V016 - Weekly Technology Vlog #16
Weekly Vlog #16 dives into a busy Azure week centred on IoT: nested IoT Edge device hierarchies are now generally available (enabling secure network-segregated IoT topologies), Azure IoT Edge 1.2 lands with MQTT broker public preview and on-premises PKI integration, and a new zero-touch provisioning blueprint uses the Device Provisioning Service with PKI certificate hierarchies for IoT at scale. Azure Maps weather services and the Log Analytics agent for Windows also hit GA. Other notable updates: Azure API Management support for availability zones is now GA, encryption at host for AKS is GA, and an open-source API portal (based on the API Management developer portal technology) is now generally available as a standalone project.
On Azure DevOps, April patches cover TFS 2017 through Azure DevOps Server 2020, and the PAT lifecycle management API is now publicly available — enabling automated rotation of expiring personal access tokens. GitHub highlights a must-read guide to implementing least-privilege secrets in GitHub Actions using scoped environments, CODEOWNERS, and branch protection rules. The GitHub CLI post showcases running PR checks, watching live Actions runs, and reviewing recent workflow changes from the terminal.
Cloud with Chris recaps two Global Azure sessions — deploying a Hugo static site with Azure Storage and CDN for cost-effective performance, and automating deployments with GitHub Actions. Chris also shares a blog on improving site security headers using Azure CDN rules (moving from an F to an A rating on securityheaders.com), and previews upcoming content: Azure RBAC at the data plane (Key Vault, Cosmos DB, Storage), an Azure Spring Cloud episode, and a live stream with Carl Cook on the Cloud with Chris GitHub Actions architecture.
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