02 AKS – Create using Azure Portal

How to create AKS using Azure Portal and connect.

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01 AKS Create and Connect

How to create AKS Cluster using Azure CLI and connect from local machine.

Kubernetes CKAD Tips 1 – Using Katacoda – A free Kubernetes Playground

Katacoda is a nice place to start with Kubernetes. It is a browser-based playground and does not require any local installation. One can start immediately without spending much time on setting up the Kubernetes locally or in a VM.

This video talks about how we can use Katacoda.

YAML – An Introduction

by Wriju Ghosh (@wrijugh)

Introduction

When I started my career 20 years ago during 2000-2001, XML was the dark horse. My mentor suggested me to pick it up and learn about it. I bought a book on XSLT and even implemented it in a mail body formatting where data was coming from an XML output produced from database. Back then also WebServices and SOA was popular, and the output was always XML.

Things are different from JSON. It has replaced XML in most of the areas. The REST Api and JSON are now integrated. So in many setting which otherwise was commonly being done by XML.

XML and JSON both have solved the purposes they were meant for. However there is a small problem though that both are not that human eye friendly. So, there was a need to come up with something which is compatible with JSON and human readable. Thus, YAML was introduced.

As the official YAML documentation says,

YAML™ (rhymes with “camel”) is a human-friendly, cross language, Unicode based data serialization language designed around the common native data types of agile programming languages. It is broadly useful for programming needs ranging from configuration files to Internet messaging to object persistence to data auditing. Together with the Unicode standard for characters, this specification provides all the information necessary to understand YAML Version 1.2 and to create programs that process YAML information.

YAML is a serialization language

YAML is used in Kubernetes, Docker, DevOps etc.

Here we will talk about some of the basic syntax of YAML

Key-value

YAML is a key-value combination separated by : and space. YAML uses line separation and spaces.

YAML don’t like tabs use 2 or 3 spaces. Some system like Kubernetes complains if tabs are used for indentation

class: III

Yaml is hierarchical, hence it can have child elements with indentation (use space not the tab)

class: III
studentName: Wrishika Ghosh

Supported Types

YAML supports primitive types like string, int, datetime etc.

boolean

cleared: true 
deployed: yes
vmStatus: on

Both yes,true,’on are the same. They mean 1. Any of the three pairs can be used here, yes-no, on-off, true-false.

string

For string you may or may not use " or ' to wrap it around. If you have special characters like " then you need to wrap it around with '. In normal course YAML does not enforce you to use quotes for string types.

greetings:
- "Hello Mr. Ghosh, good morning"
- Hi
- "Good afternoon Midnight's children"
- "Line 1 \n Line 2"

Comments

You can use # to add comments in a YAML

# This is YAML file 
class: III
students:       # List of students
- name: Wriju

List of Objects

If you have more than one students to store then use -

class: III
- studentName: Wrishika Ghosh
- studentName: Wriju Ghosh

Because it is higherarchical we can format it better as below.

class: III
  students:
  - name: Wrishika
    roleNumber: 1
  - name: Wriju
    roleNumber: 2

Notice here I have both name and roleNumber together as a single child element within students.

if there is an array then it can be used with – and a space. – can be in the same position at the next line under which the child element is created. You can even give spaces but need to follow the same for next element. Use plural like students to indicate that it can be an array with one or more elements.

If an array is of same primitive type say string then it can be represented in []

subjects: ["English", "Kannada", "Mathematics", "Social Science", "History"]

This is convenient than writing like below,

subjects:
- name: English
- name: Kannada
...

Multiline Strings

By using | (pipe) you can enter multiple lines and the line breaks will be preserved in the final output.

commentsMultiline: |
    this is comment number one
    There is another good product.
    Perfect.

In YAML you can have thing in multiline but read as a single line. Then use >

commentSingleLine: > 
    Though it is written in multiple lines 
    which helps read the content.
    but actually this is a single line comment.

Multiple YAMLs in a single file

By using --- (three dashes) you can add multiple YAMLs in a single file

class: III
students: ["Wriju", "Wrishika"]
---
school:
  name: Tech School
  address: Virtual

Placeholder

You can use {{}} in YAML to create a placeholder. This is used in Helm a lot.

Hope this was helpful to start.

Happy YAMLing

Basic Linux Commands

You will encounter often times with the Linux command prompt. Because the CKAD exam uses one of the Linux distributions. If you happen to not come from the Linux world it’ll be intimidating. You might get stuck on few things due to the lack of practice. Hence it is absolutely important to feel comfortable with Linux commands, at least the basic file handling etc.

• Create folders and files
• Moving and manipulating files

Direct Video Link

Learning Python for Kids and Students

My humble open source approach towards teaching Python to students.

Github page https://wrijugh.github.io/python-for-kids/

Github Repo for feedback and contribution https://github.com/wrijugh/python-for-kids

Subscribe to Youtube Channel for videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC03RQrU98OOvAoKiB7FNgUA

Look for the playlist “Python for Kids” https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH60I37xI-jmDGHF1S_2ld5Gb7x0tP0Fp

Spread, learn and enjoy!!!

Regards,

Wriju (Twitter @wrijugh)

Azure CLI Query the JSON Output

Azure CLI retuns JSON output bydefault. To find the right information we use JMESPath to query the JSON string. Azure CLI Allows you to pass the value in --query parameter.

Before we jump to the Azure CLI we can dive into the basics of JMESPath to find a bit more details.

Let’s assume that we have the below sample JSON

{
    "employees":
    [
        {
            "name": "Wriju", 
            "email": "wriju@contoso.com",
            "city": "Bangalore"        
        },
        {
            "name": "Wrishika", 
            "sal":
            {
                "jan":"100",
                "feb":"200"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Wrishika", 
            "email": "wrishika@contoso.com",
            "city": "Mysore",
            "sal":
            {
                "jan":"100",
                "feb":"200"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Writam", 
            "email": "writam@contoso.com",
            "city": "Siliguri"
        }
    ]
}

To get all the values we can write employees then it will return all the values. If you want to view the values only from field name then you can use

employee[*].name

This would result in as

[
  "Wriju",
  "Wrishika",
  "Wrishika",
  "Writam"
]

Now imagine you want to read the jan value from sal property then you would write

employee[1].sal.jan

so on and so forth.

In Azure CLI we can also use it filter the output result. If I want to get the admin user name of a VM that information is stored in

"osProfile": {
      "adminPassword": null,
      "adminUsername": "wriju",
      "allowExtensionOperations": true,
      "computerName": "wm-Ubuntu18",
      ...

So we can use osProfile.adminUsername

So the final Azure CLI would look like,

az vm show -g rg-vm -n wm-Ubuntu18 --query "osProfile.adminUsername"

Windows 10 Free Screen Recording

#Productivity #Tip

Screen Recording in #Windows10 is free. The app is default and available. Launch the app from Windows search bar “XBox Game Bar” or use Windows Key+G then follow the below video

Working directly with Files in Linux using VS Code

Did you know you can work on a headless Linux machine and edit files directly from your Windows desktop using VS Code?

Here is the demo

Why OpenHack is different and how?

I wanted to talk about OpenHack here. OpenHack is a great solution building exercise which involves collaboration, planning and hands-on. We may have attended many technology workshops. In conferences I prefer to attend more labs than sessions, because sessions are generally recorded so you can watch it later. But the hands-on labs are always live and then you must do it to experience. I would rather call it a muscle memory which stays longer if you try a technology out by your hand (doing practical).

OpenHack comes with both the flavors plus more. Let me briefly talk about how it works. Before the pandemic, OpenHack used to be always an in-person event. So, one need to travel to the location and then be there for three days with a team to attend. But with this COVID-19 it has become completely virtual. This gives us an opportunity to now attend more and more such events without really worrying about travel and expenses. Especially with international travels one need a lot of time and money in terms of planning and approval. With this, it is an opportunity, an opportunity to learn more in one of the best technology learning experiences.

If you’re planning to attend OpenHack, you need to register at https://openhack.microsoft.com/#events-calendar

In each event the seats are limited. It is not guaranteed that everybody who has registered will get a chance. One of the reasons is that the OpenHack organizing committee create teams of multiple people from different background and different companies. It is also a collaborative learning experience and each of these tables will have a coach who can guide you to build the right solution. The responsibility of a coach is not to tell you the solution but to help you if you divert too much while planning and building the application. For example, if there is an exercise which says that you need to deploy a Web App to a cloud, you can deploy that in many ways. But what is the right way for that challenge? Because some of the clues are already given in the challenge will tell you about it. Just in case you have misread the information and go in a completely different direction the coach of your table will tell you to come back and then rethink about your design decision. This is how you will complete a challenge after challenge and once you finish one challenge your coach will approve it based on the demo and the things you have decided and done and open the next one. Throughout these three days you will do this repeatably. You might not be able to complete all the challenges but you will get a fair idea about how you can build a real life solution by collaborating with others taking a design decision and implementing them just like you do in normal project delivery exercise. That is why I wanted to call it out explicitly, it is not just the hands-on lab, it is a way beyond hands-on lab and in most of the OpenHacks there is no sessions delivered which means that you are not sitting idle and doing nothing and just listening to a presenter talking about a product feature for an hour. Even during the OpenHack if you would like to have some understanding about a technology area where you wanted to watch a video recording let’s say from a KubeConn or Ignite, you can plug on your headset and then watch it in the table personally or as a team. Earlier when there was a in-person OpenHack there used to be a monitor with every table where you can start the video, but it will generate a lot of noise. So, it was always recommended that you should listen it using your headset if you must listen any video to understand about how things can be implemented.

Long story short, in a nutshell if you care about spending time on learning I would recommend that you should watch the URL provided in this article and the look for anything happening in your time zone because the geography doesn’t matter. So for example if you are living in India both Indian time, Singapore time or European time matches your daytime. You do not have to stretch beyond the daytime, or you compromise on your sleep. You can even try out some of the United States based OpenHack challenges if you are a late-night person. It is up to you to pick and invest time on how you want to learn. This is highly recommended that you should look for it and enjoy the learning experience.

Setting Default Resource Group in Azure CLI

When we fire command in Azure CLI we need to explicitly mention the Resource Group name in every command. It would be convenient to have that as default as in a single project generally we work against a single resource group. #AzureTip #CLI Here is what you can

 
 

$ az configure –default group=GROUP_NAME

Azure SQL Database Create and Connect

Azure CLI Interactive

Setting up Visual Studio Code for Azure

Azure CLI Get Started

Start Azure [Recording 17-July-2020]

The detailed blog about it https://wriju.wordpress.com/2020/07/16/start-using-azure-live-session-17-july-2020/

Start using Azure [Live Session 17-July-2020 1:00 PM IST]

Since I have posted about it on my LinkedIn a couple of months back, I’ve been thinking around it. Who should I target and what should I cover? I did ask quite a few of you in the form of an informal survey about your idea. Concluded as below,

1. The sessions will be free to cost (no hidden cost at all). You need to invest your valuable time, energy, internet, and PC.
   
2. This will focus on the basic level of technical understanding to help one get started on Azure.
   
3. Time to time I would take the survey to understand the demand.
   
4. I will make it online via Teams as I can arrange one easily.
   
5. I will personally not collect any of your personal information like email and phone.
   
6. I will use a platform for registration and notification management. It becomes easy for me.
   

After a lot of thinking around it, I have finally gathered all my courage and create an event at https://meetingplace.io/azureall – this is a free and like the most popular paid meetup group. I would rather use something which incurs no cost to anyone (not even me). The purpose is not commercial here.

So, one needs to first create a login and then signup the event and can also add to their calendar (supports Outlook, iOS, Google).

I’ve selected a time convenient to both India and Europe. Tomorrow’s session is at 9:30 Central European Time or 1:00 PM Indian Standard Time. I am still in the process of getting consent what is a good time or day in a week. I am sure we will not be able to find one common convenient universal 45 min slot in a single day. But at least the purpose is to get closure to it.

Who can join?

Anyone can join as long as you are learning. You may be an expert on Azure then it is not for you. This session is targeted towards first-timers of Azure. You may consider it very basic.

Action on you:

• Register https://meetingplace.io/azureall and share it among your network.
  
• Join 15 min before – Microsoft Teams works in Browser as well. Do install for better performance.
  
• If you are prompt to login – use your Microsoft account. You can use Yahoo and Gmail but make sure it is Microsoft account.

If this session cannot happen?

I will arrange another and record so that people can listen at their convenience.

We will all learn together how it goes. Please be patient with me and others. Let’s help each other.

Contact Me 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wrijugh

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wrijughosh/

AskWriju @GitHub: https://github.com/wrijugh/AskWriju/issues

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUzFKvlZOm3ukAiF59B_HgQ

Future Events: https://meetingplace.io/azureall

Blog: https://wriju.wordpress.com/

Wish you good luck and pray that everything works as planned.

Namoskar!!!

PL-900: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals [Resources]

PL-900 is the exam Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals and the details is available at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/PL-900 . Please have a look into the “Skills measured” section to see the updated curriculum. Also, in the same link below you will find the set of Microsoft Learn resources.

Microsoft Learn

• Introduction to Power Platform
• Introduction to Common Data Service
• Introduction to Power Apps
• How to build an app solution
• Introduction to Power Automate
• How to build and automated solution
• Introduction to Power BI
• How to build a simple dashboard

Hands on Labs

The GitHub has the hands-on labs for Microsoft’s official learning lab which anyone can access and then try the steps. Please check out the Lab for PL-900 here https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/PL-900-Microsoft-Power-Platform-Fundamentals

Other Exams and their resources are available at https://wriju.wordpress.com/2020/05/30/azure-certification-learning-resources-and-labs-index/

Happy learning.

Namoskar!!!

Machine Learning – Intense Study

Machine Learning is not just writing Python or R. It’s about Mathematics and being able to explore the data. ML helps if one has solid understanding on Linear Algebra, Probability and Statistics. MIT has some of the best Open Course-wares by renowned professors of the field. Here are fe of them

18.06 – Linear Algebra by Prof Gilbert Strang

This is a basic subject on matrix theory and linear algebra. Emphasis is given to topics that will be useful in other disciplines, including systems of equations, vector spaces, determinants, eigenvalues, similarity, and positive definite matrices.

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-2010/

6.0001 – Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python by Dr. Ana Bell, Prof. Eric Grimson, Prof. John Guttag

This course is intended for students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems and to help students, regardless of their major, feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The class uses the Python 3.5 programming language.

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-0001-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-in-python-fall-2016/

18.05 – Introduction to Probability and Statistics by Jeremy Orloff, Jonathan Bloom

This course provides an elementary introduction to probability and statistics with applications. Topics include: basic combinatorics, random variables, probability distributions, Bayesian inference, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and linear regression.

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-05-introduction-to-probability-and-statistics-spring-2014/

6.0002 – Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science by Prof. Eric Grimson, Prof. John Guttag, Dr. Ana Bell

This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems and to help students, regardless of their major, feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The class uses the Python 3.5 programming language.

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-0002-introduction-to-computational-thinking-and-data-science-fall-2016/

Suppliment courses

18.01 – Single Variable Calculus by Prof. David Jerison

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-01-single-variable-calculus-fall-2006/

6.034 – Artificial Intelligence Prof. Patrick Henry Winston

This course introduces students to the basic knowledge representation, problem solving, and learning methods of artificial intelligence. Upon completion of 6.034, students should be able to develop intelligent systems by assembling solutions to concrete computational problems; understand the role of knowledge representation, problem solving, and learning in intelligent-system engineering; and appreciate the role of problem solving, vision, and language in understanding human intelligence from a computational perspective.

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-034-artificial-intelligence-fall-2010/

Did you forget Mathematics? You did if you haven’t practiced it for long.

Namoskar!!!

DP-100 Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate [Resources]

DP-100 is the Designing and Implementing a Data Science Solution on Azure exam and the details is available at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/dp-100. Please have a look into the “Skills measured” section to see the updated curriculum. Also in the same link below you will find the set of Microsoft Learn resources.

