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The Weeks Top Links

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

• Terraform: Organize Locals / Local Values via Chris Pietschmann
• Microsoft Announces PostgreSQL Option for Cosmos DB via Andrew Brust
• How to Migrate CentOS Stream to AlmaLinux via Michael Nguyen Tu
• Microsoft will launch a new Microsoft 365 app next month via Joe Rogun
• HashiCorp Wins Datadog’s Integration Developer Partner of the Year Award via Aurora Chun
• AI-generated imagery is the new clip art as Microsoft adds DALL-E to its Office suite via James Vincent
• Integrate security into your developer workflow with GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps via Aaron Hallberg

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 Migrate CentOS Stream to AlmaLinux via Michael Nguyen Tu
• Announcing Azure DNS Private Resolver general availability via Sergio Figueiredo
• Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, version 22H2 is now available via 95twr
• An Introduction to Virtual Network (VNet) Peering in Azure via Travis Roberts
• New AKS hybrid deployment options enabled by Azure Arc, AKS Lite and Hybrid Benefit via Thomas Maurer
• Taking Azure Arc and Kubernetes to the Edge! via jryfar

Power Platform

• #MSIgnite – Power Automate with AI powered copilot capabilities via elbruno

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

• Azure Function App CI/CD from Zero to Hero whitepaper via Sandro Pereira

Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Microsoft will launch a new Microsoft 365 app next month via Joe Rogun
• Microsoft 365 is Taking Over the Microsoft Office Brand via Laurent Giret
• Microsoft Designer Brings AI-Powered Graphic Design to Microsoft 365 via Laurent Giret
• Microsoft Teams Premium arrives with meeting recaps and live translations via Tom Warren
• Microsoft Teams can soon be set as default on Cisco conferencing hardware via Jon Porter
• New Microsoft 365 App is Coming to Windows, Mobile Devices, and the Web via Laurent Giret
• Microsoft rebrands and updates its unified Office app, now the Microsoft 365 app via ZDNET | microsoft RSS
• New Microsoft 365 app replaces Microsoft’s Office app with new features and design via Tom Warren

DevOps / SRE

• Terraform: Organize Locals / Local Values via Chris Pietschmann
• New Competency Program Validates Systems Integrators’ HashiCorp Expertise via Clair Aguirre
• HashiCorp Wins Datadog’s Integration Developer Partner of the Year Award via Aurora Chun
• October patches for Azure DevOps Server via Gloridel Morales
• An easier way to install tools for GitHub Actions via Alex Ellis
• HashiCorp Vault 1.12 Adds New Secrets Engines, ADP Updates, and More via Justin Weissig
• Merging ARM Templates using PowerShell via Jan-V.nl
• Integrate security into your developer workflow with GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps via Aaron Hallberg
• AI-generated imagery is the new clip art as Microsoft adds DALL-E to its Office suite via James Vincent

Data

• HashiCorp Wins Datadog’s Integration Developer Partner of the Year Award via Aurora Chun
• Managing SQL Server 2022 T-SQL snapshot backup with Azure NetApp Files snapshots via GeertVanTeylingen
• How Microsoft Purview and Priva help simplify data protection via Christine Barrett
• Microsoft Announces PostgreSQL Option for Cosmos DB via Andrew Brust

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Power IoT allows codeless sensor integration with business applications via eszymko
• Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, version 22H2 is now available via 95twr
• NXP’s Windows IoT BSP 1.2 Release: Expanded BSP Support via sydbruck

Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Microsoft Cloud and AI chief Scott Guthrie on what’s new and next for Microsoft Cloud customers via ZDNET | microsoft RSS
• #MSIgnite – Power Automate with AI powered copilot capabilities via elbruno
• Microsoft Designer Brings AI-Powered Graphic Design to Microsoft 365 via Laurent Giret
• Drive efficiency through automation and AI with the Microsoft Cloud via Jessica Hawk
• Microsoft readies a new Teams Premium add-on with more AI, security features via ZDNET | microsoft RSS
• Microsoft announces Canva competitor with new ‘Designer’ app powered by AI via ZDNET | microsoft RSS

Development

• HashiCorp Wins Datadog’s Integration Developer Partner of the Year Award via Aurora Chun
• Modernize with Microsoft Cloud, the most complete developer platform via Ashmi Chokshi
• Integrate security into your developer workflow with GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps via Aaron Hallberg

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)

• 6 Overlooked Yet Important Kubernetes Features to Secure via Travis Rodgers
• New AKS hybrid deployment options enabled by Azure Arc, AKS Lite and Hybrid Benefit via Thomas Maurer
• Taking Azure Arc and Kubernetes to the Edge! via jryfar

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• Cybersecurity is for everyone—this October and all year via GitaSharma
• Hunting for Anomalous Identity Usage behaviour with MITRE ATT&CK using Microsoft Defender for… via Andre Camillo
• Delivering consistency and transparency for cloud hardware security via Rani Borkar
• DevSecOps on Azure – part7: Control access to Azure resources with Azure AD and Azure RBAC via Daniel Krzyczkowski
• Microsoft named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Information and Event Management via Christine Barrett
• Microsoft readies a new Teams Premium add-on with more AI, security features via ZDNET | microsoft RSS
• Integrate security into your developer workflow with GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps via Aaron Hallberg
• 5 cybersecurity capabilities announced at Microsoft Ignite 2022 to help you secure more with less via Christine Barrett

