Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure news and updates. Included within Build5Nines Weekly newsletter are blog articles, podcasts, videos, and more from Microsoft and the greater community over the past week. Be sure to subscribe to Build5Nines Weekly to get the newsletter in your email every week and never miss a thing!Free eBook: Developer’s Guide to Azure: 2020 Edition
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Here are some of the most notable links from the week:- Connect Azure Cloud Shell to Virtual Network vNet via Thomas Maurer
- Tip 274 – Set Your AzContext Interactively via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Tip 273 – Getting started with Azure Image Builder via Azure Tips and Tricks
- How to use Terraform to Create Azure DevOps Projects via chrisjeffrey_uk
- Standard Chartered Bank selects Azure as a preferred cloud, will deploy Microsoft Teams for 84,000 employees via Pradeep
- Microsoft readies its AWS Outposts hybrid competitor: Azure Stack ‘Fiji’ via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Microsoft to launch Xbox Series X in November via Tom Warren
- Apple reveals why they’re gatekeeping Project xCloud from iOS users via Lewis White
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)
- Connect Azure Cloud Shell to Virtual Network vNet via Thomas Maurer
- Azure Architecture Best Practices Virtual Event via Thomas Maurer
- Azure Arc Is Developing into a Full Hybrid Infrastructure System via Mary Branscombe
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- GraphQL on Azure: Part 3 – Serverless With JavaScript via Aaron Powell
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Standard Chartered Bank selects Azure as a preferred cloud, will deploy Microsoft Teams for 84,000 employees via Pradeep
DevOps
- Azure DevOps Server 2020 RC2 now available via Gloridel Morales
- How to use Terraform to Create Azure DevOps Projects via chrisjeffrey_uk
- Connect Azure Cloud Shell to Virtual Network vNet via Thomas Maurer
- “the input device is not a TTY” fix when running Docker in Azure DevOps via Thomas Thornton
- Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2020.08.07 via Steven Murawski
- Connecting the Wio Terminal to Azure IoT via Benjamin Cabé
- Azure Repos default branch name via Matt Cooper
Data
- AzureFunBytes Short – Create an @AzureCosmosDB @Azure Database for @MongoDB via Jay Gordon
- Prioritize datacenter discovery and readiness assessments to accelerate cloud migration via Jeremy Winter
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Connecting the Wio Terminal to Azure IoT via Benjamin Cabé
Development
- Free eBook: Developer’s Guide to Azure: 2020 Edition via Chris Pietschmann
- Setting-up Codespaces for .NET Core App Development via Justin Yoo
- GraphQL on Azure: Part 3 – Serverless With JavaScript via Aaron Powell
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)
- AzureFunBytes Short – @Azure Containers (Kubernetes, Container Instances, More) via Jay Gordon
- “the input device is not a TTY” fix when running Docker in Azure DevOps via Thomas Thornton
- Az Update: AzureAD My Sign-In, Azure Monitor supports Kubernetes, Azure Sentinel news and more via Anthony Bartolo
- Explore: Kubernetes resource view (Preview) in AKS via sbuchanan
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- How to organize your security team: The evolution of cybersecurity roles and responsibilities via Jim Flack
- Zero Trust: From security option to business imperative overnight via Jim Flack
Azure Stack
- Microsoft readies its AWS Outposts hybrid competitor: Azure Stack ‘Fiji’ via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Learning / Training / Certification
- Microsoft releases Minecraft Education Edition for Chromebooks via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Free eBook: Developer’s Guide to Azure: 2020 Edition via Chris Pietschmann
XBox / xCloud / Gaming
- Microsoft to launch Xbox Series X in November via Tom Warren
- Microsoft releases Minecraft Education Edition for Chromebooks via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Apple reveals why they’re gatekeeping Project xCloud from iOS users via Lewis White
Other
- Tip 274 – Set Your AzContext Interactively via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Using Inspec-Azure to test your Azure Resources via Thomas Thornton
- Deploying WordPress to the Cloud via Ben De St Paer-Gotch
- TCP Talks: Cloud Wisdom with Bart Castle via Jonathan Baker
- Twitter Has Held Preliminary Talks with TikTok via Paul Thurrott
- Tip 273 – Getting started with Azure Image Builder via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Donovan Brown on App Innovations via David Giard
- Episode 80: The Cloud Pod now with more Seoul via jbrodley
- Bill Gates weigh in on Microsoft-TikTok deal, calls it a “poison chalice” via Surur
- Onboarding : Azure Application Resilience via parisamoosavinezhad
- Building oEmbeddr using Azure Static Web Apps. Part 1: Svelte, Bootstrap 5, and… TikTok! via Maxim Salnikov
- The Mystery of Pulumi and the Disappearing NSG Rules via samcogan.com
- Twitter and TikTok reportedly have had talks about a deal via Kim Lyons
- Bill Gates calls Microsoft’s TikTok deal a poisoned chalice via Tom Warren
- I’m Open Sourcing the Have I Been Pwned Code Base via Troy Hunt
- Different SFTP Authentication Support in BizTalk360 via Lattetapriyanka Vishu
- Microsoft signals renewed interest in Windows with latest reshuffle via Tom Warren
- Microsoft Splits Ignite Into Two Events via Paul Thurrott
- Microsoft Reorg Leads to Significant Changes for Windows and Azure via Brad Sams
- Report: Microsoft is exploring to take over TikTok’s entire global business via Pradeep
- Report: Now Microsoft Wants All of TikTok via Paul Thurrott
- Microsoft to make its Ignite IT pro show a two-part event via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Breaking down the Azure Network “Chain” YouTube series via dwnatwick
- Azure Monitor Community via Billy York
- AzureFunBytes Episode 9 – @Azure Regions, AZ’s and SLAs with @chloecondon via Jay Gordon
- Microsoft condemns Apple’s App Store policies via Nick Statt
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:- Azure With Terraform: Provider 2.0 Update | The DevOps Lab via Channel 9
- How Azure App Configuration helps developers roll out new features | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- History of Azure SQL | Azure SQL for beginners (Ep. 2) via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Learning How to Transition Your SQL Server Skills to Azure SQL | Data Exposed 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 371 | TikTok & SpaceX Geek Out via Microsoft Cloud Show
- Mike Sigsworth on a Containerized Journey Using .NET Core – Episode 101 via Azure DevOps Podcast
- Azure Security Podcast – Network Isolation and Private Endpoints via The Azure Security Podcast
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Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:- Windows 10 IoT Core Services are generally available
- Azure Functions: PowerShell 7 support is now generally available
- Azure Cloud Shell can now run in an isolated virtual network (public preview)
- The Azure Cloud Shell tools image is now open sourced
- Data encryption with customer managed keys for Azure DB for PostgreSQL-single server
- Infrastructure double encryption for Azure Database for PostgreSQL-single server is in preview
- Data encryption with customer managed keys for Azure Database for MySQL is now generally
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- Azure Cosmos DB Management with PowerShell cmdlets is in public preview
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- Simplify and Modernize your Java and Spring workloads with Azure Service Bus
- Azure Advisor Quick Fix is now available
- Audit Logs of Azure Monitor logs queries now available
- Kubernetes resource view is in public preview
- SQL Server FCI on Shared Disks for SQL Server on virtual machines
- Configure backup for Azure file shares directly from the file share blade
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Chris Pietschmann is a Microsoft MVP, HashiCorp Ambassador, and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) with 20+ years of experience designing and building Cloud & Enterprise systems. He has worked with companies of all sizes from startups to large enterprises. He has a passion for technology and sharing what he learns with others to help enable them to learn faster and be more productive.
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