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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:- Azure Icon Update Coming (New Icon Images) via Chris Pietschmann
- How to Manage Updates for Azure IaaS VMs via Thomas Maurer
- Client provided keys with Azure Storage server-side encryption via Shalini Pasupneti
- Tip 227 – Add and run JavaScript code snippets by using inline code in Azure Logic Apps via Azure Tips and Tricks
- VSCode Extensions for ARM template authoring via Michael
- Azure Sphere joins IoT Tech Community via Featured Blog
- Two startups aiming to secure the IoT via Stacey Higginbotham
- Tip 229 – Part 2 – Develop multi-service applications on Kubernetes with Azure Dev Spaces via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Tip 228 – Part 1 – Get started with .NET Core on Kubernetes with Azure Dev Spaces via Azure Tips and Tricks
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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)
- BGP with Microsoft Azure Virtual Networks & Firewalls via AFinn
- Domain join Azure VMs from ARM template with Key Vault secured credentials – Part 3 via Michael
- Domain join Azure VMs from ARM template with Key Vault secured credentials – Part 2 via Michael
- SAP on Azure–Designing for availability and recoverability via Vincent Greenlee
- Azure Portal | Playing with Disk Snapshot via Pantelis Apostolidis
- How to Manage Updates for Azure IaaS VMs via Thomas Maurer
- Automatically domain join Azure VMs from ARM template deployment with Key Vault secured domain join credentials via Michael
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Azure Cost Optimization – Effective use of Azure App Service and App Service Plans via Sanganak – Authority
- Customer Provided Keys with Azure Storage Service Encryption via Shalini Pasupneti
- Client provided keys with Azure Storage server-side encryption via Shalini Pasupneti
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Recently I had a Logic Apps customer asking me how to customize “Send Approval Email”. via Derek Li
- Block Connectors in Logic Apps via Derek Li
- Tip 227 – Add and run JavaScript code snippets by using inline code in Azure Logic Apps via Azure Tips and Tricks
Command-Line (CLI) / ARM Templates
- Creating Azure Activity Log Alerts with PowerShell via Thomas Thornton
- Domain join Azure VMs from ARM template with Key Vault secured credentials – Part 3 via Michael
- How To Build an Azure Usage Report with PowerShell via June Castillote
- Domain join Azure VMs from ARM template with Key Vault secured credentials – Part 2 via Michael
- VSCode Extensions for ARM template authoring via Michael
- Client provided keys with Azure Storage server-side encryption via Shalini Pasupneti
- Automatically domain join Azure VMs from ARM template deployment with Key Vault secured domain join credentials via Michael
Big Data / Database
- Is it the Data or the Algorithm? Common pitfalls in Data Science and Deep Learning with Sara Beck via scott@hanselman.com (Scott Hanselman)
- Pushing Security From The Datacenter Out To The Edge via Jeffrey Burt
- The Ultimate Checklist on Ways to Prevent IoT Data Compromise via Maja Budinski
- Microsoft’s Azure Data Box Edge gets rugged, portable option via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Azure Data Factory Mapping Data Flows are now generally available via Mike Flasko
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Add some cognitive abilities to your IoT Edge via Sander van de Velde
- Azure Sphere 19.09 release is live in Retail feed via Featured Blog
- The Ultimate Checklist on Ways to Prevent IoT Data Compromise via Maja Budinski
- Azure Sphere joins IoT Tech Community via Featured Blog
- Two startups aiming to secure the IoT via Stacey Higginbotham
Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Add some cognitive abilities to your IoT Edge via Sander van de Velde
- Leveraging Cognitive Services to simplify inventory tracking via Matthew Calder
- Two startups aiming to secure the IoT via Stacey Higginbotham
DevOps / Development
- Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.10.11 via Sasha Rosenbaum
- GitEA – Build Your Own On-Premises Version Control service via Nick Rimmer
- Tip 227 – Add and run JavaScript code snippets by using inline code in Azure Logic Apps via Azure Tips and Tricks
- First Look: Building Java microservices with the new Azure Spring Cloud via Richard Seroter
- First Look: Building Java microservices with the new Azure Spring Cloud via Richard Seroter
- VSCode Extensions for ARM template authoring via Michael
