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The Weeks Top Links

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

• Microsoft Fabric: Microsoft’s family of data products to get the suite treatment via mjfoley@directionsonmicrosoft.com
• Apache Spark DataKickstart: First Spark SQL Application via dustinvannoy
• Terraform Cloud updates plans with an enhanced Free tier and more flexibility via Melar Chen
• Reduce the cost of running AKS cluster by leveraging Azure Spot VMs| 70% and more via Martin Gjoshevski
• Microsoft’s Bing Chat AI is now open to everyone, with plug-ins coming soon via Tom Warren
• Azure DevOps Achieves ISO 26262 ASIL D level of Certification via Jorge Minana

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)

• Deploying securely into Azure architecture with Terraform Cloud and HCP Vault via David Wright
• Azure Firewall Adds New Logging and Metrics Features to Enhance Traffic Analysis via Rabia Noureen
• Reduce the cost of running AKS cluster by leveraging Azure Spot VMs| 70% and more via Martin Gjoshevski
• Secure your cloud environment with Cloud Next-Generation Firewall by Palo Alto Networks, an Azure Native ISV Service—now in preview via Rohit Tatachar
• Windows Server Summit 2022: Windows Admin Center and Azure Arc via Rick Claus

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Practical guide on SparkML Integrated with Terraform & Azure Blob storage — Part 1 via M K Pavan Kumar
• Microsoft’s New Azure Storage Mover Makes Cloud Migrations Easier via Rabia Noureen

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

• Use managed identities to configure authentication and authorization between Azure Functions via Akihiro Nishikawa
• Azure Functions DateTime Conversion via Sandro Pereira

Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Transforming Communication with Microsoft Teams Embedded Chat in third party applications. via Manish Saluja

DevOps / SRE

• Deploying securely into Azure architecture with Terraform Cloud and HCP Vault via David Wright
• New version of ServiceNow Terraform Catalog enhances workflows via POLINA JASTRZEBSKA
• Terraform Cloud updates plans with an enhanced Free tier and more flexibility via Melar Chen
• Azure DevOps Achieves ISO 26262 ASIL D level of Certification via Jorge Minana
• Azure IoT PnP from a device client perspective via Sander van de Velde | Microsoft MVP Azure IoT | IoT Solution Architect | Speaker | Advisor
• Bridging the gap between technology and FinOps with HashiCorp and Intel via Lucas Melo
• #17 – Exploring the Digital Experience Community via Brian McKeiver’s Blog | Kentico | Kontent.ai | .NET & Azure
• Terraform Cloud no-code provisioning is now GA with new features via Olivia Corley
• Practical guide on SparkML Integrated with Terraform & Azure Blob storage — Part 1 via M K Pavan Kumar

Data

• Microsoft Fabric: Microsoft’s family of data products to get the suite treatment via mjfoley@directionsonmicrosoft.com
• Apache Spark DataKickstart: First Spark SQL Application via dustinvannoy
• Azure DataBricks talking to Azure SQL Database using Private Endpoints via Gregor Suttie
• Spreading your SQL Server wings with Azure SQL Edge via Kevin Chant
• Case Study: Integrating Scheduled Events into a Decentralized Database Deployment via wilsonadam
• Spreading your SQL Server wings with Azure SQL Database via Kevin Chant
• Armchair Architects: How Data is Changing – Part 1 via brauerblogs
• Armchair Architects: How Data is Changing – Part 2 via brauerblogs
• Getting started with the CDMC framework—Microsoft’s guide to cloud data management via Christine Barrett
• Stay compliant and protect sensitive data with Zero Trust security via Christine Barrett

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Azure IoT PnP from a device client perspective via Sander van de Velde | Microsoft MVP Azure IoT | IoT Solution Architect | Speaker | Advisor

Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Develop your custom AI on Azure using OpenAI and the Cheshire Cat via Saverio Proto
• Microsoft’s Bing Chat AI is now open to everyone, with plug-ins coming soon via Tom Warren
• AI April #30DaysOfAzureAI Workshops via Dave Glover
• Practical guide on SparkML Integrated with Terraform & Azure Blob storage — Part 1 via M K Pavan Kumar
• 208: Azure AI Lost in Space via Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Peter Roosakos

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)

• Achieving Distributed High Availability: Stack HCI and AKS Hybrid via ianlcurtis
• Reduce the cost of running AKS cluster by leveraging Azure Spot VMs| 70% and more via Martin Gjoshevski
• Container-Based Applications on Azure — Simple and Kubernetesless via Martin Gjoshevski
• Use Azure AD workload identity to securely access Azure services or resource from your Kubernetes… via Martin Gjoshevski
• Testing the Kubernetes Gateway API with the Istio-based service mesh add-on for Azure Kubernetes… via Saverio Proto

