Azure Weekly Issue 220: 14th April 2019
This week, Eduardo Melo has written an insightful article on the Azure blog about How to accelerate DevOps with Machine Learning lifecycle management and Stefan Roth has written a detailed guide around running web tests with App Insights, in the blog Azure Monitor - Application Insights Web Test Query Azure Resource Graph.
Additionally, here are this week's announcements and updates:
- Analytics For Azure DevOps Services is Now Generally Available
- General availability: Azure Availability Zones in UK South
- General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service in South Central US, Korea South, and Korea Central
- General Availability: Azure Group Targeting for Azure Update Management
- Azure Policy for AKS is now in private preview
- Public Preview: Time zone choice for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
- Update 19.04 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
- AzCopy Preview now supports Amazon Web Services S3 as a data source
- Bitnami Apache Airflow Multi-Tier now available in Azure Marketplace
- Set custom metadata properties for Stream Analytics output
- Japanese Era Update - April 2019
- Price reductions for Azure Container Instances are now available
- Public endpoint for SQL Database Managed Instance is available as of today
- Azure Stream Analytics tools for Visual Studio April 2019 Update
- Azure Service Fabric 6.4 Refresh Release
- New features for extension authors in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1
- Manage organization billing in Azure DevOps: Sprint 150 Update
- What's new in Azure DevOps Sprint 149
- April Security Release: Patches available for Azure DevOps Server 2019, TFS 2018.3.2, TFS 2018.1.2, TFS 2017.3.1, and the release of TFS 2015.4.2
- Home realm discovery during sign-in for Microsoft 365 services
- More sign-in options for Microsoft accounts in Microsoft 365
- Logic Apps is now available in US Gov Virginia region
- Expanding Azure IoT certification service to support Azure IoT Edge devices
- Azure Data Box Disk now available in Japan and Korea
- Hybrid storage performance comes to Azure
- Azure API Management update April 4
- Classic API Management Analytics will be retired on May 31, 2019
- Introducing the App Service Migration Assistant for ASP.NET applications
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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 Azure blog, Sep Dimeglio (@asksep) writes that Azure AI does that
- Also on the Azure blog, Eduardo Melo describes How to accelerate DevOps with Machine Learning lifecycle management
- Also on the Azure blog, Francesca Lazzeri (@frlazzeri) writes How do teams work together on an automated machine learning project?
- Asma Khalid (@asmak) describes How to connect SQL Server database in Azure Machine Learning Studio
- On Channel 9, Neena Kamath (@neenakamath) answers What can I build today with Azure Mixed Reality Services?
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, Parikshit Savjani (@talktosavjani) writes that Bitnami Apache Airflow Multi-Tier now available in Azure Marketplace
- The Azure updates team describes how to Set custom metadata properties for Stream Analytics output
- On TechNet, Amanda Buchholz highlights the Dive deep into Cloud Scale Analytics: Azure Data Bricks
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, Juergen Thomas writes about Microsoft at SAP Sapphire NOW 2019: A trusted path to cloud innovation
- The Azure updates team highlights the General availability: Azure Availability Zones in UK South and provides a Japanese Era Update - April 2019
- Antariksh Mistry writes Availability Sets Vs Availability Zones
- On Code Project, Nitin Sawant describes Implementing SMS API using Azure Serverless Functions
- On MSDN, the Service Fabric Team talks about Service Fabric with Humio Monitoring
Containers
Covering: Container Registry, Container Instances, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Web App for Containers
- On the Kloud blog, Nivlesh Chandra provides A scenario-based tutorial for Azure Kubernetes Service – Part 2
- Jose Moreno (@erjosito) writes A Day in the Life of a Packet in AKS part 4: NSGs, part 5: Virtual Node and part 6: Network Policy
- The Azure updates team writes that Azure Policy for AKS is now in private preview, highlights the General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service in South Central US, Korea South, and Korea Central and highlights that Price reductions for Azure Container Instances are now available
- Sam Cogan (@samcogan) describes Locking Down Application Access in AKS
- On Code Project, Tuba Mansoor describes Working with Azure Container Instances
- On Channel 9, William Morgan and Lachie Evenson present Microservices Day 2: You Have a Service Mesh, Now What
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, Kapil Gupta writes Smarter, faster, safer: Azure SQL Data Warehouse is simply unmatched
- Also on the Azure blog, Parul Matah (@ParulMatah) describes How Skype modernized its backend infrastructure using Azure Cosmos DB – Part 1, describes How Skype modernized its backend infrastructure using Azure Cosmos DB – Part 2 and explains How Skype modernized its backend infrastructure using Azure Cosmos DB – Part 3
- On the Azure SQL Database blog, Danimir Ljepava (@danimir) writes that the Public endpoint for SQL Database Managed Instance is available as of today
- The Azure updates team highlights the Public Preview: Time zone choice for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
- On Channel 9, Lara Rubbelke (@sqlgal) describes how to Deploy WordPress with Azure Database for MariaDB with Andrea Lam
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Eduardo Pivaral explains how to Create SQL Server Notebooks in Azure Data Studio
Developer Tools
Covering: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, SDKs, Developer tool integrations, CLIs, Blockchain Workbench
- On the Azure blog, Julia White (@julwhite) writes Want to evaluate your cloud analytics provider? Here are the three questions to ask.
