Monthly news roundup as compiled and delivered to the Brisbane Azure User Group by Damien Berry

1. @BrisbaneAzureUG
meetup.com/Brisbane-Azure-User-Group
For those joining online – the presentations will commence at 6pm QLD time

2. THIS EVENT IS BEING RECORDED
Please be aware of the overhead mics!

3. Microsoft Azure News
November 2023

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6. Upcoming Presentations
Month Presenter(s) Topic
January 2023 Derek Van Tonder Mobile Apps That Scale - A Real Life Xamarin+Azure
February 2023 Sam Bell
Dan Toomey
Azure Cost Optimisation
Azure Integration Services Landing Zone
March 2023 Tina Sharma Better Together: OpenAI + Azure
April 2023 Adam Stephenson Azure Dev Box
May 2023 Brendan Richard Event-Driven Architectures with Azure Service Bus
June 2023 Bernie White Advanced Deployment Strategies for Microservices
July 2023 Rachel Calleia Private DNS Infrastructure Support in Hybrid Azure Scenarios
August 2023 Bernie White Building Infrastructure as Code Patterns with Azure Bicep
September 2023 Bronwyn Zande Surviving the AI Revolution: Strategies and Tools for Thriving in the
Future of Tech
October 2023 Tina Sharma Semantic Kernel
November 2023 Jason Taylor Azure Developer CLI
December 2023 Mike McGarry
Ranjan Mishra
Database Deployment as Code (20 mins)
Data Mapping in Azure
Got Topic?
Send message on Meetup or email baug@outlook.com.au

8. Azure retirements
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/windows-server-2012r2-reaches-end-of-support/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/protect-sql-server-2014-workloads-with-extended-security-updates/

9. Azure Storage - TLS 1.2 to become the minimum TLS version
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/tls-12-to-become-the-minimum-tls-version-for-azure-storage/

11. AKS Regional DR via Azure Backup for AKS (Private Preview)
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/private-preview-regional-disaster-recovery-by-azure-backup-for-aks/

12. Azure AKS - (BYOK) on Ephemeral OS Disk GA
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/azure-disk-customer-managed-keys

13. Azure AKS - Disable Secure Shell (SSH) (preview)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/manage-ssh-node-access#disable-ssh-

14. Azure Dedicated Host – Resize GA
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/ga-azure-dedicated-host-resize/

15. Azure Synapse Link - with Cosmos DB continuous backup
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/synapse-link

16. Azure Synapse Link for existing MongoDB collections
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/general-availability-azure-synapse-link-for-existing-mongodb-collections/

17. Azure Functions - isolated worker model Updates
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-au/azure/azure-functions/dotnet-isolated-process-guide#performance-optimizations
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-au/azure/azure-functions/functions-bindings-service-bus-trigger?tabs=python-v2%2Cisolated-process%2Cnodejs-
v4%2Cextensionv5&pivots=programming-language-csharp

18. gRPC support on Azure App Service - GA
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/grpcappservice/

19. Snippets for Azure Static Web Apps (preview
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/public-preview-snippets-for-azure-static-web-apps/

21. Microsoft Ignite 2023
14 – 17 November 2023

22. YOW! Brisbane 2023
4-5 December 2023, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

23. DDD Brisbane 2023
2 December 2023 (TBC)

25. Azure Australia Slack Team!
http://bit.ly/azure-au-slack

26. BAUG You-Tube Channel
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http://bit.ly/BAUGYouTubeChannel

27. On Demand Training - Updates
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/offers/30-days-to-learn-it
www.pluralsight.com
•Designing a Hybrid Cloud in Azure
•Docker for Web Developers
•Azure AD for Developers
www.opsgility.com
•Azure For AWS Experts
•Deploying Hybrid Identitity Solutions Using Azure AD
•Monitoring Apps with Application Insights

28. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/azure-friday/
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/bg-p/ITOpsTalkBlog

30. Azure Developer CLI Deep Dive
Jason Taylor