Azure Weekly Issue 369: 1st May 2022
The last week in the month means lots of update announcements. A big one is account switching for Microsoft 365 web apps. General Availability of Az.Tools.Predictor is worth checking out.
General Availability of Database Designer & Database Templates in Azure Synapse Analytics and General Availability of Change Data Capture CDC on Azure SQL Database.
Azure Container Apps continues to add useful features: Simplify Azure Container Apps deployments with az containerapp up and Public preview: Azure Container Apps built-in authentication Microsoft Azure Container Apps
And finally a useful guide to Set up Security Alerts with Azure Service Health.
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
- Qinying Liao walks through Introducing the watermark algorithm for synthetic voice identification
- Maryam Tavakoli Hosseinabadi describes Fill the Gap: EDDI for Multivariate Time Series Missing Value Imputation
- Gayathri Srinivaasan explains how to AI for ANYONE with Azure Percept
- Gayathri Srinivaasan describes how to Optimize Retail Service in Travel & Transportation with Azure Percept
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
- Lakshmi Murthy announces General Availability of Database Designer & Database Templates in Azure Synapse Analytics
- Joshuha Owen writes about ADF Monitoring Improvements
- Ryan Majidimehr discusses Azure Synapse Analytics April Update 2022
- On the Data Exposed channel, Anna Hoffman (@AnalyticAnna) and Armando Lacerda (@arlacerda) explain how to Choose the Right SQL Engine Size in Synapse
- David Norton covers Streaming at Scale with Kafka and Azure HDInsight Part One: Creating an HDInsight Kafka Cluster
- Randheer Parmar blogs about Understanding the Mapping Data Flow Activity in Azure Data Factory
- Erdal Cosgun describes how to Combine and Explore FHIR Server and Genomics data in Azure Synapse Analytics
- Dany Hoter blogs about M dynamic parameters are generally available in Power BI
- Carlotta Castellucio and Eric Wanjau present a session: Explore and analyze data with R - part 1 of 4
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
- The Azure Updates Team describes Public preview: Azure Functions now supports PowerShell 7.2 and Generally available: Azure Functions Linux Elastic Premium plan increased maximum scale-out limits
- The Azure Updates Team describes Public preview: Azure Compute Gallery feature community gallery
Containers
Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, CNAB, CNCF, Container Instances, Container Registry, Porter, WSL, Web App for Containers
- Anthony Chu (@nthonyChu) shows how to Simplify Azure Container Apps deployments with az containerapp up
- The Azure Updates Team blogs about Public preview: Azure Container Apps built-in authentication Microsoft Azure Container Apps
- The Azure Updates Team writes about Generally available: Scale-down mode in AKS
- Daniel Neumann (@neumanndaniel) present Kubernetes CPU requests demystified
- On episode 422 of the Azure Podcast, the podcast team are joined by Thomas Stringer to talk about Open Service Mesh
- Donovan Brown (@DonovanBrown) explains How to use Azure Container Instances to host Ganache
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 announces the General Availabilty of: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale Citus now includes PgBouncer 1.17, and Azure SQL Database storage limits increase for selected compute sizes and Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server higher burstable compute
- The Azure Updates Team announces the General Availability of Azure Synapse Link now supports existing Azure Cosmos DB containers, writes about Azure Cosmos DB portal - Azure Synapse Link seamless Power BI and Unique partial indexes in Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB
- N V Sudhir Kumar Raparla covers Azure SQL DB Hyperscale short-term backup retention up to 35 days now in preview
- Jose M Jurado (@jmjuradodiaz) talks about Lesson Learned 201: Performance comparison using INSERT with and without Begin Transaction
- Steve Jones covers Azure Data Studio and Version Control
- Abhiman Tiwari announces General Availability of Change Data Capture CDC on Azure SQL Database
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 blogs about Public preview: Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra enhancements and describes Public preview: Azure Lab Services April 2022 update
- Tzvia Gitlin Troyna (@tzvia) blogs about Use the one-click sample app generator to create code to ingest and query your data
- On the Azure blog, Fawad Khan announces that Enhance your classroom experience with Azure Lab Services—April 2022 update
- Damien Caro announces General Availability of Az.Tools.Predictor
- Elio Struyf describes How to use the Microsoft auth provider in Visual Studio Code and explains how to Create an Authentication Provider for Visual Studio Code
- Mark Heath (@mark_heath) explains how to Install prerequisite Windows SDK with Azure Pipelines
DevOps
Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, Azure DevTest Labs, DevOps tool integrations
- Elizabeth Maher describes April 2022 Updates for Azure Lab Services.
