Azure Weekly
Issue #319 - 11th April 2021
Let's start this week with two fascinating posts: Deepen the value chain for geospatial earth imagery on cloud using Azure Orbital and Building a balancing robot with Azure Sphere.
Next up, there's is now a Azure Static Web Apps CLI, you can now convert your favorite App Insights Workbooks, and also run Logic Apps in a Docker container.
There's a great interview with Mike Budzynski about API Management, a nice post from Stanislav Zhelyazkov with Tips on creating Azure policies for Azure SQL Databases, and from Alex Simons confidently modernize to cloud authentication with Azure AD staged rollout and the Azure Updates Team share the new Azure Cloud Services deployment model now generally available.
Finally, I wanted to apologise to Stephane Eyskens for accidentally misattributing someone else to his excellent post about The Azure Security Architect Map but to also highlight the book that he and Ed Price have written, called The Azure Cloud Native Architecture Mapbook - check it out!
⚙️ AI + Machine Learning
- On Tech Community blog, Wolfgang Pauli walks through Reducing the distance to your Azure ML remote compute jobs
🔎 Analytics
- On the Azure blog, Tom Keane (@tomwkeane) discusses how to Deepen the value chain for geospatial earth imagery on cloud using Azure Orbital
- The Azure Updates Team announces that Azure Data Factory just became generally available in two more regions
- On SQL Server Central, Diponkar Paul blogs about Reading Stored Procedure Output Parameters in Azure Data Factory
- On the Microsoft BI Tools blog, Joost van Rossum (@ssisjoost) runs through how to Hide activity input and output from log in Azure Data Factory
- Wee Hyong Tok runs through the Azure Data Factory Product April 2021 Updates - At a Glance
- Manoj Raheja explains how to Get Started with Azure Data Explorer using Apache Spark for Azure Synapse Analytics
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Fikrat Azizov explains how to Analyze real-time data streams with Azure Synapse Analytics and Cosmos DB
🖥️ Compute
- Barbara Forbes (@Ba4bes) explains how to Create a secure GitHub webhook to trigger an Azure PowerShell Function
- The Azure updates team announces that Azure Backup supports backup and restore of Azure Dedicated Host is generally available and Backup & restore of Azure VM Scale Sets with flexible orchestration is now supported in public preview
- Zachary Cavanell asks: Which Virtual Machine is best for your workload in Azure?
- On the Azure blog, Reza Rahman writes about New solutions for Oracle WebLogic on Azure Virtual Machines
🚢 Containers
- Geert Baeke (@GeertBaeke) discusses Using Kyverno for Kubernetes Policies
- Craig Peters (@peterscraig) is Busting the Myths around Kubernetes Deprecation of Dockershim
- Daniel Neumann (@neumanndaniel) walks through Detecting SNAT port exhaustion on Azure Kubernetes Service
- On SQL Server Central, Carla Abanes covers some Considerations for Running SQL Server on Kubernetes
🗄️ Databases
- Stanislav Zhelyazkov (@StanZhelyazkov) shares some Tips on creating Azure policies for Azure SQL Databases
- On SQL Server Central, Rajendra Gupta (@rajendragupta16) covers how to Query Audit data in Azure SQL Database using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Mark Brown provides an Intro to Cosmos DB
🛠️ Developer Tools
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) writes about Az Next – An AI-powered interactive assistant Azure CLI
🔩 DevOps
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Martina Hiemstra talks about Delivery Plans 2.0 – We got Style
- Steven Murawski (@StevenMurawski) runs through Building Your First GitHub Action
- On Channel 9, Victoria Almazova talks about DevSecOps: bringing security into your DevOps practice on Azure Azure Enablement
- Travis Roberts (@Ciraltos) covers Azure DevOps Pipeline and Image Builder
- Sharon Hart describes Controlled Automated Blue-Green Deployment with Azure App Service Slots
- Shiran Rubin runs through how to Leverage Azure DevOps pipelines to build Python packages.
