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Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- Azure Regions and Availability Zones by Chris Pietschmann
- Introducing Azure Availability Zones for resiliency and high availability by Tom Keane
- Microsoft Azure 1st Hyperscale Cloud Computing Platform to Enable UK Law Enforcement Community by Alice Rison
- Announcing larger, higher scale storage accounts by Dinesh Murthy
- Ignite 2017 Preview: Coming Azure Changes by Chris Pietschmann
- Processing 100,000 Events Per Second on Azure Functions by Paul Batum
- NVidia P40 & P100 GPU now available in PREVIEW on Azure Cloud by Lee Stott
- Differentiating between Azure Virtual Network (VNet) and AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) by Fidelis Ekezue
Service Updates
Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:
- Loading (n)varchar(max) into Azure SQL Data Warehouse with external tables
- Azure Cloud Shell: New CLI tools added and font-size selection
- Support for blob storage lease management from the Azure portal
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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 Regions and Availability Zones by Chris Pietschmann
- Introducing Azure Availability Zones for resiliency and high availability by Tom Keane
- On-premises Azure Files access on Linux update and new troubleshooter by Rena Shah
- Use Case: Region to Region Azure Site Recovery by Pishoy B
- Extending Microsoft Azure IP Advantage to China by Erich Andersen
- More and more fun with Terraform on Azure by Corey Sanders
- EDNS Client Subnet support in Azure Traffic Manager by Dilip Lukose
- NVidia P40 & P100 GPU now available in PREVIEW on Azure Cloud by Lee Stott
- Differentiating between Azure Virtual Network (VNet) and AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) by Fidelis Ekezue
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Announcing larger, higher scale storage accounts by Dinesh Murthy
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 20 – Working with Files in Azure App Service by Michael Crump
- Using AES with token authentication for Media Services by David Bristol
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Local Debugging with the Azure Functions CLI by SoundCode
- Friday Five: Insight Into ASP.NET, Azure Functions, Hololens And More via MVP Award Program
- Logic App: Json serialization issue when receiving message from Service Bus by Shashidharan Krishnan
- Processing 100,000 Events Per Second on Azure Functions by Paul Batum
- 10 Differences between Azure Functions and Logic Apps by Toon Vanhoutte
Command Line and ARM Templates
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 19 – Deploy an Azure Web App using only the CLI by Micael Crump
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 17 – Use PowerShell with Azure Cloud Shell by Michael Crump
- Using Queries with the Azure CLI by SoundCode
Database / Big Data
- Creating a SQL Data Warehouse user with a specific resource class by Matt Usher
- Pausing Azure SQL Data Warehouse using an Automation Runbook by Allan.Miller
- Installing Python Packages to Azure Notebooks by Lee Stott
- Managing Pipeline & Recurring Jobs in Azure Data Lake Analytics Made Easy by Yan Li
- Azure HDInsight training resources – Learn about big data using open source technologies by Bhanu Prakash
- Migrating On premise SQL database to Azure SQL database using DMA v3.2 by Don Castelino
Internet of Things (IoT)
- How Microsoft helps IoT pros take action to overcome challenges via ReadWrite
- Route IoT device messages to Azure Storage with Azure IoT Hub by Nicole Berdy
- Azure’s IoT Hub global expansion: Newly available in 8 regions by Andres Juarez
- NEW PRODUCT – Microsoft Hackster.io Virtual IoT Pack by Daniel Nosonowitz via Adafruit
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
- Invoking Azure ML Web Services from Excel, Using Power Query by Amita Gajewar
Development and DevOps
- What’s new in TFS 2017 Update 3 RC by Alex Nichols
- Visual Studio Team Services is in Canada! by Aaron Hallberg
- DevOps trick – Provision Azure Active Directory Apps in a highly controlled way by Stephane Eyskens
