The Weeks Top Links

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

• Tip 246 – Azure Free Account? Is it really free? via Azure Tips and Tricks
• AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Exam (New in 2020!) via Chris Pietschmann
• AZ-204 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure Certification Exam (New in 2020!) via Chris Pietschmann
• Tip 244 – How to use PowerShell in Azure Data Studio via Azure Tips and Tricks
• Azure CLI Kung-Fu Tips and Tricks via Dan Patrick
• Trying out Container Tools in Visual Studio 2019 via Scott Hanselman

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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 Backup Explorer via Pantelis Apostolidis
• Azure Tip : Start/Stop all VMs in a Resource Group with PowerShell/CLI via Sajeetharan
• Building a Linux Desktop for Cloud Native Development via Alex Ellis
• Data Platform Tips 67 – Azure HDInsight Availability Infrastructure via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Azure VM Disk Encryption – Storage Side Encryption vs Azure Disk Encryption via Sanganak – Authority
• Data Platform Tips 63 – Azure HDInsight and VM Sizes via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Assess your servers with a CSV import into Azure Migrate via Hanaa Musa
• Azure Cost Management updates – January 2020 via Michael Flanakin

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Nomenclature for Azure Storage Accounts via Rick Vanover
• February 03, 2020 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam
• February 03, 2020 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam
• ASP.NET Core in Azure App Services’ Docker Images – Part 2 via shawn@wildermuth.com (Shawn Wildermuth)
• Upgrading Azure Storage Explorer – Manual but Mindful via Rick Vanover
• ASP.NET Core in Azure App Services’ Docker Images – Part 1 via shawn@wildermuth.com (Shawn Wildermuth)

Power Platform

• Automate Azure Resources with PowerApps via Sajeetharan
• Creating a flow from a Template in Microsoft Power Automate via David Giard
• Microsoft Power Automate Empowers Citizen Developers to Build Powerful Workflows via David Giard

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

• Using Azure Functions Durable HTTP APIs via Mark Heath
• Create Github Issue Report with Azure Function and CosmosDB via Sajeetharan
• How YOU can learn Serverless with .NET Core and C# via Chris Noring

Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Microsoft Teams goes down after Microsoft forgot to renew a certificate via Tom Warren

Command-Line (CLI) / ARM Templates

• What are Azure CLI Extensions? via Michael Crump
• Microsoft to combine its Windows client and hardware teams under Chief Product Officer Panos Panay via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Application Security Group assignment using PowerShell via Thomas Thornton
• How to Build an Azure DevOps Pipeline for a PowerShell Module via Adam Bertram
• Azure Tip : Start/Stop all VMs in a Resource Group with PowerShell/CLI via Sajeetharan
• Colorful Git Prompt for Azure Cloud Shell and Visual Studio Code via Michael Crump
• Tip 244 – How to use PowerShell in Azure Data Studio via Azure Tips and Tricks
• Azure CLI Kung-Fu Tips and Tricks via Dan Patrick
• Create an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster with Azure AD integration using the Azure CLI via Pixel Robots.
• Download and install the Azure Portal app with PowerShell via wmatthyssen

