Azure Weekly
Issue #28 - 31st May 2015
Following Build and Ignite, all's fairly quiet on the Azure blog this week. There's an item on Azure Media Player, which is one month old, and an article about the DocumentDB query playground, where you can try out queries against sample documents.
A good time to catch up on all the Build and Ignite sessions. If you want the lot, here's a script from Alexandre Brisebois (@Brisebois) to download all the Ignite sessions in SD quality.
There's been a lot of buzz around Power BI recently. In a thoughtful summary, Chris Webb (@technitrain) shares his reflections on announcements across Power BI and SQL Server.
⚖️ Management and Governance
Alexandre Brisebois (@Brisebois) blogs about debugging Desired State Configuration DSC on Azure VMs and using Azure Resource Manager ARM to Deploy a Monster VM
On the Docker blog, John Willis writes part 10 of his Docker Tutorial, covering Docker Compose, which is also the subject of Carissa Karcher's blog recapping the Docker Compose 1.2 online meetup
Also on the Docker blog, Adam Herzog writes 'new Innovators Showcase DockerCon 2015'
On TechNet, The Scripting Guys writes Use PowerShell to Create Virtual Machine in Azure Part 5 and shares a Power Tip: Identify Extensions in Azure
On the Microsoft Openness site, Jose Miguel Parrella blogs about using bootstrap-vz to create an Azure-ready Debian 8 image
Haishi Bai writes a step by step guide to provisioning and managing a Deis cluster on Azure
Yung Chou (@yungchou) writes a Memorandum to IT Pros on Imperative vs. Declarative Scripting Models. This is prompted by the change from imperative to declarative scripting from Azure IaaS V1 to Azure IaaS V2
🖥️ Compute
- Marius Sandbu (@msandbu) covers implementing Citrix Netscaler on Azure
On the Windows IT Pro site, John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) answers the questions what is the default OS template size in Azure and can you mix single and multiNICs in an Azure VM?
If you want to catch up on, there's a Nano Server Team Channel 9 series for the purpose
🌐 Networking
On the Windows IT Pro site, John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) writes about encryption of ExpressRoute content
💡 Internet of Things
On MSDN, Steve Plank (@plankytronixx) talks in detail about Azure Web Sites/Web Apps and SSL
David Ebbo (@davidebbo) blogs about hooking up a scheduler to a WebJob
Still digging through the many Build videos on Channel 9, we've come across this useful one 'when bad things happen to good apps - troubleshooting applications on Azure App Service'
On GitHub, we've come across a sample card deck API from Build, to demonstrate API Apps
On Code Project, Vladimir Dorokhov writes about his Azure Redis Viewer Chrome Application for Azure Developers
⚙️ Data and Analytics
On the Azure blog, Andrew Hoh writes a taste of DocumentDB through our Query Playground
In episode 78 of the Azure podcast, Stuart Ozer, a Partner Group Program Manager with the Azure DB group, talks about the new preview of the Azure SQL DB Elastic Tools
From the PowerBI Team, a round up of what's new in Power BI this week
On the Falafel blog, Adam Anderson writes 'Azure HDInsight - What the Heck Is a Hadoop'
On the Revolution Analytics blog, David Smith (@revodavid) writes 'in-database R coming to SQL Server 2016'
📦 Storage
On the MSSQL Tips site, John Miner explains how to connect an Azure SQL Database to an On Premise SQL Server
Also on the MSSQL Tips site, Tim Smith explains how to automate Retrieving SQL Azure Bacpacs With PowerShell
Gaurav Mantri writes 'understanding Azure Premium Storage - a Developer perspective'
On MSDN, Jason Vallery shares a way of compressing your block blobs before storing them
On the Perficient blog, Joe Crabtree provides a quick summary of the Azure Bulk Import/Export service
On the Redmond magazine site, Jeffrey Schwartz writes that Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Slightly Edges Amazon S3 in the Latest Shootout
On the Windows IT Pro site, John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) answers the question does Azure Premium Storage use sparse storage?
Donovan Brown shares samples for getting your external IP address so you can set an Azure SQL Database Server Firewall Rule
🎬 Media
On Channel 9, Larry Larsen shares a Microsoft Hyperlapse video
On the Azure blog, Amit Rajput writes 'updates and UserVoice forum for Azure Media Player'
⚙️ Hybrid Integration
On the Kemp Technologies blog, Jeff Fisher shares a new free ebook on enabling Hybrid Cloud Solutions in Microsoft Azure
⚙️ Identity and Access Management
On TechNet, Paul Jones walks through Importing Azure AD information into your SEIM solution