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

1. @BrisbaneAzureUG
meetup.com/Brisbane-Azure-User-Group

2. Microsoft Azure News
July 2023

3. Our Sponsors

5. 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 TBD TBD
September 2023 Tina Sharma Semantic Kernel
October 2023 TBD TBD
November 2023 TBD TBD
December 2023 TBD TBD
Got Topic?
Send message on Meetup or email baug@outlook.com.au

7. Our team in Deloitte Platform Engineering are interested to talking to people with a passion for Azure
and that wishing to further their career with a specialisation in cloud integration solutions!
Key skills of interest:
- Highly proficient in the Microsoft Enterprise Suite - C#, .NET, and Visual Studio;
- A background in Java and interested in exploring integration, using middleware platforms such as
Azure, MuleSoft or Boomi.
- Software development experience with Microsoft Azure, including App Service, Service Fabric, Logic
Apps, Service Bus, API Management and Azure DevOps.
- Solution delivery with Agile methodology and CICD;
- Previous experience in consulting or developing and engaging with teams and building client
relationships.
If you’re passionate about exploring Cloud Integration and interested in opportunities with Deloitte,
please reach out to Danica Ahlhaus (dahlhaus@deloitte.com.au) here in Brisbane!

9. Application Gateway WAF Rule Set 2.1 (Preview)
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/preview-default-rule-set-21-for-regional-waf-with-application-gateway/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/public-preview-sensitive-data-protection-for-application-gateway-web-application-firewall-logs/
Application Gateway Firewall logs protection (Preview)

10. Azure OpenAI Service On Your Data (Preview)
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/azure-open-ai-service-on-your-data/

11. Azure Elastic SAN Public improvements (Preview)
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/preview-updates-azure-elastic-san-public-preview-improvements/

12. Azure NetApp Files 2x encryption at-rest (Preview)
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/public-preview-azure-netapp-files-double-encryption-atrest/

13. AKS Network Observability add-on (Preview)
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/network-observability-add-on/

14. Azure Cosmos to Azure Data Explorer Synapse Link
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/cosmos-db-adx-synapse-link-ga/

15. Updates for Go
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/general-availability-azure-event-hubs-sdk-for-go/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/general-availability-azure-blob-storage-sdk-for-go/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/general-availability-azure-queue-storage-sdk-for-go/

16. Azure HBv4 and HX Series VMs for HPC
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-hbv4-and-hx-series-vms-for-hpc-now-generally-available/

17. Azure Virtual Network encryption
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/public-preview-azure-virtual-network-encryption-2/

18. Azure Event Hubs to Azure Monitor Logs
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/public-preview-ingest-events-from-azure-event-hubs-to-azure-monitor-logs/

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

21. BAUG You-Tube Channel
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22. 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

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

25. Private DNS Infrastructure Support in Hybrid Azure Scenarios
Rachel Calleia