Azure Weekly
Issue #254 - 8th December 2019
This week, we've been told about the Extended filesystem programming capabilities in Azure Data Lake Storage, meaning you can now perform filesystem operations for ADLS in .NET, Python, Java, PowerShell or the Azure CLI - this is going to be very handy! We've also been told about the Application Gateway Ingress Controller for Azure Kubernetes Service, and the latest version of Visual Studio 2019 (16.4) has been released.
A couple of videos for you this week: Scott Schaab has taken us through the Azure.Identity SDK with Cecil Phillip, and Robert Green has been joined by Jeffrey Mew to talk about Jupyter Notebooks in Visual Studio Code.
Finally, Carmel has announced that she and Jess are Speaking at NDC London: Combatting illegal fishing with Machine Learning and Azure. Take our word for it - this session is a must see, so keep an eye open for it if you're heading to the conference!
⚙️ AI + Machine Learning
- On the Azure blog, Lili Cheng and Omar Aftab describe Enabling collaborative bot development across your organization for any user
- On Channel 9, Seth Juarez (@sethjuarez) describes how to Democratize AI with Azure Machine Learning designer with Francesca Lazzeri, talks about Data Labeling in Azure ML Studio with Ranvijay Kumar and talks about Azure Cognitive Search with Liam Cavanagh
🔎 Analytics
- James Serra (@JamesSerra) writes My latest presentations
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Fikrat Azizov covers Azure Data Factory Execute SSIS Package Activity and describes how to Run SSIS Packages with Azure Data Factory in a Cost Effective Way
- On the endjin blog, Carmel Eve (@Carmel_Eve) writes that she is Speaking at NDC London: Combatting illegal fishing with Machine Learning and Azure
⚙️ Blockchain
- On the DEV site, Adi Polak (@AdiPolak) introduces Azure Heroes with Blockchain-based badges
🖥️ Compute
- Adam Bertram (@adbertram) describes How to Deploy and Update Azure VM Scale Sets with PowerShell
- The Azure updates team writes that Azure Dedicated Hosts now generally available, highlights that Azure Spot VMs now in Preview and writes that HC-Series Hi Performance Computing VMs now available in South Central US
- On Channel 9, Cecil Phillip (@cecilphillip) talks about Building Serverless web applications with Blazor and Azure Functions
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) explains How to Reset RDP and Admin Password of an Azure VM
- Also on Channel 9, Shayne Boyer (@spboyer) talks about Where Does Serverless Fit in? with Jeff Hollan
- Also on the DEV site, Aaron Powell (@slace) describes Creating Workflows with Durable Functions
- Barbara Forbes (@Ba4bes) describes how to Use Azure Queue storage bindings in Azure PowerShell Function Apps
🚢 Containers
- On the Azure blog, Delyan Raychev (@DelyanRaychev) discusses the Application Gateway Ingress Controller for Azure Kubernetes Service
- On the DEV site, Adi Polak (@AdiPolak) covers a Kubernetes bitesize Q&A
- Mark Heath (@mark_heath) describes Working with Linux and Windows Containers simultaneously on Docker Desktop
- Dave Rendón explains how to Build, Run, Deploy Docker Container to Azure Container Registry and deploy it as Web App for Containers. and explains how to Build, Run and Deploy Docker Containers to Azure.
🗄️ Databases
- On the Azure blog, John 'JG' Chirapurath (@OriginalJGC) writes Faster and cheaper: SQL on Azure continues to outshine AWS
- Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) writes about the Azure CosmosDB Emulator
- The Azure updates team describes how to Easily monitor backup storage costs for Azure SQL databases and elastic pools
- Anupama Natarajan (@shantha05) posts more Data Platform tips: Data Platform Tips 14 - Data Discovery and Classification in Azure SQL Database, Data Platform Tips 15 - Advanced Data Security on Azure SQL Database, Data Platform Tips 16 - Backing up an Azure SQL Database, Data Platform Tips 17 - Restore database on Azure using automated backups, Data Platform Tips 18 - Automatic Tuning on Azure SQL Database, Data Platform Tips 19 - What are DTUs on Azure SQL Database and Data Platform Tips 20 - Azure SQL Database Serverless
🛠️ Developer Tools
- On the Visual Studio blog, Jacqueline Widdis (@JacqWiddis) writes 'Tis the Season for the Visual Studio 2019 v16.4 Release
- Also on the Visual Studio blog, Dmitry Lyalin (@LyalinDotCom) covers What's new in XAML developer tools in Visual Studio 2019 for WPF & UWP
- On the DEV site, Brian Clark (@_clarkio) shares a VS Code October 2019 Release Highlights Video
- On Channel 9, Robert Green (@rogreen_ms) talks about Jupyter Notebooks in Visual Studio Code with Jeffrey Mew
- Sam Cogan (@samcogan) describes Capturing Terraform Azure CLI Traffic with Fiddler
