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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:

Azure CDN Endpoint Interactive Map by Chris Pietschmann
Cloud-load testing service is hyper-scale ready: lessons from generating 1M concurrent user load by Prachi Bora
Proxy settings & backup to URL (Azure blob storage) by JackLi
Data science track of the Microsoft Professional Program (MPP) by Lee Stott
Microsoft creates new combined AI, Research group by Mary Jo Foley
New security, performance and ISV solutions build on Azure HDInsight’s leadership to make Hadoop enterprise-ready for the cloud by Tiffany Wissner
How to identify/review PHP errors on Azure Web Apps using Log Stream service by Edison Garcia
Why “SQL Server Configuration” section on my Azure Virtual Machine is not available? by JackLi
Windows Server 2016: End Of One Era, Start Of Another by Timothy Prickett Morgan
The Power of JSON Templates by Eric W. DeBord
Azure Media OCR Simplified Output by Adarsh Solanki
Resize Azure Resource Manager (ARM) VM OS & Data disk using Azure Portal by Madan
Installing Microsoft Antimalware extension in Azure Gov’t VM using PowerShell by Madan
Windows Server 2016, Azure, ARM, JSON, AzureStack and Ignite by Michael
SQL Azure Tip! – Failures importing Bacpac by chilberto
Red Hat’s Cloud Access enabled for Microsoft Azure Germany by Pradeep Ayyappan Nair
Build Your Custom Visuals in Power BI (Step-by-Step) by Tsuyoshi Matsuzaki
Setting up Port Forwarding into Azure Container Services with Ubuntu Bash on Linux Subsystem on Windows 10 by Daniel Meixner
Azure Disk Encryption for Linux VMs and VMs with Premium Storage reaches General Availability by Devendra Tiwari
Strengthen your cloud security posture with new capabilities from Azure Security Center by Sarah Fender
ISO 22301 highlights Azure’s unmatched business continuity & disaster recovery preparedness by Adam Glick
Microsoft Cloud is first CSP behind the Privacy Shield by Alice Rison
Improving Developer / IT Collaboration with Application Insights Connector for OMS Log Analytics by Dale Koetke
SAP in Microsoft Azure Deutschland by RalfWi
Cleveland Clinic to Identify At-Risk Patients in ICU using Cortana Intelligence by Shaheen Gauher and Fidan Boylu Us
Azure Disk Encryption for Linux VMs and VMs with Premium Storage reaches General Availability by Devendra Tiwari
Running a container image in Azure Container Service from Visual Studio Team Services by Daniel Meixner
Improve ROI by building your IoT solution in phases by Jerry Lee
5 Industries Being Transformed by Big Data & Machine Learning in the Cloud by Herain Oberoi
Machine Learning Moves the Needle on Neural Science by Chirag Dhull and Hang Zhang
Introduction to Azure API management (part 1) by Armin Reiter
Azure SQL DB MAXSIZE – what can I do with that? by Yochanan Rachamim
Azure SQL Database v12 has landed in Azure Government by Megan Count
Cloud innovations empowering IT for business transformation by Jason Zander
Microsoft Ignite 2016 – Summary of key announcements for Office 365, SharePoint and Azure from Day 1 by Tobias Zimmergren
Announcing Azure DNS General Availability by Jonathan Tuliani

Events

Here are links to event or about events that were posted over the past week.

Register Now: Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Partner Training by Sarah Arnold
Upcoming Microsoft Azure and Dynamics CRM Online Training from Opsgility via Opsgility
October 29, 2016: MKE DOT NET – one-day development conference in Milwaukee, WI area via Centare
October 19, 2016: Gettin’ SaaSy with PaaSy – How iMoneza Developed a SaaS on PaaS from Scratch via Milwaukee Azure

Videos

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

TWC9: On-Demand Ignite, an AI Journey, Uber Selfies, Fuzzy Cloud and more… | This Week On Channel 9 via Channel 9
Keynote Session: Dr. Edward Tufte – The Future of Data Analysis | Microsoft Machine Learning & Data Science Summit 2016 by Dr Edward Tufte
Taming the Data Science Monster with U-SQL: A preview | Microsoft Machine Learning & Data Science Summit 2016 by Michael Res
Available Now: Videos from the Microsoft Machine Learning & Data Science Summit in Atlanta via Cortana Intelligence and Machine Learning Blog
Windows Weekly 485: Live From Microsoft Ignite by Paul Thurrott
Azure Stack – Integrated Hardware Video & links to TP2 by CliveW
Ignite 2016 Session: Learn about Microsoft IoT Vision by Chris Pietschmann
Tuesdays with Corey: Session not to miss from Microsoft Ignite | Tuesdays With Corey via Channel 9

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:

Episode 146 – Infrastructure as Code via The Azure Podcast
Episode 156 | Ignite Wire – Microsoft Graph Updates with Yina Arenas via Microsoft Cloud Show
Episode 157 | Ignite Wire – Harmon.ie with CEO Yaacov Cohen via Microsoft Cloud Show
Episode 158 | Microsoft Service Fabric with Mark Fussell via Microsoft Cloud Show
Episode 155 | Ignite Wire – Windows Containers goes GA in Windows Server 2016 with Taylor Brown via Microsoft Cloud Show
Episode 154 | Live Episode from Ignite 2016! via Microsoft Cloud Show
Episode 153 | Ignite Wire – Azure Functions & Azure App Service with Jeremy Thake via Microsoft Cloud Show
Episode 152 | Ignite Wire – SharePoint Framework, Hybrid & Hosted SharePoint with Randy Drisgill & John Ross via Microsoft Cloud Show
Episode 151 | Ignite Wire – PowerBI with Jason Himmelstein & John White via Microsoft Cloud Show
Episode 150 | Ignite Wire – SharePoint Framework & Azure App Service Dev Exp with Todd Baginski via Microsoft Cloud Show
Episode 149 | Recapping & Thoughts from Day 1 at Microsoft Ignite 2016 via Microsoft Cloud Show
Episode 148 | Ignite Wire – AzureAD with Vittorio Bertocci via Microsoft Cloud Show

General Cloud

Here’s some note worthy links about Cloud computing and other related topics that aren’t necessarily specific to Microsoft Azure:

Microsoft seeks testers for ‘Project Springfield’ bug-detection service by Mary Jo Foley
Amazon Gets Serious About GPU Compute On Clouds by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Building Optimized Docker Images with ASP.NET Core by Steve Lasker
Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris via TED
SQL Server 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: Always On Availability Groups Turbocharged by Bob Ward
Microsoft to Plug Renault-Nissan Cars Into The Cloud via SuperSite for Windows
Free ebook: Introducing Windows Server 2016 by Kim Spilker

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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.