Microsoft Learn

• Azure Data Scientist Learning Path
• Explore AI solution development with data science services in Azure
• Build AI solutions with Azure Machine Learning service
• Get started with Machine Learning with an Azure Data Science Virtual Machine
• Perform data engineering with Azure Databricks
• Extract knowledge and insights from your data with Azure Databricks

Hands on Labs

The Github has the hands on labs for Microsoft’s official learning lab which anyone can access and then try the steps. Please check out the Lab for DP-100 here https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/DP100

Happy learning.

Namoskar!!!

Microsoft Learn TV

Onestop shop for all the Microsoft Learning Videos you should be aware of. Single bookmark https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/tv/

Namoskar!!!

Past Moment of Glory as Highlighted in C# Homepage

Decade ago, I used to get my blogs highlighted in C# Homepage of MSDN alongside Scottgu. Isn’t it cool!!! Worth preserving it here

AZ-400 Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert [Resources]

AZ-400 is about Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions. To become Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert you need to clear AZ-400 alongside AZ-103/104 or AZ-203/204.

The picture below would explain it clearly

The official site for this exam contains the details about the curriculum it covers. Please have a look into the “Skills measured” section at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-400 and below there are learning paths from Microsoft Learn.

Note: You can independently get certified for AZ-400. However if you don’t qualify with one of the other exams, you won’t get the Expert badge.

Microsoft Learn

• Evolve your DevOps practices
• Build applications with Azure DevOps
• Deploy applications with Azure DevOps
• Automate your deployments with Azure DevOps
• Capture feedback and monitoring data to continuously improve your software

Namoskar!!!

AZ-204 Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate [Resources]

AZ-204 is about Developing Solutions for Azure. Once you clear this exam you will become Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate. The official site for this exam contains the details about the curriculum it covers. Please have a look into the “Skills measured” section at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-204 and below there are learning paths from Microsoft Learn.

Note: the current exam AZ-203 is available till around Aug 31, 2020. If you clear the AZ-203 exam before it expires, you have the validity for 2 years from the day you have cleared it. Because there is a replacement exam (AZ-204), you can give the transition exam to further get the certificate for additional 2 years. So, if you appear for AZ-203 now or before it’s expiry you won’t miss out anything.

Microsoft Learn

• Create serverless applications
• Connect your services together
• Work with relational data in Azure
• Store data in Azure
• Deploy a website with Azure virtual machines
• Manage resources in Azure
• Deploy a website to Azure with Azure App Service
• Extract knowledge and insights from your data with Azure Databricks
• Secure your cloud data
• Perform data engineering with Azure Databricks
• Work with NoSQL data in Azure Cosmos DB
• Introduction to machine learning with Python and Azure Notebooks

The official training Labs are freely available at Github.

Hands on Labs

AZ-204 Labs https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AZ-204-DevelopingSolutionsforMicrosoftAzure

AZ-203 Labs https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AZ-203-DevelopingSolutionsforMicrosoftAzure

Namoskar!!!

Azure Certification Learning Resources and Labs Index

This is an index post to all my blogs related to resources and labs links to Azure Certification. Please consider it as Index. Hope this will help find the related posts.

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert [AZ-300 & AZ-301]
  • https://wriju.wordpress.com/2020/05/29/microsoft-certified-azure-solution-architect/
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate [AZ-103 or AZ-104]
  • https://wriju.wordpress.com/2020/05/29/microsoft-certified-azure-administrator-associate/
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate [AZ-203/AZ-204]
  • https://wriju.wordpress.com/2020/06/01/az-204-microsoft-certified-azure-developer-associate-resources/
• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert [AZ-400]
  • https://wriju.wordpress.com/2020/06/01/az-400-microsoft-certified-devops-engineer-expert-resources/
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate [AZ-500]
  • https://wriju.wordpress.com/2020/05/30/az-500-microsoft-certified-azure-security-engineer-resources/
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate [DP-200 & DP-201]
  • https://wriju.wordpress.com/2020/05/29/microsoft-certified-azure-data-engineer-associate/
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate [DP-100]
  • https://wriju.wordpress.com/2020/06/04/dp-100-microsoft-certified-azure-data-scientist-associate-resources/
• Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate [AI-100]
  • Upcoming blog
• Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty [AZ-220]
  • Upcoming blog
• Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty [AZ-120]
  • Upcoming blog

Happy reading and enjoy learning.

Namoskar!!!

Free Microsoft Dynamics 365 Trainings

Discover the possibilities of connecting products, people, and data at Microsoft Dynamics 365 Virtual Training Days. On this webinar you will learn how to use Microsoft Dynamics 365 to create a cross-organisation business platform that goes beyond customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP). Uncover new efficiencies of scale, discover smarter connections, and utilise new technologies like AI, mixed reality, and the Internet of Things.

Dynamics 365 Training Day

• June 2nd
• June 17th

Namoskar!!!

Free Microsoft Power Platform Training

Power Platform Training Day

• June 3rd
• June 16th

Namoskar!!!

Free Microsoft Certification Trainings [AZ-900] – June 2020

Azure Fundamentals

• June 4th
• June 11th
• June 15th
• June 17th
• June 19th
• June 22nd
• June 23rd
• June 25th
• June 30th

Join this training to learn Azure.

Namoskar!!!

AZ-500 Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer [Resources]

The curriculum of the Exam AZ-500 is available here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-500

Please have a look into the “Skills measured” section for the updated details. Below you will find some MS Learn Reading resources

Microsoft Learn:

• Implement resource management security in Azure
• Manage identity and access in Azure
• Implement network security in Azure
• Manage security operations in Azure
• Implement virtual machine host security in Azure
• Secure your cloud applications in Azure

The hands-on labs are available here https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AZ-500-Azure-Security

Happy learning

Namoskar!!!

Find XElement with Namespace for sitemap in XLinq

Today in one of our discussions my past blog came into. In reminded me of the world of LINQ I had explored back then. Many quick solutions were posted on my blog. I thought of trying it again. I picked up my personal blog and wanted to read the sitemap.xml to see the URLs of my posts. Frankly, I struggled quite a lot. At one point in time I started feeling if I have lost the touch. But I kept trying. What I eventually figure out that there is a GHOST namespace getting added to each of the Xml elements after it is loaded by Linq, so my simple call with the string name is not fetching anything. In fact, I am getting null for any named selection. If I search with .Decendents() then it gives me all. But specific is coming as null.

The sitemap of my blog looks like

Of which I wanted to read the <loc> tag but I am getting null. What I figure out that in the case of namespace simple name will not work. You need to programmatically build the XName element and pass it as the parameter in place of string.

So, I build the XName as below

Then my LINQ with it stared working fine

Namoskar!!!

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate can be achieved after clearing one exam

AZ-103: Microsoft Azure Administrator    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/AZ-103

[However, the above AZ-103 is going to get retire on or around August 31, 2020]

So there is a new exam got announced in April 2, 2020 and will be available soon I recommend you focus on AZ-104

AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator (beta)    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-104

I recommend you go to the above links and check “Skills measured” for curriculum or content each exam covers. Below the “Skills measured” section it contains learning paths for the content you can learn. However, some handy links are here. But again, you may refer the certification page for more updated reading material.

Microsoft Learn

• Administer infrastructure resources in Azure
• Architect storage infrastructure in Azure
• Architect network infrastructure in Azure
• Architect infrastructure operations in Azure
• Architect compute infrastructure in Azure
• Architect migration, business continuity, and disaster recovery in Azure
• Manage resources in Azure
• Manage identity and access in Azure
• Manage security operations in Azure
• Implement resource management security in Azure
• Administer containers in Azure

Labs at Github

On top of that there is nothing like trying out things while learning Azure. For that Microsoft Learn has democratized all its lab contents in Github. Keep an eye at https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning

The specific lab contents are available here

• AZ-103 Labs    https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AZ-103-MicrosoftAzureAdministrator
• AZ-104 Labs     https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AZ-104-MicrosoftAzureAdministrator
  (beta)

Happy learning.

Namoskar!!!

Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate

Microsoft Certified Data Engineer Associate can be achieved after clearing two exams

1. DP-200 Implementing an Azure Data Solution     https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/dp-200
2. DP-201 Designing an Azure Data Solution    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/dp-201

I recommend you go to the above links and check “Skills measured” for curriculum or content each exam covers. Below the “Skills measured” section it contains learning paths for the content you can learn. However, some handy links are here. But again, you may refer the certification page for more updated reading material.

Microsoft Learn

• Azure Data Engineer Learning Path
• Azure for the Data Engineer
• Store data in Azure
• Work with relational data in Azure
• Work with NoSQL data in Azure Cosmos DB
• Large Scale Data Processing with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
• Implement a Data Streaming Solution with Azure Stream Analytics
• Implement a Data Warehouse with Azure SQL Data Warehouse
• Perform data engineering with Azure Databricks
• Extract knowledge and insights from your data with Azure Databricks

Labs at Github

On top of that there is nothing like trying out things while learning Azure. For that Microsoft Learn has democratized all its lab contents in Github. Keep an eye at https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning

The specific lab contents are available here

• DP-200 Implementing an Azure Data Solution    https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/DP-200-Implementing-an-Azure-Data-Solution
• DP-201 Designing an Azure Data Solution     https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/DP-201-Designing-an-Azure-Data-Solution

Happy learning.

Namoskar!!!

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solution Architect

Microsoft Certified Azure Solution Architect can be achieved after clearing two exam

1. AZ-300 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies

   https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-300

2. AZ-301 Microsoft Azure Architect Design

   https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-301

I recommend you go to the above links and check “Skills measured” for curriculum or content each exam covers.

Below the “Skills measured” section it contains learning paths for the content you can learn. However, some handy links here. But again you may refer the certification page for more updated reading material.

Microsoft Learn

• Architect great solutions in Azure
• Architect network infrastructure in Azure
• Architect storage infrastructure in Azure
• Architect compute infrastructure in Azure
• Architect infrastructure operations in Azure
• Architect a data platform in Azure
• Architect message brokering and serverless applications in Azure
• Architect modern applications in Azure
• Architect API integration in Azure
• Architect migration, business continuity, and disaster recovery in Azure

Labs at Github

On top of that there is nothing like trying out things while learning Azure. For that Microsoft Learn has democratized all its lab contents in Github. Keep an eye at https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning

The specific lab contents are available here

AZ-300-Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies

https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AZ-300-MicrosoftAzureArchitectTechnologies

AZ-301-Microsoft Azure Architect Design
https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AZ-301-MicrosoftAzureArchitectDesign

Happy learning.

Namoskar!!!

Golang – Functions – Part 2

Continuing from my past post on basic functions here I am going to discuss a bit about named return here

When you have a single return type

Then the call would look like

If you have two parameters, then you can write them as

While calling if you must use both then assign both the return values to named variable

If you don’t want to use one of the values, then you can simply use “_”

While reading the error value

Namoskar!!!

Golang : Functions – Part 1

Importance of a programming language lies in its richness of building the logic. And the function is one such key tool. Golang comes with rich set of function building process. Let’s discuss some of its basic structures

Simple function: One parameter no return

When calling you can use

Going forward we will use only the calling block and no “main”. Thus omitting few additional lines from screenshots

One parameter and one return

While calling

If you want to catch the return in a variable and then use it later then you can use the below one

Two parameters and one return type

When you have same type parameters then the function declaration could look like

And the call would look like

Namoskar!!!

Learn Azure DevOps for Free

Learning Azure DevOps is free. You just need to spend your time. No credit card is required.

Create a free Azure DevOps account for free https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=2014881&campaign=acom~azure~devops~services~main~hero&githubsi=true&clcid=0x409&WebUserId=2AC7E7BFC9256CE710FFE9CCC8896D9E

There are a bunch of labs you can follow and learn step by step by doing it in your free account https://www.azuredevopslabs.com/

Azure DevOps Demo Generator – zero touch deployment of full Azure DevOps project and observe how it can be done effectively. See https://azuredevopsdemogenerator.azurewebsites.net/

Need books? Consider checking the most updated official documentations https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/?view=azure-devops

All Microsoft Learn Modules on Azure DevOps
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/browse/?products=azure-devops

Github integration

• Azure Boards & GitHub
  
• Azure Pipelines & GitHub
  
• Azure DevOps Projects & GitHub
  

Namoskar!!!

How to become Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)

Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) is a great privilege to have. It’s also a great way to get recognized as a trainer approved by industry. This enables you with a lot more resources and helps you focus on core part that is building your technical skills to train others. Thus you will be able to deliver effectively. As the name suggests you are recognized only for Microsoft Specific Technologies. If you are planning to build your career as a trainer not only on Microsoft technologies but also on other clouds and technologies then you need to get individual recognitions from respective authorities.

 
 

This helps you with the content for trainer and student. They are constantly updated. Hence you don’t have to worry about it. You can simply download and deliver the content. Student contents are basically the reading materials to a student who attended the class. You are an warrior with a lot of weapons. You just need to know how to use them to win the war.

 
 

MCT is not a single certification. It’s an application which has some required criteria. If you fulfill them you are eligible to apply for it. After the approval one can become an MCT. To apply MCT and know about the eligibility criteria please visit

https://mcp.microsoft.com/Authenticate/MCT/Enrollment#/profile

 
 

Some of the FAQs

 

Q. What are the requirements for a first-time MCT applicant?

A. The candidate must possess a current Microsoft certification, and provide proof of instructional skills documentation.

 

Q. What is a qualifying certification?

A. A qualifying certification is one of the current and available Microsoft certifications. It’s required that every MCT candidate possess a qualifying certification to apply or renew in the MCT program.

 

An official page is available on how and what are defined here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/mct-certification.aspx

 

Namoskar!!!

Free Learn Microsoft Certification-wise

Here are some of the advanced learning resources focusing on Certifications and Badges. All the links are from microsoft.com/learn. Each link is a learning path which would lead you to a set of modules focusing on one single solution. Happy learning…

DP-100 Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/build-ai-solutions-with-azure-ml-service/

 

AZ-120: Planning and Administering Microsoft Azure for SAP Workloads

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/sap-certified-offerings/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/plan-azure-sap-workloads/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/running-azure-sap-workloads/

 

DP-200: Implementing an Azure Data Solution

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/azure-for-the-data-engineer/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/store-data-in-azure/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/work-with-relational-data-in-azure/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/work-with-nosql-data-in-azure-cosmos-db/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/data-processing-with-azure-adls/

 

AZ-300: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-great-solutions-in-azure/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-storage-infrastructure/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-compute-infrastructure/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-infrastructure-operations/

 

AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-your-cloud-apps/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-network-security/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-host-security/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-identity-and-access/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-security-operations/

 

Azure Administrator Associate (Badge)

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/administer-infrastructure-resources-in-azure/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-storage-infrastructure/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-infrastructure-operations/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-compute-infrastructure/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-migration-bcdr/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-resources-in-azure/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-identity-and-access/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-security-operations/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/administer-containers-in-azure/

 

Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (Badge)

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/evolve-your-devops-practices/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/build-applications-with-azure-devops/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/deploy-applications-with-azure-devops/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/automate-deployments-azure-devops/

 

Azure Developer Associate (Badge)

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/create-serverless-applications/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/connect-your-services-together/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/work-with-relational-data-in-azure/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/store-data-in-azure/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/deploy-a-website-with-azure-virtual-machines/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-resources-in-azure/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/deploy-a-website-with-azure-app-service/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/data-science/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-your-cloud-data/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/data-engineering-with-databricks/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/work-with-nosql-data-in-azure-cosmos-db/

https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/intro-to-ml-with-python/

Open Application Model – A Developer’s Perspective

If you are a developer and you care about what’s upcoming and going to rule, you must watch the space “Open Application Model” or OAM. Container-based applications are the way today and in future. But as a developer you need to know and learn so much into those spaces. To me a developer should and must focus on the application and its UX not on where and how it is getting deployed. That is a different specialty altogether. For example, a Sys Admin might need to understand how Linux and Kubernetes works, a DevOps person may need to know how Helm and Chart works. At the end of the days Kubernetes and Helm are not applications. You don’t write business logic there. Why a developer should spend most of his/her time learning those ever-changing technologies and stay away from the core of their jobs. If you need to send email from Outlook, then do you need to learn how Exchange configuration happens? Same with Kubernetes. It’s another application infra. I have been observing a many developers jumping in that space forgetting about the runtime and libraries they need to master to be able to build and application. With Cloud no one manages their Kubernetes clusters anymore. Rather they consume it. More and more of such abstractions are going to come. OAM is one such step toward. It not only cares about Kubernetes but also targets another platform. Have a consolidated view of it here https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2019/10/16/announcing-open-application-model/

 
 

Keep an eye on it if you care about developing great applications.

