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The Weeks Top Links
Here are some of the most notable links from the week:
- Tip 232 – Assess and migrate web apps to Azure with Azure Migrate via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Microsoft Wins DoD JEDI Contract worth $10 Billion via Chris Pietschmann
- Tip 231 – Top three things for Azure developers to watch at Microsoft Ignite 2019 via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Qualcomm to build Azure Sphere chips with Cellular connectivity via Chris Pietschmann
- BuildAzure.com is now Build5Nines.com via Chris Pietschmann
- Announcing the Azure Repos app for Microsoft Teams via Atin Bansal
- Azure Cosmos DB Change Feed: A Zero Downtime Data Migration Story via Domenico Sibilio
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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)
- Tip 232 – Assess and migrate web apps to Azure with Azure Migrate via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Microsoft leak reveals Windows 10X will be coming to laptops via Tom Warren
- How to access local disk storage on Azure Functions for Python via Luis Delgado
- Gain on OLTP price-performance with Azure SQL Virtual Machines via Mine Tokus
- How to manage Azure VMs with Windows Admin Center via Thomas Maurer
Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)
- How to access local disk storage on Azure Functions for Python via Luis Delgado
- Your Own Serverless Request Bin with Durable Entities and Azure Durable Functions 2.0 via pdelacruz@deloitte.com.au (Paco de la Cruz)
- Deploy OpenFaaS with k3sup and minikube via Alex Ellis
Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Announcing the Azure Boards app for Microsoft Teams via Karthik RG
- Microsoft Learn: Dynamics 365 certification and exam names are changing via Nancy Tandy, Business Strategy Manager, Worldwide Learning
- A new Microsoft cloud category to watch: The Microsoft 365 number via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- Announcing the Azure Repos app for Microsoft Teams via Atin Bansal
- Speaking at the European SharePoint Office 365 & Azure Conference 2019 via Thomas Maurer
Command-Line (CLI) / ARM Templates
- Microsoft Q1 2020 Earnings: Surface Revenue Declines As Cloud Continues to Grow via Mehedi Hassan
- New-ADUser: Creating Active Directory Users with PowerShell via Kevin Sapp
Big Data / Database
- Azure Cosmos DB Change Feed: A Zero Downtime Data Migration Story via Domenico Sibilio
- Leverage Azure premium file shares for high availability of data via Mine Tokus
- University of Washington Foundations of Data Analysis Course via Jen Stirrup
- Database Size Monitoring via Raja Sreenivasan
- Gain on OLTP price-performance with Azure SQL Virtual Machines via Mine Tokus
Internet of Things (IoT)
- Qualcomm to build Azure Sphere chips with Cellular connectivity via Chris Pietschmann
- Adopting DevOps with your Azure IoT Edge Applications and Upcoming Deep Dive WED Oct 23rd via Featured Blog
Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Start building with Azure Cognitive Services for free via Naomi Lim
- Nvidia Pushes AI Out To The Edge, Where 5G Is Waiting via Jeffrey Burt
DevOps / Development
- What’s new in Azure DevOps Sprint 159 via Sasha Rosenbaum
- How to access local disk storage on Azure Functions for Python via Luis Delgado
- Tip 231 – Top three things for Azure developers to watch at Microsoft Ignite 2019 via Azure Tips and Tricks
- Announcing the Azure Repos app for Microsoft Teams via Atin Bansal
- Setting up DevOps for Containerized Web Application using Azure DevOps Project via Abhijit Jana
- Adopting DevOps with your Azure IoT Edge Applications and Upcoming Deep Dive WED Oct 23rd via Featured Blog
Blockchain / Smart Contracts
- Introducing Corda Enterprise on Azure Blockchain Service via Marc Mercuri
Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Azure Networking Security – Where to Start? via Joe Carlyle
- New-ADUser: Creating Active Directory Users with PowerShell via Kevin Sapp
Azure Stack
Learning / Training / Certification
- Microsoft Learn: Dynamics 365 certification and exam names are changing via Nancy Tandy, Business Strategy Manager, Worldwide Learning
XBox / xCloud
Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality
- Qualcomm to build Azure Sphere chips with Cellular connectivity via Chris Pietschmann
