Azure Weekly Newsletter Issue #420

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AI + Machine Learning

Covering: Anomaly detector, Azure Bot Service, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Open Datasets, Bing APIs, Cognitive Services, Computer Vision, Content moderator, Custom vision, Data Science Virtual Machines, Face, Form Recogniser, Immersive Reader, Ink Recogniser, Language Understanding (LUIS), Machine Learning Studio, Microsoft Genomics, ML.NET, Personaliser, Project Cortex, QnA Maker, Speaker Recognition, Speech-to-Text, Speech translation, Text Analytics, Text to Speech , Translator Speech, Translator Text

• Natalie Mickey writes about An AI Guide to Microsoft Build 2023
• Kriti Faujdar announces the General Availability of Azure Machine Learning registries
• The Azure Updates Team covers Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for Build
• The Azure Updates Team describes Public Preview Azure Machine Learning features for BUILD
• Charan Mohan announces Microsoft Azure Text Translation SDK now in Public Preview
• The Azure Updates Team announces the Public Preview of custom Text Analytics for health
• The Azure Updates Team talks about Public Preview: Azure AI Content Safety and Federico Zarfati covers Introducing Azure AI Content Safety: Helping Organizations to Maintain Safe Online Spaces
• Alex Sutton talks about Bringing ML assets to the Microsoft Purview Data Map
• Tina Manghnani discusses Azure Machine Learning Integration with NVIDIA AI Enterprise and on the Azure podcast, Azure Podcast blogs about Episode 461 - Azure ML with NVIDIA AI Acceleration
• Sethu Raman announces managed feature store in Azure Machine Learning
• Wong Cyrus talks about Empowering Educators: Automated Assignment Scoring via Azure OpenAI Service ChatGPT
• Yanling Xiong covers Whats new Azure AI Language BUILD 2023
• On the Microsoft Mechanics show, Jeremy Chapman and Mark Russinovich (@markrussinovich) talk about What runs ChatGPT Inside Microsoft's AI supercomputer
• Krishnakumar Ravi (@kkwriting) writes about OpenAI/ChatGPT retrieval plugin and PostgreSQL on Azure
• Alexander Hughes describes how to Continuously Monitor the Performance of your AzureML Models in Production
• Jacqueline Maureen blogs about Debugging Object Detection Models with the Responsible AI Dashboard
• Manoj Bableshwar talks about Deploying Hugging Face Hub models in Azure Machine Learning
• Henry Zeng describes how to Harness the power of Large Language Models with Azure Machine Learning prompt flow
• Sara Kandil blogs announces Language Studio and Azure Machine Learning Studio Integration
• Swati Gharse announces Foundation Models in Azure Machine Learning
• Krishna Doss blogs about Microsoft Translator Plugin for Azure OpenAI & Tools for PromptFlow
• Krishnakumar Muthukrishnan covers Document Translation now available in the Language Studio
• Andy Beatman discusses Generative AI for Developers: Exploring New Tools and APIs in Azure OpenAI Service
• Ajit Dash discusses Unlocking the Power of Tokens: Optimizing Token Usage in GPT for Efficient Text Processing
• Jeff Teper announces new Microsoft Syntex innovations – Plugins for Microsoft 365 Copilot, Repository Services
• Swetha Machanavajhala announces Microsoft Translator V3 connector – now available in Public Preview
• Vishesh Oberoi talks about Build 2023: Transforming customer experiences with automated, AI-assisted communication

Analytics

Covering: Apache Spark for HDInsight, Apache Storm for HDInsight, Azure Analysis Services, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Data Share, Azure Databricks, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Catalog, Data Factory, Data Lake Analytics, Event Hubs, HDInsight, .NET for Apache Spark, R Server for HDInsight, Azure Purview