 
 

Namoskar!!!

Deploy NodeJS application to Azure Web App

There are a many article on how to deploy Nodejs app to Azure App Service. Still I thought of keeping it in my blog based on the experience while working on it.

Assume you have the App Service Web App created for Node workload. If not, then please follow the how-to documentation in Azure documentation or simply try it out. The wizard will lead you to the right path I am sure. We will not be discussing about it in our blog.

Now when you create an App Service in Azure, you get few options. Windows, Linux and Container. We will be focusing on Windows and Linux. We will also assume that you have the NodeJS installed in your machine. If not, then you can download and install it from https://nodejs.org/en/

Once you have installed it, you can use the sample node app to test your deployment https://github.com/Azure-Samples/nodejs-docs-hello-world/archive/master.zip. Extract it, go inside the folder and run

npm start

This should show up as “Hello World”

Once it is fine let us deploy it to Azure App Service. You can do the ZIP deployment. When you Zip the content then do ZIP the files. If you ZIP the folder and then deploy as below this will create a folder inside wwroot. Hence your URL would have to have that folder name after the root URL.

App Service in Windows
would need a simple url http://<mysite&gt;.scm.aurewebsite.net/ZipDeployUI and drop the zip file to the browser. Done!!! Simple.

App Service in Linux can be done using CURL command curl -X POST -u <USER> https://<mysite&gt;.scm.azurewebsites.net/api/zipdeploy -T myAppFiles.zip

You can also try the options like, FTP deployment, GIT deployment. Publish from Visual Studio etc. Upto you to decide which one is convenient to you.

Node App needs WebConfig file. If you ever deploy a Node app using other options then you may need to manually create https://github.com/projectkudu/kudu/wiki/Using-a-custom-web.config-for-Node-apps

Some of the Kudu documentations are available here https://github.com/projectkudu/kudu/wiki

Namoskar!!!

Bower is dead

After a long gap I went to the Bower’s portal and saw this message on their home page

https://www.npmjs.com/package/bower

I will remember Bower for a long time even after it is completely gone. I really liked the way it does things.

Namoskar!!!

Azure Update Announcements in September 2019

Azure Update accouncements from 01 Sep 2019 to 30 Sep 2019

• Microsoft and Qualcomm accelerate AI with Vision AI Developer Kit
• Petrofac transforms large-scale construction with Azure IoT
• Reduce disaster recovery time with Azure Site Recovery
• Azure Cost Management updates – August 2019
• Beyond the printed form: Unlocking insights from documents with Form Recognizer
• Microsoft acquires Movere to help customers unlock cloud innovation with seamless migration tools
• Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 43
• Azure HPC Cache: Reducing latency between Azure and on-premises storage
• Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Germany
• Satellite connectivity expands reach of Azure ExpressRoute across the globe
• Microsoft’s connected vehicle platform presence at IAA, the Frankfurt Auto Show
• Building cloud-native applications with Azure and HashiCorp
• Monitoring on Azure HDInsight part 4: Workload metrics and logs
• Five best practices for unlocking IoT value
• Expanded Azure Maps coverage, preview of Azure Maps feedback site, and more
• Azure Media Services’ new AI-powered innovation
• Announcing user delegation SAS tokens preview for Azure Storage Blobs
• HDInsight support in Azure CLI now out of preview
• SAP on Azure Architecture – Designing for security
• Announcing Azure Private Link
• Azure Files premium tier gets zone redundant storage
• Three ways to leverage composite indexes in Azure Cosmos DB
• Hot patching SQL Server Engine in Azure SQL Database
• Navigating the intelligent edge: answers to top questions
• How to develop your service health alerting strategy
• Extending the power of Azure AI to business users
• The Marco Polo Network uses Azure and Corda blockchain to modernize trade finance
• 12 TB VMs, Expanded SAP partnership on Blockchain, Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions
• New Azure Blueprint enables SWIFT CSP compliance on Azure
• Introducing cost-effective increment snapshots of Azure managed disks in preview
• Microsoft and SWIFT extend partnership to make cloud native payments a reality
• New disk support capabilities in Azure Storage Explorer
• SAP on Azure Architecture – Designing for performance and scalability
• Announcing Azure Storage Explorer 1.10.0
• Stay on top of best practices with Azure Advisor alerts
• Azure Sentinel general availability: A modern SIEM reimagined in the cloud
• Azure Cosmos DB recommendations keep you on the right track
• Built-in Jupyter notebooks in Azure Cosmos DB are now available
• Windows Virtual Desktop is now generally available worldwide

Azure Updates in August 2019

• Introducing Azure Dedicated Host
• New Azure Blueprint simplifies compliance with NIST SP 800-53
• Moving your VMware resources to Azure is easier than ever
• Improved developer experience for Azure Blockchain development kit
• We’re making Azure Archive Storage better with new lower pricing
• When to use Azure Service Health versus the status page
• Announcing Azure Databricks unit pre-purchase plan and new regional availability
• Azure and Informatica team up to remove barriers for cloud analytics migration
• Announcing new AMD EPYC™-based Azure Virtual Machines
• Better security with enhanced access control experience in Azure Files
• Disaster recovery of Azure disk encryption (V2) enabled virtual machines
• High Availability Add-On updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Azure
• Building Resilient ExpressRoute Connectivity for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
• Azure Stream Analytics now supports MATCH_RECOGNIZE
• Overcoming language difficulties with AI and Azure services
• Introducing the new HBv2 Azure Virtual Machines for high-performance computing
• Introducing NVv4 Azure Virtual Machines for GPU visualization workloads
• Six ways we’re making Azure reservations even more powerful
• Rapidly develop blockchain solutions, but avoid the complexities
• Your single source for Azure best practices
• New for developers: Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK v3 now available
• Announcing the preview of GitHub Actions for Azure
• Azure SDK August 2019 preview and a dive into consistency
• Better together, synergistic results from digital transformation
• Geo Zone Redundant Storage in Azure now in preview
• Improving Azure Virtual Machines resiliency with Project Tardigrade
• Azure Ultra Disk Storage: Microsoft’s service for your most I/O demanding workloads
• Announcing the general availability of Azure Ultra Disk Storage
• Announcing the general availability of Python support in Azure Functions
• Azure Archive Storage expanded capabilities: faster, simpler, better
• Reducing SAP implementations from months to minutes with Azure Logic Apps
• Azure Sphere’s customized Linux-based OS
• Azure Security Center single click remediation and Azure Firewall JIT support
• Preview of custom content in Azure Policy guest configuration
• Plan migration of your Hyper-V servers using Azure Migrate Server Assessment
• IoT Plug and Play is now available in preview
• IRAP protected compliance from infra to SAP application layer on Azure
• Harnessing the power of the Location of Things with Azure Maps
• Azure Load Balancer becomes more efficient
• Azure and VMware innovation and momentum
• Latency is the new currency of the Cloud: Announcing 31 new Azure edge sites
• Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 42
• PyTorch on Azure: Full support for PyTorch 1.2
• Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Switzerland
• Track the health of your disaster recovery with Log Analytics

 

Blogs from 16 Aug 2019 to 31 Aug 2019

• Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.08.16
• Understanding delta file changes and merge conflicts in Git pull requests
• Announcing TypeScript 3.6 RC
• New Quick Action Transformations Added to Data Factory Mapping Data Flows
• Find solutions faster by analyzing crash dumps in Visual Studio
• What’s new in Azure DevOps Sprint 156
• Announcing the general availability of Python support in Azure Functions
• Azure Archive Storage expanded capabilities: faster, simpler, better
• .NET Core and systemd
• General availablility of Managed Identity for Linux in App Service and Functions
• General availability of user-assigned managed identities for App Service and Azure Functions
• The PowerShell you know and love now with a side of Visual Studio
• Now available: Azure DevOps Server 2019 Update 1 RTW
• Announcing the Azure Repos app for Slack
• Reducing SAP implementations from months to minutes with Azure Logic Apps
• Azure Sphere’s customized Linux-based OS
• Azure Security Center single click remediation and Azure Firewall JIT support
• New Telemetry in PowerShell 7 Preview 3
• PowerShell 7 Preview 3
• .NET Framework August 2019 Preview of Quality Rollup
• Azure Archive Expanded Capabilities now in Public Preview
• Announcing new lower pricing for Azure Archive Storage
• New Copy APIs for efficient data copy in Azure Blob Storage
• Azure portal August 2019 feature update
• How manufacturers became world leaders in IoT adoption
• Digital transformation helps governments be more inclusive
• Introducing Episode 5 of Learning from Leaders with Andrea Elkin
• Make games with Visual Studio for Mac and Unity
• Quantum Koan: High Probability
• Hey .NET! Have you tried ML.NET?
• Announcing pricing decrease for Azure App Service on the Premium plan
• Global trace flags are now available in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
• Azure Function Consumption plan for Linux is now available
• Python support in Azure Functions is now available
• Just-in-time (JIT) VM access for Azure Firewall is now generally available
• Security Center now has single click remediation to boost your security posture (in preview)
• Azure SQL provides a unified management experience
• SQL data discovery and classification for Azure SQL Database is now available
• Egress lockdown in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available
• Same region read replica is now available for Azure Database for MariaDB
• New Azure Blockchain SDK updates with Truffle
• Help protect large data disks Azure Site Recovery
• IoT Plug and Play Preview is now available
• SQL Server 2019 release candidate is now available
• Getting Started with GitHub Actions in Visual Studio
• Preview of custom content in Azure Policy guest configuration
• Plan migration of your Hyper-V servers using Azure Migrate Server Assessment
• IoT Plug and Play is now available in preview
• IRAP protected compliance from infra to SAP application layer on Azure
• Visual Studio Tips and Tricks: Increasing your Productivity for .NET
• Messaging Practices
• Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.08.23
• Storage Ultra Disks meter name change
• Matt Renner, Salesforce EVP of Cloud Sales, joins Microsoft as President of US Enterprise Commercial Sales.
• Harnessing the power of the Location of Things with Azure Maps
• Azure Load Balancer becomes more efficient
• Azure and VMware innovation and momentum
• It’s now easier to share customized views in Azure Cost Management
• Service Fabric Azure Files Volume Driver is now generally available
• Azure Monitor Application Insights variable retention is now available in preview
• Azure Cost Management – Save and share customized views
• Azure Site Recovery update rollup 39—August 2019
• Get more fresh content on Visual Studio’s YouTube channel
• Latency is the new currency of the Cloud: Announcing 31 new Azure edge sites
• Redesigning Configuration Refresh for Azure App Configuration
• How DeVry adopted Azure Lab Services to unify learning environments
• How AI can empower correctional facilities and their clients
• Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 42
• PyTorch on Azure: Full support for PyTorch 1.2
• Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Switzerland
• Announcing TypeScript 3.6
• How the .NET Team uses Azure Pipelines to produce Docker Images
• Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Switzerland
• Azure Data Factory Mapping Data Flows Adds SQL Scripts to Sink Transformation
• Enabling DevSecOps with Synopsys and Microsoft
• Track the health of your disaster recovery with Log Analytics
• Azure Backup now provides soft delete capability to help protect hybrid backups
• SQL Server 2019 release candidate refresh with Big Data Clusters
• Upscale your patient marketing to create personalized experiences
• Managing human capital in challenging times
• Highlighting community contributions to the Quantum Development Kit
• Azure IoT Tools August Update: IoT Plug and Play tooling public preview and more!
• Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.08.30
• .NET Framework August 30, 2019 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 version 1903

 

Blogs from 16 Aug 2019 to 23 Aug 2019

Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.08.16

Understanding delta file changes and merge conflicts in Git pull requests

Announcing TypeScript 3.6 RC

New Quick Action Transformations Added to Data Factory Mapping Data Flows

Find solutions faster by analyzing crash dumps in Visual Studio

What’s new in Azure DevOps Sprint 156

Announcing the general availability of Python support in Azure Functions

Azure Archive Storage expanded capabilities: faster, simpler, better

.NET Core and systemd

General availablility of Managed Identity for Linux in App Service and Functions

General availability of user-assigned managed identities for App Service and Azure Functions

The PowerShell you know and love now with a side of Visual Studio

Now available: Azure DevOps Server 2019 Update 1 RTW

Announcing the Azure Repos app for Slack

Reducing SAP implementations from months to minutes with Azure Logic Apps

Azure Sphere’s customized Linux-based OS

Azure Security Center single click remediation and Azure Firewall JIT support

New Telemetry in PowerShell 7 Preview 3

PowerShell 7 Preview 3

.NET Framework August 2019 Preview of Quality Rollup

Azure Archive Expanded Capabilities now in Public Preview

Announcing new lower pricing for Azure Archive Storage

New Copy APIs for efficient data copy in Azure Blob Storage

Azure portal August 2019 feature update

How manufacturers became world leaders in IoT adoption

Digital transformation helps governments be more inclusive

Introducing Episode 5 of Learning from Leaders with Andrea Elkin

Make games with Visual Studio for Mac and Unity

Quantum Koan: High Probability

Hey .NET! Have you tried ML.NET?

