availability: Azure Cosmos DB Virtual Network Service Endpoints
- Session windows in Azure Stream Analytics
- C# custom code support for Stream Analytics jobs on IoT Edge
- Updated built-in machine learning models for anomaly detection in Stream Analytics
- Blob output partitioning by custom attribute in Azure Stream Analytics
- GUID Migration: E64i VM series
- June 2018 version updates to PHP
- General availability: Automatic creation of statistics in SQL Data Warehouse
- Azure DevTest Labs: Resize a lab virtual machine
- Name changes: Azure Maps
- Name changes and GUID migration: Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen1 US Government
- GUID migration: Azure Security Center unit-of-measure change
- GUID migration: Storage Managed Disks, US Government regions
- HTTP/2 configuration available in the Azure portal
- GUID migration: Storage Managed Disks
- General availability: Azure Database Migration Service
- Public preview: Query across applications in log alerts
- Enterprise administrators can view reserved instances in the Azure portal
Monthly Sponsor
If you haven’t checked out what Opsgility has to offer yet, please click the link below and go check out the awesome training offered!
Are you looking for a clear and outlined path to learn Microsoft Azure? No matter if you’re a Developer, IT Pro, or Architect, Opsgility has courses that will help you learn how to build and implement solutions within Microsoft Azure more affectively and efficiently. The on-demand and instructor-led courses from Opsgility offer maximum flexibility to learn how you learn best, and to help your team grow into the cloud experts you need them to be in an efficient manner.
Opsgility is the leading Microsoft cloud technology trainer for developers and IT professionals, built around an esteemed network of industry experts and technical authors that includes Microsoft MVPs and Microsoft Insiders in more than 10 countries.
Get started today with Microsoft Dev Essentials and get 3 months Free of Opsgility on-demand streaming service!
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)
- Azure Networking May 2018 announcements by Yousef Khalidi
- Azure Log Analytics: Queries, Are you looking for a pattern? RexEx by CliveW
- Customer success stories with Azure Backup: Somerset County Council by Anurag Mehrotra
- Shared Image Gallery now in limited public preview by Chetan Agarwal
- Setting up Azure Classroom Labs for your students with Azure Lab Services by Lee Stott
- Azure Lab Services Public Preview Released! by Ji Eun Kwon
- OpenShift on Azure: The easiest, fully managed OpenShift in the cloud by Brendan Burns
- Troubleshoot Network Security Groups (NSGs) In Microsoft Azure With Network Watcher by Timothy Warner
- Announcing Microsoft’s own Content Delivery Network by Manling Zhang
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- PHP Minor Version Update for June 2018 by Jennifer Lee
- Running Django on Azure Web Apps for Containers with Docker by Drew Lewis
- Monitoring Python Applications with Azure App Insights by Najib Z
- Enhancements in Application Insights Profiler and Snapshot Debugger by Catherine Wang
- FHIR Server with Azure API Management by Michael S. Hansen
- Receiving CORS Redirection Error when Signing into App Service using Azure AD by Frank Hu
- Web Apps making changes to FTP deployments by Thad Kittelson
- Announcing the Linux on App Service Environment Public Preview by Jennifer Lee
- New SSH Experience and Remote Debugging for Linux Web Apps by Yi Liao
- Multi-container Linux Web App by Yi Liao
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Validate and troubleshoot Azure Logic App WebHook trigger pattern for API connector by David Burg
- Break through the serverless barriers with Azure Functions by Eduardo Laureano
- Azure Functions – Extension resolution and loading. by Boris Wilhelms
- Automating Process Dump for Azure Functions using Kudu and Alerts by Joseph Fultz
- Using Deployment slots for Azure Function by Abhijit Jana
- Create Azure Functions using Visual Studio and deploy it to Azure by Abhijit Jana
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Dynamics 365 Monthly Update-April 2018 by Ryan A. Anderson
Command-Line / ARM Templates
- Deploying Linked ARM Templates with VSTS by Najib Zarrari
- API Management CI/CD using ARM Templates – API Management Instance by Eldert Grootenboer
- Azure Template DSC Never Starts by Aidan Finn
- Introducing the Azure Terraform Resource Provider by Simon Davies
- Download All Build 2018 Sessions offline by Wriju Ghosh
- Uploading files to cloud drive using Azure Cloud Shell by Abhijit Jana
Database / Big Data
