Azure Weekly Newsletter Issue #139
Hello, and welcome to another edition of the Azure Weekly Newsletter.
On the Azure blog this week, Tom Keane announces that Azure Monitor is now available in Azure Government and John Kemnetz talks about Azure Monitor and enhanced capabilities for routing logs and metrics.
Filippo Seracini covers Security and Compliance in Azure Stack, while John Gossman discusses how Microsoft and Red Hat Help Accelerate Enterprise Container Adoption.
Alice Jin explains how to Perform advanced analytics on Application Insights data using Jupyter Notebook, and Josh Caplan shows you how Azure Analysis Services web designer adds visual model editing to the preview.
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Compute
Covering: Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Functions, Batch, Service Fabric, Cloud Services
· On the Kloud blog, Simon Waight (@simonwaight) talks about Moving from Azure VMs to Azure VM Scale Sets and Runtime Instance Configuration.
· On TechNet, RalfWi discusses Azure Instance Metadata.
· Maheshk (@MahesKBlr) writes about How to change/reset RDP passwords for Service Fabric VMSS/VMSS instances using Powershell.
· Stephen Cleary (@aSteveCleary) writes about Continuously Deploying Azure Functions from a GitHub Subfolder.
· On the Azure blog, Walter Harp writes about New Offers in the Azure Marketplace.
· Steve Michelotti (@smichelotti) shares Azure and Azure Government Training Resources.
· Sarah Arnold talks about Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure through a 5-Day in Person Training Course, in an Australian city near you this September.
Networking
Covering: Virtual Network, Load Balancer, Application Gateway, VPN Gateway, Azure DNS, Content Delivery Network, Traffic Manager, ExpressRoute, Network Watcher
· On the Azure blog, Abhishek Pathak announces that Azure Network Watcher has introduced a Connectivity Check (Preview).
Storage
Covering: Blob storage, Queue storage, File storage, Disk storage, Data Lake Store, StorSimple, Backup
· On the Azure blog, Kumail Hussain announces the public preview of Azure Archive Blob Storage and Blob-Level Tiering.
Web & Mobile
Covering: App Service, Web apps, Mobile apps, API apps, Content Delivery Network, Media Services, Azure Search
· On MSDN, Ben Perkins (@csharpguitar) explains How to manually create a directory on your Azure App Service.
· Gianluca Bertelli (@Bertelli) discusses Experimenting with Azure Managed Applications.
· Sergiy Baydachnyy (@sbaidachni) explains How to cook Mobile Apps (node.js) and table schemas, primary keys and existing tables.
· Yi Wang explains how to Enable PHP extensions on Azure Web App on Windows.
Containers
Covering: Container Service, Container Registry
· On the Kloud blog, Hector Maldonado discusses Preparing your Docker container for Azure App Services.
· On the Azure blog, Keiko Harada announces that the Container Monitoring Solution for Azure Log Analytics is generally available.
Databases
Covering: SQL Database, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, SQL Data Warehouse, SQL Server Stretch Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Table storage, Redis Cache, Data Factory
· On TechNet, the US Partner Team (@msuspartner) blogs about Understanding the basics of blockchain and real-world applications.
· The SQL Server Team reveals Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL are now available in India.
· On MSDN, Harini Gupta talks about Data migration to Azure SQL Database using DMA 3.2.
Data + Analytics
Covering: HDInsight, Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Azure Bot Service, Data Lake Analytics, Power BI Embedded, Data Catalog
· Alice Jin explains how to Perform advanced analytics on Application Insights data using Jupyter Notebook.
· On the Azure blog, Josh Caplan (@JoshCaplan1984) shows you how Azure Analysis Services web designer adds visual model editing to the preview.
· Zhong Chen Asa covers Event Processing and Ordering Design Choices for Azure Stream Analytics.
AI + Cognitive Services
Covering: Computer Vision API, Face API, Bing Web Search API, Customised speech service, Custom Vision Service, Language Understanding Intelligent Service, Bing Custom Search
· On MSDN, Anand Kumar R (@ranand12) covers some Azure Cognitive Services with Azure Logic apps Errors and Workarounds.
Internet of Things
Covering: IoT Hub, IoT Edge, Event Hubs, Stream Analytics, Notification Hubs, Time Series Insights
· On TechNet, Sam McNeill explains how to Solve Rooming & Timetabling Problems With Azure IoT.
· On codeit blog, Tom Kerkhove (@TomKerkhove) walks through Exploring Azure Event Grid, walks through Looking ahead and ask are Service Bus Topics Dead
Enterprise Integration
Covering: Logic Apps, Service Bus, API Management, BizTalk Services
· On MSDN, David Burg discusses a Logic App and B2B Integration Account monitoring solution right from the Azure portal.
· On the Azure blog, John Gossman discusses how Microsoft and Red Hat Help Accelerate Enterprise Container Adoption.
Security + Identity
Covering: Security Center, Azure Active Directory for developers, Key Vault, Azure Active Directory, Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure Active Directory Domain Services, Multi-Factor Authentication
· On MSDN, Matt Rathbun talks about Microsoft Azure Enabling NIST CSF Compliance and the Recover Function.