Big Data / Database

• Data Platform Tips 75 – States of Azure Stream Analytics Job via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• How you can learn Docker from the beginning. Covers docker-compose, volumes, databases, in the Cloud and much more via Chris Noring
• Data Platform Tips 74 – Handling events reliably in Azure Stream Analytics via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Data Platform Tips 71 – Windowing functions in Azure Stream Analytics via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Data Platform Tips 70 – Transformation Query in Azure Stream Analytics via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• SDU Tools: Version 18 shipped and adds support for Azure SQL Database via greglowblog
• Data Platform Tips 69 – Outputs supported in Azure Stream Analytics via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Data Platform Tips 68 – Inputs supported in Azure Stream Analytics via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• T-SQL 101: #55 Current date and time values in SQL Server T-SQL via greglowblog
• Tip 244 – How to use PowerShell in Azure Data Studio via Azure Tips and Tricks
• Create Github Issue Report with Azure Function and CosmosDB via Sajeetharan
• Data Platform Tips 67 – Azure HDInsight Availability Infrastructure via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Data Platform Tips 66 – Apache Hadoop components available with Azure HDInsight via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Data Platform Tips 65 – Apache Sqoop with Hadoop in Azure HDInsight via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• On.NET Episode: Understanding the Event Processor Host in Azure Event Hubs via Cecil L. Phillip 🇦🇬
• T-SQL 101: #53 Date and time data types in SQL Server T-SQL via greglowblog
• Data Platform Tips 63 – Azure HDInsight and VM Sizes via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Data Platform Tips 62 – Comparing Azure HDInsight cluster Storage options via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• MJFChat: Sorting out data warehousing and data lakes on Azure via Mary Jo Foley

Internet of Things (IoT)

• IoT Edge Docker Module with GPIO support on RPi via Sander van de Velde
• Update 20.01 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation via Featured Blog
• Azure Sphere Security Services planned maintenance TODAY, Feb 3 via Featured Blog
• Azure Sphere Security Services planned maintenance Feb 3 via Featured Blog
• Azure IoT improves pharmaceutical sample management and medication adherence via Sally Frank

Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Microsoft takes the wraps off $40 million, five-year ‘AI for Health’ initiative via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• The Best Way to Start With Azure Machine Learning via Dmitry Soshnikov

DevOps / Development

• GCast 72: Creating an Azure DevOps Build Pipeline via David Giard
• How Visual Studio 2019 supports containerized applications via jakob
• How to Build an Azure DevOps Pipeline for a PowerShell Module via Adam Bertram
• Create a Dashboard without a Team in Azure DevOps via Abhijit Jana
• Microsoft Power Automate Empowers Citizen Developers to Build Powerful Workflows via David Giard
• Colorful Git Prompt for Azure Cloud Shell and Visual Studio Code via Michael Crump
• Building a Linux Desktop for Cloud Native Development via Alex Ellis
• ASP.NET Core in Azure App Services’ Docker Images – Part 2 via shawn@wildermuth.com (Shawn Wildermuth)
• Create Github Issue Report with Azure Function and CosmosDB via Sajeetharan
• Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2020.01.31 via Sasha Rosenbaum
• Deploy your Website on Azure with GitHub Actions like a Hipster via Jen Looper
• Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2020.01.24 via Sasha Rosenbaum
• GCast 71: Integrating Visual Studio Solution with Azure DevOps Repo via David Giard
• Decorators – Building an API in Python with Flask via Brian Clark 💡
• Trying out Container Tools in Visual Studio 2019 via Scott Hanselman
• ASP.NET Core in Azure App Services’ Docker Images – Part 1 via shawn@wildermuth.com (Shawn Wildermuth)
• How YOU can learn Serverless with .NET Core and C# via Chris Noring
• Dynamically Loading Types in .NET Core with a Custom Assembly Load Context via Jeremy
• .NET Core 3.0 AllowSynchronousIO Workaround via Khalid Abuhakmeh

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)

• How you can learn Docker from the beginning. Covers docker-compose, volumes, databases, in the Cloud and much more via Chris Noring
• IoT Edge Docker Module with GPIO support on RPi via Sander van de Velde
• How to Install the Helm Kubernetes Package Manager on Ubuntu Server via Jack Wallen
• Overview of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Diagnostics via Pixel Robots.
• ASP.NET Core in Azure App Services’ Docker Images – Part 2 via shawn@wildermuth.com (Shawn Wildermuth)
• Hyperledger Fabric on Azure Kubernetes Service Marketplace template via Ramya Vastrad
• Updating the my blog from AppService to Containers…finally via Shayne Boyer
• Create an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster with Azure AD integration using the Azure CLI via Pixel Robots.
• ASP.NET Core in Azure App Services’ Docker Images – Part 1 via shawn@wildermuth.com (Shawn Wildermuth)
• What is a Node resource group in Azure Kubernetes Service? via Abhishek Gupta

