Azure Weekly Newsletter Issue #137
Welcome to the latest edition of the Azure Weekly Newsletter.
The big news this week was the announcement of the Coco Framework, an initiative to deliver a Blockchain for the enterprise including significant improvements in throughput, and a reduction in latency, confidentiality modes, and network policy management through distributed governance. If this subject interests you, Mark Russinovich has recorded a 10 minute overview video including a demo.
Ketan Ghelani reveals the new and improved Azure Log Analytics. Mirek Sztajno covers Azure AD authentication extensions for Azure SQL DB and SQL DW tools, and Daniel Savage writes about Operating Azure Stack.
Harel Broitman explains how to Automate Application Insights processes with the connector for Flow and Logic Apps, while OP Ravi shares Root cause analysis and time exploration updates to Azure Time Series Insights. And finally Olivier Bloch writes about New Electric Imp and Particle seamless integration with Azure IoT Hub.
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Compute
Covering: Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Functions, Batch, Service Fabric, Cloud Services
On MSDN, Ross Smith (@ross_p_smith) writes about the Best way to host Microsoft R Server in Azure.
On TechNet, Mark O'Shea (@intunedin) discusses Upcoming Azure Training Events In Australia.
Joe Davies (@JoeDavi70700933) writes about New Reference Architecture for a high availability SharePoint Server 2016 farm in Azure.
Networking
Covering: Virtual Network, Load Balancer, Application Gateway, VPN Gateway, Azure DNS, Content Delivery Network, Traffic Manager, ExpressRoute, Network Watcher
John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) delves into Azure IaaS VM with multiple NICs.
Kunal Chandratre (@kunalchandratre) explains How to receive an email on Azure Network Security Group Rule changes.
Storage
Covering: Blob storage, Queue storage, File storage, Disk storage, Data Lake Store, StorSimple, Backup
On the Catapult Systems blog, Matthew Dowst talks about Fixing an Azure Storage Queue Error 403 from a Web App.
On MSDN, Vitor Faria Tomaz (@vitortomaz) asks Where are my Long Term Retention backups using PowerShell.
On TechNet, Jarrett Renshaw blogs about Azure Recovery Services Vault Management and performing a vault swap.
Web & Mobile
Covering: App Service, Web apps, Mobile apps, API apps, Content Delivery Network, Media Services, Azure Search
On MSDN, Michael Hansen covers CI/CD for ColdFusion with Azure Web App.
On the Azure blog, Richard Li (@RichyLi) writes about the General Availability of the Azure Media Redactor.
Asir Selvasingh writes about Maven and Deploying Java Web Apps to Azure.
Pui Chee Chan announces the deploy to Azure app service Jenkins plugin and more.
Containers
Covering: Container Service, Container Registry
On the Kloud blog, Hector Maldonado talks about Making application configuration files dynamic with confd and Azure Redis.
On MSDN, formulahendry (@formulahendry) explains how to Manage Docker Hub and Azure Container Registry in Visual Studio Code with Docker Explorer.
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 MSDN, Omer Amin covers mySQL and POSTgreSQL DBs as a Service.
Jose M Jurado (@jmjuradodiaz) asks Why does SQL SERVER Management Studio report that my Azure SQL Database version is 12.
On the Azure blog, Josh Caplan (@JoshCaplan1984) talks about Using Azure Analysis Services over Azure SQL DB and DW.
Data + Analytics
Covering: HDInsight, Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Azure Bot Service, Data Lake Analytics, Power BI Embedded, Data Catalog
On MSDN, Ramkumar Chandrasekaran covers Using the Microsoft R Server Operationalization on HDInsight.
Xiaoyong Zhu discusses Bringing Interactive Analytics to Azure HDInsight and Kyligence Analytics Platform enabling sub-second query.
Lee Stott (@lee_stott) looks at how Azure Notebooks are being used in academia.
On the Azure blog, Linda Wang shares the Azure Data Factory July new features update.
James Serra (@JamesSerra) covers Microsoft Big Data Certification Exams.
Yanan Cai explains how to Create a U-SQL EXTRACT Script Automatically.
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
Gunnar Peipman (@gpeipman) discusses Identifying people on photos using Azure Cognitive Services and Converting System.Drawing.Color to hex.
Internet of Things
Covering: IoT Hub, IoT Edge, Event Hubs, Stream Analytics, Notification Hubs, Time Series Insights
On MSDN, formulahendry (@formulahendry) explains that the Azure IoT Toolkit for Android is coming.
On the Azure blog, Olivier Bloch writes about New Electric Imp and Particle seamless integration with Azure IoT Hub.
OP Ravi shares Root cause analysis and time exploration updates to Azure Time Series Insights.
Enterprise Integration
Covering: Logic Apps, Service Bus, API Management, BizTalk Services
On MSDN, Justin Conway blogs about Azure Service Bus Java Client GA and Azure Service Bus .NET Standard Client GA.
On TechNet, Courtenay Bernier talks about Microsoft Intune Data Warehouse.
On Microsoft + Open Source, the APAC Open Source Team talk about Securing Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub on Microsoft Azure.
On the Azure blog, Harel Broitman explains how to Automate Application Insights processes with the connector for Flow and Logic Apps.
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, Rahul Pandya talks about Inviting users to Azure Active directory.
On the Azure blog, Daniel Savage writes about Operating Azure Stack.
Mirek Sztajno covers Azure AD authentication extensions for Azure SQL DB and SQL DW tools.
On the Kloud blog, Darren Robinson (@darrenjrobinson) blogs about Identifying Active Directory Users with Pwned Passwords using Microsoft/Forefront Identity Manager
Developer Tools
Covering: Visual Studio Team Services, Azure DevTest Labs, HockeyApp, Developer tools and SDKs, Xamarin, Storage Explorer
On MSDN, Jaime Tarquino (@jtarquino) covers Testing Power BI Report Server Setup using Azure DevTestLabs and VSTS online
Monitoring + Management
Covering: Microsoft Azure portal, Azure Resource Manager, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Automation, Site Recovery, Scheduler
On MSDN, Cameron covers Protecting SAP Solutions with Azure Site Recovery.
Richard Hay discusses Microsoft Azure Site Recovery and Backup Capabilities.
Gabe Shapiro talks about Logging in to Azure Resource Manager through Kudu to use PowerShell.
Jason Boeshart (@jboeshart) covers Understanding Idempotence and Scope in Azure Resource Manager Templates.
On the Azure blog, Ketan Ghelani (@followKetan) reveals the new and improved Azure Log Analytics.
The Application Insights Service Team share an Application Insights Planned Maintenance Notice.
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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