🧬 Hybrid
- The Azure Updates Team announces Azure Monitor container insights support for Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes extension model
🎭 Identity
- Alex Simons (@Alex_A_Simons) highlights how to Confidently modernize to cloud authentication with Azure AD staged rollout and Azure AD Verifiable Credentials
- Anthony Bartolo (@WirelessLife) provides an AzUpdate: AD FS sign-in activity in Azure AD reporting, Azure Cost Management updates and more
- Luise Freese highlights the Microsoft Graph Fundamentals learning path
- Veera Reddy Gangala describes Configuring On-Premise data gateway with new user in Azure AD tenant
- Inderjit Rana provides Guidance for using Azure Storage Explorer with Azure AD authorization for Azure Storage Data Access
🔌 Integration
- Veera Reddy Gangala describes the Logic App utility to perform bulk operations on workflow runs
- On the Codit blog, Tom Kerkhove (@TomKerkhove) runs through Monitoring Azure Service Bus Topic Subscriptions
- Michael Crump (@mbcrump) walks through How to run Logic Apps in a Docker container
💡 Internet of Things
- On Channel 9, Scott Hanselman & Mike Hall walks through Building a balancing robot with Azure Sphere
- Jonatan Meczyk discusses IoT Asset discovery based on FW logs
📚 Learning
- Tobias Zimmergren & Jussi Roine (@CtrlAltAzure) discuss: So you want to become an Azure developer? Get the AZ-204!
- Travis Roberts (@Ciraltos) discusses his Experience with the AZ-140 Exam
⚖️ Management and Governance
- On PowerShell Magazine, Ravikanth Chaganti (@ravikanth) provides an Introduction to PowerShell for Azure Resource Manager
- The Azure updates team is Announcing platform support migration of Azure Cloud Services classic to Azure Resource Manager, that the New Azure Cloud Services deployment model now generally available, that Azure Purview is now available in the Central India region and finally that Azure Automation is now available in South India
- Brad Watts walks through Exploring Anomalies with Log Analytics using KQL
- Carter Socha explains how to Convert your favorite App Insights Workbooks
- Mark Heath (@mark_heath) walks through Deploying an Azure Function App with Bicep
- Trevor Davis (@vtrevordavis) runs through how to Deploy Azure VMware Solution
- Thomas Thornton (@tamstar1234) covers Importing Terraform state at scale in Azure
- Joonas Westlin (@JoonasWestlin) walks through how to Track activity and sub-orchestrator progress in Azure Durable Functions orchestrators
🚌 Migration
- On Channel 9, Mohamed Kabiruddin (@mdkabir) talks about how to Get Started with the New Database Migration Guides to Migrate Your Databases to Azure
- On the Whizlabs blog, Sudip Sengupta explains How to Migrate Your On-Prem SQL Server DB to Azure Cloud
- Also on Channel 9, Steven Murawski and Damian Brady discuss Migrating to App Service
- On the Azure Developer Community Blog, Stephane Eyskens (@stephaneeyskens) talks about The Azure Data Architecture Map
- On the Azure blog, Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) talks about how to Leverage enterprise-scale reference implementations for your cloud adoption
- On Tech Community blog, Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) highlights the Cloud Adoption Framework Enterprise-Scale Series and Livestream
- Aidan Finn (@joe_elway) walks through Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – March 2021 Edition
📱 Mobile
- On Channel 9, Maddy Leger (@maddyleger1) talks about A Journey to .NET MAUI
- Also on Channel 9, Maksym Koshovyi talks about App Localization (Xamarin Community Toolkit)
🔐 Security
- The Azure Updates Team runs through the Azure Security Center public preview updates for March 2021 and the Azure Security Center general availability updates for March 2021
- Charbel Nemnom (@charbelnemnom) delves into Monitor Azure Storage Account Activity Log With Azure Sentinel
- Younes Khaldi describes How to use Azure Sentinel for Incident Response, Orchestration and Automation
- Hesham Saad describes Group-IB Threat Intelligence and Attribution Connector in Azure Sentinel
- On Channel 9, David Trigano and David Brookler discuss Granular Permissions for Azure SQL Dynamic Data Masking
- Pierre Roman (@pierreroman) walks through Leveraging PowerShell SecretManagement to generalize a demo environment
📦 Storage
- Andrew Coughlin describes Single Forest Multiple Domain Setup Troubleshooting
🔗 Web
- On the Azure podcast, Mike Budzynski (@mbudzynski) discusses API Management
- On the DEV site, Anthony Chu (@nthonyChu) talks about Azure Static Web Apps
- Sajeetharan Sinnathurai explains how to Publish an Angular Application to Azure static web apps with Azure Devops
- Anthony Chu (@nthonyChu) introduces The Azure Static Web Apps CLI
- The Azure Updates Team announces that the Updated App Service Authentication portal experience is now generally available
- On Code Project, Dashaun Carter lists 5 Reasons Redis Enterprise on Azure is the Right Move for App Developers
- Arjav Dave (@arjavdave) runs through How to Set Up Azure CDN For Lower Latency and Bandwidth Consumption
💻 Windows Virtual Desktop
- The Azure Updates Team announces that Azure Monitor for Windows Virtual Desktop is generally available and that the Start VM on connect feature for Windows Virtual Desktop is in public preview