Azure Weekly #159 - 28th January 2018

Azure Weekly Newsletter Issue #159

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It seems to have been a busy week in the Azure Ecosystem, with the number of announcements in double figures. In addition to all of those, a couple of API Managment announcements from a fortnight ago seemed to have slipped through the corresponding newsletter's cracks, which concern the GA of Versions & Revisions and API Management's newfound integration with Application Insights. Moving back to this week, the technical announcements are:

A few other noteworthy announcements include:

Azure Standard support now offers the highest value support for production workloads amongst major cloud providers
Compliance assessment reports for Azure Stack are now available
A New book: Exam Ref 70-532 Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions, Second Edition
There is a new course: Getting Started with Cloud Administration, for those inexperienced with Azure/those coming from an on-premises data center, or those who just wish to maintain their Azure knowledge!
There is a new webcast series starting in February regarding Azure Storage presented by partners who have built notable solutions on top of this infrastructure

Aside from those announcements, Matt McSpirit offers a very nice Introduction into Infrastructure as a Service IaaS with Microsoft Azure, Shayne Boyer talks about his hybrid solution around monitoring issues regarding Azure on Stack Overflow, and David Smith shows us how to Speed up simulations in R with doAzureParallel.

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Compute

Covering: Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Functions, Batch, Service Fabric, Cloud Services

On the Azure blog, Neil Gat announces that Zone Redundant Virtual Machine Scale Sets now available in public preview
Also on the Azure blog, Trinadh Kotturu (@f2003629) announces the integration of Azure Backup into VM create experience
On MSDN, Tzachi Elkabatz writes Azure-Linux VM -Configure A Partition Larger Then 2 TB. and Azure-Linux VM Cant SSH
Also on MSDN, Cj Aliaga describes Installing NuGet Packages in Azure Functions 2.X Runtime (PREVIEW)
Nathan Vanderby writes about Amazon Alexa Skills authenticated by Azure Active Directory and backed by an Azure Function
Shayne Boyer (@spboyer) talks about Monitoring issues on Stackoverflow with serverless, CosmosDB and Teams
On TechNet, Alex Bennett and Mike Brown describe How to use microservices with Azure Service Fabric
Mike Finley covers Getting Started with Ethereum using Azure Blockchain

Networking

Covering: Virtual Network, Load Balancer, Application Gateway, VPN Gateway, Azure DNS, Content Delivery Network, Traffic Manager, ExpressRoute, Network Watcher

Sam Cogan (@samcogan) explains how to Simplify Azure NSG Rules With Augmented Rules and Service Tags

Storage

Covering: Blob storage, Queue storage, File storage, Disk storage, Data Lake Store, StorSimple, Backup

On the Azure blog, Dinesh Murthy announces that Azure Zone Redundant Storage in public preview
Also on the Azure blog, Karl Rautenstrauch writes Launching the Azure Storage Solution showcase
Simon Foster (@funkysi1701) describes Moving files into blob storage
On MSDN, Jeremy Likness (@jeremylikness) discusses Azure Storage for Serverless .NET Apps in Minutes
Michael Crump (@mbcrump) writes Azure Tips and Tricks Part 82 - Creating your first Azure Storage Table, Part 83 - Adding an item to a Azure Storage Table, Part 84 - Reading an item from an Azure Storage Table and Part 85 - Updating an item from a Azure Storage Table

Web & Mobile

Covering: App Service, Web apps, Mobile apps, API apps, Content Delivery Network, Media Services, Azure Search

On the Azure blog, Liam Cavanagh (@liamca) covers Azure Search enterprise security: Data encryption and user-identity access control
On MSDN, Ben Perkins (@csharpguitar) writes about What Root Certificates exist on an Azure App Service, CA Root and blogs about TLS on Azure App Services
Also on MSDN, Michael S. Hansen writes Azure Web App with Lets Encrypt Certificate – Powershell Automation
Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) covers HTTP Queue Length and Request counter of Azure App Services Web Apps
K. Moussa writes Azure Media Functions Server-less Functions

