March 2022

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.

Schedule automated emails of your saved cost views

Posted on 08 March 2022

Stay informed about changes to your cost in Azure Cost Management and Billing with scheduled emails. From cost analysis, select a private or shared chart view, click the subscribe command to manage all emails for this view…Read more

Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB partitioning Spark 3.1

Posted on 15 March 2022

Partition your Azure Cosmos DB analytical data using keys that are critical for your business logic to achieve better query and data load performance. Partition pruning results…Read more

Azure Private Link support in Azure API Management

Posted on 16 March 2022

Azure Private Link support in Azure API Management is now in preview. With this, incoming traffic to Azure API Management's gateway can be secured to clients running in a virtual network through Azure Private Link. This will limit access to Azure API Management…Read more

Best practices assessment for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

Posted on 16 March 2022

You can now evaluate if your SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines is following configuration best practices using the SQL best practices assessment feature. You can start or schedule an assessment…Read more

Inbound NAT rule now supports port management for backend pools

Posted on 21 March 2022

Standard Load Balancer inbound NAT rule now supports specifying a range of ports for the backend instances. Previously, to enable port forwarding, an inbound NAT rule needed to be created for every instance…Read more

Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack Hub

Posted on 21 March 2022

With Azure Stack Hub’s 2108 update, you can preview Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack Hub. The same service that’s currently found in Azure is available in Azure Stack Hub. Manage Kubernetes…Read more

Access time-based lifecycle management rules for Data Lake Storage Gen2

Posted on 29 March 2022

Azure Storage now supports access time tracking for objects in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2. You can also use the last access time of objects to define lifecycle management rules for moving blobs to cooler access tiers when they haven't been accessed for a specified duration…Read more

The new Azure Front Door – a modern cloud CDN service

Posted on 29 March 2022

The new Azure Front Door is a Microsoft native, unified, and modern cloud content delivery network (CDN) catering to dynamic and static content acceleration. This service includes built in turnkey security…Read more

Azure SQL Migration extension with Azure PowerShell and CLI support

Posted on 30 March 2022

Leverage the Azure PowerShell module (Az.DataMigration) or Azure CLI commands (az datamigration) to assess and receive Azure recommendations. Migrate SQL Server databases at scale using the Azure Database Migration Service with the capabilities from the Azure SQL Migration…Read more

Azure dedicated host support in AKS

Posted on 30 March 2022

Azure Dedicated Host is a service that provides physical servers - able to host one or more virtual machines - dedicated to one Azure subscription. Dedicated hosts are the same physical servers used in our data centers…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. Send Emails using C# .NET with Azure Functions and SendGrid Bindings
   By Niels Swimburger
2. Tutorial: Create an Azure Blob Storage with SFTP integration
   By Manuel Kanetscheider
3. Deploying C# Azure Functions via GitHub Actions
   By Will Velida
4. Using Managed Identities to authenticate with Azure Cosmos DB
   By Will Velida
5. Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Concepts
   By Caio Cesar
6. Azure Container Apps: Underneath The Hood (Quickstart)
   By Mike Levan
7. Azure Functions and FastAPI
   By Manuel Kanetscheider
8. Basic Setup for Azure Cosmos DB and Example Node App
   By Kristen Kinnear-Ohlmann
9. Logic App Best practices, Tips and Tricks: #5 Delete comments
   By Sandro Pereira
10. Logic App Best practices, Tips and Tricks: #6 Error handling… configure run after settings
    By Sandro Pereira