Azure Weekly Issue 437: 24th September 2023
A relatively short edition this week. Highlights include: Deploy a Custom Vision App on Azure App Service with Zero Downtime Deployment using Deployment Slots and Demystifying Azure OpenAI Networking for Secure Chatbot Deployment
There's an interesting guide to certificate management in: Get certificates with Azure Key Vault extension to your Linux VMs and a walkthrough for Establishing Data Mesh architectural pattern with Domains and OneLake on Microsoft Fabric.
Finally two posts highlighting the power of Azure CLI and Cloud Shell: Taking the leap - Unleashing the power of Azure CLI and Managing Azure Databricks with the Azure Cloud Shell Command Line Interface.
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
- Melinda Ma describes Introducing super realistic AI voices optimized for conversations
- Harjit Dhaliwal describes Copilot in Windows and new Cloud PC experiences coming to Windows 11
- The Azure Updates Team announces OpenAI Whisper model in preview in Azure OpenAI service and Azure AI Speech
- Carlotta Castelluccio explains how to It's not just words: LLMs in computer vision
- Theophilus Lincoln (@lincolnowiti) explains how to Deploy a Custom Vision App on Azure App Service with Zero Downtime Deployment using Deployment Slots
- Alec Berntson writes about Azure Cognitive Search: Outperforming vector search with hybrid retrieval and ranking capabilities
- Ben Roberts covers Azure MLOps Challenge Blog: Part 7
- On the Microsoft Mechanics show, Jared Andersen explains How Bing Chat Enterprise works with your data usingGPT-4
- Aishani Bhalla provides A Guide to Optimizing Performance and Saving Cost of your Machine Learning ML Service - Part 1
- Freddy Ayala walks through Demystifying Azure OpenAI Networking for Secure Chatbot Deployment
- Garrett Bronner discusses Introducing Copilot in Microsoft Stream
Analytics
Covering: Apache Spark for HDInsight, Azure Analysis Services, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Data Share, Azure Databricks, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Factory, Event Hubs, HDInsight, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Fabric
- Maheswaran Arunachalam talks about Establishing Data Mesh architectural pattern with Domains and OneLake on Microsoft Fabric
- Kevin Chant writes New Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse Target Platform is now included as part of the latest Azure Data Studio update
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 General Availability: Share VM images publicly with community gallery - Azure Compute Gallery feature
- Eyal Mizrachi announces Public Preview of NVMe-enabled Ebsv5 VMs offering 400K IOPS and 10GBps throughput
- Thiago Almeida (@nzthiago) covers Azure Functions Newsletter – September 2023
- The Azure Updates Team announces Azure Service Fabric 10.0 Release
Containers
Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, CNAB, CNCF, Container Instances, Container Registry, Porter, WSL, Web App for Containers
- Astha Varshney describes Init Containers in Azure Container Apps : File Processing
- Kinsuk Kumar describes Init Containers in Azure Container Apps : Database Initialization
- Daniel Neumann (@neumanndaniel) talks about Running Fluent Bit on Azure Linux in Azure Kubernetes Service
- Umar Mohamed Usman explains how to Configure remote write to send data from ARO to Azure managed Prometheus using AAD authentication.
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
- Jes Schultz announces General Availability of SQL Database Hyperscale long-term backup retention
- Erin Stellato (@erinstellato) discusses Azure Data Studio 1.46 and New Features
- Jose M Jurado (@jmjuradodiaz) describes Lesson Learned 428: SqlError Number:229 provisioning DataSync in Azure SQL Database, and 430: Addressing Error 3201 with Azure Blob Storage: Operating system error 86 and 431: Determining Connection Type to Azure SQL Database: Proxy or Redirect
- Sudheesh Narayanaswamy writes about Private Link for Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server General Availability
- Pieter Vanhove (@Pieter_Vanhove) covers Ledger database vs ledger tables
- Jes Schultz announces General Availability of SQL Database Hyperscale short-term backup retention up to 35 days
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, Jiayan Chen writes about New React TypeScript SPA Templates and More
- Also on the Visual Studio blog, Wendy Breiding describes IntelliTest simplifies writing and maintaining unit tests
- Chris Gross introduces the Python Editor from Excel Labs
- John Miner blogs about Managing Azure Databricks with the Azure Cloud Shell Command Line Interface
- Nadav Ben Haim writes about Taking the leap - Unleashing the power of Azure CLI
- On the Q Sharp blog, Bill introduces the Azure Quantum Development Kit Preview
- On Visual Studio Magazine, David Ramel (@dramel) blogs about Microsoft Remakes Azure Quantum Dev Kit with Rust, 'and It Runs in the Browser'
DevOps
Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, Azure DevTest Labs, DevOps tool integrations
- The Azure Updates Team announces General Availability: GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
- On the Microsoft DevOps blog, Bryan Sullivan announces Now Generally Available: GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps is ready for you to use
- On the GitHub blog, Walker Chabbott announces General Availability of GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
- Panu Oksala writes about No More Expiring Azure Service Connections in Azure DevOps
