Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure news and updates. Included within Build5Nines Weekly newsletter are blog articles, podcasts, videos, and more from Microsoft and the greater community over the past week. Be sure to subscribe to Build5Nines Weekly to get the newsletter in your email every week and never miss a thing!The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:- Azure PowerShell: Create Azure Storage Account and Containers via Chris Pietschmann
- Administrator’s Introduction to Azure IoT via Chris Pietschmann
- Microsoft thinks coronavirus will forever change the way we work and learn via Tom Warren
- Using Azure Key Vault Secrets with PowerShell Tasks in Azure DevOps via Sean
- Azure DevOps with Azure IoT Edge and the Raspberry Pi – Part 6 – Creating an Azure Container Registry via PeteCodes
- Microsoft’s CTO explains how AI can help health care in the US right now via Andrew Marino
- An IoT Busy Light for Remote Workers with IoT Central via Stefan Denninger
- Microsoft Teams Meeting or Microsoft Teams Live Event via Techie Lass Blog
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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 Front Door add custom domain & certificate via Pantelis Apostolidis
- Login to Azure VM with Azure AD credentials via Hannes Lagler-Gruener
- Azure Failover Cluster with Shared Disk – Step by Step via Pantelis Apostolidis
- Docker Linux Container running on Windows Server 2019 #Winserv #Docker #Containers via James van den Berg
- Next Generation SAP HANA Large Instances with Intel® Optane™ drive lower TCO via Madhuri Kaniganti
- Microsoft Reportedly Changes Windows 10X Plans, Won’t Launch Surface Neo This Year via Mehedi Hassan
- Latest Windows 10 Preview Introduces File Explorer Integration for WSL via Mehedi Hassan
- Microsoft adds File Explorer integration to Windows Subsystem for Linux in new Windows 10 Fast Ring build via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Windows 10 is getting Linux files integration in File Explorer via Tom Warren
- Copy Azure Virtual Machine Snapshots to another region and create Managed disks using PowerShell via Thomas Thornton
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Configure Active Directory Auth for Azure files to use for Azure Fileshares and WVD via Gregor
- PowerShell Basics: How to Upload Files to Azure Storage via Anthony Bartolo
- Enumerate Azure Storage File Share files with the .NET Azure SDK via Christos Matskas
- Azure PowerShell: Create Azure Storage Account and Containers via Chris Pietschmann
- App Services and APIM App Registration process in Azure AD via shadabanwer
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Using GraphQL in Azure Functions to Access Cosmos DB via LINQ to Fail
- Azure Functions Private Site Access via Michael S. Collier’s Blog
- Live streaming the meetups and conference for ServerlessDays Amsterdam – Part 1 via I ❤ Serverless
- 💻🚀 Tech bites: What is serverless? via Tania Allard
- Using GraphQL in Azure Functions to Access Cosmos DB ⚡ via Aaron Powell
- Using GraphQL in Azure Functions to Access Cosmos DB via Posts on LINQ to Fail
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Tip : Connect/Navigate to Microsoft Teams From any Web App via Sajeetharan
- Microsoft Teams Meeting or Microsoft Teams Live Event via Techie Lass Blog
Command-Line (CLI) / ARM Templates
- Using Azure Key Vault Secrets with PowerShell Tasks in Azure DevOps via Sean
- PowerShell Basics: How to Upload Files to Azure Storage via Anthony Bartolo
- Introduction to Building a Replica Domain Controller ARM Template via shankuehn
- Az Update Azure Stack HCI and the future, PowerShell 7 SSH Remoting, AI to save lives via thomasmaurer
- Powershell and DHCP Domain Search Suffix Order via Toni Holopainen
- Azure PowerShell: Create Azure Storage Account and Containers via Chris Pietschmann
- Try gh, GitHub’s new CLI via John Papa
- Latest Windows 10 Preview Introduces File Explorer Integration for WSL via Mehedi Hassan
- Enable PowerShell SSH Remoting in PowerShell 7 via Thomas Maurer
- Copy Azure Virtual Machine Snapshots to another region and create Managed disks using PowerShell via Thomas Thornton
Big Data / Database
- Using GraphQL in Azure Functions to Access Cosmos DB via LINQ to Fail
- Secure Best Practices: Keeping data secure in the public cloud via dwnatwick
- Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #6: Business intelligence via AzureCAT
- Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #7: Intelligent applications via AzureCAT
- Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #8: Data warehousing via Ed Price
- Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #4: Hybrid data architecture via AzureCAT
- Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #3: Advanced analytics and deep learning via AzureCAT
