The Weeks Top Links

• The Future of Machine Learning: Is Winter Coming? via Ciprian Jichici
• Built-in Jupyter notebooks in Azure Cosmos DB are now available via Deborah Chen
• Log custom application security events in Azure Log Analytics which are ingested and used in Azure Sentinel via Tobias Zimmergren
• Using Azure Key Vault Secrets from your Azure DevOps pipelines via Tobias Zimmergren
• Azure Cosmos DB recommendations keep you on the right track via Thomas Weiss
• A wonderfully unholy alliance – Real Linux commands for PowerShell with WSL function wrappers via Scott Hanselman
• How to – Azure Policy via ARM Template via Joe Carlyle
• New Azure Mv2 Virtual Machines with 12TB Memory via Thomas Maurer

Blog Articles

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

• A wonderfully unholy alliance – Real Linux commands for PowerShell with WSL function wrappers via Scott Hanselman
• Accessing virtual serial ports in Linux using Serial Device Server via Sander van de Velde
• New Azure Mv2 Virtual Machines with 12TB Memory via Thomas Maurer

Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Microsoft’s 2FA-protected OneDrive Personal Vault is now available via Jay Peters

Command-Line and ARM Templates

• A wonderfully unholy alliance – Real Linux commands for PowerShell with WSL function wrappers via Scott Hanselman
• How to – Azure Policy via ARM Template via Joe Carlyle

Database and Big Data

• Deleting Azure Sentinel but keep the ingested data via Tobias Zimmergren
• Over 100 Azure services support PROTECTED Australian government data via Lily Kim
• The key to a data-driven culture: Timely insights via John ‘JG’ Chirapurath
• Azure Cosmos DB recommendations keep you on the right track via Thomas Weiss
• Built-in Jupyter notebooks in Azure Cosmos DB are now available via Deborah Chen
• Azure Data Transfer and Transformation via parisamoosavinezhad

Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• The Future of Machine Learning: Is Winter Coming? via Ciprian Jichici
• Future Decoded: Microsoft imbues ethics and responsibility into AI as a core part of Azure AI technology. via Jen Stirrup
• Future Decoded: Business opportunity and sustainability in the era of AI via Jen Stirrup

DevOps and Development

• Using Azure Key Vault Secrets from your Azure DevOps pipelines via Tobias Zimmergren

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric

• Get a LoadBalancer for your private Kubernetes cluster via Alex Ellis

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• Log custom application security events in Azure Log Analytics which are ingested and used in Azure Sentinel via Tobias Zimmergren
• Azure Security articles in September via Gregor Suttie

Learning and Certification

• Built-in Jupyter notebooks in Azure Cosmos DB are now available via Deborah Chen

Government

• Over 100 Azure services support PROTECTED Australian government data via Lily Kim

Other

• Migrating iSeries (AS/400) Legacy Applications to Azure via ricardogalvan
• Adobe is bringing Creative Cloud to the ARM-powered Surface Pro X, starting with Fresco via Jon Porter
• Inside Microsoft’s new custom Surface processors with AMD and Qualcomm via Tom Warren
• Melinda Gates pledges $1 billion to promote gender equality via Makena Kelly
• Here’s Everything Microsoft Announced at Its New York Event via Mehedi Hassan
• Microsoft announces Surface Pro X via Chaim Gartenberg
• Microsoft announces dual-screen Surface Neo, coming next holiday via Dieter Bohn
• Microsoft surprises with new foldable Surface Duo phone running Android via Chaim Gartenberg
• Track the progress of work using Rollup columns via Romi Koifman
• Azure Cost Management updates – September 2019 via Michael Flanakin
• Surface reveals new holiday lineup and introduces a new category of dual-screen devices built for mobile productivity via Panos Panay
• Introducing the preview of direct-upload to Azure managed disks via Raman Kumar
• Windows Virtual Desktop is now generally available worldwide via Jonathan Federico
• Microsoft makes Windows Virtual Desktop generally available globally via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Windows Virtual Desktop is Now Generally Available via Paul Thurrott
• Lambda Architecture in Google & Azure Could via parisamoosavinezhad

Videos

• How to modernize Windows Server File Shares with Azure File Sync via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
• How to modernize Windows Server File Shares with Azure File Sync | Azure Friday via Channel 9
• Benefit from SQL VM Resource Provider when self-installing SQL Server on Azure | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Machine Learning Models | AI Show via Channel 9
• Deploying to on-premises Windows machines with Azure DevOps – Part 2 | The DevOps Lab via Channel 9
• IoT in Action Global Event Series-Building New Experiences | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9

Podcast

• Episode 299 – Azure Redhat OpenShift via The Azure Podcast
• Episode 145 – You Thought We Were Done With Acronym Soup? via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Episode 322 | Cutting Cloud Costs and Cloud Competition via Microsoft Cloud Show
• Oren Eini on DevOps Success at RavenDB (Part 2) – Episode 56 via Azure DevOps Podcast

Azure Service Updates

• SQL Server Data Tools support for 1500 compatibility level
• Azure Media Indexer is being retired
• New Canada Federal PBMM Azure Blueprint is now available
• Azure Data Share—Support for sharing data from Azure SQL and SQL Data Warehouse
• Azure Application Insights is now available in the North Central US region
• General availability: Azure Log Analytics in Switzerland North
• Azure Lab Services now adjusts quota per user
• Azure Lab Services now has an updated UI experience
• Twelve Cognitive Services are available for free with an Azure free account
• Azure Monitor Log Analytics—New capacity-based pricing option is now available
• Azure DB for PostgreSQL: Hyperscale (Citus) cluster connectivity functionality is in preview
• Azure DB for PostgreSQL—Cluster scalability for Hyperscale (Citus) is now in preview
• Private Link for Azure SQL Database and Data Warehouse is now in preview
• Standard Load Balancers in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Managed identities integration in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now in preview
• Recovery Services REST API—Switch to API version 2019-05-13 or above
• Azure DevOps—Assignment-based billing and other new features
• Azure HDInsight G-series VMs deprecation—Migrate before October 31, 2019
• Azure Kubernetes Service—Retiring support for Kubernetes versions 1.11 and 1.12
• Introducing promotional pricing for data transfer to Azure Front Door

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