- Nikita Nallamothu explains how to Automate your load tests with CI/CD in just a few clicks
- Aidan Finn (@joe_elway) discusses Terrafying Azure – A Tale From The Dark Side
- Thomas Thornton (@tamstar1234) covers Referencing Azure Key Vault Certificates in Terraform
- On episode 263 of the Azure DevOps podcast, Jeffrey Palermo (@jeffreypalermo) is joned by Jonathan Tower: Modernization Strangler Fig Pattern
Hybrid + Multicloud
Covering: Azure Arc, Azure Stack
- James van Den Berg describes Whats new with Azure Connected Machine agent Azure AzureArc Winserv ESU
- On the Redmond magazine, Kurt Mackie (@kurmac) covers Windows Server 2012 ESUs via Azure Arc Now Commercially Available
- Aurnov Chattopadhyay writes about Generally Available: Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc
- On episode 473 of the Azure Podcast, the podcast team (@AzurePodcast) are joined by Vishwas Lele (@vlele) to discuss Azure Arc
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory (AD), Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure Active Directory Domain Services
- On the Redmond magazine, Kurt Mackie (@kurmac) describes Microsoft Updates Entra ID Name Change Timeline
- Irina Nechaeva blogs about Azure AD Rename Rollout and Resources
- Devore presents Active Directory Hardening Series - Part 1 – Disabling NTLMv1
- Anupma Sharma blogs about Microsoft Entra Internet Access: An Identity-Centric Secure Web Gateway Solution
Integration
Covering: Azure API for FHIR, Event Grid, Logic Apps, Service Bus
- The Azure Updates Team explains how to Authenticate Azure Monitor logs connector in Logic App with managed identity
- Mark Brimble (@BrimbleMark) discusses cXML processing in Azure
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
- Kendal Van Dyke covers Azure SQL Edge Update - September 2023
- The Azure Sphere Team talks about Monitoring Azure Sphere fleet and device health
Learning
Covering: Microsoft Certifications, Azure Certifications, Microsoft Learning Paths, Certification Pathway Information
- Carlotta Castelluccio announces AI Kick-off projects Learning Challenges on Microsoft Learn
- Devanshi Joshi writes It's time to Fall For Intelligent Apps
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 Generally available: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for Node.js and Python
- The Azure Updates Team announces Generally Available: Azure Update Manager
- On the Redmond magazine site, Kurt Mackie (@kurmac) talks about Azure Update Manager Commercially Released
- Bhalchandra Atre describes Retirement of Exchange Web Services in Exchange Online
- David Starr explains how to Reduce the cost of marketplace integration with the SaaS Accelerator
- On episode 204 of the Ctrl+Alt+Azure podcast, Tobias Zimmergren & Jussi Roine (@CtrlAltAzure) discuss the latest Azure Updates
- Edoardo Zonca writes about Another Way To Personalize Multiple Thresholds in Log Analytics Alerts
- On the Azure Enablements show Thomas Maurer (@ThomasMaurer) and Obinna Nwokolo cover Azure savings plan for compute: How the benefit is applied
- Polina Olemskaia walks through Capturing lifecycle events from your Azure Managed Application deployments
- Billy York (@SCAutomation) writes about Azure Policy Exemptions Added to Resource Graph
- Brad Wyatt describes how to Centrally Manage Company Contacts and Deploy to Built-In Contacts App Using Intune, SharePoint, PowerShell and Graph API.
- Yung Chou (@yungchou) covers Azure Saving Plan vs. Reserved Instances, Document Extract and Notes
- David Frazee delves into Azure WAF Post Deployment Check - Best Practices
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
- Shabaz Shaik covers Rate Limiting Feature for Azure WAF on Application Gateway now in Preview.
Security
Covering: Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Information Protection, Azure Sentinel, Key Vault, Security Center
- Ofer Schreiber covers Respond to threats across tenants more effectively with Microsoft 365 Defender multi-tenant support
- Jose Moreno (@erjosito) explains how to Get certificates with Azure Key Vault extension to your Linux VMs
- On the Azure Medium blog, Andre Camillo explains how to Integrate your Threat Intelligence to Microsoft Sentinel and talks about Attack Simulation Training in Microsoft Defender for Office 365
- Leo Ramirez blogs about Addressing data security challenges in shared tenant
- Saleem Bseeu walks through Enforcing and Managing Azure DDoS Protection with Azure Policy
- Tom Janetscheck (@azureandbeyond) describes How to keep track of Defender for Cloud Coverage
- Pete Bryan discusses Fortifying Your Defenses: How Microsoft Sentinel Safeguards Your Organization from BEC Attacks
- Loren Lachapelle provides An introduction to Microsoft Defender EASMs Data Connections functionality
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
- Nandita Chakraborti discusses Azure Storage TLS changes: Intermediate certificate renewals
- Andrew Redman covers Configuring Azure Blob Trigger Identity Based Connection
Web
Covering: API apps, API Management, App Service (Web), Azure Cognitive Search, Azure SignalR Service, Azure Spring Cloud, Web apps
- The Azure Updates Team blogs about Public Preview: Web PubSub support for Socket.IO
- Mauricio Rojas covers Example Reference Network Topologies for API Management in private mode.
Azure Virtual Desktop
Covering: Azure Virtual Desktop
- Eva Seydl announces General Availability of Azure Virtual Desktop Custom Image Templates
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