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:
- Take Microsoft Certification Exams During COVID-19 Coronavirus Quarantine via Chris Pietschmann
- GitHub acquires npm via Chris Pietschmann
- Tip 256 – Using Application Gateway Ingress Controller with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Tip 255 – What’s Azure Private Link and how can I get started? via Azure Tips and Tricks
- How to SSH into a Windows 10 Machine from Linux OR Windows OR anywhere via Scott Hanselman
- Adding a git commit hash and Azure DevOps Build Number and Build ID to an ASP.NET website 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)
- Announcing the general availability of Azure Monitor for virtual machines via Scott Kinghorn
- Start your datacentre transformation with Azure Migrate via Techie Lass Blog
- Microsoft hits its promised one billion Windows 10 number two years later than originally expected via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Microsoft hits its goal of 1 billion devices running Windows 10 via Tom Warren
- Start your datacentre transformation with Azure Migrate via Techie Lass Blog
- Azure Friday: Manage hybrid servers using Azure Arc via Thomas Maurer
- VMware And Kubernetes: More Than Just A Defensive Play via Mitch Wagner
- Microsoft: WSL2’s Linux kernel will be delivered to Windows 10 users via Windows Update via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- VMware Embraces Kubernetes for App Modernization via Michael Otey
- Install Homebrew for Linux in Azure Cloud Shell via Daniel
- Infrastructure as Code | Deploy a VNET & NSG & UDR via Pantelis Apostolidis
- How to SSH into a Windows 10 Machine from Linux OR Windows OR anywhere via Scott Hanselman
- How to Fix Storage Space Direct Virtual Disk Detached after Server Reboot #Storage Space Redirect #S2D #Microsoft #Hyper-V via Cary Sun
- Plan migration of physical servers using Azure Migrate via Hanaa Musa
- VMware Tanzu, Cloud Foundation 4 Further Blends VMs and Kubernetes via Mike Melanson
- Create and Manage Azure VMs from VS Code via Thomas Maurer
- VMware Rejuvenates Once Again With Kubernetes Injection via Mitch Wagner
- Bypassing on premises firewall to RDP or SSH into Azure VM via Sanganak – Authority
- Azure Virtual Machine Boot Diagnostics via Thomas Thornton
- Reset Virtual Machine Local Admin Password in Azure Portal via Thomas Thornton
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- ASP.NET Core Data Protection with Azure Key Vault and Azure Storage via Joonas Westlin
- Azure Web App for Containers 環境で MicroProfile Config 動作検証 via Yoshio Terada
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Discovering the Durable Functions API – Human Interaction (DurableOrchestrationClient part 4) via I ❤ Serverless
- Azure Functions tip: making sense of GSON JsonSyntaxException via Abhishek Gupta
- Manage Azure Function Keys using PowerShell via mjibrandl
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Microsoft expected to announce Microsoft 365 consumer subscription plans on March 30 via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Microsoft Teams Goes Down Amid Increased Usage via Mehedi Hassan
- Microsoft Teams goes down just as Europe logs on to work remotely via Tom Warren
Command-Line (CLI) / ARM Templates
- Discovering the Durable Functions API – Human Interaction (DurableOrchestrationClient part 4) via I ❤ Serverless
- Microsoft: WSL2’s Linux kernel will be delivered to Windows 10 users via Windows Update via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Install Homebrew for Linux in Azure Cloud Shell via Daniel
- Manage Azure Function Keys using PowerShell via mjibrandl
Big Data / Database
- Introducing FSharp.CosmosDb via Aaron Powell
- Start your datacentre transformation with Azure Migrate via Techie Lass Blog
- Start your datacentre transformation with Azure Migrate via Techie Lass Blog
- How to deploy and access MySql using Azure IoT Edge via Sander van de Velde
- ASP.NET Core Data Protection with Azure Key Vault and Azure Storage via Joonas Westlin
- SQL: Setting local date and time for a session in Azure SQL Database via greglowblog
- GCast 77: Connecting Azure Synapse to External Data via David Giard
- Use SQLMap to Connect Directly to Azure SQL Database via Thomas LaRock
- SQL: Getting local date and time in Azure SQL Database via greglowblog
- How Can you Provide Feedback for Azure Data Studio via dbland
- Provisioning Azure Databricks and PAT tokens with Terraform via Alexandre Gattiker
- Using Azure AD with the Azure Databricks API via Alexandre Gattiker
Internet of Things (IoT)
- How to deploy and access MySql using Azure IoT Edge via Sander van de Velde