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• Best Practices for security in Azure Container Registry via Tobias Zimmergren
• Visionary security partners to be honored at the very first Microsoft Security 20/20 event via Todd VanderArk
• Container Security heads-up: Microsoft Container Registry changes via Jen Stirrup
• AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Exam (New in 2020!) via Chris Pietschmann
• Application Security Group assignment using PowerShell via Thomas Thornton
• Azure Sphere Security Services planned maintenance TODAY, Feb 3 via Featured Blog
• Azure Sphere Security Services planned maintenance Feb 3 via Featured Blog
• Afternoon Cyber Tea—The State of Cybersecurity: How did we get here? What does it mean? via Todd VanderArk
• 10 recommendations for cloud privacy and security with Ponemon research via David Burt
• Create an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster with Azure AD integration using the Azure CLI via Pixel Robots.

Learning / Training / Certification

• ALTARO FREE WEBINAR : Microsoft Azure Certifications Explained – A Deep Dive for IT Professionals in 2020 #Altaro via Robert Smit [MVP]
• AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Exam (New in 2020!) via Chris Pietschmann
• AZ-204 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure Certification Exam (New in 2020!) via Chris Pietschmann
• Microsoft’s Surface Pro X is the world’s most extravagant Chromebook via Dieter Bohn

XBox / xCloud

• Microsoft is looking past the Xbox before the internet is really ready for cloud gaming via Dieter Bohn
• Microsoft Launches Xbox Bounty Program via Mehedi Hassan

Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality

• ALTARO FREE WEBINAR : Microsoft Azure Certifications Explained – A Deep Dive for IT Professionals in 2020 #Altaro via Robert Smit [MVP]
• Microsoft to show off HoloLens, edge computing services at Mobile World Congress 2020 via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Microsoft takes the wraps off $40 million, five-year ‘AI for Health’ initiative via ZDNet | microsoft RSS

Hardware

• Microsoft’s Surface Pro X is the world’s most extravagant Chromebook via Dieter Bohn

Other

• Configuring Always On device based VPN using Azure VPN Gateway via Thomas Thornton
• BizTalk Server Logic App Adapter: An error occurred while making the HTTP request. This could be due to the fact that the server certificate is not configured properly with HTTP.SYS in the HTTPS case via Sandro Pereira
• Microsoft’s Surface Duo appears in the wild in new video via Tom Warren
• Tip 246 – Azure Free Account? Is it really free? via Azure Tips and Tricks
• Microsoft Surface Duo Spotted Out in the World (Now with Video) via Paul Thurrott
• Tutorial : Azure Kinect + Face Emotion Detection via elbruno
• Using Function Monkey with MediatR via James
• Publish NuGet Packages to Azure Artifacts Automagically via Adam Bertram
• Azure Spring Clean: How to use Resource Tags to organize your Azure resources via wmatthyssen
• Microsoft’s Windows future is now tied to hardware via Tom Warren
• Microsoft’s Surface chief now leads Windows and hardware via Tom Warren
• Intune + Chocolatey: A Match Made in Heaven via Brad Wyatt
• Azure Terminology via Techie Lass Blog
• Centralized Configuration Management using Azure App Configuration: Local Debugging When Using Managed Identities to Access Azure App Configuration via Kasun Kodagoda
• Centralized Configuration Management using Azure App Configuration: Using Azure Key Vault Side-by-Side via Kasun Kodagoda
• Prevent Azure Resources from unexpected deletion using Locks via Thomas Maurer
• Google to kill Cloud Pod if not #1 by 2023 – Episode 52 via Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker and Peter Roosakos
• The Cloud Pod: A Masterclass in Cloud Architecture – Episode 56 via Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker and Peter Roosakos
• Why AWS and Azure Benchmarks Don’t Matter to Me via Thomas LaRock
• Microsoft to shutter its Ad Monetization platform for Universal Windows Platform apps via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Changing the Monolith—Part 3: What’s your process? via Todd VanderArk
• Azure Fundamental for Ethical Hackers and Special Ops Team [free whitepaper] By Nino Crudele via Sandro Pereira
• Use DaemonSet as a cache when referencing large files from each pod via Yoshio Terada
• Episode 6 – The Cloud Pod Now Supports Resource Tagging via jbrodley
• Stronger than expected Windows sales contribute to Microsoft’s solid Q2 FY20 via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Microsoft Earnings Beat Expectations via Paul Thurrott
• Cyber-risk assessments—the solution for companies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution via Todd VanderArk
• Learn how YOU can add CI/CD to your app via Chris Noring
• Former Windows chief reveals Microsoft’s reaction to the iPad via Tom Warren
• Is Kafka or RabbitMQ the right messaging tool for you? via Yogiraj Aradhye

