Azure Weekly
Issue #476 - 21st July 2024
Welcome to issue 476 of the Azure Weekly Newsletter. I've been scouring the web for new blogs and have added over 80 new RSS feeds. If you have any suggestions, please get in contact. There some interesting posts this week, starting with a 3 part series on Mastering the Dapr Inner Development Loop: Part 1: Code & Unit Test, and Part 2: Run & Validate Apps Locally and Part 3: Deploy to Kubernetes.
Next up Azure Savings Plans vs Reservations: Choosing the Best Cloud Computing Option and a Step by step Guide to Logic App Standard Load Testing and Optimization, and Going beyond Azure AI Text to Speech Maximum Media Duration of 10 Minutes.
A guide to Using AZD for faster incremental Azure Container App deployments in Azure DevOps, a deep dive on Bicep Azure Verified Modules, and finally, a very useful learning resource How to build Python Web Apps from our 6-part series.
⚙️ AI + Machine Learning
- Alicia Frame writes about Save Big on Hosting Your Fine-Tuned Models on Azure OpenAI Service
- Heather MacKinnon writes about From Paper to Pixels: Azure AI in Historical Document Digitization and Translation
- Charles Chukwudozie talks about Enhancing Document Extraction with Azure AI Document Intelligence and LangChain for RAG Workflows.
- Joinal Ahmed blogs about Leveraging phi-3 for an Enhanced Semantic Cache in RAG Applications
- Lo Kinfey (@Ljh8304) shows how to Use WebGPU + ONNX Runtime Web + Transformer.js to build RAG applications by Phi-3-mini
- Sebastian Tan writea about Redesigning a Retail Copilot with Open Source Models
- Minseok Song explains how to Fine-Tune and Integrate Custom Phi-3 Models with Prompt Flow in Azure AI Studio
- Archer Zhao writes about Fast Transcription Public Preview in Azure AI Speech
- John Kilmister (@johnkilmister) writes about Going beyond Azure AI Text to Speech Maximum Media Duration of 10 Minutes
🔎 Analytics
- Mitesh Shah explains how to Accelerate data democratization in era of generative AI using Denodo Platform and Microsoft Fabric
- Sean Mirabile covers Fabric Data Pipelines – Advanced Scheduling Techniques Part 2: Run a Pipeline on a Specific Day
- Ye Xu writes about Fast Copy with On-premises Data Gateway Support in Dataflow Gen2
- Miquella de Boer walks through Creating a shortcut to a VPC-protected Amazon S3 bucket
- Kevin Chant (@kevchant) writes about From Power View to Microsoft Fabric and writes about Three ways to create a Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse Database Project
- Koen Verbeeck (@Ko_Ver) explains how to Configure Microsoft Fabric Database Mirroring for Snowflake
🖥️ Compute
🚢 Containers
- On Diagrid Blog, Bilgin Ibryam (@bibryam) describes Mastering the Dapr Inner Development Loop. Part 1: Code & Unit Test, and Part 2: Run & Validate Apps Locally and Part 3: Deploy to Kubernetes
- Also on Diagrid Blog, Bilgin Ibryam (@bibryam) discusses Comparing Kubernetes and Dapr: Key Differences and Complementary Strengths, explains how to Streamline Dapr Component Configuration with Diagrid Conductor and describes Automating Dapr Best Practices for Developers with Diagrid Conductor Advisor
- Carlos Mendible (@cmendibl3) explores AKS Automatic
- Luke Murray describes how to Push Docker Images to Azure Container Registry with GitHub Codespaces
- Vinicius Apolinario covers Microsoft Copilot in Azure Series – AKS Cluster configuration and management
- John Reilly (@johnny_reilly) discusses Using AZD for faster incremental Azure Container App deployments in Azure DevOps
🗄️ Databases
- Shreya R. Aithal discusses Azure Database for MySQL - June 2024 updates and latest feature roadmap
- Esthela Gallardo walks through Migrating SLURM Job Accounting from Azure Database for MariaDB to MySQL Flexible Server
- Pieter Vanhove (@Pieter_Vanhove) describes How to choose between ledger in Azure SQL Database and Azure Confidential Ledger
- Diego Caracciolo walks through Setting Up CDC for Seamless Operations in Azure SQL Managed Instances with Failover Groups
- Shubhra Sinha explains how to Verify the integrity of Azure Confidential Ledger transactions with receipts and application claims
🛠️ Developer Tools
- On the Visual Studio blog, Jim Harrer writes about Three New Premium Visual Studio Subscriber Benefits Announced
- Mads Kristensen (@mkristensen) talks about Making Visual Studio a bit more visual
- Varsha Parthasarathy (@varsha_partha) blogs about Unlock Unprecedented Value with Azure AI Document Intelligence Custom Extraction, now 40% Less
- On Visual Studio Magazine - Blogs, David Ramel (@dramel) writes about Visual Studio Subscribers Now Get 'Visual Studio Live' and Other Learning Discounts
- Also on Visual Studio Magazine - Blogs, David Ramel (@dramel) talks about Microsoft Focuses on .NET Aspire, 'Modern SQL' with AI at Dev Conference
- Abhinav Chatterjee discusses Capture and visualize ideas without spatial constraints using Infinite Canvas in Visio for the web
- On episode 306 of the Azure DevOps podcast, Jeffrey Palermo (@jeffreypalermo) is joined by Damian Brady to talk about GitHub Copilot
- Julia Muiruri introduces Learn Cloud: A VS Code Extension to simplify your First Deployment to the Cloud.
