Azure Weekly
Issue #114 - 12th March 2017
On the Azure blog this week, Mike Chen shares the Portal Preview of Azure Resource Policy. Azure Data Lake Storage gets a GA'd Power BI Desktop Connector and an example of how to create an OAuth access token.
Poornima Natarajan explains how to protect and recover Hyper-V machines to premium storage with Azure Site Recovery, and Andres Juarez reveals Azure Service Bus Premium Messaging is now available in the UK.
Samartha Chandrashekar discusses improved troubleshooting in Azure Stream Analytics with diagnostic logs, while Jie Su announces Azure Stream Analytics Tools for Visual Studio.
Finally, Bret Grinslade reveals Azure Analysis Services has added the Standard S0 pricing tier.
🔎 Analytics
On MSDN, Abdullah Al Mahmood goes over Nodes in HDInsight.
Jeff Sanders (@jsandersrocks) solves the Bot Framework Error: 'Unable to find the bot with the specified ID'.
Devin Knight (@knight_devin) teaches Power BI Custom Visuals Class Module 41 (Image Viewer).
On the Azure blog, Bret Grinslade (@bretgr) reveals Azure Analysis Services has added the Standard S0 pricing tier.
Jie Su announces Azure Stream Analytics Tools for Visual Studio.
Samartha Chandrashekar discusses improved troubleshooting in Azure Stream Analytics with diagnostic logs.
Lee Stott (@lee_stott) writes about hijacking faces with Deep Learning techniques and Microsoft Azure.
🖥️ Compute
On the Revolution Analytics blog, David Smith (@revodavid) covers updates to the Data Science Virtual Machine for Linux.
On MSDN, Ed Price (@UserEd_) blogs about Azure Service Fabric bringing more power to a massive multiplayer online game.
Haishi Bai (@HaishiBai2010) writes about setting up a highly-available Minecraft server using containers on a Linux-based Service Fabric cluster.
On the Azure blog, Joe Davies (@JoeDavi70700933) talks about SharePoint Server 2016 in Azure infrastructure services.
Tom Keane reveals Azure is bringing big data, analytics, and visualization capabilities to the U.S. Government.
🛠️ Developer Tools
On Channel 9, Anthony Cangialosi talks about getting started with Azure in Visual Studio 2017 and David Simner and Stephanie Herr introduce Redgate Data Tools in Visual Studio 2017.
On the Database Journal site, Marcin Policht covers integrating DACPAC deployments of Azure SQL Database with Visual Studio Team Services.
On TechNet, Alex Bennett explains how UK businesses can use the Apprenticeship Levy to boost Azure skills.
🔌 Integration
On MSDN, Jeff Sanders (@jsandersrocks) covers Azure App Service authentication and roles.
Jose M Jurado (@jmjuradodiaz) blogs about how to add AAD Security Groups to Azure SQL Database.
On TechNet, Jeff Gilbert (@JeffGilb) walks through deleting Azure Active Directory.
Shannon Gowen blogs about Azure AD pass-through authentication.
On the Azure blog, Andres Juarez reveals Azure Service Bus Premium Messaging is now available in the UK.
💡 Internet of Things
On MSDN, formulahendry (@formulahendry) explains how to send your first Hello World message to Azure IoT Hub using JavaScript with Azure IoT Toolkit for VS Code.
Sneezry Lee (@Sneezry) covers a web-based Azure IoT Hub Developer Tool and easier ways to add devices into IoT Hub.
Chris Den Arend (@chrisdenarend) talks about Timestamps in the Azure IoT messaging flow.
⚖️ Management and Governance
On the Azure blog, Poornima Natarajan explains how to protect and recover Hyper-V machines to premium storage with Azure Site Recovery.
Mike Chen shares the Portal Preview of Azure Resource Policy.
Trinadh Kotturu (@f2003629) talks about backing up Azure VMs using Azure Backup templates.
🌐 Networking
On Channel 9, Corey Sanders (@CoreySandersWA) talks about Azure Network Watcher (part two).
Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) writes about Blue and Red Network Topology in Azure (or Virtual Network without internet access).
📦 Storage
Catherine Wang announces Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer 0.8.9.
On MSDN, Sachin C Sheth writes about how to analyze your data in ADLS with more assurance with the recently GA'd Power BI desktop connector.
On TechNet, Benjamin Leroux (@benleroux) talks about creating an OAuth 2.0 authentication token for the Azure Data Lake Store.
Jenny Jiang shares an Azure Data Lake Tools for VSCode update.
Saveen Reddy (@saveenr) walks through using Custom Python Libraries with U-SQL.
Eric Chen shares a new Azure Data Factory features update.
On TechNet, Chris Walden (@ctesta_oneill) walks through creating an Azure Data Factory Instance.
On Channel 9, David Simner talks about Database DevOps with Redgate Data Tools.
Jan Engelsberg announces Azure SQL Database Premium RS, 4TB storage options, and enhanced portal experience.
On the Azure blog, Casey Karst writes about increasing PolyBase Row width limitation in Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
James Rowland-Jones compares SELECT..INTO and CTAS use cases in Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
Matt Goswell talks about launching online training and certification for Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
Sercan Guler previews a new Azure Storage JavaScript client library for browsers.
🔗 Web
On MSDN, Ben Perkins (@csharpguitar) explains how to deploy a .NET Core console application to Azure.
Christos Matskas (@ChristosMatskas) talks about Azure LogicApps tooling in Visual Studio 2015 and Nino Crudele describes Logic Apps review UI and Mediation
Praveen Kumar Sreeram (@PrawinSreeram) introduces serverless computing using Azure Functions, explains how to create your first Azure Function App and how to create an Azure Timer Function using C#.