Azure Weekly Issue 134: 23rd July 2017

On the Azure blog this week, Jenny Jiang shares Azure Data Lake Tools for Visual Studio Code July updates.  

Hayden Hainsworth discusses How Azure Security Center helps protect your servers with the Web Application Firewall, and Larry Cochrane writes about the Azure Cyber Analytics Program for Power and Utilities Customers.

Sam George unveils Bing Map v8 is available in the Azure IoT Suite Remote Monitoring preconfigured solution, while Krishna Mamidipaka announces that Azure Stream Analytics are now available in UK West and Canada Central and East. 

And Bret Grinslade Introduces the Azure Analysis Services web designer.

AI + Machine Learning

Covering: Azure Batch AI, Azure Bot Service, Microsoft Genomics, Machine Learning services, Machine Learning Studio, Cognitive Services, Bing APIs, Computer Vision API, Content moderator, Custom Services, Emotion API, Face API, Language Understanding (LUIS), Linguistic Analysis API, QnA Maker API, Speaker Recognition API, Text Analytics API, Translator Speech API, Translator Text API, Web Language Model API

• On MSDN, Julie Glixon announces the Cognitive Services White Glove Program for All Azure Government Customers. 

Analytics

Covering: Azure Databricks, HDInsight, Data Factory, Stream Analytics, Data Lake Analytics, Event Hubs, Power BI, Azure Analysis Services, Apache Spark for HDInsight, Apache Storm for HDInsight, R Server for HDInsight, Data Catalog

• On the Kloud blog, Qazi Mobeen walks through Setting up a Power BI Gateway. 

• On TechNet, Stphane Frchette (@sfrechette) writes about the Real-time streaming dashboard with Power BI.

• On the Daily Dot Net Tips blog, Abhijit Jana (@AbhijitJana) discusses Setting Up Continuous Integration for the Azure Bot Service.

• On the Azure blog, Bret Grinslade (@bretgr) Introduces the Azure Analysis Services web designer. 

Compute

Covering: Virtual Machines, Functions, Batch, Service Fabric, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Cloud Services, Linux Virtual Machines, SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances

• Simon J.K. Pedersen shows you how to Run MacOS using Virtual Box in Azure. 

• Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) explains How to setup Nested Virtualization in Microsoft Azure. 

• Robert Smit (@Clustermvp) explains How to Resize virtual machines in Azure With Powershell Multiple or Single. 

Containers

Covering: Container Registry, Container Instances, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Web App for Containers

• On TechNet, Tsuyoshi Ushio (@sandayuu) talks about Istio CI/CD pipeline for VSTS.

Databases

Covering: Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, SQL Data Warehouse, Redis Cache, SQL Server Stretch Database, SQL Server on virtual machines, Table storage, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Database for MySQL

• On MSDN, Yochanan Rachamim explains How to check connectivity to Azure SQL DB. 

• Srikantan walks through Calling the Azure Cosmos DB Graph API from Azure Functions. 

• On the Azure blog, Mirek Sztajno reveals Resumable Online Index Rebuild is in public preview for Azure SQL DB and Database Scoped Global Temporary Tables are in public preview for Azure SQL DB. 

• Veljko Vasic writes about Artificial Intelligence tuneing Azure SQL Databases. 

• Joseph Sack blogs about Tableau and Azure SQL DB, a match made in the cloud.

• James Serra (@JamesSerra) blogs about Azure SQL Data Sync 2.0.

Developer Tools

Covering: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, SDKs, Developer tool integrations, CLIs, Blockchain Workbench

• On the Kloud blog, Darren Robinson (@darrenjrobinson) walks through Getting started with Azure Cloud Shell.

• On MSDN, Jeff Sanders (@jsandersrocks) covers Adding Azure Web App to Visual Studio Team Services. 

• On the Daily Dot Net Tips blog, Abhijit Jana (@AbhijitJana) talks about Linking Team Services VSTS accounts with your Azure account for Continuous Integration.

• On the Azure blog, Jenny Jiang shares Azure Data Lake Tools for Visual Studio Code July updates. 

DevOps

Covering: Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), Azure DevTest Labs, DevOps tool integrations, Azure DevOps Projects, Azure Lab Services

Identity

Covering: Azure Active Directory, Multi-factor Authentication, Azure Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Active Directory B2C

• On MSDN, Kirk Evansmsft (@kaevans) explains how to Join a Virtual Machine to Existing Domain with Key Vault and ARM templates.

• Lee Stott (@lee_stott) writes about the Microsoft Azure Stack Development Kit.

