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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- IoT security: how Microsoft protects Azure Datacenters via Lauren Goodwin
- The most important testing you’ll do: Azure Sphere Retail Evaluation via kangsu
- IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security via Troy Hunt
- Google Project Zero reveals wireless AirDrop iPhone exploit which needs no user interaction via Surur
- Tip 297 – Discovering the Azure Architecture Center via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Tip 296 – How to work with Azure Cosmos DB with PowerShell via Azure Tips and Tricks
- ARM Templates Or HashiCorp Terraform – What Should I Use? via Zachary Deptawa
- Deploying to Azure SQL Database using GitHub Actions via Kevin Chant
- Understand The .NET 5 Runtime Environment via Khalid Abuhakmeh
- Microsoft’s Surface Pro 8 and Surface Laptop 4 appear in leaked images via Tom Warren
- Talk: Running #Azure Securely – Turning on the WAF via Bill Wilder
- Amazon announces EC2 Mac instances powered by Mac mini hardware via Pradeep
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)
- CloudEvents APIs and Azure Evnet Grid via Akihiro Nishikawa
- Azure SQL Database network settings (Private Link, VNET Service Endpoint) and Azure Data Factory via Inderjit Rana
- AzureFunBytes Episode 22 – @Azure Migrations with @LBugnion via Jay Gordon
- AzureFunBytes New Episode – 12/3/2020 – @Azure Migrate with @LBugnion via Jay Gordon
- Tip 297 – Discovering the Azure Architecture Center via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Modernize Windows Server Apps on Microsoft Azure using Containers with Windows Admin Center and AKS! via thomasmaurer
- Hands on with Azure Arc enabled data services on AKS HCI – part 1 via Danny McDermott
- Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – November 2020 via Michael Flanakin
- Using Azure VM to Crack Passwords via Armin Reiter
- Geekbench 5 score shows Apple M1 processor runs virtualized Windows 10 on ARM faster than Surface Pro X 2 via Surur
- Hacker runs virtualized Windows 10 on ARM on the Apple M1 processor via Surur
- Azure Arc Security remediation on Azure Stack HCI Cluster #Azure #Security #ASC #AzureStackHCI via James van den Berg
- Tutorial: Register and Configure Kubernetes Clusters with Azure Arc via Janakiram MSV
- How to Monitor an Azure virtual machine with Azure Monitor via Thomas Maurer
- Tutorial: Register and Manage Linux Servers with Azure Arc via Janakiram MSV
- Organize Azure Arc enabled Servers via Thomas Maurer
- Azure Backup: How to configure e-mail notifications for Backup Alerts via wmatthyssen
- Guest health feature in Azure Monitor for virtual machines via Xema Pathak
- Using Windows Admin Center on-premises to manage Azure Windows Server VMs via Sonia Cuff
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Azure Logic App Api call save a file to Blob Storage via Gregor Suttie
Power Platform
- Microsoft Clarity & Power Apps Portals via Megan V. Walker
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- How to configure a secured custom domain on a Azure Function or website via Frank Boucher ☁
- How to configure a secured custom domain on a Azure Function or website via Frank Boucher
- word Jumblr : A voice project scene for azure functions teen via Ayush
- #SeasonsOfServerless Solution 1: Developing “The Perfect Holiday Turkey” via Nitya Narasimhan
- Free Workshop on SQL Serverless via Adi Polak
- Using the Microsoft Face API, Spotify, and Azure Functions to get *emotional* via Chloe Condon 🎀
- Azure Advocates’ #SeasonsOfServerless – Join our Virtual Festive Potluck Challenge! via Nitya Narasimhan
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Microsoft announces general availability of Add to OneDrive feature via Pradeep
- Microsoft Teams gets an overhauled calling interface, CarPlay support, and more via Tom Warren
DevOps
- Terraform for Java developers video series via Julien Dubois
- Understanding influences shaping the cybersecurity landscape, enabling digital transformation, and helping to protect our planet via Lauren Goodwin
- How Does Microsoft Do DevOps via Abel
- Viewing Agile and Scrum work items at the same time in Azure DevOps via Kevin Chant
- Azure Unblogged – GitHub via Techielass
- AzureFunBytes – DevOps on Azure with Donovan Brown via Jay Gordon
- Optimum Developer Productivity – GitHub + Visual Studio Code + Azure via Abel
- GitHub’s journey towards microservices and more: ‘We actually have our own version of Ruby that we maintain’ via Tim Anderson
- Digital event: Explore how data and analytics will impact the future of your business via Kaiser Larsen
- RealEstateCore, a smart building ontology for digital twins, is now available via Alina_Stanciu
