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The Weeks Top Links

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

• Microsoft starts shipping its Windows on Arm device for developers: Windows Dev Kit 2023 via ZDNET | microsoft RSS
• GitHub Hits $1 Billion in Annual Recurring Revenue via Paul Thurrott
• Azure DevOps Server 2022 RC2 now available via Gloridel Morales
• All eyes on Microsoft’s Azure, Cloud numbers in Q1 FY’23 via ZDNET | microsoft RSS

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 Arc Connected vSphere (Preview) via Matthew Quickenden
• Azure Hub and Spoke Virtual Network (VNet) with a VPN Gateway via Travis Roberts
• Securing IoT devices against attacks that target critical infrastructure via Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team

DevOps / SRE

• GitHub Hits $1 Billion in Annual Recurring Revenue via Paul Thurrott
• Azure DevOps Server 2022 RC2 now available via Gloridel Morales
• Architecture: Software as a Service Databases – Single DB or DB per Client via GregLow
• GitOps with Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes via piotr.minkowski

Data

• How businesses are gaining integrated data protection with Microsoft Purview via Christine Barrett
• Architecture: Software as a Service Databases – Single DB or DB per Client via GregLow
• Full Stack Application with Azure SQL & Prisma via Davide Mauri

Internet of Things (IoT)

• General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 22.10 via AzureSphereTeam
• Securing IoT devices against attacks that target critical infrastructure via Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team

Development

• Microsoft starts shipping its Windows on Arm device for developers: Windows Dev Kit 2023 via ZDNET | microsoft RSS

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)

• GitOps with Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes via piotr.minkowski

Hardware

• Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 (13.5-inch) review: a few steps forward and one big step back via Monica Chin
• Surface Duo Update brings familiarity with Windows 11 and Android 12L improvements via Kimmo Lehtosalo, Senior Director of Product Management
• Microsoft’s Windows-flavored Android 12L arrives on the Surface Duo via Emma Roth
• Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to improve Windows on Arm via Tom Warren

XBox / xCloud / Gaming

• Microsoft nearly canceled its Xbox Adaptive Controller via Tom Warren

Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality

• Microsoft Has Sold 300,000 HoloLens Units According to Analysts via Laurent Giret
• Does HoloLens still have a future? via Sharron Bennet

Other

• Image Analysis 4.0 with new API endpoint and OCR model in preview via Andy Beatman
• International availability of Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare via Paul Swider
• Introducing Vision Studio, a UI-based demo interface for Computer Vision via Kate Browne
• All eyes on Microsoft’s Azure, Cloud numbers in Q1 FY’23 via ZDNET | microsoft RSS
• Azure Scales 530B Parameter GPT-3 Model with NVIDIA NeMo Megatron via Rachel Pruitt
• X.509 Certificate Management with Vault via Christie Koehler
• DevSecOps on Azure – part8: Achieve continuous compliance with Azure Policy via Daniel Krzyczkowski
• HashiConf Global 2022: From Zero Trust to No Code via Mitch Pronschinske
• Microsoft has an app to boost your PC’s performance via Joe Rogun

Videos

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

• Build Confidence in Your Data with Ledger Databases and Tables | Data Exposed: MVP Edition via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Deploying Azure Resources using Azure DevOps via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Windows Developer Kit 2023 via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Use ephemeral development environments for mission-critical workloads on Azure via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• LunchBytes – Hands-on with Azure Container Apps via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Learn Live – Supercharge your DevOps skills with Azure Load Testing 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 443 – 5G Modern Connected Apps via The Azure Podcast
• Isaac Abraham: Farmer for Azure Deployments – Episode 216 via Azure DevOps Podcast

Azure Service Updates

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

• Generally available: Azure Communication Services short code functionality for SMS
• Azure SQL General availability updates for late October 2022
• Public preview: Azure Load Testing supports authenticating with client certificates
• Azure SQL Public preview updates for late October 2022
• Public preview: Read replicas for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
• Public preview: Improved passive geo-replication for Azure Cache for Redis
• General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB data plane RBAC
• Public preview: Azure CNI Powered by Cilium
• Public preview: Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin API
• Public preview: Mariner container optimized OS
• Public preview: Azure Load Testing is now HITRUST certified
• Public preview: K8s 1.25 support
• Public preview: TCP support
• Public preview: Azure Load Testing in West Europe
• Public preview: New metrics capabilities in OpenTelemetry-based Application Insights
• Public preview: V2 programming model for Azure Functions using Python
• Generally available: CSI Extensible API for AKS
• Dapr extension for AKS and Arc-enabled Kubernetes now support Dapr v1.9.0
• Public preview: ASO makes it easy to manage database and connection
• Public preview: IPVS load balancer support in AKS
• Public preview: AKS image cleaner
• Generally available: Premium SSD v2 disks available on Azure Disk CSI driver
• Public preview: Vertical Pod Autoscaler
• Generally available: AKS support for Ubuntu 22.04
• Generally available: Azure Storage — Attribute-based access control for standard storage accounts
• Generally available: Custom IP Prefixes (BYOIP) now available in US Government regions
• Public preview: Availability zone volume placement for Azure NetApp Files
• Community support for Node 16 LTS is ending on 11 September 2023
• App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024
• Community support for PHP 8.0 is ending on 26 November 2023
• Continuous delivery setting of Azure VMSS will be retired on 31 March 2023 – Use Azure DevOps to create pipelines
• Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024
• Generally available: SFTP support for Azure Blob Storage
• General availability: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage
• General availability: OpenTelemetry exporter for Azure Data Explorer

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