Azure Weekly - ☁️ Azure Weekly #478 - 4th August 2024
Azure Weekly Newsletter Issue #478
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Welcome to the Azure Weekly Newsletter Issue 478. First up, Barry Smart's SQLBits 2024 talk Microsoft Fabric and Data Mesh - a perfect fit? is available to watch. It also contains a full transcript for those who prefer to read. Kevin Chant has a new post on CI/CD for Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouses using GitHub Actions.
It's always a good idea to keep you Azure costs under control. Gregor Wohlfarter has a new post showing how to identify your savings potential in Azure. Seneca Friend announces that Windows 365 GPU-enabled Cloud PCs now generally available, and for their 500th episode (congratulations on that milestone!) the Azure Podcast team discuss the new ARM Cobalt 100 Processor.
Two storage related posts: Aung Oo writes Embrace the future of container native storage with Azure Container Storage, and Utsav Raghuvanshi announces the General Availability: Vaulted backups for Azure Blob Storage.
Finally, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Azure Weekly, we've given the website a rebrand and refresh. I wanted to highlight that as well as the email newsletter, you can subscribe to the RSS feed, follow us on X via @azureweekly and as of this week, we're also publishing updates to Bluesky, follow us on @azureweekly.endj.in. And to celebrate Power BI Weekly's 5th
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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
- Sydnee Mayers announces that OpenAIs GPT-4o mini Now Available in API with Vision Capabilities on Azure AI
- Ben Brauer talks about Mastering AI adoption: Essentials to building, operating and optimizing GenAI workloads on Azure
- Holly Hamilton writes about Semantic Kernel: Execute Plans As Part of your Chatbot Flow
- Elad Tal delves into Vector Image Search using Azure OpenAI & AI Search: A Technical Guide
Analytics
Covering: Apache Spark for HDInsight, Azure Analysis Services, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Data Share, Azure Databricks, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Factory, Event Hubs, HDInsight, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Fabric
- On the endjin blog, Barry Smart (@barry_j_a_smart) publishes his SQLBits 2024 talk - Microsoft Fabric and Data Mesh - a perfect fit? A transcript is available.
- Kevin Chant (@kevchant) discusses Security considerations when using GitHub with Microsoft Fabric Git integration
- Kevin Chant (@kevchant) discusses CI/CD for Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouses using GitHub Actions
- Koen Verbeeck (@Ko_Ver) delves into Microsoft Fabric Warehouse Security: Object-Level, Column-Level and Row-Level
- Michal Bar writes about Azure Data Explorer Ad-Hoc Data Exploration Feature
- Daniel Neumann (@neumanndaniel) walks through Using Azure Data Explorer as logging backend for Fluent Bit
- Jose Barreto covers MGDC for SharePoint FAQ: How to gather insights from a large Files dataset
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
- Seneca Friend describes Windows 365 GPU-enabled Cloud PCs now generally available
- Vishal Bajaj talks about Hotpatching is now available in preview on Windows Server 2025 Evaluation VMs in Azure
Containers
Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, CNAB, CNCF, Container Instances, Container Registry, Porter, WSL, Web App for Containers
- On the Azure blog, Aung Oo explains how to Embrace the future of container native storage with Azure Container Storage
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
- David Engel blogs about JDBC Driver 12.8 for SQL Server Released and covers ODBC Driver 18.4 for SQL Server Released
- Rajendra Gupta (@rajendragupta16) explains how to Get Free Access to Azure SQL Database for a Lifetime
- On the Data Exposed show, Anna Hoffman (@AnalyticAnna) covers Azure SQL free database: Azure Data Studio, PowerApps, GitHub copilot, Power BI, and Generative AI and explains how to Generate a report with generative AI
Developer Tools
Covering: App Configuration, Azure Lab Services, CLIs, Developer tool integrations, SDKs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio Online
- On Visual Studio Magazine - Blogs, David Ramel (@dramel) covers Copilot in Visual Studio Will Get Access to Org Knowledge Bases, covers Microsoft Previews AI Prompt Playground for VS Code: Prompty and talks about Microsoft Going Small in Semantic Kernel AI Dev Tooling
- Also on Visual Studio Magazine - Blogs, David Ramel (@dramel) describes Java, Python Tooling Advances in VS Code
- On the Visual Studio blog, Maia Kelner talks about Sign VSIX packages with Sign CLI
- Luis Rigueira writes about Resolving Git Push Conflicts inside Visual Studio
- Levi Masonde - Learn how to Create an Azure Function using Visual Studio Code
- Jeremy Li covers Mastering the Shorthand Syntax in your daily workflow
DevOps
Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, Azure DevTest Labs, DevOps tool integrations
- Richard Fennell (@richardfennell) provides A first look at using Azure Managed DevOps Pools
- Dan Rios discusses Azure DevOps Agent: Azure Container Instance with Private Azure Container Registry
- Luke Murray (@lukemurraynz) delves into Azure Hackathon Vending with Terraform
Hybrid + Multicloud
Covering: Azure Arc, Azure Stack
- Theo Tran covers Windows Admin Center v2 Public Preview build has been updated
- Neil Bird explains how to Optimize Azure Stack HCI with the Well-Architected Framework
- Danny McDermott walks through Importing Root CA to Azure Stack Linux VM at provisioning time.
