Azure Weekly
Issue #137 - 13th August 2017
The big news this week was the announcement of the Coco Framework, an initiative to deliver a Blockchain for the enterprise including significant improvments in throughput, and a reduction in latency, confidentiality modes, and network policy management through distributed governance. If this subject interests you, Mark Russinovich has recorded a 10 minute overview video including a demo.
Ketan Ghelani reveals the new and improved Azure Log Analytics. Mirek Sztajno covers Azure AD authentication extensions for Azure SQL DB and SQL DW tools, and Daniel Savage writes about Operating Azure Stack.
Harel Broitman explains how to Automate Application Insights processes with the connector for Flow and Logic Apps, while OP Ravi shares Root cause analysis and time exploration updates to Azure Time Series Insights. And finally Olivier Bloch writes about New Electric Imp and Particle seamless integration with Azure IoT Hub.
⚙️ AI + Machine Learning
Gunnar Peipman (@gpeipman) discusses Identifying people on photos using Azure Cognitive Services and Converting System.Drawing.Color to hex.
🔎 Analytics
On MSDN, Ramkumar Chandrasekaran covers Using the Microsoft R Server Operationalization on HDInsight.
Xiaoyong Zhu discusses Bringing Interactive Analytics to Azure HDInsight and Kyligence Analytics Platform enabling sub-second query.
Lee Stott (@lee_stott) looks at how Azure Notebooks are being used in academia.
On the Azure blog, Linda Wang shares the Azure Data Factory July new features update.
James Serra (@JamesSerra) covers Microsoft Big Data Certification Exams.
Yanan Cai explains how to Create a U-SQL EXTRACT Script Automatically.
🖥️ Compute
On MSDN, Ross Smith (@ross_p_smith) writes about the Best way to host Microsoft R Server in Azure.
On TechNet, Mark O'Shea (@intunedin) discusses Upcoming Azure Training Events In Australia.
On TechNet, Joe Davies (@JoeDavi70700933) writes about New Reference Architecture for a high availability SharePoint Server 2016 farm in Azure.
🚢 Containers
On the Kloud blog, Hector Maldonado talks about Making application configuration files dynamic with confd and Azure Redis.
On MSDN, formulahendry (@formulahendry) explains how to Manage Docker Hub and Azure Container Registry in Visual Studio Code with Docker Explorer.
🗄️ Databases
On MSDN, Omer Amin covers mySQL and POSTgreSQL DBs as a Service.
Jose M Jurado (@jmjuradodiaz) asks Why does SQL SERVER Management Studio report that my Azure SQL Database version is 12.
On the Azure blog, Josh Caplan (@JoshCaplan1984) talks about Using Azure Analysis Services over Azure SQL DB and DW.
🛠️ Developer Tools
On MSDN, Jaime Tarquino (@jtarquino) covers Testing Power BI Report Server Setup using Azure DevTestLabs and VSTS online
🎭 Identity
On MSDN, Rahul Pandya talks about Inviting users to Azure Active directory.
On the Azure blog, Daniel Savage writes about Operating Azure Stack.
Mirek Sztajno covers Azure AD authentication extensions for Azure SQL DB and SQL DW tools.
On the Kloud blog, Darren Robinson (@darrenjrobinson) blogs about Identifying Active Directory Users with Pwned Passwords using Microsoft/Forefront Identity Manager
🔌 Integration
On MSDN, Justin Conway blogs about Azure Service Bus Java Client GA and Azure Service Bus .NET Standard Client GA.
On TechNet, Courtenay Bernier talks about Microsoft Intune Data Warehouse.
On Microsoft + Open Source, the APAC Open Source Team talk about Securing Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub on Microsoft Azure.
On the Azure blog, Harel Broitman explains how to Automate Application Insights processes with the connector for Flow and Logic Apps.
💡 Internet of Things
On MSDN, formulahendry (@formulahendry) explains that the Azure IoT Toolkit for Android is coming.
On the Azure blog, Olivier Bloch writes about New Electric Imp and Particle seamless integration with Azure IoT Hub.
OP Ravi shares Root cause analysis and time exploration updates to Azure Time Series Insights.
⚖️ Management and Governance
On MSDN, Cameron covers Protecting SAP Solutions with Azure Site Recovery.
Richard Hay discusses Microsoft Azure Site Recovery and Backup Capabilities.
Gabe Shapiro talks about Logging in to Azure Resource Manager through Kudu to use PowerShell.
Jason Boeshart (@jboeshart) covers Understanding Idempotence and Scope in Azure Resource Manager Templates.
On the Azure blog, Ketan Ghelani (@followKetan) reveals the new and improved Azure Log Analytics.
The Application Insights Service Team share an Application Insights Planned Maintenance Notice.
🌐 Networking
John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) delves into Azure IaaS VM with multiple NICs.
Kunal Chandratre (@kunalchandratre) explains How to receive an email on Azure Network Security Group Rule changes.
📦 Storage
On the Catapult Systems blog, Matthew Dowst talks about Fixing an Azure Storage Queue Error 403 from a Web App.
On MSDN, Vitor Faria Tomaz (@vitortomaz) asks Where are my Long Term Retention backups using PowerShell.
On TechNet, Jarrett Renshaw blogs about Azure Recovery Services Vault Management and performing a vault swap.
🔗 Web
On MSDN, Michael Hansen covers CI/CD for ColdFusion with Azure Web App.
On the Azure blog, Richard Li (@RichyLi) writes about the General Availability of the Azure Media Redactor.
Asir Selvasingh writes about Maven and Deploying Java Web Apps to Azure.
Pui Chee Chan announces the deploy to Azure app service Jenkins plugin and more.