• Charles Sterling (@chass) talks about Sharing Power BI Apps with AAD Security Groups.

• On TechNet, Benjamin Morgan walks through Viewing Memory in PowerShell.

• Gunnar Peipman (@gpeipman) discusses Faking Azure ID identity in ASP.NET Core unit tests.

• James van Den Berg Gets Started with Microsoft Azure Cloud Security Center. 

• On the Azure blog, Larry Cochrane writes about the Azure Cyber Analytics Program for Power and Utilities Customers. 

• On the Azure blog, Hayden Hainsworth discusses How Azure Security Center helps protect your servers with the Web Application Firewall. 

Integration

Covering: Service Bus, Logic Apps, Event Grid

• On MSDN, Jeff Hollan (@jeffhollan) shares a Logic Apps Release Update. 

• Mandi Anez Ohlinger (@mandi_ohlinger) talks about Integration Boot Camp 2017 on September 21 - September 22. 

• Shailesh Agre shares details of the Microsoft BizTalk Server Webinar Series. 

• Vinay Singh discusses Calling Azure Functions from an XSLT map in Logic Apps. 

• Nino Crudele (@ninocrudele) writes about Agile integration with Microsoft Azure and BizTalk Server. 

Internet of Things

Covering: IoT Hub, IoT Suite, IoT Edge, IoT Central, IoT solution accelerators, Time Series Insights, Azure Maps, Azure Sphere

• On MSDN, Dave The Engineer discusses Building Azure Stream Analytics Resources via ARM Templates (Part 2).

• On the Azure blog, Krishna Mamidipaka announces that Azure Stream Analytics are now available in UK West and Canada Central and East. 

• Sam George (@samjgeorge) unveils Bing Map v8 is available in the Azure IoT Suite Remote Monitoring preconfigured solution. 

Management and Governance

Covering: Backup, Site Recovery, App Insights, Azure Advisor, Sceduler, Automation, Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, Security & Compliance, Protection & Recovery, Automation & Control, Insight & Analytics, Azure Service Health, Microsoft Azure portal, Azure Resource Manager, Cloud Shell, the Azure mobile app, Azure Policy, Cost Management, Azure Managed Applications

• On MSDN, Pam Lahoud (@SQLGoddess) discusses Resolving Azure ARM REST API Versions Conflict In ARM Templates.

• On TechNet, Anthony Watherston writes about Continuous Deployment to Azure Automation DSC (Part 4). 

• Sam Cogan (@samcogan) covers Azure Resource Policies Part 1:  Built in Policies

Media

Covering: Media services, Encoding, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Azure Media Player, Content Protection, Media Analytics, Video Indexer

Microsoft Azure Stack

Covering: Azure Stack

Migration

Covering: Azure Database Migration Service, Azure Migrate, Data Box

Mobile

Covering: App Service (Mobile), Notification Hubs, Mobile apps, API apps, Visual Studio App Centre, Xamarin

Networking

Covering: ExpressRoute, Azure DNS, Virtual Network, Traffic Manager, Load Balancer, VPN Gateway, Application Gateway, Network Watcher

• On TechNet, Shannon Gowen discusses Azure Reverse DNS. 

• John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) covers What You Need to Know About Azure IaaS. 

• Vincent-Philippe Lauzon looks at the Azure Application Gateway Anatomy.

Security

Covering: Azure Information Protection, Key Vault, Security Center, Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Advanced Threat Protection

Storage

Covering: Storage, StorSimple, Data Lake Store, Blob Storage, Disk Storage, Managed Disks, Queue Storage, File Storage, Storage Explorer, Archive Storage

• On MSDN, Kyle Deeds writes about the General availability of Storage Service Encryption and "Secure transfer required". 

• Lee Stott (@lee_stott) talks about Using External data with Azure Jupyter Notebooks.

• On the Azure blog, Kartik P V R announces that Instant File Recovery from Azure VM backups is now generally available.

Web

Covering: App Service (Web), API Management, Content Delivery Network, Azure Search, Web apps, Azure SignalR Service

• On MSDN, Jeff Chilberto (@JChilberto) puts a Spotlight on the Azure Mobile App. 

• On MSDN, Jeremy Brooks explains how to Add Routes to an Azure Web App Integrated with a VNET.

• RalfWi unveils Azure Media Services are generally available in Germany. 

• On TechNet, Matt Shadbolt (@ConfigMgrDogs) talks about the Discovered apps node in Microsoft Intune on the Azure console.

• On the Azure blog, Richard Li (@RichyLi) explains how to Accelerate websites with Azure CDN using Dynamic Site Acceleration.