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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:- Microsoft Teams is First Office App for Linux via Chris Pietschmann
- Lambda Architecture for IoT and Big Data Systems via Chris Pietschmann
- Azure CLI 2.0: List and Set Azure Subscription via Chris Pietschmann
- Azure PowerShell Az: List and Set Azure Subscription via Chris Pietschmann
- How to Reset RDP and Admin Password of an Azure VM via Thomas Maurer
- Storing IoT Data in a database via Jim Bennett
- Azure Advent Calendar – Week 1 recap via Gregor Suttie
- Microsoft planning second next-gen Xbox that’s cheaper and less powerful via Tom Warren
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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)
- Alternative for the default IoT Edge VM based on Ubuntu 16.04 via Sander van de Velde
- Azure Advent Calendar 2019 – Azure Arc for Servers via Thomas Maurer
- Azure Virtual Machine & Associated Storage Cost Saving Tips via Thomas Thornton
- Microsoft Teams for Linux is Now Available in Preview via Paul Thurrott
- Microsoft’s full-screen Windows 7 upgrade prompts start next month via Tom Warren
- Microsoft Teams becomes first Office app available for Linux. What’s next? via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Microsoft’s first Office app arrives on Linux via Tom Warren
- Here’s what will happen to your Windows 7 PC on January 15, 2020 via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Announcing the preview of Azure Spot Virtual Machines via Varun Shandilya
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Azure Storage Lifecycle Management via Thomas Thornton
- December 9, 2019 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Azure Functions and secure Configuration with built-in integration to Azure Key Vault via Tobias Zimmergren
- How and why you should upgrade your .NET Azure Functions to 3.0 via Martin Brandl
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Microsoft Teams is First Office App for Linux via Chris Pietschmann
- Slack Testing New Mobile App Design Inspired by Microsoft Teams via Mehedi Hassan
- Microsoft Teams for Linux is Now Available in Preview via Paul Thurrott
- Microsoft Teams becomes first Office app available for Linux. What’s next? via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Protect your Teams Work across Office 365 via Joanne Klein
- Removing a Retention Policy published to SharePoint in Office 365 via Joanne Klein
Command-Line (CLI) / ARM Templates
- Azure CLI 2.0: List and Set Azure Subscription via Chris Pietschmann
- Azure PowerShell Az: List and Set Azure Subscription via Chris Pietschmann
Big Data / Database
- Data Platform Tips 22 – Azure SQL Analytics via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
- Data Platform Tips 23 – Azure SQL Indexer – Azure Cognitive Search Indexer for Azure SQL Database via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Alternative for the default IoT Edge VM based on Ubuntu 16.04 via Sander van de Velde
- You’ve been served: your weekly #ThisWeekInIoT digest has arrived via Featured Blog
- Developer experience with Azure Sphere via Featured Blog
- Azure Sphere guardian module simplifies and secures brownfield IoT via Rodney Clark
Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Finding a common language to describe AI security threats via Todd VanderArk
- Data Platform Tips 23 – Azure SQL Indexer – Azure Cognitive Search Indexer for Azure SQL Database via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
DevOps / Development
- Turning Azure DevOps Service On or Off via Abhijit Jana
- Deploying to Azure using GitHub Actions via Martin Brandl
- Developer experience with Azure Sphere via Featured Blog
- 008 – Our favorite tools for Azure professionals and developers via Tobias Zimmergren & Jussi Roine
- Microsoft partner ANSYS extends ability of Azure Digital Twins platform via Tony Shakib
- Now available: Azure DevOps Server 2019 Update 1.1 RTW via Gloridel Morales
- What’s new in Azure DevOps Sprint 161 via Sasha Rosenbaum
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Finding a common language to describe AI security threats via Todd VanderArk
- Azure Advent Calendar 2019 via Joe Carlyle
- Go passwordless to strengthen security and reduce costs via Todd VanderArk
- Azure Advent Calendar 2019 – Azure Arc for Servers via Thomas Maurer
Azure Stack
- Azure Stack HCI now running on HPE Edgeline EL8000 via Duane Bourgeois
XBox / xCloud
- Microsoft’s next Xbox is Xbox Series X, coming holiday 2020 via Tom Warren
- Building Xbox game streaming with Site Reliability best practices via Ori Zohar
Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality
- Azure Advent Calendar 2019 via Joe Carlyle
- Azure Advent Calendar 2019 – Azure Arc for Servers via Thomas Maurer
Hardware
- Here’s what will happen to your Windows 7 PC on January 15, 2020 via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Software
- Microsoft to end support of its touch-first Office Mobile apps in January 2021 via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Other
- New features in Azure Monitor metrics explorer based on your feedback via Vitaly Gorbenko
- How Microsoft’s Azure organization makes the Windows sausage via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- GALLIUM: Targeting global telecom via Todd VanderArk
- Multi-stage downloader Trojan sLoad abuses BITS almost exclusively for malicious activities via Eric Avena
- Microsoft reveals new Windows logo design and 100 modern app icons via Tom Warren
- Combine the Power of Video Indexer and Computer Vision via Anika Zaman
- The quiet evolution of phishing via Eric Avena
- Introducing maintenance control for platform updates via Shantanu Srivastava
- Networking enables the new world of Edge and 5G Computing via Yousef Khalidi
- Microsoft Is Bringing Sticky Notes to Outlook on the Web via Mehedi Hassan
- Improve cyber supply chain risk management with Microsoft Azure via Todd VanderArk
- Announcing the General Availability of Proximity Placement Groups via Ziv Rafalovich
- The cloud is coming to the edge because latency matters via Stacey Higginbotham
- Microsoft ito shut down its Wunderlist to-do app in May 2020 via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:- C# Language Highlights: Pattern Matching Basics | On .NET via Channel 9
- Query HDFS data inside SQL Server big data cluster | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- Azure Sphere for Developers | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Querying Data from Big Data Cluster Data Pool | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- Querying Data from Big Data Cluster Data Pool | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- IoT is Fun for Everyone! (Ugly Sweater Edition) | Internet of Things Show 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 307 – It’s got to be Azure via The Azure Podcast
- Episode 338 | Microsoft Teams Domination, Some News and Get Off Office 2010 via Microsoft Cloud Show
- Mark Fussell on the Distributed Application Runtime or Dapr – Episode 66 via Azure DevOps Podcast
Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:- Azure Data Factory supports preserving metadata during file copy
- Microsoft plans to establish new cloud datacenter region in Qatar
- Azure Migrate—Agentless dependency analysis is now available in preview
- New Azure PowerShell module is available in preview
- Azure Private Link support in AKS now in preview
- Azure Service Fabric 7.0 is now available
- Proximity placement groups are now available
- Azure Database for MySQL support for MySQL 8.0 is now available
- Azure Functions 3.0 go-live release is now available
- Web Application Firewall—New bot protection rule now in preview
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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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