
The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:- 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
Here’s a collection of some of the most note worthy blog articles posted over the past week: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)
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
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
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:- 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
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 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
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:- 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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