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 243 – Azure SignalR Service and Event Grid Walkthrough via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Microsoft Azure Certification Changes Coming Early 2020 via Chris Pietschmann
- Tip 242 – What is IP address 168.63.129.16? via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Getting Started with Visual Studio Online – Cloud IDE via Chris Pietschmann
- Top 5 IoT Messaging Protocols via Chris Pietschmann
- Windows 7 extended security updates to cost German government around $887,000 via Tom Warren
- Azure Point to Site VPN configuration using PowerShell via Thomas Thornton
- Deploying Azure Functions With Github Actions via Posts on LINQ to Fail
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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)
- MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company on Azure Site Recovery via Siddharth Deekshit
- How to Reduce the Costs of your Azure IaaS VMs via Thomas Maurer
- MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company on Azure Site Recovery, “ASR worked like magic” via Siddharth Deekshit
- Windows 7 extended security updates to cost German government around $887,000 via Tom Warren
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- January 27, 2020 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam
- Data Platform Tips 61 – Create a SAS to download file from Azure Storage via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
- Data Platform Tips 60 – Shared Access Signatures (SAS) in Azure Storage via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
- Data Platform Tips 59 – Azure Storage Access Tiers via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
Power Platform
- Are you a Microsoft Power Apps + Dynamics 365 Solution Architect? Validate your expertise today via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Using Graph Bindings with Node.JS Azure Function Apps via jsanders
- Deploying Azure Functions With Github Actions via Posts on LINQ to Fail
- NEW WHITEPAPER: Build Serverless Apps with Event Grid and Azure Functions via Ed Price
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Are you a Microsoft Power Apps + Dynamics 365 Solution Architect? Validate your expertise today via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
- Microsoft to force Chrome default search to Bing using Office 365 installer via Tom Warren
Command-Line (CLI) / ARM Templates
- Azure Point to Site VPN configuration using PowerShell via Thomas Thornton
- Create Azure AD Server and Client apps using Azure CLI for an AKS deployment. via Pixel Robots.
Big Data / Database
- Data Platform Tips 61 – Create a SAS to download file from Azure Storage via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
- Tip 243 – Azure SignalR Service and Event Grid Walkthrough via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Data Platform Tips 60 – Shared Access Signatures (SAS) in Azure Storage via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
- Data Platform Tips 59 – Azure Storage Access Tiers via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
- Updates to Several Azure and Data & AI Certifications are Coming Soon via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
- Data Platform Tips 58 – Create Apache Kafka Cluster in Azure HDInsight via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
- Data Platform Tips 57 – Create an Interactive Query Cluster in HDInsight via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
- Data Platform Tips 56 – Create Apache Spark Cluster in Azure HDInsight via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
- NEW WHITEPAPER: Build Serverless Apps with Event Grid and Azure Functions via Ed Price
- Data Platform Tips 55 – Create Azure HDInsight Cluster using Azure Portal via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Fueling intelligent energy with IoT via OP Ravi
- Securing inbound and outbound ports for Azure IoT via Sander van de Velde
- Plan for Change – Part 3: Azure Sphere February Release via Featured Blog
- Easily Connect Espressif Devices to Azure IoT via Featured Blog
- Top 5 IoT Messaging Protocols via Chris Pietschmann
- A new approach to chips could help future-proof the IoT via Stacey Higginbotham
Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Updates to Several Azure and Data & AI Certifications are Coming Soon via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
DevOps / Development
- Testing Azure AD-protected APIs, part 5: Pipelines in Azure DevOps via Joonas Westlin
- Getting Started with Visual Studio Online – Cloud IDE via Chris Pietschmann
- Deploying Azure Functions With Github Actions via Posts on LINQ to Fail
- GCast 70: Deleting an Azure DevOps Project via David Giard
- Microsoft Releases Preview SDK for Surface Duo via Paul Thurrott
- Azure Pipelines hosted pools updates via Whitney Jenkins
- Removing older images in Azure Pipelines hosted pools via Whitney Jenkins
- Demystifying DevOps — A Peek Behind the Digital Transformation Curtain via Catherine Paganini
- Building an Azure DevOps Pipeline [Soup to Nuts] via Adam Bertram
- Microsoft makes performance, speed optimizations to ONNX machine-learning runtime available to developers via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- gRPC With Blazor, C# And .Net Core via Mangesh Gaherwar
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)
- Create Azure AD Server and Client apps using Azure CLI for an AKS deployment. via Pixel Robots.