- Speaking at a Ghana based Azure User Group on Terraform and Azure via sbuchanan
- Protected: Terraforming from zero to pipelines as code with Azure DevOps via Thomas Thornton
- Integrating Pulumi Stack Output with GitHub Actions via James
- AzUpdate: Azure portal updates, ARM Template support for file share backup and more via Anthony Bartolo
- Tip 296 – How to work with Azure Cosmos DB with PowerShell via Azure Tips and Tricks
- ARM Templates Or HashiCorp Terraform – What Should I Use? via Zachary Deptawa
- Pulumi task on Azure DevOps fails with error “azureblob.OpenBucket: accountName is required” via Antti K. Koskela
- AzureFunBytes Short – Cloud Shell via Jay Gordon
- No, SRE Is Not the New DevOps – Unless It Is via Chris Tozzi
- Deploying to Azure SQL Database using GitHub Actions via Kevin Chant
Data
- AzUpdate: Microsoft Announces GA of Azure Synapse and Public Preview of Azure Purview data catalog via Anthony Bartolo
- Practical Azure SQL Database for Modern Developers via Davide Mauri
- Just-in-time Azure Databricks access tokens and instance pools for Azure Data Factory pipelines… via Nicholas Hurt
- Azure SQL Database network settings (Private Link, VNET Service Endpoint) and Azure Data Factory via Inderjit Rana
- Publish PySpark Streaming Query Metrics to Azure Log Analytics using the Data Collector REST API. via jbernec
- Autoscaling Azure SQL Hyperscale via Davide Mauri
- Using SQL with Delta Lake [Create: Data] via Jasmine Greenaway
- What is edge computing, why do it, why send IoT data to the cloud? via Jim Bennett ☁️
- What is edge computing, why do it, why send IoT data to the cloud? via Jim Bennett
- Azure Synapse Variable DWU Level Usage — Cost Optimization using Reserved Instance Pricing via Inderjit Rana
- Shape your future with data and analytics via Julia White
- Manage, govern, and get more value out of your data with Azure Purview via Lauren Goodwin
- DP-300 Study Guide Azure Database Administrator via Thomas Maurer
- Protect your SQL Server on-premises, in Azure, and in multicloud via Lauren Goodwin
- Driving a Data culture in a world of Remote Everything [Create: Data] via Adi Polak
- The Journey to Modern Warehousing [Create: Data] via Adi Polak
- Apache Spark and OSS Data Adventures [Create: Data] via Adi Polak
- Digital event: Explore how data and analytics will impact the future of your business via Kaiser Larsen
- Hands on with Azure Arc enabled data services on AKS HCI – part 1 via Danny McDermott
- Free Workshop on SQL Serverless via Adi Polak
- Join us for Data Week! via Abhishek Gupta
- Step by Step Azure Stack Edge – Azure Data Box Gateway for a Hybrid Cloud #Azure #AzureDataBox #Cloud #Storage #MVPBuzz #WiMVP via Robert Smit [MVP]
- Create a Managed Identity for SQL Azure servers to add AAD users and groups to databases via Jan-V.nl
- Tip 296 – How to work with Azure Cosmos DB with PowerShell via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Microsoft will launch a sustainable datacenter region in Sweden in 2021 via Pradeep
- Calling all Data Nerds via Adi Polak
- Applying Filters To Data In Microsoft Clarity via Megan V. Walker
- IoT security: how Microsoft protects Azure Datacenters via Lauren Goodwin
- Deploying to Azure SQL Database using GitHub Actions via Kevin Chant
Internet of Things (IoT)
- What is edge computing, why do it, why send IoT data to the cloud? via Jim Bennett ☁️
- What is edge computing, why do it, why send IoT data to the cloud? via Jim Bennett
- The most important testing you’ll do: Azure Sphere Retail Evaluation via kangsu
- Azure Sphere OS version 20.12 is now available for evaluation via AzureSphereTeam
- Controlling an LED from the cloud using a C# Azure IoT Edge module on the Raspberry Pi via admin
- Controlling an LED from the cloud using a C# Azure IoT Edge module on the Raspberry Pi via admin
- Using a Weidmueller UC20 as Azure IoT Edge child device via Sander van de Velde
- A self-driving AI and Raspberry Pi powered Trash Bin with Ahad Cove via scott@hanselman.com (Scott Hanselman)
- Go inside the new Azure Defender for IoT including CyberX via Teri Seals-Dormer
- Democratizing IoT with IoT Plug and Play and New Pricing for Azure IoT Central via Sandeep Pujar
- IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security via Troy Hunt
- IoT Unravelled Part 2: IP Addresses, Network, Zigbee, Custom Firmware and Soldering via Troy Hunt
- IoT security: how Microsoft protects Azure Datacenters via Lauren Goodwin
- IoT Unravelled Part 1: It’s a Mess… But Then There’s Home Assistant via Troy Hunt
Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Google Project Zero reveals wireless AirDrop iPhone exploit which needs no user interaction via Surur