Containers

Covering: Container Service, Container Registry

On Open AI's blog, Christopher Berner talks about Scaling Kubernetes to 2,500 Nodes

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 the Daily Dot Net Tips blog, Abhijit Jana (@AbhijitJana) walks through Connecting Azure Cosmos DB with Azure Storage Explorer by using Connection String
On the Database Journal site, Anoop Kumar describes How to Implement Dynamic Data Masking in Azure SQL Database and SQL Server
K. Scott Allen (@OdeToCode) describes Interacting with Azure SQL Using All Command Line Tools
On MSDN, Tim Salch writes Performance: Evaluate Data Skew

Data + Analytics

Covering: HDInsight, Machine Learning, Stream Analytics, Azure Bot Service, Data Lake Analytics, Power BI Embedded, Data Catalog

On the .NET Curry blog, Rahul Sahasrabuddhe writes Machine Learning: An Introduction
On Channel 9, Seth Juarez and Gopi Krishna Kumar talk about the Data Science Virtual Machine on the AI Show
Also on Channel 9, Scott Hanselman and Shahrokh Mortazavi talks about Azure Notebooks on Azure Friday
Bharath Sreenivas talks about Cask CDAP and H20.ai on Azure HDInsight on Data Exposed
Vincent-Philippe Lauzon blogs about Azure Databricks – Spark SQL – Data Frames
On the Azure blog, JS Tan describes Accelerated Spark on GPU-enabled clusters in Azure
On the Revolution Analytics blog, David Smith (@revodavid) describes how to Speed up simulations in R with doAzureParallel
On MSDN, Matt Basile writes From unstructured data to dashboard with Azure Data Factory and Azure Data Lake
Also on MSDN, Buck Woody writes DevOps for Data Science – Load Testing and Auto-Scale
Isaiah Williams writes about the Data Connector SDK and Partner Center
Chris Webb (@Technitrain) discusses Setting SQL Server Connection String Properties In Power BI and SSAS Tabular Modern Data Sources
Devin Knight (@knight_devin) discusses Power BI Custom Visuals Class Module 86 – Bubble Chart by Akvelon and Module 87 – Funnel with Source MAQ Software
On the MSSQL Tips site, Scott Murray talks about Power BI Ribbon Charts

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 the Azure blog, Joseph Sirosh (@josephsirosh) writes about the CustomVision.AI: Code-free automated machine learning for image classification
On MSDN, Lee Stott (@lee_stott) describes Using customvision.ai and building an Android application offline image identification app
Also on MSDN, Kenneth Teo talks about Finding QnAKnowledgebaseId and QnASubscriptionKey to configure the new Azure Bot Service
Cheng-Bin Tham writes about No response from bot emulator after the new update to Bot Framework/Azure Bot Service

Internet of Things

Covering: IoT Hub, IoT Edge, Event Hubs, Stream Analytics, Notification Hubs, Time Series Insights

On MSDN, Ray Fang writes about the New Features in Visual Studio Code IoT Edge Extension 0.1.3 & IoT Toolkit 0.5.0
On Channel 9, Olivier Bloch and Paymaun Heidari talk about the IoT extension for Azure CLI on the Internet of Things Show

Enterprise Integration

Covering: Logic Apps, Service Bus, API Management, BizTalk Services

On the Azure blog, Filippo Seracini announces that Compliance assessment reports for Azure Stack are now available
On Code Project, Hemang Maradia explains how to Send Email from Azure SQL using Logic App
On the Kloud blog, Lucian Franghiu (@lucianfrango) writes about the Updated Intune and NDES reference architecture, multiple NDES patterns
Sean Feldman writes about the Azure Service Bus with Managed Service Identity
Tomas Restrepo (@tomasrestrepo) writes Azure API Management - Changing the Subscription Key header or query string names