- Sarah Lean (@TechieLass) blogs about Managing extensions for Azure Arc-enabled servers
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) writes about Unofficial Azure Adaptive Cloud Lab Kit x Arc Jumpstart
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory (AD), Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure Active Directory Domain Services
- No content this week
Integration
Covering: Azure API for FHIR, Event Grid, Logic Apps, Service Bus
- On epiosde 381 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast, Scott Hoag (@ciphertxt) and Ben Stegink (@benstegink) cover the Microsoft Graph Data Connect
- Luis Rigueira covers Logic App Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks: 44 How to apply Locks to Logic Apps Consumption workflows in Visual Studio LA projects
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
- No content this week
Learning
Covering: Microsoft Certifications, Azure Certifications, Microsoft Learning Paths, Certification Pathway Information
- Deepa Athre writes Empower your teams with comprehensive Azure skill-building tools
- On episode 308 of the Azure DevOps podcast, Jeffrey Palermo (@jeffreypalermo) is joined by Gene Kim to talk about Wiring a Winning Software Organization
- On episode 500 of the Azure podcast, the podcast team (@AzurePodcast) are joined by Arpita Chatterjee and Noah Wood to talk about the Cobalt 100 Processor
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
- Gregor Wohlfarter explains how to Identify your savings potential in Azure
- Meir Mendelovich describes Azure Monitor Logs Next Evolution: Multi-tier logging
- Bhalchandra Atre covers Demystifying Exchange Online Provisioning: Architecture, Exchange Object Types, and Attributes
Media
Covering: Azure Media Player, Content Protection, Encoding, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Media Analytics, Media Services, Video Indexer
- No content this week
Migration
Covering: Azure Database Migration Service, Azure Migrate, Data Box
- No content this week
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
- Jose Moreno delves into SDWAN+Firewall in self-managed hub-and-spoke designs
- Ringe Chen writes about Network Related issues for Function App Synctriggers
- Aidan Finn (@joe_elway) writes Azure Route Server Saves The Day
- Andrew Mathu blogs about Azure Firewall Protection Against Apache Struts Vulnerability - CVE-2023-50164
Security
Covering: Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Information Protection, Azure Sentinel, Key Vault, Security Center
- On the Redmond magazine site, Chris Paoli describes Microsoft 365 and Azure Suffer Widespread Outages
- On episode 249 of the Ctrl+Alt+Azure podcast, Tobias Zimmergren & Jussi Roine (@CtrlAltAzure) talk about Understanding the modern security landscape
- Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) writes about 19th of July, the digital blackout and blogs about Navigating Cloud Strategy after Azure Central US Region Outage
- Soumya Mishra announces Microsoft Defender for Office 365 APIs for retrieving threat data and remediating emails
- Puneeth Kuthati delves into Introducing Bulk Senders Insight: Optimizing Bulk Email Management for Enterprises
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
- Utsav Raghuvanshi writes about General Availability: Vaulted backups for Azure Blob Storage
- Anthony Mashford (@anthonymashford) discusses Azure NetApp Files Cross Zone Replication is now Generally Available
- Travis Roberts (@Ciraltos) provides A Beginners Guild to Azure Blob Storage
Web
Covering: API apps, API Management, App Service (Web), Azure Cognitive Search, Azure SignalR Service, Azure Spring Cloud, Web apps
- On Diagrid Blog, Bilgin Ibryam (@bibryam) walks through Understanding Dapr Pub/Sub Subscription Types: Declarative, Programmatic & Streaming
Azure Virtual Desktop
Covering: Azure Virtual Desktop
- Hilary Braun describes Windows App general availability coming soon
- Lavanya Kasarabada writes about New Windows 365 features help provide a more secure workspace
Thought Leadership from endjin
- π Learn Reactive Programming with Introduction to Reactive Extensions for .NET - a FREE book.