- Azure Twitch Stream – Jay Gordon – 4/8/2020 – Kubernetes, Datadog, Chaos Engineering w/ Gremlin via Jay Gordon
- Using GraphQL in Azure Functions to Access Cosmos DB ⚡ via Aaron Powell
- Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #6: Business intelligence via AzureCAT
- Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #7: Intelligent applications via AzureCAT
- Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #8: Data warehousing via Ed Price
- Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #4: Hybrid data architecture via AzureCAT
- Using GraphQL in Azure Functions to Access Cosmos DB via Posts on LINQ to Fail
- Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #3: Advanced analytics and deep learning via AzureCAT
- Protecting your data and maintaining compliance in a remote work environment via Todd VanderArk
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Azure DevOps with Azure IoT Edge and the Raspberry Pi – Part 6 – Creating an Azure Container Registry via PeteCodes
- An IoT Busy Light for Remote Workers with IoT Central via Stefan Denninger
- Azure DevOps with Azure IoT Edge and the Raspberry Pi – Part 7 – Download the Azure DevOps Project Source Code via PeteCodes
- Administrator’s Introduction to Azure IoT via Chris Pietschmann
- Learn all about Azure IoT, the easy way via Sander van de Velde
- Accelerating innovation: Start with Azure Sphere to secure IoT solutions via Olivia Burgess
Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Az Update Azure Stack HCI and the future, PowerShell 7 SSH Remoting, AI to save lives via thomasmaurer
- Android Image Classification with TensorFlow Lite & Azure Custom Vision Service via Brandon Minnick
- Creating Generative Art using GANs on Azure ML via Dmitry Soshnikov
- Attendance Estimation with Azure ML via PythicCoder
- Microsoft’s CTO explains how AI can help health care in the US right now via Andrew Marino
- Introducing incremental enrichment in Azure Cognitive Search via Vinod Kurpad
DevOps / Development
- Azure DevOps with Azure IoT Edge and the Raspberry Pi – Part 6 – Creating an Azure Container Registry via PeteCodes
- Using Azure Key Vault Secrets with PowerShell Tasks in Azure DevOps via Sean
- Debugging Uno Platform WebAssembly apps in Visual Studio 2019 via Jérôme Laban
- Azure DevOps with Azure IoT Edge and the Raspberry Pi – Part 7 – Download the Azure DevOps Project Source Code via PeteCodes
- Zero-Downtime* Web Apps for ASP .NET Core via Shahed C
- Enumerate Azure Storage File Share files with the .NET Azure SDK via Christos Matskas
- Try gh, GitHub’s new CLI via John Papa
- Accelerating digital transformation in manufacturing via Tony Shakib
- Using Azure Monitor source map support to debug JavaScript errors via Matt McCleary
- How to Parse ARM Output Variables in Azure DevOps Pipelines via Adam Bertram
- Going React to React Native with Jenn Creighton on Real Talk Javascript #78 via John Papa
- JavaScript: Convert String to Number via Chris Pietschmann
- Revert Azure DevOps Pipeline Changes via Abhijit Jana
- All Microsoft events will be digital-only until July 2021 via Tom Warren
- How to define custom rules for Work Items in Azure DevOps via Abhijit Jana
- Patch files using GitHub Actions via Utkarsh Shigihalli
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)
- Use Azure Container Registry with Azure Kubernetes Service via sbuchanan
- Docker Linux Container running on Windows Server 2019 #Winserv #Docker #Containers via James van den Berg
- Azure PowerShell: Create Azure Storage Account and Containers via Chris Pietschmann
- Scalable Apache JMeter Test Framework using Azure Kubernetes Service and Grafana via AzureCAT
- Azure Twitch Stream – Jay Gordon – 4/8/2020 – Kubernetes, Datadog, Chaos Engineering w/ Gremlin via Jay Gordon
- Detect large-scale cryptocurrency mining attack against Kubernetes clusters via Yossi Weizman
- Microsoft makes more tweaks to its M365 services in light of increased remote-work demands via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Hoy YOU can learn Kubernetes via Chris Noring
- Multiple Node Pools on Azure Kubernetes Service via Jay Gordon
Blockchain / Smart Contracts
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Configure Active Directory Auth for Azure files to use for Azure Fileshares and WVD via Gregor
- Login to Azure VM with Azure AD credentials via Hannes Lagler-Gruener
- Overview of Azure Monitor, Security Center & Sentinel via Billy York
- App Services and APIM App Registration process in Azure AD via shadabanwer
- Connecting Azure Container Registry with Azure Security Center via Daniel
- Microsoft shares new threat intelligence, security guidance during global crisis via Eric Avena