- A self-driving AI and Raspberry Pi powered Trash Bin with Ahad Cove via scott@hanselman.com (Scott Hanselman)
Development
- Terraform for Java developers video series via Julien Dubois
- Practical Azure SQL Database for Modern Developers via Davide Mauri
- Understand The .NET 5 Runtime Environment via Khalid Abuhakmeh
- Optimum Developer Productivity – GitHub + Visual Studio Code + Azure via Abel
- Controlling an LED from the cloud using a C# Azure IoT Edge module on the Raspberry Pi via admin
- Controlling an LED from the cloud using a C# Azure IoT Edge module on the Raspberry Pi via admin
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)
- Azure speaks you language: the 3 immediate benefits for your organization. via Dmitry Turchin
- Modernize Windows Server Apps on Microsoft Azure using Containers with Windows Admin Center and AKS! via thomasmaurer
- Hands on with Azure Arc enabled data services on AKS HCI – part 1 via Danny McDermott
- Tutorial: Register and Configure Kubernetes Clusters with Azure Arc via Janakiram MSV
- How to design secure and convenient access to AKS clusters via melzayet
- Deploying Azure Stack HCI Cluster with Windows Admin Center #WAC #AzureStackHCI #WindowsAdminCenter #Hyperv #AKS via James van den Berg
Blockchain / Smart Contracts
- Simple Ethereum Wallets Management with Azure Key Vault via Itay Podhajcer
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Understanding influences shaping the cybersecurity landscape, enabling digital transformation, and helping to protect our planet via Lauren Goodwin
- Microsoft to make changes to Productivity Score after privacy complaints via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- How to Configure the Microsoft Active Directory Domain Controller as Authentication Server at Citrix ADC via Cary Sun
- Zerologon is now detected by Microsoft Defender for Identity via Lauren Goodwin
- What’s New in Azure Security Center! #ASC #Security #Azure #SecOps #SIEM via James van den Berg
- Azure Arc Security remediation on Azure Stack HCI Cluster #Azure #Security #ASC #AzureStackHCI via James van den Berg
- Create a Managed Identity for SQL Azure servers to add AAD users and groups to databases via Jan-V.nl
- IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security via Troy Hunt
- Microsoft Azure Active Directory again a “Leader” in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Access Management via Jenny Erie
- IoT security: how Microsoft protects Azure Datacenters via Lauren Goodwin
- Azure Advocates’ #SeasonsOfServerless – Join our Virtual Festive Potluck Challenge! via Nitya Narasimhan
Azure Stack
- Hands on with Azure Arc enabled data services on AKS HCI – part 1 via Danny McDermott
- Step by Step Azure Stack Edge – Azure Data Box Gateway for a Hybrid Cloud #Azure #AzureDataBox #Cloud #Storage #MVPBuzz #WiMVP via Robert Smit [MVP]
- Azure Arc Security remediation on Azure Stack HCI Cluster #Azure #Security #ASC #AzureStackHCI via James van den Berg
- Azure Stack Hub Partner Solutions Series – BORDONARO IT via Thomas Maurer
- Deploying Azure Stack HCI Cluster with Windows Admin Center #WAC #AzureStackHCI #WindowsAdminCenter #Hyperv #AKS via James van den Berg
Government
- Manage, govern, and get more value out of your data with Azure Purview via Lauren Goodwin
Hardware
- Google Project Zero reveals wireless AirDrop iPhone exploit which needs no user interaction via Surur
- Apple fined 10 million euros for misleading iPhone water-resistant claims via Pradeep
- Geekbench 5 score shows Apple M1 processor runs virtualized Windows 10 on ARM faster than Surface Pro X 2 via Surur
- Disappointing Surface Laptop 4, Pro 8 Images Leak via Paul Thurrott
- Microsoft’s Surface Pro 8 and Surface Laptop 4 appear in leaked images via Tom Warren
Linux
- Tutorial: Register and Manage Linux Servers with Azure Arc via Janakiram MSV
Events
XBox / xCloud / Gaming
- Microsoft does not think the Epic/Apple App Store case should affect the Xbox, judge disagrees via Surur
Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality
- Microsoft’s Surface Pro 8 and Surface Laptop 4 appear in leaked images via Tom Warren
- Festive Tech Calendar – Cloud Advocate AMA via Techie Lass Blog
- Microsoft announces public preview of Windows Autopilot for HoloLens 2 via Pradeep
- Omkar Naik on Microsoft Cloud for Health Care via David Giard
Other
- Azure Monitor for WVD in Public Preview via Travis Roberts
- One Way To Bring DPU Acceleration To Supercomputing via Timothy Prickett Morgan
- Deploying a LoRaWAN network server on Azure via kartben
- Talk: Running #Azure Securely – Turning on the WAF via Bill Wilder
- Microsoft Research develop technology to read your Pulse, Respiration and heart rhythm using your smartphone camera via Surur
