Azure Weekly

Issue #252 - 24th November 2019

Now that the Ignite dust has settled, we've had a sweep through the newsletter and spruced up the categories. You'll see a few new categories (Hybrid, Mixed Reality and Windows Virtual Desktop), and you'll see some new services as part of their corresponding category. Make sure you have a flick through to see what's changed.

This week we've been spoiled with a number of exciting announcements. Our favourite, has to be that Change feed support is now available in preview for Azure Blob Storage, but we've also been told that:

This week, Gregor Suttie has written a three-part series about Microsoft Security Code Analysis for Azure Devops and Tobias Zimmergren has also written about the same topic, in his blog: Automate Azure DevOps code security analysis with the Microsoft Security Code Analysis extensions. Finally, are you up for a daily serverless challenge in December? Have a read of this: Merry and Bright with Azure Advocates 25 Days of Serverless.

⚙️ AI + Machine Learning

On the Azure blog, Jeffrey Zhu writes that Bing delivers its largest improvement in search experience using Azure GPUs
Also on the Azure blog, John 'JG' Chirapurath (@OriginalJGC) describes How AI can supercharge content understanding for businesses
On the DEV site, Ari Bornstein (@pythiccoder) writes about 3 Reinforcement Learning Environments Every ML Enthusiast Should Know
On the Azure blog, Shivani Patel describes PyTorch on Azure with streamlined ML lifecycle
On Channel 9, Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) presents Learn what's new in Azure Cognitive Services with Christina Lee
Also on Channel 9, Seth Juarez (@sethjuarez) talks about Batch Inference using Azure Machine Learning with Vaidyaraman Sambasivam and talks about Azure Open Datasets: ML-Ready Open Data on Azure with Manoj Bableshwar
On the MSSQL Tips site, Eduardo Pivaral writes about Azure Text Analytics and Power BI
On the Microsoft site, Lance Olson (@lanceeo) discusses Knowledge Mining with Azure Cognitive Search

🔎 Analytics

On the Azure blog, Kaiser Larsen (@kaiserlarsen) explains how to Learn how to accelerate time to insight at the Analytics in Azure virtual event
The Azure updates team highlights the Azure Data Share dataset movement meter name changes
On Microsoft + Open Source, Katherine Kampf (@kvkampf) writes that Data Accelerator for Apache Spark adds Azure Databricks support and more

🖥️ Compute

On the Azure blog, Evan Burness (@evanburness) discusses Azure high-performace computing at SC19
Also on the Azure blog, Kevin Raines writes about the New Azure HPC and partner offerings at Supercomputing 19
On Code Project, Duncan Edwards Jones (@Merrion) blogs about Event Sourcing on Azure Functions
Also on Code Project, Jeremy Likness describes how to Use Azure Functions to process a CSV File and import data into Azure SQL and on the DEV site, blogs about Serverless HTTP With Durable Functions
Eldert Grootenboer (@egrootenboer) explains how to Create and retrieve Azure Functions function keys in ARM template
The Azure updates team highlights the Azure Functions premium plan meter ID changes

🚢 Containers

On Microsoft Cloud Blogs, Lachlan Evenson (@LachlanEvenson) blogs about Bringing confidential computing to Kubernetes
The Azure updates team describes how to Monitor Azure Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes clusters with Azure Monitor for containers and explains how to Understand Kubernetes cluster health with Azure Monitor for containers
On Channel 9, Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) describes How to use Prometheus to monitor containers in Azure Monitor with Keiko Harada
On the DEV site, Adi Polak (@AdiPolak) writes about Kubernetes, how to get started
On the Azure Developer Community Blog, Morgan Mitchell (@livelovegeek) discusses Azure and Kubernetes: Here's how to get started
Daniel Neumann (@neumanndaniel) describes Working with Windows Server node pools in Azure Kubernetes Service
On Microsoft + Open Source, Jeff Hollan (@jeffhollan) writes about Kubernetes-based event-driven autoscaling (KEDA) 1.0 release
Michael Crump (@mbcrump) posts Tip 234 - Availability Zones for your Kubernetes cluster in Azure
Also on the DEV blog, Abhishek Gupta (@abhi_tweeter) describes How to connect your Dapr microservices using NATS

🗄️ Databases

The Azure updates team posts a number of updates: Azure Database for PostgreSQL single server is now available in Switzerland regions, Azure Database for MySQL is now available in Switzerland regions, Azure Database for MariaDB server is now available in Switzerland regions and PostgreSQL and MySQL and MariaDB General Purpose Large Scale Storage Meter ID and Name Changes
On Microsoft Cloud Blogs, Hannah Qin (@HannahQinSQL) provides some Reflections on PASS Summit 2019 from the SQL Tools Team
On Channel 9, Jeroen ter Heerdt (@jeroenterheerdt) talks about Discovering, classifying, labeling & protecting SQL data with Michal Bar

🛠️ Developer Tools

The Azure updates team writes about the New Dashboard with Cost Estimator
On the Visual Studio blog, Caty Caldwell (@catycaldwell) writes about AI-assisted IntelliSense for your team's codebase
Jon Gallant (@jongallant) introduces the New Azure SDKs
On the DEV site, Jen Looper (@jenlooper) writes Merry and Bright with Azure Advocates 25 Days of Serverless

