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The Weeks Top Links

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

• Microsoft Windows Dev Kit 2023 vs Apple Mac mini with M1 Chip via Chris Pietschmann
• Linux on Microsoft Dev Kit 2023 via Alex Ellis
• GitHub under Microsoft: 90M active users, $1B ARR while keeping its “original form” via Sharron Bennet
• Microsoft named a Leader in 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services via Kathleen Mitford
• The door is open for anyone to become a cyber defender via Christine Barrett
• Top FREE Microsoft Certification Hands-on Labs via Chris Pietschmann
• My Workflow for Build5Nines Weekly Newsletter Generation via Chris Pietschmann

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)

• Build a globally resilient architecture with Azure Load Balancer via Mahip Deora
• Microsoft named a Leader in 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services via Kathleen Mitford
• Linux on Microsoft Dev Kit 2023 via Alex Ellis
• #MVPLABSerie Azure Arc enabled Servers #AzureHybrid via James van den Berg
• Forrester Total Economic Impact study: Azure Arc delivers 206 percent ROI over 3 years via Omar Khan

DevOps / SRE

• Signing Container with Notary and GitHub Actions on Azure via Josh Duffney
• A GitHub CI/CD experience for Azure Synapse Link for SQL Server 2022 via Kevin Chant
• Secure your digital payment system in the cloud with Azure Payment HSM—now generally available via May Chen
• Accenture and Microsoft drive digital transformation with OnePlatform on Microsoft Energy Data Services for OSDU™ via Kadri Umay
• DevSecOps on Azure – part9: Improve the security of Azure environment and DevOps platforms via Daniel Krzyczkowski
• In the journey of digital transformation — Application modernization goals and Strategies via Ala Raddaoui
• GitHub under Microsoft: 90M active users, $1B ARR while keeping its “original form” via Sharron Bennet

Data

• A GitHub CI/CD experience for Azure Synapse Link for SQL Server 2022 via Kevin Chant
• Sharing the latest improvements to efficiency in Microsoft’s datacenters via Noelle Walsh
• Accenture and Microsoft drive digital transformation with OnePlatform on Microsoft Energy Data Services for OSDU™ via Kadri Umay

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Device Update for IoT Hub is now generally available via JeffDavis
• How does Matter handle IoT device security? via Kevin C. Tofel
• IoT Edge v1.1 EoL: What does that mean for me? via iabanham

Development

• Development on Kubernetes Multicluster with Devtron via piotr.minkowski
• Using Developer Tools to get the Payload to Create Azure Budget Alerts for Action Groups (New-AzConsumptionBudget) via Matthew Quickenden

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)

• Development on Kubernetes Multicluster with Devtron via piotr.minkowski
• How to Implement Decentralized Storage Using Docker Extensions via Marton Elek
• The State of Vault and Kubernetes, and Future Plans via Justin Weissig

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• Microsoft Security tips for mitigating risk in mergers and acquisitions via Christine Barrett
• How does Matter handle IoT device security? via Kevin C. Tofel
• DevSecOps on Azure – part9: Improve the security of Azure environment and DevOps platforms via Daniel Krzyczkowski
• Favorite security-focused open-source workbooks for Azure Monitor and Microsoft Sentinel via Tobias Zimmergren

Linux

• Linux on Microsoft Dev Kit 2023 via Alex Ellis

XBox / xCloud / Gaming

• Microsoft 2023 Q1: OEM revenue drop, cloud income growth, Xbox price increase possibility, and more via Sharron Bennet
• Microsoft says Xbox Game Pass is profitable as it sees subscription growth slow via Tom Warren

Other

• Top FREE Microsoft Certification Hands-on Labs via Chris Pietschmann
• My Workflow for Build5Nines Weekly Newsletter Generation via Chris Pietschmann
• Deploy Azure Key Vault and Azure Container Registry for Document Signing with Notary via Josh Duffney
• Everything you need to get started with Architecting and Design Microsoft Sentinel (2022) via Andre Camillo
• State Files, What Are They Good For? via samcogan.com
• The door is open for anyone to become a cyber defender via Christine Barrett
• Beating Traffic with Bing Maps’ Route Optimization APIs via Bing Team
• Microsoft Veteran Joe Belfiore is Leaving the Company via Laurent Giret
• Windows on Arm – Does Project Volterra Solve the Performance Problem? via Russell Smith
• Converting Azure UTC DateTime to User Defined Locale and DateTime via jamie_maguire
• Infographic – Design Principles for a great Azure Solution via Abhijit Jana
• How to Enable AWS Direct Connect Redundancy Using Azure ExpressRoute via Flo Fox
• Intel Revenues Fall 20 Percent to $15.3 Billion via Paul Thurrott
• The Work Ahead with Blind Engineer Sameer Doshi via scott@hanselman.com (Scott Hanselman)
• Raspberry Robin worm part of larger ecosystem facilitating pre-ransomware activity via Paul Oliveria
• Office Corporate Vice President Joe Belfiore to leave Microsoft after 32 years via ZDNET | microsoft RSS
• Microsoft Windows Dev Kit 2023 vs Apple Mac mini with M1 Chip via Chris Pietschmann

Videos

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

• AKS + Azure Stack HCI = A versatile application platform! via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Digging into the Zoomit64 Executable with Mark Russinovich and Scott Hanselman at Microsoft Ignite via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Achieve zero-downtime deployments for mission-critical workloads on Azure via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Enable Real Time Notifications in Power Apps with Signal R, Azure Functions and PCF via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• The Latest from Azure Video Indexer via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• How to Analyze Query Plans in Azure Data Studio | Data Exposed 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:

• Nicholas Blumhardt: Structured Logging – Episode 217 via Azure DevOps Podcast
• Episode 444 – Azure Innovations via The Azure Podcast
• Episode 305 – Azure Savings Plans for compute via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Latest Enhancements to HashiCorp Terraform and Terraform Cloud via The New Stack

Azure Service Updates

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

• Generally available: Encrypt storage account with cross-tenant customer-managed keys
• General availability: Microsoft Azure Payment HSM Service
• Generally available: Block domain fronting behavior on newly created customer resources
• Generally available: Azure Databricks SQL Pro
• Generally available: Device Update for IoT Hub
• API versions being retired for Azure API Management
• Review your VNET configurations in Switzerland North that may be affected by IP address changes
• Public preview: SAP S/4HANA events are now available on Azure Event Grid

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