- Install a high available Istio control plane on Azure Kubernetes Service via Daniel
- eBay Rolls Out Kubernetes for Performance-Sensitive Search Operations via Joab Jackson
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Testing Azure AD-protected APIs, part 5: Pipelines in Azure DevOps via Joonas Westlin
- Azure Security Benchmark—90 security and compliance best practices for your workloads in Azure via Todd VanderArk
- Create Azure AD Server and Client apps using Azure CLI for an AKS deployment. via Pixel Robots.
- Windows 7 extended security updates to cost German government around $887,000 via Tom Warren
Learning / Training / Certification
- Microsoft Azure Certification Changes Coming Early 2020 via Chris Pietschmann
- Updates to Several Azure and Data & AI Certifications are Coming Soon via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
- Microsoft Learn: Why get certified? via Nancy Tandy, Business Strategy Manager, Worldwide Learning
XBox / xCloud
- Alleged Xbox Series X photos show off the port selection via Sam Byford
- Xbox Series X Hardware Shows Up Early via Brad Sams
Government
Hardware
- gRPC With Blazor, C# And .Net Core via Mangesh Gaherwar
Other
- Six things to consider when using Video Indexer at scale via Itay Arbel
- Tip 242 – What is IP address 168.63.129.16? via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Using Azure Sentinel with Azure App Gateway to Investigate Web Attacks – Part 5 Incidents via elbruno
- Microsoft and Zscaler help organizations implement the Zero Trust model via Todd VanderArk
- Verifying Propagated BGP Routes on Azure ExpressRoute via AFinn
- Here’s a first look at Android on Microsoft’s dual-screen Surface Duo via Tom Warren
- Microsoft’s software plan for the Duo Android phone is surprisingly realistic via Dieter Bohn
- Azure Tip : Enable Debug Mode on Azure Portal via Sajeetharan
- Microsoft to launch its first cloud region in Israel in 2021 via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Deploy a Pod on CentOS with Podman via Jack Wallen
- Microsoft’s CEO looks to a future beyond Windows, iOS, and Android via Tom Warren
- MLOps—the path to building a competitive edge via John ‘JG’ Chirapurath
- The GPU Is The Worst – And Best – Thing To Happen To The FPGA via Timothy Prickett Morgan
- Google favors temporary facial recognition ban as Microsoft pushes back via James Vincent
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:- Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure, Part 1 | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure, Part 2 | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Azure Event Hubs supported Protocols | On .NET via Channel 9
- It’s just SQL: CLR in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- What is a Container registry and Azure Container Service | The Cloud Native Show via Channel 9
- What is a Container Registry and Azure Container Service via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Bot Framework Composer via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Welcome to Blazor | Focus on Blazor via Channel 9
- Generate Logic Apps and Flows to Publish Data to SQL DB Part II | Block Talk via Channel 9
- Azure Cognitive Services brings intelligence & increased productivity to your business processes | AI Show via Channel 9
- Azure Maps Mobility Services | 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:- Abel Wang on DevOps Infrastructure – Episode 73 via Azure DevOps Podcast
- Episode 312 – Azure FarmBeats via The Azure Podcast
- Episode 161 – Office 365 News via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 343 | Latest Microsoft Cloud News via Microsoft Cloud Show
- Emily Freeman on Modern DevOps – Episode 72 via Azure DevOps Podcast
Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:- Azure App Service on Azure Stack Hub Update 8 Released
- Azure Data Factory is now available in South Africa North
- Azure Lighthouse: New features are now generally available
- Soft Delete for SQL server in Azure VM and SAP HANA in Azure VM workloads
- Updating hardware generation in managed instance now available in Azure portal
- Azure DevOps—Release and pipelines events now available in the audit logs
- New support for Network Security Group flow logs, a feature of Azure Network Watcher
- Azure Logic Apps updates for November and December 2019
- Azure API Management update—January 2020
- Azure Functions runtime 3.0 is now generally available
- SAP HANA using Azure Backup now available in several Asia regions
- SAP HANA using Azure Backup now available in several Europe regions
- Azure Databricks Is now HITRUST certified
- Azure Active Directory support in Azure Database for MySQL
- Microsoft Sustainability Calculator provides insights into IT carbon emissions
- Azure Secure Score simplified
- Azure Red Hat OpenShift virtual network peering and ExpressRoute support
- Azure Red Hat OpenShift private endpoints now in preview
- Autodesk Arnold Service meter ID changes
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