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Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- Introducing Microsoft Coco Framework for Blockchain by Chris Pietschmann
- Trying out new .NET Core Alpine Docker Images by Scott Hanselman
- Performance of running NNs across Azure GPU Series Data Science Virtual Machines by Lee Stott
- Storage Account Replication with Functions and Event Grid by Jason Boeshart
- Microsoft Connect 2017 Visual Studio App Center Round-Up by Lacey Butler
- A decade inside Microsoft Security by teresa
- Transforming your VMware environment with Microsoft Azure by Corey Sanders
- Time to migrate off Access Control Service by Danny Strockis
- R3 on Azure: Strengthening our partnership by Kashif Ali
- Announcing the public preview of Azure Media Clipper by Dwayne George
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 53 – Prebuilt Azure VMs ready for Containers by Michael Crump
Service Updates
Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:
- Azure Service Health preview: New health alert creation and management
- Name changes: Azure Queue storage
- General availability: Bash in Azure Cloud Shell
- Storage Service Encryption for Azure Backup data at rest
- VSTS available only in the Azure portal from November 30
- General availability: Visual Studio App Center
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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
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
- A decade inside Microsoft Security by teresa
- FAQs: How To Automatically Apply Azure Information Protection Policies To On-Premises Data, Sort Hash Tables And Check On Trim Support. by John Savill
- FAQs: Learn how to assign roles available with Azure, new options for securing Azure services with IaaS services and installing additional Linux distributions with WSL. by John Savill
- Public preview of new Azure Policy features by Mike Chen
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 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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