Azure Weekly Issue 334: 1st August 2021
I returned from two weeks' holiday on Friday, where I had been vaguely successful at having a "digital detox" to discover the sad news that Abel Wang had died. I would look forward to finding new content from Abel for the newsletter; it was always engaging, informative and enjoyable to watch. My thoughts go to his family, friends, and colleagues. There's been a huge outpouring on social media, which just goes to show the positive impact he had in our community and beyond. He will be missed. RIP Abel.
This week, the Azure Updates Team have announced that immutable storage with versioning for Blob Storage is now in public preview. Also on the Azure blog, the team also discusses optimize your cloud spend with Azure and Kristen Hicks describes advancing your financial services strategy with Azure sustainability.
On the Dev blog, April Edwards compares Azure Static Web Apps, Azure WebApps and Azure Blob Storage Static Sites. On Visual Studio Magazine, David Ramel discusses how Microsoft is replacing Xamarin Toolkits with New .NET MAUI alternatives. Elsewhere, Hayley Ding describes how to import an Azure Function App to Azure API Management programmatically, and Dennes Torres runs through how to query blob storage with SQL using Azure Synapse.
AI + Machine Learning
Covering: Anomaly detector, Azure Bot Service, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Open Datasets, Bing APIs, Cognitive Services, Computer Vision, Content moderator, Custom vision, Data Science Virtual Machines, Face, Form Recogniser, Immersive Reader, Ink Recogniser, Language Understanding (LUIS), Machine Learning Studio, Microsoft Genomics, ML.NET, Personaliser, Project Cortex, QnA Maker, Speaker Recognition, Speech-to-Text, Speech translation, Text Analytics, Text to Speech , Translator Speech, Translator Text
- On the DEV site, Chloe Condon (@ChloeCondon) walks through Making Bots with the Azure Portal
- On Code Project, Mehreen Tahir discusses AI-Enhanced Data Science with Azure Synapse Analytics - Part 2: Setting up Workspaces and a Linked Service and Part 3: Training and Using Models and Enriching Data
Analytics
Covering: Apache Spark for HDInsight, Apache Storm for HDInsight, Azure Analysis Services, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Data Share, Azure Databricks, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Catalog, Data Factory, Data Lake Analytics, Event Hubs, HDInsight, .NET for Apache Spark, R Server for HDInsight, Azure Purview
- On the Codit blog, Erwin Govaerts discusses Predicting the outcome of UEFA EURO 2020 with React and Microsoft Azure
- On SQL Server Central, Diponkar Paul asks: Why Power Query as an Activity in Azure Data Factory and SSIS?
- On SQL Server Central, Dennes Torres explains How to query blob storage with SQL using Azure Synapse
Compute
Covering: Azure CycleCloud, Azure Dedicated Host, Azure Functions, Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple, Batch, Cloud Services, Linux Virtual Machines, SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances, Service Fabric, Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets
- On Code Project, Duncan Edwards Jones (@Merrion) discusses Event Sourcing on Azure Functions
- John-Mark Agosta writes about Python in the Cloud
- Simon Waight (@simonwaight) explains how to Generate a PowerPoint file using Azure Functions and Python
- On Channel 9, Mariia Mykhailova (@tcNickolas) talks about Quantum programming with Q# and running on hardware with Azure Quantum
- Travis Roberts (@Ciraltos) discusses Azure Virtual Machine, Gen 1 or Gen 2?
