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The Weeks Top Links

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

• Azure Firewall: Implement secure network access using Bicep Language via Dave R – Microsoft Azure MVP☁️
• HashiCorp 2022 Year in Review via Armon Dadgar
• Microsoft named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Industrial IoT Platforms via Joe Biron
• Advice if Microsoft certifications are your New Years resolution via Kevin Chant
• LastPass Confirms Hackers Gained Access to Users’ Password Vaults via Laurent Giret
• What is ChatGPT and is it important? via Chris Pietschmann

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)

• Report: More Developers Use Linux Than a Mac via Paul Thurrott
• Azure Firewall: Implement secure network access using Bicep Language via Dave R – Microsoft Azure MVP☁️
• Azure Arc delivers SQL Databases as Resources in Azure via Matthew Quickenden

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Could we use SSH keys generated for SFTP users to access Blob storage in paired region via SFTP… via Akihiro Nishikawa

DevOps / SRE

• Azure Boards – Organize and Plan All of Your Work via April Edwards
• ADX Kusto plug-in for Azure Digital Twins history via Sander van de Velde | Microsoft MVP | IoT Solution Architect | Speaker | Maker
• HashiCorp Ambassador Call for Submissions 2023 via Alexandra Freeman
• HashiCorp 2022 Year in Review via Armon Dadgar
• HashiCorp Awarded the Palo Alto Networks 2022 Global Technology Partner of the Year via Alejandra Velasquez
• HashiCorp Predicts: What to Expect in 2023 via Isaac Sherbin
• New Terraform Run Tasks From Checkpoint, Rapid7, ZScaler and Others via Alejandra Velasquez
• 6 Command Line (PowerShell & CLI) Tips & Tricks for Microsoft Azure you should know about! via Thomas Maurer
• Deploy Container App and pull image from Azure Container Registry using Terraform and AzAPI via Thomas Thornton

Data

• New Year’s Resolutions for your Business Intelligence, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence teams via Jen Stirrup
• Data Factory objects in Synapse Studio via Kevin Chant
• Understanding the Power BI Desktop Azure Data Explorer error “We reached the end of the buffer” via PeteCodes
• Hybrid Data Collection from the IoT Edge with MQTT and Kafka via Jason Myers
• Configure, Manage, and Simplify Your Observability Data Pipelines with the Calyptia Core Docker Extension via Ajeet Singh Raina
• Learn how Microsoft datacenter operations prepare for energy issues via Jeremy Hollett
• Microsoft to Roll Out EU Data Boundary Plan for Cloud Services on January 1 via Rabia Noureen
• Azure Arc delivers SQL Databases as Resources in Azure via Matthew Quickenden

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Microsoft named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Industrial IoT Platforms via Joe Biron
• Hybrid Data Collection from the IoT Edge with MQTT and Kafka via Jason Myers

Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• New Year’s Resolutions for your Business Intelligence, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence teams via Jen Stirrup
• #AI Generated – Unlock the Power of Low Code No Code Platforms. Unlock Your Possibilities! via elbruno
• ChatGPT: AI Moves to the Web via Alex Williams

Development

• Report: More Developers Use Linux Than a Mac via Paul Thurrott
• Add Arm64 Support To Your Visual Studio 2022 Extensions via jeremy@sinclairinat0r.com
• Real time App with .NET MAUI Blazor and Azure SignalR service via Mangesh Gaherwar
• Fun with NanoFramework, running .Net C# on ESP32 via Sander van de Velde | Microsoft MVP | IoT Solution Architect | Speaker | Maker

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)

• What’s the Difference Between Kubernetes and OpenShift? via Simon Bisson
• Configure, Manage, and Simplify Your Observability Data Pipelines with the Calyptia Core Docker Extension via Ajeet Singh Raina

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• What’s the difference Between Windows AD, Azure AD, and Azure AD DS? via Travis Roberts
• What you need to know about Azure Network Security Groups and Application Security Groups via Travis Roberts
• Azure Bicep: Working with Network Security Groups and Application Security Groups via Dave R – Microsoft Azure MVP☁️
• Becoming a Microsoft Security Researcher via CirriusTech | Serious About Tech
• Forrester names Microsoft a Leader in Q4 2022 Security Analytics Platforms Wave report via Christine Barrett
• Do more with less with Microsoft Security—3 strategies to get you started via Christine Barrett

Learning / Training / Certification

• Advice if Microsoft certifications are your New Years resolution via Kevin Chant
• Microsoft certifications are a slow-moving target via Kevin Chant

Linux

• Report: More Developers Use Linux Than a Mac via Paul Thurrott

XBox / xCloud / Gaming

• MCCrash: Cross-platform DDoS botnet targets private Minecraft servers via Paul Oliveria

Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality

• Thank you #Community and #Microsoft for this Awesome Year 2022! Happy Holidays via James van den Berg
• HashiCorp 2022 Year in Review via Armon Dadgar
• Microsoft Says HoloLens 2 Successor Will Need to Be a “Meaningful Update” via Laurent Giret
• Microsoft HoloLens still has a future via Sharron Bennet

Other

• Track IP addresses consumption with Azure Application Insights via James Dumont le Douarec
• Hosting a Capture-the-Flag event on Azure via Avishay Balter
• Use Managed HSM for encryption and decryption via Akihiro Nishikawa
• Azure Policy | Deny Action via zigmax
• Create Azure Virtual Desktop Environment – Step By Step via Saumilkumar Shah
• Mastodon: The Open-Source Social Network Taking on Big Tech via Russell Smith
• LastPass Confirms Hackers Gained Access to Users’ Password Vaults via Laurent Giret
• Microsoft research uncovers new Zerobot capabilities via Paul Oliveria
• Elon Musk is Looking For New Twitter CEO “Foolish Enough to Take the Job” via Laurent Giret
• Elon Musk says he will resign as Twitter CEO, but not until he finds “someone foolish enough” via Joe Rogun
• Microsoft Innovation in RAN Analytics and Control via Yousef Khalidi
• What’s New in Azure Networking – December Edition via MichaelBenderMS
• Deploy Microsoft Sentinel Scheduled Analytics Rule using Bicep Language via Dave R – Microsoft Azure MVP☁️
• Microsoft Intune: 5 endpoint management predictions for 2023 via Christine Barrett
• Microsoft Account Azure Login Problem Resolved via Ardalis RSS Feed
• Deploy Microsoft Sentinel using Bicep Language via Dave R – Microsoft Azure MVP☁️
• What is ChatGPT and is it important? via Chris Pietschmann
• 191: The Cloud Pod Reinvents the Recap Show via Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Peter Roosakos

Videos

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

• What advice do you have for migrating data? via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Connecting to an Azure Virtual Machine using RDP via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Accessing a GitHub Repository using the VS Code web editor via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Updating an application in real-time with zero downtime using Azure Kubernetes Service and GitOps via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• How to migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL Database offline using Azure Data Studio | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Creating a workload identity and linking it to a GitHub Actions deployment workflow 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 314 – Microsoft Teams Premium Preview via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• 166 – Let’s talk about Defender for DevOps via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
• Troy Vinson: Learning From the Rackspace Security Breach with Troy Vinson – Episode 225 via Azure DevOps Podcast
• Episode 313 – Pour one out for the SREs at Rackspace via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• 165 – Running a Signal Proxy on Azure via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
• Episode 450 – Twitter Live Spaces Discussion via The Azure Podcast
• Episode 312 – Gift ideas for the geek in your life via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Source Open vs Open Source and IdentityServer with Dominick Baier and Brock Allen via .NET Rocks!

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