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The Weeks Top Links

Here are some of the most notable links from the week:

• Fix Azure Front Door Error with Azure Web App “Always on” Configuration via Chris Pietschmann
• Azure Tips and Tricks Part 198 – PowerShell Core on Linux is now integrated with Azure Cloud Shell via Michael Crump
• Securing Back-end App Service Web Apps with VNets and Service Endpoints via Mark Heath
• Protecting HTTP-triggered Azure Functions via Boris Wilhelms // Coding Blog
• Save up to 50% on Exam Ref books and e-books via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
• Hello Service Mesh Interface (SMI): A specification for service mesh interoperability via Open Source Team

Azure Service Updates

• Application Insights Availability in US West Region
• General availability: Zone-redundant SQL databases and elastic pools are now generally available in three additional regions
• Java on App Service: Updates and Improvements available
• Filter by target branch in pull requests
• GPU and HPC VM Price Promotion now available
• General Availability: Azure DDoS Protection Standard introduces DDoS Alert integration with Azure Security Center
• Now available: PowerShell cmdlets for Azure Monitor metric and log alerts
• General Availability: Time zone choice for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
• Mapping Data Flows feature is now available in Azure Data Factory
• Azure Monitor classic alerts retirement date extended to August 31st, 2019
• Azure log integration tool deprecation
• Generation 2 virtual machines in Azure – Public Preview

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 Tips and Tricks Part 198 – PowerShell Core on Linux is now integrated with Azure Cloud Shell via Michael Crump
• Securing Back-end App Service Web Apps with VNets and Service Endpoints via Mark Heath
• Advanced data security for SQL Server is coming to Azure Virtual Machines via SQL Server Team
• How to identify boot, temp and data disks in Azure Linux VMs via Home on Kay’s Blog

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Securing Back-end App Service Web Apps with VNets and Service Endpoints via Mark Heath
• May 20, 2019 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

• Protecting HTTP-triggered Azure Functions via Boris Wilhelms // Coding Blog

Software as a Service (SaaS)

• New SharePoint home sites headline Microsoft 365 innovations for the intelligent workplace via M365 Team

Command-Line and ARM Templates

• Azure Tips and Tricks Part 198 – PowerShell Core on Linux is now integrated with Azure Cloud Shell via Michael Crump

Database and Big Data

• CosmosDB – Some setup and quick get started tips via Michael
• Rerouting the Conventional Datacenter FPGA via Nicole Hemsoth
• Customer data platform: A key to personalized experiences via Dynamics 365 Team
• Advanced data security for SQL Server is coming to Azure Virtual Machines via SQL Server Team
• SQL Server 2019 community technology preview 3.0 is now available via SQL Server Team
• SQL Injection Protection via Thomas LaRock
• How to identify boot, temp and data disks in Azure Linux VMs via Home on Kay’s Blog
• Drive higher utilization of Azure HDInsight clusters with autoscale via Alicia Li

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Seizing market advantage: How manufacturers take IoT beyond the production line via Industry Team
• How you can use IoT to power Industry 4.0 innovation via Peter Cooper
• How IoT solutions make a city safer, greener and easier to govern via Justin Slade
• Securing the pharmaceutical supply chain with Azure IoT via Phil Koretz
• Debug IoT Edge C / C# Windows Module Container with Visual Studio Azure IoT Edge Tools via Renlong Tu

Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Visual interface for Azure Machine Learning service via Meng Tang
• Launching an intelligent future with AI via Toni Townes-Whitley

DevOps and Development

• Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.05.24 via Edward Thomson
• Transforming Azure Monitor Logs for DevOps, granular access control, and improved Azure integration via Azure Team
• Transforming Azure Monitor Logs for DevOps, granular access control, and improved Azure integration via Meir Mendelovich
• Visual Studio Code Remote Development may change everything via Scott Hanselman
• Debug IoT Edge C / C# Windows Module Container with Visual Studio Azure IoT Edge Tools via Renlong Tu
• Announcing Azure DevOps Server 2019.0.1 RTW via Erin Dormier

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric

• Chacko Daniel: The Future of Service Fabric Mesh via Microsoft Developer
• Extending Kubernetes in the open via Open Source Team
• Introducing Docker Kubernetes Service via David Hamdani
• Hello Service Mesh Interface (SMI): A specification for service mesh interoperability via Open Source Team

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• Advanced data security for SQL Server is coming to Azure Virtual Machines via SQL Server Team
• Microsoft Wants the US to Have Its Own GDPR via Mehedi Hassan

Learning and Certification

• Transition Exams Are Retiring Soon! Don’t Miss Your Chance to Upgrade to Role-based Certifications via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
• Save up to 50% on Exam Ref books and e-books via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)

Government

• How IoT solutions make a city safer, greener and easier to govern via Justin Slade

Other

• Can you explain what the pseudoconsole is? | One Dev Question via Microsoft Developer
• What can I do with WSL? | One Dev Question via Microsoft Developer
• Microsoft Announces More xCloud Details via Mehedi Hassan
• Fix Azure Front Door Error with Azure Web App “Always on” Configuration via Chris Pietschmann
• All US Azure regions now approved for FedRAMP High impact level via Lily Kim
• Microsoft Pulls Huawei Server Products, Laptop Following US Ban via Mehedi Hassan
• Microsoft, Brilliant team up to offer quantum curriculum via Quantum Team
• Arrow & Microsoft: The New Product Lifecycle via Scott Chmiel
• Deprecation of Unified Service Desk 3.2 and lower versions, and features via Dynamics 365 Team
• Microsoft Quantum collaborates with Willis Towers Watson to transform risk-management solutions via Quantum Team
• Authenticating an Azure service principal via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
• Power BI Report Server May 2019 Feature Summary via Power BI Team
• Ambition and Drive to Learn Azure – 2019 Edition via Gregor Suttie
• Which of the 295,680 platform combinations will you create on Microsoft Azure? via Richard Seroter
• What new features do you plan to add to WSL? | One Dev Question via Microsoft Developer
• Microsoft Releases First Preview of the New Microsoft Edge for Mac via Mehedi Hassan
• Google Launches New $999 Glass 2 for Enterprise Customers via Mehedi Hassan
• Azure.Source – Volume 83 via Microsoft Azure
• Which of the 295,680 platform combinations will you create on Microsoft Azure? via Richard Seroter

Videos

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

• Connect and extend your mainframe to the cloud with Logic Apps | Azure Friday via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Connect and extend your mainframe to the cloud with Logic Apps via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
• Meet our IoT partners: Wipro | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
• Cosmos DB data in a smart contract with Logic Apps | Block Talk 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 280 – ARM Templates and Azure Policy via The Azure Podcast
• Episode 126 – Privileged Accounts In Azure AD The Right Way via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Episode 303 | Microsoft’s Jessica Deen on Azure Devops and Open Source via Microsoft Cloud Show

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Chris Pietschmann
Microsoft MVP – Azure
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