Hardware
- Microsoft’s Latest Surface Laptop Finally Makes It Way Easier to Repair Than Before via Mehedi Hassan
- Microsoft said the Surface Laptop 3 would be easy to open — and it actually is via Jay Peters
- Surface Pro 7 and Surface Laptop 3 available now via Devices Blog Editor
Other
- Azure Activity Log Workspace via parisamoosavinezhad
- Microsoft Wins DoD JEDI Contract worth $10 Billion via Chris Pietschmann
- Integrate your product roadmap to Azure Boards via Alessandro Segala
- Integrate your product roadmap to Azure Boards via Alessandro Segala
- Microsoft: Packet loss involving Apple Push Notification Service was latest MFA outage culprit via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- How to – Deploy Windows Virtual Desktop via Joe Carlyle
- Microsoft Tests Improved Design for Edge on Android via Mehedi Hassan
- Speaking At Technical Conferences via Emma Wedekind ✨
- 20 Must follow #Microsoft #Azure #influencers on Twitter via Deepak
- 001 – Let’s talk about Azure Key Vault via Tobias Zimmergren & Jussi Roine
- Intelligent Retail with Azure Maps via Featured Blog
- Microsoft to enable end users to buy Power Platform licenses without administrative approval via ZDNet | microsoft RSS
- BuildAzure.com is now Build5Nines.com via Chris Pietschmann
Videos
Here are links to some of the videos that have been posted over the past week:
- Continuous Delivery & Release Management | DevOps for Mobile | On .NET via Channel 9
- Learn all about Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr), Part 2 via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Learn all about Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr), Part 1 via Azure Friday (HD) – Channel 9
- Learn all about Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr), Part 1 | Azure Friday via Channel 9
- Mark Russinovich on future of Azure and databases | Data Exposed | Data Exposed via Channel 9
- Mark Russinovich on future of Azure and databases | Data Exposed via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- Using CI/CD to Deploy IoT Edge Modules with Confidence via Microsoft Developer (uploads) on YouTube
- The Cloud Native Show – LIVE: Ep. 1 | The Cloud Native Show via Channel 9
- 2019-10-16 (VOD) Azure Subscription Cleaner Auto deployment via Frank Boucher
- Xamarin.Forms 101: Getting to Know your XAML Workspace – Visual Studio 2019 for Mac | The Xamarin Show via Channel 9
- Retail Location Analytics with Azure Maps | Internet of Things Show via Channel 9
- Visual Alerts with Custom Vision and IoT | AI Show via Channel 9
- Visual Alerts with Custom Vision and IoT 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 302 – Private Link via The Azure Podcast
- Episode 148 – Power Platform Self-Service via Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
- Building Multi-Tenant Cloud Apps with Tom Kerkhove via .NET Rocks!
- We just launched an Azure Podcast via Zimmergren’s thoughts on tech
- Episode 325 | Surviving Microsoft Ignite + Cloud News From Microsoft and AWS via Microsoft Cloud Show
Azure Service Updates
Here are the latest service updates from Microsoft over the last week:
- Azure Mv2-series VMs with 12TB memory now GA in US West 2, US East & US East 2 regions
- Azure Mv2-series VMs offering up to 12TB memory are now GA in the Southeast Asia Region
- Azure Mv2-series VMs offering up to 12TB memory are now GA in EU West and EU North regions
- Azure API for FHIR and Our Growing Ecosystem of Partners
- IoT Hub device streams new preview regions
- Update 19.10 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
- Azure Service Fabric 6.5 fifth refresh release
- Azure Cost Management features in development—October 2019
- Changes are coming to the Azure Sphere SDK in the next release
- Azure Monitor meter name changes
- Batch API for Blob Storage
- Virtual Machines Dav3 Eav3 meter name changes
- Process Automation Watcher meter ID changes
- VNet Gateway meter name changes
- Azure Notification Hubs updates for iOS 13
- Azure Resource Graph—New join support functionality is now available
- Cost Management features available as of October 2019
- Cost Management Preview Features October 2019
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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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