Azure Weekly Issue 380: 31st July 2022
Crossplane is a CNCF control plane framework. In First steps with Crossplane Geert Baeke combines it with GitOps (via Flux) to deploy Azure Resources. Vincent Nwonah describes How to deploy a Local Docker Container to Azure Container Apps.
Other highlights include: Public Preview: Enhanced My Apps experience, Discover your applications breakpoint using Azure Load Testing, and finally Building Industrial IoT applications with the Microsoft Cloud.
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 Azure blog, Kushal Datta discusses Azure empowers easy-to-use, high-performance, and hyperscale model training using DeepSpeed
- Cormac Garvey describes E2E deployment of a production ready NDv4 A100 cluster targeting large deep learning training
- Mithun Prasad talks about Speech Recognition for Singlish
- Wolfgang Pauli talks about Fine-tuning a transformer model for question natural language inference QNLI with Azure SQL
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
- The Azure Updates Team writes about Generally available: Azure Stream Analytics in four new regions
- Daniel Perlovsky explains how to Managed attributes public preview and rich text editor in Data Catalog
- Mark Kromer (@kromerbigdata) writes about 3 New Data Transformation Functions in ADF
- Gabi Lehner covers Azure Data Explorer breaking changes Action Required
- On the SQL Server Blog, Timi Oshin covers Azure Data Studio July Release with VS Code Updates
- Matt Ramezanian explains how to Filtering, merging, and adding new column in Azure Data Factory
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 Visual Studio Magazine, David Ramel (@dramel) describes Azure Functions Boosted with .NET 7 Support
- Cameron Gardiner talks about Optimizing Network Throughput on Azure M-series VMs
Containers
Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, CNAB, CNCF, Container Instances, Container Registry, Porter, WSL, Web App for Containers
- Vincent Nwonah describes How to deploy a Local Docker Container to Azure Container Apps
- Manoj Srinivas blogs presents Azure Tips and Tricks - How to containerize and deploy a Java app to Azure
- On episode 203 of the Azure DevOps Podcast, Jeffrey Palermo (@jeffreypalermo) is joined by Kendall Roden to talk about Azure Container Apps
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 blogs about Public preview: SQL DB output connector improvements in Stream Analytics
- Sridhar Ranganathan writes about Single to Flexible server PostgreSQL migration tool is now in Preview
- Francisco O blogs about Improving Performance with AUTOUPDATESTATISTICSASYNC
- In number 231 of his Lesson Learned: Hands-On Labs series, Jose M Jurado (@jmjuradodiaz) discusses What is Azure SQL working on
- Holger Linke covers how to Resolve Elastic Query issues in Azure SQL Database
- Ajay Jagannathan describes SQL Server 2022 community technology preview 2.1 is now available
- Vincent Jiang explains How to setup multi-subnets Azure SQL VM AG group based WSFC Windows Server 2019
Developer Tools
Covering: App Configuration, Azure Lab Services, CLIs, Developer tool integrations, SDKs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio Online
- Luca Bolognese explains how to What's new in the Azure Lab Services April Preview 2022
- On Visual Studio Magazine, David Ramel (@dramel) writes about 'Visual Studio for Linux' Tops Microsoft Q&A Site
- Jose Moreno (@erjosito) walks through Accessing AKS private clusters with Azure Bastion and VS Code
- Elio Struyf describes how to Open your VSCode extension walkthrough from a command
DevOps
Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, Azure DevTest Labs, DevOps tool integrations
- Thomas Thornton (@tamstar1234) talks about Using variables to dynamically check out a repository using a specific branch or tag in Azure DevOps Pipelines
- Travis Roberts (@Ciraltos) talks about Azure DevOps and Bicep Pipelines
- Kevin Chant explains how to Update both ends of Azure Synapse Link for SQL Server 2022 using Azure DevOps
- Geert Baeke (@GeertBaeke) writes about First steps with Crossplane
- Geert van Teylingen covers Providing Disaster Recovery to CloudBees-Jenkins in AKS with Astra Control Service
- On the Azure Medium blog, Musunuru Sharmila explains How to implement Azure Enterprise Scale Landing zone ESLZ using CAF Terraform—Part 1
Hybrid + Multicloud
Covering: Azure Arc, Azure Stack
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory (AD), Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure Active Directory Domain Services
- Kristina Hotz blogs about Public Preview: Enhanced My Apps experience
- Alex Simons (@Alex_A_Simons) lists the Top ratings for Microsoft in KuppingerCole Leadership Compass reports
