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:- Attend Microsoft Linux Conference (WSLConf) Virtual Event March 10-11, 2020 via Chris Pietschmann
- Azure Cosmos DB Free Tier Now Available via Chris Pietschmann
- Tip 254 – Use WAF to protect your web applications with Azure Front Door via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Love in a time of Corona Virus – Tips, Tricks and Best Practices for Working Remotely via Scott Hanselman
- Tip 253 – Use Ingress Controller to access resources in an Azure Virtual Network via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Tip 252 – Securing your managed Databases in Azure via Azure Tips and Tricks
- How to set up a tab profile in Windows Terminal to automatically SSH into a Linux box 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)
- Attend Microsoft Linux Conference (WSLConf) Virtual Event March 10-11, 2020 via Chris Pietschmann
- Tip 254 – Use WAF to protect your web applications with Azure Front Door via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Managing Azure with AZ CLI and Windows Subsystem for Linux via elbruno
- Azure Migrate – Assess Physical Servers via Techie Lass Blog
- Azure Migrate – Assess Physical Servers via Techie Lass Blog
- Tip 253 – Use Ingress Controller to access resources in an Azure Virtual Network via Azure Tips and Tricks
- How to set up a tab profile in Windows Terminal to automatically SSH into a Linux box via Scott Hanselman
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- ASP.NET Core in Azure App Services’ Docker Images – Part 3 via shawn@wildermuth.com (Shawn Wildermuth)
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Free workshop on .NET Core + GraphQL + Serverless via Chris Noring
Command-Line (CLI) / ARM Templates
- Managing Azure with AZ CLI and Windows Subsystem for Linux via elbruno
- How to configure Azure Application Gateway V2 on an existing AKS Cluster – CLI Edition! via jldeen
- How to set up a tab profile in Windows Terminal to automatically SSH into a Linux box via Scott Hanselman
- Using the Powerlevel10k theme in Azure Cloud Shell via Daniel
Big Data / Database
- Azure Cosmos DB Free Tier Now Available via Chris Pietschmann
- Data agility and open standards in health: FHIR fueling interoperability in Azure via Heather Jordan Cartwright
- GCast 76: Creating an Azure Synapse database via David Giard
- Microsoft to introduce a free tier of its Cosmos DB NoSQL database via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Tip 252 – Securing your managed Databases in Azure via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Azure HDInsight and Azure Database for PostgreSQL news via Raghu Ramakrishnan
Internet of Things (IoT)
- IoT Signals healthcare report: Key opportunities to unlock IoT’s promise via Sam George
- Reimagining healthcare with Azure IoT via Cory Newton-Smith
- Azure IoT Introduces seamless integration with Cisco IoT via Tony Shakib
DevOps / Development
- GitHub’s Plan to Freeze Your Code for Thousands of Years via David Cassel
- Azure DevOps Pipelines – Container Releases Demystified via Head In The Clouds
- Safe Terraform Pipelines with Azure DevOps via Head In The Clouds
- Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2020.03.06 via Steven Murawski
- Update: Support for TLS 1.0/1.1 in Azure DevOps Services Extended via Justin Chung
- Free workshop on .NET Core + GraphQL + Serverless via Chris Noring
- How to Become a DevOps Engineer: My Story via Chris Blackden
- ASP.NET Core in Azure App Services’ Docker Images – Part 3 via shawn@wildermuth.com (Shawn Wildermuth)
- Support for Azure DevOps Services is now included with Azure support plans via Andrew Brenner
- Azure DevOps Services to require TLS 1.2 (Updated) via Justin Chung
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)
- How to configure Azure Application Gateway V2 on an existing AKS Cluster – CLI Edition! via jldeen
- ASP.NET Core in Azure App Services’ Docker Images – Part 3 via shawn@wildermuth.com (Shawn Wildermuth)
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Security Researchers Discover New ‘Unfixable’ Flaw on Intel CPUs via Mehedi Hassan
Learning / Training / Certification
- Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are asking Seattle-based staff to work from home because of coronavirus via Jay Peters
Other
- Attend Microsoft Linux Conference (WSLConf) Virtual Event March 10-11, 2020 via Chris Pietschmann
- One Pipeline, One Lifecycle via Head In The Clouds
- Sonos Kills Recycle Mode via Paul Thurrott
- Microsoft Integration and Azure Stencils Pack for Visio: New version available (v6.1.0) via Sandro Pereira
- Microsoft’s March 3 Azure East US outage: What went wrong (or right)? via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- RSA: The Silence of the Clouds – Episode 61 via Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker and Peter Roosakos
- Love in a time of Corona Virus – Tips, Tricks and Best Practices for Working Remotely via Scott Hanselman
- An amazingly simple solution for Mobile Apps to sync with the Cloud using Change Tracking API via Davide Mauri
- IT executives prioritize Multi-Factor Authentication in 2020 via Todd VanderArk
- Microsoft Pushes Employees to Work From Home Due to Coronavirus Concerns via Mehedi Hassan
- Azure Heroes: Community Hero via wmatthyssen
- Build Azure Domain And AD integration Foundation via Deepak
- Microsoft allows employees to work from home amid coronavirus outbreak via Tom Warren
- Everything You Need to Know About Azure – February 2020 Edition via Aidan Finn
- Project Svalbard, Have I Been Pwned and its Ongoing Independence via Troy Hunt
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:- Secure access to your API server using authorized IP ranges in AKS | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Azure Cosmos DB Free Tier and Autopilot | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- SQL Server Licensing: High Availability / Disaster Recovery Benefits | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Running Azure IoT Edge on Yocto Linux | 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:- Episode 167 – Azure Certification Updates! via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- 019 – Understanding the basics of Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
- Episode 349 | Conference Season, Chredge Updates and the News via Microsoft Cloud Show
- Episode 317 – Azure Lighthouse Security via The Azure Podcast
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Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:- Azure Site Recovery update rollup 45—March 2020
- Azure Cosmos DB logical partition size increased to 20 GB
- Azure Cosmos DB—Limit of 25 collections per database
- Azure Cosmos DB—Save up to 33 percent on multi-master accounts
- Web Application Firewall with Azure Front Door service now supports exclusion lists
- Vulnerability scanning for images in Azure Container Registry is now generally available
- Azure Security Center supports integration with Azure Monitor alerts
- Improved resource governance for Azure Analysis Services
- Azure Cosmos DB free tier is now available
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- Azure IoT Python SDK v2—New improvements are now available
- Automatic instance repairs for Azure virtual machine scale sets now in preview
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- Backup Reports is now in preview
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- Active Directory for authentication on SMB access to Azure File in preview
- New features in Azure Cosmos DB Jupyter notebooks are now in preview
- Virtual machine scale sets now simpler to manage
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Chris Pietschmann
Chris Pietschmann is a Microsoft MVP, HashiCorp Ambassador, and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) with 20+ years of experience designing and building Cloud & Enterprise systems. He has worked with companies of all sizes from startups to large enterprises. He has a passion for technology and sharing what he learns with others to help enable them to learn faster and be more productive.
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