Azure Weekly Issue 199: 4th November 2018
Welcome to issue 199 of Azure Weekly! We hope everyone who attended Future Decoded earlier this week had a brilliant time - we sure did.
Here are this week's announcements and updates:
- Avere vFXT for Azure for HPC workloads now generally available
- General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service in UK West
- General Availability of Custom and Certified Connectors for Power BI
- Export to PowerPoint is now generally available and looking ahead at what's coming next
- Local testing with live data means faster development with Azure Stream Analytics (PP)
- Deliver the right events to the right places with Event Domains
- Azure ML Studio now supports R 3.4
- Apache Spark jobs gain up to nine times speed improvement with HDInsight IO Cache
- New Power BI regions in India, Australia, and the United States
- Microsoft @ DevCon4 and enclave ready Ethereum Virtual Machine
- M-Series VMs are now available in East Asia regions
- M-Series VMs are now available in Canada Central and Canada East regions
- Approve and audit support access requests to VMs using Customer Lockbox for Azure
- Azure Container Instances custom Virtual Network support is in preview
- Azure SQL Database managed instance business critical tier
- Azure App Service Deployment Center now available
- Azure DevOps Roadmap update for 2018 Q4
- Building an ecosystem for responsible drone use and development on Microsoft Azure
- What's new for PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell
- Cross-channel emotion analysis in Microsoft Video Indexer
- Simplified restore experience for Azure Virtual Machines
- Archive Storage is now available in three new regions
- App Service sites running Python 3.4.1 being updated to Python 3.6.6
- Short-term fix for the watch stream error in AKS
There has been a couple of interesting blogs about Cosmos DB on the Azure blog this week: Theo van Kraay describes A polymorphic database for an expanding data universe and Rafat Sarosh talks about Design patterns – IoT and aggregation.
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 the Revolution Analytics blog, David Smith (@revodavid) announces that Azure ML Studio now supports R 3.4
- On MSDN, Anna Thomas (@AnalyticAnna) talks about LUIS: Notes from the Field of Natural Language Processing
- On Channel 9, Noelle Lacharite (@NoelleLaCharite) talks about What's new with Speech Services: This Week in Cognitive
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
- The Azure updates team writes that Apache Spark jobs gain up to nine times speed improvement with HDInsight IO Cache
- On Channel 9, Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) and Dhruv Goel talk about Fine-grained security with Apache Ranger on HDInsight Kafka and Bring your own keys on Apache Kafka with Azure HDInsight
- On the Power BI blog, Colin Popell announces the General Availability of Custom and Certified Connectors for Power BI, Christopher Finlan writes that Export to PowerPoint is now generally available and looking ahead at what's coming next and Adam Wilson highlights the New Power BI regions in India, Australia, and the United States
- Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) walks through Finding All Selected Items In An Excel Slicer Connected To SSAS, Power BI Or the Excel Data Model Using Dynamic Arrays and writes Calling The Power BI REST API From Microsoft Flow, Part 3: Finding All Data Sources Used In A Power BI Tenant
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, Scott Jeschonek announces that Avere vFXT for Azure for HPC workloads now generally available
- The Azure updates team writes that M-Series VMs are now available in East Asia, Canada Central and Canada East regions and explains how to Approve and audit support access requests to VMs using Customer Lockbox for Azure
- On the Kloud blog, Aakash Sharma writes about Dependency Injection In Azure Functions V2
- On .NET Rocks, Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell discuss Azure Durable Functions with Maxime Rouiller
- On the Serverless360 blog, Mohan Nagaraj provides a Summary of the Azure Functions Webcast by Jeff Hollan and Eduardo Laureano – Oct 2018
- Also on the Azure blog, Marley Gray (@HiroMarleyG) writes about Microsoft @ DevCon4 and enclave ready Ethereum Virtual Machine
- Also on the Azure blog, Matthew Kerner covers Bringing digital ledger interoperability to Nasdaq Financial Framework through Microsoft Azure Blockchain
- Christiaan Brinkhoff (@Brinkhoff_C) describes How to use Azure Infrastructure-As-a-Service (IaaS) in the most cost effective way – top 10 – survival guide
