The Azure Weekly series from BuildAzure.com brings a consolidated source for the weeks Azure news, blogs, and service updates. There is an incredible amount of things changing in the Microsoft Azure platform and ecosystem on a regular basis. The goal of this weekly list is to help keep up on all that keeps changing.
Service Updates
This is the list of Service Updates announced by Microsoft.
- Scheduler available in Canada regions
- Azure SQL Data Warehouse: May 2016 update
- DocumentDB: General availability in the North Central region
- General Availability: Azure Site Recovery in new Azure experience
- Automation Runback Gallery update
- Automation: New graphical runback type based on native PowerShell
- Deploy geo-fenced notifications by using Azure Notification Hubs
- Namespace-level tier selection enabled for Notification Hubs
- Azure Redis Cache: Preview of Import/export and scale to Premium tier
Blog Articles
Here a list of some of the blog posts from both Microsoft and others in the Azure community:
- Interactive Azure Platform Big Picture by Chris Pietschmann
- Azure Marketplace: SharePoint 2013 HA Farm w/ 3-tier Topology by Chris Pietschmann
- MCPs – Join the Azure Team! from Microsoft Learning
- Announcing: Motion detection for Azure Media Analytics by Richard Li
- Simplify performance tuning and troubleshooting with Azure SQL Database by Vladimir Ivanovic
- Map storage scenarios to services in Microsoft’s cloud by Joe Davies
- Conversion of Sharded database setup to use Elastic Database client library by Silvia Doomra
- Setting up Predictive Analytics Pipelines using Azure SQL Data Warehouse by Robert Alexander
- Passing custom data to your Azure VMs, a metadata service workaround?! by Kristofer Liljeblad
- Docker and .NET Core CLR Release Candidate 2 by Mano Marks
- Using Azure Functions from Xamarin Mobile Apps by Cesar de la Torre
- Announcing ASP.NET Core RC2 by Jeffrey T. Fritz
- Azure SQL Data Warehouse now supports AAD, large rows and additional T-SQL features by Sonya Marshall
- Detecting threats with Azure Security Center by Tomer Teller
- Azure Stream Analytics updates certifications and compliance by Ryan CrawCour
- Announcing collaboration with the Jenkins project by Corey Sanders
- Use Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines to run large-scale parallel MATLAB workloads by Mark Scurrell
- How to turn cloud economics to your advantage by James Staten
- Azure Compliance: DocumentDB certified for ISO 27001 and the EU Model Clauses, and achieved HIPAA attestation by Andrew Hoh
- Azure offers market leading support for SAP HANA workloads by Jason Zander
- Education Solutions in the Cortana Intelligence Gallery by Roopali Kaujalgi
- Cross-subscription circuit links that cross the ARM/classic boundary by Evan Basalik
- Join a VM to existing AD Domain using ARM template in Azure Dev Test Lab by Tarun Arora
- Using Azure ML Predictions in Google Spreadsheet by Raymond Laghaeian
- Detecting threats with Azure Security Center by Tomer Teller
- Advances in Azure Security Center Threat Detection by Thomas W Shinder
- Configure WinRm with ARM template in AzureDevTestLab VM deployment using PowerShell artifact by Tarun Arora
- 30 Days of Zumo.v2 (Azure Mobile Apps): Day 20 – Custom API by Adrian Hall
- 30 Days of Zumo.v2 (Azure Mobile Apps): Day 21 – Calling Custom APIs by Adrian Hall
- 30 Days of Zumo.v2 (Azure Mobile Apps): Day 22 – More on Custom APIs by Adrian Hall
- Azure Resource Manager (ARM) for beginners by Frank Boucher
- New architecture blueprint: HPC and data orchestration using Batch and Data Factory by Felipe Ayora
- Azure Compute hosts Reddit Ask Me Anything session on Friday, May 20, 2016 by Kay Singh
Videos
Here’s a list of some of the video content posted by Microsoft and others in the Azure community:
- Container Apps Done Simply via Microsoft Azure YouTube channel
- Microsoft Azure Stack TP1 | Beyond the Basics #3 – Deploying the WebApps Resource Provider via Channel 9 by Kath McBride
- Web Hack Wednesday: Azure Functions via Channel 9
- Create a free WordPress site on Azure using Project Nami and SQL by David Voyles
- Create a Web Hook or API Function via Microsoft Azure YouTube channel
- Developing iOS Mobile Apps using Azure Mobile Services via Microsoft Azure YouTube channel by Nikolay Soroka
- Using Linux Firewalld in Conjunction with Azure Inbound Packet Filter via Microsoft Azure YouTube channel
- Creating a CDN Endpoint with Azure CDN from Akamai via Channel 9
- Using Azure Container Service with Docker via Azure Friday and Scott Hanselman with Ross Gardler
- Microsoft Azure Stack TP1 POC Deployment Tutorial by Charles Joy
- MyDriving Xamarin & Azure IoT Reference App via Microsoft Azure YouTube channel
- Tuesdays with Corey – SAP HANA announcements and Jenkins collaboration via Channel 9 by Corey Sanders
Audio / Podcasts
- Episode 129 | Microsoft Azure and .NET Updates, Office 365 Vulnerability and How This Podcast Dogwoods Azure via Microsoft Cloud Show
Link Collections
- New UWP quick start project, Mobile Services transition begins, and other Azure Mobile news by Glenn Gailey