The Weeks Top Links

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

• Tip 237 – Setup an Azure Pipeline with Node.js via Azure Tips and Tricks
• Remote Debugging a .NET Core Linux app in WSL2 from Visual Studio on Windows via Scott Hanselman
• Tip 236 – Deploy your web app in Windows Containers on Azure App Service via Azure Tips and Tricks
• Lambda Architecture for IoT and Big Data Systems via Chris Pietschmann
• Microsoft + AT&T Partnership delivers 5G Network Edge Compute Technology via Chris Pietschmann

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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)

• Remote Debugging a .NET Core Linux app in WSL2 from Visual Studio on Windows via Scott Hanselman
• How to Reset RDP and Admin Password of an Azure VM via Thomas Maurer
• Working with Linux and Windows Containers simultaneously on Docker Desktop via Mark Heath
• How to Deploy and Update Azure VM Scale Sets with PowerShell via Adam Bertram
• Azure Migrate – Frequently asked questions – not easily answered via Sanganak – Authority
• SAP HANA backup using Azure Backup is now generally available via Kartik P V R
• Azure Cost Management updates – November 2019 via Michael Flanakin
• Azure Migration via parisamoosavinezhad
• Microsoft Edge is Getting New PWA Features on Windows 10 via Paul Thurrott
• Windows 10 20H1 Inches Closer to Public Release via Mehedi Hassan
• Microsoft christens Windows 10 20H1 as Windows 10 2004; preps to start testing its successor via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Going in-depth on the Windows 10 random number generation infrastructure via Eric Avena
• Azure Friday: Connect Windows Server to Azure Hybrid services via Thomas Maurer

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Uploading an image to Azure Blob storage via Sander van de Velde
• December 2, 2019 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam
• Tip 236 – Deploy your web app in Windows Containers on Azure App Service via Azure Tips and Tricks
• How to Sync Azure Blob Storage with AzCopy via Thomas Maurer

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

• Data Platform Tips 20 – Azure SQL Database Serverless via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Choosing the Best Deployment Tool for Your Serverless Applications via Mikhail Shilkov
• 006 – Reflections on Azure Logic Apps via Tobias Zimmergren & Jussi Roine
• Building a GitHub profanity filter with .NET Core and Azure Functions via Blogs on IEvangelist

Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Microsoft is dropping some of its Dynamics 365 HR apps in favor of LinkedIn alternative via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Microsoft 365 ‘Life’ is reportedly launching in spring 2020 with Office, password manager, and more via Tom Warren
• eDiscovery for Microsoft Teams Standard & Private Channels via Joanne Klein

Command-Line (CLI) / ARM Templates

• Remote Debugging a .NET Core Linux app in WSL2 from Visual Studio on Windows via Scott Hanselman
• How to Deploy and Update Azure VM Scale Sets with PowerShell via Adam Bertram
• Get Azure Consumption Metrics with the Azure CLI via Mark Heath
• PowerShell vs. Python: A Battle for the Ages via Mohamed Mostafa
• Windows Terminal Gets Support for Multiple Panes via Mehedi Hassan
• Tutorial: Get Comfortable with .NET Core and the CLI via Jeremy

Big Data / Database

• Data Platform Tips 21 – Azure Advisor via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Storing IoT Data in a database via Jim Bennett
• Data Platform Tips 20 – Azure SQL Database Serverless via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Data Platform Tips 19 – What are DTUs on Azure SQL Database? via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Data Platform Tips 18 – Automatic Tuning on Azure SQL Database via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Extended filesystem programming capabilities in Azure Data Lake Storage via Priya Shetty
• Data Platform Tips 17 – Restore database on Azure using automated backups via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Faster and cheaper: SQL on Azure continues to outshine AWS via John ‘JG’ Chirapurath
• Data Platform Tips 16 – Backing up an Azure SQL Database via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Data Platform Tips 15 – Advanced Data Security on Azure SQL Database via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Lambda Architecture for IoT and Big Data Systems via Chris Pietschmann
• Data Platform Tips 13 – Auditing on Azure SQL Database via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Data Platform Tips 14 – Data Discovery and Classification in Azure SQL Database via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Data Platform Tips 12 – Azure Active Directory Authentication with Azure SQL Database via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Data Platform Tips 11 – Azure SQL Database vs. Managed Instances on Azure via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Multi-protocol access on Data Lake Storage now generally available via Stephen Wu
• Data Platform Tips 9 – Import a BACPAC file to a Azure SQL Database via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Storing IoT Data in a database via Jim Bennett
• Update 19.11 for Azure Sphere SDK now available via Featured Blog
• Top 5 Areas Where Companies Want IoT Solutions via Sagar Sharma
• Just finishing week 49 of 2019, here is your IoT weekly digest via Featured Blog
• Update 19.11 for Azure Sphere OS now available in Retail feed via Featured Blog
• How is Azure IoT Central Making IoT Even Easier via Featured Blog
• Lambda Architecture for IoT and Big Data Systems via Chris Pietschmann
• Microsoft Ignite IoT recap via Featured Blog
• The IoT is vulnerable — hackers just need a business model via Stacey Higginbotham

Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Microsoft Expands Seeing AI to 5 New Languages via Paul Thurrott
• Nvidia Moves Clara Healthcare AI To The Edge via Jeffrey Burt
• A year of bringing AI to the edge via Tina Coll

DevOps / Development

• Remote Debugging a .NET Core Linux app in WSL2 from Visual Studio on Windows via Scott Hanselman
• Update 19.11 for Azure Sphere SDK now available via Featured Blog
• Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.12.06 via Sasha Rosenbaum
• Policy support to restrict creating new Azure DevOps organizations via Rajesh Ramamurthy (MSFT)
• Creating a Repo in Azure DevOps via David Giard
• 007 – Thoughts on how to get started with Azure development via Tobias Zimmergren & Jussi Roine
• Connecting AWS with Azure DevOps via Abhijit Jana
• Enabling collaborative bot development across your organization for any user via Lili Cheng
• PowerShell vs. Python: A Battle for the Ages via Mohamed Mostafa
• Tutorial: Get Comfortable with .NET Core and the CLI via Jeremy
• Building a GitHub profanity filter with .NET Core and Azure Functions via Blogs on IEvangelist
• Azure DevOps will no longer support Alternate Credentials authentication via Corina Arama

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)

• Managing the TICK Stack with Docker App via Luc Juggery
• Working with Linux and Windows Containers simultaneously on Docker Desktop via Mark Heath
• Application Gateway Ingress Controller for Azure Kubernetes Service via Delyan Raychev
• Multi-master HA Kubernetes in < 5 minutes via Alex Ellis
• Tip 236 – Deploy your web app in Windows Containers on Azure App Service via Azure Tips and Tricks

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• Azure Advent Calendar – Week 1 recap via Gregor Suttie
• Data Platform Tips 21 – Azure Advisor via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Azure Advent Calendar via James
• The Case of the missing Service Connection Point in Active Directory for Hyper-V via Dave Kawula
• Achieve operational excellence in the cloud with Azure Advisor via Saket Gupta
• Microsoft Security—a Leader in 5 Gartner Magic Quadrants via Todd VanderArk
• Data Platform Tips 15 – Advanced Data Security on Azure SQL Database via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Data Platform Tips 12 – Azure Active Directory Authentication with Azure SQL Database via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)

Azure Stack

• Microsoft has validated the Lenovo ThinkSystem SE350 edge server for Azure Stack HCI via Duane Bourgeois
• Video Microsoft Ignite Live 2019 – Azure Stack Edge via Thomas Maurer

XBox / xCloud

• Microsoft Adds 4 More Games to Project xCloud via Paul Thurrott
• Microsoft planning second next-gen Xbox that’s cheaper and less powerful via Tom Warren

Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality

• Azure Advent Calendar – Week 1 recap via Gregor Suttie
• A year of bringing AI to the edge via Tina Coll

Government

• Let’s Build Azure Governance Foundation with me via Deepak

Software

• Microsoft Edge is Getting New PWA Features on Windows 10 via Paul Thurrott

Events

• Video Microsoft Ignite Live 2019 – Azure Stack Edge via Thomas Maurer
• Microsoft Ignite IoT recap via Featured Blog

Other

• Tip 237 – Setup an Azure Pipeline with Node.js via Azure Tips and Tricks
• Long running Tasks in Azure via jamie_maguire
• Lustre on Azure via pauledwards
• Microsoft is Redesigning Its Mobile Apps via Paul Thurrott
• Rust: A language for the next 40 years with Carol Nichols via scott@hanselman.com (Scott Hanselman)
• Microsoft wants everyone to follow its lead with its new mobile design via Tom Warren
• Qualcomm Launches New ARM Processors for Budget Laptops via Mehedi Hassan
• Microsoft is giving its Office for iOS and Android apps a makeover via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Microsoft’s M365 subscription for consumers now looking like a spring 2020 thing via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Join the Azure Training Day: Modern Operations at Microsoft Switzerland via Thomas Maurer
• Compare logs at subscription level via parisamoosavinezhad
• Azure Spring Clean via Joe Carlyle
• Preview: Live transcription with Azure Media Services via Anil Murching
• Microsoft + AT&T Partnership delivers 5G Network Edge Compute Technology via Chris Pietschmann
• Tuning BeeGFS and BeeOND on Azure for specific I/O patterns via CormacGarvey
• Azure Resource Graph Dashboards via Gregor Suttie
• Microsoft starts talking up its Progressive Web App plans (again) via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Gartner Names Microsoft a Leader in the 2019 Enterprise Information Archiving (EIA) Magic Quadrant via Eric Avena
• Microsoft Starts the Surface Neo/Duo Dev Story Conversation via Paul Thurrott
• Rethinking cyber learning—consider gamification via Todd VanderArk

