Azure Weekly Issue 352: 5th December 2021
We've been doing R&D on Dapr and Azure Container Apps over the last few months and now we're sharing the journey and findings in the start of a new blog series: Adventures in Dapr: Episode 0.
It's good to see that Azure has a load testing service again; it's a vital part of the DevOps process for any applications that deal with significant amounts of traffic. Introducing Azure Load Testing: Optimize app performance at scale. There's also a nice new feature in Application Insights that offers new HEART Workbook is based on Google's HEART framework to Measure product effectiveness with new user analytics. If you've been dabbling with Azure Static Web Apps, you may be interested in Refactoring Azure Static Web Apps CI/CD Pipeline.
An useful post highlights a number of Community and certification related resources for developers. There's also a good post on addressing data processing outside the data sovereignty region (GDPR).
And finally three interesting posts, the first helps you Get Started with Azure and WebAssembly, and the final two examine Developer Velocity and The SPACE framework: Putting Tools in Your Hands to Improve Developer Productivity, and Introducing Developer Velocity Lab – A Research Initiative to Amplify Developer Work and Well-Being.
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
- Eric Boyd (@eric_boyd) highlights 4 reasons to attend the "Put Responsible AI into Practice" Azure digital event
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
- Mukund Bhashkar discusses Troubleshoot / Debug Package failures in Apache Spark for Azure Synapse
- Saveen Reddy highlights the Azure Synapse Analytics November 2021 Updates
- On the Azure blog, Arindam Chatterjee writes about 5 reasons Azure Databricks is best for Hadoop workloads
- The Azure Updates Team writes about General availability: Azure HDInsight API version updated
- On the Microsoft BI Tools blog, Joost van Rossum (@ssisjoost) describes ADF: Looping through pipelines and execute them
- Kevin Chant provides A fast and festive introduction to Azure Data Engineering services
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
- Chris Noring describes how to Build Serverless apps with Azure and Go
- On Visual Studio Magazine, David Ramel (@dramel) writes about .NET 6 Support Leads New GA Features in Azure Functions Fall Update
- Antti K. Koskela (@koskila) talks about Azure Function build fails with Mono.Cecil.AssemblyResolutionException: Failed to resolve assembly: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core
- Rachel Pruitt describes Connected-Cloud architecture for EDA workloads in Azure at scale with data security
- Simon Waight (@simonwaight) explains How to port AWS Serverless solutions to Microsoft Azure
- Shannon Kuehn talks about Video 6 of the Azure VMware Solution Zero to Hero Series FINAL VIDEO
Containers
Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, CNAB, CNCF, Container Instances, Container Registry, Porter, WSL, Web App for Containers
- On the endjin blog, James Dawson (@James_Dawson) blogs about Adventures in Dapr: Episode 0
- The Azure Updates Team writes about the General Availability of Create AKS clusters without local user accounts, and AKS node image auto-upgrade and AKS auto-certificate rotation
- Thorsten Hans (@ThorstenHans) explains how to Manage ACR geo-replications with Azure CLI
- Lucas Santos and Aaron Wislang discuss Using Azure Kubernetes Service with Grafana and Prometheus
- Jay Gordon (@jaydestro) describe how to Get Started with Azure and WebAssembly with StevenMurawski on Episode 63 of AzureFunBytes
- On the Cloudera blog, Justin Hayes explains how to Create your Private Data Warehousing Environment Using Azure Kubernetes Service
- Vinicius Apolinario (@vrapolinario) talks about Networking considerations for gMSA on AKS
- Steve Buchanan (@buchatech) explains how to Deploy App to Azure Kubernetes Service via Argo CD
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
- The Azure Updates Team covers Azure Database for PostgreSQL: Flexible Server now generally available and Flexible Server: Geo-redundant backup and restore in public preview
- Sunitha Muthukrishna blogs about Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server – CLI cheat sheet and sample scripts
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Mohammed Moinudheen explains how to Determine correct Azure SQL DB SKU before migrating on premise SQL Server database
- On SQL Server Central, Aaron Bertrand discusses Trusting STRINGSPLIT order in Azure SQL Database
- Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) describes Address data processing outside the data sovereignty region GDPR
Developer Tools
Covering: App Configuration, Azure Lab Services, CLIs, Developer tool integrations, SDKs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio Online
- Sander van de Velde talks about Creating an Azure Stream Analytics job using VS Code
- On Visual Studio Magazine, David Ramel (@dramel) talks about Auto Completions Speed Up in Java on Visual Studio Code and Uno Platform 4.0 Adds Visual Studio Code Plugin
DevOps
Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, Azure DevTest Labs, DevOps tool integrations
- On the Azure blog, Mandy Whaley covers Introducing Azure Load Testing: Optimize app performance at scale
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, April Edwards (@TheAprilEdwards) covers Automating Azure Static Web Apps in Azure Pipelines
- Justin Yoo (@justinchronicle) describes Refactoring Azure Static Web Apps CI/CD Pipeline
- Bradley Ball covers CI/CD in Azure Synapse Analytics Part 5 - Deploying Azure Synapse Workspace from ARM
- Martina Hiemstra (@mlh3636) blogs about Azure Boards Ux Modernization – Public Preview
- On the Azure Developer Community Blog, Alison Yu walks through Putting Tools in Your Hands to Improve Developer Productivity and Introducing Developer Velocity Lab – A Research Initiative to Amplify Developer Work and Well-Being
- J. Tower describes how to Solving The current .NET SDK does not support targeting .NET 6.0. in an Azure DevOps Pipeline
- On the Q# blog, Holger Sirtl writes DevOps for Quantum Computing
- Travis Roberts (@Ciraltos) describes Getting started with Terraform and Azure: Overview and Setup
Hybrid
Covering: Azure Arc, Azure Stack
- Charbel Nemnom (@charbelnemnom) discusses Sync and Backup Synology NAS to Azure Storage
- Anna Hoffman (@AnalyticAnna) blogs about SQL Server 2022: The cloud-connected database in Ep.2 Data Exposed
- Mayuri Gupta writes about In preview: Azure Key Vault secrets provider extension for Arc enabled Kubernetes clusters
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) writes about My Windows Server and Azure Arc Hybrid Cloud Lab Kit
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory (AD), Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure Active Directory Domain Services
- Alex Weinert writes about More coverage to protect your identities and More control and better insights for your Zero Trust deployments
Integration
Covering: Azure API for FHIR, Event Grid, Logic Apps, Service Bus
- Ricardo Duncan describes how to Increase Efficiency with Azure Functions and Power Platform
- Ankita Singh explains how to Do you want to build a connector Let's do it together.
- Phil Jirsa blogs about FHIR-fighting: Access Denied
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
- The Azure Updates Team writes about the General availability of Secure Data Egress via Managed Identity in Azure IoT Central and Data transformation at Export in Azure IoT Central
- Arturo Lotito covers Stretching the IoT Edge performance limits
- Guy Reginiano covers Help us shape the future of Event/IoT hub with ADX short survey: 3 min. , 7 questions
- Paul Fisher describes Playing Poker with Azure IoT
Learning
Covering: Microsoft Certifications, Azure Certifications, Microsoft Learning Paths, Certification Pathway Information
- Monish Gangwani blogs about Community and certification related resources for developers
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 writes about General availability: Audit Logs of Azure Monitor log queries and Public preview: Azure Monitor action rules are now 'alert processing rules'
- Noa Kuperberg highlights that Azure Monitor Private Links now supports up to 300 workspaces and 1000 components
- Michael Flanakin (@flanakin) discusses Azure Cost Management and Billing updates in November 2021
- The Azure Updates Team describes Public preview: Measure product effectiveness with new user analytics experience in Application Insights
- Jay Gordon talks about Cloud Shell Quick Tip: Service Tag Network Security Group Rule
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
Mobile
Covering: App Service (Mobile), Mobile apps, Notification Hubs, Visual Studio App Centre, Xamarin
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 writes about the General Availability of Wildcard listener on Application Gateways, and VPN Gateway NAT and New capabilities in Network Watcher Diagnostic tools to evaluate AVNM Security rules
- Gennady Kostinsky writes about Private Networking Patterns in Azure Database for Postgres Flexible Server
Security
Covering: Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Information Protection, Azure Sentinel, Key Vault, Security Center
- Thuan Nguyen writes about Quickly test Microsoft Sentinel REST API and Use Azure Resource Graph to query Microsoft Defender for Cloud Plan on all subscriptions
- Charbel Nemnom (@charbelnemnom) explains how to Manage Security Content as Code with Microsoft Sentinel
- Michael Grenetz explains How to defend against advanced attacks
- Efrat Kliger announces New Security Management Capabilities for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
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
Web
Covering: API apps, API Management, App Service (Web), Azure Cognitive Search, Azure SignalR Service, Azure Spring Cloud, Web apps
- Justin Yoo (@justinchronicle) covers Refactoring GitHub Actions Workflow for Azure Static Web Apps
Azure Virtual Desktop
Covering: Azure Virtual Desktop
- David Belanger announces Public Preview of FSLogix profiles for Azure AD-joined VMs in Azure Virtual Desktop
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