Azure Weekly #170 - 15th April 2018

Azure Weekly Newsletter Issue #170

powered by endjin

Welcome to issue 170 of Azure Weekly!

This week we want to start off by congratulating the three students from the University of Manchester who won this year's Microsoft UK Imagine Cup (securing a healthy £5000 in the process) by building an AI bot that helps people prepare for job interviews. We, at endjin, wish them the best of luck for when they head off to Redmond to compete against the other international victors for a prize of up to $100,000 and a priceless mentoring session with Satya Nadella. Good luck!

One of the most long awaited features has been announced: HTTP/2 support in Azure App Service. There was an interesting question on Twitter asking if this had any implications for Azure Functions.

As ever, there are numerous announcements. This week's headliner is Stream Analytics, so if that concerns you then now's the time to pay attention:

On Channel 9, Seth Juarez has been joined by a few members of the Bing team to go through a number of the cool Bing offerings in Azure Cognitive Services. Watch a walkthrough of the Bing Custom Search API, the Bing Entity Search API and the Bing Web Search API.

Elsewhere: Ari Schorr talks about GDPR and Azure, pointing to a free, four-part video series to aid your preparation, and Prakash Patel has compiled a helpful list of Azure Short Videos for anyone in need of a quick refresher.

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

@HowardvRooijen | @endjin

Compute

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

On MSDN, Julien Oudot writes Part 2: Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set and Windows Containers–Networking Tips
Also on MSDN, Wu Shuai describes how to Support HTTPS in Azure Marketplace image for Jenkins

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 Kloud blog, AJ Bajada explains how to Deploy active/active FortiGate NGFW in Azure

Storage

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

On the Azure blog, Dean Paron writes about the Offline media import for Azure
On the Azure podcast, the Azure podcast team presents Episode 223 - Azure Storage Options

Web & Mobile

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

On the Azure App Service Team Blog, Oded Dvoskin announces HTTP/2 support in Azure App Service
On MSDN, Ben Perkins (@csharpguitar) writes How to pick the stamp or scale unit where your App Service will run
Also on MSDN, Byron Tardif (@bktv99), gives a March 2018 App Service update
Michael Crump (@mbcrump) writes Azure Tips and Tricks 112 - Quick and Dirty User Authentication with Azure Web Apps and MVC5
B Surabhi writes about the Azure App service: Using Custom domain with Azure Traffic Manager
The Azure updates team writes about the PHP minor version update for May 2018 in App Service
Matthew Soucoup blogs about B2C + ZUMO
Giuseppe Guerrasio writes Live Streaming with Azure Media Services – Part 1

Containers

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

On MSDN, Luis Guerrero describes How to secure web communications in a Service Fabric cluster in Azure
Also on MSDN, Monu Bambroo writes Docker Blog Series Part 7– Deploy Azure Web App On Containers
On Channel 9, Alena Hall (@lenadroid) presents Part 1 of 4: Overview of existing tools to create Azure Container Service clusters The Open Source Show
Vincent-Philippe Lauzon shares a Linux Custom Script – Docker Sandbox
Haishi Bai (@HaishiBai2010) writes about the Open Service Broker API and Service Fabric Service Catalog

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, Kevin Ngo describes how to Seamlessly upgrade Azure SQL Data Warehouse for greater performance and scalability and writes about the Enhanced capabilities to monitor, manage, and integrate SQL Data Warehouse in the Azure Portal
Also on the Azure blog, Kuber Sharma writes that Rubikloud leverages Azure SQL Data Warehouse to disrupt retail market with accessible AI
Alice Kupcik explains How to configure Azure SQL Database Geo-DR with Azure Key Vault
Rob Caron and James Ashley write about Fast and easy development with Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL
Ayo Olubeko writes about the New Disaster Recovery tutorials for Wingtip Tickets sample SaaS application
On MSDN, Cameron Gardiner writes about Very Large Database Migration to Azure – Recommendations & Guidance to Partners
Jose M Jurado writes Lesson Learned 40: Could it be possible to use Intellisense with an Azure Active Directory user in SQL Server Management Studio
On the MSSQL Tips site, John Miner provides an Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB database and the SQL API
On Channel 9, Scott Hanselman and Aravind Krishna talk about Common design patterns with Azure Cosmos DB
Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) talks about Azure Redis Cache and connection management

