Azure Weekly Issue 75: 8th May 2016
First up, Marley Gray annouces Azure Blockchain as a Service update #8, while Alice Rison explains why Microsoft cloud is trusted by Spain.
Brian Hillger unveils an Azure egress fee waiver for the academic community, and Cory Fowles reveals support for PHP 7.0 in Azure App Service and the retirement of PHP 5.4.
Sunitha Muthukrishna explains Azure Web Apps Gallery are only available in the new Azure portal, meanwhile Oliver Chiu introduces Azure Data Lake Java SDKs in public preview.
Ryan Crawcour shares news that Azure Stream Analytics have been certified for ISO 27001, ISO 27018, HIPAA, and the EU Model Clauses, and Tiffany Wissner informs us Forrester has nameed Microsoft Azure a leader in Big Data Hadoop Cloud Solutions.
Finally, Matt Weinberger investigates why Micrsoft is struggling to close a $2 billion dollar gap with Amazon for Business Insider.
AI + Machine Learning
Covering: Azure Batch AI, Azure Bot Service, Microsoft Genomics, Machine Learning services, Machine Learning Studio, Cognitive Services, Bing APIs, Computer Vision API, Content moderator, Custom Services, Emotion API, Face API, Language Understanding (LUIS), Linguistic Analysis API, QnA Maker API, Speaker Recognition API, Text Analytics API, Translator Speech API, Translator Text API, Web Language Model API
Analytics
Covering: Azure Databricks, HDInsight, Data Factory, Stream Analytics, Data Lake Analytics, Event Hubs, Power BI, Azure Analysis Services, Apache Spark for HDInsight, Apache Storm for HDInsight, R Server for HDInsight, Data Catalog
- On the Falafel blog, Keith Burnell discusses .NET: Shared App Settings
- On the Hortonworks blog, Matt Morgan (@forwardtension) covers Microsoft HDInsight recognized as a Leader in Forrester Big Data Hadoop Cloud Wave
- On the Azure blog, Oliver Chiu blogs about Azure Data Lake introduces Java SDKs in public preview
- Also on the Azure blog, Ryan Crawcour announces that Azure Stream Analytics certified for ISO 27001, ISO 27018, HIPAA, and the EU Model Clauses
- Also on the Azure blog, Tiffany Wissner blogs about Forrester names Microsoft Azure a leader in Big Data Hadoop Cloud Solutions
Compute
Covering: Virtual Machines, Functions, Batch, Service Fabric, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Cloud Services, Linux Virtual Machines, SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances
- Claus Srensen blogs about Upgrading Azure Service Fabric
Containers
Covering: Container Registry, Container Instances, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Web App for Containers
Databases
Covering: Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, SQL Data Warehouse, Redis Cache, SQL Server Stretch Database, SQL Server on virtual machines, Table storage, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Database for MySQL
Developer Tools
Covering: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, SDKs, Developer tool integrations, CLIs, Blockchain Workbench
DevOps
Covering: Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), Azure DevTest Labs, DevOps tool integrations, Azure DevOps Projects, Azure Lab Services
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory, Multi-factor Authentication, Azure Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Active Directory B2C
- On the Kloud blog, Vic Perdana (@vperdana) blogs about WORKAROUND / FIX: Login to Azure with certificate as Service Principal
- On the Catapult Systems blog, Joe Kuster describes How to share applications & access between partner companies Getting Started with Azure B2B
- On TechNet, Shannon Gowen discusses Cloud Tip of the Day: Azure Subscriptions & Azure AD FAQ
Integration
Covering: Service Bus, Logic Apps, Event Grid
- On Channel 9, David Tesar Matt McSpirit talks about The Ops Team 019 - Studio Upgrade The Ops Team
Internet of Things
Covering: IoT Hub, IoT Suite, IoT Edge, IoT Central, IoT solution accelerators, Time Series Insights, Azure Maps, Azure Sphere
Management and Governance
Covering: Backup, Site Recovery, App Insights, Azure Advisor, Sceduler, Automation, Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, Security & Compliance, Protection & Recovery, Automation & Control, Insight & Analytics, Azure Service Health, Microsoft Azure portal, Azure Resource Manager, Cloud Shell, the Azure mobile app, Azure Policy, Cost Management, Azure Managed Applications
- On the Falafel blog, Kris Lankford talks about Webinar: Sitefinity and Microsoft Azure. The Right CMS on the Right Platform.