Azure Stack

• Getting Started with Azure Stack HCI via Adam Bertram

Hardware

• Microsoft Announces Surface Pro 9, Surface Laptop 5, and Surface Studio 2+ via Laurent Giret
• Microsoft’s Surface Studio 2 Plus ships with an RTX 3060 for $4,299 via Tom Warren
• Surface Pro 9 lets you pick between Intel or Arm 5G and new color options via Tom Warren
• Introducing new Surface devices that take the Windows PC into the next era of computing via Panos Panay, Chief Product Officer

Linux

• How to Migrate CentOS Stream to AlmaLinux via Michael Nguyen Tu

Events

• Microsoft Ignite – In person Seattle review via Gregor Suttie
• #MSIgnite – Power Automate with AI powered copilot capabilities via elbruno
• 5 cybersecurity capabilities announced at Microsoft Ignite 2022 to help you secure more with less via Christine Barrett

Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality

• HashiCorp Wins Datadog’s Integration Developer Partner of the Year Award via Aurora Chun
• Microsoft’s AR glasses aren’t cutting it with US soldiers, says leaked report via James Vincent

Other

• Livestream: Ignite 2022 Azure Hybrid Cloud announcements recap via Thomas Maurer
• Do more with less—Discover the latest Microsoft Entra innovations via Christine Barrett
• Visualize and monitor Azure & hybrid networks with Azure Network Watcher via Medhashree Jha
• Azure Networking: Identify NSGs without NSG Flow Logs and Traffic Analytics configured with Azure Monitor Network Insights via wmatthyssen
• Defenders beware: A case for post-ransomware investigations via Paul Oliveria
• Microsoft makes Tabbed File Explorer, additional Windows 11 22H2 features available in preview via ZDNET | microsoft RSS
• No, Microsoft Office is Not Going Away via Paul Thurrott
• Batch Geocoding and Batch Reverse-Geocoding with Bing Maps via Bing Team
• Is Microsoft giving up on the Surface Headphones? via Chris Welch
• LinkedIn Layered Architecture Minimizes Kafka Scaling Issues via Jessica Wachtel
• All new devices announced during Microsoft Surface event via Sharron Bennet
• Microsoft has teased a Windows 11 floating taskbar via Tom Warren
• Sharing Bicep Modules with Azure Container Registry via Paul Yu
• Engineering Leadership and Refactoring Monoliths with Kirsten Westeinde via scott@hanselman.com (Scott Hanselman)
• Microsoft Announces Teams Premium Add-on, Mesh Avatars Preview, More via Laurent Giret
• Microsoft Brings Loop Components to New Places (Updated) via Laurent Giret
• Microsoft Places is a new app to keep track of your hybrid team via Jon Porter
• Microsoft’s competitor to Notion, its Loop app, is now in private preview via ZDNET | microsoft RSS
• Microsoft moves forward with Edge Workspaces browser-based collaboration feature via ZDNET | microsoft RSS
• The biggest announcements from Microsoft’s Surface event via Monica Chin
• Introducing new Microsoft Defender for Cloud innovations to strengthen cloud-native protections via Christine Barrett
• Running Microservices with Dapr on Azure Container Apps via Mark Heath
• How Microsoft Azure helps drive agility and optimization for your business via Kathleen Mitford
• Announcing sustainability guidance in the Azure Well-Architected Framework via zimmergren-msft

Videos

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

• Introduction to Azure savings plan for compute via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• How to do Data Modeling for Distributed Postgres in Azure Cosmos DB via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Foundations of Distributed PostgreSQL with Citus via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Building IoT Apps with JSONB & Timeseries via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Keynote: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Getting Started with Azure Cosmos DB via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Azure SQL 2022 News Update: Year in Review | Data Exposed Live via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Multi-Region Replication & DR for Distributed Postgres in Azure Cosmos DB via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Optimize for the Best Cost and Performance for Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL API via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Nuance: Developing a Clinical Research Search tool with Azure Cognitive Search via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• SQL Insider Series: How and Why to Virtualize your Data in Azure SQL Managed Instance | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Azure Savings Plan for Compute 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:

• Episode 442 – Azure IP Services via The Azure Podcast
• 156 – Top 3 favorite announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2022 via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
• Ted Neward: Getting the Most Out of In-Person Conferences – Episode 215 via Azure DevOps Podcast
• Episode 303 – We don’t talk about Viva via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Episode 441 – Databricks Accelerator for Azure Purview via The Azure Podcast
• 155 – Building Mission-Critical workloads on Azure with Martin Simecek via Ctrl+Alt+Azure

Azure Service Updates

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

• General availability: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage
• General availability: OpenTelemetry exporter for Azure Data Explorer
• General availability: Stream Analytics no-code editor in Event Hubs
• Generally available: Auto Extension upgrade for Arc enabled Servers
• General availability: Azure savings plan for compute
• General availability: Zone-redundant storage support by Azure Backup
• Public preview: Exactly once delivery for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
• Generally available: Azure Stream Analytics in one new region
• In development: Introducing ExpressRoute Metro
• Generally available: Kusto Trender
• Public preview: Enhanced soft delete for Azure Backup
• Public preview: Multi-user authorization for Backup vaults
• Public preview: Immutable vaults for Azure Backup
• General availability: Azure NetApp Files application volume group for SAP HANA
• Generally available: Windows Admin Center for Azure Virtual Machines
• General availability: Static IP configurations of private endpoints
• General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 22.10 expected on October 25
• General availability: Custom network interface name configurations of private endpoints
• General availability: Azure Monitor predictive autoscale for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 64 – October 2022

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