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!The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:- Install the New Windows PowerToys via Dan Patrick
- Surface Duo Hardware First Look via Dan Patrick
- Terraform Feature Flags & Environment Toggle Design Patterns via Chris Pietschmann
- Tip 276 – Top 10 Azure resources that you can use today via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Docker 101 and How do containers work? via Scott Hanselman
- China may have banned the sale of TikTok’s secret sauce via Surur
- Microsoft and Walmart are teaming on a potential TikTok takeover deal via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Walmart says it’s partnering with Microsoft on a TikTok deal via Tom Warren
- Nvidia 3070, 3080, 3090 doubles performance of last-gen series; starts at $499 via Lewis White
- Advancing a culture of reliability at the pace of Azure via Mark Russinovich
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)
- 5 ways to optimize your backup costs with Azure Backup via Aditya Balaji
- Force firmware code to be measured and attested by Secure Launch on Windows 10 via Eric Avena
- Azure Migrate Pricing via Techielass
- Azure Architecture Best Practices Virtual Event – October 20 via Thomas Maurer
- Azure Cost Management + Billing updates – August 2020 via Michael Flanakin
- Azure Update Management with AWS Virtual Machines via Techie Lass Blog
- AzUpdate: Azure Migrate new features, AzCopy new version and new features in Form Recognizer via Techielass
- Let’s Hack a Pipeline: Shared Infrastructure via Matt Cooper
- Provisioning Azure VM as a Streamer Machine with Chocolatey via Justin Yoo
- Red Hat Says VMs Are No ‘Second-Class Citizens’ in OpenShift via B. Cameron Gain
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- August 31, 2020 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam
- Microsoft Improves Data Protection in Azure Files via Russell Smith
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- #ServerlessSeptember 2020 Content Collection via Lucie Šimečková
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Microsoft 365 Licensing Questions: My Stance via Joanne Klein
DevOps
- Docker Support for the New GitHub Container Registry via Chad Metcalf
- Demystifying ARM Templates: Variables via Frank Boucher ☁
- AzureFunBytes Short – @Azure Cloud Shell via Jay Gordon
- Start your DevOps pipeline in the Azure Cloud via James van den Berg
- Demystifying ARM Templates: Template Functions via Frank Boucher ☁
- Terraform Feature Flags & Environment Toggle Design Patterns via Chris Pietschmann
- Demystifying ARM Templates: Parameters via Frank Boucher ☁
- Demystifying ARM Templates: Create Your First Template via Frank Boucher ☁
- Inspec-Azure in Azure DevOps Pipeline via Thomas Thornton
- AzureFunBytes Episode 12 – IaC, @HashiCorp Terraform, and @Azure ARM Templates with @zdeptawa via Jay Gordon
- New IP address ranges with Service Tags for Azure DevOps Services via Justin Chung
- AzureFunBytes New Episode Reminder – 8/27/2020 2 PM EDT – IaC, Terraform, and @Azure with @zdeptawa via Jay Gordon
- Demystifying ARM Templates: Introduction to ARM Templates via Frank Boucher ☁
Data
- Azure SQL & .bacpac the easy way via Davide Mauri
- Tutorial: Build a pipeline to join streams of real time data via Abhishek Gupta
- Microsoft Improves Data Protection in Azure Files via Russell Smith
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Building a Heart Rate Monitor with Azure IoT Hub via Chloe Condon 🎀
- Turn Node-RED into a first citizen Azure IoT connected device via Sander van de Velde
- Tutorial: Deploying TensorFlow Models at the Edge with NVIDIA Jetson Nano and K3s via Janakiram MSV
- Prepare and certify your devices for IoT Plug and Play via Koichi Hirao
- Rethinking IoT/OT Security to Mitigate Cyberthreats via Jim Flack
- Introducing a new series on Tech Community: Ask the IoT Expert via Olivier Bloch (IOT)
- Introducing a new series on Tech Community: the Azure IoT Ask the Expert via Olivier Bloch (IOT)
Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Damian Brady on MLOps via David Giard
- Sharing a developer’s perspective on Artificial Intelligence with Microsoft on The Cloud Skills Show via jamie_maguire
- Tutorial: Deploying TensorFlow Models at the Edge with NVIDIA Jetson Nano and K3s via Janakiram MSV
- Stopping Active Directory attacks and other post-exploitation behavior with AMSI and machine learning via Eric Avena
- Empowering remote learning with Azure Cognitive Services via Anand Raman
Development
- Sharing a developer’s perspective on Artificial Intelligence with Microsoft on The Cloud Skills Show via jamie_maguire
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)
- Docker Support for the New GitHub Container Registry via Chad Metcalf
- Journey of an App: How to create an AKS cluster to deploy a Windows Container application via Vinicius Apolinario
- How Do Applications Run on Kubernetes? via Janakiram MSV
- Docker 101 and How do containers work? via Scott Hanselman
- 30 Minutes of Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) via sbuchanan
- AKS | Custom Resource group name via zigmax
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Azure AD v2 and MSAL in 2020 via Joonas Westlin
- Microsoft Security: How to cultivate a diverse cybersecurity team via Jim Flack
- Microsoft Security: What cybersecurity skills do I need to become a CISO? via Jim Flack
- Stopping Active Directory attacks and other post-exploitation behavior with AMSI and machine learning via Eric Avena
- Rethinking IoT/OT Security to Mitigate Cyberthreats via Jim Flack