- New IoT MS Learn modules, new partnerships and more #ThisWeekInIoT via Featured Blog
- Primer on rolling out your Blazor container on Azure IoT Edge via Sander van de Velde
- Update 20.03 for Azure Sphere now available for compatibility testing via Featured Blog
- IoT Signals energy report: Embracing transparent, affordable, and sustainable energy via Sam George
Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Using Azure Machine Learning for Hyperparameter Optimization via Dmitry Soshnikov
DevOps / Development
- GitHub acquires npm via Chris Pietschmann
- Microsoft’s GitHub Acquires npm via Mehedi Hassan
- GitHub Acquires npm, Buying Microsoft a Presence in the Node/JavaScript Community via Joab Jackson
- Microsoft buys JavaScript developer platform npm; plans to integrate it with GitHub via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- My Top 5 Visual Studio Code extensions for Azure Developers via Michael Crump
- ASP.NET Core Data Protection with Azure Key Vault and Azure Storage via Joonas Westlin
- Microsoft cancels its in-person Build 2020 developers conference due to COVID-19 coronavirus via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Getting started with Microsoft Identity for Developers (AAD) via Christos Matskas
- Primer: A Developers Guide to Deploying to Kubernetes via Tiffany Jachja
- Grouping Shared Variables in Azure DevOps Pipeline via Abhijit Jana
- Running the Azure Resource Manager Template Toolkit on GitHub Actions via Wesley Haakman
- March patches for Azure DevOps Server and Team Foundation Server via Gloridel Morales
- Let’s look at your options for local development with Kubernetes via Richard Seroter
- Adding a git commit hash and Azure DevOps Build Number and Build ID to an ASP.NET website via Scott Hanselman
- Create and Manage Azure VMs from VS Code via Thomas Maurer
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)
- Tip 256 – Using Application Gateway Ingress Controller with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Azure Kubernetes Service 環境で MicroProfile Config 動作検証 via Yoshio Terada
- Kubernetes in the House: Enterprise Options for K8s on-Prem via Twain Taylor
- VMware And Kubernetes: More Than Just A Defensive Play via Mitch Wagner
- VMware Embraces Kubernetes for App Modernization via Michael Otey
- Primer: A Developers Guide to Deploying to Kubernetes via Tiffany Jachja
- Azure Web App for Containers 環境で MicroProfile Config 動作検証 via Yoshio Terada
- Let’s look at your options for local development with Kubernetes via Richard Seroter
- VMware Tanzu, Cloud Foundation 4 Further Blends VMs and Kubernetes via Mike Melanson
- VMware Rejuvenates Once Again With Kubernetes Injection via Mitch Wagner
Blockchain / Smart Contracts
- Help! Hackers are mining my cloud for Bitcoin 😱 via Adi Polak
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- How to Enable Security Defaults in Azure Active Directory via Russell Smith
- Getting started with Microsoft Identity for Developers (AAD) via Christos Matskas
- Empower Firstline Workers with Azure AD and YubiKey passwordless authentication via Todd VanderArk
- Using Azure AD with the Azure Databricks API via Alexandre Gattiker
Azure Stack
- Azure Stack Hub: When you can’t view/add permissions in a tenant subscription from the portal via Danny McDermott
Learning / Training / Certification
- Take Microsoft Certification Exams During COVID-19 Coronavirus Quarantine via Chris Pietschmann
- How to get through PL-900 Certification exam via Sajeetharan
- New IoT MS Learn modules, new partnerships and more #ThisWeekInIoT via Featured Blog
XBox / xCloud
- Here’s how Xbox Series X removable storage will work via Tom Warren
- Microsoft Plans to Talk Xbox Series X and xCloud Next Week via Brad Sams
- Microsoft to detail Xbox Series X and xCloud in new live stream next week via Tom Warren
Other
- Terraform on Azure via AZApril
- Learn new strategies and technologies to optimize your hybrid cloud via David Kurth
- Power your Azure GPU workstations with flexible GPU partitioning via Vijay Kanchanahalli
- Microsoft to hold Office press event on March 30th via Tom Warren
- A Walk through Azure via Techie Lass Blog
- Terraform – State Files via AZApril
- Terraform – Modules via AZApril
- Azure Container Registry: Preview of customer-managed keys via Reshmi Mangalore
- Negotiating EAs with Microsoft, What to Expect and How to Prepare via Chris Parker
- Tip 255 – What’s Azure Private Link and how can I get started? via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Jaidev Kunjur on Azure Integration Tools via David Giard
- Microsoft Bing launches interactive COVID-19 map to provide pandemic news via Jon Porter
