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Microsoft simplifies path to certification for Azure developers; Developers: Get an intro to cloud storage options; Start the new year with the latest videos and podcasts on Azure topics; and so much more.

With the increasing benefits of cloud-based data warehouses, there has been a surge in the number of customers migrating from their traditional on-premises data warehouses to the cloud.

On December 18, 2018, the Azure PowerShell team released the first stable version of “Az,” a new cross-platform PowerShell module that will replace AzureRM. You can install this module by running “Install-Module Az” in an elevated PowerShell prompt.

Azure Sphere is an end-to-end solution containing three complementary components that provide a secured IoT platform. They include an Azure Sphere microcontroller unit (MCU), an operating system optimized for IoT scenarios that is managed by Microsoft, and a suite of secured, scalable online services.

As 2018 draws to a close, here’s a look back at the topics that drove the most interest and excitement here on our blog—and a window into what’s coming for this technology in the near future.

Do you want to analyze vast amounts of data, create Power BI dashboards and reports to help you visualize your data, and share insights across your organization?

As 2018 comes to an end, I look at the technology landscape. I look at the kinds of hybrid scenarios our customers are developing.

Earlier this year in July, we announced the public preview for Virtual Network Service Endpoints and Firewall rules for both Azure Event Hubs and Azure Service Bus. Today, we’re excited to announce that we are making these capabilities generally available to our customers.

There is a new Azure PowerShell module, built to harness the power of PowerShell Core and Cloud Shell, and maintain compatibility with Windows PowerShell 5.1. Its name is Az.

We are excited to share the auto-protection capability for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines (VM). This is a key addition to the public preview of Azure Backup for SQL Server on Azure VM, announced earlier this year.

KubeCon North America 2018: Serverless Kubernetes and community led innovation, Azure Monitor for containers now generally available, Microsoft previews neural network text-to-speech, and much more.

In today’s high-productivity environment, processing large amounts of data each millisecond is becoming a common business requirement. This is why an internal Microsoft project named for “a trillion events per day” is now available under open-source as Trill.