Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure news and updates. Included within Build5Nines Weekly newsletter are blog articles, podcasts, videos, and more from Microsoft and the greater community over the past week. Be sure to subscribe to Build5Nines Weekly to get the newsletter in your email every week and never miss a thing!The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:- Tip 248 – Top 5 VS Code extensions for Azure Developers via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Az Kung Fu VM – Master Tools for Azure Administrators via Dan Patrick
- Handling Huge Traffic Spikes with Azure Functions and Cloudflare via Troy Hunt
- Burst 4K encoding on Azure Kubernetes Service via Fardau van Neerden
- Azure Sphere is now generally available! via Featured Blog
- Build your own Azure CLI Extensions via Michael Crump
- Use Blazor and C# to host a static website in Azure Storage via Michael Crump
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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)
- Fileless attack detection for Linux in preview via Ben Nick
- Microsoft’s Azure Sphere, its Linux-based microcontroller plus cloud service, hits general availability via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Az Kung Fu VM – Master Tools for Azure Administrators via Dan Patrick
- New Azure Firewall certification and features in Q1 CY2020 via Yair Tor
- Azure Firewall Manager now supports virtual networks via Gopikrishna Kannan
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Use Blazor and C# to host a static website in Azure Storage via Michael Crump
- Preview of Active Directory authentication support on Azure Files via Yuemin Lu
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Handling Huge Traffic Spikes with Azure Functions and Cloudflare via Troy Hunt
- Azure Integration Accounts and Logic Apps via David Giard
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Microsoft Insider Risk Management and Communication Compliance in Microsoft 365 now generally available via Todd VanderArk
Command-Line (CLI) / ARM Templates
- Running PowerShell Scripts in Azure DevOps Pipelines (1 of 2) via Adam Bertram
- Build your own Azure CLI Extensions via Michael Crump
Big Data / Database
- SQL Polling Listener For Azure SQL and Other SQL Databases via Khalid Abuhakmeh
- Azure Offline Backup with Azure Data Box now in preview via Saurabh Sensharma
- On.NET Episode: Streaming and Batching with the Cosmos DB SDK for .NET via Cecil L. Phillip 🇦🇬
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Azure Sphere is Now Generally Available via Paul Thurrott
- A secure foundation for IoT, Azure Sphere now generally available via Halina McMaster
- Azure Sphere is now generally available! via Featured Blog
- Microsoft’s Azure Sphere, its Linux-based microcontroller plus cloud service, hits general availability via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Azure Sphere—Microsoft’s answer to escalating IoT threats—reaches general availability via Todd VanderArk
- Microsoft Intelligent Security Association partnership program for IoT security vendors via Featured Blog
- Azure Security Center for IoT RSA 2020 announcements via Michal Braverman-Blunmenstyk
- Setting an Azure IoT Hub connection string in code on an MXChip via Jim Bennett ☁️
- Azure Sphere update 20.01 is now available via Featured Blog
DevOps / Development
- Use Blazor and C# to host a static website in Azure Storage via Michael Crump
- Tip 248 – Top 5 VS Code extensions for Azure Developers via Azure Tips and Tricks
- GCast 74: Continuous Deployment with Azure DevOps via David Giard
- Azure DevOps Services Status Check via Abhijit Jana
- Running PowerShell Scripts in Azure DevOps Pipelines (1 of 2) via Adam Bertram
- On.NET Episode: Streaming and Batching with the Cosmos DB SDK for .NET via Cecil L. Phillip 🇦🇬
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)
- Different Approaches for Building Stateful Kubernetes Applications via Janakiram MSV
- Burst 4K encoding on Azure Kubernetes Service via Fardau van Neerden
- Understanding Ingress Controllers and Azure App Gateway for Azure Kubernetes Part 2: AGIC via elbruno
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Network Security Group Ruleset to CSV via Thomas Thornton
- Az Kung Fu VM – Master Tools for Azure Administrators via Dan Patrick
- Preview of Active Directory authentication support on Azure Files via Yuemin Lu
- Microsoft Intelligent Security Association partnership program for IoT security vendors via Featured Blog
- New Microsoft Security innovations and partnerships via Marin Perez
- Azure Security Center for IoT RSA 2020 announcements via Michal Braverman-Blunmenstyk
- Create Azure P2S VPN with Azure AD authentication via Thomas Maurer
Learning / Training / Certification