- Writing and Deploying a Database-Backed Website in Less Than 10 Minutes by mihansen
- DevOps with Containers by Pam Lahoud
Containers and Service Fabric
- Service Fabric Customer Profile: FunRock by Adam Tibbing
- Docker Blog Series Part 4 – Managing Secrets inside Kubernetes Cluster in Azure Container Service by Monu Bambroo
- Service Fabric – Watchdog connector by SoftwareSimian
- Installing Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017 in a Docker container by Heath Stewart
- Yo Team, meet Azure Container Instances by Donovan Brown
Security
- Part 3: Secure your Logic App with Azure Active Directory using Azure API Management by Sjoukje Zaal
- Information Protection approach for a hybrid environment by Vaibhav G
- Azure Storage Account Security by Jason Boeshart
- Deleting Azure AD Tenant – Unable to delete all Enterprise Applications by Boxify
- Simplifying OPC UA security for everyone by Sam George
Azure Stack
- Azure Stack Finally Takes Microsoft Public Cloud Private by Timothy Prickett Morgan
- Servicing Azure Stack using the Update resource provider by Justin Incarnato
- Azure Stack available for everyone!!! by NinadK-MSFT
Learning / Certification
- New Courses from Opsgility – September 2017 by Michael Washam
- Artificial Intelligence: Fundamentals of Responsible Use by Matthew Calder
- Microsoft Data Science Virtual Machine Tutorials by Lee Stott
Events
- We’re getting ready for Microsoft Ignite 2017! by Anisha Pindoria via MS DevOps Blog
- Our top recommended Azure security and operations management sessions at Ignite 2017! by The Scripting Guys
- Docker at Microsoft Ignite 2017 by Betty Junod
- Going to Ignite 2017 & Azure Architect Bootcamp by Aidan Finn
Azure Government
- Azure Analysis Services now available in Azure Government by Bret Grinslade
- Region to Region preview is now available in Azure Government by Zach Kramer
- Azure Active Directory Premium is now in limited preview in Azure Government by Zach Kramer
Other
- Ignite 2017 Preview: Coming Azure Changes by Chris Pietschmann
- View Designer and Workspace Settings coming to Azure by The Scripting Guys via OMS Blog
- New offers in Azure Marketplace by Walter Harp
- Azure Tips and Tricks Part 18 – Use Tags to quickly organize Azure Resources by Michael Crump
- September updates to the Azure Analysis Services web designer by Josh Caplan
- Microsoft Azure 1st Hyperscale Cloud Computing Platform to Enable UK Law Enforcement Community by Alice Rison
- Cloud Design Patterns – Availability by John Tran
- Azure Log Analytics: Using Perfmon data by CliveW
- Azure Log Analytics: Using the Parse operator by CliveW
- Ask us anything about the new Azure Log Analytics language by Noa Kuperberg
- Microsoft Integration (Azure and much more) Stencils Pack v2.6 for Visio 2016/2013: Azure Event Grid, BizMan, IoT and much more by Sandro Pereira
- Azure CSP Documentation released by Kirill Kotlyarenko
- New System Center Virtual Machine Manager Analytics solution by The Scripting Guys
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Azure Cosmos DB: Get the Most Out of Provisioned Throughput | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- HashiCorp Terraform on Azure via Azure Friday
- Profiling Live Azure Web Apps with Application Insights via Azure Friday
- Virtual Machine Planned Maintenance 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 196 – Serverless Computing and Event Grid via The Azure Podcast
- Azure Event Grid with Dan Rosanova via .NET Rocks!
- Episode 212 | Hurricane Irma, Voitanos Launch, Ignite Plans, Teams External Access and More! via Microsoft Cloud Show
General Cloud / Related
Here’s some noteworthy links about Cloud computing and other related topics that aren’t necessarily specific to Microsoft Azure:
- Bing Maps .NET Spatial Data Services Toolkit Made Open Source via Bing Team
- Hackers Using iCloud’s Find My iPhone Feature to Remotely Lock Macs and Demand Ransom Payments by Juli Clover
- Build your own security token service! by Matthew Calder
- Monitor your Raspberry Pi cluster with Prometheus by Alex Ellis
- Docker Official Images are now Multi-platform by Michael Friis
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