Azure Weekly
Issue #216 - 17th March 2019
I'm heading out to the MVP Summit in Seattle this week. If any readers are also at the event, it would be great to chat! Let's have a look at this week's announcements:
- Azure Log Analytics is now General Available in Australia East and in Australia Central
- Easy access to AI in Power BI Preview
- Now available for preview: Workload importance for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
- AzCopy support in Azure Storage Explorer now available in public preview
- Update 19.03 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
- What's new with Seeing AI
- Power BI Desktop March 2019 Feature Summary
- Azure AD B2B Guest users can now edit and manage content in Power BI to collaborate better across organizations
- Azure Databricks – VNet injection, DevOps Version Control and Delta availability
- Known Issue for Service Fabric Windows Server 2016 Clusters
- Achieve more with Microsoft Game Stack
- Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 33
- Now Available: Bitbucket Pipes for Azure
- Azure Service Fabric 6.4 Refresh Release
- Approve Azure Pipelines deployments from Slack
- March Security Release: Patches available for TFS 2018.3.2, TFS 2018.1.2, and TFS 2017.3.1
- Upcoming change to Azure Monitor Application Insights Smart Detection emails
- Azure Resource Manager template language additions
- Application Insights is now available in France Central and Korea Central
- Service Map available in Central Canada and UK South
- Simplify disaster recovery with Managed Disks for VMware and physical servers
- Microsoft Azure portal March 2019 update
- Simplifying your environment setup while meeting compliance needs with built-in Azure Blueprints
- Azure Data Box family now enables import to Managed Disks
- Run your code and leave build to us
Elsewhere, Mads Kristensen demystifies Visual Studio extensions and version ranges, and Sidney Higa from the Industry Experiences team shares the Cloud Commercial Communities webinar and podcast newsletter–March 2019.
⚙️ AI + Machine Learning
- On MSDN, Accessibility Blog discusses What's new with Seeing AI
- On the Azure blog, Diego Tamburini explains how to Maximize existing vision systems in quality assurance with Cognitive AI
- On Channel 9, Burke Holland (@burkeholland) talks about Five Ways You Can Infuse AI into Your Applications with Noelle LaCharite
- Jose Moreno (@erjosito) discusses Importing ADLS gen2 from Azure ML Studio
- On TechNet, Amanda Buchholz asks Did you miss the live event? On-demand is now available!
- Bhushan Gawale (@BhushanGawale) talks about Building Proactive Messaging Bot using Bot framework SDK v4
🔎 Analytics
- On the Azure blog, Yatharth Gupta writes about Azure Databricks – VNet injection, DevOps Version Control and Delta availability
- Also on the Azure blog, Tyler Fox writes Monitoring on Azure HDInsight Part 1: An Overview
- James Serra (@JamesSerra) covers Azure Data Explorer and writes about My latest presentations
- Bhushan Gawale (@BhushanGawale) describes a Cost effective way of running Azure Data Factory Pipelines with Integration Runtime
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Fikrat Azizov describes how to Transfer Data to the Cloud Using Azure Data Factory
- On the Power BI blog, Sarina Stevens (@StevensSarina) writes that Easy access to AI in Power BI Preview
- Also on the Power BI blog, Lukasz Pawlowski writes that Azure AD B2B Guest users can now edit and manage content in Power BI to collaborate better across organizations
- Also on the Power BI blog, Amanda Cofsky (@MissAmandaN) covers Power BI Desktop March 2019 Feature Summary and explains how to Join our Research Panel
- Jen Stirrup (@jenstirrup) discusses Power BI Dataflows and fixing "Your Azure storage account must be in the same Azure Active Directory tenant as your Power BI tenant."