- Recommended Microsoft Learn Modules to kick start your Azure Learning via Thomas Thornton
- New Azure Firewall certification and features in Q1 CY2020 via Yair Tor
XBox / xCloud
- Microsoft Shares Official Xbox Series X Specs via Mehedi Hassan
- Microsoft reveals more Xbox Series X specs, confirms 12 teraflops GPU via Tom Warren
Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality
- Microsoft to Host Mixed Reality Dev Event via Paul Thurrott
Hardware
- Microsoft Admits to Surface Laptop 3 Display Cracking via Paul Thurrott
- Microsoft is looking into reports of Surface Laptop 3 cracked screens via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Other
- Achievement Unlocked: Azure Hero via Joe Carlyle
- Use Azure Tags to organize Resources via Thomas Maurer
- Comparing Callbacks, Promises and Async Await in TypeScript via John Papa
- Microsoft is bringing its antivirus software to iOS and Android via Tom Warren
- Microsoft Threat Protection stops attack sprawl and auto-heals enterprise assets with built-in intelligence and automation via Todd VanderArk
- Azure Sentinel uncovers the real threats hidden in billions of low fidelity signals via Todd VanderArk
- Free import of AWS CloudTrail logs through June 2020 and other exciting Azure Sentinel updates via Todd VanderArk
- Purge container images from Azure Container Registry (ACR) on demand or on a schedule via Pixel Robots.
- Defending the power grid against supply chain attacks—Part 1: The risk defined via Todd VanderArk
- Microsoft’s Unified Office App for Android Now Available to Everyone via Mehedi Hassan
- Microsoft updates its roadmap for the new Edge; extension syncing coming this month via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- All about Wi-Fi 6 and the new Wi-Fi 6E via Stacey Higginbotham
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:- How Stora Enso IoT Solution is Impacting Carbon Footprint and Sustainability | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- 2020-02-14 (VOD) Creating material for an Azure Resource Manager ARM template via Frank Boucher
- How to use HTTP overrides on Azure CDN from Microsoft via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- How to use Jupyter Notebooks in Azure Data Studio via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- How to use HTTP overrides on Azure CDN from Microsoft | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- How to use Jupyter Notebooks in Azure Data Studio | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- 10 Tips to Reduce your Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) Cost via Frank Boucher
- Azure ESP32 Dev Kit Board and resources | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- How to connect and deliver services privately on Azure with Azure Private Link | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Optimization, Machine Learning Models, and TensorFlow (Part 2 of 4) via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Azure ESP32 Dev Kit Board and resources 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 316 – SAP on Azure via The Azure Podcast
- Paul Sheriff on How to be an Architect – Episode 77 via Azure DevOps Podcast
- Episode 165 – Power Virtual Agents via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 315 – Spot VMs via The Azure Podcast
- 017 – Planning and designing perimeter security in Azure via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
- Episode 347 | Microsoft Backtracks on Force Feeding Bing and More Cloud News via Microsoft Cloud Show
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Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:- Virtual machines NVv4 series meter name changes
- Public IP prefix static IP addresses meter ID changes
- Azure API Management update—February 2020
- Cognitive Services Bing Speech API is being retired November 1, 2021
- We are retiring Azure Media Analytics preview processors on June 1, 2020
- Azure Cognitive Services Computer Vision Read API v3.0 now in preview
- Fileless attack detection for Linux is now in preview
- Azure Security Center for IoT real-time operating system support
- A secure foundation for IoT, Azure Sphere now generally available
- Azure Monitor Log Analytics now has new, upgraded visualizations
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- Azure Sphere update 20.01 is now available
- Azure Bastion is now available in 20 new regions
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- Azure Backup offline-backup with Azure Data Box
- Azure Firewall Spring 2020 updates
- Azure Firewall Manager Preview refresh
- Azure Private Link is now available
- Azure App Configuration is now generally available
- Support for PostgreSQL to Azure Database for PostgreSQL—Hyperscale (Citus) is now available
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