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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- Easily move WSL distributions between Windows 10 machines with import and export! via Scott Hanselman
- Slides for my Azure IoT sessions at Azure & AI Conference / DEVintersection in Las Vegas 2019 via Chris Pietschmann
- Microsoft Confirms Desktop Apps on Windows 10X via Paul Thurrott
- New Azure IoT Hub capabilities now generally available! via Featured Blog
- Deep Dive: Building IoT Solutions with IoT Central | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- IoT Solutions and Azure Cosmos DB via Featured Blog
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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)
- Easily move WSL distributions between Windows 10 machines with import and export! via Scott Hanselman
- Securely scale your Web Apps with Azure Front Door via Pantelis Apostolidis
- Microsoft Confirms Desktop Apps on Windows 10X via Paul Thurrott
- Azure Backup support for SQL Server 2019 and Restore as files via Swati Sachdeva
- What is Azure Arc? via Joe Carlyle
- Video Microsoft Ignite Live 2019 – Azure Arc for Server via Thomas Maurer
- Finastra “did not expect the low RPO” of Azure Site Recovery DR via Siddharth Deekshit
- Introducing Azure Cost Management for partners via Aparna Gopalakrishnan
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Change feed support now available in preview for Azure Blob Storage via Xin Huang
- Azure Web App Staging Slots via Gregor Suttie
- Accessing Azure Key Vault from within Azure API Management via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Microsoft is Testing Gmail Integration in Outlook.com via Paul Thurrott
- Microsoft is bringing Gmail, Google Drive, and Calendar to Outlook.com via Tom Warren
Command-Line (CLI) / ARM Templates
- Easily move WSL distributions between Windows 10 machines with import and export! via Scott Hanselman
- Run Azure Cloud Shell in Windows Admin Center via Thomas Maurer
Big Data / Database
- Data Platform Tips 7 – Move Azure SQL Database from one region to another via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
- Azure Backup support for SQL Server 2019 and Restore as files via Swati Sachdeva
- IoT Solutions and Azure Cosmos DB via Featured Blog
- Workshop Recap: Data Transformation with Azure Cognitive Services via jamie_maguire
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Think you might have missed some interesting news in IoT this week? via Featured Blog
- How IoT Will Play an Important Role in Traffic Management for Smart Cities via Mrudul Shah
- Slides for my Azure IoT sessions at Azure & AI Conference / DEVintersection in Las Vegas 2019 via Chris Pietschmann
- IoT Solutions and Azure Cosmos DB via Featured Blog
- Update 19.11 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation via Featured Blog
- Azure Sphere at the Platform Security Summit via Featured Blog
- Unlocking the promise of IoT: A Q&A with Vernon Turner via Jaishree Subramania
- New Azure IoT Hub capabilities now generally available! via Featured Blog
Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Slides for my Azure IoT sessions at Azure & AI Conference / DEVintersection in Las Vegas 2019 via Chris Pietschmann
- How AI can supercharge content understanding for businesses via John ‘JG’ Chirapurath
- Workshop Recap: Data Transformation with Azure Cognitive Services via jamie_maguire
- PyTorch on Azure with streamlined ML lifecycle via Shivani Patel
DevOps / Development
- Facebook Adopts Visual Studio Code Internally Following Microsoft Partnership via Mehedi Hassan
- How Delegates Work in C# via Andrea Angella
- Microsoft Security Code Analysis for Azure Devops – Part 1 via Gregor Suttie
- Microsoft Security Code Analysis for Azure Devops – Part 2 Credential Scanner via Gregor Suttie
- Microsoft Security Code Analysis for Azure Devops – Part 3 BinSkim via Gregor Suttie
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)
- Bringing confidential computing to Kubernetes via Lachlan Evenson
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Testing Azure AD-protected APIs, part 2: Postman via Joonas Westlin
- Azure Sphere at the Platform Security Summit via Featured Blog
- Microsoft Security Code Analysis for Azure Devops – Part 1 via Gregor Suttie
- Microsoft Security Code Analysis for Azure Devops – Part 2 Credential Scanner via Gregor Suttie
- Microsoft Security Code Analysis for Azure Devops – Part 3 BinSkim via Gregor Suttie
Learning / Training / Certification
- 005 – Talking about how to master Microsoft Azure certifications via Tobias Zimmergren & Jussi Roine