- On the Tech Radar site, Anthony Spadafora writes that Microsoft reveals change in data centre chip choice
Containers
Covering: Container Registry, Container Instances, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Web App for Containers
- The Azure updates team highlights the General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service in UK West, writes that Azure Container Instances custom Virtual Network support is in preview and ,, The Azure updates team highlights the Short-term fix for the watch stream error in AKS
- Vincent-Philippe Lauzon (@vplauzon) describes Authoring a Helm Chart on Kubernetes / AKS – Getting started
- Daniel Neumann (@neumanndaniel) talks about Using dysk in Azure Kubernetes Service – updated deployment templates
- On MSDN, Atul Verma (@verma_atul) writes about Azure Functions 2.0: Create Function App from Docker Image Functions triggered by Cosmos DB, Blob storage, Event Hub and SignalR service bindings
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, Theo van Kraay (@TheoKraay) writes about Azure Cosmos DB – A polymorphic database for an expanding data universe
- Also on the Azure blog, Rafat Sarosh writes about Design patterns – IoT and aggregation
- Also on the Azure blog, Parikshit Savjani (@talktosavjani) explains how to Automate your Azure Database for MySQL deployments using ARM templates
- The Azure updates team writes about the Azure SQL Database managed instance business critical tier
- Also on MSDN, Julio Calderón describes How-to set up point-to-site peering with Azure SQL Managed Instance and self-signed certificates
- Also on MSDN, Fernando Cobo Enriquez blogs about Azure SQL Database Token-based authentication with PowerShell, explains How to create a native PowerShell app registration to connect to Azure SQL DB and explains how to Connect to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance with Virtual Network peering
- On the Database Journal site, Marcin Policht provides an Overview of Azure SQL Database Information Protection
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Koen Verbeeck covers Executing Integration Services Packages in the Azure-SSIS Integration Runtime
Developer Tools
Covering: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, SDKs, Developer tool integrations, CLIs, Blockchain Workbench
- On the Azure blog, Jie Su writes that Local testing with live data means faster development with Azure Stream Analytics (PP)
- On MSDN, Jamie Dalton highlights various Bot Framework v4 Resources
- Also on MSDN, Lorenzo Silvestri writes about Data Science in Visual Studio Code using Neuron, a new VS Code extension
- On Channel 9, James Montemagno (@JamesMontemagno) talks about Visual Studio for Mac 7.6 & 7.7 Updates with Jordan Matthiesen
- Also on Channel 9, Seth Juarez (@sethjuarez) talks about Learn How to Deploy Machine Learning Models with Chris Lauren
- Also on MSDN, Chris Maldonado MS Oss discusses Building Python Functions App that use Native Modules – Custom Docker
- On Microsoft Cloud Show, Andrew Connell and Chris Johnson present Episode 277 | Cloudy Earnings Reports, Cloud News and More
- Also on the Azure blog, Christine Alford highlights the Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 23
- On the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Ben Stegink and Scott Hoag present Episode 94 – Get Microsoft Cloud Certified
DevOps
Covering: Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), Azure DevTest Labs, DevOps tool integrations, Azure DevOps Projects, Azure Lab Services
- On MSDN, Alex Nichols provides the Azure DevOps Roadmap update for 2018 Q4
- Also on MSDN, Anisha Pindoria talks about What's new in Azure DevOps Sprint 142 Update with Lauren Brose
- On the Azure podcast, the Azure podcast team (@AzurePodcast) presents Episode 252 - Azure DevOps in the Enterprise with Stewart Viera
- Also on MSDN, Ricardo de Almeida writes about Tracking Cross-team Projects in Azure DevOps Boards
- Also on MSDN, Edward Thomson lists the Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2018.10.26
- Also on MSDN, Jeff Beehler writes Share your Azure DevOps feature suggestions with us
- Michael Crump (@mbcrump) writes Azure Tips and Tricks Part 168 - Part 1 - A quick tour around Azure DevOps Projects using Node.js and AKS and Part 2 - A quick tour around Azure DevOps Projects using Node.js and AKS
- On the Black Marble blog, Richard Fennell (@richardfennell) blogs about Azure DevOps Services & Server Alerts DSL – an alternative to TFS Aggregator?