Announcing pricing decrease for Azure App Service on the Premium plan

Global trace flags are now available in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance

Azure Function Consumption plan for Linux is now available

Python support in Azure Functions is now available

Just-in-time (JIT) VM access for Azure Firewall is now generally available

Security Center now has single click remediation to boost your security posture (in preview)

Azure SQL provides a unified management experience

SQL data discovery and classification for Azure SQL Database is now available

Egress lockdown in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available

Same region read replica is now available for Azure Database for MariaDB

New Azure Blockchain SDK updates with Truffle

Help protect large data disks Azure Site Recovery

IoT Plug and Play Preview is now available

SQL Server 2019 release candidate is now available

Getting Started with GitHub Actions in Visual Studio

Preview of custom content in Azure Policy guest configuration

Plan migration of your Hyper-V servers using Azure Migrate Server Assessment

IoT Plug and Play is now available in preview

IRAP protected compliance from infra to SAP application layer on Azure

Visual Studio Tips and Tricks: Increasing your Productivity for .NET

Messaging Practices

Blogs from 11 Aug 2019 to 15 Aug 2019

• • Six ways we’re making Azure reservations even more powerful
  • Rapidly develop blockchain solutions, but avoid the complexities
  • Azure SignalR Service introduces Event Grid integration feature
  • Azure Datacenter IP ranges (XML files) will be deprecated by June 30, 2020
  • Service Tag Discovery API is now available in preview
  • Azure Monitor Application Insights Status Monitor v2 is now generally available
  • Speed up your Windows 10 development with new FastTrack guidance
  • Using Containers for Mainframe Modernization
  • Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3 Preview 2 and Visual Studio for Mac version 8.3 Preview 2 Released!
  • August patches for Azure DevOps Server and Team Foundation Server
  • Your single source for Azure best practices
  • New for developers: Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK v3 now available
  • Announcing the preview of GitHub Actions for Azure
  • Azure SDK August 2019 preview and a dive into consistency
  • What’s New for Python in Visual Studio (16.3 Preview 2)
  • .NET Framework 4.8 is available on Windows Update, WSUS and MU Catalog
  • Announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 8
  • Announcing Entity Framework Core 3.0 Preview 8 and Entity Framework 6.3 Preview 8
  • ASP.NET Core and Blazor updates in .NET Core 3.0 Preview 8
  • Email notifications available for Azure Governement (Fairfax) alerts
  • Public Preview of Managed Identity for Azure Service Fabric applications
  • New PowerShell scripts to streamline Azure Monitor Logs query and data collection
  • Announcing Azure Backup limited public preview support for large disks up to 30TB size
  • Microsoft welcomes new Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Rhew
  • Trill 103: Ingress, Egress, and Trill’s notion of time
  • How Axonius integrates with Microsoft to help customers solve the cybersecurity asset management challenge
  • Release Notes for Project Service Automation Update Release 18, V2.4.15.33
  • Build a better bot: know your business and customers
  • Release Notes for Project Service Automation Update Release 10
  • Customer data platform: Going beyond MDMs and CRMs
  • Reusing classic object-based Help on your Dynamics 365 Business Central Help Server
  • Where did my Dynamics 365 Business Central Document View in Outlook go?
  • Enhancements and Bug Fixes for Field Service Version 8.8.2.160
  • Kristiansund collaborates with Microsoft Teams to better serve its residents
  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Exam Tips
  • Better together, synergistic results from digital transformation
  • Geo Zone Redundant Storage in Azure now in preview
  • Improving Azure Virtual Machines resiliency with Project Tardigrade
  • Out-GridView Returns
  • Azure Service Fabric 6.5 Second Refresh Release is Now Available
  • Service Fabric Azure Resource Manager (ARM) application and service deployment is now generally available
  • Visual Authoring API for Power BI Embedded now available
  • The service principal is now available for Power BI Embedded
  • New tool for automating load testing of Power BI Embedded capacities now available
  • Recent Rendering performance improvements now available in Power BI Embedded
  • New filters experience is available in Power BI Embedded
  • New region: Johannesburg (South Africa North) now supports Power BI Embedded
  • Powering your finance modernization with citizen data scientists and digital upskilling
  • Enabling data sharing through Health Information Exchanges to improve patient outcomes
  • Code, Recent Items, and Template Search In Visual Studio
  • Azure Ultra Disk Storage: Microsoft’s service for your most I/O demanding workloads
  • Announcing the general availability of Azure Ultra Disk Storage
  • Update to Azure SQL Database serverless increases compute scale limits by 4x
  • Microsoft Azure Ultra Disks now generally available
  • Eureka chatbot helps California stay open for business
  • Key use cases for modern and intelligent loss prevention in retail

 

Blogs from 04 Aug 2019 to 11 Aug 2019

• New Relic now provides integration with Azure Open Source Databases
• Introducing Episode 4 of Learning from Leaders with Tessa Myers
• Tech Blogs (29-July-2019 to 4-Aug-2019)
• Azure Blogs (29 July 2019 to 4 Aug 2019)
• Preview Features in Visual Studio
• We’re making Azure Archive Storage better with new lower pricing
• Gantt Views for monitoring data factory pipelines are now available
• Create dependencies among pipelines in your Azure Data Factories
• Early access to 2019 release wave 2 capabilities is now available
• August release of Dynamics 365 Remote Assist doubles PDF resolution, adds other improvements
• Hotfix: JDBC Driver 7.4.1 for SQL Server Released
• When to use Azure Service Health versus the status page
• Announcing Azure Databricks unit pre-purchase plan and new regional availability
• Azure and Informatica team up to remove barriers for cloud analytics migration
• Media Services is now available in both South Africa regions
• New Tools are now available in Azure Cloud Shell
• Enhancements and Bug Fixes for Field Service Version 7.5.12.53
• Lifecycle Services – August 2019 (Release 1) release notes
• Psst! Want to build a bot without writing any code?
• Dynamics 365 Customer Insights – August 2019 release notes
• Customer data platform: A win-win for the entire C-suite
• Microsoft Azure Bounty Program
• Get insights into your team’s health with Azure Boards Reports
• A Deep Dive into Git Performance using Trace2
• Announcing new AMD EPYC™-based Azure Virtual Machines
• Better security with enhanced access control experience in Azure Files
• Disaster recovery of Azure disk encryption (V2) enabled virtual machines
• High Availability Add-On updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Azure
• Python in Visual Studio Code – August 2019 Release
• Update on .NET Standard adoption
• Calling all .NET desktop and mobile developers!
• Try out Nullable Reference Types
• Improving .NET Core installation in Visual Studio and on Windows
• Cognitive Services—Azure Active Directory authentication and custom subdomains are now in preview
• Azure Backup is available in new Azure regions
• Azure Government support is now available for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in preview
• Azure Site Recovery is now available in new Azure regions
• Azure Geo and Zone Redundant Storage in public preview
• Audit logging in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available
• M-series virtual machines (VMs) are now generally available in the Brazil South Region
• Azure NetApp Files is now available in three new regions
• Create virtual machines (VMs) using an earlier shared image version
• Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK Version 4 is now in preview
• Azure Cache for Redis 4.0 upgrade is now generally available
• Azure Databricks Unit pre-purchase plan is now available
• Azure Files Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication with Azure AD domain services is now generally available
• Microsoft’s confidential computing improves security for banks
• A case study in industry collaboration: Poisoned RDP vulnerability disclosure and response
• Configuration Package tips from Business Central support.
• How to attract and retain top talent in today’s healthcare market
• Microsoft brings best-in-class productivity apps and services to Samsung devices
• Check out the Microsoft Graph Security sample application!
• New Exact Data Match (EDM) classification helps you better detect and protect sensitive information
• Using Query Store with least privileges instead of db_owner to achieve Separation of Duties
• DevOps and Safety
• Async loaded .NET projects may impact Visual Studio extensions
• Building Resilient ExpressRoute Connectivity for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
• Azure Stream Analytics now supports MATCH_RECOGNIZE
• Overcoming language difficulties with AI and Azure services
• Introducing the new HBv2 Azure Virtual Machines for high-performance computing
• Introducing NVv4 Azure Virtual Machines for GPU visualization workloads
• DSC Resource Kit Release July 2019
• Azure Firewall feature updates for July 2019
• Azure Blob Storage on IoT Edge is now generally available
• Navigator now provides dependency mapping and change analysis in App Service Diagnostics
• Azure Monitor for Containers with Prometheus support for AKS engines is now in preview
• New budgets creation experience is now available
• New AMD-based Azure VMs for general purpose and memory intensive workloads in preview
• Azure API Management updates for August
• How defense agencies harness the power of digital transformation
• Think outside the retail box (and bag and cart)
• How BARBRI modernized their platform with cloud technology
• From unstructured data to actionable intelligence: Using machine learning for threat intelligence
• Protect against BlueKeep
• Announcing availability of Dynamics 365 Customer Service Insights in 42 languages
• Industry Accelerators: Rapidly deploy solutions specific to your industry
• Collaborating with our partners to help customers get the most out of Microsoft Managed Desktop
• DevOps and Beyond Outcomes
• Configure Azure App Service for 64-bit platform and Node.js
• Azure SignalR Service now supports Event Grid!
• Azure IoT Edge support in Azure DevOps Project and Azure Pipelines
• Azure Migrate is now available in Australia, Canada, India, and Japan
• Disaster recovery of Azure Disk Encryption-enabled virtual machines
• Realizing AI strategy with a problem-first approach
• Migrate from legacy Service Scheduling to the Service Scheduling on Unified interface
• Breaking the monolith: Introducing the Business Central System Application
• Released: Third Public Preview of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient
• Testing in production with Azure App Service
• Debugging and optimizing Azure Cosmos DB performance
• Setting up Azure Sphere and connecting with IoT Central

 

Presenting Security with Azure Sphere in Dotnet Bangalore Meetup (10 Aug 2019)

 

I like speaking in Meetups. This year has been fantastic so far. Mostly every month I spoke to some meetup. At every meetup I picked up something new. This gives me an immense opportunity to select something I am working on and study a bit more in-depth as I have to prepared for questions. I like demos and no/less PowerPoint. However, I make PowerPoint just to make sure that I can refer them as talking point when needed and have the resources posted. I have created the GitHub location for my PowerPoints which allows me to share them after the talk. The location for the talks are https://github.com/wrijugh/Tech-Presentations. I will add most recent past ones here. Also, another thing I thought is important is how one can refer it later. Since my talks are focused on demos, I try to record them before so that people can watch it later. I have created a YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUzFKvlZOm3ukAiF59B_HgQ

Today I have delivered my maiden talk on IoT Security Using Azure Sphere at Dotnet Bangalore Meetup. The link to the event is here https://www.meetup.com/DotNetBLR/events/262410498/

Some feedback shared by the organizer as below.

Feedback comments

Very good

Very good

Great

Good

Never knew about azures secure chip which requires multifactor authentication

Very good

Session was good but I m not aware that. Need to explore more.

Excellent

Very good.

Good

Good

Good. Content delivery is excellent. He is subject matter expert in this area.

Boring and not-so-interesting topic.

The most dynamic talk of the day. Although I couldn’t get most of it due to my experience with azure. It was awesome

Good

Nicely explained and demonstrated the working and security of IOT device

Excellent

It’s was good and interesting about iot . Thanks wriju.

Good to know IOT aim derail and how to configure deploy etc

We need some basic about iot

Good

Informative

Good Session.

Nice

Demo was good and informative .

Got knowledge about iot and how it works with azure. very interesting. Very use full session. Thank you.

Excellent by example

Good. Came to know about the usage of IOT

Awesome info. Will help in work.

Good

Excellent

Hands-on session on MX and Azure sphere. Definitely need to keep up to date with IoT world

Got an idea related to azure sphere iot devices.

Great to know about the Azure Sphere,The speaker emphasized on the importance of the azure sphere which provided more insights on the IOT space in industry .

Speaker has vast knowledge in IOT, could have given brief intro about IOT for newbies

Good

Iot is new to us out ,but nice discussion.

Interesting session, Insight into Azure sphere device.

I think audience was the nicest of the lot. Love you all.

 

Setting up Azure Sphere and connecting with IoT Central

Hello All,

In this video I am going to talk about,

• Azure Sphere Device
• Connecting it to the PC
• Installing Visual Studio Tools for Azure Sphere
• Using CLI to configure the Azure Sphere device
• Creating a IoT Central Project
• Connecting the device to the IoT Central

I have a sort video here https://youtu.be/RfKlFG9cClo

Enjoy. Namoskar!!!

Microsoft Azure Bounty Program

Microsoft Azure is an ever-expanding set of cloud computing services to help organizations build, manage, and deploy applications on a massive, global network using their preferred tools and frameworks.  The Microsoft Azure Bounty Program invites researchers across the globe to identify vulnerabilities in Azure products and services and share them with our team. Qualified submissions are eligible for bounty rewards from $500 to $40,000 USD, and up to $300,000 USD for the Azure Security Lab challenge.

Bounties will be awarded at Microsoft’s discretion based on the severity and impact of the vulnerability and the quality of the submission, and subject to the Microsoft Bounty Terms and Conditions.  

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/bounty-microsoft-azure

Tech Blogs (29-July-2019 to 4-Aug-2019)

Tech Blogs (14-July-2019 to 21-July-2019)

Tech Blogs from July 21 to July 28, 2019

Azure Blogs (July 21, 2019 to July 28, 2019)

New features added to Data Factory Mapping Data Flows making schema drift handling easy

Azure marketplace charges are now available in Azure Cost Management for Pay-As-You-Go customers!

Azure Security Center launched new SQL recommendations

Network security group improvements—ICMP support and override default Azure platform considerations

Creating an open industrial IoT ecosystem

The evolution of Microsoft Threat Protection—July update

Cumulative Update #4 for SQL Server 2014 SP3

Cumulative Update #18 for SQL Server 2014 SP2

Updating Azure Sphere OS

GPU Optimized Visualization VMs now available in South Central US, West US, West Europe and North Europe Azure Regions

Microsoft Machine Learning Server 9.4 is now available

Breaking the paralysis of choice

How to build a marketing services platform: learnings from our Microsoft journey

Council of EU Law Enforcement Protocol improves cross-border cooperation

Create personalized experiences in Dynamics 365 Virtual Agent for Customer Service with Microsoft Flow

You should stop using the very old Business Central online URLs

MaxDOP Added to SQL 2019 CTP3.0 Setup

Title Maximizing Your Security Posture with Azure Advanced Threat Protection

Introducing SQL Assessment API (Public Preview)

Status on Visual Studio feature suggestions

Azure DevOps Roadmap update for 2019 Q3

HttpRepl: A command-line tool for interacting with RESTful HTTP services

The latest update to Azure Sphere (in preview) is now available in the retail feed

Azure Site Recovery update rollup 38 (July 2019)

Azure DevOps Roadmap update for Q3 of 2019

Managed Instance enhances security with network traffic containment within Azure cloud

Azure Security Center for IoT now available

Transforming law enforcement with the cloud and AI

How Windows Defender Antivirus integrates hardware-based system integrity for informed, extensive endpoint protection

CISO series: Better cybersecurity requires a diverse and inclusive approach to AI and machine learning

New to Microsoft 365 in July—updates to Azure AD, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and more

Mine knowledge from audio files with Microsoft AI

TechNet Guru Winners, June 2019!

OS/DB Migration FAQ: July 2019 v7.0

Cumulative Update #8 for SQL Server 2016 SP2

Theming in Visual Studio just got a lot easier

Azure Dedicated Host in Preview

Conversation intelligence is now available in Dynamics 365 Sales Insights

New Business Central apps in July 2019

Dynamics 365 Sales Insights app (with conversation intelligence) generally available

Retail Sales Forecasting with Discovery Hub® and Azure Machine Learning service

Deploy an end to end Azure environment easily and run your benchmarks with azhpc!

Cumulative Update #16 for SQL Server 2017 RTM

JDBC Driver 7.4 for SQL Server Released

ODBC Driver 17.4 for SQL Server Released

Docker Desktop for WSL 2 integrates Windows 10 and Linux even closer

Azure IoT Dev Experience July Update: IoT Edge tooling GA and more!

Support for large test attachments now available in Azure Pipelines

Cross-tenant management is now supported in Azure Security Center

Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service—June 2019 update

Azure Cost Management updates—July 2019

Easy tables and easy APIs will be removed from Azure App Service on November 11, 2019

Self-Enabling Install of the Unified Interface Versions of Field & Project Service

How to receive message center messages in an email

Running HPC-X on SR-IOV enabled HPC instances in Azure

Hot News: CRC32 Error During Backups on Hana & High Page Out Fix for Windows

Maximizing Your Security Posture with Azure ATP

Azure Foundation for nonprofits

Create dependent pipelines in your Azure Data Factory

Dynamics 365 for Marketing August update and early access are rolling out now

Introducing Distributed transaction functionality on SQL Server 2017 on Linux starting with CU16

Azure Blogs (29 July 2019 to 4 Aug 2019)

Microsoft Azure welcomes customers, partners, and industry leaders to Siggraph 2019!

Choosing between Azure VNet Peering and VNet Gateways

Announcing general availability for the Azure Security Center for IoT

Run Windows Server and SQL Server workloads seamlessly across your hybrid environments

Cloud providers unite on frictionless health data exchange

Azure Cost Management updates – July 2019

Understanding and leveraging Azure SQL Database’s SLA

Introducing Azure Dedicated Host

New Azure Blueprint simplifies compliance with NIST SP 800-53

Moving your VMware resources to Azure is easier than ever

Improved developer experience for Azure Blockchain development kit

Updating Azure Sphere OS

Azure Sphere is changing fast, so the device you have acquired in last month may need OS update. To check if your OS is current you can run,

From your Azure Sphere command prompt

If this shows something like below,

Then run the below command to update the OS

The successful execution would look like,

Vola!!! Enjoy your test.