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, Andreas Helland describes Accessing The Power BI APIs in a Federated Azure AD Setup
Also on MSDN, Michael S. Hansen talks about Using Azure Commercial AAD Authentication and Graph API in Azure Government Web App – PowerShell Automation
Parakh Jain walks through Updating "Select application" drop down in the Policy blade to only show B2C applications
Sakthivel Chidambaram blogs about "User realm discovery failed" from ADOMD
On TechNet, Tim McMichael talks about Office 365: ADConnect synchronization interval changed automatically
James van Den Berg offers a Microsoft Azure Security Center Overview
Yuri Diogenes (@yuridiogenes) blogs about Exploring Notable Events in Security Incidents

Developer Tools

Covering: Visual Studio Team Services, Azure DevTest Labs, HockeyApp, Developer tools and SDKs, Xamarin, Storage Explorer

On MSDN, Matt Farmer announces the Versions & Revisions – General Availability
Also on MSDN, Miao Jiang writes about the Application Insights Integration
On Code Project, Rahul Mittal covers Using Visual Studio Team Services VSTS and Git with VS 2017
On the Xamarin blog, Prashant Cholachagudda discusses Running Xamarin.iOS Unit Tests in Visual Studio Team Services
On the Daily Dot Net Tips blog, Abhijit Jana (@AbhijitJana) describes Working with Azure Storage Explorer for Azure Cosmos DB
On PowerShell Magazine, Ravikanth C (@ravikanth) writes about the Azure DevTest Labs Artifact for installing PowerShell Core
On TechNet, Anthony Watherston writes about PowerShell Core and Jenkins
On Channel 9, Donovan Brown and Xiaokai He talk about how to Spring Boot with VS Code and Azure on Azure Friday

Monitoring + Management

Covering: Microsoft Azure portal, Azure Resource Manager, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Automation, Site Recovery, Scheduler

On the Azure blog, Bharath Sivaraman announces that Comprehensive monitoring for Azure Site Recovery now generally available
Also on the Azure blog, Anoop K. Vasudavan writes Start replicating in under 30 minutes using Azure Site Recovery's new onboarding experience
Kiran Madnani announces that the ITSM Connector for Azure is now generally available
On the Catapult Systems blog, Cameron Fuller writes about Replacing GSM in SCOM with Application Insights
On MSDN, Deepesh from the Application Insights Service Team writes about the Application Insights Availability Monitoring: Test Locations Updated
Also on MSDN, Nikita Agarwal posts a Powershell script which deletes deployments from the Azure Resource Group
On TechNet, Michael Repperger writes about the Replacement Azure Management Certificate Monitoring
Stanislav Zhelyazkov (@StanZhelyazkov) covers Monitoring Windows Services States with Log Analytics
Gaurav Patole talks about Understanding and Configuring Azure Communications
Vincent-Philippe Lauzon discusses Solution SLAs in Azure
Stefan Johner (@JohnerStefan) writes about Using Policy Initiatives to simplify Azure Policy Management
On the Azure blog, Zach Alexander describes Keeping your environment secure with Update Management

Thought Leadership from endjin

Unlocking Digital Transformation with Azure API Management - a training session from endjin, explaining what Digital Transformation is, and how to use Azure API Management to take your first steps. Three versions are available: 5 minute exec summary, 20 minute overview or 50 minute deep dive.
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API Maturity Matrix - a spreadsheet to help you assess your organization's ability to build, test, deploy, manage and monetize an API Platform.
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, comparing the three major cloud platforms - Azure, AWS & Google Cloud Platform. For more information, see the accompanying blog series.
Cloud Migration Process - a free poster, 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.
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Useful Links

The Developer's Guide to Microsoft Azure (2nd Edition) - ebook from Microsoft showcasing architectural approaches and common design patterns you face when building modern applications.
Azure Virtual Datacenter - ebook from Microsoft highlighting an approach to isolation, security, and trust in the Microsoft cloud.
Cyber Security Demystified - ebook from Microsoft describing how to keep your organisation safe.
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

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