- π Star Schemas are fundamental to unleashing value from data in Microsoft Fabric.
- π Adopt A Product Mindset To Maximise Value From Microsoft Fabric.
- π Exploring Strategies Enabled By Microsoft Fabric.
- π Developing a Data Mesh Inspired Vision Using Microsoft Fabric.
- π How Does Microsoft Fabric Measure Up To Data Mesh?
- π Microsoft Fabric Is A Socio-Technical Endeavour
- πΊ Decision Makers Guide to Microsoft Fabric - The Pace of Innovation.
- πΊ Decision Makers Guide to Microsoft Fabric - Microsoft Fabric and Generative AI.
- πΊ Decision Makers Guide to Microsoft Fabric - Hedging your Fabric Bet.
- πΊ Microsoft Fabric - Local OneLake Tools.
- πΊ Microsoft Fabric - Creating a OneLake Shortcut to ADLS Gen2.
- πΊ Microsoft Fabric - Ingesting 5GB into a Bronze Lakehouse using Data Factory.
- πΊ Microsoft Fabric - Inspecting 28 Million row dataset.
- πΊ Microsoft Fabric: Lakehouse and Medallion Architecture.
- πΊ Microsoft Fabric Briefing - after 6 months of use on the private preview.
- πΊ A 10 minute Tour Around Microsoft Fabric
- π Measure your Org's Power BI Maturity
- π£ Azure Data Strategy Briefing
- πΊ How to define business requirements for a successful cloud data & analytics project
- π Flex Your DevSecOps Muscles With Bicep - FREE cheat sheet.
- π API Maturity Matrix - a spreadsheet to help you assess your organization's ability to build, test, deploy, manage and monetize an API Platform.
- π Azure Technology Selector - a flowchart which guides you through the process of choosing the best Azure service for your needs.
- π 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.
- π Cloud Migration Process - a free poster, outlining our process for cloud adoption.
- π Cloud Adoption: Risk & Mitigations - The Swiss Cheese Model - a free poster from endjin & Hymans Robertson outlining the risk and mitigations of adopting public cloud.
Useful Links
- Azure Resource Inventory - Azure Resource Inventory - It's a Powerful tool to create EXCEL inventory from Azure Resources with low effort
- Azure Quick Review (azqr) - A command-line interface (CLI) tool specifically designed to analyze Azure resources and identify whether they comply with Azure's best practices and recommendations.
- AzSaveMoney - Clean-up and save money by identifying and marking unused Azure resources/groups as subject for deletion by tagging.
- Azure Cost CLI - CLI tool to perform cost analysis on your Azure subscription
- Azure Code Samples - Explore Microsoft's samples and discover the things you can build.
- 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 Developerβs Guide to Microsoft Azure (2nd Edition) - ebook from Microsoft showcasing architectural approaches and common design patterns you face when building modern applications.
- Cyber Security Demystified - ebook from Microsoft describing how to keep your organisation safe.
- Azure Resource Center - Whitepapers, code samples, solution architectures
- 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.
- Design scalable and performant tables - a guide from the storage team.
- Azure Speed Test 2.0 - a simple web tool that measures the latency between you and Azure Datacenters to suggest which might be fastest for you location.
- 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).
- Microsoft cloud for IT architects illustrations - These cloud architecture posters give you information about Microsoft cloud services, including Microsoft 365, Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and hybrid on-premises and cloud solutions.
- Whitepapers for Power BI - numerous whitepapers ranging various Power BI topics
- Farmer - This is a DSL for ARM template creation - "Making repeatable Azure deployments easy"!
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