Tech Blogs (14-July-2019 to 21-July-2019)

• Resolve code issues in live apps running in Azure Kubernetes Services with the Snapshot Debugger
• Network Performance Monitor is Generally Available in Central India
• Azure Cosmos DB .NET V3 SDK now generally available
• Azure FXT Edge Filer Now available
• Read replica across regions for Azure Database for MariaDB
• MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB online and offline migrations are now available
• Announcing Azure Migration Program
• Blob API interoperability with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 is now in preview
• Proximity placement groups are now in preview
• Introducing Azure Lighthouse
• A new set of Azure SDKs is now available in preview
• Azure Container Registry—Self diagnostic health check support in the Azure CLI
• Azure Container Registry—Support for scheduling in Container Registry Tasks
• Azure Kinect DK is now generally available in the United States and China
• Cognitive Services Form Recognizer prebuilt capability
• Azure Stream Analytics now offers native support for Apache Parquet format
• New 48vCPUs Azure Virtual Machine sizes are now available
• Introducing the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
• Azure Resource Graph is now generally available
• Azure DevTest Labs—Configure your lab to use a remote desktop gateway
• Azure Cosmos DB Java V3 SDK now available
• Power BI Service and Mobile June 2019 feature summary
• Introducing Episode 3 of Learning from Leaders with Yvette White
• Demystifying containers, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Facing the cold chills
• Make a great first impression with your virtual agent
• How to use Resource Scheduling’s Search Resource Availability API
• Help! My Powershell script isn’t working! Can you fix it?
• InSpark modernizes cloud security with managed services solution
• AAD Device Token Authentication and Cloud Management Gateway (CMG)
• One Project To Rule Them All
• The Morning Brew #2787
• Multi-protocol Data Access for Azure Data Lake Storage is now in public preview
• Retail insights pave the way for impactful customer experiences
• When public safety and defense organizations embrace the cloud
• Join us for the first Windows Containers in Kubernetes “Unconference”
• How to cost-effectively manage and secure a mobile ecosystem
• July 2019 update of Dynamics 365 Layout provides locked layouts, improved HoloLens 2 experience
• 9 ways to use EHR data to improve home health care outcomes
• Zscaler drives identity management into its security cloud with Azure AD
• DevOps or Economies of Flow
• The Morning Brew #2788
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Fundamentals
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Fundamentals
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Fundamentals
• Announcing ML.NET 1.2 and Model Builder updates (Machine Learning for .NET)
• Update 19.07 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
• One Click Integration with Stream Analytics from Event Hubs
• Pattern Matching Function is now available in Stream Analytics
• Stream Analytics supports output to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2
• Stream Analytics offers native support for Parquet format
• Analytics as aggregates is now available in Stream Analytics
• Authenticate Stream Analytics egress to Azure Blob Storage using managed identities
• Gateway Management on Admin Center
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Banking Accelerator is now generally available
• Improved testing introduced for planned updates of Dynamics 365 for Marketing
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Banking Accelerator is now Generally Available on AppSource
• Hardening SUSE image for SAP in Azure
• Scrum Isn’t Always Perfect (and that’s okay)
• The Morning Brew #2789
• Introducing PowerShell as .NET Global Tool
• One Year of Quantum Katas
• Microsoft adds new features to IPv6 support for Azure VNets
• Aggregations for petabyte-scale BI is generally available!
• Power BI Desktop July 2019 Feature Summary
• Update experience in Lifecycle Services reflects recent updates that show 8 updates per year
• Building smart cities of the future with Microsoft
• Business Central entitlements explained
• Automation and Integration with Azure Logic Apps
• The Morning Brew #2790
• DragonFruit and System.CommandLine is a new way to think about .NET Console apps
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Fundamentals
• Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.07.19
• What’s new in Azure DevOps Sprint 154
• Announcing TypeScript 3.6 Beta
• Azure Security Center launched new network recommendations
• Introducing promotional pricing for the Basic Linux App Service Plan
• Announcing the New Filter Experience for Power BI Reports
• Power BI Premium – Know What Your Premium Capacity Can Handle
• Replace your Voice of the Customer surveys with Microsoft Forms Pro
• Deploying Azure Machine Learning service models for inference with Azure Functions
• New Storage Migration Service WAC Extension 1.57.0 available
• Improve security with Azure Sentinel, a cloud-native SIEM and SOAR solution
• Preview of Availability Zones for your Kubernetes cluster in Azure
• Vcpkg: 2019.06 Update
• The Morning Brew #2791
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Training Day
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Migrating Applications to the Cloud
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Training Day
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Fundamentals
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Fundamentals
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Fundamentals
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Fundamentals
• How to multiply your video anomaly detection solution with transfer learning using AML service
• Installing PowerShell with one line as a .NET Core global tool

Tech Blogs from July 21 to July 28, 2019

• The Azure Infrastructure Architect Map
• Java on Visual Studio Code July Update
• Announcing the Azure Boards app for Slack
• DBAs: It’s time to get up to speed with Azure
• DevSecOps in Kubernetes
• Perform transfer learning with AML service to propagate a deep learning model for anomaly detection
• Angular How-to: Page load times using Application Insights
• An In Depth Tutorial on Linux Development on Windows with WSL and Visual Studio Code
• The Morning Brew #2792
• Microsoft 365 Training Day: Microsoft Teams Deep Dive
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Migrating Applications to the Cloud
• Microsoft 365 Training Day: Microsoft Teams Deep Dive
• Microsoft 365 Training Day: Microsoft Teams Deep Dive
• Microsoft 365 Training Day: Microsoft Teams Deep Dive
• Microsoft 365 Training Day: Microsoft Teams Deep Dive
• Smarter Cloud: IT Automation with Ansible | Hands-on Lab with Red Hat
• Announcing GitLab Support for Visual Studio App Center
• Now available: Azure DevOps Server 2019 Update 1, Release Candidate 2
• Bring your GitHub collaborators to Azure DevOps
• Announcing Entity Framework Core 3.0 Preview 7 and Entity Framework 6.3 Preview 7
• Announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 7
• ASP.NET Core and Blazor updates in .NET Core 3.0 Preview 7
• Develop and debug ARM64 IoT Edge modules in Visual Studio Code (preview)
• Cognitive Services Speech US Gov Resource GUID Change
• Azure portal July 2019 feature update
• Premium Blob now supports Blob Lifecycle Management
• Azure Monitor Log Analytics UI updates – June 2019
• Azure Site Recovery: Support released for large disks (up to 8 TB)
• Location telemetry support in IoT Central is now available
• The recommendation and policy to enable encryption of storage account have been removed
• How smart cities are putting people first in the urban world
• The First Anniversary of the Quantum Katas
• July release of Dynamics 365 Product Visualize adds ability to show or hide 3D model layers and new gestures
• Latest update of Dynamics 365 Guides adds Dynamics 365 for Field Service integration (Preview)
• Sales Health solution
• Lifecycle Services – July 2019 (Release 2) release notes
• Caesars Entertainment bets on the Microsoft cloud, drives innovation in gaming, hospitality, and entertainment
• Azure AD Application Proxy support for SAML based Apps is GA!
• “Sign In with Apple” Custom Policy for Azure AD B2C
• The Morning Brew #2793
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Migrating Applications to the Cloud
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Migrating Applications to the Cloud
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Migrating Applications to the Cloud
• Smarter Cloud Workshop: Containers & DevOps on Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Migrating Applications to the Cloud
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Migrating Applications to the Cloud
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Migrating Applications to the Cloud
• Microsoft Azure Training Day: Migrating Applications to the Cloud
• Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2 Generally Available and 16.3 Preview 1
• Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.2 is now available (and a Preview for 8.3)
• Skill up on Visual Studio 2019 with Pluralsight
• Caching and faster artifacts in Azure Pipelines
• VNet Gateway Standard and High Performance Resource GUID changes
• Azure Search is now integrated with the Azure Government cloud
• Azure Database for MySQL support for MySQL 8.0 is in preview
• Azure Mv2-series virtual machines (VMs) offering up to 6 TB of memory are now available for the US West 2 region
• Azure Monitor for containers—Prometheus integration is now in preview
• Azure Lab Services now has a new instance size available—Medium (nested virtualization)
• Azure Lab Services has removed the unlimited option from quota per user to help save on costs
• Azure Lab Services—Ability to reset passwords and support for Ubuntu Images has been added
• Linux support on Azure Functions Premium plan
• SQL Server CTP 3.2 big data cluster is now in preview
• Azure Database Migration Service—Integration with Azure Migrate v2
• PostgreSQL 11 is now generally available in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• Azure Container Registry—Buildpacks support in Tasks is now in preview
• New developer pricing tier for integration service environment
• Azure IoT Edge 1.0.8 release is now available
• Guidance on CVE-2018-15664 for Azure IoT Edge
• Free supported Java in SQL Server 2019 is now available
• SQL Server 2019 community technology preview 3.2 is now available
• Four ways the modern CHRO role is changing
• AI in health: Are we there yet?
• Preview: Integration between Finance and Operations and Common Data Service – Phase 1
• Extending Dynamics 365 to accelerate partner revenue
• Microsoft Secure Score at Inspire: Partner Opportunities
• Versioning REST APIs in Azure Serverless
• Share packages publicly from Azure Artifacts – Public Preview
• Azure Blob lifecycle management is now available in all Azure regions
• The recommendation for storage access restriction has been retired
• SQL Server Management Studio 18.2 is now generally available
• New machine learning model sifts through the good to unearth the bad in evasive malware
• New! Better grouping of cases into topics in Dynamics 365 Customer Service Insights
• Accelerating innovation with Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform
• Microsoft Office 365 now available from new South Africa cloud datacenters
• Remote Visualization in Azure
• Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2019.07.26
• Cognitive Services Form Recognizer Name Changes
• New Analytics reports and Azure Boards app available for Slack
• Introducing SIOS high availability for SQL Server 2008/R2 in Azure
• Dynamics NAV mobile apps updated
• Discover how Microsoft 365 can help health providers adapt in an era of patient data protection and sharing
• Accelerating HPC Storage with the Azure FXT Edge Filer
• Azure API for FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources)
• DevOps and Complex Adaptive Systems
• Creating a Ghost Blog on an Azure App Service
• System.Text.Json and new built-in JSON support in .NET Core

Azure Blogs (July 21, 2019 to July 28, 2019)

• • Expanding the Azure Stack partner ecosystem
  • Easing compliance for UK public and health sectors with new Azure Blueprints
  • Azure solutions for financial services regulatory boundaries
  • What’s the difference between Azure Monitor and Azure Service Health?
  • Digital transformation with legacy systems simplified
  • Always-on, real-time threat protection with Azure Cosmos DB – part two
  • Always-on, real-time threat protection with Azure Cosmos DB – part one
  • IoT sensors and wearables revolutionize patient care
  • Accessing virtual machines behind Azure Firewall with Azure Bastion
  • Azure publishes guidance for secure cloud adoption by governments

 

How Microsoft use DevOps

Article	Description
Moving to Cloud Cadence	Lori Lamkin covers our seven-year journey to cloud cadence. She goes through the sequence of steps we took, and that you can take as you become proficient at DevOps.
Agile principles in practice	Aaron Bjork discusses how we incorporate Agile principles and what that looks like in practice. Everything about how we manage teams, roles, planning, sprints, and flow has brought improvement to the software we build and use daily that customers can depend on.
Release flow: Our branching strategy	Working in a single master and using the pull request flow have been a key ingredient to keeping debt out and deployments clean. Ed Thomson covers lightweight topic branching on Git combined with Release Flow as part of our move to safe deployment. He starts with the transition from a hierarchical version control to Git.
Mindset shift to DevSecOps culture	Security is a key part of DevOps. Buck Hodges first walks through how we have done our security war games with red teams and blue teams. Buck goes on to cover our best practices for DevSecOps in running a SaaS business.
Live-Site Culture	Live-Site Culture (or a Production-First Mindset) is essential to running a service. Tom Moore discusses both how we handle service reliability and how we practice, You Build It, You Run It. You can’t control what you can’t measure. Along the way, Tom Moore shows how we use telemetry to monitor VSTS and gain continual insight into both the health and usage of the service.
Evolving test practices: combining development and test	Microsoft’s decision to move to a single engineering organization, where development and testing are a unified part of the build process rather than separate roles, has helped every engineer have a greater impact on the quality of the software. Munil Shah shares his first hand experiences.

How Microsoft Architect their own DevOps

From monolith to cloud service	Buck Hodges starts with the path from monolith to cloud service as we moved from a single delivery stream of TFS on-prem to dual streams including VSTS on Azure. He discusses how we maintain consistency between the on-prem product and the hosted multi-tenant service.
Achieving no downtime through versioned service updates	Running the hosted service 24x7x365 globally requires that we can deploy updates intraday with no downtime. Buck describes the architecture and technical process for updating the service while live.
Progressive experimentation with feature flags	A key advantage of the cloud service is that it provides a continuous feedback loop with our users. Here Buck discusses how we use feature flags to progressively reveal new functionality and to experiment in production.
Patterns for Resiliency in the Cloud	By definition, a 24x7x365 service needs to be always available. Buck describes how we have used cloud patterns for resiliency, such as circuit breakers and throttling, to ensure the availability and performance of VSTS.
Shift left to test fast and reliably	Availability would be meaningless without suitable quality. Munil Shah covers how we shift left to test fast and reliably – he takes us through the evolution that has led to our ability to run 60,000 tests in the pull request flow before commit to master and continuous integration.
Eliminating flaky tests to build trust	To get a reliable signal from high-volume test automation, we need to be able to trust the test results. Munil describes how we eliminate flaky tests so that red can mean red.
Shift right to test in production	Testing only in pre-production environments helps you with the faults you’ve previously encountered, but not the ones you haven’t seen. Munil explains how there is no place like production and that means we need to test in production too.
Safe deployment practices	When you deploy continuously, you need to control the blast radius and continually expand based on the health of the release. Ed Glas goes over the safe deployment practices that we use for progressive exposure.

Azure Blogs in June 2019

Important Blogs posted in Azure Blogs during June 2019
Using Text Analytics in call centers
Ask Me Anything – “Network” with teams from Azure Networking!
Empowering clinicians with mobile health data: Right information, right place, right time
Securing the hybrid cloud with Azure Security Center and Azure Sentinel
Announcing self-serve experience for Azure Event Hubs Clusters
A look at Azure’s automated machine learning capabilities
Building a better asset and risk management platform with elastic Azure services
Microsoft commercial marketplace updates–May 2019
Customize your automatic update settings for Azure Virtual Machine disaster recovery
Azure Stack IaaS – part nine
Using Text Analytics in call centers
How to optimize your Azure environment
Build more accurate forecasts with new capabilities in automated machine learning
Announcing Mobility service for Azure Maps, SDKs updates, and more
Microsoft hosts HL7 FHIR DevDays
Three things to know about Azure Machine Learning Notebook VM
Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 38
Update IoT devices connected to Azure with Mender update manager
Compute and stream IoT insights with data-driven applications
Azure.Source – Volume 86
Microsoft FHIR Server for Azure extends to SQL
Taking advantage of the new Azure Application Gateway V2
Virtual machine memory allocation and placement on Azure Stack
Azure Shared Image Gallery now generally available
Join Microsoft at ISC2019 in Frankfurt
Accelerating smart building solutions with cloud, AI, and IoT
Customers get unmatched security with Windows Server and SQL Server workloads in Azure
Make your data science workflow efficient and reproducible with MLflow
Learn by example: How IoT solutions transform industries
How one Azure IoT partner is building connected experiences
Three ways to get notified about Azure service issues
Smarter edge, smarter world: Discover the autonomous edge
Monitoring on Azure HDInsight Part 3: Performance and resource utilization
Simplify B2B communications and free your IT staff
First Microsoft cloud regions in Middle East now available
Using Azure Search custom skills to create personalized job recommendations
Announcing the preview of Microsoft Azure Bastion
Azure Security Expert Series: Best practices from Ann Johnson
Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 39
Microsoft and Truffle partner to bring a world-class experience to blockchain developers
Azure Stack IaaS – part ten
Azure.Source – Volume 87
Virtual machine scale set insights from Azure Monitor
Azure Security Expert Series: Learn best practices and Customer Lockbox general availability
New to Azure? Follow these easy steps to get started
Microsoft positioned as a leader in the Forrester WaveTM: Database-as-a-service
Gartner names Microsoft a leader in 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise iPaaS
Azure HC-series Virtual Machines crosses 20,000 cores for HPC workloads
Introducing next generation reading with Immersive Reader, a new Azure Cognitive Service
Azure.Source – Volume 88
Azure Cosmos DB: A competitive advantage for healthcare ISVs
Using natural language processing to manage healthcare records
Event-driven analytics with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
Announcing the general availability of Azure premium files
Leveraging complex data to build advanced search applications with Azure Search
A solution to manage policy administration from end to end
Azure Blockchain Workbench 1.7.0 integration with Azure Blockchain Service
New PCI DSS Azure Blueprint makes compliance simpler
Solving the problem of duplicate records in healthcare

Learn ASP.NET Core

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Namoskar!!!

