The Weeks Top Links

Here are some of the most notable links from the week:

• Windows 95 is 25 years old today via Tom Warren
• New data from Microsoft shows how the pandemic is accelerating the digital transformation of cyber-security via Jim Flack
• TikTok Sues the U.S. Government via Paul Thurrott
• Apple Will Not Force In-App Purchases on WordPress via Paul Thurrott
• Microsoft Backs Epic in Fight with Apple via Paul Thurrott
• Run Azure Cloud Shell in Windows Admin Center via thomasmaurer
• Back Up an Azure File Share with Azure Backup via Travis Roberts
• How Azure Synapse Analytics can help you respond, adapt, and save via Kaiser Larsen
• Tutorial: How to Ingest data from Kafka into Azure Data Explorer via Abhishek Gupta
• Delivering Power Platform Projects: Truths from the Field via Jen Stirrup

Microsoft Azure Service Updates

Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:

• AzCopy v10.6 released with updated sync features and larger blob size support
• Azure Virtual Machines DCsv2-series are now available in Canada East
• Release of new Azure CDN (Microsoft Standard) capability
• Public Preview: Cognitive Services Form Recognizer v2.1
• Azure Machine Learning announces output dataset (Preview)
• Azure Sphere OS version 20.08 is now available
• Simplified Chinese language support now available in Azure Cognitive Services Computer Vision public preview
• Azure Cognitive Services Translator Text— New languages now available
• TypeScript 4.0 is generally available
• Azure SQL Database gateways changes effective September 15, 2020
• Azure Policy Compliance Scan Action for GitHub Workflows is in public preview
• Azure Site Recovery update rollup 49 – August 2020
• Azure IoT Central UI new and updated features—July 2020
• Azure Backup for SAP HANA databases running on RHEL is now generally available
• New Azure IoT Central App Template – Video Analytics is now available
• Cost optimization enhancements now available in Azure Advisor
• Azure Ultra Disk is now generally available in more regions and Availability Zones
• PowerShell support in Durable Functions is in public preview
• Serverless offer for Azure Cosmos DB now in preview 
• Azure Blob – Soft Delete for Containers public preview

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