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The Weeks Top Links

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

Tip 269 – Azure Certifications for Developers via Azure Tips and Tricks
Azure Web App: Application Settings via Chris Pietschmann
Adding Extensions for Azure App Service via Abhijit Jana
Azure Firewall Manager is now generally available via Gopikrishna Kannan
Chris Pietschmann Awarded 2020 Microsoft MVP in Azure via Chris Pietschmann
Use Azure App Service Diagnostics – Improve performance, best practices, security and more. via Tobias Zimmergren
From VS Code to Azure Pipelines – Basic CI/CD with Azure Functions via Nick Korte

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Blog Articles

Here’s a collection of some of the most note worthy blog articles posted over the past week:

Data

Internet of Things (IoT)

#JulyOT – Getting Started with NVIDIA Jetson Nano: Object Detection via Paul DeCarlo
Afternoon Cyber Tea: Cybersecurity & IoT: New risks and how to minimize them via Jim Flack

Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#JulyOT – Artificial Intelligence at the Edge via Paul DeCarlo
Xbox Series X has a ring on its bottom for better air flow via Lewis White

Development

Tip 269 – Azure Certifications for Developers via Azure Tips and Tricks
From VS Code to Azure Pipelines – Basic CI/CD with Azure Functions via Nick Korte
Loop through JavaScript Arrays using for, forEach, and map functions via Chris Pietschmann

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)

Programmatically create Azure Container Instances in an existing Virtual Network via Tobias Zimmergren

Security, Identity, and Privacy

Azure Security Center | Policies for enabling Threat Protection and Advanced Data Security via zigmax
Use Azure App Service Diagnostics – Improve performance, best practices, security and more. via Tobias Zimmergren
Afternoon Cyber Tea: Cybersecurity & IoT: New risks and how to minimize them via Jim Flack

Azure Stack

Azure Stack Family Part 2 via lisaattheedge
One Ops Question: What are the common Azure Stack Hub use cases via Pierre Roman

Learning / Training / Certification

Tip 269 – Azure Certifications for Developers via Azure Tips and Tricks
Azure Fundamental Exams via Techie Lass Blog

Linux

#AzureFunBytes Episode 4 – Linux with @bketelsen via Jay Gordon

XBox / xCloud / Gaming

Xbox Series X has a ring on its bottom for better air flow via Lewis White

Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality

Build a Jar file for the Apache Spark SQL Server and Azure SQL Connector Using SBT. via jbernec

Other

Episode 76: IBM Blames Cloud Pod for Outages via jbrodley
One Ops Question: What are Azure Blueprints? via Pierre Roman
Linus Torvalds on Diversity, Longevity, Rust, and ARM Chips via David Cassel
Azure B2B vs. B2C via Travis Roberts
Unraveling the Azure Maya Mystery and Building A World via Jen Looper
Quickly Switch Azure Subscriptions with PSNotes via admin
Guest Post: How Maplytics uses Bing Maps Truck Routing API for hassle-free delivery via Bing Team
Chris Pietschmann Awarded 2020 Microsoft MVP in Azure via Chris Pietschmann
Microsoft Remote Desktop for iOS gets updated with new animations and more via Rahul
Microsoft Launches Global Skills Initiative via Paul Thurrott
Microsoft is pushing out the new Edge browser to more PCs via Surur
Automatic Edge Rollout to Expand to Education, then Businesses via Paul Thurrott

Videos

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

ASP.NET Core Series: Deploying your Microservice to Azure Container Instances | On .NET via Channel 9
Why Azure SQL is Best For Developers – Part 1 | Data Exposed via Channel 9
Why Azure SQL is Best For Developers (Part 1) | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
How Fidelity Investments enabled Azure at scale for their developers via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
How Fidelity Investments enabled Azure at scale for their developers | Azure Friday via Channel 9
Entity Framework Core In-Depth Part 7 | Visual Studio Toolbox via Channel 9
Deep Dive: Analyzing IoT data using Time Series Insights via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
ASP.NET Core Series: Getting started with the Worker templates | On .NET via Channel 9
Demystifying ARM Templates: Creating Your First Template | The DevOps Lab via Channel 9

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:

Simon Brown on Architecture for Developers – Episode 96 via Azure DevOps Podcast
Azure Stack Podcast Episodes via Lisa at the Edge
Episode 184 – OneDrive for Business Shortcuts via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
036 – All things Security with Sami Laiho via Ctrl+Alt+Azure

Latest Featured Articles

GitHub Certifications (Actions, Admin and Security) for Azure Partners

by Chris Pietschmann | Sep 15, 2022 | DevOps, Certification, Featured Articles

There have been some in the community talking about new GitHub Certifications that are currently in a private beta available to Microsoft Partners (and maybe Microsoft employees too) that are let into this early program. I've been wondering for some time as to when...

Azure Bicep: Deploy Azure Bastion into Virtual Network

by Chris Pietschmann | Sep 14, 2022 | Azure Bicep, Featured Articles

Azure Bastion is the more secure way to enable Remote Desktop (RDP) support for Azure Virtual Machines (VMs). Basically, an Azure Bastion host gets deployed to an Azure Virtual Network (VNet). Once deployed, the Azure Bastion host enables the ability to securely use...

Terraform: Dependency Lock File (.terraform.lock.hcl)

by Chris Pietschmann | Sep 10, 2022 | Terraform, Featured Articles

Every Terraform project has external dependencies on code that does not exist within the project itself. These external dependencies rely on Terraform Providers and Modules that may exist outside the code base of the Terraform project. Terraform 0.14 and later uses...

Azure Arm64-based VM Sizes Available (Arm-based Dv5-Series & Ev5-Series)

by Chris Pietschmann | Aug 31, 2022 | Infrastructure, Architecture, Featured Articles

The General Purpose Dpsv5 and Dplsv5 and Memory Optimized Epsv5 pricing tiers for Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) brings the ability to host Virtual Machine using Arm-based CPUs in the Microsoft Azure cloud. It's been a few years since I first wrote about...

CDK for Terraform: Write IaC using Language of Choice

by Chris Pietschmann | Aug 30, 2022 | Terraform, Featured Articles

The Cloud Development Kit for Terraform (CDKTF) enables you to write Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using HashiCorp Terraform without the need to learn HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language). This opens up Terraform infrastructure development to the use of existing...

Azure Regions: Interactive Map of Global Datacenters

by Chris Pietschmann | Aug 28, 2022 | Infrastructure, Featured Articles

This Microsoft Azure Regions Interactive Map shows the locations of each of the Microsoft Azure cloud regions plotted on a map. The map code is built using the Azure Maps Web SDK Disclaimer: This is an unofficial map of Azure Regions and is not endorsed by or...

Azure Service Updates

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