Azure Weekly
Issue #234 - 21st July 2019
This week, Scott Hanselman and Saurya Das have shown how to Secure traffic between pods using network policies in Azure Kubernetes Service and Donovan Brown has described the simple way to target a different Azure subscription without changing every task in Azure DevOps. Elsewhere, there have been plenty of updates this week - our pick of the bunch is the new: Multi-protocol access for Azure Data Lake Storage, but note that the capabilities are only currently available in preview and in the West US 2 and West Central US regions. Here are the rest:
- Azure Kinect DK is now generally available in the United States and China
- New 48vCPUs Azure Virtual Machine sizes are now available
- Azure Cosmos DB Java V3 SDK now available
- Azure Cosmos DB .NET V3 SDK now generally available
- Azure Monitor for VMs is now available in East and South East Australia regions
- Application Insights is Available in South Africa North
- Azure Resource Graph is now generally available
- MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB online and offline migrations are now available
- Network Watcher is now Generally Available in South Africa
- Network Performance Monitor is Generally Available in Central India
- Azure FXT Edge Filer Now available
- Direct Line with speech now available in preview
- Availability Zones support is now available for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in preview
- Introducing proximity placement groups
- Digital distribution centers—The future is here
- Update 19.07 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
- Azure Monitor for containers with Prometheus now in preview
- Conversational AI updates for July 2019
- Cognitive Services Form Recognizer prebuilt capability
- New capabilities in Stream Analytics reduce development time for big data apps
- Azure Container Registry—Self diagnostic health check support in the Azure CLI
- Azure Container Registry—Support for scheduling in Container Registry Tasks
- Read replica across regions for Azure Database for MariaDB (preview)
- Introducing the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
- Azure DevTest Labs—Configure your lab to use a remote desktop gateway
- General availability: Azure Log Analytics in SOUTH AFRICA NORTH, BRAZIL SOUTH, UK WEST and NORTH CENTRAL US
- Introducing Azure Lighthouse
- New ways to train custom language models – effortlessly
- Microsoft makes it easier to build popular language representation model BERT at large scale
- Azure Migration Program
- Xamarin.Essentials welcomes tvOS, watchOS, and Tizen
- Enhancing the customer experience with the Azure Networking MSP partner program
- Microsoft adds new features to IPv6 support for Azure VNets
- Making it easier to bring your Linux based web apps to Azure App Service
⚙️ AI + Machine Learning
- On the Azure blog, Venky Veeraraghavan, Rangan Majumder and Maxim Lukiyanov discusses Microsoft makes it easier to build popular language representation model BERT at large scale
- Also on the Azure blog, Adam Walker and Hadas Bitran explore the Microsoft Healthcare Bot partner program
- Also on the Azure blog, Yochay Kiriaty (@yochayk) highlights the Conversational AI updates for July 2019
- Also on the Azure blog, Travis Wilson writes that Direct Line with speech now available in preview
- The Azure updates team highlights the Cognitive Services Form Recognizer prebuilt capability and writes that Azure Kinect DK is now generally available in the United States and China
- On the Azure podcast, The Azure podcast team (@AzurePodcast) presents Episode 287 - Cognitive Services Updates with Anna Roth and Anand Raman
- Chris Webb (@cwebb_bi) talks about Sharing Data Between Organisations With Azure Data Share
- Charbel Nemnom (@charbelnemnom) describes How To Share Data Securely Using Azure Data Share
- Sam Cogan (@samcogan) writes WTH is Azure Data Share?
- Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) provides a Comparison of a money laundering solution build on top of AWS and Azure
- On the Premier Developer blog, Ben Williams (@negativeeddy) writes about Deploying a Virtual Assistant on the cheap
🔎 Analytics
- On the Azure blog, Jamal Mohammed and Shubha Vijayasarathy blog about MileIQ and Azure Event Hubs: Billions of miles streamed
- Also on the Azure blog, Krishna Mamidipaka (@BrandKrishna) writes about New capabilities in Stream Analytics reduce development time for big data apps
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Fikrat Azizov discusses Azure Data Factory Stored Procedure Activity Transformation Activities
- Also on the MSSQL Tips site, Semjon Terehhov provides some Change Capture Alternatives with Azure Data Factory
- Also on the MSSQL Tips site, Akhil Mahajan (@_akhilm) discusses Managing Secrets in Azure Databricks Using Azure Key Vault
🖥️ Compute
- On the Azure blog, Ziv Rafalovich (@zivraf) introduces proximity placement groups (preview)
- The Azure updates team writes that New 48vCPUs Azure Virtual Machine sizes are now available
- Michael Crump (@mbcrump) posts Tip 207 - Reduce Bruce Force attacks to Azure VMs
🚢 Containers
- The Azure updates team discusses Azure Container Registry—Self diagnostic health check support in the Azure CLI, and Support for scheduling in Container Registry Tasks and writes that Availability Zones support is now available for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in preview
- On the Visual Studio blog, Mark Downie (@poppastring) describes how to Resolve code issues in live apps running in Azure Kubernetes Services with the Snapshot Debugger
- On the Perficient blog, David Palfery (@SharePointDavey) writes about Client-side Configuration in Your OpenShift or Kubernetes Pod
- On Channel 9, Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) describes how to Secure traffic between pods using network policies in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with Saurya Das
- Daniel Neumann (@neumanndaniel) walks through Using an AKS Engine cluster with Azure Active Directory integration and explains how to Distribute AKS Engine kubeconfig credentials
🗄️ Databases
- On the Azure SQL Database blog, Jeroen ter Heerdt (@jeroenterheerdt) describes Getting started with Azure SQL Database Hyperscale
- The Azure updates team highlights the Read replica across regions for Azure Database for MariaDB (preview)
- On Code Project, Sergey Syrovatchenko writes about the SQL Index Manager – Free GUI Tool for Index Maintenance on SQL Server and Azure
- On the Azure podcast, The Azure podcast team (@AzurePodcast) presents Episode 288 - Oracle-Azure Cloud Partnership with Romit Girdhar and Tolu Agunbiade
- On the Azure blog, Sudhakar Sannakkayala (@sudhakars) describes How HSBC built its PayMe for Business app on Microsoft Azure
🛠️ Developer Tools
- The Azure updates team writes that Azure Cosmos DB Java V3 SDK now available and that Azure Cosmos DB .NET V3 SDK now generally available
- Andy Leonard (@AndyLeonard) explains how to Execute SSIS Packages in Azure-SSIS from Visual Studio
- Jon Gallant (@jongallant) provides a Solution to Azure CLI won't upgrade to latest version or it still works after uninstall
- On the Azure blog, Christine Alford (@heyalford) highlights the Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 41
- John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) writes that Full Azure Data Engineer Associate Learning Track Available
- On Microsoft Cloud Show, Andrew Connell and Chris Johnson (@mscloudshow) present Episode 311 | Exploring Microsoft Application Insights JS v2 and Recent News
- The Azure updates team introduces the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
🔩 DevOps
- Steve Buchanan (@buchatech) describes Azure DevOps & Teams Integration = perfect match
- Donovan Brown (@DonovanBrown) describes How to target a different Azure subscription without changing every task
- The Azure updates team writes about Azure DevTest Labs—Configure your lab to use a remote desktop gateway
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Sasha Rosenbaum (@DivineOps) lists the Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.07.12
- On the Premier Developer blog, Emmanuel Knafo writes about One Project To Rule Them All
- Justin Yoo (@justinchronicle) continues Building Azure DevOps Extension on Azure DevOps – Manual Publish
- Michael Crump (@mbcrump) posts Tip 206 - Create, host, and share packages with your team with Azure Artifacts
- Also on the Microsoft DevOps blog, Shashank Bansal discusses Azure Pipelines integration with Jira Software
