Azure Weekly Issue 359: 13th February 2022
There's an interesting dive into DataLakehouse, Data Mesh, and Data Fabric, and a post exploring how you can organise your Azure resources in when Azure subscriptions make sense, and on a similar note, creating an Azure Hub and Spoke Playground.
There's a nice post giving a high level of Azure Static Web Apps - a Netlify alternative and a post exploring how to Expose gRPC services in Azure Container Apps.
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
- Meer Alam covers Connecting to Azure Services from within Azure ML Notebook
- Neal McFee talks about Powering the Azure Percept DK using batteries for multiple scenarios
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
- Olesya Melnichenko writes about Genomic data in Parquet format on Azure
- James Serra (@JamesSerra) describes DataLakehouse, Data Mesh, and Data Fabric
- Ron L'Esteve describes Reporting, Advanced Analytics, CICD, and Governance in the Lakehouse
- John Miner (@JohnMiner3) blogs about Leveraging the Power Query activity within Azure Data Factory
- Leo Furlong describes how to Leverage Azure Databricks jobs orchestration from Azure Data Factory
- On the Cloudera blog, Michael Kohs announces the GA of Cloudera DataFlow for the Public Cloud on Microsoft Azure
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 the Azure blog, Manoj Kumar writes about Genomic analysis on Galaxy using Azure CycleCloud
- On the Data Exposed channel Anna Hoffman talks with Pam Lahoud and Aditya Badramraju about Azure SQL VM: New and Improved SQL on Azure VM deployment & management experience Ep.8
- Aaron Powell (@slace) discusses OpenAPI for JavaScript Azure Functions
- On episode 411 of the Azure Podcast Sujit D'Mello, Cynthia Kreng, Suhas Rao, and Graeme Foster talk about Event Driven Architectures on Azure
- On the Azure blog, Erin Chapple (@erinchapple) explains how to Learn how open source plays a key role in Microsofts cloud strategy with Inside Azure for IT
Containers
Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, CNAB, CNCF, Container Instances, Container Registry, Porter, WSL, Web App for Containers
- The Azure Updates Team announces Private preview: AKS cluster persistent volume backup
- Thorsten Hans (@ThorstenHans) walks through Exposing gRPC services in Azure Container Apps
- The serverless360 team provide a Azure Container Apps overview
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
- Rajendra Gupta (@rajendragupta16) walks through Migrating SQL Data into Azure Cosmos DB
- Sajeetharan Sinnathurai covers Cosmos DB Pagination & Continuation Tokens with JavaScript
- Sudheesh Narayanaswamy talks about Monitoring and creating alerts for Data-in replication with Azure Database for MySQL-Flexible Server
Developer Tools
Covering: App Configuration, Azure Lab Services, CLIs, Developer tool integrations, SDKs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio Online
- On the Visual Studio blog, Paul Chapman covers Support ends for older versions of Visual Studio
DevOps
Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, Azure DevTest Labs, DevOps tool integrations
- Brad Wyatt blogs about Getting Started with Bicep, an ARM DSL for Azure
- On episode 179 of the Azure DevOps podcast Jeffrey Palermo (@jeffreypalermo) talks with Shaun Walker about Blazor and Oqtane
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Dan Hellem describes Copy Dashboard Public Preview Part 3
- On episode 67 of the AzureFunBytes podacast, Jay Gordon (@jaydestro), Gahl Levy and Theo van Kray discuss What's New With AzureCosmosDB
- Episode 120 of the Ctr+Alt+Azure podcast with Tobias Zimmergren and Jussi Roine covers Azure Updates
Hybrid + Multicloud
Covering: Azure Arc, Azure Stack
- Andy Chan writes about IC Manage Holodeck Enables Microsoft Azure For Semiconductor Design
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory (AD), Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure Active Directory Domain Services
- The Azure Updates Team announces Public preview: Azure Bastion now supports file transfer via the native client
- Ralf Klahr discusses Implementing Azure NetApp Files with Kerberos
- Robin Goldstein explains how to Collaborate more securely with new cross-tenant access settings
- On Code Project, Rahul Sharma covers Azure AD Managed Identities: Java Apps on Azure Kubernetes Service and Azure AD Managed Identities: Using Managed Identities to Obtain Key Store Credentials
Integration
Covering: Azure API for FHIR, Event Grid, Logic Apps, Service Bus
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 announces the General Availabilty of: Regional deployments for all new and existing IoT Central applications, and Search results page improvements in Azure IoT Central, and Improved getting started material in Azure IoT Central documentation and Find developer resources easily with the IoT Central GitHub repository
- Antti K. Koskela (@koskila) shares Azure IoT Edge gotchas
Learning
Covering: Microsoft Certifications, Azure Certifications, Microsoft Learning Paths, Certification Pathway Information
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 the General Availability of: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 60 - January 2022 and Recovery points extended to 15 days with Azure Site Recovery
- Alan Kinane (@Azure_Alan) covers MSP: The well-tempered Azure tenant – Part 2
- Roelf Zomerman (@RCZ_Jag) writes about when Azure subscriptions make sense
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
- Nicola Delfino (@NicolTwit) writes about creating an Azure Hub and Spoke Playground
- Akshay Attota discusses Azure Data Components Network Architecture with secure configurations
Security
Covering: Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Information Protection, Azure Sentinel, Key Vault, Security Center
- Sharon Ko explains highlights What's New: Consolidating Apache Log4j-related insights across Multiple Tenants and Workspaces
- Tobias Zimmergren (@zimmergren) describes how to Track your Secure Score over time in Azure
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
- Jim Gray explains how to GET Azure Blob with Subtle Crypto Signed Pure JavaScript
Web
Covering: API apps, API Management, App Service (Web), Azure Cognitive Search, Azure SignalR Service, Azure Spring Cloud, Web apps
- John Reilly (@johnny_reilly) talks about Azure Static Web Apps - a Netlify alternative
- Daichi Isami (@normalian) describes how to Leverage collaboration between PowerApps and Azure API Management - No.1
- Also on Tech Community blog, Aaron Powell (@slace) blogs about GraphQL on Azure: Part 7 - Server-side Authentication and Part 8 - Logging
Azure Virtual Desktop
Covering: Azure Virtual Desktop
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