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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:- Remotely Connect Azure ExpressRoute via Satellite via Chris Pietschmann
- Buy Domain Names with Azure App Service Domain via Chris Pietschmann
- Microsoft Linux Conference WSLconf Coming March 2020 via Chris Pietschmann
- Walt Disney Studios and Microsoft Partner on Azure via Paul Thurrott
- Visual Studio now includes an integrated Terminal via Scott Hanselman
- Azure Media Services’ new AI-powered innovation via Sudheer Sirivara
- Streaming Serial data using an MXChip via Jim Bennett
- Stop Entering Your GitHub Credentials In Azure Cloud Shell! via Matthew Soucoup
- Azure Blob Storage on IoT Edge is now Generally Available via Featured Blog
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)
- Build Azure IoT Apps with .NET Core IoT targeting Raspberry Pi Linux via Featured Blog
- Configuring an Azure Active Directory Domain Services instance and joining Virtual Machine to domain via Thomas Thornton
- Microsoft Linux Conference WSLconf Coming March 2020 via Chris Pietschmann
- Microsoft Teams for Linux client: It’s happening via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Azure Blob Storage on IoT Edge is now Generally Available via Featured Blog
- Buy Domain Names with Azure App Service Domain via Chris Pietschmann
- Azure Files Authentication with Azure Active Directory Domain Services via Thomas Thornton
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Microsoft Teams for Linux client: It’s happening via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Command-Line and ARM Templates
- Stop Entering Your GitHub Credentials In Azure Cloud Shell! via Matthew Soucoup
- Microsoft Teams for Linux client: It’s happening via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Database and Big Data
- Using BeeGFS storage pools to provide flexible performance and data persistence via CormacGarvey
- Streaming Serial data using an MXChip via Jim Bennett
- Monitoring on Azure HDInsight part 4: Workload metrics and logs via Tyler Fox
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Processing ordered IoT streams in Azure via Featured Blog
- Azure Blob Storage on IoT Edge is now Generally Available via Featured Blog
- Build Azure IoT Apps with .NET Core IoT targeting Raspberry Pi Linux via Featured Blog
- Streaming Serial data using an MXChip via Jim Bennett
- Five best practices for unlocking IoT value via Tony Shakib
Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Azure Media Services’ new AI-powered innovation via Sudheer Sirivara
DevOps and Development
- Stop Entering Your GitHub Credentials In Azure Cloud Shell! via Matthew Soucoup
- Measuring your way around Azure DevOps via WouterDeKort
- Visual Studio now includes an integrated Terminal via Scott Hanselman
- September patches for Azure DevOps Server and Team Foundation Server via Erin Dormier
- RBAC in a modern DevOps world via Tom Janetscheck
- Access Levels and DevOps Groups for Azure DevOps Members via parisamoosavinezhad
- Azure DevOps Server Cookbook 2019 for $10 all of september! via Tarun Arora
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric
- Powering Docker App: Next Steps for Cloud Native Application Bundles (CNAB) via Robert Duffner
Blockchain and Smart Contracts
- 3 Nonobvious Industries Blockchain is Likely to Affect via Deanna Ritchie
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Azure Files Authentication with Azure Active Directory Domain Services via Thomas Thornton
- Configuring an Azure Active Directory Domain Services instance and joining Virtual Machine to domain via Thomas Thornton
Other
- Walt Disney Studios and Microsoft Partner on Azure via Paul Thurrott
- How to deploy Azure Netapp Files (NFS and SMB) for testing via CormacGarvey
- Health checks for HPC workloads on Microsoft Azure via CormacGarvey
- Are you where you should be? Checking Geofences using Azure Maps via Jim Bennett
- Microsoft Patent Details Hinge Design for Dual-Screen Surface Device via Mehedi Hassan
- Expanded Azure Maps coverage, preview of Azure Maps feedback site, and more via Outi Nyman
- Remotely Connect Azure ExpressRoute via Satellite via Chris Pietschmann
- Cleaning your mess in the cloud automatically via Frank Boucher
- Taylor Swift threatened Microsoft with legal action over its racist Tay chatbot via Tom Warren
- Building cloud-native applications with Azure and HashiCorp via Brendan Burns
- Microsoft Brings IBM Power Iron To Azure Cloud via Timothy Prickett Morgan
- Azure HPC Cache: Reducing latency between Azure and on-premises storage via Scott Jeschonek
- Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Germany via Tom Keane
- Microsoft adds satellite support to its Azure ExpressRoute private-networking option via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Creating an Azure Service for Slow Moving Organisations via AFinn
- Microsoft’s connected vehicle platform presence at IAA, the Frankfurt Auto Show via Tara Prakriya
- Satellite connectivity expands reach of Azure ExpressRoute across the globe via Yousef Khalidi
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:- 2019-09-06 (VOD) Azure CLI and ARM Template for AzSubscriptionCleaner via Frank Boucher
- The cleaning Power of Azure Function at your service via Frank Boucher
- It’s just SQL: Restoring a database to Azure SQL DB from backup | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- It’s just SQL: Restoring a database to Azure SQL DB from backup | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Azure DevOps for .NET Core & Cloud Native Apps via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Deep Dive: Build Solutions and Certify Devices with IoT Plug and Play via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Peace Parks Foundation tackles rhino poaching with Azure Machine Learning via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- IoT Plug and Play & Azure IoT Central making IoT simpler than ever | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Generate Logic Apps and Flows to Publish Data to SQL DB | Block Talk 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 142 – Windows Server 2008 (R2) End of Support via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 317 | Dev Ops via Microsoft Cloud Show
- Episode 319 | Microsoft Clouds & Hurricane Clouds via Microsoft Cloud Show
Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:- Azure Backup support for large disks up to 30 TB is now in public preview
- New Azure ExpressRoute sites now available
- Azure CDN feature updates
- Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics—New sentiment analysis capability is now available
- Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Germany
- Copy data from Netezza to Azure with Azure Data Factory
- Monthly payment options are now available for Azure reservations
- Azure Cost Management updates – August 2019
- SQL Server Data Tools is now available with Visual Studio 2019 Preview
- Azure Logic Apps updates for July and August 2019
- Updates to Azure DevOps and App Service improvements
- Upgrade all Kubernetes 1.10.x clusters to a supported version by October 25, 2019
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Microsoft MVP – Azure
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Chris Pietschmann
Chris Pietschmann is a Microsoft MVP, HashiCorp Ambassador, and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) with 20+ years of experience designing and building Cloud & Enterprise systems. He has worked with companies of all sizes from startups to large enterprises. He has a passion for technology and sharing what he learns with others to help enable them to learn faster and be more productive.
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