🔩 DevOps

The Azure updates team writes about Azure DevTest Labs : Azure managed identities to deploy lab environments
On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Gregg Boer writes about A Sprint Burndown widget with everything youve been asking for
Also on the Microsoft DevOps blog, Sasha Rosenbaum (@DivineOps) lists the Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.11.15
Gregor Suttie (@gregor_suttie) writes about Microsoft Security Code Analysis for Azure Devops – Part 1, Part 2 Credential Scanner and Part 3 BinSkim
Tobias Zimmergren (@zimmergren) explains how to Automate Azure DevOps code security analysis with the Microsoft Security Code Analysis extensions
On Channel 9, Abel Wang (@AbelSquidHead) talks about Doing DevOps with SAP with Gopal Nair and Ram B
On the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Ben Stegink and Scott Hoag (@msclouditpro) present Episode 152 – Using Azure DevOps to Automate Azure Deployments with Steven Murawski

🧬 Hybrid

Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) highlights his video about Azure Arc for Server with Jian Yan
The Azure updates team highlights the Azure Data Box Edge (now Azure Stack Edge) meter name changes and the Azure Stack and Azure Data Box Edge meter name changes

🔌 Integration

On Microsoft + Open Source, Bahram Banisadr (@BAHRAwesoMe) writes about Boosting interoperability in the cloud with CloudEvents v1.0 support on Azure Event Grid
The Azure updates team provides a number of updates: Batch delivery in Azure Event Grid for high-throughput scenarios now in preview, Enhanced observability for event-driven applications with Azure Event Grid now in preview, Publish to Azure Active Directory protected endpoints from Azure Event Grid now in preview and Azure Logic Apps updates for September and October 2019

💡 Internet of Things

On the Azure blog, Jaishree Subramania (@JaishreeMS) describes Unlocking the promise of IoT: A Q&A with Vernon Turner
Also on the Azure blog, ShiSh Shridhar (@5h15h) writes about Helping Smart Cities become more Inclusive
Also on the Azure blog, Heather Jordan Cartwright (@hjc_microsoft) describes how to Accelerate IoMT on FHIR with new Microsoft OSS Connector
The Azure updates team writes that IoT Hub new features now available for device and module twins
On Channel 9, Pamela Cortez (@AltaOhms) provides a Deep Dive: Building IoT Solutions with IoT Central with Ranga Vadlamudi
Also on Channel 9, Olivier Bloch (@obloch) talks about IoT Solutions and Azure Cosmos DB with Andrew Liu

⚖️ Management and Governance

On the Azure blog, Tom Keane (@tomwkeane) writes that Microsoft cloud in Norway opens with availability of Microsoft Azure
Also on the Azure blog, Aparna Gopalakrishnan introduces Azure Cost Management for partners
Also on the Azure blog, Siddharth Deekshit (@sideeksh_msft) writes that Finastra "did not expect the low RPO" of Azure Site Recovery DR: Q&A with Bryan Heymann of Finastra
The Azure updates team highlights the Azure Site Recovery update rollup 42—November 2019 and writes that Azure Site Recovery is now available in new Azure regions
Also on the Azure blog, Swati Sachdeva writes about the Azure Backup support for SQL Server 2019 and Restore as files
On the MSSQL Tips site, Mohammed Moinudheen describes how to Monitor Azure Resources with Azure Monitor
Stanislav Zhelyazkov (@StanZhelyazkov) highlights the Azure Monitor Alerting Recording
Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) describes how to Run Azure Cloud Shell in Windows Admin Center
Tao Yang (@MrTaoYang) highlights he has Updated Azure Policy Definitions for Azure Diagnostics Settings Again
On the Sharegate blog, Leigh Ryan writes about Azure governance best practices: what is RBAC?

🎬 Media

The Azure updates team writes that Azure Media Services now supports Live Transcription in preview

📱 Mobile

On Channel 9, Matt Soucoup (@CodeMillMatt) presents Collection View All The Things on Partly Cloudy
Also on Channel 9, James Montemagno (@JamesMontemagno) talks about Syncfusion Essential Studio and UI Kit for Xamarin & Xamarin.Forms with Prabakaran Ramasamy

🌐 Networking

On the Perficient blog, Rushabh Urkude blogs about Using Azure Bastion as a Host for VMs

🔐 Security

Justin Yoo (@justinchronicle) describes how to Backup & Restore Key Vault Secrets via Logic Apps

📦 Storage

On the Azure blog, Xin Huang writes that Change feed support now available in preview for Azure Blob Storage
Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) writes about Azure Tools - Azure SAS Generator

🔗 Web

Gregor Suttie (@gregor_suttie) blogs about Azure Web App Staging Slots
Vincent-Philippe Lauzon (@vplauzon) writes about Accessing Azure Key Vault from within Azure API Management
The Azure updates team writes about Azure App Service—Increased scale out limits for Premium v2 plans