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The Weeks Top Links

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

• Drift Detection for Terraform Cloud is Now Generally Available via Melar Chen
• Run PowerShell Scripts with Azure Automation Hybrid Workers on-premises using Azure Arc via Thomas Maurer
• General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 22.09 expected on September 22 via AzureSphereTeam
• The art and science behind Microsoft threat hunting: Part 1 via Christine Barrett

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)

• Ubuntu Linux and Azure DNS Problem Gives Azure Fits via Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
• Comparing Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps for Platform Teams via Cliff Malmborg
• How to Build a Modern Data Infrastructure Using a Lakehouse via Purushottam Darshankar
• Azure Arc Connected K8s Billing usage workbook error – ‘union’ operator: Failed to resolve table expression named ‘ContainerLogV2’ via Matthew Quickenden
• Run PowerShell Scripts with Azure Automation Hybrid Workers on-premises using Azure Arc via Thomas Maurer

Power Platform

• Azure API for FHIR and Microsoft’s Power Platform help universities tackle COVID-19 via Geralyn Miller

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

• Durable Functions Deep Dive part 3: Running an activity via Joonas Westlin

DevOps / SRE

• Terraform vs. Ansible: Which Is Best for You? via Derek Morgan
• Comparing Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps for Platform Teams via Cliff Malmborg
• Drift Detection for Terraform Cloud is Now Generally Available via Melar Chen
• Consul-Terraform-Sync 0.7 Adds High Availability and Redundancy via Hari Sankaran
• Changes to the Terraform Partner Integration Program via Donna Lee
• Run PowerShell Scripts with Azure Automation Hybrid Workers on-premises using Azure Arc via Thomas Maurer

Data

• How to Build a Modern Data Infrastructure Using a Lakehouse via Purushottam Darshankar
• T-SQL Tuesday 154 – Azure Synapse Link for SQL Server 2022 testing via Kevin Chant
• How to Get Started with Azure Data Studio via Adam Bertram
• Feathr feature store joins LF AI & Data Foundation via Xiaoyong Zhu

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Battery Powered Azure Sphere MT3620 OS insights via josephalloyd
• General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 22.09 expected on September 22 via AzureSphereTeam

Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Feathr feature store joins LF AI & Data Foundation via Xiaoyong Zhu
• Can TinyML really provide on-device learning? via Stacey Higginbotham

Development

• Four Ways Docker Boosts Enterprise Software Development via David Balakirev
• The Developer Case for Using Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid via Loraine Lawson
• Arm64 Performance Improvements in .NET 7 via Kunal Pathak

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)

• Four Ways Docker Boosts Enterprise Software Development via David Balakirev
• Develop and test easily on AKS with NetApp® Astra Control Service® and Azure NetApp Files via GeertVanTeylingen
• Fixing the UX for one-time tasks on Kubernetes via Alex Ellis
• Vault, Kubernetes, and the Graduation of vault-k8s to Version 1.0 via Narayan Iyengar
• In Case You Missed It: Docker Community All-Hands via Tyler Charboneau

Security, Identity, and Privacy

• Microsoft Surface Duo and Duo 2 get Android September 2022 security patches via Joe Rogun
• Block Outdated Operating Systems with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (Cloud App Security) via Brad Wyatt
• One Microsoft manager’s entrepreneurial vision for multicloud identity and access via Christine Barrett

Government

• Microsoft investigates Iranian attacks against the Albanian government via Paul Oliveria

Hardware

• Microsoft Surface Duo and Duo 2 get Android September 2022 security patches via Joe Rogun
• Surface Go 3 starts getting the September 2022 firmware update via Joe Rogun

Linux

• Ubuntu Linux and Azure DNS Problem Gives Azure Fits via Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Other

• Secure your endpoints with Transparity and Microsoft via Christine Barrett
• Microsoft invites educators to try its Literacy Skills Challenge via Sharron Bennet
• F5, New Relic, and Sophos Highlight New Consul Integrations via Karen Hui
• The art and science behind Microsoft threat hunting: Part 1 via Christine Barrett
• HashiConf Global Preview: Evolving Your Cloud Operating Model via Jared Ruckle
• Google Ranks Active Blogs Higher is Search Results via Chris Pietschmann
• Azure Chaos Studio via Alan Kinane
• Microsoft Adds Three More Tools to PowerToys via Paul Thurrott
• Microsoft to end its Scheduler meeting-coordination service in September 2023 via ZDNET | microsoft RSS

Videos

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

• Do you want to be a Developer or a Program Manager? #Shorts via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Learn Live – Create a UI in a .NET MAUI app by using XAML via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Learn Live – Introduction to regression models by using R and tidymodels via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Caching made easy in Azure SQL DB with FusionCache | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
• Containers, Serverless & IoT Meetup | #AzureHappyHours 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:

• Rocky Lhotka: CSLA – Episode 210 via Azure DevOps Podcast
• Episode 298 – Clearing the deck for Ignite via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
• Episode 437 – Azure CXP CRE Low Code Automation via The Azure Podcast

Azure Service Updates

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

• General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 22.09 expected on September 22
• Generally available: Azure Dedicated Host support for Ultra Disk Storage
• General availability: Standard network features for Azure NetApp Files
• In Development: New options to bring your licenses to a partner’s cloud

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