Monthly Azure news roundup as compiled & delivered by Damien Berry at the Brisbane Azure User Group meetup.

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

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Please be aware of the overheadmics!

3. Microsoft Azure News
May 2024

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6. Upcoming Presentations
Month Presenter(s) Topic
January 2024 Todd Whitehead Building your own copilot with Microsoft Copilot Studio
February 2024 Jia Ji Explore Azure Integration
March 2024 Bernie White Everything you need to know about Bicep in 2024
April 2024 Todd Whitehead
Dan Toomey
Creating Chaos in Azure
Copilot for Logic Apps?
May 2024 Alastair Wilkinson IaC - An Intro to Azure Networking and Terraform
June 2024 Rohan Makhija Azure Workbooks for Operational Analytics
July 2024 Bernie White Running with Azure Deployment Stacks
August 2024
September 2024
October 2024
November 2024
December 2024
Got Topic?
Send message on Meetup or email baug@outlook.com.au

8. Azure Container Registry Improvements
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/infrastructure-and-quality-enhancements-for-azure-container-registry/

9. Azure Monitor pipeline (at edge) - Preview
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-monitor-pipeline-at-edge/

10. Azure Spring Apps Updates
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/azure-spring-apps-enterprise-is-now-eligible-for-azure-savings/ba-p/4021532

11. Virtual Network Manager user-defined route management
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-virtual-network-manager-userdefined-route-udr-management-now-in-public-preview/

12. Azure root management group for all
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-governance-update-management-group-update/

13. Azure Change Analysis (New Portal Experience)
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-change-analysis-new-portal-experience/

14. Azure Cosmos DB
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-index-advisor-in-azure-cosmos-db-helps-optimize-your-index-policy-for-nosql-queries/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-hnsw-vector-index-in-vcore-based-azure-cosmos-db-for-mongodb/https://azure.microsoft.com/en-
us/updates/public-preview-filtered-vector-search-in-vcore-based-azure-cosmos-db-for-mongodb/

15. Azure Data Box Hardware Disk encryption
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-data-box-disk-is-now-available-with-hardware-encryption/

16. Azure Monitor log search alerts support managed identities
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/ga-azure-monitor-log-search-alerts-support-managed-identities/

17. Azure Event Grid support for last will & testament (LWT)
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-event-grid-support-for-last-will-testament-lwt-capabilities-now-in-public-preview/

19. Microsoft Build 2024
https://brisbanebootcamp.com

20. Microsoft Build 2024
https://build.microsoft.com/

21. Microsoft Build 2024
https://turbo360.com/events/integrate-2024/

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

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

25. 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

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

28. Copilot for Logic Apps?
Alastair Wilkinson
is a Senior Security Analyst at Griffith University.
With more than 30 years in the industry.
Spin up environments quickly via code (IaC) using Terraform
and Azure Networking
• Deploying a VM into a Virtual network
• Internet access basics for Azure VMs
• Adding an Azure NAT Gateway
• Use of Azure Route Tables and Azure Firewall