Azure Weekly
Issue #295 - 11th October 2020
This week, Anthony van der Hoorn has appeared on DotNetRocks to discuss GitHub Codespaces.
On the endjin blog, James Broome asks: "Does Azure Synapse Link redefine the meaning of full stack serverless?", and Carmel Eve walks through how to update your Microsoft Authenticator App for a work/school account. And on our YouTube channel, James talks through detecting Anomalies in IoT Telemetry with Azure Synapse.
And the Azure Updates Team has announced that Azure Data Lake Storage immutable storage, and Azure Data Lake Storage static website features are now in preview.
The latest episode of the Ctrl+Alt+Azure podcast takes a first look at Azure Communication Services, to see what you can do with it. Did you know you can manage pre-releases Azure Services using Azure Preview Features? That was news to me too! Another interesting read is Microsoft's Best practices for defending Azure Virtual Machines. Finally, in case you missed it, on the Azure Podcast Jeffery Palermo runs through the book of news from Microsoft Ignite 2020.
⚙️ AI + Machine Learning
- On the Azure blog, Erez Barak talks about how Azure Machine Learning helps customers stay ahead of challenges
- On Channel 9, Jeremy Howard (@jeremyphoward) talks about AI Applications Without a PhD
- Also on Channel 9, Clark Rahig (@crahrig) talks about GPU Accelerated Machine Learning with WSL 2
- On the DEV site, Tomomi Imura provides a Beginners Guide to MS Teams Development: Bots
- Adam Jackson (@adamj89) gives a Cloud Skills Show recap
- Jay Gordon (@jaydestro) blogs about Azure Artificial Intellegence w/ WirelessLife
- Prachi Jain explains how to Deliver AI-powered application search with Azure Cognitive Search and BA Insight
🔎 Analytics
- On the endjin blog, James Broome asks: Does Azure Synapse Link redefine the meaning of full stack serverless?
- On the endjin YouTube channel, James Broome discusses Detecting Anomalies in IoT Telemetry with Azure Synapse
- The Azure updates team announces New analytics and windowing capabilities in Stream Analytics and highlights how Analysis Services Tabular improves MDX query performance in the cloud
- On the Microsoft BI Tools blog, Joost van Rossum (@ssisjoost) talks about how to Pause all/an Azure Synapse SQL Pool(s)
🖥️ Compute
- The Azure updates team announces New Azure Spot Virtual Machines features
- On the DEV site, Justin Yoo (@justinchronicle) writes about 3 Ways to Map APEX Domains to Azure Functions
- June Castillote (@junecastillote) walks through Creating Your First Azure PowerShell Function App
🚢 Containers
- The Azure updates team announces that Azure Monitor for containers now supports monitoring of Network configurations with Network Policy Manager Preview and some new Pricing and service updates for Azure Red Hat OpenShift
- Daniel Neumann (@neumanndaniel) talks about the Azure Kubernetes Service Microsoft Ignite announcements
🗄️ Databases
- The Azure updates team announces that Reserved capacity on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale is now available
- On Channel 9, Silvano Coriani (@scoriani) talks about Azure SQL Capacity Planning: Scenarios
- Thomas Thornton (@tamstar1234) discusses how to Query Azure SQL Database using Service Principal with PowerShell
- John Miner (@JohnMiner3) discusses Azure Database for MySQL
- Mohammed Moinudheen discusses Auto Scaling Azure SQL DB using Automation runbooks
- On the DEV site, Davide Mauri (@mauridb) blogs about Promises, Node, Tedious, Azure SQL. Oh My!
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Nai Biao Zhou blogs about Adding Custom Stored Procedure Templates to SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio 2019
- On the Hanu blog, Dave Sasson writes about Why Development Teams Should Chose Azure SQL for Their Next Project
🛠️ Developer Tools
- On .NET Rocks, Anthony van der Hoorn (@anthony_vdh) talks about GitHub Codespaces
- On ZDNet, Liam Tung (@LiamT) discusses: VS Code gets this new Edge tools extension
🔩 DevOps
- On the Daily Dot Net Tips blog, Abhijit Jana (@AbhijitJana) discusses Org Level Default branch name for repos in Azure DevOps, Copy Child Work Items in Azure DevOps and lists 10 Azure DevOps Work Items Tips & Tricks that you should know
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Kenneth Omorodion covers Creating Azure DevOps Analytics metrics in Power BI using Pre-Built Analytics Views
- The Azure updates team announces that Azure Repos adds a default branch at the org-level
- Also on the DEV site, Justin Yoo (@justinchronicle) explains how to Build and Lint Bicep Codes within CI/CD Pipelines: GitHub Actions & ARM Template Toolkit
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Dan Hellem blogs about Removing Assigned To Rule from Bug
- Gloridel Morales announces: Azure DevOps Server 2020 RTW now available
- Steven Murawski (@StevenMurawski) lists the Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community
- On Channel 9, Frank Boucher (@FBoucheros) talks about Azure DevOps With ARM Templates
- On the Azure Developer Community Blog, Tanmayee Kamath talks about Disk Encryption for DevTest Labs
- Kevin Chant writes about some Common questions about migrating to Azure DevOps for SQL Server deployments