- On the Premier Developer blog, Developer Support presents Hybrid Model for GitHub and Azure DevOps – Enjoy the best of both worlds
- Jessica Deen describes Getting started with GitOps, Argo, and Azure Kubernetes Service
- Kevin Chant explains how to Keep your Azure Synapse secrets secret in Azure DevOps
Hybrid + Multicloud
Covering: Azure Arc, Azure Stack
- Amy Colyer talks about Enterprise Scale for Azure VMware Solution
- Niko Neugebauer explains how to Migrate Amazon RDS for SQL Server to Azure SQL Managed Instance – Part 1 Overview
- Nikita Takru writes about Directly Connected Mode v. Indirectly Connected Mode for Azure Arc-enabled Data Services
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory (AD), Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure Active Directory Domain Services
- Alex Simons (@Alex_A_Simons) announces account switching for Microsoft 365 web apps
- Samuel Devasahayam writes about New capabilities that empower you to migrate more of your apps on AD FS to Azure AD
- The Azure Updates Team talks about Azure SQL - Generally available updates for late April 2022 and Azure SQL - Public preview updates for late April 2022
- Andreas Helland talks about Getting rid of credentials in Azure - Part 3 EasyAuth & Managed Identity
- Balaji Parimi writes about Permissions Management Terms and their Impact in Multicloud Environments
Integration
Covering: Azure API for FHIR, Event Grid, Logic Apps, Service Bus
- The Azure Updates Team writes about Generally available: Group Managed Service Accounts security policy support on Windows
- Sarah Lean (@TechieLass) discusses Azure Retirement Announcements
- Kasun Indrasiri blogs about Upcoming changes to IP addresses for Azure Event Hubs
- Eldert Grootenboer describes Policy to control the minimum TLS version used with Azure Service Bus now in public preview
- Sean Feldman (@sfeldman) blogs about Sagas with Azure Service Bus
- João Carlos Santos blogs about Managing Variable Assignments in Logic Apps For Each loops
- Devin Knight (@knight_devin) presents Microsoft Graph API in Power Automate: Using the Microsoft Graph Explorer
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
- Nicole Kuntjoro describes Partner solutions on the Azure Certified Device catalog accelerate solution building
- Joseph Lloyd blogs about Patching the Dirty Pipe vulnerability and Azure Sphere OS insights
- Sander van de Velde discusses Azure Data Explorer connector for IoT Hub with real-time ingest
- Basim Majeed writes Use Azure Data Explorer to Simplify the Industrial IoT Data Journey
- Benedikt Abendroth explains How will government actions on IoT security impact the decisions I make today
Learning
Covering: Microsoft Certifications, Azure Certifications, Microsoft Learning Paths, Certification Pathway Information
- On episode 190 of the Azure DevOps podcast Jeffrey Palermo (@jeffreypalermo) is joined by Heather Downing: Retooling for the Future
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) writes about Introducing Azure Hybrid Cloud Study Hall and presents Learn Live – Introduction to Azure Stack on-demand
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
- Michael Flanakin (@flanakin) covers Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – April 2022
- Ryan Willis writes about Automatic extension upgrades are now enabled by default on Azure Arc-enabled servers
- Temante Leary discusses The 2-Minute Recap: Everything new with Security, Compliance, and Identity on Microsoft Learn
- On episode 131 of the Ctrl+Alt+Azure podcast, Tobias Zimmergren and Jussi Roine discuss the latest Azure Updates
- Daniel Stocker presents Planning for an outage: Here is how to anticipate failure in your workload
- On the Azure Enablement show David Blank-Edelman, Uli Homann, and Eric Charran present Armchair Architects: Exploring the relationship between Cost and Architecture
- On SO4E11 of the AzUpdate show Amy Colyer and Shannon Kuehn cover Archive Blob, Microsoft Purview, Red Button and Grafana
Media
Covering: Azure Media Player, Content Protection, Encoding, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Media Analytics, Media Services, Video Indexer
- Justine Coates (@iotgirl) describes Azure Maps knows to the minute if it will rain or shine
Migration
Covering: Azure Database Migration Service, Azure Migrate, Data Box
- Neel Ball announces Database Migration Assessment for Oracle - Public Preview
- On the Data Exposed channel Anna Hoffman (@AnalyticAnna) and Neel Ball explain How to Accelerate Oracle to Azure Database Migration Data Exposed
- Mark Brimble (@BrimbleMark) talks about Migrating to Azure – A business case
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 Generally available: Controls to block domain fronting behavior on customer resources
- Leo Li describes Azure Functions available in ADF managed virtual network
Security
Covering: Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Information Protection, Azure Sentinel, Key Vault, Security Center
- The Azure Updates Team writes about Generally available: Automated key rotation in Azure Key Vault
- Priyam Singh explains how to Enhanced antimalware engine capabilities for Linux and macOS and explains how to Enhanced Antimalware Protection in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Android
- Yaffa Finkelstein explains how to Get preemptive Log4j vulnerability protection via Check Point and Azure Marketplace
- Charbel Nemnom (@charbelnemnom) describes how to Set up Security Alerts with Azure Service Health
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 covers Public preview: Azure Storage as share in Windows Code in App Service
- Rajukumar Padi explains How to Monitor Azure Storage Account Data Part -I
Web
Covering: API apps, API Management, App Service (Web), Azure Cognitive Search, Azure SignalR Service, Azure Spring Cloud, Web apps
- The Azure Updates Team talks about Public preview: Azure Static Web Apps now support skipping API builds and Public preview: Static Web Apps now supports Gitlab and Bitbucket for CI/CD
- Hanli Ren describes how to Monitor Azure Spring Cloud App Ingress Request Log
- Foteini Savvidou explains how to Deploy a Flask AI web app to Azure App Service
Azure Virtual Desktop
Covering: Azure Virtual Desktop
- David Belanger describes Intune device configuration for Azure Virtual Desktop multi-session VMs is now generally available
- Ramya Chitrakar blogs about Whats new in Microsoft Endpoint Manager - 2204 April edition
- On the Microsoft Mechanics show Zachary Cavanell is joined by Ashvini Sharma to talk about RPA at Scale with Power Automate and Azure Virtual Desktop
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