• The Azure Updates Team announces Generally Available: Exactly Once Delivery to Event Hub Output and Generally Available: Exactly Once Delivery to ADLS Gen2 Output
• Kasun Indrasiri discusses Azure Event Hubs Announces General Availability of Kafka Connect, Kafka Compaction, and MirrorMaker2
• The Azure Updates Team announce Public Preview: AMD confidential VM option for Azure Data Explorer ADX
• The Azure Updates Team announce Public Preview: Azure Stream Analytics Schema Registry Integration
• The Azure Updates Team announce Private Preview: Kafka Input and Output with Azure Stream Analytics
• Ebenezer Nkrumah writes about Private Preview of Kafka Input and Output with Azure Stream Analytics
• Neeraj Jhaveri explains how to Get Started with Microsoft Fabric – All in-one place for all your Analytical needs. Part 1
• On the endjin blog, Barry Smart (@barry_j_a_smart) blogs about Azure Synapse Analytics versus Microsoft Fabric: A Side by Side Comparison, Ed Freeman blogs about Intro to Microsoft Fabric, writes about What is OneLake? and discusses Microsoft Fabric: Announced
• Jill Armour writes about New business opportunities with Microsoft Fabric – the data platform for the era of AI
• Emma An describes Azure Stream Analytics Schema Registry Integration in Public Preview
• The Azure Updates Team announce Azure Stream Analytics is Launching a New Competitive Pricing Model
• Anasheh Boisvert discusses Azure Stream Analytics is Launching a New Competitive Pricing Model
• Lindsey Allen Zhu covers Azure Databricks Deployment on AMD Based Azure Confidential VMs
• Saket Suman writes about Confidential VM option for Azure Databricks Preview
• The Azure Updates Team writes about AMD Confidential VM option for Azure Databricks
• Sannidhya Glodha covers Introducing Data Generator for Azure Event Hubs – Public Preview
• Iris Kaminer writes about Confidential VM option for Azure Data Explorer- Public Preview release
• The Azure Updates Team announces Virtual Network Integration Support Public Preview for Azure Stream Analytics
• Anshul Sharma covers Whats New in Kusto – Build 2023
• Kasun Indrasiri announces JSON Schema support in Azure Event Hubs Schema Registry for Kafka Applications – Public Preview
• Ajeta Singhal covers the Exciting announcements by Azure Stream Analytics at Build 2023
• Akshay Dixit covers Getting started with NLog and Azure Data Explorer
• Gershon Papiashvili talks about Getting started with Fluent bit and Azure Data Explorer
• Anasheh Boisvert talks about Run your Azure Stream Analytics job inside your Azure Virtual Network Public Preview
• Alex Lin explains how to Ensure your Stream Analytics query runs at peak performance using Job Simulation

Compute

Covering: Azure CycleCloud, Azure Dedicated Host, Azure Functions, Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple, Batch, Cloud Services, Linux Virtual Machines, SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances, Service Fabric, Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets

• The Azure Updates Team announces Generally Available: V2 programming model for Azure Functions using Python, and General availability: Azure HX Virtual Machines for HPC, writes about Generally Available: SQL Bindings for Azure Functions, and General availability: Azure HBv4 Virtual Machines for HPC, Drew Skwiers-Koballa announces general availability of the Azure SQL bindings for Azure Functions and Shreya Batra discusses Azure Functions: V2 Python Programming Model is Generally Available
• The Azure Updates Team announce Public preview: Azure Functions for cloud-native microservices, and Public preview: ASP.NET Core integration in Azure Functions .NET isolated model, and Ramachandran A G blogs about Azure Data Explorer Kusto Bindings for Azure Functions - Public Preview and Ramya Oruganti talks about Azure Functions for Cloud-native Microservices: Public Preview Launch
• Eamon O'Reilly covers Azure Functions – May update for Microsoft build
• Vikas Bhatia writes about New product and partner announcements in Azure confidential computing at Build 2023
• Stijn Moreels writes about More Secure DTO Deserialization in Azure Functions Applications in Three Steps
• Paul Edwards writes about Az-HOP in the Azure Marketplace

Containers

Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, CNAB, CNCF, Container Instances, Container Registry, Porter, WSL, Web App for Containers

• The Azure Updates Team announces Public preview: Network observability add-on for AKS, and Public preview: Multi-cluster update support in Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager, and Public preview: Kubernetes 1.27 release, and Public preview: Free managed TLS certificates for Azure Container Apps, and Public preview: Secrets volume mounts for Azure Container Apps, covers Public preview: Automated deployments in AKS now supports Draft, and Simon Jakesch covers Azure Container Apps now supports Buildpacks and Patching for .NET 7 preview, The Azure Updates Team blogs about Public preview: New features in Azure Container Storage and Public preview: Serverlessly run on-demand, scheduled, and event-driven jobs on Azure Container Apps
• The Azure Updates Team announces Generally Available: Azure Linux support in AKS, writes about General availability: Confidential containers on Azure Container Instances ACI and Peter Pogorski writes about Confidential containers on Azure Container Instances General Availability
• Anthony Chu (@nthonyChu) discusses Introducing jobs for Azure Container Apps
• Jim Perrin describes Introducing the Azure Linux container host for AKS
• Simon Jakesch discusses Azure Container Apps service management just got easier preview
• Justin Davies covers Azure Kubernetes Service Build 2023 announcements
• Reza Rahman (@reza_rahman) discusses Run JBoss EAP on Azure Red Hat OpenShift
• Devanshi Joshi writes about Cloud-Native at Build 2023
• Rakesh Ginjupalli discusses RHEL 9.2 Preview confidential image is now available on Microsoft Azure
• Dalan Mendonca announces Comprehensive network observability for AKS through Azure Monitor
• Hannah Hunter announces that you can now Easily create Dapr components and connect to Azure services
• Pawan Khandavilli (@khpawan) covers Unlocking the Power of Serverless Confidential Computing in the Cloud
• Daniel Neumann (@neumanndaniel) walks through Configuring Istio using the Kubernetes Gateway API
• Joji Varghese covers Mastering AKS Troubleshooting 2: VNet cross-connectivity and Port resolution
• Saket Suman describes NLP Inferencing on Confidential Azure Container Instance

