The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:- New Microsoft Code and Terminal Font Cascadia Code via Thomas Maurer
- Two long-time Microsoft board members step down via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Improve Azure API Management performance by 10x through Caching via Sanganak – Authority
- GitHub Acquires Code Analysis Platform Semmle via Mehedi Hassan
- Microsoft inches closer to releasing its AI-powered Scheduler bot via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
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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)
- How to enable Ping (ICMP echo) on an Azure VM via Thomas Maurer
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- How to create a public Helm Repo using Azure Storage (and it works with Helm3 beta3) via jldeen
- Run Azure DevOps Unit Tests with the Azure Storage Emulator on Hosted build agents via Tobias Zimmergren
- Azure Files premium tier gets zone redundant storage via Gunjan Jain
- Azure Private Link | Private connection to Azure PaaS via Pantelis Apostolidis
- Private Connections to Azure PaaS Services via AFinn
- Announcing user delegation SAS tokens preview for Azure Storage Blobs via Chris Brooks
- Azure Storage Account Static Website via Thomas Thornton
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Send health pings from your Azure Function applications to ensure Scheduled triggers work as expected via Tobias Zimmergren
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Is Microsoft getting closer to launching its expected Microsoft 365 Consumer subscription? via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Command-Line and ARM Templates
- HDInsight support in Azure CLI now out of preview via Tyler Fox
Database and Big Data
- Three ways to leverage composite indexes in Azure Cosmos DB via Tim Sander
- HDInsight support in Azure CLI now out of preview via Tyler Fox
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Convert your docker-compose Project to Azure IoT Edge Solution via Xin Shi
- Surveying the industrial IoT surveys to see what matters via Stacey Higginbotham
Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Extending the power of Azure AI to business users via John ‘JG’ Chirapurath
- Microsoft inches closer to releasing its AI-powered Scheduler bot via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
DevOps and Development
- GitHub Acquires Code Analysis Platform Semmle via Mehedi Hassan
- Run Azure DevOps Unit Tests with the Azure Storage Emulator on Hosted build agents via Tobias Zimmergren
- Microsoft’s annual Build developer conference kicks off on May 19th via Jay Peters
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and Service Fabric
Blockchain and Smart Contracts
- The Marco Polo Network uses Azure and Corda blockchain to modernize trade finance via Michael Glaros
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- SAP on Azure Architecture – Designing for security via Ravi Alwani
- Introducing the 2019 Azure Advent Calendar via Gregor Suttie
Azure Stack
- Microsoft plans to rearchitect Azure Stack by making it container-based via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Other
- Improve Azure API Management performance by 10x through Caching via Sanganak – Authority
- Two long-time Microsoft board members step down via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Team Safety with the Anonymous Fist to Five method via Dan Hellem
- Azure Policy | Enforce tags for resource creation via Pantelis Apostolidis
- New Microsoft Code and Terminal Font Cascadia Code via Thomas Maurer
- Microsoft acquires code-analysis platform vendor Semmle via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Announcing Azure Private Link via Yousef Khalidi
- Microsoft Announces Build 2020 Dates via Mehedi Hassan
- Azure ExpressRoute adds Satellite connectivity via Pantelis Apostolidis
- What The Heck Is GraphQL? via Untitled RSS Feed
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:- Generate Logic Apps and Flows to Publish Smart Contract Events to Streaming Data Sets in Power BI via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- How to use Jupyter Notebook and Apache Spark in Azure Cosmos DB via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- How to use PowerShell in Azure Data Studio via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- How to use Jupyter Notebook and Apache Spark in Azure Cosmos DB | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- How to switch an existing Azure SQL Database to Hyperscale | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- Knowledge mining using the knowledge store feature of Azure Search via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Generate Logic Apps and Flows to Publish Smart Contract Events to Event Grid and Service Bus | Block Talk via Channel 9
- Simplify downstream processing with Azure IoT Hub message enrichments | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Intro to GraphQL, Part 2: Exploring a GraphQL Endpoint | Learning GraphQL via Channel 9
- Simplify downstream processing with Azure IoT Hub message enrichments via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
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 297 – Tales from the field – KeyVault via The Azure Podcast
- Episode 143 – Adoption Change Management for Microsoft 365 with David Callaghan via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 320 | Discussing AC’s SharePoint Framework 2019 Summer Wish List via Microsoft Cloud Show
Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:- Azure Analysis Services—Two new higher compute SKUs are now available
- Azure Premium SSD managed disks meter ID changes
- Azure Maps Standard Transactions meter name changes
- Azure Maps Standard S1 transactions meter ID changes
- Public Preview: Computer Vision releasing ‘Read’ text extraction feature in containers
- Azure provides at-scale tags management through Azure Policy
- Monitor bandwidth useage for all peered Azure virtual networks with ExpressRoute
- Azure SQL Database—Auto-failover groups feature now available in all regions
- Azure Monitor for Azure Virtual Machines is now available in additional regions
- Service Map feature of Azure Monitor is now available in additional regions
- Copy Activity in Azure Data Factory supports creating a destination table automatically
- Azure Data Factory now supports copying data into Azure Database for MySQL
- Public Preview – Video Indexer Multilingual identification and transcription
- Public Preview – Video Indexer Animated Character Detection
- Egress lockdown in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available
- Azure Lab Services now supports new GPU Virtual Machine sizes
- Announcing Azure Private Link Preview
- Azure Kubernetes Service is now available in Azure Government
- Azure Advisor alerts are now in preview
- A preview upgrade for Azure DevTest Labs Tasks extension is now available
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