- Microsoft buys eSports platform vendor Smash.gg via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Microsoft named a Leader in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for Cloud DBMS Platforms via John ‘JG’ Chirapurath
- Deploying a LoRaWAN network server on Azure via Benjamin Cabé
- Salesforce to Acquire Slack for $27.7 Billion via Paul Thurrott
- How to monitor End User Response Time of your Web Applications using JMeter + Webdriver… via Maninderjit (Mani) Bindra
- #VisualizeIT: A free online series of workshops to build your visual storytelling skills! via Nitya Narasimhan
- Deploying a LoRaWAN network server on Azure via Benjamin Cabé
- Automate an Azure App Deployment from Scratch (Full Walkthrough) via Adam Bertram
- Azure Sentinel achieves a Leader placement in Forrester Wave, with top ranking in Strategy via Jenny Erie
- Way to Opt into preview features in Azure via Sajeetharan
- Amazon announces EC2 Mac instances powered by Mac mini hardware via Pradeep
- Microsoft starts testing Windows Feature Experience Pack updates with Windows Insiders via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Azure Enablement | Cloud Adoption Framework via Techie Lass Blog
- Adding Custom Tags To Use With Microsoft Clarity via Megan V. Walker
- The Cloud Skills Show: AzureML, PyTorchLightning & More! via Adam Jackson
- Using Advanced Filters In Microsoft Clarity via Megan V. Walker
- Episode 95 – THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!! via jbrodley
- Microsoft recognized as a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Access Management via Pradeep
- Adding sign language interpretation to your online event via Henk Boelman
- SRE Tips to Prepare for Black Friday via Austin Gunter
- Adding sign language interpretation to your online event via Henk Boelman
- Achieving 100 percent renewable energy with 24/7 monitoring in Microsoft Sweden via Noelle Walsh
- Creating and using a MinIO Gateway for Azure via David Giard
- Episode 94: The Cloud Pod No Code Required via jbrodley
- Hybrid and multicloud strategies for financial services organizations via Lucia Stanham
- Azure Durable Entities: What are they good for? via Mark Heath
- Understanding Heatmaps In Microsoft Clarity via Megan V. Walker
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Join us at Microsoft Create: Data via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Getting Started with DevOps for Azure SQL | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- How to configure a secured custom domain on a Azure Function or website via Frank Boucher
- 8 Bits with Chloe Condon and Brandon Minnick with guest Anthony Bartolo via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- JFrog | From open source to a successful Startup | Tech Exceptions via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Blockchain transactions [11 of 20] | Beginner’s Series to: Blockchain via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Learn about Bitcoin [6 of 20] | Beginner’s Series to: Blockchain via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Consensus algortihms [10 of 20] | Beginner’s Series to: Blockchain via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Understand the types of blockchain [3 of 20] | Beginner’s Series to: Blockchain via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Learn about Solidity [15 of 20] | Beginner’s Series to: Blockchain via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Evolution of cryptocurrency [5 of 20] | Beginner’s Series to: Blockchain via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Introduction to the series [1of 20] I Beginner’s Series to: Blockchain via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Next steps [20 of 20] | Beginner’s Series to: Blockchain via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Blockchain use cases [14 of 20] | Beginner’s Series to: Blockchain via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- What’s New in Text Analytics: Opinion Mining and Async API | AI Show via Channel 9
- Intro to AutoML on Azure | Learn with Dr G via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Building and deploying web apps with Static Web Apps | The DevOps Lab via Channel 9
- Top Reasons Your On-premises SQL Server Instance Can Benefit from Azure | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Visual Studio Installation and Customization | Visual Studio Toolbox via Channel 9
- RealEstateCore, a smart building ontology for digital twins | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Visual Studio Code: Remote Dev with SSH, VMs, and WSL | Tabs vs Spaces via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- VS Code: Remote Development with SSH, VMs, and WSL | Tabs vs Spaces via Channel 9