- On the Kloud blog, Darren Robinson (@darrenjrobinson) describes VSCode Virtual Environments using your Browser
- The Azure updates team provides the Azure Stream Analytics tools for Visual Studio April 2019 Update
- On MSDN, the Service Fabric Team highlights the Azure Service Fabric 6.4 Refresh Release
- On the Visual Studio blog, Mads Kristensen (@mkristensen) writes about the New features for extension authors in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1
- On the Azure Developer Community Blog, Brandon Rohrer talks about Configuring Terraform on Windows 10 Linux Sub-System
- On the Azure podcast, The Azure podcast team (@AzurePodcast) presents Episode 274 - Reliability Engineering
- On Microsoft Cloud Show, Andrew Connell and Chris Johnson (@mscloudshow) present Episode 298 | Weee'rrreee baaack Azure Updates and More
- Jon Gallant (@jongallant) describes How to Call the Azure REST APIs with Postman In No Time Flat
DevOps
Covering: Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), Azure DevTest Labs, DevOps tool integrations, Azure DevOps Projects, Azure Lab Services
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Anisha Pindoria (@anishapindoria) discusses What's new in Azure DevOps Sprint 149
- Also on the Microsoft DevOps blog, Edward Thomson (@ethomson) lists the Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.04.05
- The Azure updates team explains how to Manage organization billing in Azure DevOps: Sprint 150 Update and writes about Cloud-based load testing features will be retired on March 31, 2020
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Anand Guruswamy (@anand_guruswamy) writes that Analytics For Azure DevOps Services is Now Generally Available
- Also on the Microsoft DevOps blog, Erin Dormier writes about the April Security Release: Patches available for Azure DevOps Server 2019, TFS 2018.3.2, TFS 2018.1.2, TFS 2017.3.1, and the release of TFS 2015.4.2
- On Microsoft + Open Source, Matt Cooper (@vtbassmatt) delves into Publishing GitHub Pages from Azure Pipelines
- On Channel 9, Abel Wang (@AbelSquidHead) describes Using the new Basic Process in Azure DevOps with Dan Hellem
- Rahul Nath (@rahulpnath) blogs about Code Signing MSI Installer and DLLs in Azure DevOps
- Simon Foster (@funkysi1701) explains how to set up a Gated Release
- Tobias Zimmergren writes about Azure DevOps (VSTS) - The current operating system is not capable of running this task, with "Azure File Copy"
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory, Multi-factor Authentication, Azure Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Active Directory B2C
- The Azure updates team writes about Home realm discovery during sign-in for Microsoft 365 services and writes about More sign-in options for Microsoft accounts in Microsoft 365
Integration
Covering: Service Bus, Logic Apps, Event Grid
- On Channel 9, Chris Segura (@IoTHybridCloud) talks about Using Ethereum Logic Apps to monitor SQL server databases Block Talk
- On the Codit blog, Tom Kerkhove (@TomKerkhove) writes about the New Azure Logic Apps Template for Handling Azure Monitor Metric Alerts
- On the Serverless360 blog, Kent Weare (@wearsy) covers Testing Azure Logic Apps with Mock Data
- Also on the Serverless360 blog, Sean Feldman (@sfeldman) writes Azure Messaging Crossroads
- The Azure updates team writes that Logic Apps is now available in US Gov Virginia region
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, Koichi Hirao talks about Expanding Azure IoT certification service to support Azure IoT Edge devices
- Also on the Azure blog, Diego Tamburini writes about Leveraging AI and digital twins to transform manufacturing with Sight Machine
- The Azure updates team writes that the Update 19.04 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
- On the Premier Developer blog, Greg Roe covers Designing IoT Applications for Failure: Cloud Design Patterns that leverage the Retry Pattern