- Steve Jones delves into Notebook Jobs in Azure Data Studio
- Paul Eze describes WDK NuGet: A new way to develop drivers on Windows
🔩 DevOps
- Rie Moriguchi describes DevOps Conference Returns: Global DevOps Experience
- John Kerski talks about Bringing DataOps to Power BI In Year 3
- Luca Valadares writes Prompt Like a Pro: 8 Tips and tricks for working with Copilot in Teams
- Danny McDermott blogs about Terraform with Azure Stack Hub - Creating a VM with multiple data disks
- Christos Galanopoulos writes about Azure Verified Modules
- John Lokerse writes From Azure Bicep template to Azure resource
⚙️ Hybrid + Multicloud
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) explains how to Install ASUS Intel NUC Windows Server 2025 Network Adapter Driver
- On the Data Exposed show, Anna Hoffman (@AnalyticAnna) talks about Three New Capabilities to Modernize your SQL Server Anywhere with Azure Arc
- Jake Walsh (@jakewalsh90) writes about Exploring Azure Stack HCI and the IAC options
🎭 Identity
- On episode 247 of the Ctrl+Alt+Azure podcast, Tobias Zimmergren & Jussi Roine (@CtrlAltAzure) cover Entra Suite explained
- Xavier Barros walks through Syncing on-premises Active Directory computer Distinguished Names to Azure Active Directory
🔌 Integration
- Luis Rigueira covers Friday Fact: You can debatch XML messages with Logic Apps
- Noemi Veneracion provides Step by step Guidance on Logic App Standard Load Testing and Optimization
- Noopur Vaishnav blogs about Streamlining SAP Processes with Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio, and Power Platform
💡 Internet of Things
- Shay Amram talks about Azure Video Indexer & Phi-3 introduce Textual Video Summary on Edge: Better Together story
📚 Learning
- Cynthia Zanoni (@cynthiazanoni) provides a Study guide: GitHub Actions certification
- Glaucia Lemos (@glaucia_lemos86) writes about a New Video Course: Generative AI for Beginners
- April Speight writes From Principles to Practice: Developer Resources for Responsible AI Innovation
- Pamela Fox writes Learn how to build Python Web Apps from our 6-part series
- Charbel Nemnom (@charbelnemnom) discusses Azure Savings Plans vs Reservations: Choosing the Best Cloud Computing Option
⚖️ Management and Governance
- Aakash Basavaraj blogs about Introducing Agent and Gateway Extensions in Azure Monitor SCOM MI
- Rubaina Rauf walks through Empowering accessibility and innovation through cloud-based telemedicine with Microsoft Azure
- Bruno Gabrielli blogs about Azure Monitor: How To Stop Log-Based Alerts for Specific Resources
- Manoranjan Rajguru walks through Tracing LangChain Code on Azure with OpenTelemetry and Application Insights
- Thomas Thornton (@tamstar1234) covers Time based filtering in Log Analytics queries with examples
- Sarah Lean (@TechieLass) describes how to Filter Azure costs by Tags
- Craig DuBose blogs about Azure Capacity Reservations with Automatic Consumption
- Bob Cornelissen covers SCOM MI now released new Agent and Gateway management
🌐 Networking
🔐 Security
- Liz Willets describes Microsoft Purview integrates with ChatGPT Enterprise Compliance API to support compliance
- Joseph Guadagno covers Extended Validation EV Code Signing Certificates with Azure Key Vault and digicert
- Epiosde 380 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast by Scott Hoag (@ciphertxt) and Ben Stegink (@benstegink) – The future of AD FS is cloudy
📦 Storage
- Cymon Kilmer blogs about ACTION REQUIRED: Users of HDC API may need to update code for deprecated API by August 28th
🔗 Web
- Mike Budzynski (@mbudzynski) announces API Management and API Center Community Live Stream on Thursday, July 25th
- John Joyner (@john_joyner) covers WordPress on Azure App service with Production and Staging sites behind Azure App gateway: A reference model
- Julia Kasper talks about The Rising Significance of APIs - Azure API Management & API Center
- Ringe Chen explains how to Connect with Application Insights in 'not Local auth mode' using OpenTelemetry
- Elliott Hamai walks through Using App Spaces to build a chat agent with OpenAIs Node.js SDK