- Microsoft Buys ‘Dangerous’ Corp.com Domain to Protect Customer Security via Mehedi Hassan
- Microsoft buys corp.com domain in the name of customer security via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Turning collaboration and customer engagement up with a strong identity approach via Todd VanderArk
Azure Stack
- Az Update Azure Stack HCI and the future, PowerShell 7 SSH Remoting, AI to save lives via thomasmaurer
- Azure Unblogged – Azure Stack HCI and the Future via Thomas Maurer
XBox / xCloud
- Xbox Live experienced issues for the third time in a month via Jay Peters
- Microsoft Starts Expanding Project xCloud to More European Countries via Mehedi Hassan
- Microsoft opens up xCloud beta registration to 11 European countries via Tom Warren
Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality
- Microsoft Hires Former Apple Exec to Head HoloLens via Paul Thurrott
Hardware
Other
- Application Gateway Ingress Controller Deployment Script via sbuchanan
- Azure Hybrid Connections To Local IIS Server Not Connecting via Barret
- Optimizing Blazor Applications via Torgeir Helgevold
- #Coding4Fun – How to control your #drone with 20 lines of code! (14/N) – #GlobalAICommunity Virtual Tour, recorded session via elbruno
- Microsoft Store employees are training schools, businesses in remote working via Kim Lyons
- NEW WHITEPAPER: Run MPI workloads with Azure Batch and Azure NetApp Files via AzureCAT
- NEW E-BOOK UPDATE: Parallel Virtual File Systems on Microsoft Azure via AzureCAT
- Benchmarking goodness: Comparing Lustre, GlusterFS, and BeeGFS on Azure via AzureCAT
- Micro Focus Enterprise Server 5.0 Quick Start Template on Azure via Steve Read
- Run OPM Flow reservoir simulation and visualization software on Azure via AzureCAT
- Microsoft Receives 2020 SAP® Pinnacle Award: Public and Private Cloud Provider Partner of the Year via Talal Alqinawi
- Bringing Medical products to market safely with Emily Gorcenski via scott@hanselman.com (Scott Hanselman)
- Enable remote work while keeping cloud deployments secure via Todd VanderArk
- Microsoft Updates on New Teams Features via Paul Thurrott
- Microsoft thinks coronavirus will forever change the way we work and learn via Tom Warren
- Solutions and guidance to help content producers and creators work remotely via Tad Brockway
- 💻🚀 Tech bites: What is the cloud? via Tania Allard
- Microsoft Gives Employees Pandemic Leave Benefit via Brad Sams
- A few tips for securing your remote workforce in a Microsoft cloud landscape via Tobias Zimmergren
- Spring Boot performance benchmarks with Tomcat, Undertow and Webflux via Julien Dubois
- Azure sessions: The Live Coders Conference on April 9th. via Michael Crump
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:- How to choose Azure services for working with messages in your application via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Intro to Azure CLI for Azure SQL | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Customer Empathy in the Power Platform with Lorraine Bardeen | #LessCodeMorePower via Channel 9
- Intro to Azure CLI for Azure SQL | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- How to choose Azure services to speed up your application | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Understanding Cloud Native Application Bundles (CNAB) via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Pull Requests in Azure DevOps | Visual Studio Toolbox via Channel 9
- If I’m writing a new Windows client app today, what technology should I use? | One Dev Question via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Introduction to GraphQL | On .NET via Channel 9
- 5 Is Microsoft promoting UWP, Win32, or Web? | One Dev Question via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Endpoint Zone 2004 – Helping customers work from home via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Let’s Add a Create new ShortUrl to our admin interface AzUrlShortener (stream 85) via Frank Boucher
- Easily integrate spatial data into the Azure Maps via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Remembering Microsoft Encarta 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:- Azure for Government with Vishwas Lele via .NET Rocks!
- Episode 172 – Office 365 for Small and Medium Business Rebranding via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 322 – OpenHack Program via The Azure Podcast
- 024 – Azure Governance – the overview via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
- Episode 354 | Pandemic Continued Impact on the Cloud, News and Security Updates via Microsoft Cloud Show
- Jeremy Holt on Cashew & Nut Trading Software – Episode 83 via Azure DevOps Podcast
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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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