Azure Weekly #169 - 8th April 2018

Azure Weekly Newsletter Issue #169

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Before we get to the announcements, there has been Lots of New Region News in Azure, nicely summarized here by Aidan Finn. Have a look at the Microsoft partners who have played a critical role in transforming national computing fabric with Microsofts Azure Australia Central. Read more about the New Microsoft Azure regions available for Australia and New Zealand here.

Plenty of announcements to sink your teeth into this week:

Power BI:

Do you want to sell Azure but dont know where to start? Easy. Have a read through that article!

Read about the Top 4 announcements from Microsofts Government Tech Summit, and, if you're heading to Build 2018, have a look at the Search and Rescue Challenge.

Elsewhere, Gaurav Malhotra has written an interesting article explaining how to Ingest, prepare, and transform using Azure Databricks and Data Factory. And finally, if you're into Silicon Valley TV Series, you may appreciate this article: Not Hotdog: An R image classification application, using the Custom Vision API.

If you have any content you'd like to contribute to the newsletter, please tweet @AzureWeekly or ping an email to AzureWeekly@endjin.com.

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Compute

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

On the Azure blog, Tom Keane announces that Azure Availability Zones now available for the most comprehensive resiliency strategy
Also on the Azure blog, the Azure updates team announces the General availability: New regions for Red Hat Update Infrastructure and the General availability: Azure zone-redundant snapshots and images for managed disks
On the Kloud blog, Darren Robinson writes Evaluating the migration of Azure Functions to Microsoft Flow – Twitter IoT Integration
On Channel 9, Rich Lander and Chris Gillum talk about Debugging and Diagnostics of Durable Functions
On MSDN, Amit Agarwal Amagar covers Azure Function Apps: Performance Considerations
Ben Perkins (@csharpguitar) writes a number of blogs on Azure Functions: An error occurred, Deploy an Azure Function created from Visual Studio, How to create an Azure Function in Visual Studio, How to connect to a database from an Azure Function and Publish failed
Maheshk (@MahesKBlr) gives an Intro to HPC and steps to setup CycleCloud in Azure
Sameera Perera (@sameera_man) explains How to Install GUI on a Red Hat 7.X Server in Azure
Julien Oudot writes Part 1: Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set and Windows Containers–Networking Tips
Ejarvi blogs about Encrypting Data Disks on Linux with Azure Disk Encryption
Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) writes about the Different cases of Azure VM 'reboots'
Ripom writes about High Availability for Internet Access using VMSS

Networking

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

On the Azure blog, Mario Lopez announces that Application Security Groups now generally available in all Azure regions
Also on the Azure blog, the Azure updates team writes about the General availability: Azure Network Watcher Connection Monitor in all public regions and announces that Microsoft peering on ExpressRoute Standard SKU now available
On MSDN, David-Sanchez discusses the Azure Standard Load Balancer with HA ports – what it means for your network and security stack
Thuan Soldier explains how to Defend your Azure virtual network with Defense In Depth strategy

Storage

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

On Channel 9, Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) talks about Backup and Recovery with Azure Files with Mike Emard

Web & Mobile

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

On MSDN, David Burg writes about the PHP Fatal error: Class TwigLoaderFilesystem not found
Sacha Barber writes Azure WebApp : Checking the deployed WebApp file system
Michael Crump (@mbcrump) writes Azure Tips and Tricks Part Part 111 - Deployment Slots for Web Apps using the Azure CLI
Aidan Finn (@joe_elway) writes Deploying My Sites On Azure App Services
Michael S. Hansen describes Local Debugging of .NET Core Web App with Easy Auth and talks about Azure Active Directory Authentication Easy Auth with Multiple Backend APIs

Containers

Covering: Container Service, Container Instances, Container Registry, Web App for Containers