- Tobias Zimmergren & Jussi Roine (@CtrlAltAzure) present Episode 7 - Thoughts on how to get started with Azure development
🔩 DevOps
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Martin Woodward (@martinwoodward) lists the Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.11.29
- On the Daily Dot Net Tips blog, Abhijit Jana (@AbhijitJana) covers Connecting AWS with Azure DevOps
- Andy Leonard (@AndyLeonard) highlights the Public Preview – SSIS Azure DevOps Build and Deploy Tasks
- On the Black Marble blog, Riccardo Viglianisi (@CaptainShmaser) writes about Some Points with working with SQL Always On Availability Groups when doing a TFS Migration
- Also on the Black Marble blog, Richard Fennell (@richardfennell) highlights the Major enhancements to my Azure DevOps Cross Platform Release Notes Extension
- On Code Project, Ahmed Emad describes Creating Pipeline Using Microsoft Azure DevOps
🧬 Hybrid
- On the Azure blog, Duane Bourgeois writes that Microsoft has validated the Lenovo ThinkSystem SE350 edge server for Azure Stack HCI
- On the Hanu blog, Dave Sasson blogs about Azure Arc: A Game Changer for New and Old Azure Customers Alike
- On the Check your Logs blog, Dave Kawula (@DaveKawula) talks about Building a Hyper-V Report using AD and PSWriteHTML – HyperV
- On Microsoft Cloud Blogs, Jason Wilson and Yossi Basha write about Unified SecOps Investigation for Hybrid Environments
🎭 Identity
- The Azure updates team writes that Azure Active Directory B2C is deprecating login.microsoftonline.com
- On Channel 9, Cecil Phillip (@cecilphillip) talks about Securing your Azure applications with Azure.Identity with Scott Schaab
- On the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Ben Stegink and Scott Hoag (@msclouditpro) presents Episode 154 – Azure AD Security with Ramiro Calderon and Stefan van der Wiele
🔌 Integration
- Simon Waight (@simonwaight) presents Red Dog for Dev Episode Three and writes about Azure Advent Calendar 2019 – Azure Logic Apps
- On the Premier Developer blog, Rick McGuire (@rwmcguire) covers Serverless Compute – Logic Apps, Functions and Event Grid
- On the Serverless360 blog, Balasubramaniam Murugesan covers Azure Logic App Expressions
💡 Internet of Things
- The Azure updates team highlights that Update 19.11 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
- On Channel 9, Olivier Bloch (@obloch) talks about How Microsoft is Simplifying IoT with Avneet Singh
⚖️ Management and Governance
- On the Azure blog, Michael Flanakin (@flanakin) provides the Azure Cost Management updates – November 2019
- Also on the Azure blog, Saket Gupta explains how to Achieve operational excellence in the cloud with Azure Advisor
- Also on the Azure blog, Kartik P V R writes that SAP HANA backup using Azure Backup is now generally available
- The Azure updates team writes that Azure Monitor Application Insights now available in Switzerland North and Australia Southeast
- Stanislav Zhelyazkov (@StanZhelyazkov) explains how to Send Subscription Activity Logs via ARM Template and describes how to Set Capacity Reservation SKU to Log Analytics via RM Template
- Deepak Kaushik (@ThinkForDeepak) writes Let's Build Azure Governance Foundation with me
- On the Kloud blog, Lucian Franghiu (@lucianfrango) writes about Azure Backup PowerShell removal of backup protection of an Azure VM
- James van den Berg (@JamesvandenBerg) discusses Microsoft System Center DPM 2019 and Azure Backup
🎬 Media
- The Azure updates team writes about Media Services in Germany and Switzerland
🚌 Migration
- The Azure updates team writes that Application discovery with Server Assessment in Azure Migrate is now in preview
📱 Mobile
- On Channel 9, James Montemagno (@JamesMontemagno) talks about Flashlight (Xamarin.Essentials API of the Week)
- Also on Channel 9, Maddy Leger (@maddyleger1) provides a Xamarin.Forms 101: Entries and Editors
📦 Storage
- On the Azure blog, Priya Shetty writes about the Extended filesystem programming capabilities in Azure Data Lake Storage
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Mohammed Moinudheen writes about the Azure Soft Delete Option for Blob Storage to Recover Deleted Files
- On Channel 9, Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) talks about How to use Azure Ultra Disks with Azure Virtual Machines with Aung Oo
🔗 Web
- The Azure updates team writes that Azure API Management Consumption tier is now available in 13 new regions
- On the DEV site, Julien Dubois (@juliendubois) describes Configuring the free TLS/SSL certificates on Azure App Service
- Michael Crump (@mbcrump) posts Tip 236 - Deploy your web app in Windows Containers on Azure App Service
💻 Windows Virtual Desktop
- Travis Roberts (@Ciraltos) describes Azure Windows Virtual Desktop Load Balancing