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The Weeks Top Links

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

• Terraform: Deploy Azure Function App with Consumption Plan via Chris Pietschmann
• Terraform: Store Backend State in Azure Storage Account via Chris Pietschmann
• Terraform: String Functions and Interpolation Explained via Chris Pietschmann
• Terraform: Using CIDR Notation to Define IP Address Ranges and Subnet Address Spaces via Chris Pietschmann
• Host WordPress in Microsoft Azure with App Service (PaaS hosting) via Chris Pietschmann
• IPv4 Address CIDR Range Reference and Calculator via Chris Pietschmann
• How Adoption of ChatGPT Can Benefit Your Career in DevOps, SRE or Software Development via Chris Pietschmann
• Crafting Effective AI Prompts for Improved Content Generation: A ChatGPT Guide via Chris Pietschmann
• Chris Pietschmann Awarded HashiCorp Ambassador – 2023 via Chris Pietschmann
• Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms via Emma Jones
• 7 reasons to join us at Azure Open Source Day via Katie Fritsch and David Dennis

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)

• #Microsoft Azure Arc enabled Servers managed with Windows Admin Center in #Azure #AzureHybrid #MVPBuzz via James van den Berg
• Restoring a Failed Azure Virtual Desktop with Azure Backup via Cristal Kawula
• Troubleshooting Starting an Azure VM Error Allocation: Failed via Cristal Kawula
• Mastering Terraform State: A Comprehensive Guide to Setting Up and Configuring Your Infrastructure… via Daryl
• Azure VMware Solution in Microsoft Azure Government streamlines migration efforts via Brett Tanzer
• Azure Arc enabled Server Insights #AzureHybrid #AzureArc #Winserv #Azure via James van den Berg
• Optimize Azure Kubernetes Service Node Cost by Combining OnDemand And Spot VMs via p-prakash
• Publish ASP.NET Core 7.0 web apps to an Azure Virtual Machine via Radoslav Gatev

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Terraform: Store Backend State in Azure Storage Account via Chris Pietschmann
• Host WordPress in Microsoft Azure with App Service (PaaS hosting) via Chris Pietschmann

Power Platform

• Power Automate vs Azure Logic Apps via Barret

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

• Terraform: Deploy Azure Function App with Consumption Plan via Chris Pietschmann
• Power Automate vs Azure Logic Apps via Barret

DevOps / SRE

• Create Azure DevOps Management Reports via April Edwards
• Terraform Associate: How To Prepare for the exam? via Tom Brovender
• Managing Terraform State in Azure: Best Practices for Multiple Environments via ECD3
• Demystify Terraform Provisioners via Ink Insight
• Mastering Terraform State: A Comprehensive Guide to Setting Up and Configuring Your Infrastructure… via Daryl
• Terraform: Deploy Azure Function App with Consumption Plan via Chris Pietschmann
• Thoughts about disabling classic pipelines in Azure DevOps via Kevin Chant
• Terraform: Store Backend State in Azure Storage Account via Chris Pietschmann
• Learn Terraform and deploy to Azure using self-led GitHub Repository via Thomas Thornton
• How Adoption of ChatGPT Can Benefit Your Career in DevOps, SRE or Software Development via Chris Pietschmann
• Terraform: String Functions and Interpolation Explained via Chris Pietschmann
• Chris Pietschmann Awarded HashiCorp Ambassador – 2023 via Chris Pietschmann
• Find your total build minutes with GitHub Actions and Golang via Alex Ellis
• Terraform: Using CIDR Notation to Define IP Address Ranges and Subnet Address Spaces via Chris Pietschmann
• PowerShell and AI: Using ChatGPT with PowerShell to Automate Tasks via April Edwards
• Guest on StreamingClouds – Navigating AKS: Scenarios and strategies, GitOps, Fleet Management, Platform Engineering and more via sbuchanan
• New Terraform Cloud and provider integrations from Dell, HPE, Palo Alto Networks, Ping, and others via Chris Griggs

Data

• SQL: Understanding Change Data Capture for Azure SQL Database – Part 2 – How does it work? via greglowblog
• Azure Databricks Delta Lake Change Data Feed — Transmit changes (CDC) to Azure Event Hubs for Kafka via Inderjit Rana
• Use message session state in Azure Service Bus via Akihiro Nishikawa
• What’s new in Azure Data & AI: Azure is the best place to build and run AI workloads via Jessica Hawk
• Microsoft Azure innovation powers leading price-performance for SQL Server via Peter Carlin

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Another year, another AZ-220 Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification renewal via Sander van de Velde | Microsoft MVP | IoT Solution Architect | Speaker | Maker

Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• New research, tooling, and partnerships for more secure AI and machine learning via Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence – Editor
• Microsoft brings its new AI-powered Bing to the Windows 11 taskbar via Tom Warren
• What’s new in Azure Data & AI: Azure is the best place to build and run AI workloads via Jessica Hawk
• Crafting Effective AI Prompts for Improved Content Generation: A ChatGPT Guide via Chris Pietschmann
• PowerShell and AI: Using ChatGPT with PowerShell to Automate Tasks via April Edwards
• 3 Microsoft Azure AI product features that accelerate language learning via Andy Beatman
• Bing, Bard, and ChatGPT: AI chatbots are rewriting the internet via Tom Warren

