The Weeks Top Links

• Microsoft Ignite 2019 Book of News via Chris Pietschmann
• Custom Azure Sphere Windows Terminal Developer Command Prompt via Chris Pietschmann
• Adafruit’s Circuit Playground Express simulated Visual Studio Code’s Device Simulator Express via Scott Hanselman
• Azure services now run anywhere with new hybrid capabilities: Announcing Azure Arc via Julia White
• Azure Arc: Extending Azure management to any infrastructure via Jeremy Winter
• Microsoft Teams Gets Private Channels, New Linux App, Outlook Integration via Mehedi Hassan
• Microsoft rebrands Flow to ‘Power Automate’; adds no-code Power Platform virtual agents via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Are you a Power Apps Developer? It’s Time to be certified via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
• Azure IoT Central: Democratizing IoT for all solution builders via Bert Van Hoof
• Azure Sphere announces GA timing for 2020 via Featured Blog
• Microsoft Ignite: Blockchain and Inclusion via Paul Swider
• Expanding the Azure Stack portfolio to run hybrid applications across the cloud, datacenters, and the edge via Talal Alqinawi
• Surface Pro X available today via Panos Panay
• Microsoft’s Edge Chromium browser will launch on January 15th with a new logo via Tom Warren

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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)

• How To Move Azure Virtual Machines to Another Region via June Castillote
• Bring Azure data services to your infrastructure with Azure Arc via Rohan Kumar
• Azure infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for every workload via Navneet Joneja
• Intel Optane DC Persistent memory, Azure NetApp Files, and Azure Ultra Disk for SAP HANA via Girish Bablani
• Azure Arc: Extending Azure management to any infrastructure via Jeremy Winter
• Microsoft Teams Gets Private Channels, New Linux App, Outlook Integration via Mehedi Hassan
• Do you Implement Azure for SAP Workloads? We’ve got something for you via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
• Microsoft’s Hybrid 2.0 strategy: Azure Arc, Azure Stack Hub, Azure Stack Edge explained via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Azure Virtual Network via parisamoosavinezhad
• Azure services now run anywhere with new hybrid capabilities: Announcing Azure Arc via Julia White
• Azure Arc – Cloud-native Management for Hybrid Cloud via Thomas Maurer
• Talk: Running Azure DNS Securely via Bill Wilder
• Azure Cost Management updates – October 2019 via Michael Flanakin
• Why customers choose Azure to run Windows Server workloads: Microsoft partner perspective via Vijay Kumar
• Disaster recovery for SAP HANA Systems on Azure via Rajeev Menon
• Customize networking for DR drills: Azure Site Recovery via Mayuri Gupta
• Preview: Server-side encryption with customer-managed keys for Azure Managed Disks via Raman Kumar
• Customer success stories with Azure Backup: Metori Capital Management via Sonia Gupta
• Best practices for adding layered security to Azure security with Check Point’s CloudGuard IaaS via Todd VanderArk

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Assign and verify Azure AD custom domain using Azure App Service Domains via Sanganak – Authority
• November 04, 2019 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam
• How to Interpret Azure Security Alerts for Azure Storage Accounts via Rick Vanover
• How and Why to Install Azure Storage Explorer via Rick Vanover

Power Platform

• How to get the Ratings from SharePoint into your PowerApp via nrogoff
• What is RPA, and why is Microsoft Power Automate relevant? Human-centred AI makes the most of our human talents. via Jen Stirrup
• Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals Beta Exam Now Available via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
• Microsoft rebrands Flow to ‘Power Automate’; adds no-code Power Platform virtual agents via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Are you a Power Apps Developer? It’s Time to be certified via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
• Microsoft relents on planned Power Platform self-service purchasing changes via ZDNet | microsoft RSS

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

• Alerts on Azure Function failures via Vincent-Philippe Lauzon
• AWS Lambda vs. Azure Functions: 10 Major Differences via Mikhail Shilkov

Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Microsoft Teams Gets Private Channels, New Linux App, Outlook Integration via Mehedi Hassan
• Are you a Microsoft 365 Teams Administrator? Now, You Can Prove It via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
• Are you a Microsoft 365 Developer? It’s Time to be Certified via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
• Microsoft Teams is getting Outlook integration, tasks support, and more via Tom Warren
• Microsoft Ignite 2019: Meet Project Cortex, Office 365 knowledge-management service via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Microsoft teams up with Warner Bros. to store Superman on new glass storage via Tom Warren
• Are you a Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Developer? Beta exam now available via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
• Managing Azure Active Directory Group-Based Office 365 Licensing via Dustin Dortch

