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Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- Get the Azure IoT Developer Kit Now… by Greg Duncan
- Energize your career with Microsoft Exam Replay! by Chris Pietschmann
- How Azure Security Center automates the detection of cyber attack by Rob Mead
- Introducing AKS (managed Kubernetes) and Azure Container Registry improvements by Gabe Monroy
- VSTS SSH on Azure’s Global Network by Kayla Ngan
- Metrics in Azure Monitor (preview) released by Ch. Wolf
- Transactional replication to Azure SQL Database is now generally available by Xiaochen Wu
- Fv2 VMs are now available, the fastest VMs on Azure by Corey Sanders
- Connect a Web App to a SQL Database with the Azure CLI by SoundCode
- Cray Supercomputers are coming to Azure by Jason Zander
- How to build a user interactive bot with Microsoft Bot Framework by Lee Stott
- How to Build a Kubernetes Cluster with ARM Raspberry Pi then run .NET Core on OpenFaas by Scott Hanselman
Service Updates
Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:
- Public preview: Twice the performance and unlimited columnar storage with SQL Data Warehouse
- Public preview: Python 2 support and Hybrid Runbook Workers for Linux
- Public preview expansion: VNet Service Endpoints and Storage Firewalls and Virtual Networks
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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)
- Azure VMs – Active Directory members and getting time sync (ntp) right by James R Tabor
- Configure App Service Certificate to Azure Virtual machine with Windows OS by mksunitha
- One-click replication for Azure Virtual Machines with Azure Site Recovery by Sujay Talasila
- Fv2 VMs are now available, the fastest VMs on Azure by Corey Sanders
- Cloning Azure VMs by Andrei Dzimchuk
- Cray Supercomputers are coming to Azure by Jason Zander
- Microsoft Azure customers now can run workloads on Cray supercomputers via ZDNet
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Run PHP Webjob on Azure App Service (Windows) by Yi Wang
- How to map an Azure App Service Web App virtual directory to Azure Storage Containter by Benjamin Perkins
- Failed to update App Service Plan the sites exceed maximum number of slots by Benjamin Perkins
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Getting started with Java Azure Function Apps by Dave Glover
- Posting messages to the Graph API from Microsoft Flow by SoftwareSimian
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 40 – Upload Files from a URL with Azure Logic Apps by Michael Crump
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 39 – Setup an HTTP Request Trigger that is used in an Azure Logic Apps by Michael Crump
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 38 – Create a JSON Schema to be used in a Azure Logic Apps by Michael Crump
Command Line and ARM Templates
- Use Powershell to Enable and Automate Azure Analysis Backup by Carlos Mendible
- Connect a Web App to a SQL Database with the Azure CLI by SoundCode
- Getting Productive With Microsoft Azure Cloud Shell by Timothy Warner
- Backup and Restore a SQL Database with the Azure CLI by SoundCode
- How to Create a Logic App Connector in an ARM Template by Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
Database / Big Data
- Highlighting 3 New Features in Azure Data Factory V2 by Mark Kromer
- Cosmos DB Performance with Geospatial Data by Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
- Create your own database with all PASS Summit 2017 Sessions using SQL Server 2017 ML Services (Python) by Arvind Shyamsundar
- Microsoft R by BuckWoody
- Metrics in Azure Monitor (preview) released by Ch. Wolf
- Transactional replication to Azure SQL Database is now generally available by Xiaochen Wu
- Top Questions from New Users of Azure SQL Database by Dimitri Furman
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Get the Azure IoT Developer Kit Now… by Greg Duncan
- Deep dive into Azure IoT Hub notifications and Device Twin by Andrei Ilnitskii
- Azure powers the industrial Internet by Sam George
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
- Anaconda and Microsoft partner to offer Python and R for powerful machine learning by Nagesh Pabbisetty
- AI for Education: Individualized Code Feedback for Thousands of Students by Matthew Calder, Ke Wang
- The Five Minute* Guide to Machine Learning by BuckWoody
- The Microsoft Business Analytics and AI Platform – What to Use When by BuckWoody