- Rahul Nath (@rahulpnath) writes about Variable Snapshotting in Azure DevOps When Using Azure Key Vault
- On Channel 9, Abel Wang (@AbelSquidHead) talks about a Real World Scenario Testing using Azure DevOps and automated UI tests with Deepak Saini and Michael Ma
🎭 Identity
- Gregor Suttie (@gregor_suttie) explains How to Use Azure Managed Service Identity
🔌 Integration
- Antariksh Mistry describes the Integration Service Environment
- On the Premier Developer blog, Bryan Soltis (@bryan_soltis) blogs about Automation and Integration with Azure Logic Apps
- On the Serverless360 blog, Sandro Pereira (@sandro_asp) describes How to Expose and protect Logic App using Azure API Management (Part 1) – Exposing the Logic App
💡 Internet of Things
- On the Azure blog, Bert Van Hoof writes about Digital distribution centers—The future is here (preview)
- The Azure updates team writes that the Update 19.07 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
- On Channel 9, Olivier Bloch (@obloch) talks about The No Code Way to Connect Sensors to Azure IoT
⚖️ Management and Governance
- On the Azure blog, Mark Russinovich (@markrussinovich) writes about Advancing Microsoft Azure reliability
- On the Kloud blog, Darren Robinson (@darrenjrobinson) writes about Automated Microsoft Identity Manager Configuration Backups & Documentation to Azure
- Also on the Azure blog, Keiko Harada highlights that Azure Monitor for containers with Prometheus now in preview
- The Azure updates team posts a number of updates: Azure Monitor for VMs is now available in East and South East Australia regions, General availability: Azure Log Analytics in SOUTH AFRICA NORTH, BRAZIL SOUTH, UK WEST and NORTH CENTRAL US, Introducing Azure Lighthouse, Application Insights is Available in South Africa North and Azure Resource Graph is now generally available
- Charbel Nemnom (@charbelnemnom) explains How To Move VHD Image From One Azure Subscription to Another
- Thuan Soldier (@nnthuan) writes a Quick thought on CVE-2019-0962
- Aidan Finn (@joe_elway) talks about Azure Lighthouse–Enabling Centralized Management of Many Azure Tenants
🎬 Media
- On the Azure blog, Haim Sabo writes about the New ways to train custom language models – effortlessly
🚌 Migration
- On the Azure blog, Raj Pochiraju explains how to Assess the readiness of SQL Server data estates migrating to Azure SQL Database
- The Azure updates team writes that MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB online and offline migrations are now available and announces the Azure Migration Program
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) explains how to Assess and Migrate Hyper-V VMs with Azure Migrate
- Charbel Nemnom (@charbelnemnom) also explains How To Assess and Migrate Hyper-V Virtual Machines Using Azure Migrate Service
📱 Mobile
- On the Xamarin blog, James Montemagno (@JamesMontemagno) writes that Xamarin.Essentials welcomes tvOS, watchOS, and Tizen
- Also on the Xamarin blog, Maddy Leger (@maddyleger1) writes Recapping Xamarin Developer Summit
- Also on the Xamarin blog, Steven Thewissen (@devnl) blogs about Snppts – Beautiful UI Snippets for Xamarin.Forms
- On Channel 9, James Montemagno (@JamesMontemagno) talks about the Phone Dialer (Xamarin.Essentials API of the Week) and talks about Fastlane Automation For Mobile Apps
🌐 Networking
- On the Azure blog, Yousef Khalidi (@YousefkAzure) describes Enhancing the customer experience with the Azure Networking MSP partner program
- Aidan Finn (@joe_elway) walks through Understanding How Azure Application Gateway Works and walks through Migrating Azure Firewall To Availability Zones
- The Azure updates team writes that the Network Watcher is now Generally Available in South Africa, highlights that Microsoft adds new features to IPv6 support for Azure VNets and highlights that Network Performance Monitor is Generally Available in Central India
- Gregor Suttie (@gregor_suttie) explains How to Use The Azure Traffic Manager
- Christiaan Brinkhoff (@Brinkhoff_C) explains how to Improve Security! Learn here how to Manage Windows Virtual Desktop Azure Virtual Machines secure with Azure Bastion
🔐 Security
- Gregor Suttie (@gregor_suttie) describes How to Use Azure Role Based Access Control and explains How to Use The Azure KeyVault Service
📦 Storage
- On the Azure blog, Stephen Wu writes Silo busting 2.0—Multi-protocol access for Azure Data Lake Storage
- The Azure updates team writes that the Azure FXT Edge Filer Now available
🔗 Web
- On the Azure blog, Oded Dvoskin (@odeded) discusses Making it easier to bring your Linux based web apps to Azure App Service
- Vincent-Philippe Lauzon (@vplauzon) talks about Azure App Service Authentication with Azure Front Door