Command-Line (CLI) / ARM Templates

• Custom Azure Sphere Windows Terminal Developer Command Prompt via Chris Pietschmann
• Get-ADObject: Reporting on Active Directory with PowerShell via Kevin Sapp

Big Data / Database

• Bring Azure data services to your infrastructure with Azure Arc via Rohan Kumar
• Expanding the Azure Stack portfolio to run hybrid applications across the cloud, datacenters, and the edge via Talal Alqinawi
• SQL Server 2019 is now GA via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• AI Builder: If data is the new oil, AI is the new electricity to make your data work but AI is nothing without data. via Jen Stirrup
• Azure Cosmos DB – Deep Dive via Tim Sommer
• Build a data-driven culture to accelerate innovation via John ‘JG’ Chirapurath
• Simply unmatched, truly limitless: Announcing Azure Synapse Analytics via Rohan Kumar
• Azure Event Hub via parisamoosavinezhad
• AMD’s Datacenter Business Breaks Through $1 Billion Run Rate via Timothy Prickett Morgan

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Custom Azure Sphere Windows Terminal Developer Command Prompt via Chris Pietschmann
• Computer vision at the Edge with NVIDIA DeepStream and Azure IoT Edge via Featured Blog
• Build a Kubernetes “Intelligent Edge” Cluster on Raspberry Pi via Featured Blog
• Adafruit’s Circuit Playground Express simulated Visual Studio Code’s Device Simulator Express via Scott Hanselman
• Couldn’t keep up with IoT news this week? Here is your weekly #ThisWeekInIoT digest via Featured Blog
• An IoT Platform For Things That Move via Featured Blog
• Using MQTT protocol to communicate with Azure IoT Hub without using any SDK via Featured Blog
• Azure Sphere announces GA timing for 2020 via Featured Blog
• Building retail solutions with Azure IoT Central via Bert Van Hoof
• Advancing industrial IoT capabilities in Azure Time Series Insights via Chandrika Shankarnarayan
• Azure IoT Central: Democratizing IoT for all solution builders via Bert Van Hoof
• IoT security will set innovation free: Azure Sphere general availability scheduled for February 2020 via Todd VanderArk

Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Azure Machine Learning—ML for all skill levels via Venky Veeraraghavan
• What is RPA, and why is Microsoft Power Automate relevant? Human-centred AI makes the most of our human talents. via Jen Stirrup
• AI Builder: If data is the new oil, AI is the new electricity to make your data work but AI is nothing without data. via Jen Stirrup
• Companies of all sizes tackle real business problems with Azure AI via Eric Boyd
• Cognitive Automation is the Immediate Future of Team Management via Srini Murali
• Using AI to track Microsoft Ignite on Twitter via jamie_maguire
• Announcing AI@Edge community pages! via Featured Blog
• TensorFlow 2.0 on Azure: Fine-tuning BERT for question tagging via Gopal Vashishtha
• New in Stream Analytics: Machine Learning, online scaling, custom code, and more via Krishna Mamidipaka
• Automated machine learning and MLOps with Azure Machine Learning via Nishant Thacker

DevOps / Development

• Custom Azure Sphere Windows Terminal Developer Command Prompt via Chris Pietschmann
• Improved Continuous Delivery capabilities and caching for Azure Pipelines via Roopesh Nair
• Are you a Microsoft 365 Developer? It’s Time to be Certified via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
• Empowering developer velocity with the most complete toolchain via Nicole Herskowitz
• ASP.NET Core updates in .NET Core 3.1 Preview 2 via Daniel Roth
• Microsoft Announces Expanded Support for Robotics Development in Windows via Mehedi Hassan
• Are you a Power Apps Developer? It’s Time to be certified via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
• Are you a Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Developer? Beta exam now available via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
• Adafruit’s Circuit Playground Express simulated Visual Studio Code’s Device Simulator Express via Scott Hanselman
• Using MQTT protocol to communicate with Azure IoT Hub without using any SDK via Featured Blog

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)

• Build a Kubernetes “Intelligent Edge” Cluster on Raspberry Pi via Featured Blog
• Learn About Modern Apps on Azure with Docker at Microsoft Ignite via Robert Duffner
• AMD’s Datacenter Business Breaks Through $1 Billion Run Rate via Timothy Prickett Morgan