Analytics

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

On the Azure blog, Gaurav Malhotra writes about Continuous integration and deployment using Data Factory
Also on the Azure blog, Anu Kohli writes about Three critical analytics use cases with Microsoft Azure Databricks
On TechNet, Franck Mercier writes Microsoft Azure Databricks (English version)
On MSDN, Krishnakumar Rukmangathan writes about Dynamic RLS support for Analysis Service Tabular Model based on multiple roles for each user
On the Tallan blog, James Arey describes Row-Level Security in Power BI: Part 1 – Roles and Users
On the Power BI blog, Nikhil Gaekwad gives a Power BI Service and Mobile March Feature Summary and Will Thompson describes Editing Q&A linguistic schemas
Devin Knight (@knight_devin) posts Power BI Custom Visuals Class Module 98 – Hierarchy Chart by Akvelon
On MSDN, Charles Sterling (@chass) writes about the Dashboard in a day kick off Demo (Short Version)
Also on MSDN, Chris Bulson writes about the Dynamics 365 Business Central data connector in Power BI

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 Microsoft site, a Microsoft reporter (@MicrosoftUK) writes about the AI bot that helps people prepare for job interviews wins £5,000 prize
On Channel 9, Seth Juarez presents: Build a Customized Site Search Instance using Bing Custom Search API with Mahesh Balachandran, Bing Entity Search API with Kaushik Narasimhan on the AI Show and Use Bing AI to tap into the world of knowledge with Ronak Shah on the AI Show

Internet of Things

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

On Channel 9, Olivier Bloch talk about the Azure IoT Toolkit extension for Visual Studio Code and Azure IoT Edge extension for Visual Studio Code with Xin Shi, and talks about Using Azure Data Lake to analyze IoT Data with Kevin Saye
On the TechKB blog, Michael Coutanche (@mum3LE5) talks about Using Azure Event Grid to trigger Automation Runbooks
Sam Cogan (@samcogan) writes Stream SmartThings data to Cosmos DB and PowerBI Part 3 – Reporting
On the Kloud blog, Darren Doc Robinson walks through Adding a Display to the Teenager Notification Service Azure IoT Device
On MSDN, Lee Stott (@lee_stott) writes Getting Started with IoT and Microsoft Azure

Integration

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

No content this week

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 the Azure blog, Ari Schorr talks about Achieving GDPR compliance in the cloud with Microsoft Azure
On MSDN, 'AnujChaudhary' discusses Securing Azure resources with Privileged Identity Management
On TechNet, David Branscome describes how to Leverage the Microsoft Graph with Azure Active Directory Identity Protection to Identify Network Threats
Christos Matskas (@ChristosMatskas) writes about ASP.NET Core SAML Authentication with Azure AD
On Microsoft + Open Source, HashiCorp Vault speaks Azure Active Directory
On the risual blog, Steve Rush asks Is it time to move on from using AD FS with Azure AD? and Daniel Davies writes about the Azure Information Protection Toolbar issues ADXTaskPane
On Channel 9, James Montemagno talks about Azure Active Directory B2C Authentication For Mobile with Matthew Soucoup
Also on Channel 9, Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) talks about Azure Security Center with Kelly Anderson
On TechNet, Yuri Diogenes (@yuridiogenes) writes about the Incident Management Implementation Guidance for Azure and Office365

Developer Tools

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

On the Azure blog, Tanmayee Kamath announces that Azure DevTest Labs available in Azure Government
On MSDN, Sana Noorani writes about the SonarQube Integration with VSTS
Also on MSDN, Marc Schweigert (@devkeydet) writes about the Build and deployment automation of a model-driven PowerApp using VSTS

Management Tools

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

On the Azure blog, the Azure updates team announces the ability to Define a data volume cap in Log Analytics
Stanislav Zhelyazkov (@StanZhelyazkov) describes how to Programmatically Change Azure Log Analytics Pricing Model
On TechNet, Tim Tetrick gives an Introduction to Azure Site Recovery
On MSDN, Jos Lara describes the Simple Trick to Stay on top of your Azure Data Lake: Create Alerts using Log Analytics
Also on MSDN, Danny Kolke discusses Ramping up on Powershell & CLI
On Microsoft + Open Source, Kylie Liang explains how to Automate more Azure resources with Ansible 2.5 and Galaxy
On the Kloud blog, Robin Frousheger talks about Azure Update Management
Also on the Azure blog, the Azure updates team announces the ability to Upload/download Azure dashboards

Microsoft Azure Stack

Covering: Azure Stack

Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) posts a Video: HIAG Data and itnetX enable hybrid IT with HPE and Microsoft Azure Stack

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.
How to plan your cloud transformation journey - an article explaining how you should use the various bits of thought leadership content from endjin to plan your cloud journey.
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.
Embracing Disruption: Financial Services & the Microsoft Cloud - a free ebooklet from endjin describing how companies in FS can take advantage of Azure.

Solutions from endjin

Modern Data Platform Blueprint - our opinionated architecture over Azure Data Lake, which solves common security, ingestion, and data processing requirements.
API Economy Platform Blueprint - our solution accelerator for building an API first architecure on Azure.

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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