Development

• How Adoption of ChatGPT Can Benefit Your Career in DevOps, SRE or Software Development via Chris Pietschmann
• Another year, another AZ-220 Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification renewal via Sander van de Velde | Microsoft MVP | IoT Solution Architect | Speaker | Maker
• Publish ASP.NET Core 7.0 web apps to an Azure Virtual Machine via Radoslav Gatev

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)

• AKS Edge Essentials Architecture and Use Cases #Azure #AKS #AzureHybrid via James van den Berg
• Optimize Azure Kubernetes Service Node Cost by Combining OnDemand And Spot VMs via p-prakash
• Guest on StreamingClouds – Navigating AKS: Scenarios and strategies, GitOps, Fleet Management, Platform Engineering and more via sbuchanan

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• SEC cyber risk management rule—a security and compliance opportunity via Christine Barrett
• 5 reasons to adopt a Zero Trust security strategy for your business via Christine Barrett
• Cut Cost, Improve Security, Reliability, and Performance with Azure Advisor via Travis Roberts

Learning / Training / Certification

• Terraform Associate: How To Prepare for the exam? via Tom Brovender
• Azure WAF guided investigation Notebook using Microsoft Sentinel for automated false positive tuning via Sowmya Mahadevaiah
• Another year, another AZ-220 Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification renewal via Sander van de Velde | Microsoft MVP | IoT Solution Architect | Speaker | Maker

Government

• Azure VMware Solution in Microsoft Azure Government streamlines migration efforts via Brett Tanzer

Other

• Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Services’ Days Are Numbered: Here’s Why via mjfoley@directionsonmicrosoft.com
• Microsoft’s New Azure Operator Nexus Solution Now Available in Public Preview via Rabia Noureen
• Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms via Emma Jones
• Microsoft commercial marketplace: Spend smarter, move faster via Jake Swenson
• Connecting To A Third-Party Network From Azure Using NAT via AFinn
• Lookup blobs by filename faster via Akihiro Nishikawa
• 200: Now you can make bad cloud decisions like running EKS on SNOW via Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Peter Roosakos
• The Microsoft Intune Suite fuels cyber safety and IT efficiency via Emma Jones
• Securing Your Microsoft Cloud Environment in 2023 via John O’Neill Sr.
• HCP Vault on Microsoft Azure is now generally available via Aubrey Johnson
• Retrospectives: The Hidden Gem Enabling Teams to Thrive – Part 1 via Damon Stoddard
• 201: The CloudPod is assimilated and joins the Azure Collective via Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Peter Roosakos
• Retrospectives: The Hidden Gem Enabling Teams to Thrive – Part 1 via Damon Stoddard
• Agile teams align and get to market faster with Mural and Microsoft via Jason Morris
• Twitter Has Reportedly Laid Off 200 Employees Including its Twitter Blue Head via Laurent Giret
• Microsoft commercial marketplace: empowering customized experiences to drive innovation via Jake Swenson
• Empowering operators and enterprises with the next wave of Azure for Operators services shaping the future of cloud via Jason Zander
• Azure private MEC delivers modern connected applications for industries via Martin Lund
• 7 reasons to join us at Azure Open Source Day via Katie Fritsch and David Dennis
• Introducing Bash for Beginners via Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza
• IPv4 Address CIDR Range Reference and Calculator via Chris Pietschmann
• Microsoft tries ChatGPT on robots and the results are impressive via Sharron Bennet
• Microsoft has been secretly testing its Bing chatbot ‘Sydney’ for years via Tom Warren

Videos

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

• How can I productize my APIs with Azure API Management? via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Azure Open Source Day | March 7th via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Why would I use .NET in Azure Functions? via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Azure SQL VM: Assessing your migration landscape for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (Ep. 11) via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Use Functions and GROUP BY in Transact-SQL [6 of 7] | Programming Databases with T-SQL for Beginners via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• How do I get started with Azure API Management? via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• AI Show Live – Using AI to Make Experiences Accessible and Inclusive 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 323 – Managed Identities, Azure Automation, and the Microsoft Graph via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• 175 – Azure Landing Zones with Dom Allen via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
• Christian Clausen: When to Refactor – Episode 234 via Azure DevOps Podcast

Azure Service Updates

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

• Generally available updates for early March 2023
• Generally Available: Azure Monitor Logs now supports Availability Zones in Canada Central, France Central and Japan East
• Azure SQL—General availability updates for early March 2023
• Disclosure: In-tree disk and file drivers will no longer be supported starting in Kubernetes v1.26
• Azure Virtual Network Manager Event Logging now in public preview
• New Azure for Operators products and partner programs released
• Public preview: Azure PostgreSQL migration extension for Azure Data Studio
• General availability: Power BI with Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
• Generally available: Burstable compute for single node configurations for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
• Now Available: Azure Monitor Ingestion client libraries
• General availability: Azure Archive Storage now available in West US 3
• Public Preview: Azure Monitor container insights offers customizable cost optimization settings
• General availability: New enhanced connection troubleshoot
• Public preview: Login and TDE-enabled database migrations with Azure Database Migration Service
• Generally available: 4 TiB, 8 TiB, and 16 TiB storage per node for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
• Public preview: Confidential containers on ACI
• GA: Online live resize of persistent volumes
• Public preview: Pod sandboxing in AKS
• Public preview: Caching in ACR
• Public Preview: Auto vacuum metrics for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
• Public preview: AKS NodeOSUpgrade channel
• General Availability: Customer Initiated Storage Account Conversion
• General availability: Scale improvements and metrics enhancements on Azure’s regional WAF

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