Blockchain / Smart Contracts

• Microsoft Ignite: Blockchain and Inclusion via Paul Swider

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• Assign and verify Azure AD custom domain using Azure App Service Domains via Sanganak – Authority
• Microsoft Ignite 2019 – End-to-End Security for All Your XaaS Resources via AFinn
• Get-ADObject: Reporting on Active Directory with PowerShell via Kevin Sapp
• How to balance compliance and security with limited resources via Todd VanderArk
• Microsoft Intelligent Security Association grows to more than 80 members via Todd VanderArk
• Azure Sentinel updates: Improve your security operations with innovations from a cloud-native SIEM via Todd VanderArk
• Further enhancing security from Microsoft, not just for Microsoft via Todd VanderArk
• Microsoft announces new innovations in security, compliance, and identity at Ignite via Todd VanderArk
• Talk: Running #Azure Securely – Granite State Code Camp #GSCC – Are all these security features for me? via Bill Wilder
• How to Interpret Azure Security Alerts for Azure Storage Accounts via Rick Vanover
• Managing Azure Active Directory Group-Based Office 365 Licensing via Dustin Dortch
• Improve security with a Zero Trust access model via Todd VanderArk
• Gartner names Microsoft a Leader in the 2019 Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) Magic Quadrant via Todd VanderArk
• Best practices for adding layered security to Azure security with Check Point’s CloudGuard IaaS via Todd VanderArk
• Microsoft and partners design new device security requirements to protect against targeted firmware attacks via Eric Avena
• IoT security will set innovation free: Azure Sphere general availability scheduled for February 2020 via Todd VanderArk

Azure Stack

• Expanding the Azure Stack portfolio to run hybrid applications across the cloud, datacenters, and the edge via Talal Alqinawi
• Azure Stack – Ignite 2019 updates! via Mark Scholman
• Microsoft’s Hybrid 2.0 strategy: Azure Arc, Azure Stack Hub, Azure Stack Edge explained via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Learn about Azure Stack Migration in this Video Series via Thomas Maurer

Learning / Training / Certification

• Continue your learning journey: Exciting new certifications and training experience on Microsoft Learn via Alex Payne, GM, Global Technical Learning at Microsoft Worldwide Learning
• Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals Beta Exam Now Available via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
• Are you a Microsoft 365 Developer? It’s Time to be Certified via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
• Are you a Power Apps Developer? It’s Time to be certified via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)
• Are you a Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Developer? Beta exam now available via Liberty Munson (Microsoft)

XBox / xCloud

• A Closer Look at xCloud Latency via Brad Sams

Government

• Microsoft Ignite 2019 – Deep Dive on Azure Governance via AFinn

Hardware

• Surface Pro X vs. Pro 7: ARM needs some legs via Tom Warren
• Surface Pro X available today via Panos Panay

Software

• Microsoft makes its unified Office Mobile app available to Android and iOS users via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Microsoft brings OneNote 2016 desktop app back to life with new dark mode via Tom Warren
• Outlook for Mac gets a new design and big performance improvements via Tom Warren
• Microsoft’s Edge Chromium browser will launch on January 15th with a new logo via Tom Warren
• Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge browser to be generally available January 15, 2020 via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Microsoft’s new Office app for iOS and Android combines Word, Excel, and PowerPoint via Tom Warren
• Microsoft Reveals New Logo for Microsoft Edge via Mehedi Hassan

Events

• Microsoft Ignite 2019 Book of News via Chris Pietschmann
• Microsoft Ignite: Blockchain and Inclusion via Paul Swider
• Microsoft Ignite – Day 2 Roundup via Thomas Thornton
• Microsoft Ignite 2019  – What’s New In Azure Networking? via AFinn
• Microsoft Ignite 2019 – Deep Dive on Azure Governance via AFinn
• Microsoft Ignite 2019 – End-to-End Security for All Your XaaS Resources via AFinn
• Microsoft Ignite 2019: all the news from Microsoft’s enterprise IT event via Jay Peters
• MS Ignite 2019 – Day 1 – Key Announcements via noreply@blogger.com (Anupama Natarajan)
• Microsoft Ignite – Day 1 Roundup via Thomas Thornton
• Watch Microsoft’s Ignite Keynote Live with Commentary by Mary Jo Foley and Paul Thurrott via Brad Sams
• Microsoft Ignite 2019: Meet Project Cortex, Office 365 knowledge-management service via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Using AI to track Microsoft Ignite on Twitter via jamie_maguire
• Learn About Modern Apps on Azure with Docker at Microsoft Ignite via Robert Duffner