- Devin Knight (@knight_devin) provides the Power BI Monthly Digest – March 2019 with Manuel Quintana
- Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) provides a Book Review: Collect, Combine And Transform Data Using Power Query In Excel And Power BI by Gil Raviv and walks through Attaching Manually-Created Common Data Model Folders In Power BI Dataflows
- On Code Project, Rajat Jaiswal (@RajatJaiswal) writes Import PDF Data in Power BI–Really Excited to See and blogs about Web Scraping for Analysis using the Microsoft Power BI Tool
- Also on the MSSQL Tips site, Gauri Mahajan covers Power BI Scorecard Examples
- On Code Project, Kris Wenzel (@sqlkris) explains how to Get Started with Power BI Desktop
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Rahul Mehta explains how to Create Power BI Connection to Azure SQL Database
🖥️ Compute
- Michael Jonsson (@Michael_Jonsson) explains how to Automate Disk initialization on VM with Azure Desired State Configuration
- On MSDN, Goran Condric writes about SAP on Azure High Availability Systems with Heterogenous Windows and Linux Clustering and SAP HANA
- On Code Project, Ryan Peden (@ryanpeden) provides An Introduction to Serverless Functions on Azure
- Also on MSDN, the Service Fabric Team writes about a Known Issue for Service Fabric Windows Server 2016 Clusters
- Jason Roberts (@robertsjason) describes Using the Azure SignalR Service Bindings in Azure Functions to Create Real-time Serverless Applications
- Mikhail Shilkov talks about Visualizing Cold Starts
🚢 Containers
- Steve Buchanan (@buchatech) explains how to Deploy Rancher on Azure for Kubernetes Management
- On Microsoft + Open Source, Shay Shahak writes about Scaling a WordPress application using Rook on Azure Kubernetes Service
- On the Azure Developer Community Blog, Andreas Helland discusses Building Microservices with Azure Kubernetes Service and Azure DevOps - Part 3 and Part 4
- Daniel Neumann (@neumanndaniel) talks about Azure Kubernetes Service cluster autoscaler configurations
- Julien Corioland (@jcorioland) explains How to: Use Terraform to deploy Azure Kubernetes Service in Custom VNET with Kubenet
🗄️ Databases
- On the Azure blog, Ron Ortloff announces Now available for preview: Workload importance for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
- Also on the Azure blog, Ewan Dalton writes that Spinning up cloud-scale analytics is even more compelling with Talend and Microsoft
- On MSDN, Jose M Jurado (@jmjuradodiaz) writes Lesson Learned 77: Importing data from bacpac using bcp command utility and Lesson Learned 79: Connecting to Azure SQL Database just using the port 1433 without redirection
- Bill Wilder asks Who logged into my Azure SQL Database?
- Also on MSDN, Jovan Popovic (@jocapc) describes how to Monitor local storage usage on General Purpose Azure SQL Managed Instance, explains how to Identify log write limits on Azure SQL Managed Instance using QPI library and talks about Running Azure CosmosDB queries from SQL Server using ODBC driver
- On the Premier Developer blog, Shany Wiesel writes about Planning the future for NoSQL Cassandra DB Applications on Azure
- Vincent-Philippe Lauzon (@vplauzon) discusses Creating a Backup Solution for Cosmos DB using change feed
- Michael Crump (@mbcrump) writes Azure Tips and Tricks Part 185 - Performance Testing on Cosmos DB
🛠️ Developer Tools
- On MSDN, the Service Fabric Team writes about the Azure Service Fabric 6.4 Refresh Release
- On the Visual Studio blog, Mads Kristensen (@mkristensen) writes Visual Studio extensions and version ranges demystified
- Also on the Visual Studio blog, Mark Wilson-Thomas (@MarkPavWT) writes about Argument completion made easy with Visual Studio IntelliCode and Code more, scroll less with Visual Studio IntelliCode
- On Channel 9, Damian Brady (@damovisa) talks about What's New for Visual Studio 2019 Integrations with Azure Boards with Abel Wang
- On the Azure blog, Christine Alford (@heyalford) covers Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 33
- Also on the Azure blog, Kareem Choudhry (@Kareem_Choudhry) explains how to Achieve more with Microsoft Game Stack
- Also on TechNet, Amanda Buchholz explains how to Expand your Azure and Windows Server 2019 knowledge
- On the Azure podcast, The Azure podcast team (@AzurePodcast) presents Episode 270 - Hammer and Nail
- On Microsoft Cloud Show, Andrew Connell and Chris Johnson (@mscloudshow) present Episode 294 | Catching up on the Latest News from the Cloud
- On the IoT Dev blog, Erichrenyong Wang writes about Easily develop and debug Azure IoT Edge C modules with Azure IoT Edge Tools (Preview) 0.3.1
🔩 DevOps
- On the Azure blog, Christine Alford (@heyalford) talks about Accelerating enterprise digital transformation through DevOps
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Atin Bansal (@Atin_MS) explains how to Approve Azure Pipelines deployments from Slack
- Also on the Microsoft DevOps blog, Erin Dormier discusses the March Security Release: Patches available for TFS 2018.3.2, TFS 2018.1.2, and TFS 2017.3.1
- Also on the Microsoft DevOps blog, Edward Thomson (@ethomson) lists the Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.03.08
- On the Premier Developer blog, Omar Villarreal writes Consider This When Planning your TFS to Azure DevOps Migration
- Wouter de Kort blogs about Configuring Azure Active Directory for Azure DevOps Utopia
- On Channel 9, Donovan Brown (@DonovanBrown) talks about Azure Pipelines multi-cloud support and integration with DevOps tools with Gopi Chigakkagari