Databases

Covering: Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for MariaDB, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Database Edge, Azure Cache for Redis, SQL Data Warehouse, SQL Server on virtual machines, SQL Server Stretch Database, Table storage

• The Azure Updates Team announces the Public Preview of: Time-travel for AzureSynapse Link for Cosmos DB, and Materialized views for Cosmos DB NoSQL API, and Azure Cosmos DB computed properties, and Azure Cosmos DB SDKs OpenTelemetry and Application Insights integration, and Vector search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore, and Azure SQL Database Hyperscale elastic pools, and Azure Cosmos DB all versions and deletes change feed mode and Arvind Shyamsundar writes about Elastic pools for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale now in preview
• The Azure Updates Team announces the General Availability of: Enhanced document expiration with Time to Live TTL on any field. and Azure Cosmos DB hierarchical partition keys, and Azure Cosmos DB serverless container with 1 TB storage and Cost-optimizations with transformations on Log Analytics for troubleshooting Cosmos DB and Azure Cosmos DB burst capacity
• Ricky Diep discusses Azure Cache for Redis at Microsoft Build 2023
• Ricky Diep announces Vector Search Similarity Capabilities in Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise
• Arda Aytekin (@aytekinar86) discusses an Idea for GPT Plugin: Citus Shard Key Selection in Postgres
• Frank Boucher explains how to Create fake data for a demo or presentation
• Jose M Jurado (@jmjuradodiaz) describes Lesson Learned 355: Testing the connection latency from Python to Azure SQL Database and Lesson Learned 354: Why is Python using a lot of CPU of Azure SQ Database
• Kanchan Bharati discusses Unlocking the power of Open AI and pgvector with Azure PostgreSQL and CosmosDB for PostgreSQL
• Mihailo Joksimovic explains how to Embed C# in the heart of the SQL Query Engine
• Vincent Jiang walks through Using Azure Data Studio to Deploy a SQL Server VM on Azure
• Gabi Lehner discusses Breaking changes notification

Developer Tools

Covering: App Configuration, Azure Lab Services, CLIs, Developer tool integrations, SDKs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio Online

• Ruben Rios (@rub8n) says Turbocharge your Visual Studio experience with Microsoft Dev Box
• Jeremy Li blogs about Azure Command-line Tools Build 2023 Announcements
• Carolina Uribe-Gosselin announces the Public Preview of the devtunnel CLI
• Drew Skwiers-Koballa introduces GitHub Copilot for Azure Data Studio
• The Azure Updates Team writes about AKS DevX Extension Updates for Visual Studio Code
• Damien Bowden (@damien_bod) covers Blazor and CSP
• Grace Taylor announces Dev Drive for Performance Improvements in Visual Studio and Dev Boxes
• Nayana Srikanth writes about Visual Studio 2022 – 17.6 Performance Enhancements
• James van Den Berg delves into Windows Terminal with AzureCLI Cloud Shell and AI Knowledge Base
• Jeremy Li announces Azure CLI supports Tab Completion on PowerShell
• On The New Stack, Adi Bar Halevi explains How SDKs Benefit API Management
• Pieter Vanhove writes Always Encrypted Wizard now supports secure enclaves and in-place encryption
• Monica Beckwith talks about Optimizing Java Workloads on Azure General Purpose D-series v5 VMs with Microsofts Build of OpenJDK
• Freek Berson (@fberson) describes Using Bicep Linter Rules to control allowed resource API versions
• Vinicius Apolinario (@vrapolinario) explains How to run PowerShell scripts on Azure VMs with Terraform