- What’s Microsoft’s developer story for its new dual-screen Surface devices? via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)
- Tip 229 – Part 2 – Develop multi-service applications on Kubernetes with Azure Dev Spaces via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Tip 228 – Part 1 – Get started with .NET Core on Kubernetes with Azure Dev Spaces via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Deploying your First Azure Container Instance via Peter De Tender
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- CIS Azure Security Foundations Benchmark open for comment via Avi Ben-Menahem
- Pushing Security From The Datacenter Out To The Edge via Jeffrey Burt
Azure Stack
- Speaking at the Azure Stack and Azure Stack HCI MVPDays via Thomas Maurer
XBox / xCloud
- Apple starts selling Microsoft’s Xbox controller after adding support in iOS, macOS, and tvOS via Chris Welch
Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality
- Brew City UX Talk on : Mixed Reality – The Second Generation is All About UX via Cameron Vetter
Other
- Azure Icon Update Coming (New Icon Images) via Chris Pietschmann
- Microsoft’s unified Office Mobile app: What it is and why it matters via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Measuring your return on investment of Azure as a compliance platform via David Burt
- Introducing Azure Spring Cloud: fully managed service for Spring Boot microservices via John Montgomery
- Microsoft wants to connect another 40 million global internet users via Jon Porter
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:- TWC9: VS Code 1.39, Azure Spring Cloud, New Surface Devices, GitHub Actions and more via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- How to execute Azure Machine Learning service pipelines in Azure Data Factory via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- How to stream big data with Data Accelerator for Apache Spark via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- How to execute Azure Machine Learning service pipelines in Azure Data Factory | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- How to manage R packages in Azure SQL Database with sqlmlutils | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- It’s just SQL: Restoring a database to Azure SQL DB from backup (bacpac) | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- How to manage R packages in Azure SQL Database with sqlmlutils | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- Cloud Native Configuration and Setting in ASP.NET Core via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Building Careers with Empathy with Scott Hanselman via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Knowledge Mining with Azure Search | AI Show via Channel 9
- 2019-10-02 (VOD) Building ARM template for Azure Subscription Cleaner project via Frank Boucher
- Knowledge Mining with Azure Search via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Azure IoT Hub integration with Azure Event Grid | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- 2019-09-30 (VOD) Working on AzSubcriptionCleaner adding PowerShell into documentation via Frank Boucher
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 300 – Retrospective with Albert Greenberg via The Azure Podcast
- Episode 146 – Azure Resource Manager Templates via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 323 | Interview With CircleCI & New Support for Windows via Microsoft Cloud Show
- Craig Loewen on the Windows Subsystem for Linux DevOps Story – Episode 57 via Azure DevOps Podcast
Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:- Azure Analysis Services QPU AutoScale is now available
- Execute Azure Machine Learning service pipelines in Azure Data Factory pipelines
- Azure Data Factory—Mapping Data Flows is now generally available
- Introducing new Azure Resource Graph functionality – Track changes to your resource properties
- Azure Sphere 19.09 release adds new use cases for enterprise customers
- Azure Application Insights is now available in the Brazil South region
- Azure Monitor Log Analytics retention is now configurable by data type
- Private Preview – Azure Spring Cloud service
- New reference data options in Stream Analytics—SQL Managed Instance and SQL Server on VM
- Azure DNS private zones is now generally available
- New output options in Azure Stream Analytics—SQL Managed Instance and SQL Server on VM
- Azure API Management update—October 2019
- Updates to Azure Cost Management—September 2019
- Azure Data Factory Mapping Data Flows GA
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