Azure Weekly
Issue #236 - 4th August 2019
David Smith has written about Data on demand: Azure SQL Database in serverless mode, Eric Egland has described how Microsoft technology is Transforming law enforcement with the cloud and AI, and Vincent-Philippe Lauzon has written a detailed blog about API Management – OAuth and private back-ends.
Here are this week's announcements and updates:
- Announcing general availability for the Azure Security Center for IoT
- The latest update to Azure Sphere in preview is now available in the retail feed
- Microsoft Machine Learning Server 9.4 is now available
- Support for large test attachments now available in Azure Pipelines
- New Analytics reports and Azure Boards app available for Slack
- GPU Optimized Visualization VMs now available in South Central US, West US, West Europe and North Europe Azure Regions
- Network security group improvements—ICMP support and override default Azure platform considerations
- Cognitive Services Form Recognizer Name Changes
- New features added to Data Factory Mapping Data Flows making schema drift handling easy
- Introducing Azure Dedicated Host
- Managed Instance enhances security with network traffic containment within Azure cloud
- Theming in Visual Studio just got a lot easier
- Azure DevOps Roadmap update for 2019 Q3
- New to Microsoft 365 in July—updates to Azure AD, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and more
- Azure Site Recovery update rollup 38 July 2019
- Azure Cost Management updates – July 2019
- New Azure Blueprint simplifies compliance with NIST SP 800-53
- Introducing SIOS high availability for SQL Server 2008/R2 in Azure
- Azure Security Center launched new SQL recommendations
- Cloud providers unite on frictionless health data exchange
⚙️ AI + Machine Learning
- The Azure updates team highlights the Cognitive Services Form Recognizer Name Changes
- On Microsoft Industry blogs, Eric Egland describes Transforming law enforcement with the cloud and AI
- Also on the SQL Server blog, Jeroen ter Heerdt (@jeroenterheerdt) writes that Microsoft Machine Learning Server 9.4 is now available
🔎 Analytics
- The Azure updates team writes the the New features added to Data Factory Mapping Data Flows making schema drift handling easy
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Fikrat Azizov writes about Build Azure Data Factory Pipeline Dependencies and writes Stairway to Azure Data Factory: Building pipeline dependencies
- Jayendran Arumugam talks about CICD for Azure Data Factory
- Also on the MSSQL Tips site, Koen Verbeeck (@Ko_Ver) discusses SSIS Catalog Maintenance in the Azure Cloud
- Andy Leonard (@AndyLeonard) highlights the Free Webinar – Overcome Challenges of Lifting and Shifting SSIS to Azure
🖥️ Compute
- Jason Roberts (@robertsjason) writes Understanding Azure Durable Functions - Part 4: Passing Input To Orchestrations and Activities
- On the Azure blog, Ziv Rafalovich (@zivraf) introduces Azure Dedicated Host
- Also on the Azure blog, Jeremy Chapman (@deployjeremy) writes that Moving your VMware resources to Azure is easier than ever
- The Azure updates team highlights that GPU Optimized Visualization VMs now available in South Central US, West US, West Europe and North Europe Azure Regions
- Michael Crump (@mbcrump) posts Tip 211 - Working with Azure Functions using PowerShell
🚢 Containers
- On Code Project, Akhil Mittal (@AkhilMittal20) describes how to Containerize ASP.NET Core Applications with Docker and Azure Kubernetes Services
- On the Codit blog, Tom Kerkhove (@TomKerkhove) talks about Mounting Volumes on Azure Web App for Containers
🗄️ Databases
- On the Azure blog, Alexander (Sasha) Nosov blogs about Understanding and leveraging Azure SQL Databases SLA
- On the Revolution Analytics blog, David Smith (@revodavid) blogs about Data on demand: Azure SQL Database in serverless mode
- On the Azure SQL Database blog, Andreas Wolter (@AndreasWolter) discusses Using Query Store with least privileges instead of dbowner to achieve Separation of Duties
- Armin Reiter (@arminreiter) discusses Azure AD and SQL Server Authentication
- The Azure updates team writes that Managed Instance enhances security with network traffic containment within Azure cloud
- On the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Ben Stegink and Scott Hoag (@msclouditpro) present Episode 136 – Azure SQL Managed Instance
- On the SQL Server blog, the SQL Server Team introduces SIOS high availability for SQL Server 2008/R2 in Azure
🛠️ Developer Tools
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) describes How to Install Azure CLI on Windows (one-liner)
- On the Visual Studio blog, Prasiddhi Jain, Anna Owens and James Fuller write that Theming in Visual Studio just got a lot easier
- On the Visual Studio blog, Mads Kristensen (@mkristensen) writes about the Status on Visual Studio feature suggestions
- On Channel 9, Kendra Havens (@gotheap) talks about Exploring the Visual Studio Test Platform with Sarabjot Singh
- Maxim Zhukov (@my_fsou1) writes about What is Azure App Configuration?