· On MSDN, Gianluca Bertelli (@Bertelli) shares an Azure AD Delegation scenario.
· Sam McNeill explains how to Configure Single Sign On From Azure Activity Directory Into Google Suite In Only 2 Minutes.
· Gunnar Peipman (@gpeipman) blogs about Using bearer tokens in ASP.NET Core.
· Joel Vickery talks about Testing RPC ports with PowerShell.
· On TechNet, Brandon Wilson shares Infrastructure + Security Noteworthy News.
· On the Azure blog, Filippo Seracini talks about Security and Compliance in Azure Stack.
Developer Tools
Covering: Visual Studio Team Services, Azure DevTest Labs, HockeyApp, Developer tools and SDKs, Xamarin, Storage Explorer
· On MSDN, Maninderjit Bindra (@maniSbindra) walks through Using the VSTS Packer Task and Replace Tokens Task.
· Willy-P. Schaub lists the Top stories from the VSTS community.
· On TechNet, David Branscome covers Leveraging the Office 365 Service Assurance Portal in Customer Scenarios.
· On MSDN, David Gristwood blogs about Registering for Microsoft UK Code With Azure hacks 2017/18.
· On MSDN, David Gristwood shares a Calendar of UK based Azure workshops.
Monitoring + Management
Covering: Microsoft Azure portal, Azure Resource Manager, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Automation, Site Recovery, Scheduler
· On TechNet, Tsuyoshi Ushio (@sandayuu) covers Log Analytics log search REST API for C#.
· Also on MSDN, Troy Ault asks about Automation and How to securely script login.
· On TechNet, John Knightly (@johnaknightly) covers Using Azure Automation, OMS and Storage Tables to capture Configuration Data of Azure VMs (Part One).
· John Kemnetz talks about Azure Monitor, and enhanced capabilities for routing logs and metrics.
· Tom Keane announces that Azure Monitor is now available in Azure Government.
Useful Links
- Endjin's Azure Technology Selector - a flowchart which guides you through the process of chosing the best Azure service for your needs.
- Cloud Comparison Poster - a free poster from endjin, comparing the three major cloud platforms - Azure, AWS & Google Cloud Platform
- Cloud Migration Process - a free poster from endjin, outlining our process for cloud adoption
- Cloud Adoption: Risk & Mitigations - The Swiss Cheese Model - a free poster from endjin & Hymans Robertson outlining the risk and mitigations of adopting public cloud.
- Embracing Disruption: Financial Services & the Microsoft Cloud - a free ebooklet from endjin describing how companies in FS can take advantage of Azure.
- Microsoft's What is Azure poster - a visual overview of Azure's services and features.
- Microsoft Azure Essentials: Fundamentals of Azure - a free ebook from Microsoft Press, by Michael S. Collier and Robin E. Shahan.
- Data Science in the Cloud with Microsoft Azure Machine Learning and R - a free ebook on Azure Machine Learning, by Stephen F. Elston.
- Protecting Data in Microsoft Azure - a whitepaper that describes the various mechanism you can you can leverage for managing sensitive data in the Azure platform.
- A-Z of the Azure ecosystem - a slide deck outlining current Azure services.
- Azure Architecture Center - guidance from the Patterns & Practices team covering API Design, API implementation, Autoscaling, Background jobs, CDN, Caching, Data partitioning, Monitoring and diagnostics, Retry, Scalability and availability.
- Azure Architect's Reference - if you are an architect responsible for building an application on Azure, or are trying to figure out how you could migrate an application and need to dig deep into the workload, cost, security, capacity, availability, deployment and operational modelling this invaluable resource should be your first stop. An open source project, with contributions from several experienced architects, it gathers data from many different references into a single, useful guide that is constantly updated by the community.
- Azure Table Storage Design Guide - a guide from the storage team.
- Azure infrastructure services implementation guidelines - key design and implementation guidelines for deploying an IT workload in Azure infrastructure services.
- Azure Speed Test - a simple web tool that measures the latency between you and Azure Datacenters to suggest which might be fastest for you location.
- Azure Websites Cheatsheet - everything you need to know about configuring & managing Azure Websites on a single page.
- SQL Database Migration Wizard - a very useful tool for migrating existing SQL databases to SQL Azure; will fix some common conversion errors automatically.
- Azure SQL DTU Calculator - a tool to help you determine the number of DTUs for your existing SQL Server database(s) as well as a recommendation of the minimum performance level and service tier that you need before you migrate to Azure SQL Database.
- Microsoft Azure Symbol/Icon Set - a set of Visio and PowerPoint shapes for use in architecture diagrams / presentations.
- Service Bus Explorer - a free and open source tool for managing and exploring Azure Service Bus(including Event Hubs).
- Best practices for designing Azure Resource Manager Templates - guidance based on the whitepaper 'World Class ARM Templates Considerations and Proven Practices'.
- Microsoft Cloud Networking for Enterprise Architects - a downloadable guide to Azure networking, covering topics such as cloud migration and networking for PaaS and SaaS services
- Cyber Security Demystified - a free ebook from Microsoft describing how to keep your organisation safe.
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