- Have fun and draw awesome on the cosmic scale Azure #CosmosDB #PxDraw canvas today! by Christopher Anderson
- Azure Event Hubs Deprecating Entity Metrics REST API by Justin Conway
- Azure Cosmos DB Pricing Compared to DynamoDB and NeptuneDB by Thomas LaRock
- Virtual Network Service Endpoints for Azure #CosmosDB is now generally available by Anitha Adusumilli
- Working with CloudEvents in Azure Event Grid by Eldert Grootenboer
- Azure Service Bus Deprecating Entity Metrics REST API by Justin Conway
- Spark + AI Summit: Data scientists and engineers put their trust in Microsoft Azure Databricks by Deepsha Menghani
- Extract management insights from SQL Data Warehouse with SQL Operations Studio by Kevin Ngo
- Azure SQL Data Warehouse now supports automatic creation of statistics by Igor Stanko
- Connect Anything to Everything: Event Grid at Build 2018 by Jeremy Likness
- NoSQL and Azure Cosmos DB in 20 Minutes by Jeremy Likness
- Azure Event Hubs for Kafka Ecosystems in public preview by Shubha Vijayasarathy
- What is Azure HDInsight? by Ashish Thapliyal
- 4 new features now available in Azure Stream Analytics by Krishna Mamidipaka
- Lesson Learned #46: Showing hidden Azure SQL Database types in the Portal by Jose M Jurado
- Better integrations and higher productivity with Azure Event Grid by Bahram Banisadr
- Deploying an Azure Data Science VM from the command line by sendmarsh
- Sharing provisioned throughput across multiple containers in Azure #CosmosDB by Ramnandan Krishnamurthy
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 122 – Creating an IoT Hub for the IoT Button by Michael Crump
- What’s new with Azure IoT Edge? by Arjmand Samuel
- Unlocking the IoT promise—from the intelligent cloud to the intelligent edge by Sam George
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
- Full-integrated experience simplifying Language Understanding in conversational AI systems by Nayer Wanas
- Create a QnA Maker Azure Service and Connect with Knowledge Base (KB) Service by Abhijit Jana
- Build 2018: What’s new in Azure video processing and video AI by John Deutscher
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning News from Build 2018 by jennmar
- Microsoft empowers developers with new and updated Cognitive Services by Andy Hickl
- Introducing ML.NET: Cross-platform, Proven and Open Source Machine Learning Framework by Ankit Asthana
Development and DevOps
- New Azure innovations are helping developers write code today for tomorrow’s technology challenges by Scott Guthrie
- DevOps with VSTS: Build 2018 Recap by Dan Hellem
- Microsoft Build 2018 Day 2 Keynote Summary: Better developer experiences across devices by Jen Stirrup
- Please Help Make the Science of DevOps Even Better! by Sam Guckenheimer
- Does the Azure DevOps projects are worth it? by Frank Boucher
- Announcing .NET Core 2.1 RC 1 Go Live AND .NET Core 3.0 Futures by Scott Hanselman
- Announcing new Async Java SDK for Azure #CosmosDB by Kirill Gavrylyuk
- Part 2 – Deploying Your Dockerized Angular Application to Azure Using VSTS by Wael Kdouh
- Hyper-V Android emulator support via Visual Studio Blog
- New Integrations for GitHub Developers by Nat Friedman
- Azure DevOps Project: New feature additions by atulm
Containers / Service Fabric
- More reliable Replica Sets in AKS – Part 1 by Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
- Monitoring Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with Azure Monitor container health (preview) by Keiko Harada
- Azure Service Fabric at Microsoft Build 2018 by Chacko Daniel
- Kubernetes on Azure: Industry’s best end-to-end Kubernetes experience by Gabe Monroy
Blockchain / Smart Contracts
- Simplifying blockchain app development with Azure Blockchain Workbench by Matthew Kerner
Security / Privacy
- In case you missed it: 10 of your questions from our GDPR webinars by David Burt
- Lesson Learned #49: Does Azure SQL Database support Azure Active Directory connections using Service Principals? by Jose M Jurado
- Azure confidential computing by Mark Russinovich
Learning / Certification
- Exam Prep for 70-533, Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions by Omer Amin
- Save 45% on Developer Reference titles via Microsoft Press
Azure Government
- Loading Synthea FHIR Data with Logic Apps and Functions in Azure Government by Michael S. Hansen
Events
- Microsoft Build Day 1 Keynote notes by David Giard
- Microsoft Build 2018 – Keynote 2 Summary by FitGeekGirl
- Join us May 23: Harnessing cloud – How to accelerate your mission apps by Karina Homme
- Service Fabric Community Q&A 24th Edition via Service Fabric Team
Other
- Access Azure resources quickly that are used recently by Abhijit Jana