- Don’t learn to be a Data Scientist by BuckWoody
- The Keys to an Effective Data Science Project – Part 1: The Team Data Science Process by BuckWoody
- The Keys to Effective Data Science Projects – Part 2: The Question by BuckWoody
- The Keys to Effective Data Science Projects – Part 3: Import the Initial Data by BuckWoody
- Prepping for learning Data Science by BuckWoody
Development and DevOps
- ANNOUNCING: Dynamics 365 DevOps on GitHub by keydet
- Image Factory – Part 2! Setup VSTS and Factory Lab to Create VMs by Peter Hauge
- Cloud Computing + Modern DevOps == Productivity Gains by Omer Amin
- VSTS SSH on Azure’s Global Network by Kayla Ngan
- Using Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) DevOps Features for CICD of a Java Web App by Subodh Sohoni
- JavaScript Unit Test Intergration in VSTS Build Pipeline by Wu Shuai
Containers and Service Fabric
- Enabling AKS in your Azure subscription by Ali Mazaheri
- Windows Container App Compat: Access host COM ports from a Windows Server container by Rafael Rivera
- Microsoft introduces a free, dedicated Azure Container Service for Kubernetes via ZDNet
- Introducing AKS (managed Kubernetes) and Azure Container Registry improvements by Gabe Monroy
- Docker Blog Series Part 4 – Managing Secrets inside Kubernetes Cluster in Azure Container Service by Pam Lahoud
- My experiment and observation on Service Fabric Communication Stacks by Premier Developer
Security
- Getting the best out of Azure AD by Mike Duddington
- Detect the latest ransomware threat (aka Bad Rabbit) with Azure Security Center by Tim Burrell
- Azure AD and Group-based authorization by Gianluca Bertelli
- Threat trends & tactics from latest Security Intelligence Report by Microsoft Cloud Perspectives Blog Team
- Failed to save Auth settings Easy Auth Azure Authentication by Benjamin Perkins
- How Azure Security Center automates the detection of cyber attack by Rob Mead
Learning / Certification
- Energize your career with Microsoft Exam Replay! by Chris Pietschmann
Events
Azure Government
- Azure Gov Meetup Replay: Intersection of Cybersecurity & Digital Transformation for Gov by Karina Homme
Blockchain
- BlockApps STRATO Suite upgrade now available on Azure by Cale Teeter
- Blk.io brings an ERC-20 token service using Quorum to Azure by Cale Teeter
- Truffle 4.0 beta 2 now available on Azure by Cale Teeter
Other
- How to build a user interactive bot with Microsoft Bot Framework by Lee Stott
- Microsoft Cloud Push Gains Ground on Azure, Office 365 via SuperSite for Windows
- Azure Content Spotlight – Cloud Service Map for AWS and Azure by chilberto
- Azure Analysis Services web designer adds new DAX query viewer by Josh Caplan
- Azure GDPR resources: Unmatched focus on customer compliance needs by Stevan Vidich
- Talk: SharePoint Saturday Burlington – Gentle Introduction to Azure by Bill Wilder
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- TWC9: Azure OpenDev, Azure Cray, Azure Container Services, MR Capture Studio, Linuxbrew and more… | This Week On Channel 9 via Channel 9
- Azure Building Blocks 2.0 (azbb) via Azure Friday
- Azure Container Registry Geo-replication via Azure Friday
- Container Orchestration Simplified with Managed Kubernetes in Azure Container Service (AKS) via Azure Friday
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 201 – Quantum Computing via The Azure Podcast
- Episode 222 | Office 365, SharePoint and OneDrive News with Omar Shahine and Adam Harmetz via Microsoft Cloud Show
- Pratap Ladhani on PowerApps by David Giard
General Cloud / Related
Here’s some noteworthy links about Cloud computing and other related topics that aren’t necessarily specific to Microsoft Azure:
- How to Build a Kubernetes Cluster with ARM Raspberry Pi then run .NET Core on OpenFaas by Scott Hanselman
- Build .NET Core apps for Raspberry Pi with Docker by Alex Ellis
- MetLife Uses Docker Enterprise Edition to Self Fund Containerization by Betty Junod
- New – Amazon EC2 Instances with Up to 8 NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPUs (P3) by Jeff Barr
- Hello Buck – I’d like to work at Microsoft by BuckWoody
- What does the WPA2 vulnerability mean for IoT? by Cate Lawrence
- How we’ll earn money in a future without jobs | Martin Ford via TED Talks
- Why Your Bank Hates You For Loving Bitcoin by Liam Adelson
- Lock-down OpenFaaS for the public Internet by Alex Ellis
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