Containers
Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, CNAB, CNCF, Container Instances, Container Registry, Porter, WSL, Web App for Containers
- The Service Fabric team highlights the Azure Service Fabric 8.1 Release and the Azure Service Fabric 8.0 Third Refresh Release
Databases
Covering: Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for MariaDB, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Database Edge, Azure Cache for Redis, SQL Data Warehouse, SQL Server on virtual machines, SQL Server Stretch Database, Table storage
- On SQL Server Central, Arindam Mondal describes the Upsert Operation in Cosmos DB using Azure Data Factory
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Ron L'Esteve discusses Planning for a Cloud Data Warehouse Project
Developer Tools
Covering: App Configuration, Azure Lab Services, CLIs, Developer tool integrations, SDKs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio Online
- The Azure Updates Team announces that Azure Stream Analytics Tools for Visual Studio Code are generally available
- Nick Rimmer walks through Getting Started with the Azure Cloud Shell
DevOps
Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, Azure DevTest Labs, DevOps tool integrations
- Barbara Forbes (@Ba4bes) explains how to Migrate Azure DevOps repos with PowerShell
- On the Perficient blog, Piyush Tambe explains How to Set Up a Pull Request in Azure DevOps
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, The Devops Dojo talks about People & Teams
- Amanda Silver (@amandaksilver) discusses Whats Coming for Developers
Hybrid
Covering: Azure Arc, Azure Stack
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Rob Sewell (@sqldbawithbeard) describes Azure Arc Enabled Data Services
- On The Azure Podcast, Lior Kamrat talks aboutAzure Arc on Episode 387.
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory (AD), Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure Active Directory Domain Services
- The Azure Updates Team announces that Azure Active Directory support for Azure Relay is now in public preview
- Yannick Reekmans (@yannickreekmans) explains how to Use Azure Identity SDK to access data with a Managed Identity
- Damien Bowden (@damien_bod) discusses Securing ASP.NET Core Razor Pages, Web APIs with Azure B2C external and Azure AD internal identities
- On the Redmond magazine site, John Waters highlights that Active Directory Support for Azure Relay is now in public preview
- On Channel 9, David Pless (@dpless) and Anna Hoffman discuss Azure SQL VM: Caching and Storage Capping
- Alberto Gorni blogs about Event Hub Kafka endpoint Azure AD Authentication using C#
Integration
Covering: Azure API for FHIR, Event Grid, Logic Apps, Service Bus
- Luise Freese covers The friendly SMS reminder with Logic Apps, Azure Functions + Key Vault
- John Kilmister (@johnkilmister) blogs about Getting Started with Serverless SignalR and Azure Functions
- Scarlett Liu blogs about Event Hub – Lab tests about send events in batch using JavaScript
Internet of Things
Covering: Azure Digital Twins, Azure IoT Central, Azure IoT Edge, Azure IoT Hub, Azure IoT solution accelerators, Azure Maps, Azure Sphere, Azure Time Series Insights, IoT DevKit, WildernessLabs, Windows 10 IoT Core Services
- Sander van de Velde describes Azure Log Analytics integration for Azure IoT Edge metrics
- Karl Davies-Barrett (@azurejedi) covers Azure Percept DK : The one about AI Model possibilities
- The Azure Sphere Team announces that Azure Sphere SDK version 21.07 Update 1 is now available
Learning
Covering: Microsoft Certifications, Azure Certifications, Microsoft Learning Paths, Certification Pathway Information
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) highlights Microsoft enterprise training and free Microsoft certification exam
- Timothy Warner (@TechTrainerTim) discusses How to Become an Azure Certified Network Engineer - Exam AZ-700
Management and Governance
Covering: Automation, Azure Advisor, Azure Backup, Azure Blueprints, Azure Lighthouse, Azure Managed Applications, Azure mobile app, Azure Monitor, Azure Policy, Azure Resource Manager, Azure Service Health, Azure Site Recovery, Cloud Shell, Cost Management, Microsoft Azure portal, Scheduler, Azure Purview
- The Azure Updates Team announces that Azure Site Recovery update rollup 56 is now generally available - July 2021 and that VMware Site Recovery Manager is now generally available for Azure VMware Solution
- On the Azure blog, Michael Flanakin (@flanakin) covers the Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – July 2021
- Charbel Nemnom (@charbelnemnom) explains how to Enable Azure Backup on VMs using Azure Policy
- Scarlett Liu covers Using Java programming to Deploy Azure Lighthouse templates
- Sarah Lean (@TechieLass) describes how to Monitor SSL Certificates with Azure Monitor
- Meagan Longoria (@mmarie) shares some Thoughts on Unique Resource Names in Azure
- Also on the Azure blog, The Azure Team (@azure) explains how to Optimize your cloud spend with Azure
- Tobias Zimmergren & Jussi Roine (@CtrlAltAzure) ask: What's up with Application Insights?
