Azure Weekly
Issue #287 - 9th August 2020
On the endjin blog, Ed Freeman explains how to deploy an Azure Synapse Analytics workspace using an ARM Template. On the Azure blog, the updates team has announced that Azure Data Lake Storage lifecycle management is now generally available.
Jeremy Winter has written a blog about why you should prioritize datacenter discovery and readiness assessments to accelerate cloud migration, and Thomas Stringer provides some Azure CLI tips & tricks.
Elsewhere, Matt Cooper highlights that you can now update Azure Repos default branch name. Jay Gordon runs through how to create a static web site using blob storage. Finally Lior Kamrat highlights the new Azure Arc Jumpstart Repo on GitHub, which aims to get you up and running with Azure Arc as swiftly as possible.
⚙️ AI + Machine Learning
- On Channel 9, Seth Juarez (@sethjuarez) discusses what's new with Neural Text to Speech with Qinying Liao
- On the Azure blog, The Azure updates team highlights the Custom Translator upgrade and Regional data residency
🔎 Analytics
- On the endjin blog, Ed Freeman (@edfreeman_) explains how to Deploy an Azure Synapse Analytics workspace using an ARM Template
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Fikrat Azizov explains how to Create Azure Data Factory inventory using Databricks
- The Azure updates team highlights some name changes in Azure Analytics Data Bricks Meters
- Also on the MSSQL Tips site, Koen Verbeeck (@Ko_Ver) discusses how to Copy Data from and to Snowflake with Azure Data Factory
🖥️ Compute
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) explains how to Add ISO DVD Drive to a Hyper-V VM using PowerShell
- Praveen Kumar Sreeram (@PrawinSreeram) discusses Azure Functions, Timer Triggers and Configurable Scheduled Expressions
🚢 Containers
- Steve Buchanan (@buchatech) explores Kubernetes resource view Preview in AKS
- On the Azure blog, The Azure updates team annnounces that Kubernetes resource view is in public preview
🗄️ Databases
- The Azure updates team has made a host of announcements:
Azure SQL Database gateways changes effective September 2020,
Backup storage cost savings for Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance,
Large storage for Azure Database for MariaDB,
No downtime indexing updates in Azure Cosmos DB,
SQL Server FCI on Shared Disks for SQL Server on virtual machines,
Azure Cosmos DB Management with PowerShell cmdlets is in public preview,
Azure Cosmos DB: Azure CLI support for autoscale
and Additional Azure SQL Database gateways changes effective September 10, 2020 - On Channel 9, Anna Hoffman (@AnalyticAnna) gives an Introduction to Azure SQL for beginners with Bob Ward and, also with Bob Ward, Anna Hoffman and Marisa Brasile talk about Learning How to Transition Your SQL Server Skills to Azure SQL
- Mike Donnelly (@SQLMD) talks about why Cosmos DB SQL is Not SQL
- On the Azure SQL Database blog, Dimitri Furman writes about the Compute-optimized Fsv2 hardware in Azure SQL Database
- Also on the Azure SQL Database blog, Davide Mauri (@mauridb) walks through Building a REST API with Python, Flask and Azure SQL
- On the Azure blog, Gayle Sheppard announces some New Azure SQL Learning Tools help reduce the global technology skills gap
- And, on the Azure SQL Database blog, Marisa Brasile delves further into the New Azure SQL Learning Tools
🛠️ Developer Tools
- The Azure updates team highlights that The Azure IoT Node.js SDK has released a new long term support LTS branch
🔩 DevOps
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Ron L'Esteve discusses Using Azure DevOps CI CD to Deploy Azure Data Factory Environments
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Matt Cooper (@vtbassmatt) talks about how Azure Devops now allows you to update your Azure Repos default branch name
- Also on the Microsoft DevOps blog, Steven Murawski (@StevenMurawski) lists the Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community
- On Channel 9, Abel Wang (@abelsquidhead) talks about Performance in a DevOps World with Tim Koopmans
- Sacha Barber walks through Restoring from an Azure Artifacts NuGet feed from inside a Docker Build
🧬 Hybrid
- On Channel 9, Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) introduces The next generation of Azure Stack HCI with Cosmos Darwin
- On the Azure SQL Database blog, urmilano walks through Configuring backup storage redundancy in Azure SQL Managed Instance
🎭 Identity
