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The Weeks Top Links

Here are some of the most notable links from the week:

• Azure CLI: Call Azure REST API Directly via Chris Pietschmann
• Terraform Modules: Create Reusable Infrastructure as Code via Chris Pietschmann
• JavaScript: Remove Specific Items from Array via Chris Pietschmann
• Schedule and Run PowerShell Scripts for Azure VMs using Azure Automation via Thomas Maurer
• Exploring full Azure IoT Hub device support using MQTT(s) only via Sander van de Velde | Microsoft MVP | IoT Solution Architect | Speaker | Maker
• Microsoft is a Leader in 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services via Sharieff Mansour
• Azure Tip: Use Azure Network Watcher to view or download the network topology of a VNet via wmatthyssen

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 Bastion: Set Azure Bastion NSG Inbound security rules on the Target VM Subnet with Azure PowerShell via wmatthyssen
• Azure Tip: Use Azure Network Watcher to view or download the network topology of a VNet via wmatthyssen
• Schedule and Run PowerShell Scripts for Azure VMs using Azure Automation via Thomas Maurer
• Azure Virtual Machines Automation – Deployment via AmyColyer
• Terraform Modules: Create Reusable Infrastructure as Code via Chris Pietschmann

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Using Azure Bicep to deploy WordPress on Azure App Service via Dave R – Microsoft Azure MVP☁️

Power Platform

• Video – A Brief Introduction to Microsoft Power Automate via Barret
• How YOU can build your first Low code app using Microsoft Power Platform via Chris Noring

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

• #11 – Azure Logic Apps with Bryan Soltis via Brian McKeiver’s Blog | Kentico | Kontent.ai | .NET & Azure

Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Microsoft celebrates 15 years of OneDrive with a redesign and new features via Emma Roth

DevOps

• Azure Bastion: Set Azure Bastion NSG Inbound security rules on the Target VM Subnet with Azure PowerShell via wmatthyssen
• Introducing Azure DevOps Server 2022 RC1 via Gloridel Morales
• PowerShell script to maintain Azure Public DNS zone conditional forwarders via workinghardinit
• Schedule and Run PowerShell Scripts for Azure VMs using Azure Automation via Thomas Maurer
• Learning Terraform on Microsoft Azure via Chris Pietschmann
• Azure CLI: Call Azure REST API Directly via Chris Pietschmann
• Terraform Modules: Create Reusable Infrastructure as Code via Chris Pietschmann

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Exploring full Azure IoT Hub device support using MQTT(s) only via Sander van de Velde | Microsoft MVP | IoT Solution Architect | Speaker | Maker
• The risk of pinning TLS certificates in IoT solutions and why your awareness is needed via Sander van de Velde | Microsoft MVP | IoT Solution Architect | Speaker | Maker

Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Microsoft is a Leader in 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services via Sharieff Mansour
• 3 ways Azure Speech transforms game development with AI via Andy Beatman
• Bluware and Microsoft Azure develop OSDU-enabled interactive AI seismic interpretation solution for energy super major via Kadri Umay

Development

• JavaScript: Remove Specific Items from Array via Chris Pietschmann
• Exploring .NET WebAssembly with WASI and Wasmtime via Paul Yu
• ASP.NET Core updates in .NET 7 Preview 7 via Daniel Roth
• Announcing .NET Framework 4.8.1 via Tara Overfield
• Microsoft is a Leader in 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services via Sharieff Mansour
• Unity Picks Up Microsoft’s Azure Cloud to Improve its Developer Tools via Laurent Giret
• 3 ways Azure Speech transforms game development with AI via Andy Beatman

Blockchain / Smart Contracts

• Are Application-Specific Chains the Future of Blockchain? via Jake Ludington

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• Azure Bastion: Set Azure Bastion NSG Inbound security rules on the Target VM Subnet with Azure PowerShell via wmatthyssen
• Security for next generation telecommunication networks via Victor Bahl
• Keep in Sync with Microsoft Azure AD Sync Password Writeback via Adam Bertram

Other

• Armchair Architects: The role of Simplicity in Architecture via brauerblogs
• Microsoft open sources its 3D emoji to let creators remix and customize them via Tom Warren
• 176: The Cloud Pod Earnings Continue To Be Steady via Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Peter Roosakos
• Azure Lab Services August 2022 update—Improved classroom and training experience via Fawad Khan
• Day 2 of Your ALZ: Prioritizing Which Workloads to Deploy First via noopman

Videos

Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:

• Ask the Expert: Serverless September: Azure Container Apps via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• LunchBytes – Cloud Native Load Testing via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Application development scenarios on Azure via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• AI Show Live – Episode 63 – Deep Dive into Responsible AI Dashboard and Scorecard Description via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• SQL Insiders Series: Azure Advisor Signals – What are they | Data Exposed 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 434 – Azure Traffic Manager via The Azure Podcast
• Episode 294 – Microsoft Purview with Erica Toelle via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• 146 – A look at Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
• Changing Your Career with Rocky Lhotka via .NET Rocks!
• Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Workshop via The Azure Security Podcast
• Greg Leonardo: Architecting for Azure – Episode 205 via Azure DevOps Podcast

Azure Service Updates

Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:

• Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 63 – August 2022
• Generally available: Azure Databricks in West US 3
• General availability: Upgrade VMware VMs protected by Site Recovery to modernized experience
• Public preview: Update management center in Azure
• Public preview: Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks
• Public preview: Azure Dedicated Host restart
• General availability: Azure Lab Services August 2022 update

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