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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:- Get Started with Terraform on Azure via Chris Pietschmann
- Tip 271 – Azure Functions and secure configuration with Azure Key Vault via Azure Tips and Tricks
- How to Run Custom Scripts on Azure Arc Enabled Servers via Thomas Maurer
- Run high scale workloads on Blob storage with new 200 TB object sizes via Klaas Langhout
- Deploying Azure DevOps (ADO) Using Terraform via AdinErmie
- Build safer, more resilient workplaces with IoT solutions via Clayton Fernandez
- Azure Time Series Insights Gen2: Leading the next generation of industrial IoT analytics platforms via Diego Viso
- Microsoft cuts 960 additional jobs, all at LinkedIn via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
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)
- What is shutting down my Azure Virtual Machine? via Sonia Cuff
- Shared Disks in Azure: Clusters to Azure in 3, 2, 1… via Rick Vanover
- Move Azure VMs between Azure Global Regions via RogerG117
- Learn about Windows Server on Microsoft Azure via Thomas Maurer
- Az Update: Azure Site Recovery updates, Citrix Future of Work, Azure Maps Power BI Visual and more via Anthony Bartolo
- AMD-based memory-optimized Azure virtual machines now available in more regions via Brenda Bell
- AzureFunBytes Episode 6 – @Azure VNETs with @AbelSquidHead via Jay Gordon
- Azure Data Factory Managed Virtual Network via Leo Li
- Announcing the general availability of Azure shared disks and new Azure Disk Storage enhancements via Tad Brockway
- Move VHD to Azure and create Virtual Machine image using Powershell Az Module via Dave Rendón
- Azure Virtual WAN ARM – Secured Virtual Hub Azure Firewall via AFinn
- How to Run Custom Scripts on Azure Arc Enabled Servers via Thomas Maurer
- Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions is now in preview via Sameeksha Khare
- High Availability with Azure Front Door via Sam Smith
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Azure App Service and your app settings via Tidjani Belmansour, Ph.D.
- July 20, 2020 Weekly Update on Microsoft Integration Platform & Azure iPaaS via Gautam
- Minimize Azure Web App Cost via Janne Hansen
- GraphQL on Azure: Part 2 – dotnet and App Service via Aaron Powell
- Enabling local cache for an Azure App Service via Antti K. Koskela
- Run high scale workloads on Blob storage with new 200 TB object sizes via Klaas Langhout
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- Learn Durable Functions with .NET Core and C#, stateful Serverless via Chris Noring
- The Next Wave: Exploring Tanzu Observability’s Integration with Azure Functions via Nick Korte
- Tip 271 – Azure Functions and secure configuration with Azure Key Vault via Azure Tips and Tricks
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Microsoft Teams will include Microsoft Dataflex relational database for free via Pradeep
- New Microsoft 365 Features Announced at Inspire 2020 via Paul Thurrott
- How To Set Up Azure Active Directory Connect For Your Office 365 Tenancy via June Castillote
- New Gmail redesign is aimed at killing Microsoft Teams (pictures) via Surur
DevOps
- Get Started with Terraform on Azure via Chris Pietschmann
- Customizing Windows Terminal with Visual Studio tabs via Daniel Cazzulino
- Azure DevOps Roadmap update for 2020 Q3 via Sidi Merzouk
- Testing and Deploying ARM Templates via Matthew Dowst
- Deploying Azure DevOps (ADO) Using Terraform via AdinErmie
- Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2020.07.17 via Steven Murawski
- 5 cybersecurity paradigm shifts that will lead to more inclusive digital experiences via Jim Flack
- Move VHD to Azure and create Virtual Machine image using Powershell Az Module via Dave Rendón
Data
- What is Microsoft’s Dataflex and how does it tie in with Teams? via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Microsoft Teams will include Microsoft Dataflex relational database for free via Pradeep
- July 2020 Azure Data Studio update via Kevin
- Using Secret Management module to run SSMS, VS Code and Azure Data Studio as another user via SQLDBAwithTheBeard