- Do more with Microsoft Azure by CliveW
- Azure Portal Tip: Check deployments of Azure resources from the Resource Group by Abhijit Jana
- Azure Portal Tip: Quickly create Azure services from the Saved List by Abhijit Jana
- The case for collaboration: 3 ways you can break down your business’s silos via Microsoft Cloud Perspectives Blog Team
- Bing Maps Location Recognition API and Autosuggest API Previews Released via Bing Team
- Private Offers on Azure Marketplace by Ankit Sud
- Moving businesses forward with Microsoft Business Applications in Australia via Cloud Perspectives Blog
- Azure mobile app is now generally available by Ilse Terrazas Ortega
- Microsoft opens its ‘BrainWave’ AI-on-FPGA service to external testers via ZDNet
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Vision Keynote: Intelligent Cloud and Intelligent Edge | Microsoft Build 2018 via Channel 9
- Windows Weekly 569: Build via Paul Thurrott
- Designing with Azure Maps | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Azure Blob Storage for Mobile with Brandon Minnick | The Xamarin Show via Channel 9
- Interactive ad-hoc analysis at petabyte scale with HDInsight Interactive Query by Ashish Thapliyal
- Vision Cognitive Services Updates | AI Show via Channel 9
- What’s New with Language Understanding Service (LUIS) | AI Show via Channel 9
- What’s New for Search in Azure Maps via Azure Friday
- Time Zones in Azure Maps via Azure Friday
- Traffic in Azure Maps via Azure Friday
- Designing with Azure Maps via Azure Friday
- Routing with Azure Maps via Azure Friday
- Search in Azure Maps via Azure Friday
- Visualizing Data with Azure Maps Web Map Control via Azure Friday
- Bing Visual Search | AI Show via Channel 9
- Easy Site Search Solutions with Bing Custom Search | AI Show via Channel 9
- Meet the New Bot Framework Emulator | AI Show via Channel 9
- Project Personality Chat for Bot Developers | AI Show via Channel 9
- LearnAI-Bootcamp for Emerging AI Developers: Integrating Services with BotBuilder SDK v4 [Part 2/2] | AI Show via Channel 9
- At Build 2018: Azure IoT Edge via Azure Friday
- At Build 2018: Azure Sphere via Azure Friday
- At Build 2018: VSTS – Agile via Azure Friday
- At Build 2018: VSTS – CI/CD via Azure Friday
- At Build 2018: Azure Blockchain via Azure Friday
- At Build 2018: Big Data and Analytics via Azure Friday
- At Build 2018: Azure Service Fabric via Azure Friday
- At Build 2018: Visual Studio Live Share via Azure Friday
- At Build 2018: Azure IoT Central via Azure Friday
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 121 – Video of our talk at Build 2018 by Michael Crump
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 62 – Catching Up On Azure, Microsoft Teams, and SharePoint via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 250 | Microsoft Build 2018 News via Microsoft Cloud Show
- Episode 251 | Azure Kubernetes Service and Azure Dev Spaces Live from Build via Microsoft Cloud Show
- Episode 252 | SharePoint Development with Vesa Juvonen Live from Build via Microsoft Cloud Show
- How do you become a CTO – with Microsoft’s CTO Kevin Scott via Hanselminutes
- Episode 228 – Live from Build with Donovan Brown and Damian Brady via The Azure Podcast
General Cloud / Related
Here’s some noteworthy links about Cloud computing and other related topics that aren’t necessarily specific to Microsoft Azure:
- Freedom from Lock-in With Docker Enterprise Edition by David Messina
- Smart Farming Solutions – How IoT transforms Agriculture Sector by Mitesh Patel
- Tearing Apart Google’s TPU 3.0 AI Coprocessor by Timothy Prickett Morgan
- Microsoft and Google I/O -> War for AI/ML Dominance by cjibo
- Integrating Kubernetes with Docker Enterprise Edition 2.0 – Top 10 Questions from the Docker Virtual Event by Jenny Fong
- AI Frameworks And Hardware: Who Is Using What? by Timothy Prickett Morgan
- Blending An Elixir Of Quantum And AI For Better Healthcare by James Cuff
- Microsoft HoloLens: Collaborate with Microsoft Remote Assist to solve problems faster by Microsoft HoloLens
- Mixed Reality at Microsoft: Partner Spotlight with thyssenkrupp Aerospace by Microsoft HoloLens
- Microsoft HoloLens: Design spaces in real-world context with Microsoft Layout by Microsoft HoloLens
Feedback
Do you have any suggestions or general feedback on the Build Azure Weekly blog series? Please contact me and send it on over! Or tweet it over to @BuildAzure.
Please feel free to reach out and let me know your feedback on the Build Azure Weekly series. I post this weekly post as a service to others and really want to make it the best it can be.
You can also join the Build Azure Slack Group as well.