- Gregor Suttie (@gregor_suttie) asks What is Azure DevOps? and describes How to get started with Azure DevOps
- Also on MSDN, esseemme writes about the VSTS/Azure DevOps add-in for Excel for users without Visual Studio installed
- The Azure updates team writes that the Azure App Service Deployment Center now available
- K. Scott Allen (@OdeToCode) provides a .NET Core Opinion 6 - Be Wary of GUI Build Tools
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory, Multi-factor Authentication, Azure Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Active Directory B2C
- On the Kloud blog, Adeel Nasir describes how to Bulk import users into Azure AD B2C tenant with custom attributes
- Also on the Kloud blog, Darren Robinson (@darrenjrobinson) posts Updated: Azure AD B2B Guest Invitations Microsoft Identity Manager Management Agent
- On MSDN, Frank Hu writes about when you are Unable to Delete Azure Active Directory Application Registration
Integration
Covering: Service Bus, Logic Apps, Event Grid
- On the Azure blog, Bahram Banisadr explains how to Deliver the right events to the right places with Event Domains
- On MSDN, Brian Smith (@LunchWithALens) provides A Flow Custom Connector to read O365 Communications API
Internet of Things
Covering: IoT Hub, IoT Suite, IoT Edge, IoT Central, IoT solution accelerators, Time Series Insights, Azure Maps, Azure Sphere
- On the Azure blog, Sam George (@samjgeorge) describes Building an ecosystem for responsible drone use and development on Microsoft Azure
- Also on the Azure blog, Peter Cooper and Mark Pendergrast describe Four models businesses like yours are using to monetize IoT
- Daniel Krzyczkowski (@DKrzyczkowski) describes a Face detector – automatic e-mail alerts with Windows IoT Core and Microsoft Azure cloud
- On Channel 9, Olivier Bloch (@obloch) talks about Microsoft’s Smart Campus IoT and AI project “Garcon” with Ganesh and talks about the fact that Electric Imp seamlessly integrates with Azure IoT with Hugo Fiennes
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
- The Azure updates team describes What's new for PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell
- On MSDN, Clive Watson discusses Azure Log Analytics: A little more about Usage
- Also on MSDN, Wu Shuai explains How to Visualize Azure Resource Metrics in Power BI
- James van Den Berg provides a Microsoft Azure Policy and BluePrints Overview
- Tobias Zimmergren describes Building custom Data Collectors for Azure Log Analytics in C#
Media
Covering: Media services, Encoding, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Azure Media Player, Content Protection, Media Analytics, Video Indexer
- On the Azure blog, Dr. Abed Asi discusses Cross-channel emotion analysis in Microsoft Video Indexer
Microsoft Azure Stack
Covering: Azure Stack
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) writes Let's talk about the HPE Azure Stack Innovation Center
- On the Azure blog, Talal Alqinawi provides Your guide to Azure Stack, Azure Data Box, and Avere Ignite sessions
Migration
Covering: Azure Database Migration Service, Azure Migrate, Data Box
- On TechNet, Franck Mercier (@FranmerMS) talks about the SQL Server 2008 end of support
Mobile
Covering: App Service (Mobile), Notification Hubs, Mobile apps, API apps, Visual Studio App Centre, Xamarin
- On the Xamarin blog, Jayme Singleton highlights the Xamarin and .NET Community Events in November
Networking
Covering: ExpressRoute, Azure DNS, Virtual Network, Traffic Manager, Load Balancer, VPN Gateway, Application Gateway, Network Watcher
Security
Covering: Azure Information Protection, Key Vault, Security Center, Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Advanced Threat Protection
- Martynas Valkunas writes about a Problem with Incremental Keyvault ARM Template Deployment
Storage
Covering: Storage, StorSimple, Data Lake Store, Blob Storage, Disk Storage, Managed Disks, Queue Storage, File Storage, Storage Explorer, Archive Storage
- On the Azure blog, Geetha Lakshmi G writes about Simplified restore experience for Azure Virtual Machines
- The Azure updates team writes that Archive Storage is now available in three new regions
- Robert Smit (@Clustermvp) provides a Step by Step Server-to-server storage replication with Windows Server 2019 Storage Replica
- On Channel 9, Corey Sanders (@CoreySandersWA) talks about What's New in Azure Managed Disks with Kay Singh
- On the Azure podcast, the Azure podcast team (@AzurePodcast) presents Episode 253 - Azure Data Lake Service - Gen 2 with James Baker
Web
Covering: App Service (Web), API Management, Content Delivery Network, Azure Search, Web apps, Azure SignalR Service
- On Channel 9, Burke Holland (@burkeholland) talks about Five Super-Secret Special Services for Building SPAs with Asim Hussain
- The Azure updates team highlights that App Service sites running Python 3.4.1 being updated to Python 3.6.6 and talks about Azure SignalR Service is now available
- On Code Project, Rebaï Hamida explains how to Modernize Your Web and Mobile Apps with Cloud
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