Azure Weekly
Issue #335 - 8th August 2021
We've had an week at endjin onboarding the first of our new cohort of interns and apprentices - a huge welcome to Klaudia Guz and Amy Shaw who have joined us as the first of our new interns!
This week, Mark Kromer highlights that REST source and sink is now available for data flows in Azure Data Factory, and Thomas Thornton runs through how to use conditional variables in Azure DevOps Pipelines.
Tobias Zimmergren explains how to enforce authentication when sending Application Insights telemetry using the new authenticated requests capability. And Sebastian Zolg provides 5 tips to become a Microsoft Certified Azure AI Engineer Associate.
⚙️ AI + Machine Learning
- The Microsoft Docs team explains how to Add LUIS to your bot
- On Channel 9, Shivani Santosh Sambare talks about Prebuilt Docker Images for Inference in Azure Machine Learning
- Parashar Shah announces the General availability of Text Analytics for health, Opinion Mining, PII and Analyze
- Qinying Liao introduces The latest technology advancement in Azure Neural TTS
- On the DEV site, Ornella Altunyan provides an Intro to AI/ML
- On the Azure blog Mark Russinovich (@markrussinovich) discusses Advancing Azure Virtual Machine availability transparency
- Also on Microsoft Docs, the team explains how to Create a Regression Model with Azure Machine Learning designer
- Amit Marathe covers Building a Traffic Monitoring AI application for a Smart City with Azure Percept
🔎 Analytics
- The Azure Updates Team announces that Australia Central region has been added to Azure HDInsight
- Mark Kromer (@kromerbigdata) highlights that REST source and sink is now available for data flows
- On SQL Server Central, Arindam Mondal explains how to Merge Multiple Files in Azure Data Factory
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Maria Zakourdaev talks about Azure Data Factory Incremental Pipeline from Azure SQL Database to Databricks
🖥️ Compute
- Mark Heath (@mark_heath) covers The Serverless Sliding Scale
- Travis Roberts (@Ciraltos) asks Azure Virtual Machine, Gen 1 or Gen 2?
- Jaliya Udagedara (@JaliyaUdagedara) describes Running Puppeteer inside .NET Azure Function
🚢 Containers
- The Azure Updates Team announces Azure Red Hat OpenShift support for OpenShift 4.7
- Thuan Nguyen covers how to Upload container vulnerability assessment result to Azure Storage Account
- Thorsten Hans explains how to Encrypt your Kubernetes Secrets with Mozilla SOPS
- On Code It Yourself, Carlos Mendible (@cmendibl3) talks about Persistent Volume Claim with an Azure File Storage protected with a Private Endpoint in AKS
🗄️ Databases
- The Azure Updates Team announces:
Public preview of Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server now offers reserved instance pricing,
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale Citus support for PostgreSQL versions 13.3 and 12.7 in public preview,
Private DNS zone integration for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server in public preview,
Private DNS integration zone integration for Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server in public preview,
Public preview of Azure Database – Flexible Server now available in new regions,
Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server: Same-zone high availability in public preview
and Public preview of Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now offers reserved instance pricing - Mara Steiu (@MSteiu) walks through Using Qlik Data Integration to Stream Data Changes from a CDC-Enabled Azure SQL Database
- Björn Peters (@SQL_aus_HH) describes Azure SQL Database – General Overview – Refresh Part 1
- On Channel 9, Pam Lahoud (@SQLGoddess) talks about Azure SQL VM: Automate Management with the SQL Server IaaS Agent extension Ep. 2
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Steven Murawski (@StevenMurawski) provides an Intro to Azure SQL
🛠️ Developer Tools
- On Visual Studio Magazine - Blogs, David Ramel (@dramel) highlights that JavaScript Debugging is now Built-In to VS Code
- Akihiro Nishikawa (@Logico_jp) delves into how ro Use database CLI to operate databases without either VMs or remote clients
🔩 DevOps
- Charbel Nemnom (@charbelnemnom) explains how to Deploy and Assign Azure Policy via Azure DevOps Pipelines
- Gregor Suttie (@gregor_suttie) walks through Deploying your Azure Function using Azure DevOps
- Thomas Thornton (@tamstar1234) writes about Conditional Variables in Azure DevOps Pipelines
- Kevin Chant covers Using Azure Test Plans with GitHub deployments
🧬 Hybrid
- The Azure Updates Team runs through the general availability updates for Azure SQL, and the public preview updates for Azure SQL and that Azure Managed HSM Private Link is generally available