DevOps

Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, Azure DevTest Labs, DevOps tool integrations

• Sagar Chandra Reddy Lankala describes Azure Deployment Environments is now Generally Available
• The Azure Updates Team describes Public Preview: GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps, on the Microsoft DevOps blog, Aaron Hallberg says GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps public preview starts now and on the GitHub blog, Walker Chabbott announces the public preview of GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps.
• Nagarjuna Vipparthi describes how to Automatically run and monitor performance tests in Azure Load Testing
• Sonia Cuff (@soniacuff) covers Microsoft Build - Sessions for IT Pros
• Hailie Meehan writes about An IT pro's guide to Azure at Microsoft Build 2023
• Jon Nordstrm delves into Advanced hunting for Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention DLP incidents
• Liana Tomescu covers Microsoft Defender for DevOps Azure DevOps Connector - Microsoft Defender for Cloud PoC Series
• The Azure Updates Team blogs about Microsoft Azure Deployment Environments is now generally available.

Hybrid + Multicloud

Covering: Azure Arc, Azure Stack

• The Azure Updates Team announces Azure SQL Managed Instance —Public preview updates for late-May 2023 and Public preview: Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes
• Pieter Vanhove talks about Ledger now in preview in Azure SQL Managed Instance
• Trung Tran covers Windows Admin Center version 2306 is now available in public preview
• Rie Merritt explains Set Yourself Up for Performance Success on Azure SQL Managed Instance
• Sravani Saluru describes how to Configure SQL Auditing to Storage Account using Managed Identity for SQL Managed Instance.
• Sarah Lean (@TechieLass) covers What is Azure Arc

Identity

Covering: Azure Active Directory (AD), Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure Active Directory Domain Services

• Karthik Viswanath talks about Public Preview: Introducing Azure AD Support for Azure Files SMB shares REST API
• Levent Besik blogs about Microsoft Entra External ID public preview: Developer-centric platform
• Kasun Indrasiri covers Azure Event Hubs - Capture event streams using Managed Identity - GA
• James Casey walks through Empowering developers in the new Developer Center
• Jesse Stein announces organizational messages in Windows
• Travis Roberts (@Ciraltos) says Know your Azure AD Device Identities Azure AD Registered, Azure AD Joined, and Hybrid Azure AD Joined

Integration

Covering: Azure API for FHIR, Event Grid, Logic Apps, Service Bus

• The Azure Updates Team writes about Available: Azure Database for MySQL connector for Power Platform and Azure Logic Apps and covers Public Preview: Azure Event Grid now includes MQTT protocol support and HTTP pull-style message delivery.
• Andrew Friedman explains how to Get the right work done at the right time: Task automation for your frontline with Microsoft Teams
• Kevin Lam (@kevinlam_msft) covers Azure Messaging and Streaming Update - May 2023
• Sunitha Muthukrishna announces Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server connector for Power Platform and Logic Apps GA
• Ashita Rastogi announces and discusses the public preview of MQTT protocol and pull message delivery in Azure Event Grid
• Harold Campos presents the Azure Logic Apps Mission Critical Series: We Speak IBM Host Files
• Savita Mittal discusses Empowering Accessibility: Language and Audio Document Translation Made Simple with Low-Code/No-Code
• Sandro Pereira (@sandro_asp) presents an Azure Function to read key values from Azure App Configuration, and talks about Logic App Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks: 28 How to check if a string is Null or Empty and 29 How to validate if an Array is empty

Internet of Things

Covering: Azure Digital Twins, Azure IoT Central, Azure IoT Edge, Azure IoT Hub, Azure IoT solution accelerators, Azure Maps, Azure Sphere, Azure Time Series Insights, IoT DevKit, WildernessLabs, Windows 10 IoT Core Services

• The Azure Sphere Team announces General availability: Azure Sphere version 23.05 is delayed, new OS will be issued to Retail Eval

Learning

Covering: Microsoft Certifications, Azure Certifications, Microsoft Learning Paths, Certification Pathway Information

• Erin Rifkin writes Microsoft Learn announces Microsoft Q&A Assist and new content for building AI skills
• On the Arcmchair Architects Podcast, David Blank-Edelman, Uli Homann, and Eric Charran discuss the Value of Curiosity in Architecture
• On episode 187 of the Ctrl+Alt+Azure Podcast, Tobias Zimmergren and Jussi Roine discuss Azure Updates