- On Microsoft Cloud Show, Chris Johnson (@c_f_johnson) presents Episode 313 | Solo CJ and the News
- Andy Leonard (@AndyLeonard) writes Learn Azure Part 0 – Create an Azure Account
🔩 DevOps
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Gloridel Morales provides the Azure DevOps Roadmap update for 2019 Q3
- Also on the Microsoft DevOps blog, Divya Vaishnavi (@divyavaishnavi) writes that Support for large test attachments now available in Azure Pipelines
- The Azure updates team writes about the New Analytics reports and Azure Boards app available for Slack
- Also on the Microsoft DevOps blog, Sasha Rosenbaum (@DivineOps) lists the Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.07.26
- Justin Yoo (@justinchronicle) walks through Building Azure DevOps Extension on Azure DevOps – Automated Publish 2
🎭 Identity
- On Microsoft Cloud Blogs, Kirk Koenigsbauer (@kjkoenigsbauer) writes New to Microsoft 365 in July—updates to Azure AD, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and more
🔌 Integration
- Antariksh Mistry writes Integration Service Environment – Part 2
- On the Serverless360 blog, Arunprabhu Muthusamy describes how to Auto Filter Messages into Subscriptions in Azure Service Bus Topic
💡 Internet of Things
- The Azure updates team writes that The latest update to Azure Sphere in preview is now available in the retail feed
- On Channel 9, Olivier Bloch (@obloch) talks about Solving business problems at scale with IoT and context data with Kostas Tselios
- On Microsoft Industry blogs, Jaishree Subramania describes Creating an open industrial IoT ecosystem
⚖️ Management and Governance
- On the Azure blog, Michael Flanakin (@flanakin) shares some Azure Cost Management updates – July 2019
- the Azure updates team writes that Azure marketplace charges are now available in Azure Cost Management for Pay-As-You-Go customers and shares the Azure Site Recovery update rollup 38 July 2019
- Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) asks Should I use Azure Monitoring or Azure Service Health?
- Sam Cogan (@samcogan) describes how to Visualise your Azure Resource with Resource Graph Explorer
- Daniel Neumann (@neumanndaniel) describes Setting up Zsh with Oh My Zsh in Azure Cloud Shell
- Stefan Roth (@stefanroth_net) describes how to Export Azure Policy Definitions
- Michael Crump (@mbcrump) posts Tip 210 - Working with Azure Blueprints
- Also on the Azure blog, Lily Kim writes that the New Azure Blueprint simplifies compliance with NIST SP 800-53
- On the Azure Citadel blog, Richard Cheney (@RichCheneyAzure) provides some resources for Azure Lighthouse
⚙️ Microsoft Azure Stack
- On the Azure blog, Arpan Shah (@arpanshah) describes how to Run Windows Server and SQL Server workloads seamlessly across your hybrid environments
🚌 Migration
- James Serra (@JamesSerra) lists the Top SQL Server migration questions
📱 Mobile
- On the Xamarin blog, Jayme Singleton (@JaymeSingleton1) writes about the Xamarin & .NET Developer Events in August
- Also on the Xamarin blog, Matt Soucoup (@CodeMillMatt) writes a Xamarin and Azure Office Hours Recap: Mid-2019
- On Channel 9, Maddy Leger (@maddyleger1) provides a Xamarin.Forms 101: OnIdiom (Adjusting UI Based on Device Type)
🌐 Networking
- On the Azure blog, Anavi Nahar (@AnaviNahar) talks about Choosing between Azure VNet Peering and VNet Gateways
- The Azure updates team writes about Network security group improvements—ICMP support and override default Azure platform considerations
- On the Kloud blog, Lucian Franghiu (@lucianfrango) blogs about What's wrong with removing a RouteTable association with AzureAz Powershell
🔐 Security
- On Microsoft Cloud Blogs, Michal Braverman-Blunmenstyk (@michalbb) announces the general availability for the Azure Security Center for IoT
- The Azure updates team highlights that Azure Security Center launched new SQL recommendations
- On Microsoft Cloud Blogs, Kim Kischel (@KimKischel) highlights the End of support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in Microsoft Cloud App Security
- On the Microsoft site, a Microsoft reporter writes that Microsoft and NCC just made moving to the cloud even easier
📦 Storage
- Robert Smit (@Clustermvp) writes that Starting with Azure NetApp Files is it better than Storage Spaces Direct in Azure
- On Channel 9, Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) talks about Accelerating HPC Storage with the Azure FXT Edge Filer with Ron Hogue
- Michael Crump (@mbcrump) posts Tip 212 - How to restore accidental deletion of your Azure Storage Blobs
🔗 Web
- On the Azure blog, Josh Mandel and Heather Jordan Cartwright write that Cloud providers unite on frictionless health data exchange
- On Channel 9, Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) talks about the Azure API for FHIR Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources with Michael Hansen
- Vincent-Philippe Lauzon (@vplauzon) writes about API Management – OAuth and private back-ends
- K. Scott Allen (@OdeToCode) highlights some Advanced Azure App Service Articles and Videos
- On the Premier Developer blog, Chris Tjoumas walks through Creating a Ghost Blog on an Azure App Service
- Mikhail Shilkov writes about 7 Ways to Deal with Application Secrets in Azure
- On the Azure podcast, The Azure podcast team (@AzurePodcast) presents Episode 290 - App Service for Linux