Azure from 10-June-2019 to 14-June-2019

Three things to know about Azure Machine Learning Notebook VM

Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 38

Update IoT devices connected to Azure with Mender update manager

Compute and stream IoT insights with data-driven applications

Azure.Source – Volume 86

Microsoft FHIR Server for Azure extends to SQL

Taking advantage of the new Azure Application Gateway V2

Virtual machine memory allocation and placement on Azure Stack

Azure Shared Image Gallery now generally available

Join Microsoft at ISC2019 in Frankfurt

Accelerating smart building solutions with cloud, AI, and IoT

Customers get unmatched security with Windows Server and SQL Server workloads in Azure

Make your data science workflow efficient and reproducible with MLflow

Learn by example: How IoT solutions transform industries

How one Azure IoT partner is building connected experiences

Three ways to get notified about Azure service issues

Smarter edge, smarter world: Discover the autonomous edge

Monitoring on Azure HDInsight Part 3: Performance and resource utilization

Simplify B2B communications and free your IT staff

Azure DevOps Sprints

Know how Azure DevOps’s own Sprint is progressing https://whatsprintis.it

 

Latest Blogs 22-May-2019

Azure.Source Volume 83

Updates to synchronous autoload of extensions in Visual Studio 2019

Build a strong identity foundation with Azure AD provisioning

Generation 2 virtual machines in Azure – Public Preview

May update of Dynamics 365 Layout provides new learning features, other improvements

The F# development home on GitHub is now dotnet/fsharp

Debug IoT Edge C / C# Windows Module Container with Visual Studio Azure IoT Edge Tools

Code Reviews Using the Visual Studio Pull Requests Extension

Designing custom navigation for Power BI apps is now available

Public preview of Azure Active Directory B2C in China

Launching an intelligent future with AI

Moving from Node.js to .NET Core

Announcing Azure DevOps Server 2019.0.1 RTW

Drive higher utilization of Azure HDInsight clusters with autoscale

Who put Python in the Windows 10 May 2019 Update?

Mapping Data Flows feature is now available in Azure Data Factory

Azure Monitor classic alerts retirement date extended to August 31st, 2019

Azure log integration tool deprecation

A SQL Server tale of two cities

How to govern Power BI visuals inside your organization

ShopTalk 2019 recap part 3: AI can check age-old retail problems

Hello Service Mesh Interface (SMI): A specification for service mesh interoperability

Helm 3: simpler to use, more secure to operate

Extending Kubernetes in the open

Step 9. Protect your OS: top 10 actions to secure your environment

Retrieve Resource Availability with Universal Resource Scheduling API

Deprecation of Unified Service Desk 3.2 and lower versions, and features

New SharePoint home sites headline Microsoft 365 innovations for the intelligent workplace

Identity Secure Score is now generally available!

Learn Kubernetes for Free

https://azure.microsoft.com/mediahandler/files/resourcefiles/kubernetes-learning-path/Kubernetes%20Learning%20Path%20version%201.0.pdf

Build 2019 AI sessions and recordings

Azure AI Keynote

BRK2006 Azure AI: Powering AI for every developer and every organization

Recording

Demo code LaLiga

Demo code Walgreens Boots Alliance

Machine Learning – Azure Machine Learning service

BRK2004 Breaking the Wall between Data Scientists and App Developers with MLOps

Recording

Demo code

BRK2005 Want to actually do machine learning? Wrangle data, build models, and deploy them with Azure Machine Learning

Recording

BRK3008 Build “zero code” machine learning models with visual workflow capabilities in Azure Machine Learning service

Recording

BRK3009 From Zero to AI Hero–Automatically generate ML models using Azure Machine Learning service, Automated ML

Recording

Demo code

BRK3010 Managing your ML lifecycle with Azure Databricks and Azure ML

Recording

BRK3011 Welcome to the world of Machine Learning with ML.NET 1.0

Recording

Demo code

BRK3012 Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) in the enterprise: how Microsoft scales ML across the world and across devices

Recording

BRK3013 How to build enterprise ready ML: Privacy and Security best practices, in the cloud and on the edge

Recording

BRK3014 Build an AI-powered Pet Detector with Python, TensorFlow, and Visual Studio Code

Recording

Demo code

Knowledge Mining – Azure Search and Form Recognizer

BRK2001 Introducing AI-driven content understanding with Cognitive Search and Cognitive Services

Recording

BRK2002 Announcing Form Recognizer: Create real value in your business processes by automating extraction of text, key value pairs and tables from forms, and easily customizing state-of-the-art AI

Recording

Demo code

BRK3001 Unlock Knowledge Mining on your domain: build custom skills to tailor content understanding to your industry

Recording

Demo code 1

Demo code 2

BRK3002 Try this one weird AI trick on your data. Turn any data into structured knowledge using the new Knowledge Mining capabilities of the Azure AI platform

Recording

Demo code

AI apps and agents – Azure Cognitive Services and Azure Bot Service

BRK2003 Designing AI Responsibly

Recording

Demo code 1

Demo code 2

BRK3003 How to use Azure Conversational AI to scale your business for the next generation- A deep dive into La Liga’s story

Recording

Demo code 1

Demo code 2

BRK3004 How to build enterprise ready, scalable AI solutions using Azure Cognitive Services

Recording

Demo code 1

Demo code 2

BRK3005 5 industries that are getting disrupted by Computer Vision on Cloud and on Edge

Recording

Demo code

BRK3006 What’s new in Speech Services and how to utilize them to build speech-enabled scenarios and solutions

Recording

BRK3007 Deliver the Right Experiences & Content like Xbox with Cognitive Services Personalizer

Recording

Demo code 1

Demo code 2

Copied from https://github.com/buildaidemos/demos

Namoskar!!!

Mark Russinovich Talking about Blockchain – so much to learn

This Build 2019 at Seattle Mark Russinovich took us to this amazing journey of Blockchain and how it is being evolving

Namoskar!!!

KEDA – Kubernetes-based Event-Drive Autoscaling

KEDA is an open source project allows Kubernetes to auto scale based on some external event. The open source project is available at https://github.com/kedacore/keda

Namoskar!!!

Build 2019 – Visual Studio Code Tips and Tricks

Build 2019 All Sessions and Downloading Offline

All the Build Sessions are now also in Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlrxD0HtieHgspNIlv1x2H5_cxSRm7B17

This allows you to download via Youtube App for offline viewing. This is very convenient way to utilize your time while you are idle.

Enjoy the learning.

Namoskar!!!

Editing Read-only Azure Function

When you deploy an Azure Function from Visual Studio it becomes Read-only and you can’t edit it in Azure Portal anymore. There is a good reason to it. However, you may also need to edit.

To make it editable, go to the Function App Setting

And change the Edit mode to Read/Write

Namoskar!!!

From Zero to Hero in Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps is all about doing (probably the 100^th time I am repeating).

1. Azure DevOps is free (good thing is no Credit card is required). So, use your credential to sign up for it https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/devops/
2. Subscribe Azure DevOps blog https://devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/
3. Learning new and don’t have enough data? Never mind use https://azuredevopsdemogenerator.azurewebsites.net/
4. Set up the *real* project where it actually deploys to Azure use Azure DevOps Projects

Free Hands on Labs for Azure DevOps

Do you want to try Azure DevOps? You should try the DevOps Labs https://azuredevopslabs.com/

Some of the feature labs listed there are,

And many more. Azure DevOps is all about doing it. So try it.

Namoskar!!!

Microsoft Build 2019 Conference Recorded Sessions

Did you miss the Build conference this year? You can now visit the recorded sessions from https://mybuild.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions

Namoskar!!!

Microsoft Build Conference 2019 – All the announcements

Here is the Book of News Build 2019 all you need to know.

This is a 65 page document.

Microsoft Build Conference 2019 – why I am so excited

Microsoft Build 2019 is around the corner and happening from May 6 – 8 in Seattle, United States. This is majorly a developer centric event but also covers fare bit of areas around other technologies. Few thousand diverse developers, presenters, Microsoft product group would travel to build. Build will evolve around

• Containers
• AI / Machine Learning
• Serverless
• DevOps
• IoT
• Mixed Reality
• Power Platform

This time build is quite unique in many different aspects.

1. If you have young kid who is aspiring developer, you can bring them for free with you. I think this is one of it’s first kind.
2. Like Microsoft build is fundamentally inclusive in nature and you will find the various needs are taken care by design
3. Excitement of being there is different, but it does not stop you enjoy the vibe if you could not join. Most of the build sessions will be broadcasted live. Session list is available now, you can create a schedule and join live. Please have a look here https://mybuild.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions

Call to action:

1. Build your calendar (you can login to the build portal and do it)
2. Watch sitting from home or office at your comfort if you are not travelling to the conference.

I must say the statement “Microsoft Build for all” is so true.

Namoskar!!!

Slide from my presentation at Global Azure Bootcamp 2019

Please find the slide here https://github.com/wrijugh/gab-2019

Namoskar!!!

Tips on appearing AZ-400 Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

AZ-400 is Azure DevOps Engineer Associate exam. This mostly covers Azure DevOps and bit of Azure services relevant in its context.

If you are planning to appear this exam here are some of my take,

1. Go to the exam page https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/azure-devops.aspx and look for a section “Skills measured” (this is not visible in Mobile web). This section covers what is expected from the candidate. If you work on this tool, then you will be able to relate the content. But if you don’t then I recommend you do 80-20 study – 80% hands on and 20% theory. Azure DevOps is all about doing things. If you do it then eventually you will know it.
2. Azure DevOps is free and to open a free account you don’t need to provide the credit card information. So go ahead and start playing at https://dev.azure.com
3. For hands on lab you don’t need to be imaginative. There already a bunch of them here https://www.azuredevopslabs.com/. If you are not working on it, then I would recommend you do all of them. This will give you very high confidence. As Azure DevOps is all about using the tool hence doing would stay long term in your memory.
4. You can generate some demos in Azure DevOps. This would have some end to end setup including Build and Release pipeline https://azuredevopsdemogenerator.azurewebsites.net/ – go and play with it.
5. Also you can consider building project under Azure Portal (https://portal.azure.com) “DevOps Projects“. This will let you pick up the runtime and deploy an app. This will deploy the components to your Azure subscription. So, you need access to Azure subscription.
6. Do use the official documentation of Azure DevOps https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/user-guide/what-is-azure-devops?view=azure-devops

Remember there is no alternative to actually “doing” it. Take your time to prepare for it if you are not working day in and out.

Namoskar!!!

Speaking at Global Azure Bootcamp 2019

Tomorrow I am speaking at Global Azure Bootcamp 2019 – Bangalore. For more about the event please visit http://bengaluru.azurebootcamp.net/

It’s few hours away and I wont be able to sleep due to the excitement.

Let me tell you it’s sold out.

Here is my agenda for the talk.

The content and Slide will be shared in Github post the event.

See you there tomorrow.

Namoskar!!!

123 Git Start

Quickly start git for your source code then push them to centralized repository in easy steps

Namoskar!!!

Roles in Azure AD

Apart from Global Administrators and Privileged Role Administrators Azure AD comes with some other roles as well.

Application Administrator
Application Developer
Authentication Administrator
Billing Administrator
Cloud Application Administrator
Cloud Device Administrator
Compliance Administrator
Conditional Access Administrator
Customer Lockbox access approver
Device Administrators
Directory Readers
Directory Synchronization Accounts
Directory Writers
Dynamics 365 administrator / CRM Administrator
Exchange Administrator / Company Administrator
Guest Inviter
Information Protection Administrator
Intune Administrator
License Administrator
Message Center Reader
Partner Tier1 Support
Partner Tier2 Support
Helpdesk (Password) Administrator
Power BI Administrator
Privileged Role Administrator
Reports Reader
Security Administrator
Security Reader
Service Support Administrator
SharePoint Administrator
Skype for Business / Lync Administrator
Teams Administrator
Teams Communication Administrator
Teams Communication Support Engineer
Teams Communication Support Specialist

for more please visit https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/users-groups-roles/directory-assign-admin-roles

Microsoft Ignite 2018 Update

AI + Machine Learning

Azure Cognitive Services—Speech Service now generally available

Speech service is now generally available, combining the following capabilities in one service: speech-to-text; text-to-speech; custom speech; and speech translation.

Azure Active Directory conditional access in Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks now supports Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) conditional access, which allows administrators to control where and when users are permitted to sign in to Azure Databricks. Some of the common concerns this addresses include restricted sign-in access, limited network location access, managing the type of device access as well as restricted access to client applications.

Azure Key Vault support with Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks now supports Azure Key Vault backed secret scope. With this, Azure Databricks now supports two types of secret scopes—Azure Key Vault-backed and Databricks-backed.

Azure SQL Data Warehouse streaming support in Azure Databricks.

Azure SQL Data Warehouse connector now offers efficient and scalable structured streaming write support for SQL Data Warehouse.

Azure Databricks is available in Japan, Canada, India, and Australia

Azure Databricks is now generally available in additional regions—Japan, Canada, India, Australia Central and Australia Central 2. With these additions, Azure Databricks is now available in 24 regions.

Azure Databricks Delta now in preview

The delta feature is now available in preview at no additional cost in the premium SKU of Azure Databricks. With delta, customers get better data reliability, improved performance for their jobs and queries, and opportunity to simplify their data pipelines. Delta is a transactional storage layer in Azure Databricks. With delta, we’re enabling customers to simplify building high performance analytics solution at scale using Azure Databricks and get better reliability and higher performance on Spark jobs and queries.

Microsoft R Server is now Microsoft Machine Learning Server

Machine Learning Server (previously known as Microsoft R Server) is a flexible enterprise platform for analyzing data at scale, building intelligent apps, and discovering valuable insights across a business now with full support for Python and R. Transform your business with scalable, enterprise-grade R and Python-based data analytics using your data and existing investments.

Analytics

Azure Data Explorer

Perform ad-hoc queries on terabytes of data with Azure Data Explorer—a lightning-fast indexing and querying service for data exploration. Use Azure Data Explorer for analytics of log and telemetry data from websites, applications, and IoT devices.

Azure Active Directory conditional access in Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks now supports Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) conditional access, which allows administrators to control where and when users are permitted to sign in to Azure Databricks. Some of the common concerns this addresses include restricted sign-in access, limited network location access, managing the type of device access as well as restricted access to client applications.

Azure Key Vault support with Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks now supports Azure Key Vault backed secret scope. With this, Azure Databricks now supports two types of secret scopes—Azure Key Vault-backed and Databricks-backed.

Azure SQL Data Warehouse streaming support in Azure Databricks.

Azure SQL Data Warehouse connector now offers efficient and scalable structured streaming write support for SQL Data Warehouse.

Azure Databricks is available in Japan, Canada, India, and Australia

Azure Databricks is now generally available in additional regions—Japan, Canada, India, Australia Central and Australia Central 2. With these additions, Azure Databricks is now available in 24 regions.

Event Hubs on Azure Stack

Azure Event Hubs is a big data streaming platform and event ingestion service, capable of receiving and processing millions of events per second, that can now run on Azure Stack.

SQL Data Warehouse now offers flexible restore points

SQL Data Warehouse is a fast, flexible and secure analytics platform. It now provides user defined restore points, enabling you to initiate snapshots before and after significant operations on your data warehouse.