Management and Governance

Covering: Automation, Azure Advisor, Azure Backup, Azure Blueprints, Azure Lighthouse, Azure Managed Applications, Azure mobile app, Azure Monitor, Azure Policy, Azure Resource Manager, Azure Service Health, Azure Site Recovery, Cloud Shell, Cost Management, Microsoft Azure portal, Scheduler, Azure Purview

• The Azure Updates Team announces Generally Available: Azure Monitor announces managed services for Prometheus, and General Availability: Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus and General Availability: Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus
• The Azure Updates Team announces Public Preview: Azure Log Alerts support for Azure Data Explorer, and Public Preview: Azure Monitor Container insights introduces Cluster Optimization workbook and Public preview: Soft delete of Recovery Points for Azure Backup
• The Azure Updates Team explains how to Optimize your reservation purchases with reservation utilization alerts.
• Jill Armour writes about New timelines: Important actions to secure the partner ecosystem
• Gerasimos Alexiou discusses Azure policy require specific tags on resources
• David Starr covers explores Azure Managed Application offers in the Azure Marketplace
• Arti Gulwadi blogs about Whats new in Azure Monitor Build 2023
• Verah Ombui explains How to Back up & Restore Azure VMs with Veeam azure Backup
• On episode 335 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Scott Hoag and Ben Stegink (@msclouditpro) discuss The vagaries of Office 365 licensing

Media

Covering: Azure Media Player, Content Protection, Encoding, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Media Analytics, Media Services, Video Indexer

• David Dyckman highlights Build 2023: Whats new in Azure Video Indexer

Migration

Covering: Azure Database Migration Service, Azure Migrate, Data Box

• The Azure Updates Team announces Database Migration Assessment for Oracle - GA, and Public Preview – Data Migration for Oracle and Database Migration Service Pack for Oracle - Preview

Mobile

Covering: App Service (Mobile), Mobile apps, Notification Hubs, Visual Studio App Centre, Xamarin

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Networking

Covering: Application Gateway, Azure Bastion, Azure DNS, Azure ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Azure Firewall Manager, Azure Front Door, Azure Internet Analyzer, Azure Private Link, Content Delivery Network, Load Balancer, Network Watcher, Traffic Manager, Virtual Network, Virtual WAN, VPN Gateway, Web Application Firewall

• Andy Aviles announces Azure Machine Learning managed network isolation
• Reza Rahman (@reza_rahman) talks about Using App Gateway as Load-Balancer for WebSphere Clusters
• Rohit Turambekar (@klic2rohit) describes How to Use Azure Front Door's Web Application Firewall WAF to Protect Your Web Apps

Security

Covering: Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Information Protection, Azure Sentinel, Key Vault, Security Center

• Nicholas Kondamudi announces General Availability: Multi-Region Replication for Azure Key Vault Managed HSM
• The Azure Updates Team describes Azure Key Vault Access Configuration Update
• Jon Nordstrm blogs about Use sensitivity labels on all e-mail messages, use encryption and protection where warranted
• Julian Gonzalez presents NCS Case Study - End-to-End Integration of Custom BYOML model with Sentinel
• Vasavi Pasula covers Microsoft Defender for Cloud Onboarding workbook V2
• Assaf Yatziv writes Transform the way you investigate by using Behaviors & new detections in XDR, starting w/SaaS apps
• Naomi Christis explains how to Revolutionize your SAP Security with Microsoft Sentinel's SOAR Capabilities

Storage

Covering: Archive Storage, Avere vFXT for Azure, Azure Data Lake Store, Azure FXT Edge Filer, Azure HPC Cache, Azure NetApp Files, Blob Storage, Disk Storage, File Storage, Managed Disks, Queue Storage, Storage Accounts, Storage Explorer, StorSimple

• The Azure Updates Team announces Public Preview: Dynamic Blob container name, and Public Preview: Azure Files geo-redundancy for standard large file shares and Jeff Patterson describes Public Preview: Azure Files geo-redundancy for standard large file shares
• Gerasimos Alexiou describes ListBlob data from Storage account with Managed Identity – SDK for NET
• Steffen Mueller walks through Setup of SAP Content Server 7.54 with MaxDB in a WSFC environment based on Azure shared disks.
• On the Microsoft Mechanics show, Jeremy Chapman (@deployjeremy) and Justyna Lucznik (@JustynaLucznik) discuss Can cross-cloud data analytics be easy Microsoft Fabric

Web

Covering: API apps, API Management, App Service (Web), Azure Cognitive Search, Azure SignalR Service, Azure Spring Cloud, Web apps