Videos

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

• Intro to Rudr: A Kubernetes Implementation of the Open Application Model | Azure Friday via Channel 9
• How to use social login (OAuth) to secure your Azure Web Application via Frank Boucher
• The Cloud Native Show – LIVE: Ep. 2 via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Terraform Modules – deploying reusable code | The DevOps Lab via Channel 9
• Announcing the Visual Studio for Mac: Refresh(); Event via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Use Audio on the Vision AI DevKit | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
• Increase your productivity with blockchain data manager | Block Talk via Channel 9
• Increase your productivity with blockchain data manager via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• How to get started with Azure using Azure Quickstart Center | Azure Friday via Channel 9
• How to get started with Azure using Azure Quickstart Center via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
• How to publish your APIs with the new developer portal in Azure API Management via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
• Farmbeats: AI, Edge and IoT for Agriculture | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
• Big Data Cluster High Availability | 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:

• Mark Dunn on Developer Retirement – Episode 75 via Azure DevOps Podcast
• Episode 163 – So… what is Power Platform? via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Episode 345 | State of Microsoft Teams Development via Microsoft Cloud Show
• Jeffrey Opdam on Azure DevOps with AWS – Episode 74 via Azure DevOps Podcast
• Episode 313 – SQL 2019 Big Data Clusters via The Azure Podcast
• Client-Side Development in 2020 with Brian Lagunas via .NET Rocks!
• Episode 162 – Bing, Office 365 ProPlus, and Microsoft Search – Oh My! via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• 014 – Let’s talk about Azure DevOps and embracing DevSecOps via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
• Episode 344 | Breaches and browsers via Microsoft Cloud Show

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Azure Service Updates

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

• Azure Key Vault—Private endpoints now available in preview
• Compatibility level 1.2 for Azure Stream Analytics jobs is now available
• Azure Stream Analytics—MATCH_RECOGNIZE function is now available
• Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics sentiment analysis v3 now supports Korean
• Backup Explorer is now in preview
• Azure Service Fabric 7.0 third refresh release
• Data Factory adds schema import, connection tests, and custom sink ordering to data flows
• New Azure DevOps features include improved Azure Pipelines security with read-only variables
• Azure Stream Analytics—Machine learning–based anomaly detection functions
• Azure DNS private zones is now available in Azure Government and Azure China
• Azure Blockchain development kit for Ethereum is now generally available
• Hyperledger Fabric on Azure Kubernetes Service is now in preview
• Spring Data Azure Cosmos DB SDK 2.2.2 release is now generally available
• FastTrack for Azure is now generally available in Japan
• FastTrack for Azure is now generally available in Asia Pacific regions
• Azure API Management now supports integration with Azure App Service
• Azure Event Grid on Azure IoT Edge preview 2 is now available
• OpenAPI v3 support in Azure API Management is now generally available
• New IoT Central Pricing Plans
• Enable managed identities on lab virtual machines in Azure DevTest Labs

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