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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- Free Azure Certification Exam Self Assessment Tools via Chris Pietschmann
- Tip 234 – Availability Zones for your Kubernetes cluster in Azure via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Cool WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) tips and tricks you (or I) didn’t know were possible via Scott Hanselman
- Forrester names Microsoft a leader in Wave report for Industrial IoT Software Platforms via Jaishree Subramania
- How to build globally distributed applications with Azure Cosmos DB and Pulumi via Rimma Nehme
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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)
- Cool WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) tips and tricks you (or I) didn’t know were possible via Scott Hanselman
- Step by Step Windows Virtual Desktop Troubleshooting Manual Add VM to HostPool #WVD #RDS #Azure #MSIgnite #MVPBuzz #Cloud via Robert Smit [MVP]
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- November 18, 2019 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam
- Data Platform Tips 1 – Data redundancy in Azure Storage via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
- Tracing request in Azure API Management via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
- November 11, 2019 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Slides from Serverless London via James
Command-Line (CLI) / ARM Templates
- Cool WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) tips and tricks you (or I) didn’t know were possible via Scott Hanselman
- PowerShell Multithreading: A Deep Dive via Tyler Muir
Big Data / Database
- Data Platform Tips 2 – Active geo-replication for Azure SQL Database via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
- Azure Data Factory – Mapping Bug via James
- Data Platform Tips 1 – Data redundancy in Azure Storage via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
- How to build globally distributed applications with Azure Cosmos DB and Pulumi via Rimma Nehme
- Clustering point data in Azure Maps via Featured Blog
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Forrester names Microsoft a leader in Wave report for Industrial IoT Software Platforms via Jaishree Subramania
- Cooling off your Raspberry Pi 4 via Alex Ellis
- IoT Coast 2 Coast Webinar: Be #IoT #Security Ninja- Protect & Processed #IoT #Solutions using Device to Cloud Messaging via Deepak
- Democratizing Smart City solutions with Azure IoT Central via Bert Van Hoof
- Watch: Azure Sphere + Starbucks on stage at Ignite 2019 via Featured Blog
Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Microsoft’s Head of AI and Research Is Leaving the Company via Mehedi Hassan
- Intel Throws Down AI Gauntlet With Neural Network Chips via Timothy Prickett Morgan
- Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott takes over from Harry Shum as head of AI and Research via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Azure Machine Learning: Building Recommendation Systems via Ed Price
- Microsoft aims to streamline its device-management strategy with Endpoint Manager via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
DevOps / Development
- Supreme Court to Hear Google’s Java Appeal via Paul Thurrott
- Automate Azure DevOps code security analysis with the Microsoft Security Code Analysis extensions via Tobias Zimmergren
- Azure DevOps Generator – New Content via Gregor Suttie
- ASP.NET Core updates in .NET Core 3.1 Preview 3 via Sourabh Shirhatti [MSFT]
- What’s new in Azure DevOps Sprint 160 via Sasha Rosenbaum
- GitHub Actions for Azure is now generally available via Usha Narayanabhatta
- Bing Maps helps Seeingit.com save users from FOMO via Bing Team
- Using Helm 3 with Azure DevOps via jldeen
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)
- Tip 234 – Availability Zones for your Kubernetes cluster in Azure via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Improving observability of your Kubernetes deployments with Azure Monitor for containers via Keiko Harada
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- How to keep Azure AD Connect Updated via John O’Neill Sr.
