Azure Weekly

On MSDN, Jason H explains how to make a custom role for users to create an Azure Data Factory.

Mahesh M Kshirsagar writes about MPP, DWU and PolyBase in Azure SQL Data warehouse.

On the Azure blog, Evan Boyle (@_Evan_Boyle) reveals Portal support for Azure Search blob and table indexers is now in preview. 

On MSDN, Holger Linke writes about unexpected select queries seen in the Performance Overview of the Azure Portal. 

Herve Roggero (@hroggero) explores Microsoft Azure DocumentDB.

On TechNet, Larry Zhang discusses Leveraging VM Fleet Testing and the performance of Storage Space Direct.

Haishi Bai (@HaishiBai2010) explains how Nginx as a pre-packaged Service Fabric is made. 

Trond Hindenes (@trondhindenes) delves into using Elasticsearch and Azure Functions to store Azure Activity Logs for analysis.

ON MSDN, Sarah Arnold has a call for aspiring Microsoft Azure specialists. 

Thomas W Shinder (@tshinder) shares a pro tip on sending email from Azure Virtual Machines to external domains. 

On MSDN, Holger Linke writes about the Timeout and ADALGetAccessToken Error with AAD connections.

On TechNet, Bulent Ozkir walks through Deploying your MFA Server on premises that is integrated with the ADFS server.

Steve Faehl shares an Azure AD B2B walkthrough.

On the Unity site, Tony Redmond (@12Knocksinna) explains why a healthy directory is a good directory.

On the Redmond magazine site, Jeffrey Schwartz (@JeffreySchwartz) explains how Microsoft is taking no chances with Azure Stack rollout.

On the Kloud blog, Darren Robinson (@darrenjrobinson) writes about connecting to and using the Azure MFA Web Service SDK Server SOAP API with Powershell.

On MSDN, Greg Oliver (@GoLiveMSFT) looks into passing complex parameters to new Azure RM Resource Group deployment inside an Azure Automation Runbook. 

Peter Hauge describes how to create a Monster Build Agent in Azure for cheap.

Stphane Goudeau (@stephgou66) talks about provisioning the Azure Kubernetes infrastructure with a declarative template.

Thomas W Shinder (@tshinder) unveils Azure Compliance in the Context of New Zealand Security and Privacy Requirements White Paper is now available, explains how to ramp up on Operations Management Suite Security & Compliance, shares 10 Azure Security technologies you want to know about now and talks about the Cloud security mindset. 

On TechNet, Kriti Jindal explains how to deploy & setup Server management tools. 

On Channel 9, Trevor Sullivan (@pcgeek86) talks about running PowerShell natively on Linux with Docker.

Matt McSpirit (@mattmcspirit) blogs about PowerShell on Linux and Open Source.

Fabien Dibot (@fdibot) describes how to create a Docker Datacenter on Microsoft Azure.

John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) tells you how to view audit logs for Azure using PowerShell.

On the Azure blog, Lily Kim introduces the Azure Government Blog. 

Mackenzie Frackleton explains how to accelerate your insights with Application Insights Performance Counters.

Trond Hindenes (@trondhindenes) talkes about taking Docker for Azure out for a spin. 

On the Azure blog, Manling Zhang announces HTTP/2 support for all customers with Azure CDN from Akamai.

On TechNet, Shannon Gowen shares somes Azure resiliency technical guidance.

On the Kloud blog, Peter Aram explains how to replicate client OS to Azure with Site Recovery.

On the Perficient blog, Joe Palarchio (@JoePalarchio) covers how to import PSTs from Azure Storage via PowerShell.

On TechNet, Rob Waggoner answers a question about backups.

On the Azure blog, Giridhar Mosay announces alerting and monitoring for Azure Backup. 

Ron Matchoro blogs about Azure SQL Database Threat Detection. 

On the Azure podcast (@AzurePodcast) there's talk of Logic Apps. 

Jon Gallant (@jongallant) explains how to directly connect to Azure IoT Hub's underlying Event Hub. 

On Code Project, Abhishek Mishra (@AbhishekOnRocks) writes about building a basic IoT solution using the Azure IoT Hub. 

On MSDN, Sascha Corti (@TechPreacher) explains how to get your Solutions seen by the whole world.