- Facebook Adopts Visual Studio Code Internally Following Microsoft Partnership via Mehedi Hassan
Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality
Hardware
- New Azure HPC and partner offerings at Supercomputing 19 via Kevin Raines
Events
- Video Microsoft Ignite Live 2019 – Azure Arc for Server via Thomas Maurer
- Microsoft Ignite 2019 – My Review via Gregor Suttie
- Microsoft Ignite 2019 Bing Maps APIs session recordings available via Bing Team
Other
- Talking System Architecture With AMD CTO Mark Papermaster via Timothy Prickett Morgan
- Azure high-performace computing at SC’19 via Evan Burness
- Azure Log Analytics via parisamoosavinezhad
- Learn how to accelerate time to insight at the Analytics in Azure virtual event via Kaiser Larsen
- Microsoft cloud in Norway opens with availability of Microsoft Azure via Tom Keane
- Microsoft says it has 20 million daily active Teams users via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Tuning BeeGFS/beeOND on Azure for specific I/O patterns via CormacGarvey
- Bing delivers its largest improvement in search experience using Azure GPUs via Jeffrey Zhu
- Helping Smart Cities become more Inclusive via ShiSh Shridhar
- Accelerate IoMT on FHIR with new Microsoft OSS Connector via Heather Jordan Cartwright
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- How to connect Windows Server to Azure hybrid services using Windows Admin Center via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Deep Dive: Building IoT Solutions with IoT Central via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- How to connect Windows Server to Azure hybrid services using Windows Admin Center | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- AI Show – Deep Learning vs. Machine Learning via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Deep Learning vs. Machine Learning | AI Show via Channel 9
- How to monetize your SaaS solutions on Microsoft AppSource and Azure Marketplace | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Batch Inference using Azure Machine Learning via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Batch Inference using Azure Machine Learning | AI Show via Channel 9
- Doing DevOps with SAP | The DevOps Lab via Channel 9
- Deep Dive: Building IoT Solutions with IoT Central | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Azure Open Datasets: ML-Ready Open Data on Azure via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Azure Open Datasets: ML-Ready Open Data on Azure | AI Show via Channel 9
- IoT Solutions and Azure Cosmos DB via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Learn what’s new in Azure Cognitive Services | Azure Friday 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 152 – Using Azure DevOps to Automate Azure Deployments with Steven Murawski via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Episode 335 | Certifications, Containers & Microsoft Ignite Wrap Up via Microsoft Cloud Show
Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:
- Azure Database for MySQL—Service health notifications in East US and UK South
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL—Service notifications in East US and UK South
- Azure Database for MariaDB—Service health notifications in East US and UK South
- The latest Azure IoT Edge release is now available
- Azure HDInsight—Simplify NSG rules management using service tags
- The D15_v2/DS15_v2 Azure Virtual Machines may no longer be isolated, starting February 15, 2020
- Change feed support now available in preview for Azure Blob Storage
- PostgreSQL and MySQL and MariaDB General Purpose Large Scale Storage Meter ID and Name Changes
- Azure Data Share dataset movement meter name changes
- Azure Data Box Edge (now Azure Stack Edge) meter name changes
- Azure Stack and Azure Data Box Edge meter name changes
- Azure Functions premium plan meter ID changes
- New Dashboard with Cost Estimator
- IoT Hub new features now available for device and module twins
- Understand Kubernetes cluster health with Azure Monitor for containers
- Monitor Azure Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes clusters with Azure Monitor for containers
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL single server is now available in Switzerland regions
- Azure Database for MariaDB server is now available in Switzerland regions
- Azure Database for MySQL is now available in Switzerland regions
- Azure Site Recovery is now available in new Azure regions
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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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