- On TechNet, Shannon Gowen talks about Cloud Tip of the Day: Azure Disk Encryption for Windows and Linux IaaS VMs Preview, talks about Cloud Tip of the Day: Azure DNS -- Now configurable in the Azure portal and covers Cloud Tip of the Day: Redeploy Virtual Machine to new Azure node
- On Channel 9, AUTHOR talks about Thursdays with Corey - the new ALIAS feature of AzureCLI Tuesdays With Corey
- Also on Channel 9, Greg Duncan (@gduncan411) talks about Last Week on Channel 9: April 25th - May 1st, 2016
- John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) explains how to Understand instance count changes in a JSON file with Azure
- On the Azure blog, Alice Rison describes Microsoft cloud, the trusted cloud for Spain
- Also on the Azure blog, Brian Hillger (@bhillger) discusses Azure egress fee waiver for the academic community
- Also on the Azure blog, Marley Gray (@HiroMarleyG) discusses Azure Blockchain as a Service update 8
- On Visual Studio Magazine - Columns, AUTHOR writes about 14 Tools For Microsoft Azure Development
Media
Covering: Media services, Encoding, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Azure Media Player, Content Protection, Media Analytics, Video Indexer
- On the Falafel blog, Josh Morales blogs about Launching a Unity Project in HoloLens
- On Channel 9, Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) talks about Using Azure CDN features in the Azure Portal Azure Friday
Microsoft Azure Stack
Covering: Azure Stack
Migration
Covering: Azure Database Migration Service, Azure Migrate, Data Box
Mobile
Covering: App Service (Mobile), Notification Hubs, Mobile apps, API apps, Visual Studio App Centre, Xamarin
Networking
Covering: ExpressRoute, Azure DNS, Virtual Network, Traffic Manager, Load Balancer, VPN Gateway, Application Gateway, Network Watcher
- John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) explains how to Is there an additional charge to use ExpressRoute with Office 365 and writes about When do I pay for egress when connecting virtual networks
Security
Covering: Azure Information Protection, Key Vault, Security Center, Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Advanced Threat Protection
Storage
Covering: Storage, StorSimple, Data Lake Store, Blob Storage, Disk Storage, Managed Disks, Queue Storage, File Storage, Storage Explorer, Archive Storage
- Tim Murphy discusses Increase Cloud Application Responsiveness With Azure Queues and WebJobs and covers Increase Cloud Application Responsiveness With Azure Queues and WebJobs
- John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) explains how to Find out agents needed for protection to Azure via DPM
- On the Database Journal site, AUTHOR discusses Implementing Azure SQL Database Elastic Database Jobs
- Alexandre Brisebois (@Brisebois) blogs about Getting to Know Azure Mobile App Part 4
- James van Den Berg discusses Use Microsoft Azure Backup for your Datacenter protection HybridCloud Sysctr
Web
Covering: App Service (Web), API Management, Content Delivery Network, Azure Search, Web apps, Azure SignalR Service
- On the Azure podcast, AUTHOR covers Episode 126 - Behind the scenes in Azure support
- On the Kloud blog, Namit writes about Inside Azure – Deployment workflow with Fabric Controller and Red Dog Front End
- Simon Timms (@stimms) covers CI with F SQL Type Providers
- On the Daily Dot Net Tips blog, Abhijit Jana (@AbhijitJana) describes Searching telemetry data for the debug session in Visual Studio
- Donovan Brown (@DonovanBrown) explains how to Build Visual Basic 6.0 Applications with Visual Studio Team Services
- On the Azure blog, Cory Fowler (@cfowlerMSFT) announces support for PHP 7.0 in Azure App Service and notice of PHP 5.4 retirement
- Also on the Azure blog, Sunitha Muthukrishna (@mksuni) blogs about Azure Web Apps Gallery available only in new Azure portal
- On the GoorooTHINK blog, AUTHOR delves into "Let&39s Encrypt" Azure Web Apps the Free and Easy Way
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