- Why no foldi? via James
- How to be Lean and Agile AND have a Product Roadmap that does not suck! via Aram Koukia
- Bill Gates Is Stepping Down From the Microsoft Board via Mehedi Hassan
- Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board via Chaim Gartenberg
- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates steps off Microsoft’s board via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Screencast: using Spring Boot, JHipster and Azure Spring Cloud together via Julien Dubois
- Department of Defense seeks to reevaluate JEDI cloud-contract bids after Microsoft win paused via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Microsoft Rebrands UI Fabric to Fluent UI via Paul Thurrott
- Microsoft Plots the End of Visual Basic via Paul Thurrott
- Things to consider when running visual tests in CI/CD pipelines: Container Pipeline Edition (Part 3) via jldeen
- Keep control of your Azure environment with Azure Policy via Thomas Maurer
- NEW WHITEPAPER: Run MPI workloads with Azure Batch and Azure NetApp Files via AzureCAT
- Microsoft named a leader in The Forrester New Wave: Functions-as-a-Service Platforms via Jeff Hollan
- Guarding against supply chain attacks—Part 3: How software becomes compromised via Todd VanderArk
- Microsoft Integration and Azure Stencils Pack for Visio: New version available (v6.2.0) via Sandro Pereira
- Behavioral blocking and containment: Transforming optics into protection via Eric Avena
- Real-life cybercrime stories from DART, the Microsoft Detection and Response Team via Todd VanderArk
- Azure Free Account? Is it really free? via Michael Crump
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Introduction to the Azure Sphere Security Service | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Manage and govern your hybrid servers using Azure Arc via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- WSL2: Code faster on the Windows Subsystem for Linux! | Tabs vs Spaces via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- SQL Server Licensing: High Availability / Disaster Recovery on premises | Data Exposed | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- Building up open source developer communities in the Dominican Republic | On .NET via Channel 9
- Bot Framework – Building awesome experiences in Microsoft Teams (Part 1 of 3) via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Andon manufacturing methodology modernized with Azure IoT | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Andon manufacturing methodology modernized with Azure IoT 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 319 – Machine Learning Options via The Azure Podcast
- Episode 168 – Live from Collab365 GlobalCon1! via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- 020 – Powering your apps with Azure Cognitive Services via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
- Episode 350 | Microsoft Cloud Service Updates, New Certifications, and GKE is no Longer Free via Microsoft Cloud Show
- Episode 318 – This and That via The Azure Podcast
- Jonathan Mills on Data Architecture in Azure – Episode 79 via Azure DevOps Podcast
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Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:
- Announcing Azure Private Link GA for Azure Services
- Azure Private Link for Azure Cosmos DB is now generally available
- Translator encryption of data at rest with customer managed keys
- Azure Data Explorer deployment into Azure Virtual Networks now generally available
- Azure Private Link for Azure Database for MariaDB is now generally available
- Private Link for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single Server is now available
- Azure Private Link for Azure Database for MySQL is now available
- Azure Cognitive Services—Brazilian Portuguese added to neural Text to Speech
- Azure Functions—Python 3.8 support is now generally available
- Private Endpoints for Azure Storage are now Generally Available
- Event Grid Premium tier is now in preview
- Azure Service Fabric 7.0 fourth refresh release is now rolling out
- ACR built-in audit policies for Azure Policy is now in preview
- Managed keys for Azure Container Registry is now in preview
- Azure Monitor Application Insights now supports Python
- Azure SQL Database default configurations are changing
- Virtual Network NAT now generally available
- Azure DNS private zones preview API is being deprecated
- Deprecation of two security recommendations for web applications
- Azure Stream Analytics managed identity authentication to Power BI is now available
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