Cloudera Big Data Partnership Adds Azure Options

In Microsoft's new era of openness, interoperability and increased customer options, the company continues to hedge its Big Data bets with a stream of new partnerships, services and initiatives.
Cloudera Enterprise this week achieved Azure Certification to offer more Big Data options for Microsoft cloud customers, and further integration of Cloudera technology with other Microsoft data services is on tap.
«Initially, this will be an evaluation cluster with access to MapReduce, HDFS and Hive. At the end of this year when Cloudera 5.3 releases, customers will be able to leverage the power of the full Cloudera Enterprise distribution including HBase, Impala, Search and Spark».

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An introduction to the unified Azure SDK

Connie Yau joins Scott Hanselman to demonstrate the advantages of using the new Azure SDK by comparing rewrites of the same application, one using the legacy library and the other using the unified Azure SDK. In this example, Connie uses the Azure SDK for Java.

0:00 – Introduction
1:45 – Cloud Clipboard sample app
3:07 – Adding authentication
6:02 – Common Azure core functions (pagination, logging, etc.)
7:51 – How it started vs. how it's going
8:54 – Idiomatic design principles
10:05 – Wrap-up

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On Azure DevOps, Publish A Self-contained .NET Program

I had a problem today that I ended up spending quite some time resolving. We have some internal CLI's that we have been migrating to .NET Core lately. Rather than having to clone the code and build it when needed, I wanted to set up an automated build, producing a self-contained console app on our Azure DevOps server.

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How to Accelerating Digital Transformation with Azure Storage

Find out how customers are accelerating their digital transformations using Azure Storage to quickly move their data to the cloud. While “lift and shift” migration— where apps are moved with little or no code change—is popular for cloud adoption, migrating the underlying storage presents challenges for complex mission-critical apps.   
Karl will provide insights on how to migrate your storage and optimize for price-performance with workload-specific services, tools, frameworks, and best practices.

Azure Storage Partners documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/solution-integration/

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Patches for Azure DevOps Server in June

For the June patches, we are releasing fixes that impact our self-hosted product, Azure DevOps Server.

The following will be fixed with this patch:

• Removed references to stale test cases to help speed the data import process.
• Resolve issue with Notifications SDK.
• Secure cookies used in authorization flows for HTTPS configured OnPrem servers.

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Enable Zero Trust with Azure AD PIM and Azure Lighthouse

Azure AD Privileged Identity Management integration in Azure Lighthouse is now in public preview.  Meagan Olsen and Saif Kayani show Scott Hanselman how partners can now use just-in-time access permissions, combined with MFA, to securely deliver secure managed services.

0:00 – Introduction
0:43 – Overview with Meagan Olsen
4:50 – Demo with Saif Kayani 
17:55 – Wrap-up

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Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server

In this edition of Azure Tips and Tricks, learn how to use Flexible Server in Azure Database for MySQL.    

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How to Protect Application Data with Azure Disk Storage

Explore how to get the most out of your core enterprise apps with the right block storage. Get details about Azure Disk Storage, a high-performance, durable block storage service for mission-critical workloads. Learn how to optimize price-performance while helping to protect application data by using a service like Azure Disk Storage. 
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What is MLOps? Machine Learning Operations Explained

In this video, learn about the importance of MLOps and the processes associated with it. 
Download the 30-day learning journey for machine learning on Azure - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/ai-platform/data-scientist-resources/

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Build, Debug and Deploy a Full-Stack Serverless App with Azure Static

Anthony Chu joins Scott Hanselman to show how to build, debug, and deploy a full-stack serverless application in minutes with Azure Static Web Apps.

0:00 – Introduction
0:55 – Overview
3:03 – Demo - basic stuff
12:48 – Demo - a little more advanced
18:41 – Wrap-up

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Design, Deploy and Operate Kubernetes Apps and Clusters

See how to reduce errors with consistent configuration and policy-driven deployment and operations. Write to the same APIs that run consistently on-premises, across multiple clouds, and in edge environments using Kubernetes.    

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How to Centrally Manage and Secrets Management with Azure Key Vault

Discover how to centrally manage and delegate access and security policies for your resources and employees. This session dives into identity, public network and cloud connectivity, role-based access control (RBAC), and secrets management with Azure Key Vault.  

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Best Practices and Tips to Building Applications Securely with Azure

Learn best practices and tips about building applications securely with Azure. 

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How Azure AI Helps Scale Your Applications Seamlessly

Learn how Azure AI helps scale your applications seamlessly. 

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How to Get Started using Azure AI Services in Containers

Learn how to get started using Azure AI services in containers for flexible deployment options.

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