- On the Redmond magazine site, Kurt Mackie (@kurmac) blogs about Microsoft Commercially Releases Azure Active Directory Cross Tenant Access Setting and undefined talks about Microsoft Adds Improvements to Certificate-Based Authentication Preview
- Alex Weinert blogs about Check out new Azure AD Certificate-Based Authentication CBA enhancements
- The Intune Support Team covers Return of key functionality for Windows Autopilot sign-in and deployment experience
- On episode 144 of the Ctrl+Alt+Azure podcast, Tobias Zimmergren and Jussi Roine take A look at the Power Platform API and Azure AD Service Principals
- On the Azure Unblogged channel, Amy Colyer talks about Enterprise Scale for Azure VMware Solution - Identity and Access
- Andrew Coughlin walks through Accessing Key Vault from Another Subscription Over Private Endpoint
Integration
Covering: Azure API for FHIR, Event Grid, Logic Apps, Service Bus
- Kent Weare explains how to Prepare for SQL as a Storage Provider Preview Refresh
- Sandro Pereira (@sandro_asp) covers Logic App Best practices, Tips, and Tricks: 13 Logic App Standard vs Consumption
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 Generally available: Guided tour experience added to Azure IoT Central
- The Azure Sphere Team writes about General Availability: Azure Sphere version 22.07 new and updated features
- Jim Bennett discusses JulyOT weekly round up week 3, , AI on the edge, JulIoT, and secure embedded development
- Olivier Bloch covers Building Industrial IoT applications with the Microsoft Cloud
- Also on Tech Community blog, Amit Cohen covers Stream Microsoft Defender for IoT alerts to a 3rd party SIEM
Learning
Covering: Microsoft Certifications, Azure Certifications, Microsoft Learning Paths, Certification Pathway Information
- Sander van de Velde says Its time to renew your AZ-220 certification
- George Grammatikos (@cloudopszone) discusses Renewing Azure Certification Without Any Additional Cost
- Lee Stott (@lee_stott) presents Using Visual Studio Notebooks for learning C#
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 blogs about Public preview: Managed attributes in Microsoft Purview data catalog and writes about Generally available: Rich text editor in Microsoft Purview data catalog
- The Azure Updates Team covers Public preview: Share images across subscriptions and tenants with new Compute Gallery feature
- Allison Cordle covers Azure portal June 2022 updates
- Adam Bertram (@adbertram) writes about Highly Effective Azure Monitoring with Azure Log Analytics
- On the Data Exposed show, Anna Hoffman (@AnalyticAnna) and Wolfgang Strasser (@wstrasser) discusses how to Track your data supply chain using Azure Purview Data Exposed
- Billy York talks about Azure Monitor Alert Workbook
- On the Armchair Architects series, David Blank-Edelman, Uli Homann, and Eric Charran delve into Architecting Mission Critical Apps
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 Medium blog, Musunuru Sharmila asks What is Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework CAF for Azure?
Mobile
Covering: App Service (Mobile), Mobile apps, Notification Hubs, Visual Studio App Centre, Xamarin
- Joost van Schaik talks about Guest Blog From MRTK2 to MRTK3 - going cross platform with HoloLens 2 and Quest 2
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: New KMS DNS in Azure Global Cloud
- Alan Kinane (@Azure_Alan) describes How to query a Private DNS Zone over Point-to-Site connection with Azure DNS Private Resolver
- Arsen Vladimirskiy (@ArsenVlad) talks about Azure Private Link Service with NGINX Plus to decode Proxy Protocol TLV linkIdentifier
Security
Covering: Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Information Protection, Azure Sentinel, Key Vault, Security Center
- On the Azure Medium blog, Andre Camillo writes about Alert management in your Microsoft Defender for Cloud and covers Log Management Fundamentals for Cybersecurity Engineers
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
- Gregor Reimling says Microsoft announced Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage in preview – for me a big announcement this year
- Charbel Nemnom (@charbelnemnom) writes What is Azure Blob Storage? A Definitive Guide
- Dennis Padia explains how to SAP ASCS/ERS HA Cluster with SBD device using iSCSI target server failover to DR region using ASR
Web
Covering: API apps, API Management, App Service (Web), Azure Cognitive Search, Azure SignalR Service, Azure Spring Cloud, Web apps
- John Reilly (@johnny_reilly) covers Terry Pratchett and the Azure Static Web Apps
- Aaron Powell (@slace) covers Controlling Blazor Environments on Static Web Apps
- Nikita Nallamothu explains how to Discover your applications breakpoint using Azure Load Testing
- Julia Muiruri describes how to Host your website on Azure Static Web Apps for free
Azure Virtual Desktop
Covering: Azure Virtual Desktop
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