• The Azure Updates Team writes about Generally Available: Linked backends for Azure Static Web Apps
• The Azure Updates Team describes Public Preview: App Service automatic scaling support in portal UX
• Stefan Schackow explains how to What's New for Azure App Service at Build 2023
• The Azure Updates Team explains how to Build 2023: New Azure App Service plans fuel greater choice and savings
• Arunprabhu Muthusamy covers Azure App Service Autoscaling: Steps to Configure
• John Reilly (@johnny_reilly) writes about Static Web Apps CLI and Node.js 18: could not connect to API
• Asir Selvasingh (@asirselvasingh) explains how to Unleash Spring apps in a flex environment with Azure Spring Apps Consumption and Dedicated plans
• Skyler Hartle introduces Code-to-Cloud with Azure Portal, get your apps in the cloud fast and easy
• Nitya Narasimhan (@ntiya) announces Contoso Real Estate JavaScript Composable Application Reference Sample
• On episode 246 of the Azure DevOps podcast, Jeffrey Palermo (@jeffreypalermo) is joined by Toi Wright to talk about Blazor WebAssembly
• Mike Budzynski introduces Azure API Center for Centralized API Discovery and Governance
• Chandra Shekhar Sahu explains How to capture network traces on Azure App Services Windows & Linux

Azure Virtual Desktop

Covering: Azure Virtual Desktop

• No content this week

Useful Links

• Azure Resource Inventory - Azure Resource Inventory is a powerful script written in PowerShell to generate an Excel report of any Azure Environment you have read access
• Azure Quickstart Templates - Learn how to deploy to Azure using ARM Templates. Over 850 examples in this repo.
• Azure CNAB Quickstarts Library - You can deploy to the Cloud, on Prem and on the Edge using CNAB & Porter. This library provides a number of quickstart templates to help you get started, fast!
• Power BI Weekly - Interested in Power BI? Sign up to our sister newsletter Power BI Weekly to receive all the week's Power BI news.
• Azure Resources - A fantastic collection of resources contained in this repo. Issue a PR if you have resources to share. Managed by Azure MVP Gregor Suttie.
• Azure Charts - Azure Charts is a set of auto-rebuilt charts to keep you updated on Azure changes, news, stats. Public updates, RSS channels and web pages are used as data sources
• 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.
• 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.
• Data Migration Assistant - enables you to upgrade to a modern data platform by detecting compatibility issues that can impact database functionality on your new version of SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. It recommends performance and reliability improvements for your target environment.
• 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
• Whitepapers for Power BI - numerous whitepapers ranging various Power BI topics
• Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook - ebook from Microsoft, including use cases, hands-on steps, and tutorials for quickly configuring your own serverless environments.
• Executive Summary: Enterprise Cloud Strategy - executive summary of the 140-page e-book from Microsoft. Learn about the basics of adopting a cloud computing strategy for your enterprise.
• Migrating SQL Server to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance—A Step-by-Step Guide - ebook from Microsoft providing breakdown of tactical steps for implementing a quick, simple, and low-impact data migration with Azure SQL Database Managed Instance.
• Azure Backup Deep Dive Whitepaper - a deep dive by Adin Ermie and Charbel Nemnom describing Azure Backup
• Azure Stack: An extension of Azure - whitepaper from Microsoft detailing how you can extend Azure Stack to make Azure services available on-premises
• Azure Strategy and Implementation Guide - For Azure users - ebook from Microsoft outlining recommended general architecture and cloud design principles, DevOps, approaches to service management, and overall governance.
• Azure Data Factory: SSIS in the Cloud - eBook from Microsoft explaining why you would want to migrate your existing SSIS workloads to Azure Data Factory and addressing common considerations and concerns. Includes technical details of creating an Azure-SSIS IR and then walk-throughs of how to upload, execute, and monitor your packages through Azure Data Factory
• Parallel Virtual File Systems on Microsoft Azure - ebook from Microsoft documenting the results of a series of performance tests on Azure to see how scalable Lustre, GlusterFS, and BeeGFS are
• Build and deploy a multi-container application in Azure Service Fabric - ebook from Microsoft which shows how to create a sample multi-container application using ASP.NET Core and Docker and deploy it on an Azure Service Fabric cluster.
• Azure ebook/whitepaper resources - White papers, analyst reports, and e-books landing page with an abundance of extra resources.
• Farmer - This is a DSL for ARM template creation - "Making repeatable Azure deployments easy"!