Azure Weekly Newsletter Issue #140
Welcome to the latest edition of the Azure Weekly Newsletter.
Highlights this week include Buck Hodges talking about What's been brewing in Visual Studio Team Services in August 2017, while Thomas Roettinger explains how to Integrate Azure Stack into your datacenter.
Samartha Chandrashekar talks about Machine Learning-based anomaly detection in Azure Stream Analytics, Jenny Jiang explains how to Debug Spark Code Running in Azure HDInsight from Your Desktop, and Christian Wade writes about the Automation of Azure Analysis Services with Service Principals and PowerShell.
A big announcement for any organisation that has PII data it wants to move into Azure - a SQL Transparent Data Encryption TDE with Bring Your Own Key support has been released in preview. Yay!
Finally, Prashant Khandelwal has recorded a 20 minute video tutorial demonstrating how to enable Multi Factor Authentication for users in Azure Active Directory.
It's the endjin summer party today - we're all off to Meatopia 2017!
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Compute
Covering: Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Functions, Batch, Service Fabric, Cloud Services
· On TechNet, Jeff Stoffel explains how to Get the latest with the Azure Webinar Series.
· Shannon Gowen Nested Virtualization in Azure and the Public preview of disaster recovery for Azure IaaS virtual machines.
· Stephen Cleary (@aSteveCleary) discusses Azure Functions SPA.
· On the Azure blog, Paige Liu announces that Hortonworks has extended its IaaS offering on Azure with Cloudbreak.
Networking
Covering: Virtual Network, Load Balancer, Application Gateway, VPN Gateway, Azure DNS, Content Delivery Network, Traffic Manager, ExpressRoute, Network Watcher
· Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) explains how to Configure Traffic Manager and Web Apps over SSL HTTPS using a custom domain.
· John Savill (@NTFAQGuy) provides A number of FAQs dealing with advanced networking with Azure IaaS VMs.
Storage
Covering: Blob storage, Queue storage, File storage, Disk storage, Data Lake Store, StorSimple, Backup
· On MSDN, Lingxi Li writes about New Azure Feature Pack Release Strengthening ADLS Connectivity.
· The Azure Storage team announces the public preview of Azure Archive Blob Storage and Blob-Level Tiering.
· On the Azure blog, Chris Brooks shares the Azure Blob storage events preview.
· Lavanya Kasarabada announces Default Encryption for Azure Blobs, Files, Table and Queue Storage.
· Shubha Vijayasarathy writes about the Azure Data Lake Store Capture Provider for Event Hubs Capture.
Web & Mobile
Covering: App Service, Web apps, Mobile apps, API apps, Content Delivery Network, Media Services, Azure Search
· Also on MSDN, Sergiy Baydachnyy (@sbaidachni) explains How to cook Azure Mobile Apps node.js, Xamarin and .NET Standard.
· Jeff Chilberto (@JChilberto) blogs about Reactive event programming with Azure Event Grid.
· On the Azure blog, Asir Selvasingh covers Azure Management Libraries for Java (v1.2).
Containers
Covering: Container Service, Container Registry
· On MSDN, Aseem Bansal (@aseembansal) explains How to use VSTS docker task to push to AWS registry.
· Shayne Boyer (@spboyer) explores multi-stage Docker builds for Angular apps.
· Also on the Azure blog, Pui Chee Chan announces Deploy to Kubernetes & Azure Container Service and Container Agent plugins.
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, Holger Linke blogs about PolyBase export of datetime values not using DATE_FORMAT.
· On the Azure blog, Joseph Sack talks about Default compatibility level 140 for Azure SQL databases.
· Judy Hanwen Shen talks about Azure CosmosDB change feed and Apache Spark.
· On the Azure blog, Morgan Oslake covers the New performance levels and storage add-ons in Azure SQL Database.
· Rebecca Zhang previews SQL Transparent Data Encryption with Bring Your Own Key support.
Data + Analytics
Covering: HDInsight, Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Azure Bot Service, Data Lake Analytics, Power BI Embedded, Data Catalog
· Kay Unkroth talks about Supporting Advanced Data Access Scenarios in Tabular 1400 Models.
· Samuel Lester (@SQLSamLester) covers Power BI Desktop and The Case of the Missing Taskbar Icon.
· Also on TechNet, Sam McNeill measures The Impact Of PowerBI via Usage Analytics By User.
· On the Azure blog, Christian Wade (@_christianWade) writes about the Automation of Azure Analysis Services with Service Principals and PowerShell.
· Jenny Jiang explains how to Debug Spark Code Running in Azure HDInsight from Your Desktop.
· Samartha Chandrashekar talks about Machine Learning-based anomaly detection in Azure Stream Analytics.
· Jen Stirrup shares an Azure Tools and Technologies Cheat Sheet.
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 TechNet, Sasindu Kavinda (@kaviliya123) Introduces Cognitive Services and explains how to Identify faces using Face API in it.
Internet of Things
Covering: IoT Hub, IoT Edge, Event Hubs, Stream Analytics, Notification Hubs, Time Series Insights
· On MSDN, Sachin C Sheth writes about Directly storing streaming data into Azure Data Lake with Azure Event Hubs Capture Provider.
· Zhidi Shang writes about a Handy Tool When You Develop With Azure IoT.
Enterprise Integration
Covering: Logic Apps, Service Bus, API Management, BizTalk Services
· On MSDN, Justin Conway explains how to Update Azure Service Bus Presence On The Classic Azure Portal.
· On TechNet, Tsuyoshi Ushio (@sandayuu) talks about a Azure Go Library Documentation Project.
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
· Prashant Khandelwal has recorded a 20 minute video tutorial demonstrating how to enable Multi Factor Authentication for users in Azure Active Directory
· On MSDN, Holger Linke explains How to create an Azure AD application in PowerShell.
· Troy Ault discusses Utilizing Key Vault to create credentials for automation.
· On the Perficient blog, Jane Louis asks if you're Considering an Azure Active Directory Hybrid Identity Solution.
· On TechNet, Bruno Gabrielli writes about the Active Directory Management Pack and an Addendum for Trust Monitoring.
· Paul Jones writes about Dynamic Group Membership in Azure Active Directory, Part 1 and Part 2.
· On the Azure blog, Thomas W Shinder (@tshinder) discusses SMB Version 1 disabled Azure Gallery Windows operating system images.
· Thomas Roettinger explains how to Integrate Azure Stack into your datacenter.
Developer Tools
Covering: Visual Studio Team Services, Azure DevTest Labs, HockeyApp, Developer tools and SDKs, Xamarin, Storage Explorer
· On MSDN, The Visual Studio Team explain how to Create a CI/CD pipeline to Azure Service Fabric and Get hands on with Visual Studio for Mac, containers, and serverless code in the cloud.
· On the Azure blog, Buck Hodges (@tfsbuck) talks about What's been brewing in Visual Studio Team Services in August 2017.
· Mark Heath blogs about Azure Functions Visual Studio 2017 Tooling.
Monitoring + Management
Covering: Microsoft Azure portal, Azure Resource Manager, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Automation, Site Recovery, Scheduler
· On MSDN, Troy Ault blogs about Automating Lab Environments with LabInaBox on Prem or in the Cloud.
· On TechNet, Tsuyoshi Ushio (@sandayuu) covers Searching Log Analytics using Azure SDK with New Simpler Library "Fluent".
· Stanislav Zhelyazkov (@StanZhelyazkov) talks about ARM Templates for Service Map Dependency Agent Deployment.
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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