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Service Updates

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

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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)

Azure cost optimization – Send unassigned Azure public IP list using Azure PowerShell by Sanganak
WannaCrypt attacks: guidance for Operations Management Suite customers by The Scripting Guys
New smaller Windows Server IaaS Image by Jing Xu
Azure Resource Manager simply allows you to configure and implement your infrastructure with a JSON Template. by Lee Stott
From ASM to ARM – A real world migration by Mark Pazicni
WebServer Deployment with Load Balancer using ARM Template and Powerhell DSC by martynas
Export Available Azure VM Sizes for all locations by James R Tabor
Deploying Applications to Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets by atulm
Using Azure Automation and SharePoint Online lists to schedule VM start-up and shutdown by James R Tabor
Microsoft Azure makes VMs Affordable for Everybody by Lee Stott

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Introduction to MySQL & PHP on Azure App Services (WIMP) by Sam Betts
Azure PaaS offering – Azure SQL Server by martynas
Set or change an Azure App Service file or folder permission by Benjamin Perkins
Enabling Deployment Slots To Safely Deploy Applications To Azure App Service by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
Wiki : WordPress on App Service by mksunitha
Enhancements to Application Insights Smart Detection by Anton Fritz
Connecting existing Web App to Azure database for MySQL (Preview) by mksunitha
Using Kudu and deploying apps into Azure by Lee Stott

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

Logic App Flat File Encoding and Decoding documentation references by David Burg
Whitelisting and Logic Apps by David Burg
Real Time Telemetry for your Azure Function App using Application Insights by Abhijit Jana
Calling all SaaS ISVs – build and certify your Flow, PowerApps & Logic Apps Connector by Jeff Hollan
5 simple steps to create and test your first Azure Function App by Abhijit Jana
Advanced tracking with Logic App and Integration Account by David Burg
Return JSON from C# Azure function by Armin Reiter

Database / Big Data

Announcing Public Preview of HDInsight HBase on Azure Data Lake Store by Stephen Wu
Azure HDInsight: How to run Presto in one simple step and query across data sources such as Cosmos DB, SQL DB & Hive by Ashish Thapliyal
Azure CLI 2.0: Reset Azure SQL Database Password by Chris Pietschmann
Dear DocumentDB customers, welcome to Azure Cosmos DB! by Rimma Nehme
Azure #CosmosDB: Introducing Per Minute (RU/m) provisioning to lower your cost, increase your performance by Arnaud Comet
New Azure Quickstart template – Cloudera CDH and Tableau Server by Slalom by Khalid Mouss
Building a Data Lake with Cloudera and Azure Data Lake – Roadshow by Ron Abellera
Migrating to Azure Data Sync 2.0 by Joshua Gnanayutham
Azure DocumentDB is now part of the Azure Cosmos DB by Aram Koukia

Internet of Things (IoT)

MXChip IoT Developer Kit debut at //build 2017 by Xinyi Zhang
Azure IoT Suite adds physical IoT device/gateway tutorials by Sam George
The Internet of Things begins with a secure foundation today via Microsoft IoT
Announcing Building IoT Solutions with Azure On-Demand Course with Hands-on Labs by Chris Pietschmann via Opsgility
Microsoft IoT Central Enables SaaS-based IoT Solutions by Chris Pietschmann
How to use Azure Functions with IoT Hub message routing by Nicole Berdy

Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence

HTTP 401 Access Denied when calling Azure Cognitive Services APIs by Kevin Williamson
Democratizing AI Through Microsoft Certifications in Data Science & Machine Learning by Marla Michel
Root-Cause Analysis with In-Query Machine Learning in Application Insights Analytics by Dr. Royi Ronen
Doing the Do: the best resource for learning new Business Intelligence and Data Science technology by Jen Stirrup

Development

Logic Apps tools for Visual Studio 2017 by Jeff Hollan
Azure .NET Core Application Settings by Jeff Sanders

Certification / Learning

Practice the principals and concepts of Microsoft Azure at your fingertips with Real Time Labs by Michael Washam
Expand Your Cloud Opportunity Through Skills Development for Customers & Partners by Kyle Uphoff
6 ways you’re better off certified via Microsoft Learning
Powering The AI Of Tomorrow: The MVP Program Announces Its New AI MVP Award Category! via MVP Award Program

Containers

Application Insights support for Microservices and Containers by Dan Taylor
Docker Swarm on Azure by raghavanns
Resources to get started with Service Fabric Clusters in Azure or On-Premises by Mahendar Madhevaram, Guru Satish Piduru
Microsoft Azure Cloud and Containers by Lee Stott

Events

Docker at Microsoft Build 2017 by Elton Stoneman
Microsoft Build 2017 – My Favorite Highlights and Announcements by Tobias Zimmergren

Other

Azure CLI 1.0 vs 2.0 Compared, Installation and Usage by Chris Pietschmann
April 7, 2017 – Azure Thursday’s meeting summary by Kyle Wilson
Azure introduces a new blockchain proof of concept framework for developers by Marc Mercuri
General Availability: Azure Search parses JSON Blobs by Ashish Makadia
Announcing support for additional Blockchain Protocols on Azure by Christine Avanessians
Upgrade classic Backup and Site Recovery vaults to ARM Recovery Services vaults by Aruna Somendra
The Microsoft vision for accelerating enterprise blockchain development by JT Rose
Microsoft Security Risk Detection by Mike Batongbacal, Syed Medhi
In-Memory OLTP Update by Kunal Karoth
WannaCrypt attacks: guidance for Azure customers by Jeremy Hollett
Azure CLI 2.0: Manage Resource Groups by Chris Pietschmann
Getting Started with Azure Design Patterns and Azure ARM Quick start templates by Lee Stott
Deploying a Suspicious Activity Bot in Azure Commercial or Azure Government by Brian Christopher Harrison
Optimize content delivery for your scenario with Azure CDN by Mailing Zhang
Announcing AzCopy on Linux Preview via Windows Azure Storage
Announcing the general availability of OMS Solutions for Nutanix by Comtrade software by The Scripting Guys
The best public cloud for SAP workloads gets more powerful by Jason Zander
Building an Azure Analysis Services Model for Azure Blobs — Part 1 by Kay Unkroth
Use Azure Media Services to Find Filler Words by Carlos Mendible

Videos

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

Custom Domain HTTPS Support with Azure CDN via Azure Friday
Interview with Audrey Colle, Engineering Manager at Microsoft | GALs via Channel 9
Understanding the U-SQL Batch Job Execution Lifetime | Data Exposed via Channel 9
Anne Bougie on Azure Storage Options via David Giard
Using Azure CLI 2.0 from Docker | Azure Friday via Azure Friday

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:

Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence with Edaena Salinas Jasso via Hanselminutes
Episode 178 – Build 2017 Special via The Azure Podcast
Episode 195 | Microsoft Build Conference Recap via Microsoft Cloud Show
Enterprise Angular and Azure with John Papa via .NET Rocks!

General Cloud / Related

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

Windows 10 S Will Not Support the Linux Subsystem by Paul Thurrott
Raspberry PI ASP.NET Core MVC by Greg Duncan
Docker for Windows, Creators Update and Volume Sharing Linux Containers by Steve Lasker
Scratch is Ten! by Greg Duncan
5 questions for IoT about what we could learn from the WannaCry hack by Cate Lawrence

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About the Author

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.