- Ben Armstrong writes about AKS on Azure Stack HCI
- Bruno Gabrielli covers How To Update Arc Agent Using Azure Automation
- Niko Neugebauer runs through How to find out the SQL MI total amount of RAM
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) covers Azure Arc for Developers, IT Pros, Cloud Architects, and Security Engineers
- Danimir Ljepava (@danimir) discusses how to Use external tables on Azure SQL Managed Instance to read data from Azure SQL Database
🎭 Identity
- Meenal Srivastva explains how to Understand the identity used during component execution in Synapse
- Sonia Cuff (@soniacuff) writes about Windows hybrid join single-sign-on to Azure Active Directory
- Yoann Mallet explains how to Protect your Slack environment using Microsoft Cloud App Security
- Tobias Zimmergren (@zimmergren) explains how to Enforce authentication when sending Application Insights telemetry
🔌 Integration
- Thuan Nguyen covers how to Notify container image vulnerability assessment result to email using Azure Logic App
- Mohammed Barqawi covers how to Download Logic app run history from internal ISE
- Tareq Saifi talks about Pagination to return large list of items in Azure Logic App
- On the Serverless360 blog, Logeshwaran Rangarajan discusses Application view for azure integration services
- Michael Crump (@mbcrump) explains How to use Azure Service Bus Queues
💡 Internet of Things
- On Channel 9, Terry Warwick and Craig Loewen talk about EFLOW and WSL for IoT edge development
- Jim Bennett highlights the JulyOT Student Ambassador Projects
- Paul DeCarlo discusses the Azure IoT Product Feature Updates
- On SQL Server Central, Sucharita Das talks about Working with Azure IoT Central
- Justine Coates (@iotgirl) explores Fleet Management Scenarios with Azure Maps
- Yannis Lempidakis talks about Windows Autopilot for HoloLens 2 general availability
- Henry Sierk explains How to Gain More from your Connection to an OT Network
📚 Learning
- Sebastian Zolg (@sebastianzolg) runs through 5 Tips to Become a Microsoft Certified Azure AI Engineer Associate
⚖️ Management and Governance
- The Azure Updates Team announces Lower capacity reservation tier for Azure Monitor dedicated clusters, the Azure Monitor Scheduled Query Rules API 2021-02-01-preview, that Azure Monitor IT Service Management Connector is now certified with ServiceNow Quebec version and that General availability: Azure Backup now supports Archive Tier for backups of SQL Server in Azure VMs
- Gregor Suttie (@gregor_suttie) explains How to set environment variables for use with an Azure Function
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Peter De Tender (@pdtit) discusses Monitoring Azure by using Grafana dashboards
- Praveen Kumar Sreeram (@PrawinSreeram) describes Azure Bicep for Beginners
- On the Redmond magazine site, Kurt Mackie (@kurmac) covers Azure Virtual Machine Users To Get Failure Analysis Reports
- On the Serverless360 blog, Ezhilarasi Chezhiyan discusses Application view for Microsoft Azure Resources
- Christine Alford (@heyalford) explains how to Enhance Your Cloud Visibility and Operations with Prisma Cloud and Azure
🚌 Migration
- The Azure Updates Team announces Software inventory and agentless dependency analysis generally available with Azure Migrate
- Bill Zack (@WilliamHZack) asks: What is your Azure Maturity Level?
📱 Mobile
- On the Trailhead blog, Rodrigo Juarez covers Custom Controls in Xamarin.Forms
🌐 Networking
- The Azure Updates Team announces that Web Application Firewall WAF bot protection on Application Gateway is generally available and that Web Application Firewall WAF geomatch custom rules on Application Gateway is generally available
- Prasun Aggarwal explains how to Apply Adaptive Network Hardening across multiple Subscriptions
🔐 Security
- The Azure Updates Team announces that Azure Defender for SQL is now in general availability on the Azure SQL Virtual Machine blade
- Thuan Nguyen provides a Quick look at CI/CD Integration in Azure Security Center to scan your docker image
- On Microsoft Security blog, Emma Jones explains How to manage a side-by-side transition from your traditional SIEM to Azure Sentinel
🔗 Web
- On Channel 9, Anthony Chu (@nthonyChu) talks about Getting started with Azure Static Web Apps
- On the DEV site, Adron Hall (@Adron) provides an Intro to GraphQL
- On the Azure blog, Heather Jordan Cartwright (@hjc_microsoft) blogs about how Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare expands portfolio with Azure Healthcare APIs
- Yvette O'Meally explains how to Update 2107 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager current branch is now available