- From No Data to Computer Vision Machine Learning Model in 10 Minutes or less! via Cassie
- Asynchronous messaging with Azure Service Bus via Daniel Krzyczkowski
- Azure Data Factory Managed Virtual Network via Leo Li
- Now save up to 52 percent when migrating to Azure Databricks via Bharat Sandhu
- Save up to 76 percent on Azure Synapse Analytics and gain breathtaking insights of your ERP data via John ‘JG’ Chirapurath
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Build safer, more resilient workplaces with IoT solutions via Clayton Fernandez
- Microsoft announces Azure IoT Connector for FHIR to enable the next generation of healthcare via Pradeep
- Microsoft Azure IoT Connector for FHIR now in preview via Heather Jordan Cartwright
- Azure Time Series Insights Gen2: Leading the next generation of industrial IoT analytics platforms via Diego Viso
- Deploy Azure IoT Edge deployment manifest programmatically via Sander van de Velde
- Azure Sphere OS update 20.07 is now available for compatibility testing via Featured Blog
Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Microsoft Flight Simulator aircrafts and airports list via Pradeep
- From No Data to Computer Vision Machine Learning Model in 10 Minutes or less! via Cassie
- New Gmail redesign is aimed at killing Microsoft Teams (pictures) via Surur
Development
- Customizing Windows Terminal with Visual Studio tabs via Daniel Cazzulino
- Learn Durable Functions with .NET Core and C#, stateful Serverless via Chris Noring
- Using Secret Management module to run SSMS, VS Code and Azure Data Studio as another user via SQLDBAwithTheBeard
- Use Application Insights for Worker Service applications in .NET Core console apps, containers, and any non-HTTP apps via Tobias Zimmergren
- How to Add Azure App Configuration and Feature Flags into Blazor in .Net 5 via Brian McKeiver’s Kentico, Azure, and .Net Blog Posts
- Why (not) .NET? via James
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)
- Use Application Insights for Worker Service applications in .NET Core console apps, containers, and any non-HTTP apps via Tobias Zimmergren
- Deploy a Kubernetes Desktop Cluster with Ubuntu Multipass via Jack Wallen
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Hello open source security! Managing risk with software composition analysis via Jim Flack
- How To Set Up Azure Active Directory Connect For Your Office 365 Tenancy via June Castillote
- Protecting Windows Virtual Desktop environments with Azure Security Center via Ofir Monza
- 5 cybersecurity paradigm shifts that will lead to more inclusive digital experiences via Jim Flack
- Prevent and detect more identity-based attacks with Azure Active Directory via Jim Flack
Azure Stack
- Microsoft releases the next-generation of its Azure Stack HCI service via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Microsoft announces next generation Azure Stack HCI solution with flexible per core subscription model via Pradeep
- Deliver hybrid cloud capabilities with the next generation of Azure Stack HCI via Talal Alqinawi
Learning / Training / Certification
Hardware
- Microsoft Cloud PC is Coming in Spring 2021 via Paul Thurrott
- Microsoft is working on an Azure-powered Cloud PC service via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
Linux
- Deploy a Kubernetes Desktop Cluster with Ubuntu Multipass via Jack Wallen
XBox / xCloud / Gaming
- Microsoft will complete the migration of Minecraft to Azure by the end of 2020 via Pradeep
- Microsoft to launch xCloud streaming free with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in September via Tom Warren
Other
- Microsoft gives an update on their progress towards their “carbon negative by 2030” goal via Surur
- Building an Animal Crossing Turnip Timer! via Chloe Condon 🎀
- Microsoft’s Smith Spoke to Congressional Committee About Apple via Paul Thurrott
- LinkedIn fires 6% of its workforce due to coronavirus impact via Pradeep
- AMD Brings Ryzen 4000 to the Desktop via Paul Thurrott
- Introducing ‘Modernising to Cloud’ a free Cloud Migration virtual event, brought to you by the European Cloud Conference via Pixel Robots.
