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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- Store version of Windows Subsystem for Linux now generally available for Windows 10, 11 via Sharron Bennet
- SFTP with Azure Storage is now Generally Availability via Travis Roberts
- Nvidia and Microsoft team up to build ‘massive’ AI supercomputer via Jess Weatherbed
- Microsoft Teams is getting a sign language view via Jess Weatherbed
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)
- Windows Subsystem for Linux Goes Out of Preview On the Microsoft Store via Laurent Giret
- Store version of Windows Subsystem for Linux now generally available for Windows 10, 11 via Sharron Bennet
- Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows (EFLOW) 1.4 LTS General Availability via 95twr
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- SFTP with Azure Storage is now Generally Availability via Travis Roberts
- Microsoft named a Leader in 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Full Life Cycle API Management via Naga Surendran
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Microsoft Teams is getting a sign language view via Jess Weatherbed
DevOps / SRE
- Upgrade of .NET agent for Azure Pipelines via Bohdan Janousek
- AWS and HashiCorp’s Journey to 1 Billion Terraform AWS Provider Downloads via Mike Doheny
- Run Tasks Are Now Available in the Terraform Registry via Tejitha Raju
- SRE Fundamentals: Differences Between SLI vs. SLO vs. SLA via Paige Cruz
Data
- Data Breach Misattribution, Acxiom & Live Ramp via Troy Hunt
- Maximizing Azure SQL Database performance with a globally distributed Redis write-behind cache via Abhiman Tiwari
- Set up an Azure Cosmos DB custom endpoint directly from IoT Hub via Usha_Rathnavel
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows (EFLOW) 1.4 LTS General Availability via 95twr
- Vulnerable SDK components lead to supply chain risks in IoT and OT environments via Katie McCafferty
- Set up an Azure Cosmos DB custom endpoint directly from IoT Hub via Usha_Rathnavel
- Transform your phone into an IoT device with .NET MAUI via jonmikeli
Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Expanding AI technology for unstructured biomedical text beyond English via Hadas Bitran
- Nvidia and Microsoft team up to build ‘massive’ AI supercomputer via Jess Weatherbed
Development
- Upgrade of .NET agent for Azure Pipelines via Bohdan Janousek
- Vulnerable SDK components lead to supply chain risks in IoT and OT environments via Katie McCafferty
- Transform your phone into an IoT device with .NET MAUI via jonmikeli
- Any developer can be a space developer with the new Azure Orbital Space SDK via Stephen Kitay
Learning / Training / Certification
Hardware
Linux
- Windows Subsystem for Linux Goes Out of Preview On the Microsoft Store via Laurent Giret
- Store version of Windows Subsystem for Linux now generally available for Windows 10, 11 via Sharron Bennet
- Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows (EFLOW) 1.4 LTS General Availability via 95twr
XBox / xCloud / Gaming
Other
- Add IP Restrictions to Azure Container Apps via samcogan.com
- Consul Service Mesh Support for AWS Lambda Now Generally Available via Chris Thain
- Microsoft supports the DoD’s Zero Trust strategy via Emma Jones
- Consul 1.14 GA: Announcing Simplified Service Mesh Deployments via David Yu
- How to Migrate an Azure ExpressRoute Connection via Flo Fox
- DEV-0569 finds new ways to deliver Royal ransomware, various payloads via Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Showing off How to Compare Query Plans in Azure Data Studio via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Create & Scale Azure WordPress site with Azure App Service | #AzureHappyHours via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Introducing tooling for Oracle database migrations to Azure Database for PostgreSQL and Azure SQL via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Live Demo of Chaos Studio at Microsoft Ignite with Jennifer Perret & Scott Hanselman 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:
- 161 – Design for sustainability with the Azure Well-Architected Framework via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
- Matthew Renze: Developing Your AI Strategy – Episode 220 via Azure DevOps Podcast
- Episode 308 – Microsoft Purview In-place Data Share for Azure Storage with Priya Shetty via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:
- Public Preview: Use Azure Quota Rest APIs to manage service limits (quotas)
- Public preview: Cross Subscription Restore for Azure Virtual Machines
- Public preview: Azure Bastion now support shareable links
- Public preview: Add an Azure Cosmos DB custom endpoint in IoT Hub
- Public preview: Azure SQL trigger for Azure Functions
- General availability: Arm-based VMs now available in four additional Azure regions
- General availability: DR secondary free with SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
- Public preview: License Geo-redundant Disaster Recovery for SQL Managed Instance for free
- Generally available: Azure SQL Managed Instance backup portability to SQL Server 2022
- Generally available: Azure Synapse Link for SQL
- Generally available: Azure SQL Managed Instance link for SQL Server 2022
- Public preview: Azure SQL Managed Instance feature wave updates for November 2022
- General availability: Azure SQL Managed Instance feature wave updates for November 2022
- Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-November 2022
- Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-November 2022
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