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• Microsoft Security highlights from RSA Conference 2023 via Matt Thomas
• Use Azure AD workload identity to securely access Azure services or resource from your Kubernetes… via Martin Gjoshevski
• What is a Cloud Adoption Security Review? via danielmamsft
• Stay compliant and protect sensitive data with Zero Trust security via Christine Barrett
• Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 Arrives with Azure AD Authentication via Paul Thurrott

Azure Stack

• Achieving Distributed High Availability: Stack HCI and AKS Hybrid via ianlcurtis

Learning / Training / Certification

• Azure DevOps Achieves ISO 26262 ASIL D level of Certification via Jorge Minana

Hardware

• ISC 2023: Experience the power of HPC in the cloud with Microsoft Azure via Rachel Pruitt
• Microsoft Has Reportedly Deprioritized Surface Duo Updates via Laurent Giret

Linux

• Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 Arrives with Azure AD Authentication via Paul Thurrott

Other

• 212: The Cloud Pod Wades into Microservices vs. Monoliths via Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Peter Roosakos
• EU Starts Antitrust Investigation of Microsoft Azure via Paul Thurrott
• Azure Container Storage Now Available in Public Preview via Rabia Noureen
• Introducing LangChain Agents via Valentina Alto
• Microsoft’s Bing Chat gets deeper Edge mobile integration, a widget, and much more via Tom Warren
• HashiConf Global 2023 scholarship program open for applications via Alexandra Freeman
• EU Launches Informal Antitrust Probe into Microsoft Azure Cloud Services via Rabia Noureen
• Armchair Architects: Concentration Risk via brauerblogs
• Computing History with Atari and Commodore’s Leonard Tramiel via scott@hanselman.com (Scott Hanselman)
• 211: The Cloud Pod finally Groks observability via Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Peter Roosakos
• Level up your GPT game with prompt engineering via Luis Quintanilla
• 210: The Cloud Pod Deep Inspects Itself via Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Peter Roosakos
• Wired for Hybrid – What’s New in Azure Networking – April 2023 via Pierre Roman
• Microsoft is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge, and IT admins are angry via Tom Warren
• Sentinel and control groups now available in HCP Vault via Samantha Banchik
• Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition blocked by UK regulators via Tom Warren
• Microsoft MVP Summit – 2023 via Joe Carlyle

Videos

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

• Being Responsible with Generative AI 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 334 – Converged Authentication Methods in Azure AD via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Immutable Architectures with Michael Perry via .NET Rocks!
• 186 – Azure Pipelines vs. GitHub Actions with Panu Oksala via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
• Ryan Booz- Modern Databases – Episode 245 via Azure DevOps Podcast
• Episode 332 – Copilot coming to a Microsoft 365 tenant near you via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• 184 – Reviewing design decisions for Microsoft Sentinel workspace architecture via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
• Episode 76: Microsoft Security Research Insights via The Azure Security Podcast
• Supporting Open Source with Joseph Finney via .NET Rocks!
• Andy Roberts: Data in a Development World – Episode 243 via Azure DevOps Podcast
• Donovan Brown is Retiring – Episode 242 via Azure DevOps Podcast
• Episode 457 – Data API Builder via The Azure Podcast
• 182 – Expectations on Microsoft Build 2023 via Ctrl+Alt+Azure

Azure Service Updates

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

• Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Standard Network Features – Edit Volumes
• Public preview: Rolling Upgrades with MaxSurge for Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 67 – May 2023
• General availability: Azure Data Explorer adds new geospatial capabilities
• General Availability: Routing Intent and Virtual WAN Integrated Firewall NVAs
• Azure Backup Reports now includes support for more workloads
• Public preview: Optimize your workloads for reliability using new workbook template in Azure Advisor
• General availability: Seamlessly upgrade your Application Gateway V2 WAF configuration to a policy
• App Service now supports Custom Error pages in public preview
• Transition to Azure AD to query data from Azure Monitor application insights by 31 March 2026
• Switch to Azure AD authentication for application insights by 30 September 2025
• Microsoft Azure Payment HSM Service now supports two host IP network interfaces
• Public preview: Azure Container Storage
• General Availability : Azure Monitor for SAP solutions
• Private preview: Azure Backup support for confidential VMs using Customer Managed Keys
• Generally available: Policy analytics for Azure Firewall
• General Availability: Azure Center for SAP solutions
• We’re retiring Speech-to-text REST preview API v3.1-preview.1 on May 12, 2023
• General Availability: Azure Automation supports Python 3.8 runbooks
• Alert processing rules fields update
• General Availability: AzAcSnap 8 — Azure Application Consistent Snapshot tool updates

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