SQL Data Warehouse intelligent insights

Get intelligent insights to ensure your data warehouse is consistently optimized for performance with SQL Data Warehouse intelligent insights.

SQL Data Warehouse Vulnerability Assessment

SQL Vulnerability Assessment is an easy-to-use service that continually monitors your database or data warehouse, ensuring those are maintained at a high level of security at all times and that your organizational policies are met.

SQL Data Warehouse: User defined maintenance scheduling

Azure SQL Data Warehouse maintenance scheduling is now preview. This is a new feature that seamlessly integrates the Azure Service Health planned maintenance notifications with Resource Health monitor services.

HDInsight 4.0 in preview

Azure HDInsight 4.0 Preview is now available, backed by our enterprise-grade SLA.

Enterprise Security Package for Azure HDInsight generally available

Enterprise Security Package for Azure HDInsight is now generally available.

Azure Databricks Delta now in preview

The delta feature is now available in preview at no additional cost in the premium SKU of Azure Databricks. With delta, customers get better data reliability, improved performance for their jobs and queries, and opportunity to simplify their data pipelines. Delta is a transactional storage layer in Azure Databricks. With delta, we’re enabling customers to simplify building high performance analytics solution at scale using Azure Databricks and get better reliability and higher performance on Spark jobs and queries.

New SQL Data Warehouse performance tier SKU

The industry-leading query performance of the compute optimized Gen2 tier of SQL Data Warehouse is now accessible to more customers through a new smaller SKU, 500DWc. With this release, get started with a powerful data warehouse in the cloud for as low as USD7.56/hour (in the US East region—price varies by region).

C# UDF for Azure Stream Analytics on IoT Edge now in preview

C# user-defined functions (UDF) support for Azure Stream Analytics on IoT Edge is now available in preview.

Developer tools enhancements for Apache Spark on Azure HDInsight

We’re bringing several exciting new enhancements to developer tools for Apache Spark on Azure HDInsight.

Cognitive Services – Speech APIs

Azure Cognitive Services—Speech Service now generally available

Speech service is now generally available, combining the following capabilities in one service: speech-to-text; text-to-speech; custom speech; and speech translation.

Compute

General availability: Automatic OS image upgrade in virtual machine scale sets

It is easy to enable automatic OS image updates in Virtual machine scale sets for the most popular images.

Azure Virtual Machine Image Builder available in private preview

Azure Virtual Machine (VM) Image Builder, now available in private preview, allows you to migrate your image building pipeline to Azure.

Linux preview support of custom virtual networks on Azure Container Instances

You can now provision Linux containers into new or existing virtual networks with Azure Container Instances. This support is in preview for Linux in two regions: West US and West Europe.

Azure App Service

Azure App Service updates from Microsoft Ignite

Azure Service Fabric

Azure Service Fabric announcements at Ignite

Service Fabric now available on Azure Stack

Service Fabric, a distributed systems platform that makes it easy to package, deploy, and manage scalable and reliable microservices and containers, is now available on Azure Stack.

Tomcat for Azure App Service on Linux now generally available

Azure App Service on Linux now supports Apache Tomcat 8.5 and 9. Azure App Service for Tomcat on Linux allows developers to quickly build, deploy, and scale their Tomcat web applications on a fully managed Linux-based service.

Azure Functions—Functions runtime 2.0 now generally available

The cross platform and improved Azure Functions runtime is now generally available, allowing you to use your cross-platform .NET Core assets within your Functions apps.

Azure Functions—Consumption plan for Linux in preview

Azure Functions now supports consumption plan for deploying to Linux.

Azure Functions—Python support in preview

Azure Functions now supports Python development using Python 3.6 on the Functions v2 (cross-platform) runtime.

Kubernetes on Azure Stack in preview

We now support Kubernetes cluster deployment on Azure Stack, a certified Kubernetes Cloud Provider. Install Kubernetes using Azure Resource Manager templates generated by ACS-Engine on Azure Stack.

Protect data in use with Azure Confidential Computing

Azure Confidential Computing benefits are now available on a new DC series of virtual machines in Azure for preview using Intel SGX chipsets. In addition, Azure is also offering an open source SDK to provide a consistent enclave abstraction experience to build your SGX-based applications.

New GPU enabled NVv2 Azure Virtual Machines for graphics intensive applications

NVv2 Azure Virtual Machines, which have been architected to support remote visualization workloads and other graphics intensive applications, are now available in preview.

Bring your own storage to App Service on Linux

App Service now supports the ability for customers to bring additional storage accounts to their Linux web apps

General availability: Serial console for Azure VMs

Serial console for Azure VMs is generally available with new features and many bug fixes and improvements.

Containers

Linux preview support of custom virtual networks on Azure Container Instances

You can now provision Linux containers into new or existing virtual networks with Azure Container Instances. This support is in preview for Linux in two regions: West US and West Europe.

Azure App Service

Azure App Service updates from Microsoft Ignite

Azure Service Fabric

Azure Service Fabric announcements at Ignite

Service Fabric now available on Azure Stack

Service Fabric, a distributed systems platform that makes it easy to package, deploy, and manage scalable and reliable microservices and containers, is now available on Azure Stack.

Tomcat for Azure App Service on Linux now generally available

Azure App Service on Linux now supports Apache Tomcat 8.5 and 9. Azure App Service for Tomcat on Linux allows developers to quickly build, deploy, and scale their Tomcat web applications on a fully managed Linux-based service.

Kubernetes on Azure Stack in preview

We now support Kubernetes cluster deployment on Azure Stack, a certified Kubernetes Cloud Provider. Install Kubernetes using Azure Resource Manager templates generated by ACS-Engine on Azure Stack.

Azure Container Registry tasks

Azure Container Registry tasks, previously known as Azure Container Registry build, enables inner-loop development in the cloud with on-demand container image builds.

Azure Container Registry—Helm repositories in preview

As customers deploy multi-container applications, Helm has evolved as the defacto standard to describe Kubernetes-based applications. With Helm repositories, customers can push their Helm Charts to Azure Container Registry, providing a single source of truth for their images and deployment definitions running in Kubernetes.

Azure Container Registry—Open Container Initiative (OCI) support in preview

Azure Container Registry now supports OCI image format. Using projects like BuildKit, build and push OCI formatted container images.

Azure Container Registry tasks—Multi-step capability now in preview

Use Azure Container Registry tasks, now in preview, to define a series of steps to build, test, and validate your containers before they’re deployed.

App Service—Python for App Service Linux preview

App Service on Linux now supports Python 3.6/3.7 in preview.

Bring your own storage to App Service on Linux

App Service now supports the ability for customers to bring additional storage accounts to their Linux web apps

Databases

Public preview: Read replicas for Azure Database for MySQL

Azure Database for MySQL supports up to five read-only replicas within the same Azure region (public preview).

Azure Redis Cache now supports a 120-GB cache in the premium tier

Now in preview, Azure Redis Cache now supports a 120-GB cache in the premium tier. This new offering more than doubles the largest cache size previously available for those looking to store high volumes of data in a single cache instance.

Azure SQL Database Managed Instance general purpose

Azure SQL Database Managed Instance general purpose will become generally available on October 1, 2018. Managed Instance provides the best of SQL Server with the benefits of a fully-managed service, allowing you to migrate your on-premises workloads to the cloud with minimal changes. The general purpose performance tier provides balanced and scalable compute and storage options that fit most business workloads.

Preview: Advanced Threat Protection for Azure Database for PostgreSQL

We are excited to announce the preview of Advanced Threat Protection for Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

Preview: Advanced Threat Protection for Azure Database for MySQL

We are excited to announce the preview of Advanced Threat Protection for Azure Database for MySQL.

Azure SQL Data Warehouse streaming support in Azure Databricks.

Azure SQL Data Warehouse connector now offers efficient and scalable structured streaming write support for SQL Data Warehouse.

SQL Data Warehouse now offers flexible restore points

SQL Data Warehouse is a fast, flexible and secure analytics platform. It now provides user defined restore points, enabling you to initiate snapshots before and after significant operations on your data warehouse.

SQL Data Warehouse intelligent insights

Get intelligent insights to ensure your data warehouse is consistently optimized for performance with SQL Data Warehouse intelligent insights.

SQL Data Warehouse Vulnerability Assessment

SQL Vulnerability Assessment is an easy-to-use service that continually monitors your database or data warehouse, ensuring those are maintained at a high level of security at all times and that your organizational policies are met.

SQL Data Warehouse: User defined maintenance scheduling

Azure SQL Data Warehouse maintenance scheduling is now preview. This is a new feature that seamlessly integrates the Azure Service Health planned maintenance notifications with Resource Health monitor services.

Azure Database Migration Service: SQL to Azure SQL DB Managed Instance online migrations

Migrate SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance with minimal downtime by using preview functionality in the Azure Database Migration Service.

Azure Database Migration Service: SQL to Azure SQL Database offline migration support

Now generally available, the Azure Database Migration Service provides you the ability to assess SQL Server workloads running on-premises or on VMs, and to perform offline migrations to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance.

Preview of performance recommendations for Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure Database for PostgreSQL can learn and adapt to your workloads. The preview release of performance recommendations provides a list of recommendations for creating new indexes to potentially improve the performance of your workloads.

Query performance insights for Azure Database for PostgreSQL in preview

The query performance insights feature in Azure Database for PostgreSQL is now available in preview.

Preview of Query Store for Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure Database for PostgreSQL now provides preview support for query store, which collects and stores query execution statistics and wait event distributions.

Azure Cosmos DB reserved capacity now generally available

Azure Cosmos DB reserved capacity helps you save when you pre-pay for one year or three years. With Azure Cosmos DB reserved capacity, get a discount on the resources used and reduce your costs by up to 65 percent compared to pay-as-you-go prices.

Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API now generally available

With the Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API, experience the power of the Azure Cosmos DB platform with the familiarity of your favorite Apache Cassandra SDKs and tools.

Advanced Threat Protection for Azure database services for MySQL and PostgreSQL

Advanced Threat Protection for Azure database services for MySQL and PostgreSQL helps to detect and respond to potential threats as they occur. Users receive an alert upon suspicious database activities, with potential vulnerabilities and anomalous database access and query patterns. This feature integrates alerts with Azure Security Center to provide details of suspicious activity and recommendations on how to investigate and mitigate them.

New SQL Data Warehouse performance tier SKU

The industry-leading query performance of the compute optimized Gen2 tier of SQL Data Warehouse is now accessible to more customers through a new smaller SKU, 500DWc. With this release, get started with a powerful data warehouse in the cloud for as low as USD7.56/hour (in the US East region—price varies by region).

Developer Tools

New Logic Apps extension for Visual Studio Code

A new Logic Apps extension for Visual Studio Code is now available in preview that enables developers to do more with a first-party development experience.

Azure Policy for Azure DevOps

Azure Policy integration with Azure DevOps is now available.

DevOps

Azure Policy for Azure DevOps

Azure Policy integration with Azure DevOps is now available.

Identity

Azure Active Directory conditional access in Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks now supports Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) conditional access, which allows administrators to control where and when users are permitted to sign in to Azure Databricks. Some of the common concerns this addresses include restricted sign-in access, limited network location access, managing the type of device access as well as restricted access to client applications.

Azure Active Directory Integration with Azure Files in preview

Azure Files Azure AD Integration for SMB access using Azure AD Domain Services is now available in preview.

Integration

New Logic Apps extension for Visual Studio Code

A new Logic Apps extension for Visual Studio Code is now available in preview that enables developers to do more with a first-party development experience.

Internet of Things

Azure IoT Central is now available

Azure IoT Central is now generally available. Built on the Microsoft Cloud, Azure IoT Central is a market differentiated software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, designed to enable the rapid innovation, design, configuration, and integration of smart products with enterprise-grade systems and applications. Stay ahead of the competition and deliver smart products that delight your customers with a solution that helps to reduce your go-to-market cycle and increases the speed at which you can innovate.

New Logic Apps extension for Visual Studio Code

A new Logic Apps extension for Visual Studio Code is now available in preview that enables developers to do more with a first-party development experience.

Azure Functions—Functions runtime 2.0 now generally available

The cross platform and improved Azure Functions runtime is now generally available, allowing you to use your cross-platform .NET Core assets within your Functions apps.

Azure Functions—Consumption plan for Linux in preview

Azure Functions now supports consumption plan for deploying to Linux.

Azure Functions—Python support in preview

Azure Functions now supports Python development using Python 3.6 on the Functions v2 (cross-platform) runtime.

Azure Cosmos DB reserved capacity now generally available

Azure Cosmos DB reserved capacity helps you save when you pre-pay for one year or three years. With Azure Cosmos DB reserved capacity, get a discount on the resources used and reduce your costs by up to 65 percent compared to pay-as-you-go prices.

Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API now generally available

With the Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API, experience the power of the Azure Cosmos DB platform with the familiarity of your favorite Apache Cassandra SDKs and tools.

Azure Sphere services are in public preview and dev kits are broadly available

Azure Sphere is an IoT offering from Microsoft that enables manufacturers to create highly-secured, internet-connected microcontroller (MCU) devices. The first Azure Sphere dev kit is now available, and the Azure Sphere Security Service, Operating System, and Visual Studio development tools for Azure Sphere are now in preview.

C# UDF for Azure Stream Analytics on IoT Edge now in preview

C# user-defined functions (UDF) support for Azure Stream Analytics on IoT Edge is now available in preview.

Enhancement for Map Control for Azure Maps now available

Azure Maps is a portfolio of geospatial APIs that allows developers to build solutions with up-to-date geocoding, routing, IP geolocation, and other location-based services. An improved Map Control API with new features designed to enable intuitive and insightful data layering and visualizations is now available.

Azure IoT Hub—New message routing capability available

Azure IoT Hub message routing simplifies IoT solution development and enables you to send messages from your devices to cloud services in an automated, scalable, and reliable manner. Use routing queries to apply customized filters and send only the most relevant data to the service facing endpoints.

Azure IoT Hub—Device provisioning service new functionalities

IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service is a feature of IoT Hub that allows customers to provision and register IoT devices at scale in a secure manner

Azure IoT Edge—extended edge offline support

Extended edge offline support is a new feature of Azure IoT Edge in preview that offers robust offline operation.

Management and Governance

Azure governance services

Azure governance services updates

PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell now generally available

PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell is now generally available.

Enterprise backup for SQL Servers in Azure Virtual Machines

Users can backup their SQL Servers running in Azure Virtual Machines (VMs). This workload backup capability is built as an infrastructure-less, pay-as-you-go service that uses native SQL backup and restore APIs to provide a comprehensive solution to backup SQL servers running in Azure IaaS VMs.

Azure Cost Management in the Azure Portal preview

Azure Cost Management is in the Azure portal and currently in preview. It’s now enabled by default, with improved performance and fuly integrated into the Azure platform.

Azure Blueprints in preview

Azure Blueprints enables the creation of fully governed environments in a repetitive manner.

New full stack monitoring capabilities in Azure Monitor

We’re bringing together our existing capabilities for monitoring infrastructure, apps, and networks under the moniker of Azure Monitor to provide a unified offering that delivers full stack monitoring for your applications.

Azure Policy for Azure DevOps

Azure Policy integration with Azure DevOps is now available.

Azure Resource Graph in preview

Azure Resource Graph, now in preview, enables fast exploration of your resources for efficient inventory management.

Azure Advisor: New recommendations and tighter integrations

Additional recommendations are now available in Azure Advisor, your personalized guide to Azure best practices. Advisor is a free service that helps you optimize your Azure resources to reduce costs, boost performance, strengthen security, and improve reliability.

Azure Service Health: Immediate alerting on resource health issues

Azure Service Health now offers immediate alerting on resource health issues—even before an outage is declared—to help you stay informed about the status of your Azure environment. Service Health provides personalized alerts and guidance when Azure service issues like incidents and planned maintenance affect your resources.