- Hannes Lagler-Gruener highlights a New YouTube session on Azure ARM development
- Charbel Nemnom (@charbelnemnom) explains how to Enable FTPS on Azure App Services with Azure Policy and how to Enable HTTPS on Azure App Services with Azure Policy
Media
Covering: Azure Media Player, Content Protection, Encoding, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Media Analytics, Media Services, Video Indexer
Migration
Covering: Azure Database Migration Service, Azure Migrate, Data Box
- On the Azure blog, Kristen Hicks blogs about Advancing your financial services strategy with Azure sustainability
Mobile
Covering: App Service (Mobile), Mobile apps, Notification Hubs, Visual Studio App Centre, Xamarin
- On Visual Studio Magazine - Blogs, David Ramel (@dramel) highlights that Microsoft Replaces Xamarin Toolkits with New .NET MAUI Alternatives
Networking
Covering: Application Gateway, Azure Bastion, Azure DNS, Azure ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Azure Firewall Manager, Azure Front Door, Azure Internet Analyzer, Azure Private Link, Content Delivery Network, Load Balancer, Network Watcher, Traffic Manager, Virtual Network, Virtual WAN, VPN Gateway, Web Application Firewall
- The Azure Updates Team announces that 3 New Peering Locations are Available in Azure ExpressRoute
- On the DEV site, Yan Jin explains how to Protect Your SignalR Service Based Real-time Application with Application Gateway
- On the Redmond magazine site, John Waters highlights Azure Firewall Premium Becomes Generally Available
- Ziling Xie walks through Setting up ProxySQL as a connection pool for Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
- Aidan Finn (@joe_elway) walks through Testing Azure Firewall IDPS
- Heyko Oelrichs describes how to Configure Azure Virtual Network peerings with Terraform
Security
Covering: Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Information Protection, Azure Sentinel, Key Vault, Security Center
- Aditya Badramraju highlights that Azure Defender for SQL is now available on the SQL Virtual Machine blade.
- Matt Lowe highlights the Updated Azure Sentinel Documentation
- Rijuta Kapoor covers Microsoft Threat Intelligence Matching Analytics
- Safeena Begum Lepakshi discusses Azure Defender for DNS
- On Azure Sentinel blog, Pete Bryan walks through Using Automated Notebooks and Azure Sentinel to Improve Sec Ops
- On Azure Sentinel Blog, Scott Woodgate describes Integrating SIEM + XDR: Azure Sentinel and Azure Defender bi-directional incident sync
- Itay Argoety highlights that IdentityInfo table is now in public preview
- On Azure Sentinel blog, Maria de Sousa-Valadas Castaño describes API connections for your Azure Sentinel Playbooks
- Karthik Venkatraman covers Application Security groups in SAP on Azure deployments
Storage
Covering: Archive Storage, Avere vFXT for Azure, Azure Data Lake Store, Azure FXT Edge Filer, Azure HPC Cache, Azure NetApp Files, Blob Storage, Disk Storage, File Storage, Managed Disks, Queue Storage, Storage Accounts, Storage Explorer, StorSimple
- The Azure Updates Team announces that Immutable storage with versioning for Blob Storage is now in public preview
- Andrew Coughlin covers Azure File Sync Switching Server Endpoint on Existing Server
- Srinath Vasireddy runs through Blob backup and restore using Azure Backup via Azure CLI and Backup and restore Azure Disk using Azure Backup via Azure CLI
Web
Covering: API apps, API Management, App Service (Web), Azure Cognitive Search, Azure SignalR Service, Azure Spring Cloud, Web apps
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, April Edwards (@TheAprilEdwards) compares Azure Static Web Apps vs Azure WebApps vs Azure Blob Storage Static Sites
- Hailey Ding covers how to Import Azure Function App to Azure API Management programmatically
- Kevin Li covers Bring Your Own Storage in Azure Web App
Windows Virtual Desktop
Covering: Windows Virtual Desktop
- The Azure Updates Team announces that Azure Virtual Desktop is now available in the Azure China cloud in public preview and that you can now Start VM on connect in Azure Virtual Desktop enters general availability
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