Azure Weekly Issue 153: 3rd December 2017
Microsoft and SAP announce partnership to help more companies digitally transform
Launching preview of Azure Migrate
Azure WebJobs vs. Azure Functions
Elastic database tools for Java
Automatic tuning introduces Automatic plan correction and T-SQL management
Azure Analysis Services integration with Azure Diagnostic Logs
Announcing Azure Location Based Services public preview
ADL Tools for Visual Studio Code VSCode supports Python & R Programming
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 .NET Rocks, Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell discuss Artificial Intelligence and the Future with Joseph Sirosh
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 Azure blog, Christian Wade (@_christianWade) announces the Azure Analysis Services integration with Azure Diagnostic Logs and writes about the Server aliases for Azure Analysis Services
- Devin Knight (@knight_devin) gives Power BI Custom Visuals Class Module 79 – Venn Diagram MAQ Software
- Also on MSDN, Buck Woody discusses DevOps for Data Science – Infrastructure as Code
Compute
Covering: Virtual Machines, Functions, Batch, Service Fabric, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Cloud Services, Linux Virtual Machines, SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances
- On the Azure blog, Shon Shah writes about the Launching preview of Azure Migrate
- On MSDN, Devendra Tiwari Principal PM Director Azure Engg introduces Azure Disk Encryption with EncryptFormatAll feature for Data disks on Linux IaaS VM
- Also on MSDN, keydet (@devkeydet) talks about Using Azure Functions with Dynamics 365
- Also on MSDN, Prashant Pratap describes how to Scale up AppServicePlan from Azure Function App
- On Stackify Blog, Simon Timms (@stimms) compares Azure WebJobs vs. Azure Functions
- Sacha Barber gives an Azure Service Fabric Demo
- Vincent-Philippe Lauzon discusses Serverless compute with Azure Functions – Getting Started
- Andrei Dzimchuk describes Moving Azure VM with managed disks to another subscription
Containers
Covering: Container Registry, Container Instances, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Web App for Containers
- On the Kloud blog, Simon Waight (@simonwaight) writes about Understanding Azures Container PaaS Capabilities
- On MSDN, 'FreddyDK' answers the question: Can I run NAV 2015 and earlier on Docker?
- Michael Crump (@mbcrump) posts Azure Tips and Tricks Part 58 - Continuous Deployment with Docker and Web App for Containers, and Part 60 - Use Visual Studio 2017 with Docker Support
- On the Azure podcast, Cale Teeter, Evan Basalik and Sujit D'Mello present Episode 206 - Kubernetes
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 the Azure blog, Danimir Ljepava writes that Automatic tuning introduces Automatic plan correction and T-SQL management
- Also on the Azure blog, Anum Jang Sher announces that Elastic database tools for Java
- On MSDN, Samuel Lester continues his "Exploring Big Data" course, with Course 8 – Orchestrating Big Data with Azure Data Factory
- On Channel 9, Dmitry Lyalin and Jeremy Likness talk about CosmosDB: Serverless NoSQL for the .NET Developer Visual Studio Toolbox
Developer Tools
Covering: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, SDKs, Developer tool integrations, CLIs, Blockchain Workbench
- On the Azure blog, Jenny Jiang reveals that ADL Tools for Visual Studio Code VSCode supports Python & R Programming
- On MSDN, Yanan Cai - writes about the Ad-hoc query support in Azure Data Lake Tools for Visual Studio
- Also on MSDN, Michael Hansen discusses Team Foundation Server in Azure Government
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 TechNet, Yuri Diogenes (@yuridiogenes) describes Using Azure Activity Log to query security alerts originated by Azure Security Center
- Armin Reiter (@arminreiter) explains how to Get started with Azure key vault
Integration
Covering: Service Bus, Logic Apps, Event Grid
- On MSDN, David Burg lists some Logic Apps resources
- On the Azure blog, Chris Pendleton announces the Azure Location Based Services public preview
Internet of Things
Covering: IoT Hub, IoT Suite, IoT Edge, IoT Central, IoT solution accelerators, Time Series Insights, Azure Maps, Azure Sphere
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 the Azure blog, Eamon O'Reilly announces the Azure Automation watcher tasks public preview
- Also on the Azure blog, Shawn Tabrizi explains how to Get notified when Azure service incidents impact your resources
- Stefan Roth (@stefanroth_net) writes Azure Log Analytics – Cross Workspace Query Resolve Workspace ID
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 Stefan Johner's blog, Stefan Johner (@JohnerStefan) writes about Circuits, Peerings, Pricing, Latency… All you need to know about Azure ExpressRoute
- On MSDN, Wu Shuai explains how to Manage Azure CDN Endpoint by SPN in Node.js
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
Web
Covering: App Service (Web), API Management, Content Delivery Network, Azure Search, Web apps, Azure SignalR Service
- On MSDN, Ben Perkins (@csharpguitar) describes How to make an Azure App Service HTTPS only
- Also on MSDN, Jeff Sanders (@jsandersrocks) describes a fix to: Image files do not deploy when I add them to ASP.Net project
- Mark Heath (@mark_heath) describes Four Ways to Deploy an ASP.NET Core 2 Website in Azure
- On MSDN, Ben Perkins (@csharpguitar) describes Drag and drop deployment to an Azure App Service, quick, for simple small changes
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