Azure Weekly

Issue #413 - 9th April 2023

A shorter than normal edition, but still full of some interesting content. First Microsoft articulate their vision about Mission of Responsible AI, and there's a nice post about Enhancing Accessibility, Building a Read This Page feature with Azure Speech Service and C#.

In the data & analytics space: Data Processing using Apache Spark and SQL Server using pymssql, a deep dive into Synapse pipelines storage event trigger security, a useful guide to creating an SFTP enabled Azure storage account within a specified subscription using an Azure PowerShell script, and a chat about Data Mesh Architecture from the Armchair Architects.

An interesting post on Fuzzy hashing logs to find malicious activity and Why You Should Use IP Groups in Azure Firewall.

Two good posts from the DevOps space: Protect production branches from having secrets through an Azure DevOps branch policy and A Lap Around DevSecOps.

Finally, Barry Smart has published his talk from SQLBits 2023 about Creating a high performance Data Team: lessons learned from the field.