Azure Weekly
Issue #121 - 30th April 2017
On the Azure blog this week, Vikram Desai discusses the Azure Billing Reader role and previews an invoice API.
Asir Selvasingh reveals Azure management libraries for Java and .NET are generally available now, and Jessen Kurien explains how the Azure Security Center detects a Bitcoin mining attack.
Olivier Martin talks about networking to and within the Azure Cloud (part 3), while Mohammed Furqan reveals Azure IoT Gateway SDK packages are now available.
Josh Caplan expains how to backup and restore your Azure Analysis Services models.
Finally, I've had a number of emails from people interested in the slides I've used in various presentations to advertsise Azure Weekly, the Cloud Platform Comparison poster, and the Swiss Cheese Security Model, I've extracted these into a PowerPoint deck which you can download from here and use in your own presentations.
🔎 Analytics
On MSDN, Charles Sterling (@chass) writes about formatting Painter in Power BI and other color stuff and automatically downloading and using the Power BI Audit Log.
Kay Unkroth writes about SSMS Improvements for Analysis Services.
On the Azure blog, Josh Caplan (@JoshCaplan1984) expains how to backup and restore your Azure Analysis Services models.
🖥️ Compute
Sarah Arnold talks about Azure IaaS and Architecture Training that's coming to a city near you.
On the Planet Geek blog, Daniel Marbach (@danielmarbach) writes about integration tests in Service Fabric for client side deployment.
On the Azure blog, Andres Juarez announces new Azure services in the UK.
James van Den Berg shares happy learning with Microsoft Self Paced LABS online.
Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) shows you when a VM in the Cloud isn't what you want.
🛠️ Developer Tools
On Channel 9, Greg Duncan (@gduncan411) talks about functioning a private Visual Studio Gallery via Azure Functions.
Kevin Mullins (@KevinAtAppra) talks about Kimono Designer for SkiaSharp.
On MSDN, Lee Stott (@lee_stott) invites you to an AZURE event on 25th May 2017 with Scott Guthrie, Microsoft's EVP of Cloud & Enterprise.
The Azure Team (@Azure) show you what's next for Azure at Microsoft Ignite.
🔌 Integration
On MSDN, Vishal Saroopchand blogs about using ADAL with Angular2.
Wriju Ghosh (@wriju_ghosh) talks about Azure App Services Security.
On TechNet, Joe Davies (@JoeDavi70700933) shares new step-by-step deployment for Office 365 federated authentication in Azure.
Steve Faehl asks Hhow do I hide the Azure AD management blade from non-admin users?
On the Azure blog, Jessen Kurien explains how the Azure Security Center detects a Bitcoin mining attack.
On the Perficient blog, Erin Zapata writes about 4 things you can do right now to protect your Azure resources.
💡 Internet of Things
On the Azure blog, Mohammed Furqan reveals Azure IoT Gateway SDK packages are now available.
⚖️ Management and Governance
Daniel Örneling (@DanielOrneling) gets started with Azure Automation DSC.
Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) blogs about controlling Azure user access using role-based access control.
On the Azure blog, Asir Selvasingh reveals Azure management libraries for Java and .NET are generally available now.
Vikram Desai discusses the Azure Billing Reader role and previews an invoice API.
On the Kloud blog, Darren Robinson (@darrenjrobinson) covers automating Source IP Address updates on an Azure Network Security Group RDP Access Rule.
🌐 Networking
On TechNet, Keith Mayer (@KeithMayer) discusses Azure-inspired Software Defined Networking in your Datacenter.
Shannon Gowen reveals the Azure Web Application Firewall is generally available.
John Savill asks if an Azure App Service can be part of a virtual network.
On the Azure blog, Olivier Martin discusses networking to and within the Azure Cloud (part 3).
📦 Storage
On MSDN, Jenny Jiang shares HDInsight tools for IntelliJ & Eclipse April updates.
Samuel Lester (@SQLSamLester) blogs about tracking LinkedIn and Twitter social media shares in Power BI.
Michael Rys (@MikeDoesBigData) covers Azure Data Lake U-SQL updates.
Wriju Ghosh (@wriju_ghosh) asks what is your Azure SQL DTU?
On TechNet, Chris Testa-O’Neill (@ctesta_oneill) discusses the scalability of Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
🔗 Web
On MSDN, Wriju Ghosh (@wriju_ghosh) offers Azure App Services migration assistance.
On the Azure blog, Saili Raje annouces Azure Media Player v2.0 and shows you how to monetize your content with Azure Media Player.