- Automate Azure DevOps code security analysis with the Microsoft Security Code Analysis extensions via Tobias Zimmergren
- Let’s Build Azure Security Foundation for your Enterprise via Deepak
- IoT Coast 2 Coast Webinar: Be #IoT #Security Ninja- Protect & Processed #IoT #Solutions using Device to Cloud Messaging via Deepak
- Changing security incident response by utilizing the power of the cloud—DART tools, techniques, and procedures: part 1 via Todd VanderArk
- New Azure Advisor Recommendations Category: Operational Excellence via Rick Vanover
- Azure Advent Calendar Participant Information via Gregor Suttie
- Microsoft vows to ‘honor’ California’s sweeping privacy law across entire US via Makena Kelly
- Testing Azure AD-protected APIs, part 1: Swagger UI via Joonas Westlin
Azure Stack
- An Overview at the New Azure Stack Portfolio via Thomas Maurer
Learning / Training / Certification
- Free Azure Certification Exam Self Assessment Tools via Chris Pietschmann
XBox / xCloud
- Xbox chief says Project Scarlett ‘will not be out of position on power or price’ via Tom Warren
- Microsoft’s xCloud preview now has 50 new games, more than Stadia’s launch list via Tom Warren
Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality
- Supreme Court to Hear Google’s Java Appeal via Paul Thurrott
- Azure Advent Calendar Participant Information via Gregor Suttie
Hardware
- Microsoft improves the Surface Pro X with new Edge Chromium ARM beta via Tom Warren
- Announcing the general availability of the new Azure HPC Cache service via Scott Jeschonek
Software
- Microsoft Edge for ARM Now Available for Testing via Mehedi Hassan
- Microsoft starts testing its new Chromium-based Edge browser on Arm via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Microsoft improves the Surface Pro X with new Edge Chromium ARM beta via Tom Warren
Events
- 004 – Interesting news from the Microsoft Ignite keynotes via Tobias Zimmergren & Jussi Roine
- Microsoft Ignite 2019 Hybrid Cloud Management Session via Thomas Maurer
- Step by Step Windows Virtual Desktop Troubleshooting Manual Add VM to HostPool #WVD #RDS #Azure #MSIgnite #MVPBuzz #Cloud via Robert Smit [MVP]
Other
- Microsoft is killing off its Cortana app for iOS and Android in January via Tom Warren
- It’s official: AWS is challenging Microsoft’s $10 billion JEDI contract win via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Azure Container Registry: Preview of diagnostic and audit logs via Rohit Tatachar
- Salesforce pledges to use Microsoft Azure to power its Marketing Cloud via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Save more on Azure usage—Announcing reservations for six more services via Yashesvi Sharma
- Microsoft Reportedly Working on 64-bit App Emulation for Windows on ARM via Mehedi Hassan
- Dynamically Loading Assemblies at Runtime in RazorPages via Rick Strahl
- Uploading to Codecov just got easier via Matt Cooper
- Cloud Resource Naming Convention (Azure) via nrogoff
- Azure Container Registry: preview of repository-scoped permissions via Reshmi Mangalore
- WordPress for Enterprise – How This Open-source Platform Delivers Measurable Benefits via Tom Zsomborgi
- The Technology is NOT Important via Chris Pietschmann
- FedRAMP Moderate Blueprints helps automate US federal agency compliance via Lily Kim
- Minecraft Earth is now available in early access in the US via Jay Peters
- Microsoft to Support CCPA Everywhere in the U.S. via Paul Thurrott
- Democratizing agriculture intelligence: introducing Azure FarmBeats via Shon Shah
- Zero Trust strategy—what good looks like via Todd VanderArk
- Microsoft to drop its Invoicing, Outlook Customer Manager and Skype Translator bot products via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Tip: Find and Watch Every Ignite 2019 Session via Paul Thurrott
- Microsoft’s new videos make boring software look attractive again via Tom Warren
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Learn what’s new in Azure Cognitive Services via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- How to use Prometheus to monitor containers in Azure Monitor via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- New Azure Machine Learning Basic and Enterprise Editions | AI Show via Channel 9
- Azure Machine Learning Studio | AI Show via Channel 9
- Big Data Cluster Administration | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Azure Machine Learning Studio via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- ASP.NET Core 3.0 development using Visual Studio for Mac | On .NET via Channel 9
- Clustering point data in Azure Maps | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Introduction to Azure Data Studio Notebooks | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Clustering point data in Azure Maps 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:
- Matt Mitchell on DevOps on the .NET Core Engineering Services Team – Episode 63 via Azure DevOps Podcast
- Episode 305 – Cosmos DB Updates via The Azure Podcast
- Episode 151 – Microsoft Information Protection with Gagan Gulati and Adam Hall via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 334 | Microsoft Ignite 2019 – That’s a Wrap! via Microsoft Cloud Show
- James Montemagno on the Xamarin Development Cycle – Episode 62 via Azure DevOps Podcast
Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:
- Azure Logic Apps updates for September and October 2019
- Azure Site Recovery update rollup 42—November 2019
- HPC Specialized VMs – HB and HC-series
- New Azure policies to manage certificates across your organization, currently in preview
- Azure Key Vault Virtual Machine extension now generally available
- Azure Disk Encryption in more places, and more services offering customer-managed keys
- Extension of Customer Lockbox for Microsoft Azure beyond virtual machines
- Release of Microsoft Secure Code Analysis toolkit to help you build secure code
- Threat Protection for Azure Key Vault in Public Preview in North America Regions
- Threat Protection for Azure Storage includes Malware Reputation Screening
- Azure Container Registry repository-scoped RBAC permissions are now in preview
- Azure Container Registry—Diagnostic logs are now in preview
- New Azure Advisor recommendation category: operational excellence
- Migrate from Bing Speech to Speech Services and the Speech SDK by January 14, 2020
- Migrate SQL Server databases for Windows users to SQL managed instance
- GitHub Actions for Azure are now generally available
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus)—User role management is now available
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus)—64 vCore compute option is now available
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus)—High availability (HA) is now generally available
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single Server—Reserved capacity is now available
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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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