- How to detect and mitigate phishing risks with Microsoft and Terranova Security via Jim Flack
Azure Stack
- Check out the Azure Stack Hub Partner Solution Video Series via thomasmaurer
Linux
- Red Hat Says VMs Are No ‘Second-Class Citizens’ in OpenShift via B. Cameron Gain
Events
- Find Your Local Azure User Group via Techie Lass Blog
Other
- Surface Duo Hardware First Look via Dan Patrick
- Microsoft announced 5 initiatives to address Fake News and Defend Democracy via Surur
- Nvidia 3070, 3080, 3090 doubles performance of last-gen series; starts at $499 via Lewis White
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 to Launch September 18 at $1999 via Paul Thurrott
- Should you be concerned about the future of Zigbee and Z-Wave due to Project CHIP? via Kevin C. Tofel
- Microsoft officially acknowledges the rollout of Outlook Spaces (‘Project Moca’) via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- An Azure Reference Architecture via James
- Advancing a culture of reliability at the pace of Azure via Mark Russinovich
- Always On VPN SSTP Certificate Binding Error via Richard M. Hicks
- Custom Route Tables in Azure Virtual WAN are live! via workinghardinit
- Tip 276 – Top 10 Azure resources that you can use today via Azure Tips and Tricks
- China may have banned the sale of TikTok’s secret sauce via Surur
- More in-the-wild Surface Duo hands-on videos via Surur
- Microsoft Appears to be Rebranding Bing via Paul Thurrott
- Install the New Windows PowerToys via Dan Patrick
- Microservices Architecture: Executive Briefing via Mark Heath
- China Intervenes in TikTok Deal via Paul Thurrott
- Surface Duo: A Review Is An Opinion – What The Tech Ep. 479 via Paul Thurrott
- Dependabot updates to code via Sam Smith
- Microsoft, Oracle Race to the Finish to Acquire TikTok via Paul Thurrott
- Oracle pulls ahead of Microsoft and Walmart with +$20 billion offer for TikTok via Surur
- Microsoft Zero Trust deployment guide for your applications via Jim Flack
- Walmart says it’s partnering with Microsoft on a TikTok deal via Tom Warren
- Microsoft and Walmart are teaming on a potential TikTok takeover deal via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Azure’s Immersive Reader is Available for Third-Party Apps via Paul Thurrott
- How can Microsoft Threat Protection help reduce the risk from phishing? via Jim Flack
- Surface Duo Unboxing via Brad Sams
- How to delete an stubborn Azure Virtual Hub via Geert Baeke
- Make a more personal connection with Eye Contact, now generally available via Microsoft Devices Blog
- Let’s Hack a Pipeline: Stealing Another Repo via Matt Cooper
- Let’s Hack a Pipeline: Stealing Another Repo via Matt Cooper
- Microsoft Brings Transcription, New Voice Commands to Word for the Web via Paul Thurrott
- Microsoft is adding audio transcription to Word via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Microsoft’s new Transcribe in Word feature is designed for students, reporters, and more via Tom Warren
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:- ARM Series #8: Linked and Nested Templates | The DevOps Lab via Channel 9
- Deploying SQL Server 2019 in Kubernetes | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- Scikit-Learn with Andreas Müller | AI Show via Channel 9
- Deploying SQL Server 2019 in Kubernetes | Data Exposed: MVP Edition via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- What’s New with Form Recognizer | AI Show via Channel 9
- AI Show | What’s New With Form Recognizer via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- How do I deal with the gap in the device? | One Dev Question via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Establish cloud governance using Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- WordPress on .NET Core | On .NET via Channel 9
- Choose Your Own Adventure With Power Platform | #LessCodeMorePower via Channel 9
- What is Azure SQL Edge | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- What is Azure SQL Edge | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- How should an app adapt its behavior to Dual Screen? | One Dev Question via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Prepare and certify your devices for IoT Plug and Play | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- AI Show | Scikit-Learn with Andreas Müller via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Learn How to Deploy SQL Server 2019 in Containers in Just Minutes | Data Exposed: MVP Edition via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- AMA with Charles Lamanna via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Learn How to Deploy SQL Server 2019 in Containers in Just Minutes | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- ARM Series #7: Controlling Deployment | 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:- GitLab and Red Hat on How Communication Drives Diversity and Inclusion via The New Stack
- Derek Comartin on Migrating to .NET Core – Episode 104 via Azure DevOps Podcast
- Episode 192 – SkyNet Is Real via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- 044 – Common approaches to building an API in Azure via Ctrl+Alt+Azure
- Episode 373 | IE11 & Legacy Edge on Death Row, Learning Pathways and More with Julie Turner via Microsoft Cloud Show
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- Visualize and Manage your AWS costs in Azure Cost Management
- View Designer in Azure Monitor is retiring on 31 August 2023
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- Ingestion data isolation in Log Analytics
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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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