- Microsoft cuts 960 additional jobs, all at LinkedIn via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Log Analytics Operators Has, Contains and In via Billy York
- Introducing the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework via Erin Rifkin
- AMD’s first 7nm Ryzen 4000 desktop chips bring the fight to Intel via Chaim Gartenberg
- Azure Virtual WAN ARM – The Resources via AFinn
- Ep 78 – Honey, I built an App via jbrodley
- Microsoft is doing its usual fiscal year-end layoffs, but fewer than usual via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Azure Virtual WAN ARM – The Chicken & Egg Gateway ID Discombobulation via AFinn
- Third Pluralsight Course Published – Microsoft Azure Pricing and Support Options via sbuchanan
- Improve wellbeing and build a healthier workspace by tracking CO2 levels via Dave Glover
- Preparing for what’s next: Financial considerations for cloud migration via Jeremy Winter
- MJFChat: What’s New in the Azure Hybrid Space? via Mary Jo Foley
- Running SD-WAN virtual appliances natively in Azure Virtual WAN via Yousef Khalidi
- Installing Software with Azure Image Builder via Billy York
- How To – Confirm and Enable Azure Resource Providers via Joe Carlyle
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:- TWC9: Python, Visual Studio Code Updates, OpenJDK 16, PC Builds, and more | This Week On Channel 9 via Channel 9
- Benchmarking SQL Server and Azure SQL with WorkloadTools | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- Benchmarking SQL Server and Azure SQL with WorkloadTools | Data Exposed: MVP Edition via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- TWC9: Python, Visual Studio Code Updates, OpenJDK 16, PC Builds, and more via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Deep Dive: Building secure cloud-connected IoT solutions with Windows 10 IoT Enterprise via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Real-time Power Apps with SignalR | POWERful Devs via Channel 9
- Connect your Java App with Power Apps via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Extending your Powerful Apps with Azure, GitHub Actions, and .NET via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Register Now: Azure SQL Bootcamp (LIVE with Bob Ward & Anna Hoffman) | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- Real-time Power Apps with SignalR via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- How 4th Grade Teacher turned Power Apps expert, Mr. Dang, is helping the next generation of students with the Power Platform | #LessCodeMorePower via Channel 9
- Power BI for Developers – Embed Analytics in Your Application via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Reusing Functionality – Azure Functions and the Power Platform via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- IoT and the Power Platform via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Power Platform Custom Connectors Zero to Hero via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Power to the Enterprise – Building Bots with Power Virtual Agents via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- CDS and .NET via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- How to Make AI Feel Less Like Sci-Fi with AI Builder via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Unleash the Potential of PowerApps with Big Data via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- JavaScript ❤ PCF via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Power-up Power Platform with Serverless Custom Connector via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- A Deep Dive Into POWERful Serverless Applications via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Azure SQL and IoT | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Azure SQL and IoT | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- Microsoft Rocket for democratizing Live Video Analytics via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Introducing Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Introducing Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions | Azure Friday 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:- Episode 368 | Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 News via Microsoft Cloud Show
- Episode 338 – ADLS Gen 1 to Gen 2 via The Azure Podcast
- Jimmy Bogard on AutoMapper and MediatR – Episode 98 via Azure DevOps Podcast
- Episode 186 – Azure Synapse, Cognitive Search, and Forms Recognizer via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
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Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:- Azure Application Gateway—URL rewrite and wildcard listener are now in preview
- Azure Time Series Insights Gen2 is now generally available
- Machine Learning services on Azure SQL Managed Instance is in limited preview
- One- and three- year reserved capacity for Azure DB for PostgreSQL-Hyperscale (Citus)
- Data Factory SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) migration accelerators are now generally available
- New Azure Stack HCI Preview
- Azure Monitor Logs connector is now generally available
- Java 11 for Azure Functions is now available in preview
- OpenID Connect support for Azure App Service and Azure Functions (in preview)
- Updates to Azure HDInsight
- Azure Data Share in US Gov Arizona and Virginia regions
- Azure IoT Connector for FHIR now in preview
- Now install network virtual appliances directly into an Azure Virtual WAN hub
- Azure ultra disks are now available in the US Gov Arizona region
- Azure Disk Storage with Azure Private Link integration is in preview
- Performance tiers for Azure Disk Storage are in limited preview
- Shared disks in Azure Disk Storage are now available
- Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions is now available in preview
- Secure Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) pods with Azure Policy (in preview)
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for containerd runtime is in preview
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports bring-your-own control plane managed identity
- AKS-managed Azure Active Directory support is now generally available
- Azure Red Hat OpenShift on OpenShift 4.4 now available
- Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now ISO 27001 certified
- Azure Monitor for Containers now supports recommended alerts
- Azure Blob versioning public preview region expansion
- Data Factory connector support for Delta Lake and Excel is now available
- Azure Stream Analytics—Debug queries using job diagram in Visual Studio Code is now available
- Azure API Management update—July 2020
- Azure IoT Central UI new and updated features—June 2020
- Azure Sphere OS update 20.07 is available for compatibility testing
- Azure SQL Managed Instance management pack is now generally available
- Azure IoT Central UI and documentation updates—June 2020
- Choose to allow or disallow blob public access on Azure Storage accounts
- State transition restriction rules for Azure Boards are now generally available
- Revocation of non-compliant Certificate Authorities potentially impacting customer’s Azure service(s).
- Notification of upcoming changes to Azure Time Series Insights web experience URL
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Chris Pietschmann
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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