Azure Weekly Issue 382: 14th August 2022
James Dawson continues his exploration of Dapr; taking the Dapr Traffic Control sample from the Dapr for .NET Developers book and replacing containerised components with Azure PaaS services. In Episode 3, he replaces MQTT-based Mosquitto with Azure Storage Queues.
Microsoft recently rebranded its IDAM offerings under the new Entra brand, and the first new service, Microsoft Entra Verified ID , focused on Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) is now generally available. This is a new approach, based on new standards utilising distributed ledger technologies, and is worth spending some time learning about.
Finally, a few other noteworthy updates: the General Availability of WordPress on Azure App Service, an exciting new release of SynapseML, and Cloud pubsub services compared: Azure Web PubSub vs Ably
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, Andy Beatman writes about 3 ways Azure Speech transforms game development with AI
- Also on the Azure blog, Kadri Umay announces that Bluware and Microsoft Azure develop OSDU-enabled interactive AI seismic interpretation solution for energy super major
- Nellie Gustafsson (@nelliegson) describes Exciting new release of SynapseML
- Affaticati discusses Maximizing AI performance with the Azure NC A100 v4-series
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 blogs about Public preview: Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks
- Erdal Cosgun describes Data Science for Merged FHIR and PacBio VCF Data on Azure Machine Learning Notebooks
- Daniel Kim writes about Social Media, Azure Synapse & PowerBI
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 announces the General availability: Upgrade VMware VMs protected by Site Recovery to modernized experience and Azure Databricks in West US 3
- The Azure Updates Team announces the Public preview: Azure Dedicated Host restart
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) describes how to Schedule and Run PowerShell Scripts for Azure VMs using Azure Automation
- Duiker writes Cloud pubsub services compared: Azure Web PubSub vs Ably
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 3 - Azure Storage Queues
- Anuraj Parameswaran walks through Creating your first Azure Container App
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
- Anna Hoffman (@AnalyticAnna) talks about Azure SQL News Update: August 2022
- Also on Tech Community blog, David Engel covers ODBC Driver 18.1 for SQL Server Released and JDBC Driver 11.2 for SQL Server Released
- Justice Zisanhi explains how to Build a data serving API
- Rajendra Gupta (@rajendragupta16) explains how to Install Azure Data Studio on Linux systems
- On the Data Exposed show, Anna Hoffman (@AnalyticAnna) covers Azure SQL August 2022 New Updates
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 announces the General availability: Azure Lab Services August 2022 update
- On the Visual Studio blog, Chris Hardy writes about Visual Studio 2022 17.3 is now available
- Also on the Visual Studio blog, Jon Galloway writes about Visual Studio for Mac 17.3 is now available
- On Visual Studio Magazine - Blogs, David Ramel (@dramel) writes about New for PowerShell: 'Get-WhatsNew' Cmdlet, VS Code Tool Update, blogs about Python in Visual Studio Code Improves 'Getting Started' Experience and undefined writes about VS 2022 for Mac Alternative: Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac & VS Plugin
- On the Visual Studio blog, Leslie Richardson covers VisualStudio.Extensibility: A New Way to Write Extensions
- Sean Feldman (@sfeldman) blogs about Updating Azure Functions Tools
- John Kilmister (@johnkilmister) discusses Prompting Developers to Install Recommended Azure Tools
- Chris Noring writes How YOU can build your first Low code app using Microsoft Power Platform
- On the Azure blog, Fawad Khan covers Azure Lab Services August 2022 update - Improved classroom and training experience
DevOps
Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, Azure DevTest Labs, DevOps tool integrations
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Gloridel Morales talks about Introducing Azure DevOps Server 2022 RC1 and talks about August patches for Azure DevOps Server
- Elizabeth Maher talks about Azure Lab Services August 2022 Update
- Gerasimos Alexiou explains how to Install Azure DevOps agent using powershell
- Amy Colyer discusses Azure Virtual Machines Automation - Deployment
- Sam Bell discusses PsRule: Introduction to Infrastructure As Code IAC Testing
- Yoav Dobrin writes Can we make data engineering CI/CD more like code? (Yes we can!)
Hybrid + Multicloud
Covering: Azure Arc, Azure Stack
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory (AD), Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure Active Directory Domain Services
- Ankur Patel talks about Microsoft Entra Verified ID now generally available
- Mike McLean Office covers The new Yammer Administrator role is now available in Azure Active Directory
- On the Azure Medium blog, Adam Bertram (@adbertram) explains how to Keep in Sync with Microsoft Azure AD Sync Password Writeback
Integration
Covering: Azure API for FHIR, Event Grid, Logic Apps, Service Bus
- Jay Gong writes about Required permissions while creating Event Grid System Topic
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
Learning
Covering: Microsoft Certifications, Azure Certifications, Microsoft Learning Paths, Certification Pathway Information
- Marisa Brasile talks about Start Planning Your Free, Azure Data Platform Training at Data Platform Summit 2022
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: Update management center in Azure
- On episode 205 of the Azure DevOps Podcast, Jeffrey Palermo (@jeffreypalermo) is joined by Greg Leonardo to discuss Architecting for Azure
- Surya Pammi discusses MS Teams Security & Compliance – Information Barrier IB
- The Intune Support Team blogs about Enabling corporate access using browser controls in Windows
- Paddy Damodharan describes Modernizing Endpoint Management – Encryption - Part1
- Carlos Marin writes about answers Why is the Azure Monitor chart showing dashed lines for the Availability metric
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
- Harshitha Putta and Daniel Stocker present Moving to the cloud: Your guide on when to migrate and when to modernize
- Magnus Mårtensson covers Day 2 of Your ALZ: Prioritizing Which Workloads to Deploy First
Mobile
Covering: App Service (Mobile), Mobile apps, Notification Hubs, Visual Studio App Centre, Xamarin
- On Visual Studio Magazine - Blogs, David Ramel (@dramel) writes about Visual Studio 2022 17.3, .NET MAUI Now Generally Available
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
Security
Covering: Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Information Protection, Azure Sentinel, Key Vault, Security Center
- On episode 146 of the Ctrl+Alt+Azure podcast, Tobias Zimmergren and Jussi Roine take A look at Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management
- On the Azure Medium blog, Andre Camillo describes How to use MITREs Top ATT&CK Techniques tool—MITRE tools for Threat Informed Defense
- Keith Fleming explains how to Protect sensitive SharePoint sites with Defender for Cloud Apps
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
- Saniya Samreen delves into SQL Backup using Azure File Share
Web
Covering: API apps, API Management, App Service (Web), Azure Cognitive Search, Azure SignalR Service, Azure Spring Cloud, Web apps
- Abhishek Reddy announces the General Availability of WordPress on Azure App Service
- Sachidanand Sharma describes how to Easily split your CSV dataset with Microsoft Azure Load Testing
Azure Virtual Desktop
Covering: Azure Virtual Desktop
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