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.

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

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.