Videos

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

• Overview: Big Data Cluster Compute Pool | Data Exposed via Channel 9
• How to use composite indexes and correlated subqueries with Azure Cosmos DB | Azure Friday via Channel 9
• How to connect virtual networks across Azure regions with Azure Global VNet peering | Azure Friday via Channel 9
• AI Show – Azure Cognitive Search via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• What is Microsoft Learn? via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Overview: Big Data Cluster Compute Pool | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Azure Cognitive Search | AI Show via Channel 9
• Bringing Life to Things™ with Tata Consultancy Services via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Building Serverless web applications with Blazor and Azure Functions | On .NET via Channel 9
• What is Microsoft Learn? via Channel 9
• AI Show – Democratize AI with Azure Machine Learning designer via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Where Does Serverless Fit in Cloud Native? via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Where Does Serverless Fit in Cloud Native? | The Cloud Native Show via Channel 9
• Democratize AI with Azure Machine Learning designer | AI Show via Channel 9
• Data Labeling in Azure ML Studio via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Securing your Azure applications with Azure.Identity | On .NET via Channel 9
• How to use Azure Ultra Disks with Azure Virtual Machines | Azure Friday via Channel 9
• Getting Started with Python in Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Toolbox via Channel 9
• How Microsoft is Simplifying IoT | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
• Overview: Big Data Cluster Security | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• How Microsoft is Simplifying IoT via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Overview: Big Data Cluster Security | Data Exposed via Channel 9
• Understanding the Azure.Core library | On .NET via Channel 9
• How to share SQL tables and views using Azure Data Share via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
• How to use Azure Ultra Disks with Azure Virtual Machines via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
• How to deploy automatically a new website with the GitHub Actions via Frank Boucher
• 2019-11-20 (VOD) Exploring GitHub Actions for deploying to Azure via Frank Boucher
• Azure Machine Learning Compute Instance via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Azure IoT updates at MSIgnite with Sam George | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
• Azure Machine Learning Compute Instance | AI Show via Channel 9
• Automated ML Forecasting and DNN | AI Show via Channel 9
• Azure IoT updates at MSIgnite with Sam George 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:

• High Performance C# with Steve Gordon via .NET Rocks!
• Something Cloudy via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Episode 154 – Azure AD Security with Ramiro Calderon and Stefan van der Wiele via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Episode 337 | Nintex’s Ryan Duguid on Process, RPA’s, Power Platform and Microsoft Ignite 2019 via Microsoft Cloud Show
• Microsoft Ignite 2019 Recap with Various Guests – Episode 65 via Azure DevOps Podcast
• Visual Studio 2019 Productivity with Kendra Havens via .NET Rocks!
• Episode 306 – Identity Solutions in Azure via The Azure Podcast
• Episode 153 – Crafting the Story for Microsoft 365 with Stephen Rose via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Podcast: How AWS plans to take on the IoT via Stacey on IoT | Internet of Things news and analysis
• Episode 336 | Power Platform Updates With Rob Windsor via Microsoft Cloud Show
• John Campbell on a DevOps Success Story – Episode 64 via Azure DevOps Podcast

Azure Service Updates

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

• Azure Sphere update 19.11 is now available via retail feed
• Use GitHub Actions to trigger a run in Azure Pipelines
• Custom Translator—November 2019 improvements and language models update
• Azure API Management Consumption tier is now available in 13 new regions
• HC-Series Hi Performance Computing VMs now available in South Central US
• Azure Active Directory B2C is deprecating login.microsoftonline.com
• Easily monitor backup storage costs for Azure SQL databases and elastic pools
• Azure Spot VMs now in Preview
• Azure Dedicated Hosts now generally available
• Azure Monitor Application Insights now available in Switzerland North and Australia Southeast
• Azure Cost Management updates—November 2019
• Update 19.11 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
• Application discovery with Server Assessment in Azure Migrate is now in preview

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