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The Weeks Top Links

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

• GitHub launches ‘Copilot for Business’ plan amid copyright infringement issues via Sharron Bennet
• Bicep Is Not Trying To Compete With Terraform via samcogan.com
• Getting Started with the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) via Adam Bertram
• What are the fastest growing programming languages on GitHub? via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Microsoft Authenticator app will no longer work on Apple Watch from next month via Joe Rogun

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 DNS updater using Powershell and Azure CLI via Daniel Cazzulino
• Azure Tip: Quickly find out if an Azure VM is Domain Joined or not via the Azure Portal via wmatthyssen
• Kubernetes 101: Install Kubernetes on Rocky Linux via Jack Wallen
• Your Azure Migration Project Is Doomed To Fail via AFinn
• Securely connect to your Azure VMs with JIT and a P2S VPN via wmatthyssen
• New episode on Azure Stack HCI & Azure Arc via Chief Contributor
• Azure Automation Hybrid Worker with Azure Arc Enabled Servers via Travis Roberts
• Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes via parisamoosavinezhad

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Forrester study finds 228 percent ROI when modernizing applications on Azure PaaS via Ashmi Chokshi
• Microsoft’s New Azure Storage Mover Tool Makes Cloud Migrations Easier via Rabia Noureen
• Azure API Management Monitoring and Alerting made simpler via Steef-Jan Wiggers
• Azure Storage Mover–A managed migration service for Azure Storage via Jurgen Willis

Power Platform

• Creating a Custom Connector for Mastodon in Power Automate via jeremy@sinclairinat0r.com

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

• Best Practices for using Cosmos for Synapse link using Synapse Serverless pools via RK Iyer

Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Microsoft Teams Alternatives Notion, Canva Docs, and ClickUp – But Are They Any Good? via Russell Smith

DevOps / SRE

• Working YAML sample of a remote repository CI trigger in Azure DevOps via Antti K. Koskela
• Build and push Docker Image to Azure Container Registry using GitHub Action via Thomas Thornton
• Terraform Plugin Framework Is Now Generally Available via Brian Flad
• Microsoft Teams Alternatives Notion, Canva Docs, and ClickUp – But Are They Any Good? via Russell Smith
• GitHub launches ‘Copilot for Business’ plan amid copyright infringement issues via Sharron Bennet
• Accelerate your digital Cloud transformation with Microsoft Assessments via Davis-Joseph
• Setting Windows Display Resolution from the Terminal via Rick Strahl
• Now available: Azure DevOps Server 2022 RTW via Gloridel Morales
• Azure DNS updater using Powershell and Azure CLI via Daniel Cazzulino
• Azure Kubernetes Service – Using Kubernetes credential plugin kubelogin with Terraform via danielstechblog
• Bicep Is Not Trying To Compete With Terraform via samcogan.com
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with Terraform deployment via parisamoosavinezhad
• re:Invent Roundup: HashiCorp Zero Trust Security and More with AWS via Mike Doheny
• How HashiCorp Waypoint Works with Terraform, Vault, and Consul via James Locus

Data

• #MVPLABSerie Azure Defender for Cloud with #AzureArc enabled SQL Server #AzureHybrid #Security via James van den Berg
• Best Practices for using Cosmos for Synapse link using Synapse Serverless pools via RK Iyer
• Microsoft and Isovalent partner to bring next generation eBPF dataplane for cloud-native applications in Azure via Deepak Bansal
• Using the new IoT Hub CosmosDB routing endpoint via Sander van de Velde | Microsoft MVP | IoT Solution Architect | Speaker | Maker
• Implementing Zero Trust access to business data on BYOD with Trustd MTD and Microsoft Entra via Christine Barrett
• How ESG Data Fosters Sustainable Practices in the Healthcare Industry via Paul Swider
• How to Create an AI Social Listening Tool using Azure and the Twitter API Part 2: Creating a Function to Fetch Data via jamie_maguire

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Using the new IoT Hub CosmosDB routing endpoint via Sander van de Velde | Microsoft MVP | IoT Solution Architect | Speaker | Maker
• General availability: Azure Sphere version 22.11 new and updated features via AzureSphereTeam

Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Working YAML sample of a remote repository CI trigger in Azure DevOps via Antti K. Koskela
• Image Classification with Azure Machine Learning via Valentina Alto
• How to Create an AI Social Listening Tool using Azure and the Twitter API Part 3: Applying Azure AI to Create an Analytics Function via jamie_maguire
• How to test a machine learning model for fairness & reliability with Responsible AI (Part 2) via Ruth Yakubu
• Introduction to Azure Machine Learning via Valentina Alto
• How to Create an AI Social Listening Tool using Azure and the Twitter API Part 2: Creating a Function to Fetch Data via jamie_maguire

Development

• Migrating from ASP.NET to ASP.NET Core with Project Migrations Part 5 via Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)

• Build and push Docker Image to Azure Container Registry using GitHub Action via Thomas Thornton
• Add Nodes to Your MicroK8s Kubernetes Cluster via Jack Wallen
• Unable to get ServicePrincipalSecret from Azure Context. #HCI #AKS via Matthew Quickenden
• Mitigate threats with the new threat matrix for Kubernetes via Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence
• Azure Kubernetes Service – Using Kubernetes credential plugin kubelogin with Terraform via danielstechblog
• Kubernetes 101: Install Kubernetes on Rocky Linux via Jack Wallen
• Confidential Compute on Azure with Kubernetes via Mary Branscombe
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with Terraform deployment via parisamoosavinezhad
• Getting Started with the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) via Adam Bertram
• Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes via parisamoosavinezhad

Blockchain / Smart Contracts

• DEV-0139 launches targeted attacks against the cryptocurrency industry via Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• #MVPLABSerie Azure Defender for Cloud with #AzureArc enabled SQL Server #AzureHybrid #Security via James van den Berg
• Azure AD application registration monitoring: All you need to know  via Steef-Jan Wiggers
• Tech companies fueled the rise of Homeland Security and domestic surveillance, report finds via Mitchell Clark
• re:Invent Roundup: HashiCorp Zero Trust Security and More with AWS via Mike Doheny
• Azure Identity & Access Managemen via parisamoosavinezhad

Azure Stack

• Unable to get ServicePrincipalSecret from Azure Context. #HCI #AKS via Matthew Quickenden
• New episode on Azure Stack HCI & Azure Arc via Chief Contributor

Learning / Training / Certification

• Advantech Partners with Azure Certified Device Program to Highlight At-Scale Edge Solutions via nkuntjoro
• See new possibilities in technology with Official Collections on Microsoft Learn via kaberibell

Hardware

• Microsoft releases Surface Duo December 2022 updates highlighting fix for Duo 2 call issues via Sharron Bennet

Linux

• Kubernetes 101: Install Kubernetes on Rocky Linux via Jack Wallen

XBox / xCloud / Gaming

• Microsoft, Sony reportedly held meetings to discuss Activision game terms on PlayStation via Sharron Bennet

Other

• Azure Bicep: Automate password rotation in Azure Key Vault via Dave R – Microsoft Azure MVP☁️
• Microsoft Azure CLX: A personalized program to learn Azure via Priyanka Rawat
• Using Tagging to Get Better Visibility in Azure Costs via Hailey Austin
• Microsoft Authenticator app will no longer work on Apple Watch from next month via Joe Rogun
• Top 5 Azure Observability Tools in 2023  via Steef-Jan Wiggers
• Armchair Architects: So, you want to build a platform… via mougue
• Why are you not using Azure Hybrid Use Benefit? via Alan Kinane
• FTC Sues to Block Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard (UPDATED) via Paul Thurrott
• .NET 7 Networking Improvements via Natalia Kondratyeva
• The FTC is suing Microsoft to block its Activision Blizzard purchase via Tom Warren
• Apple Announces End-to-End Encryption For iCloud Backups and Photos via Laurent Giret
• Microsoft Azure’s defense in depth approach to cloud vulnerabilities via John Walton
• 3 key cloud adoption trends in migrating and modernizing workloads via Kathleen Mitford
• Around 300 QA workers at Microsoft-owned ZeniMax are organizing a union via Ash Parrish
• Video: Microsoft Defender for cloud series via laglerh@lagler-gruener.at
• Microsoft Defender Endpoint & Microsoft Defender for Servers via Andre Camillo
• Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus — Overview via Vishwanath
• Azure Networking, User Defined Routes, and Network Virtual Appliances via Travis Roberts
• Microsoft is ready to face the possible lawsuit from FTC – report via Sharron Bennet
• Faster inference for PyTorch models with OpenVINO Integration with Torch-ORT via Sai Jayanthi, Vishnudas Thaniel S., Devang Aggarwal and Natalie Kershaw
• Improve speech-to-text accuracy with Azure Custom Speech via Andy Beatman
• How to Build a Shipping Routes Map via Bing Team
• Build sustainable solutions on Azure and save money via Tobias Zimmergren
• Twitter Delays Blue Verified Relaunch While Its Ad Revenue Keeps Dropping via Laurent Giret
• Azure Bastion: Combine JIT with Azure Bastion via wmatthyssen
• Microsoft Cost Management updates—November 2022 via Michael Flanakin
• Voltus and Azure—no power integrity challenge too big to solve via Richard Paw
• Elon Musk Claims Apple Threatened to Remove Twitter From its App Store via Laurent Giret
• Microsoft says discontinued Boa web server allows hackers to attack energy orgs via Sharron Bennet
• FTC is likely to file antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft’s proposed $69B Activision merger via Sharron Bennet

