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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)

Logical Volume Manager(LVM) with RedHat RHEL VMs in Azure and custom partitioning by gpillai
New Virtual Machines Series in Azure Dublin / North Europe by Aidan Finn
Performance of running NNs across Azure GPU Series Data Science Virtual Machines by Lee Stott
Transforming your VMware environment with Microsoft Azure by Corey Sanders
SAP NetWeaver Installation on HANA database by Sachin Ghorpade
Measuring Latency and Throughput Between Azure Regions by Michiel van Otegem
Using Application Gateway with VNET peering by Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 53 – Prebuilt Azure VMs ready for Containers by Michael Crump

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Enforcing HTTPS-only traffic and HSTS settings for Azure Web Apps and Azure Functions by Christos Matskas
Troubleshooting an Azure App Service backup issue by Benjamin Perkins
Integrating desktop code into UWP apps with an AppService by ptallett
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 56 – Deploy a .NET Core WebAPI Project to Web App for Containers by Michael Crump
Setting up Application Gateway with an App Service that uses Azure Active Directory Authentication by Matt Tatoczenko
Setting up Application Gateway with an App Service that uses Azure Active Directory Authentication and URL Authorization Rules by Matt Tatoczenko
Teradata Backup to Azure Blob Storage using Data Stream Controller (DSC) by Arsen Vladimirskiy

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

Storage Account Replication with Functions and Event Grid by Jason Boeshart
Visual Studio Toolbox: Azure Functions: Less-Server and More Code by Robert Green
We Are Unable To Retrieve The Master / Runtime Keys For Azure Function App by Amit Agarwal

Database / Big Data

Analyzing Backup Activity with PowerBI by Marco Dias
How to cluster the Enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) Service on SQL Server 2016 Always On Availability Groups cluster in Azure by Maxim Braekman Jacqueline Portier
Restoring SQL Server Database on Linux Using SQL Operations Studio by Thomas LaRock
Exploring Big Data: Course 2 – Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI by Samuel Lester
Azure SQL Databases Disaster Recovery 101 by Xiaochen Wu
#AzureSQLDW cost savings with optimized for elasticity and Azure Functions – part 1 by Ellis Butterfield
Pause Idle Azure SQL Data Warehouse Instances by James R Tabor

Internet of Things (IoT)

Microsoft IOT Cloud Workshops by Dave Glover
Azure Content Spotlight – IoT Edge by chilberto
Microsoft showcases latest industrial IoT innovations at SPS 2017 by Erich Barnstedt

Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence

Building intelligent creatures with Microsoft Azure Bot Service and Node.js by Radoslav Gatev

Development and DevOps

VSTS: Lessons Learned Doing DevOps at Microsoft at Scale by Buck Hodges
VSTS Analytics OData now publicly available by Gregg Boer
DevOps for Data Science – DevOps Maturity by BuckWoody
DevOps and VSTS Videos from Connect(); 2017 by Edward Thomson
Microsoft Connect 2017 Visual Studio App Center Round-Up by Lacey Butler
Run your PySpark Interactive Query and batch Job in Visual Studio Code by Jenny Jiang
Supporting Inner Source with Forks by Edward Thomson
Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) by gpillai
It has never been a better time to migrate from TFS to VSTS! by Rogan Ferguson
Package Management adds nuget.org upstream source by Alex Mullans

Containers and Service Fabric

Service Fabric sessions at Connect(); and Amsterdam TechDays by Service Fabric Team
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 55 – Use .NET Core WebAPI and Docker Compose by Michael Crump
Jenkins on Azure update – ACI experiment and AKS support by Pui Chee Chan
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 54 – Getting a .NET Core WebAPI Project Ready for Docker by Michael Crump
New Service Fabric Technical Customer Profile from AzureCAT and CSA – Societe Generale (SocGen) + Qarnot Computing by Ed Price
Running Windows Containers on Kubernetes Cluster on Azure Container Service by Aram Koukia
Azure Tips and Tricks Part 57 – Docker Registry vs. Docker Repository by Michael Crump
Continuous deployment with Web App for Containers using Azure Container Registry – Part 3 by Paras Patidar
Continuous deployment with Web App for Containers using Azure Container Registry – Part 4 by Paras Patidar
Continuous deployment with Web App for Containers using Azure Container Registry – Part 5 by Paras Patidar
Continuous deployment with Web App for Containers using Azure Container Registry – Part 6 by Para Patidar

Security

Learning / Certification

New book: Exam Ref 70-745 Implementing a Software-Defined Datacenter by Kim Spilker
Microsoft and London Grid for Learning offering free training through Cloud Champion Programme by Andrew Robertson
Microsoft Press Round-Up for November 2017 by spilks

Events

Microsoft BizTalk Server Webinar Series – Developing logic apps in code view – Advanced concepts by Shailesh Agre
Azure #HDInsight @Microsoft Openness Day by Ashish Thapliyal

Azure Stack

Azure Stack Validation Environment – Part 5: Putting it all together by Ed Price

Azure Government

Identity in Azure Government by Steve Michelotti
Azure Government Web App Authentication using Azure Commercial AAD – PowerShell Configuration by mihansen

Blockchain

Introducing Microsoft Coco Framework for Blockchain by Chris Pietschmann

Other

Cloud Computing + Modern DevOps == Productivity Gains by Omer Amin
Time to migrate off Access Control Service by Danny Strockis
Last week in Azure: News from Connect(); 2017, Azure Virtual Data Center, and more by Rob Caron
Azure Advisor – your personalized best practices service got better by Jan Kalis
R3 on Azure: Strengthening our partnership by Kashif Ali
Announcing the public preview of Azure Media Clipper by Dwayne George

Videos

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

Using Web App for Containers in a Multi-Tier Application via Azure Friday
Azure Functions: Less-Server and More Code | Visual Studio Toolbox via Channel 9
Azure Analysis Services: Desktop PowerBI to the Cloud | Azure Friday via Channel 9
Introduction to the AI Show | AI Show via Channel 9
Azure Analysis Services: Desktop PowerBI to the Cloud via Azure Friday
Azure CDN: Dynamic Site Acceleration | Azure Friday via Channel 9
Video – What is Microsoft Azure? by Aidan Finn

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:

Removing Bias from AI and Machine Learning with Camille Eddy via Hanselminutes
Visual Studio Team Services and DevOps with Brian Harry via .NET Rocks!
Episode 205 – SQL Vulnerability Assessement via The Azure Podcast
Episode 226 | News and Announcements from Connect() 2017 via Microsoft Cloud Show
GitHub Beyond Your Browser with Phil Haack 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:

Uber Concealed Cyberattack That Exposed 57 Million People’s Data via IT Pro
Trying out new .NET Core Alpine Docker Images by Scott Hanselman
Docker and Linux Containers on Windows, with or without Hyper-V Virtual Machines by Scott Hanselman
Internet of Things in Retail: What’s in it for Retailers by Ray Parker
Why Docker? Pros and Cons by Aram Koukia
Cloud or closet? What’s the best way to host your company’s data? by Jeffery Battersby
Marvell And Cavium Forge A Datacenter Platform by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Writing smarter cross-platform .NET Core apps with the API Analyzer and Windows Compatibility Pack by Scott Hanselman

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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.