- Implement serverless APIs with Azure Functions and Azure API Management | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- A Day in a life of a Cloud Architect | CodeStories via Channel 9
- Build serverless APIs with Azure Functions via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Implement serverless APIs with Azure Functions and Azure API Management via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- 8-Bits Hosted by Chloe Condon and Brandon Minnick with guest Cat Carbonell via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- What’s New in Text Analytics: Opinion Mining and Async API via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Top Reasons to Rehost your SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Logz.io | Stop wasting your time with Old-School Logging via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Azure SQL Database: Improving Performance Tuning with Automatic Tuning | Data Exposed: MVP Edition via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Cloud governance using IaC, Azure Policy & Blueprints | Cloud Adoption Framework Series via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Govern and manage Azure resources at scale | Cloud Adoption Framework Series via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Text Analytics for Health via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Learn with Dr. G – The benefit of hackathons when learning to code via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Identity baseline with authentication & access control | Cloud Adoption Framework Series via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- The future of IoT solutions development… today! | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Establish cloud governance and compliance | Cloud Adoption Framework Series via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Implement cost control, budget, forecast and allocation | Cloud Adoption Framework Series via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Dig into enterprise-scale architecture methodology | Cloud Adoption Framework Series via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Choose the best Azure landing zone option| Cloud Adoption Framework Series via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Start small and expand Azure landing zones approach | Cloud Adoption Framework Series via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Create an enterprise-scale architecture in Azure | Cloud Adoption Framework Series via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Overview of Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure | Cloud Adoption Framework Series via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Assess cloud readiness using Microsoft Assessments | Cloud Adoption Framework Series via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Prepare cloud environments using Azure landing zones | Cloud Adoption Framework Series via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- When should I think about MLOps? | One Dev Question via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- How can MLOps improve my predictive models? | One Dev Question 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 058 – Azure Updates via Tobias Zimmergren’s thoughts on tech
- 058 – Azure Updates via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
- Azure Security Podcast – Azure Data Centers via The Azure Security Podcast
- Paul Sheriff on What’s New in .NET – Episode 117 via Azure DevOps Podcast
- Featured on BITTechTalk Episode #127 – PC Tech to Microsoft MVP via Buchatech.com
- Featured on RunAsRadio Podcast – Terraform vs Bicep/ARM via Buchatech.com
- Episode 356 – Sustainability solutions in Azure via The Azure Podcast
- Episode 057 – Azure Policy and Azure Key Vault integration via Tobias Zimmergren’s thoughts on tech
- 057 – Azure Policy and Azure Key Vault integration via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
- Episode 386 | Microsoft 365, Microsoft Graph and More Cloud News via Microsoft Cloud Show
- Scott Nichols on the State of Azure – Part 2 – Episode 116 via Azure DevOps Podcast
Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:
- IoT Hub private link now works with the built-in Event Hub compatible endpoint
- Azure Sphere OS version 20.12 is now available for evaluation
- Azure Monitor for Windows Virtual Desktop in public preview
- Azure Security Center—News and updates for November 2020
- Azure Batch vCPU quota checks are being updated
- Azure Storage blob inventory public preview
- Azure Sphere SDK version 20.11 is now available
- New feature in public preview for intelligent ingestion from Event Hubs source
- Azure Site Recovery update rollup 52 – November 2020
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