Videos

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

• 3 tools to help you move to Azure | Data Exposed: MVP Edition via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Bringing app development to one compact device with Windows Dev Kit 2023 (Project Volterra) via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• What are the fastest growing programming languages on GitHub? via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• What are the most popular programming languages according to GitHub? via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Visual Search Toolkit with Azure AI via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Execute an Exe in Azure via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Dive into Azure VMs and Storage via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Training a data model for Visual Search and Azure AI using Python via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• AI Show Live – Episode 72 – Visual Search Toolkit with Azure AI via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• SQL Server 2022: Introducing SQL Server 2022 General Availability [Ep. 1] | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Network Secured Global Ingress with Azure Front Door Premium via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Automating Azure Deployments with Bicep and GitHub Actions on Learn Live via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Start your metadata driven adventure in Azure Data Factory | Data Exposed: MVP Edition via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Learn how to deploy mission-critical workloads in Azure Landing Zones via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Learning about Bicep on Learn Live with Donovan Brown via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Federated Learning with Azure Machine Learning via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• LunchBytes – Message Transformation & Mapping Options in Azure 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:

• 164 – Get certified as a Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator (SC-300) via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
• Episode 449 – Java Jakarta EE Applications via The Azure Podcast
• Episode 311 – Entra all the things via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Wolverine .NET Command and Message Bus with Jeremy Miller via .NET Rocks!
• SQL Server 2022 via The Azure Security Podcast
• 163 – Azure Updates via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
• Jeff Fritz: Evolving Cloud Architecture – Episode 222 via Azure DevOps Podcast
• Episode 448 – Azure and OSS via The Azure Podcast
• Episode 310 – Azure Quota API and Bastion shareable links via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• 162 – Lessons learned on Zero Trust in the past year via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
• Brady Gaster: Orleans – Episode 221 via Azure DevOps Podcast
• Episode 309 – Cross-tenant migrations for Exchange and OneDrive via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Securing Existing Applications with Joylynn Kirui via .NET Rocks!
• Privileged Access via The Azure Security Podcast

Azure Service Updates

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

• Public preview: Build a business case with Azure Migrate
• General availability: Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server data encryption with CMK
• General availability: 32 TB storage in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
• General availability: Azure AD authentication with Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
• General availability: Azure Cosmos DB Azure Functions extension version 4
• Generally available: Updated API names for Azure Cosmos DB
• General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL now available in new regions
• Public Preview: Materialized view for Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra
• General availability: JSON support in Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise tiers
• General availability: Improved geo-replication for Azure Cache for Redis
• Public preview: Performance improving features for Azure Service Bus premium
• Public preview: Use tag inheritance for cost management
• Public preview: Log compaction support in Azure Event Hubs
• General availability: Stream Analytics no-code editor updates in December 2022
• Public preview: Processor diagram in Physical Job Diagram for Stream Analytics job troubleshooting

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