January 2021

Azure Serverless Monthly

Your Serverless digest!

Azure Serverless Monthly is a quick read version that includes all the latest Microsoft Azure Serverless Updates like blog articles, podcasts and videos from Microsoft Azure and the rich ecosystem built around this community.

It is aimed at Developer, Architect working in your Enterprise Application Integration projects involving Azure Serverless components trying to keep on top of the latest Azure serverless developments.

Azure Cosmos DB Management with PowerShell cmdlets is now generally available

Posted on 21 January, 2021

Manage Azure Cosmos DB resources using PowerShell cmdlets in the Azure Cosmos DB Powershell module—providing full support for all features in general availability for Azure Cosmos DB and across all API’s. Read More

LIKE keyword support now generally available in Azure Cosmos DB

Posted on 21 January, 2021

Announcing support for LIKE keyword, a popular SQL keyword for doing text search in Azure Cosmos DB. Read More

Azure Cosmos DB: Multiple region Availability Zones support with single-region write now generally available

Posted on 21 January, 2021

The general availability of Availability Zone support for Azure Cosmos DB accounts configured for two or more regions with single-region writes may lower pricing and includes increased availability SLA. Read More

Public preview: Prevent Shared Key authorization on Azure Storage accounts

Posted on 21 January, 2021

Enhance secure access to Azure Storage accounts with Prevent Shared Key authorization. Read More

Generally available: Copy Blob support over private endpoints in Azure Storage

Posted on 22 January, 2021

Azure Storage now supports copying of data between storage accounts using private endpoints. This includes support for the Copy Blob API and utilities such as AzCopy. Read More

Azure Data Factory is now available in two additional regions

Posted on 25 January, 2021

Azure Data Factory is now available in two new regions: China North 2 and South India. Read More

Python 3.9 in Azure Functions is now in public preview

Posted on 25 January, 2021

Announcing some enhancements to the development experience for Python workloads in Azure Functions, including support for Python 3.9. Read More

Azure API Management Updates - January, 2021

Posted on 27 January, 2021

A regular Azure API Management service update was started on January 21, 2021, and included several new features and bug fixes, along other improvements. It may take several weeks for your API Management service to receive the update. Read More

Community Content

Here's a collection of some of the most note worthy blog articles posted by community enthusiast over the last month.

1. Azure Serverless Apps in 10 minutes
   By John Peters
2. WebSub to EventGrid via CloudEvents, and Beyond
   By Justin Yoo
3. Azure Functions Live – January 2021
   By Modhana
4. Event-Driven on Azure: Part 1 – Why you should consider an event-driven architecture
   By Shelton Graves
5. How to Protect your Azure blob storage from accidental deletion
   By Pierre Roman
6. Azure Service Bus Throttling Conditions to be Considered in Messaging Platform
   By Nadeem Ahamed
7. Azure Storage services introduction
   By Mage Valentine
8. Azure SQL copy database to a different server
   By David Alzamendi
9. How to deploy Your React App automagically in Azure
   By Johan Rin
10. Always encrypted with secure enclaves in Azure SQL Database preview
    By Jakub Szymaszek
11. CloudEvents for Azure EventGrid via Azure Functions
    By Justin Yoo
12. Azure Logic Apps Running Anywhere - Built-In Service Bus Trigger: batching and session handling
    By Praveen Srivastava
13. Azure Logic Apps - Authenticate with managed identity for Azure AD OAuth-based connectors
    By Nidhi Pathak
14. Azure Event Hubs are not Queues
    By Gustav Wengel
15. How to easily create Azure Functions using Azure Portal
    By Sumit Kharche
16. How to create and publish Azure Function from Visual Studio
    By Sumit Kharche
17. Consuming long running Workday RaaS service from Logic Apps with Azure APIM
    By Mike Stephenson
18. Deployment issues with Logic Apps custom connector
    By Arindam Debnath
19. Subject filtering on blob events in Azure Event Grid
    By Will Velida
20. Microsoft Azure Monitoring
    By Madhavan

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