Other

• Microsoft to release an alpha of WinUI 3.0 next week via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• New Azure investments deliver unprecedented performance for all your business-critical applications via Erin Chapple
• Growing partner opportunity with Azure innovation via Tanuj Bansal
• Microsoft starts embedding Cortana in Outlook Mobile via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Microsoft is doing a better job developing for the web than for Windows via Dieter Bohn
• Microsoft Japan’s four-day working week trial led to productivity improvements via Jon Porter
• Microsoft Introduces Unified Office App on the Phone via Mehedi Hassan
• Microsoft previews the future of Office documents with Fluid Framework for the web via Tom Warren
• Microsoft is bringing Cortana to Outlook for iOS and Android with a new ‘masculine’ voice via Tom Warren
• Microsoft: Slack doesn’t have the ‘breadth and depth’ to reinvent work via Tom Warren
• Microservices Fundamentals via Mark Heath
• More Bird’s Eye imagery has been released and static maps API support added! via Bing Team
• Microsoft is poised to add machine-reading results to Microsoft Search via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Enabling Diagnostic Logging in Azure API for FHIR® via Matjaz Ladava
• Microsoft’s new Project service is now available worldwide via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
• Rain or shine: Azure Maps Weather Services will bring insights to your enterprise via Chris Pendleton

Videos

• Azure App Configuration | The Cloud Native Show via Channel 9
• How (and When) To: Memory Optimized TempDB Metadata | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Azure Time Series Insights features for Public Preview Refresh via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Azure IoT Edge integration with Nvidia Deepstream via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• How to prepare data using wrangling data flows in Azure Data Factory via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
• Azure Blockchain Tokens Part 3: Templates and Composability via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Azure Blockchain Tokens Part 2: Managing Accounts via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Azure Blockchain Tokens Part 1: Getting Started via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• No Code Deployment and Enriched Model Registry with AML Service | AI Show via Channel 9
• Viewing and publishing ledger data using data manager for Azure Blockchain Service. via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• No Code Deployment and Enriched Model Registry with AML Service via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Designer Drag and Drop ML via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• R Support in Azure Machine Learning via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• What’s new with Azure Machine Learning via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Simplifying Machine Learning with Automated ML via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Mark Russinovich on Azure SQL Database Edge, Hyperscale, and beyond | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• How Service Meshes Work in Kubernetes via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Simple Application Management on Kubernetes with Operators via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Unify your data lakes with HDFS tiering | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• TWC9: Halloween Vibes, Windows Terminal Preview, WSL 2 Updates, New PowerToys and more | This Week On Channel 9 via Channel 9
• Big Data Clusters deployment overview | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Mark Russinovich on Azure SQL Database Edge, Hyperscale and beyond | Data Exposed via Channel 9
• How to defend against denial of service attacks with Azure DDoS Protection via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
• Introducing Data Virtualization | Data Exposed via Channel 9
• How to expedite container startup with Project Teleport and Azure Container Registry | Azure Friday via Channel 9
• The Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform: An Introduction via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube

Podcast

• Episode 329 | Microsoft Ignite 2019 Short – Catching Up With Avepoints Dux Sy via Microsoft Cloud Show
• Episode 328 | Microsoft Ignite 2019 – Thoughts From Day 1 via Microsoft Cloud Show
• Episode 327 | Microsoft Ignite 2019 Announcements via Microsoft Cloud Show
• Jeff Hollan on Azure Functions and Serverless – Episode 61 via Azure DevOps Podcast
• Episode 303 – Azure Backup – Road to Ignite 2019 via The Azure Podcast
• Episode 149 – The End Of Acronym Soup (aka Unified Labels) via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Episode 326 | Leaving Microsoft, Migrating to O365 and Crushing the Street via Microsoft Cloud Show
• Shayne Boyer on the Landscape of Containers and Cloud-Native – Episode 60 via Azure DevOps Podcast

Azure Service Updates

• Azure HDInsight now enables you to customize Azure SQL Database for Ambari
• Native Azure Active Directory authentication support in point-to-site VPN
• Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics—New languages added to sentiment analysis
• Azure SQL Database—Billing for managed instance backup storage is now in effect
• Transparent data encryption with customer-managed keys for Azure SQL Database managed instance is now generally available
• Azure Database for MySQL support for intelligent performance is now available
• Azure Database for MariaDB support for intelligent performance is now available
• Azure Stream Analytics—Extensibility with C# custom code UDFs
• Announcing enhancements to Azure Virtual WAN
• Azure HDInsight—Restrict outbound network traffic clusters by using Firewall
• Python 3.7 support and remote build are now generally available
• New version of Durable Functions available now
• Azure Functions integration with Azure Monitor Logs is now in public preview
• Azure Site Recovery now cleans up deallocated (failed back) VMs and NICs
• Azure Private Link is now available in all regions
• Azure Firewall Manager is now in preview
• New memory and compute optimized hardware options in Azure SQL Database
• Azure Site Recovery update rollup 41—October 2019
• Updates to Azure Cost Management—October 2019
• Leverage Azure premium file shares for high availability of data

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