- On .NET Rocks, Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell (@carlfranklin and @richcampbell) discuss Adding Identity to Your Applications with Christos Matskas and John Patrick Dandison
- Matthew Soucoup (@CodeMillMatt) writes: Let's Talk About Azure AD and Microsoft Identity Platform
🔌 Integration
- On the Azure blog, Ashish Chhabria (@ashishc1) announces a preview of Java Message Service 2.0 over AMQP on Azure Service Bus
- The Azure updates team highlights updates which can Simplify and Modernize your Java and Spring workloads with Azure Service Bus
- Sacha Barber discusses Azure Event Hubs With Kafka
💡 Internet of Things
- On the Azure SQL Database blog, Dimitri Furman describes Scaling up an IoT workload using an M-series Azure SQL database
⚖️ Management and Governance
- The Azure updates team has made a lot of announcements:
Azure Monitor for containers with Azure Portal now supports Kubernetes resource view,
Audit Logs of Azure Monitor logs queries now available,
Azure Advisor Quick Fix is now available,
Upcoming billing changes to Azure Bandwidth,
Configurable backup storage redundancy option for Azure SQL Managed Instance,
Azure France has achieved GSMA accreditation
and Selective disks backup for Azure Virtual Machine is in public preview - Adam Listek blogs about Microsoft Azure for Free
- On the DEV site, Jay Gordon (@jaydestro) discusses Azure Regions, AZ's and SLAs with Chloe Condon
- Daniel Neumann (@neumanndaniel) explains how to Deploy an AKS cluster using managed identity and managed Azure AD integration on Terraform
- Tobias Zimmergren & Jussi Roine (@CtrlAltAzure) discuss how to Optimize your workloads with the Azure Well-Architected Framework
- Tao Yang (@MrTaoYang) highlights a Video on integrating Terraform Enterprise with CI/CD Pipeline
🎬 Media
- Adam Listek describes How to Set Up a WordPress Blog in Microsoft Azure
- Pixel Robots. highlights that Azure Icons Are Now Available To Download
- Dave Ruijter (@daveruijter) walks through Working with Azure icons in draw.io (diagrams.net)
🚌 Migration
- The Azure updates team announces that Azure Data Explorer LightIngest now supports actual creation time for historical data migration
- On the Azure podcast, Levi Romandine discusses CSAs and the challenges these customers encounter when moving to Azure
- On the Azure blog, Jeremy Winter describes why you should Prioritize datacenter discovery and readiness assessments to accelerate cloud migration
📱 Mobile
- The Azure updates team announces that App Service: .NET Framework 4.8 Support is now available
🔐 Security
- The Azure updates team walks through the Azure Security Center News and updates for July 2020
📦 Storage
- The Azure updates team announces New regions added for Azure Blob storage object replication public preview and that you can now Configure backup for Azure file shares directly from the file share blade
- Charbel Nemnom (@charbelnemnom) talks about how to Backup Azure File Shares Snapshots to a Separate Storage Account for Disaster Recovery
- On the DEV site, Jay Gordon (@jaydestro) has released two AzureFunBytes episodes on: How to setup Azure Blob Storage and Azure Storage
- The Azure updates team announces that Azure Data Lake Storage lifecycle management is now generally available
🔗 Web
- Also on the DEV site, Jay Gordon (@jaydestro) covers How to create a static web site using blob storage
- Matthew Soucoup (@CodeMillMatt) explains how to Authenticate a ASP.NET Core Web App With Microsoft.Identity.Web
- On the DEV site, Jen Looper (@jenlooper) has released the Azure Maya Mystery Part II: The Mysterious Cenote
- On the Azure Developer Community Blog, Morgan Mitchell (@livelovegeek) blogs about The Secrets of Popular APIs
📚 Learning
- On the DEV site, Jay Gordon (@jaydestro) highlights that you can now view all of the Azure Fundamental Tutorials
- Gregor Suttie (@gregor_suttie) shares a study guide for DP-900 Azure Data Fundamentals
- Adam Marczak (@MarczakIO) talks about AZ-900 - Resources, Resource Groups & Resource Manager
- Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) describes a QA and Testers learning path for Cloud - Microsoft Azure version
💻 Windows Virtual Desktop
- Christiaan Brinkhoff (@Brinkhoff_C) explains how to Optimize your Windows 10 single and multi-session images with the new Windows Virtual Desktop Optimization Tool
- Travis Roberts (@Ciraltos) blogs about Monitoring Windows Virtual Desktop Spring Update with Log Analytics