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The Weeks Top Links

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

• Most Popular Microsoft Azure Certifications via Chris Pietschmann
• Using Aztfy to import existing Azure resources into Terraform via Thomas Thornton
• Surface Pro 9 and Surface Laptop 5 Specs Leak via Laurent Giret
• How to watch the Microsoft Surface event via Alice Newcome-Beill

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)

• Azure Firewall Basic Now Available in Preview for Small Businesses via Rabia Noureen
• Use the Azure Arc Managed Identity with Azure PowerShell via Thomas Maurer
• DevSecOps on Azure – part6: Deploy securely to Azure resources in the Virtual Network via Daniel Krzyczkowski
• Azure Firewall Basic is available as Public preview via Gregor Reimling
• Connect with the Modern Infrastructure team at Microsoft Ignite 2022 via Sonia Cuff
• Cost optimization using Azure Migrate via Shiva Shastri

Power Platform

• Microsoft Power Platform and Dataverse: Skill up on security by design via NancyTandy

DevOps / SRE

• CDK for Terraform 0.13 Significantly Improves Performance via Nara Kasbergen Kwon
• Use the Azure Arc Managed Identity with Azure PowerShell via Thomas Maurer
• How HashiCorp Does Site Reliability Engineering via Heather Joslyn
• Using Aztfy to import existing Azure resources into Terraform via Thomas Thornton
• Terraform Gains Visibility, Self-Service, and Compliance Upgrades via Donna Lee
• HashiCorp Is Standardizing and Industrializing the Cloud via Alex Williams
• Azure Bastion: Switch Standard SKU to Basic SKU with Azure PowerShell via wmatthyssen
• Announcing the 2022 HashiCorp Technology Partner Award Winners via Nicole Bahr
• HashiCorp Developer: Your New Experience for Docs and Tutorials via Tony Vetter
• HCP Boundary — Now GA — Bolsters HashiCorp’s Zero Trust Security Solution via Jairo Camacho

Data

• Microsoft Power Platform and Dataverse: Skill up on security by design via NancyTandy

Internet of Things (IoT)

• General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 22.10 expected on October 25 via AzureSphereTeam
• How John Deere built its own cellular network for its factory via Stacey Higginbotham

Development

• HashiCorp Developer: Your New Experience for Docs and Tutorials via Tony Vetter

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)

• Scalable management of virtualized RAN with Kubernetes via Victor Bahl

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• Microsoft Power Platform and Dataverse: Skill up on security by design via NancyTandy
• Security Log Management Lifecycle with Microsoft Sentinel via Andre Camillo
• Retrieving Azure Active Directory Guest Invites via samcogan.com
• Use the Azure Arc Managed Identity with Azure PowerShell via Thomas Maurer
• HCP Boundary — Now GA — Bolsters HashiCorp’s Zero Trust Security Solution via Jairo Camacho

Learning / Training / Certification

• Most Popular Microsoft Azure Certifications via Chris Pietschmann

Hardware

• Surface Pro 9 and Surface Laptop 5 Specs Leak via Laurent Giret
• How to watch the Microsoft Surface event via Alice Newcome-Beill

Events

• Connect with the Modern Infrastructure team at Microsoft Ignite 2022 via Sonia Cuff
• How to watch the Microsoft Surface event via Alice Newcome-Beill

XBox / xCloud / Gaming

• Microsoft says 2 virtualization features can affect gaming performance in Windows 11 via Sharron Bennet

Other

• Alerting at Scale in Azure (Again) via Billy York
• Setup Hybrid Joined AVD Single Sign-On via Mei
• Microsoft Partners with Meta on the Metaverse via Paul Thurrott
• Incident Case Management on Sentinel — Syncing status between different solutions via Andre Camillo
• Publishing extensions to Marketplace issue resolved via Angel Wong
• Plan and prepare for Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare in 2022 release wave 2 via Paul Swider
• Publishing extensions to Marketplace issue resolved via Angel Wong
• Extending Next.js Support in Azure Static Web Apps via Posts on LINQ to Fail
• Follow the Soccer Madness Anywhere with Bing Maps via Bing Team
• What to expect from the Microsoft Surface launch event via Jess Weatherbed
• New Boards Hub, Sprint 211 Update via Dan Hellem
• LinkedIn Has a Fake Profiles Problem via Laurent Giret
• Announcing HCP Waypoint Public Beta via Bukky Adebayo
• Microsoft publishes new report on holistic insider risk management via Christine Barrett
• Getting Started with Spark Structured Streaming – Current 22 via dustinvannoy
• Introducing a New HCP-Based Management Plane for Consul via Sridhar Krishnamurthy
• Consul 1.14 Beta: Announcing Simplified Service Mesh Deployments via David Yu
• HCP Vault on Microsoft Azure Now in Public Beta via Samantha Banchik
• Detecting and preventing LSASS credential dumping attacks via Paul Oliveria

Videos

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

• Integrating Azure IoT with the Power Platform via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Enabling monitoring for Azure Kubernetes Services via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Develop Apps with Azure SQL Database for Free | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• What are the open-source components required to run functions in Kubernetes? 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:

• Alvin Ashcraft: Windows SDKs – Episode 214 via Azure DevOps Podcast
• Microsoft Entra Permissions Management via The Azure Security Podcast
• Episode 302 – Picking the right Azure VM via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• GitHub Copilot with Michelle Mannering via .NET Rocks!
• 154 – Expectations on Microsoft Ignite 2022 via Ctrl+Alt+Azure

Azure Service Updates

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

• Azure Functions support for Node 12 is ending on 13 December 2022
• Integration Services Environment will be retired on 31 August 2024 – transition to Logic Apps Standard
• General availability: New Azure proximity placement groups feature
• General availability: Simplified disaster recovery for VMware machines using Azure Site Recovery
• Azure Batch Certificates will be retired on 29 February 2024
• Azure Static Web Apps extended support for .NET Core 3.1 ends on 3 December 2022
• Desired state configuration VM Extension for Linux, and Azure Automation DSC support for Linux, will be retired on 30 September 2023
• Action required: Support for Azure Monitor for SAP solutions (classic) resources will end by 31 March 2023
• Migrate to Azure Monitor VM insights by 30 September 2025 when Service Map will be retired
• Azure classic resource providers will be retired on 31 August 2024
• Upgrade to Standard SKU public IP addresses in Azure by 30 September 2025—Basic SKU will be retired
• Azure Percept DK Retirement Announcement

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