- On Channel 9, Olivier Bloch (@obloch) talks about Redis Edge On Azure IoT Edge with Andre Srinivasan
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, Stephen Baron describes How to stay informed about Azure service issues
- Also on the Azure blog, Kaitlyn Corazao describes How to stay on top of Azure best practices
- On the Premier Developer blog, Ben Hlaban (@benhlaban) writes about Azure Automation DSC via ARM Template
- Stefan Roth (@stefanroth_net) blogs about Azure Monitor – Application Insights Web Test Query Azure Resource Graph
- The Azure updates team highlights the General Availability: Azure Group Targeting for Azure Update Management
Media
Covering: Media services, Encoding, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Azure Media Player, Content Protection, Media Analytics, Video Indexer
- Kay Singh (@singhkays) describes how to Detect rolling credits with Azure Video Indexer
Microsoft Azure Stack
Covering: Azure Stack
- On the Azure blog, David Armour (@Darmour_MSFT) writes Azure Stack IaaS – part seven
Migration
Covering: Azure Database Migration Service, Azure Migrate, Data Box
- The Azure updates team highlights that Azure Data Box Disk now available in Japan and Korea
- On TechNet, George Grammatikos writes about Moving On-Premise Workloads to Azure by George Grammatikos
Mobile
Covering: App Service (Mobile), Notification Hubs, Mobile apps, API apps, Visual Studio App Centre, Xamarin
- On the .NET Curry blog, Gerald Versluis (@jfversluis) talks about Working with Barcodes in Xamarin.Forms
- On the Xamarin blog, James Montemagno (@JamesMontemagno) describes Sharing Files & Email Attachments with Xamarin.Essentials Preview Features
- Also on the Xamarin blog, Jon Douglas (@_JonDouglas) walks through Getting Started With WorkManager
Networking
Covering: ExpressRoute, Azure DNS, Virtual Network, Traffic Manager, Load Balancer, VPN Gateway, Application Gateway, Network Watcher
- the Azure updates team writes that Preview of Azure virtual network service endpoint policies expanded to four new regions
- Michael Crump (@mbcrump) posts Tip 192 - Getting started with Azure Front Door
Security
Covering: Azure Information Protection, Key Vault, Security Center, Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Advanced Threat Protection
- On the Azure blog, Yaniv Zohar writes that Azure Security Center exposes crypto miner campaign
- On the Premier Developer blog, Tina Saulsberry writes Compliance, Auditors, and Documentation Oh My!
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, Jeff Tabor writes that Hybrid storage performance comes to Azure
- The Azure updates team highlights the AzCopy Preview now supports Amazon Web Services S3 as a data source
- On the MSSQL Tips site, John Miner (@JohnMiner3) writes about What's new in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
Web
Covering: App Service (Web), API Management, Content Delivery Network, Azure Search, Web apps, Azure SignalR Service
- On the Azure blog, Calvin Keaton and Nitasha Verma introduce the App Service Migration Assistant for ASP.NET applications
- On the Planet Geek blog, Daniel Marbach (@danielmarbach) provides an Introduction into managing Application Secrets in Azure AppConfiguration Service with .NET Core and describes Managing Application Secrets in Azure App Configuration Service with .NET Core Code Walkthrough
- Henry Been (@henry_been) explains how to Add a SSL certificate to your Azure Web App using an ARM template revisited
- On the Kloud blog, Lucian Franghiu (@lucianfrango) blogs about Quality of life user experience improvements to SharePoint Online though the use of 301 redirects and Azure App Service
- The Azure updates team provides an Azure API Management update April 4 and highlights that Classic API Management Analytics will be retired on May 31, 2019
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