- On Microsoft + Open Source, David McGhee (@drmcghee) writes Now Available: Bitbucket Pipes for Azure
🎭 Identity
- On TechNet, Sam McNeill writes about Adventures With Microsoft AutoPilot On Education Shared Devices (Part 2)
- Also on TechNet, Thomas C. Finney provides the Office 365 Weekly Digest March 3 – 9, 2019
- On Microsoft Cloud Blogs, Courtenay Bernier discusses the Evolution of macOS management capabilities in Microsoft Intune
- On the Premier Developer blog, Laurie Atkinson (@JoyfulCoder) provides an Angular How-to: Microsoft ADAL for Angular 6+ with Configurable Settings
🔌 Integration
- On the Kloud blog, Olaf Loogman provides A first look at Azure Integration Service Environments (ISE)
💡 Internet of Things
- On the Azure blog, Jaishree Subramania blogs about an Economist study: OEMs create new revenue streams with next-gen supply chains
- Also on the Azure blog, Kushagra Vaid writes about Hardware innovation for data growth challenges at cloud-scale
- Also on the Azure blog, Ranveer Chandra discusses IoT in Action: A more sustainable future for farming
- Also on the Azure blog, Shirley Strachan talks about IoT in Action: Thriving partner ecosystem key to transformation
- On Channel 9, Olivier Bloch (@obloch) talks about Heat Maps and Image Overlays in Azure Maps with Ricky Brundritt
- The Azure updates team highlights that the Update 19.03 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
⚖️ Management and Governance
- On the Azure blog, Stephen Baron describes how to Stay informed about service issues with Azure Service Health
- Also on the Azure blog, Leon Welicki (@lwelicki) provides the Microsoft Azure portal March 2019 update
- Also on the Azure blog, Lily Kim writes about Simplifying your environment setup while meeting compliance needs with built-in Azure Blueprints
- Also on the Azure blog, Mayuri Gupta explains how to Simplify disaster recovery with Managed Disks for VMware and physical servers
- Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) writes about 15 Questions related to Azure Cost Management and Azure billing
- The Azure updates team provides a number of updates: Upcoming change to Azure Monitor Application Insights Smart Detection emails, Azure Resource Manager template language additions, Application Insights is now available in France Central and Korea Central, Service Map available in Central Canada and UK South and Azure Log Analytics is now General Available in Australia East and in Australia Central
- Assaf Neufeld (@assaf__) explains How to Split your Data Into A Fixed Amount of Buckets
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) describes How to Install and Update PowerShell 6 and writes that System Center 2019 now generally available
- Sam Cogan (@samcogan) describes how to Audit Your Azure Resources with Resource Graph
- On the Kloud blog, Dan Thom describes Plugging the Gaps in Azure Policy – Part One
- Stanislav Zhelyazkov (@StanZhelyazkov) writes about Deploying Azure Policy Definitions via ARM Template
- David O'Brien (@david_obrien) covers Getting started with Pulumi on Azure
⚙️ Microsoft Azure Stack
- On the Azure blog, Hector Linares covers Azure Stack IaaS – part four
- On TechNet, Amanda Buchholz says to Check out these Apps & Infrastructure on-demand events
- Charbel Nemnom (@charbelnemnom) provides a (Solution) Azure Stack Readiness Checker Fail When Validating Azure Registration
🚌 Migration
- On the Azure blog, Sunil Sanjeev writes that Azure Data Box family now enables import to Managed Disks
📱 Mobile
- On the Xamarin blog, Matt Soucoup (@CodeMillMatt) posts a Podcast: POP New docs, blogs, customer showcases, and Twitch streams
- Also on the Xamarin blog, Jon Dick provides A Quick Update on Google Components for iOS and Android
- Also on the Xamarin blog, Matthew Robbins writes about the Enhanced Xamarin Development With MFractor
- Matthew Soucoup (@CodeMillMatt) writes about Mobile Apps + Azure Keyvault ... Don't Do It!
- On Channel 9, James Montemagno (@JamesMontemagno) talks about Super Fast Image Loading for Android Apps with GlideX with Jonathan Peppers
🌐 Networking
- On the Azure blog, Anavi Nahar explains how to Create a transit VNet using VNet peering
- Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) describes Improving the network topology and on-premises VPN inside Azure using Gateway Transit at VNET level
- Aidan Finn (@joe_elway) describes How to Troubleshoot Azure Routing and covers Reasons To Use A Third Party Firewall In Azure
🔐 Security
- On the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Ben Stegink and Scott Hoag (@msclouditpro) describes Episode 116 – Azure Sentinel
- Thuan Soldier (@nnthuan) shares some Thoughts on Azure Sentinel
- On MSDN, Robert Jaffee and Diego Lapiduz explain how to Enhance data protection and compliance with customer managed keys
📦 Storage
- On the Azure blog, Catherine Wang writes about AzCopy support in Azure Storage Explorer now available in public preview
- Melissa Coates (@SQLChick) describes Planning for Accounts, Containers, and File Systems for Your Data Lake in Azure Storage
🔗 Web
- On the Kloud blog, Santhosh Kumar explains how to Deploy a Geo-redundant Web App behind an Azure Traffic manager using an ARM template.
- On the Azure blog, Josh Gavant writes Run your code and leave build to us
- Michael Crump (@mbcrump) posts Azure Tips and Tricks Part 186 - Easily add real-time web functionality to applications with Azure SignalR Service
- On Code Project, thematrixreloaded explains how to Deploy Angular App to Azure