On the Azure blog, Cristy Gonzalez writes that Create Service Fabric Clusters from Visual Studio now available
On MSDN, the Service Fabric Team announces the Service Fabric 6.1 Refresh Three Release
Also on MSDN, the Service Fabric Team provides a Service Fabric Customer Profile: SiriusIQ
On Channel 9, Corey Sanders (@CoreySandersWA) talks about Open Sourcing Microsoft Service Fabric with Vaclav Turecek
Also on Channel 9, Alena Hall presents Part 4 of 4: Use Azure Container Registry on the Open Source Show
Monu Bambroo writes Docker Blog Series Part 6 – How to use Service Fabric Reverse Proxy for container services
Mark Heath (@mark_heath) covers Serverless CI Builds with Cake and Azure Container Instances
Vincent-Philippe Lauzon gives an Overview of Docker Containers in Azure
Jessica Deen (@jldeen) describes Codefresh+Azure: DevOps, Kubernetes, Helm Webinar
Donovan Brown talks about Metaparticle - A standard library for cloud-native applications on Kubernetes with Brendan Burns

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 Azure blog, Alexander Sasha Nosov describes A flexible new way to purchase Azure SQL Database and writes about the SQL Database: Long-term backup retention preview includes major updates
Also on the Azure blog, Ninar Nuemah (@NinarNuemah), Program Manager - SQL Azure, writes about the Improvements to SQL Elastic Pool configuration experience
The Azure updates team announces the Public preview: Read scale-out support for Azure SQL Database
On MSDN, Jose M Jurado posts Lesson Learned 35: How to transfer the login and user from OnPremise to Azure SQL Database, Lesson Learned 36: Best Practices connecting and executing queries using Azure SQL Database, Lesson Learned 37: How to use distributed transactions in Azure SQL Database and Lesson Learned 39: Best Practices using BCP in Azure SQL Database
On the Database Journal site, Marcin Policht gives an Introduction to Azure SQL Managed Instance
Kuber Sharma explains how to Accelerate Data Warehouse Modernization to Azure with Informaticas AI-Driven Platform
Shau Phang writes Ready to migrate MySQL workload to Azure Database for MySQL?
On TechNet, Sumit Sengupta writes about Azure Cosmos DB

Analytics

Covering: HDInsight, Stream Analytics, Data Lake Analytics, Azure Databricks, Power BI Embedded, Data Catalog

Tony Smith (@tpsmith99) has two great articles: GDPR & AAS – unique approach to GDPR & Personal data using AAS, and so you want to run an Azure Hothouse?
On the Azure blog, Gaurav Malhotra, Program Manager - Azure Data Factory, writes Ingest, prepare, and transform using Azure Databricks and Data Factory
Jie Su describes Using the first job run to optimize subsequent runs with Azure Data Lake job AU analyzer
Ali Raza, Data Solution Architect, explains How to get going with Modern Analytics Sandpit Environment using Azure in no timePart 2
The Azure updates team highlights a number of updates: Power BI Embedded supports additional mobile gestures, the Bookmarks API, the API to track your free embed token, Get visual data and Q&A added to Edit and Create modes for report authors
The Azure Gov Team announces that Power BI Premium and Power BI Embedded available for Azure Government
Devin Knight (@knight_devin) posts Power BI Custom Visuals Class Module 97 – Enlighten Data Story and presents Power BI Monthly Digest – April 2018 with Manuel Quintana
On the Power BI blog, Nimrod Shalit writes a Power BI Developer community March update and Amanda Cofsky gives a Power BI Desktop April Feature Summary
Also on the Power BI blog, Charles Sterling (@chass) writes about the Week 4/11 Webinars: Load Testing Power BI Applications with Visual Studio Load Test and Getting Started with Model Driven Apps in PowerApps

AI + Machine Learning

Covering: Machine Learning, Bots, 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, Christine Alford announces that the BigDL Spark deep learning library VM now available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace
On the Revolution Analytics blog, David Smith (@revodavid) describes Not Hotdog: An R image classification application, using the Custom Vision API
On MSDN, the European IIS team writes Fail to create bot with error 'Authorization_RequestDenied'
On TechNet, Sam McNeill writes about the AI Technology Assisting Deaf Students
Also on TechNet, the ML Blog Team covers the Inventory Optimization Solution in the Azure AI Gallery
On Channel 9, Seth Juarez and Luis Cabrera-Cordon talk about Understanding Text using Cognitive Services on the AI Show
On the risual blog, David Brass discusses Consuming your Azure Machine Learning Model

Internet of Things

Covering: IoT Hub, IoT Edge, Event Grid, Stream Analytics, Notification Hubs, Time Series Insights, Azure Location Based Services

