Azure Weekly
Issue #32 - 27th June 2015
This week, Azure announced extended data store support for Azure Data Factory, which can now copy data from MySQL, DB2, Sybase, PostgreSQL and Teradata to Azure blob storage or Azure SQL Database.
Version 2.0 of the Azure Desired State Configuration (DSC) Extension was released, with fixes for ARM deployments and improvements for DSC configurations that reboot the VM.
Steve Guggenheimer has announced an update to the BizSpark Plus program, with $120,000 of free Azure cloud services available to eligible startups each year from 1 July.
⚖️ Management and Governance
- On C# Corner, Deepak Jain explains how to Create and Access a Azure Virtual Machine
Michael S. Collier provides guidance on how to Lock Down Your Azure Resources with Role Based Access Control
- Rajinder Singh (@rajsinghper) describes how to migrate from Standard Azure Virtual Machines to DS Series Storage Optimized VMs
Stuart Preston (@stuartpreston) announces that he's writing a book all about using Chef with Microsoft Azure
On the Docker blog, John Willis writes part 12 of his Docker tutorial, covering Kitematic
On Channel 9, Corey Sanders (@CoreySandersWA) talks about using Scale Sets in ARM templates
Also on Channel 9, Marcel Zehner talks about Azure Automation in action
Alexandre Brisebois (@brisebois) writes about locking an Azure VM using an ARM template
🖥️ Compute
Jen Underwood (@idigdata) writes about the Data Governance Series by Microsoft Trustworthy Computing
An old post - but a very useful subject: Step-By-Step: Recovering a Lost Azure VM Admin Password by Anthony Bartolo
Freek Berson (@fberson) talks about managing your Azure RemoteApp application landscape using FSLogix Apps.
On the Windows IT Pro site, John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) answers the question are there limits on the mixing of singleNIC and multiNIC VMs in Resource Groups? and Orin Thomas makes the case for needing better VM checkpoint functionality in Azure
Donovan Brown explains how to setup a SonarQube server in Azure
In case you missed it, it's now possible to receive Azure incident information programatically or through email alerts using the Microsoft.Azure.Insights nuget package
On Channel 9, Maarten Goet talks about some of the new features and functionality in Azure IaaS
🌐 Networking
On the Windows IT Pro site, John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) answers the question can I use Azure Traffic Manager to balance traffic for FTP/other services
Michael Coutanche writes about some recent work that involved changing an Azure VPN Gateway SKU from Default to High Performance
💡 Internet of Things
On Channel 9, Scott Hanselman presents a session on the HTTP Platform Handler, an IIS8+ module which allows Azure to run Java but also provides a generic reverse proxy mechanism for IIS both in and outside of Azure. Scott also presents a session on Azure Web App Log Streaming
In case you missed it, custom-domain capability for Web Apps is now generally available
Kunal Chowdhury writes an introduction to Azure Mobile Services
Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) blogs about CloudFlare security for websites, a topic he has also produced a Pluralsight course on
'Vinoth' shares his slides from the ioT With Azure Enterprise Cloud Road Show 2015
Nino Crudele (@ninocrudele) blogs about making an API App which communicates with Event Hubs
⚙️ Data and Analytics
On the Azure blog, Harish Kumar Agarwal - Senior Program Manager - Azure Data Factory, announces that Azure Data Factory now supports MySql, Sybase, PostgreSQL and Teradata
On Channel 9, there's a short intro to getting started with HBase in HDInsight
📦 Storage
On the MSSQL Tips site, Tim Smith cautions that Azure SQL Version 12 restore times take longer and suggests some tips for dealing with this
On MSDN, Stefan Keir Gordon writes about storing data securely in Azure Blob Storage with Azure Encryption Extensions
On the Wintellect blog, Rik Robinson writes a guide to adding a message to an Azure Queue
🎬 Media
On the Azure blog, Mingfei Yan, Senior Program Manager - Azure Media Services, announces support for Winevine through a partnership with castLabs
⚙️ Hybrid Integration
Josh Kealiher provides a guide covering Microsoft Azure Stack, Windows Azure Pack Installation Prerequisites – Services and Applications (Part 1)
⚙️ Identity and Access Management
On Brisbane Cloud User Group blog, AaronW (@aaronw2003) writes a comparison of Microsoft Azure Active Directory basic vs Azure Active Directory Premium
On the Windows IT Pro site, John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) answers the question does Active Directory keep a log of all machines a user logs onto?
On MSDN, Tom Hollander writes about authenticating to Azure Resource Manager using AAD and certificates