- On the Azure blog, Samit Jhaveri walks through Enabling resilient DevOps practices with code to cloud automation
- Marcel Zehner (@marcelzehner) highlights that The live stream recording "More complex ARM templates" is now available
🧬 Hybrid
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) highlights a Free Microsoft Azure Hybrid Cloud Virtual Event, explains How to add an Azure Arc enabled SQL Server and discusses the Azure Stack Hub Partner Solutions Series – Umbrellar
- On the Azure blog, Ahmed Sabbour writes about Lower prices and more flexible purchase options for Azure Red Hat OpenShift
- On Channel 9, Srdan Bozovic discusses Global VNet Peering Support for Azure SQL Managed Instance
- Aidan Finn (@joe_elway) provides An Introduction to Azure ExpressRoute Architecture
🎭 Identity
- On the endjin blog, Carmel Eve (@Carmel_Eve) describes How to update your Microsoft Authenticator App for a work/school account
💡 Internet of Things
- Sander van de Velde walks through Connecting child devices to the Azure IoT transparent Edge gateway
- On Microsoft Security blog, Teri Seals-Dormer writes about Why we invite security researchers to hack Azure Sphere
- Christoph Berlin explains How the Azure nested edge securely unlocks value from manufacturing data
- Sam George (@samjgeorge) discusses IoT Signals Research, edition 2: global insights for 2020 and beyond
📚 Learning
- On the DEV site, Adam Jackson (@adamj89) talks about how to Become an AI Edge Engineer with Microsoft Learn and University of Oxford
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) walks through how he Passed AZ-303 and AZ-304 Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect
- Adam Marczak (@MarczakIO) continues his AZ-900 walkthrough - Azure Security Groups, Network and Application Security Groups NSG, ASG
⚖️ Management and Governance
- Aidan Finn (@joe_elway) covers Monitoring & Alerting for Windows Defender in Azure VMs
- On the Azure blog, Saket Gupta explains how to Optimize your Azure workloads with Azure Advisor Score
- Pixel Robots. explains how to Stop and Start an Azure Virtual Machine
- The Azure updates team describes how Microsoft plans to establish new cloud datacenter region in Greece, highlights that you should Review your applications to avoid service disruption during Azure changes and announces that Azure NetApp Files Manual QoS Capacity Pool is in Public Preview
- Also on the DEV site, Jay Gordon (@jaydestro) discusses Azure Datacenters, Regions, AZ's and SLA's
- On the Daily Dot Net Tips blog, Abhijit Jana (@AbhijitJana) explains how to Manage pre-releases Azure Services using Azure Preview Features
- Alan Kinane (@Azure_Alan) walks through Changing virtual machine regions with Azure Resource Mover
- On the Azure Developer Community Blog, George Grammatikos (@cloudopszone) describes Azure Automation: Scale-Down VM Size
- Yung Chou (@yungchou) talks about Deploying Azure VM with a VHD file
🎬 Media
- The Azure updates team announces that Azure Communication Services SMS and Telephony is now available in Public Preview
- Tobias Zimmergren & Jussi Roine (@CtrlAltAzure) provide a First look at Azure Communication Services
- On the DEV site, Aaron Powell (@slace) discusses Building a Video Chat App, Part 1 - Setup using Azure Communication Services.
🚌 Migration
- On the Azure blog, Navneet Joneja blogs about how Microsoft partners expand the range of mission-critical applications you can run on Azure
- On Channel 9, Tyler Ellison talks about Leveraging Azure and building startups in Green Bay
- Aidan Finn (@joe_elway) discusses Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure
📱 Mobile
- The Azure updates team highlights that the Dark theme is now available for the Azure mobile app
🌐 Networking
- The Azure updates team announces that Standard Load Balancer and Public IP addresses support resource group move
- On Channel 9, Erich Robinson-Tillenburg talks about Azure Load Balancer insights using Azure Monitor for Networks
- Travis Roberts (@Ciraltos) writes about Static Public Source IP in Azure with Network Address Translation (NAT) Gateway
🔐 Security
- Dave Rendón (@DaveRndn) explains how to Connect Kemp LoadMaster data to Azure Sentinel
- Jeff Christman describes How to Enable and Configure Azure JIT for VMs
- On Microsoft Security blog, Teri Seals-Dormer lists some Best practices for defending Azure Virtual Machines
📦 Storage
- The Azure updates team announces new lower pricing for Azure Files premium tier, highlights Azure Blob – Soft Delete for Containers preview region expansion and announces that Azure Data Lake Storage immutable storage is now in preview
🔗 Web
- On the Azure blog, Naga Surendran writes about how 'Microsoft is a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management'
- The Azure updates team announces that Azure Data Lake Storage static website is now in preview
- Gunnar Peipman (@gpeipman) runs through Running ASP.NET Core 5 RC applications on Azure App Service
- On the Azure blog, Skyler Hartle (@skylerhartle) describes Three ways serverless APIs can accelerate enterprise innovation
💻 Windows Virtual Desktop
- Nicholas Rogoff (@nrogoff) blogs about how to Set Drain mode on VMs in a Windows Virtual Desktop Host Pool with PowerShell