On TechNet, Dave Rendón describes how to Create an IoT Hub and connect your IoT Device
On the Azure blog, Sam George (@samjgeorge) writes that Azure IoT Hub is driving down the cost of IoT
Also on the Azure blog, Yi Zhong describes How to get support for Azure IoT SDK and speaks about it with Olivier Bloch on Channel 9
The Azure updates team gives a March update for Azure IoT Edge
Sam Cogan (@samcogan) writes Stream SmartThings data to Cosmos DB and PowerBI and Part 2 – Data Storage
On Code Project, Duncan Edwards Jones (@Merrion) describes Connecting a serverless function to an event grid custom topic

Integration

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

On the Azure blog, the Azure updates team writes about the GUID migration: Azure Service Bus and the GUID migration: Azure Service Bus, US Government regions
On MSDN, Christian Wolf writes that New metrics for Queues and Topics emitted
On .NET Rocks, Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell present The Microsoft Business Application Platform with Vishwas Lele
On TechNet, Basim Majeed writes Run your Python script on demand with Azure Container Instances and Azure Logic Apps
Sean Feldman covers Azure Service Bus Subscriptions with Correlation Filters

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

K. Scott Allen (@OdeToCode) blogs about Separating Concerns with Key Vault
On MSDN, Bernarldo Ellis gives an Azure Government AAD Authority Endpoint Update
Also on MSDN, thudandblunder talks about Azure Security Center – Custom Alerts
On TechNet, Aaron Guilmette writes Change from AD FS authentication to Seamless SSO
On the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Ben Stegink and Scott Hoag present Episode 56 – An Overview of Azure Security Center
Clemens Reijnen (@ClemensReijnen) blogs about The 4 focus areas of DevSecOps.

Developer Tools

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

On the Azure blog, Rob Caron writes about the Essential tools and services for building mobile apps
On MSDN, Vlad Vinogradsky writes about the Important changes to OpenAPI import and export
On the Azure blog, the Azure updates team highlights the Deployment Groups and build completion trigger – VSTS Sprint 132 Update
Michael S. Hansen writes about Granular VSTS/TFS Deployment Privileges using Service Principals
Michael Crump (@mbcrump) writes Azure Tips and Tricks Part Part 110 - Day 9 - An end to end scenario with Azure App Service, API Apps, SQL, VSTS and CI/CD
Chandan Anjani describes How to undelete releases of a release definition
Simon Foster (@funkysi1701) discusses Code Reviews
Omer Amin describes the Exam Prep for 70-533, Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
On Channel 9, James Montemagno talks about Building the New MSN News App with Xamarin with Matt Perzel and Sleiman Vierira

Management Tools

Covering: Microsoft Azure portal, Azure Policy, Cost Management, Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Site Recovery, Scheduler

Aidan Finn (@joe_elway) writes about the Lots of New Region News in Azure
Sarah Weldon writes that Dynatrace Managed Instance now available for Azure Government
Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) blogs about Azure Policy - An excellent tool for resource governance inside Azure
Steve Buchanan (@buchatech) covers Azure Cost Management Cloudyn and covers Azure Policy
Sameera Perera (@sameera_man) writes about Azure Cost Optimization Results in Action
On MSDN, CliveW writes about Log Analytics: Usage and Estimated Costs
Stefan Roth (@stefanroth_net) writes about the Azure Dashboard – Execute Azure Log Analytics Queries
On the Azure blog, Shiva Sivakumar writes Introducing a new way to purchase Azure monitoring services
Wriju Ghosh (@wrijugh) covers Migrating from Azure Service Manager ASM Virtual Machines to Azure Resource Manager ARM VM
Jose Moreno walks through Migrating VMs to the cloud: send or remake
On TechNet, Arnab Mitra writes a Step-By-Step: Cloud Management Gateway on ARM
John Savill walks through Using the Azure PS Drive
Steve Buchanan (@buchatech) writes about Native Cloud Management in Azure and blogs about Azure Management Groups
On the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Ben Stegink and Scott Hoag present Episode 57 – News and Updates for Azure and Office 365
On the Azure podcast, the Azure podcast team and guest Sean Watson present Episode 222 - Azure Portal Update

Microsoft Azure Stack

Covering: Azure Stack

Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) reveals that he is Speaking about Azure Stack at the Global Azure Bootcamp Switzerland 2018

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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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