Microsoft Azure Stack

Service Fabric now available on Azure Stack

Service Fabric, a distributed systems platform that makes it easy to package, deploy, and manage scalable and reliable microservices and containers, is now available on Azure Stack.

Event Hubs on Azure Stack

Azure Event Hubs is a big data streaming platform and event ingestion service, capable of receiving and processing millions of events per second, that can now run on Azure Stack.

Kubernetes on Azure Stack in preview

We now support Kubernetes cluster deployment on Azure Stack, a certified Kubernetes Cloud Provider. Install Kubernetes using Azure Resource Manager templates generated by ACS-Engine on Azure Stack.

Enterprise backup for SQL Servers in Azure Virtual Machines

Users can backup their SQL Servers running in Azure Virtual Machines (VMs). This workload backup capability is built as an infrastructure-less, pay-as-you-go service that uses native SQL backup and restore APIs to provide a comprehensive solution to backup SQL servers running in Azure IaaS VMs.

Azure Stack—FedRAMP High documentation now available

FedRAMP High documentation is now available for Azure Stack customers.

Migration

Azure Data Box is now available

Azure Data Box is now available. Use Azure Data Box service when you want to transfer large amounts of data to Azure but are limited by time, network availability or costs.

Azure Data Box Edge now available

Azure Data Box Edge is a physical network appliance, shipped by Microsoft, that sends data in and out of Azure. Data Box Edge is additionally equipped with AI-enabled edge computing capabilities that help you analyze, process, and transform the on-premises data before uploading it to the cloud.

Azure Data Box Gateway now in preview

Azure Data Box Gateway is a virtual appliance that acts as a storage gateway and creates a link between your site and Azure Storage.

Azure Data Box heavy edition now available for petabyte-sized data transfers

The Azure Data Box heavy edition is a secure, ruggedized appliance shipped to customers to facilitate petabyte-sized offline data transfers to Azure Storage.

Azure governance services

Azure governance services updates

Azure Cost Management in the Azure Portal preview

Azure Cost Management is in the Azure portal and currently in preview. It’s now enabled by default, with improved performance and fuly integrated into the Azure platform.

Azure Database Migration Service: SQL to Azure SQL DB Managed Instance online migrations

Migrate SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance with minimal downtime by using preview functionality in the Azure Database Migration Service.

Azure Database Migration Service: SQL to Azure SQL Database offline migration support

Now generally available, the Azure Database Migration Service provides you the ability to assess SQL Server workloads running on-premises or on VMs, and to perform offline migrations to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance.

Mobile

Azure App Service

Azure App Service updates from Microsoft Ignite

Tomcat for Azure App Service on Linux now generally available

Azure App Service on Linux now supports Apache Tomcat 8.5 and 9. Azure App Service for Tomcat on Linux allows developers to quickly build, deploy, and scale their Tomcat web applications on a fully managed Linux-based service.

Enhancement for Map Control for Azure Maps now available

Azure Maps is a portfolio of geospatial APIs that allows developers to build solutions with up-to-date geocoding, routing, IP geolocation, and other location-based services. An improved Map Control API with new features designed to enable intuitive and insightful data layering and visualizations is now available.

App Service—Python for App Service Linux preview

App Service on Linux now supports Python 3.6/3.7 in preview.

Bring your own storage to App Service on Linux

App Service now supports the ability for customers to bring additional storage accounts to their Linux web apps

Networking

Linux preview support of custom virtual networks on Azure Container Instances

You can now provision Linux containers into new or existing virtual networks with Azure Container Instances. This support is in preview for Linux in two regions: West US and West Europe.

Point-to-site VPN connectivity in Virtual WAN preview

We are pleased to announce support for point-to-site VPN in Azure Virtual WAN. A point-to-site (P2S) VPN lets you create a secure connection to your Azure Virtual WAN from an individual client computer.

Azure Virtual Network TAP

Azure Virtual Network TAP enables you to continuously mirror traffic from a virtual network to a packet collector.

Azure Virtual WAN now generally available

Azure Virtual WAN provides a simple, unified, global connectivity and security platform to allow the deployment large scale branch infrastructure. ExpressRoute provides private connectivity into the Microsoft global network.

Azure ExpressRoute Global Reach

Azure ExpressRoute Global Reach allows you to connect your on-premises networks via the ExpressRoute service through Microsoft’s global network.

Azure Firewall now generally available

Azure Firewall is a managed cloud-based network security service that protects your Azure Virtual Network resources. It’s a fully stateful firewall as a service with built-in high availability and unrestricted cloud scalability.

ExpressRoute Direct in preview

ExpressRoute Direct allows customers to use the functionality of ExpressRoute and connect directly to the global Microsoft backbone at 100 Gbps. This enables customers who have scenarios like massive data ingestion to storage, physical isolation, dedicated capacity, and burst capacity to take advantage of Microsoft’s global backbone to access Azure regions at tremendous scale. This is backed with the enterprise-grade 99.95 percent SLA for port pair availability.

Azure DNS Alias Records Generally Available

Azure DNS has a new feature available now: alias records This feature lets you map your DNS records to an Azure Traffic Manager profile or a public IP resource such that your DNS zone tracks changes to the IPs associated with those resources.

Application Gateway Autoscaling in preview

Azure Application Gateway is an application delivery controller-as-a-service offering that provides layer 7 load balancing, security, and web application firewall functionality. Autoscaling functionality is available in preview as part of the new zone redundant SKU in all public Azure regions.

Azure Load Balancer—Outbound Rules for Standard Load Balance GA

Outbound Rules for Standard Load Balancer is now generally available. This new ability allows you to declare which public IP or public IP prefix should be used for outbound connectivity from your virtual network, and how outbound network address translations should be scaled and tuned.

Azure Load Balancer TCP resets on idle in preview

Now in preview, Azure Load Balancer supports sending of bidirectional TCP resets on idle timeout for load balancing rules, inbound NAT rules, and outbound rules.

OpenVPN support for Azure VPN Gateways

Azure Virtual Network Gateways now support OpenVPN as a protocol for point-to-site clients to connect.

Zone-redundant VPN and ExpressRoute virtual network gateways generally available

Zone-redundant VPN and ExpressRoute virtual network gateways are now generally available. This physically and logically separates them across different availability zones, protecting your on-premises network connectivity to Azure from zone-level failures. Additionally, we have made fundamental performance improvements including reducing the deployment time to create a virtual network gateway.

Security

Azure Security Center innovations now available in preview

Azure Security Center Secure Score, which provides visibility and recommendations to improve your security posture for Azure resources, is now available in preview.

Azure Active Directory conditional access in Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks now supports Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) conditional access, which allows administrators to control where and when users are permitted to sign in to Azure Databricks. Some of the common concerns this addresses include restricted sign-in access, limited network location access, managing the type of device access as well as restricted access to client applications.

Azure Key Vault support with Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks now supports Azure Key Vault backed secret scope. With this, Azure Databricks now supports two types of secret scopes—Azure Key Vault-backed and Databricks-backed.

Azure Active Directory Integration with Azure Files in preview

Azure Files Azure AD Integration for SMB access using Azure AD Domain Services is now available in preview.

Application Gateway Autoscaling in preview

Azure Application Gateway is an application delivery controller-as-a-service offering that provides layer 7 load balancing, security, and web application firewall functionality. Autoscaling functionality is available in preview as part of the new zone redundant SKU in all public Azure regions.

OpenVPN support for Azure VPN Gateways

Azure Virtual Network Gateways now support OpenVPN as a protocol for point-to-site clients to connect.

Zone-redundant VPN and ExpressRoute virtual network gateways generally available

Zone-redundant VPN and ExpressRoute virtual network gateways are now generally available. This physically and logically separates them across different availability zones, protecting your on-premises network connectivity to Azure from zone-level failures. Additionally, we have made fundamental performance improvements including reducing the deployment time to create a virtual network gateway.

Storage

Azure Data Box is now available

Azure Data Box is now available. Use Azure Data Box service when you want to transfer large amounts of data to Azure but are limited by time, network availability or costs.

Ultra SSD, a new Azure Managed Disks offering, now available in preview.

Ultra SSD, a new Azure Managed Disks offering for your most demanding data-intensive workloads, is now available in preview.

Azure Data Box Edge now available

Azure Data Box Edge is a physical network appliance, shipped by Microsoft, that sends data in and out of Azure. Data Box Edge is additionally equipped with AI-enabled edge computing capabilities that help you analyze, process, and transform the on-premises data before uploading it to the cloud.

Azure Data Box Gateway now in preview

Azure Data Box Gateway is a virtual appliance that acts as a storage gateway and creates a link between your site and Azure Storage.

Azure Data Box heavy edition now available for petabyte-sized data transfers

The Azure Data Box heavy edition is a secure, ruggedized appliance shipped to customers to facilitate petabyte-sized offline data transfers to Azure Storage.

Azure Premium Blob Storage now in preview

Azure Blob Storage introduces a new performance tier—Premium Blog Storage, complimenting the existing hot, cool, and archive tiers.

Enterprise backup for SQL Servers in Azure Virtual Machines

Users can backup their SQL Servers running in Azure Virtual Machines (VMs). This workload backup capability is built as an infrastructure-less, pay-as-you-go service that uses native SQL backup and restore APIs to provide a comprehensive solution to backup SQL servers running in Azure IaaS VMs.

Azure Standard SSDs now generally available

We’re announcing the general availability of Standard SSD: a cost-effective Azure Managed Disks offering optimized for low IOPS workloads that need consistent performance.

Greater storage capacity and performance with new Azure Disks SKUs.

New Azure Managed Disks SKUs for premium SSDs, standard SSDs, and standard HDDs will reach up to 32 TiB (32,767 GB). Performance will now reach up to 20,000 IOPS and 750 MBps.

Web

Azure App Service

Azure App Service updates from Microsoft Ignite

Tomcat for Azure App Service on Linux now generally available

Azure App Service on Linux now supports Apache Tomcat 8.5 and 9. Azure App Service for Tomcat on Linux allows developers to quickly build, deploy, and scale their Tomcat web applications on a fully managed Linux-based service.

App Service—Python for App Service Linux preview

App Service on Linux now supports Python 3.6/3.7 in preview.

Bring your own storage to App Service on Linux

App Service now supports the ability for customers to bring additional storage accounts to their Linux web apps

-End-

Cloud and Retry

Retry in cloud is absolutely important and here are the guidelines https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/retry-service-specific

• Azure Active Directory
• Cosmos DB
• Data Lake Store
• Event Hubs
• IoT Hub
• Redis Cache
• Search
• Service Bus
• Service Fabric
• SQL Database with ADO.NET
• SQL Database with Entity Framework
• SQL Database with Entity Framework Core
• Storage

Namoskar!!!

When Mark Russinovich talks about Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Smart Contract

When Mark talks about Blockchain you simply can’t ignore. Mark has been playing with it since last one year and what an explanation!!! I have never watched a session Blockchain with so much clarity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYWal114BOw&t=2s

When Mark Russinovich talks about Blockchain

You simply can’t ignore this talk. Because it is Mark Russinovich. No one explained it like him before,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYWal114BOw

 

Migrating from Azure Service Manager (ASM) Virtual Machines to Azure Resource Manager (ARM) VM

Time is up. With the announcement of http://manage.windowsazure.com is no more available since 2^nd April 2018, it is high time you think around your classic Azure (ASM) resources. Most of the classic services can be managed from new portal i.e., https://portal.azure.com

Here we will consider classic Virtual Machines with Virtual Networks. This is simple because if you move the Classic Virtual Networks to ARM Virtual Networks.

There is an excellent article I followed and it just worked for me https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/migration-classic-resource-manager-ps

This article would consider PowerShell usage. I am assuming that you have Azure PowerShell configured in your laptop.

Step 1: Login and prepare the PowerShell

Login to your Azure Subscription and check if the selected subscription is where you are working.

Then register the Classic Infa Migration component.

Register-AzureRmResourceProvider
-ProviderNamespace
Microsoft.ClassicInfrastructureMigrate

 

This would take some (5-10 min) time. Check the status by running below command,

Get-AzureRmResourceProvider
-ProviderNamespace
Microsoft.ClassicInfrastructureMigrate

 

The status should be “registered“. Wait till the status is “registered” before you proceed for the next steps.

Step 2: Identifying Classic Virtual Network name

Finding Classic Virtual Network name is tricky, in new portal is shows something which is not usable. If you open the Classic Virtual Network it shows a section as “Virtual network site name (for .cscfg file)” (as below),

Alternatively, you can also run the below command to find the name of the classic VNet,

Get-AzureVnetSite
|
Select
-Property
Name

 

Step 3: Virtual Network Movement: Identify, Validate, Prepare and Commit

Identify:

Use this name as your VNet name.

$vnetName
=
“Group ASM-ARM ASM-ARM”

 

Validate:

To validate if there is any issue please use this command,

Move-AzureVirtualNetwork
-Validate
-VirtualNetworkName
$vnetName

 

If everything is fine then you can proceed with the next step. Else you need to investigate the message.

Prepare:

Then prepare the VNet

Move-AzureVirtualNetwork
-Prepare
-VirtualNetworkName
$vnetName

 

Commit:

If everything is fine above, then commit, else you can use the -Abort switch.

Move-AzureVirtualNetwork
-Commit
-VirtualNetworkName
$vnetName

 

This ideally should move your resources from ASM to ARM. However, I have observed they creates separate Resource groups. You may later move them into a single resource group.

Namoskar!!!

Log using NLog with your Application

Keep logging in your application. This helps analyze the pain areas later. Let’s see how we can use something which is very simple to implement and use.

It is NLog. Very simple and has many options.

In your project you need to use two Nuget packages

PS> Install-Package NLog -Version 4.3.9

PS> Install-Package NLog.Config

After you add these two your Project would have two few additions,

Then in the NLog.config file we need to add necessary configuration details like what is logging level, location and format etc.

The code would look like,

For Windows the file will be created on bin folder, for Web it will be in root folder. We can have better options as well. For more detailed documentation please visit

Tutorial https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Tutorial

Homepage http://nlog-project.org/

Namoskar!!!

Web Programming with Python Django

What is Django 

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Built by experienced developers, it takes care of much of the hassle of Web development, so you can focus on writing your app without needing to reinvent the wheel. It’s free and open source. Please refer  https://www.djangoproject.com/

Here is how you can configure Django in your Ubuntu machine

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-serve-django-applications-with-apache-and-mod_wsgi-on-ubuntu-14-04

Namoskar!!!

 

Learn Angular.JS for free

Here is the free course on AngularJS

https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-angularjs

Namoskar!!!

Learn Python

If you want to learn Python visit

https://www.codecademy.com/courses/introduction-to-python-6WeG3/0/1

Namoskar!!!

Ubuntu and Arduino IDE Issue

After you install Arduino IDE from Ubuntu Application Center, you may want to connect your Arduino board and try out sample like Blink. But you may face issue like “Serial port COM1 not found”. You may also go to Arduino IDE > Menu > Tools and see the section “Serial Port” is disabled.

The reason behind this is that you need to run the Arduino IDE as root (Elevated mode)

So use this below command to run the Arduino IDE

$ sudo arduino

Things should be as expected..

Namoskar!!!

C and C++ in Ubuntu

While Ubuntu is the best operating system for users, this is also one of the best one for developers. As a developer you would like to start with C/C++

So this is how you would start coding, 

1. Press CTRL + ALT + T this would open Terminal 

2. Then type nano wriju.c (this will open editor, type the below code) 

#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
{
    printf("Hello Ubuntu!");
}

3. Then CTRL + X then Y to save. 

4. After that compile the code using gcc 

gcc wriju.c -o executewriju

5. The above will create an executable called executewriju

6. To execute type

./executewriju

If you want to create C++ use 

g++ wriju.c -o executewriju

Namoskar!!!

PHP Editor in Ubuntu

I have been using NetBeans for my PHP Development in Ubuntu 14.04. Initially I have installed it from Ubuntu Application center. But that was older version and does not support PHP. So I installed it from Web Site since then things are just as expected.

Enjoy your PHP development.

Namoskar!!!