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MicrosoftAzure Blogs - Articles from 26-Feb-2024 to 3-Mar-2024
AI + Machine Learning
Covering: Anomaly Detector, Azure Bot Services, Azure Cognitive Search, Azure ML, Azure Open Datasets, Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Video Indexer, Computer Vision, Content Moderator, Custom Vision, Data Science VM, Face API, Azure Form Recognizer, Azure Immersive Reader, Kinect DK, Language Understanding (LUIS), Microsoft Genomics, Personalizer, Project Bonsai, QnA Maker, Speaker recognition, Speech to Text, Speech translation, Cognitive Service for Language, Text to Speech, Translator, Azure Metrics Advisor, Health Bot, Azure Percept, Azure Applied AI Services, Azure OpenAI Service
How to Learn Generative AI with Microsoft’s Free Course
Cost Optimized hosting of Fine-tuned LLMs in Production
Announcing the Winners of the First AI Chat App Hack
Learn how to power your AI transformation with the Microsoft Cloud at NVIDIA GTC.
Microsoft Copilot personal and work experiences explained
Build your own private ChatGPT style app with enterprise-ready architecture
AI Chat App Hack: See All The Submissions!
🤖🧵Microsoft Fabric AI Hack Together: Create, Evaluate, and Score a Churn Prediction Model
Fine Tuning with Function Calling on Azure OpenAI Service
AI Chat App Hack: Watch all the streams!
Unleashing the Power of SAM in Azure Machine Learning and Azure AI Studio
What is AI? Jared Spataro at the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit
How to Develop Your AI Coding Skills with Azure Enablement Show (Part Two)
How to Develop Your AI Coding Skills with Azure Enablement Show (Part One)
Generate embeddings with the Azure AI Vision multi-modal embeddings API
Implementing MLOps for Training Custom Models with Azure AI Document Intelligence
Load Testing Azure OpenAI With JMeter
Azure AI Language: Sentiment Analysis with Durable Functions
Mistral Large, Mistral AI's flagship LLM, debuts on Azure AI Models-as-a-Service
AI/ML ModelOps is a Journey. Get Ready with SAS® Viya® Platform on Azure
Analytics
Covering: Azure Analysis Services, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Data Share, Azure Databricks, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Catalog, Data Lake Analytics, HDInsight, Power BI Embedded, R Server for HDInsight, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Graph Data Connect, Azure Chaos Studio
Connectivity from IaaS(VM) and PaaS service(ADF) to ADLS account with public network access disabled
Update records in a Kusto Database (Public Preview)
Migration Guide for HDInsight 5.1 - Hadoop cluster
Securing Azure HDInsight: ESM Support with Ubuntu 18.04, Cluster Updates, and Best Practices
Microsoft Fabric for multitenant SaaS
Migration of Apache Spark from HDInsight 5.0 to HDInsight 5.1
The ABCs of ADX: Learning the Basics of Azure Data Explorer | Data Exposed: MVP Edition
🤖🧵Microsoft Fabric AI Hack Together: Create, Evaluate, and Score a Churn Prediction Model
MICROSOFT FABRIC & CONTENT SAFETY: ANALYTICS ON METADATA
🤖🧵Fabric + AI HackTogether Wrap-Up: How to submit and get ready for Fabric Community Conf
Compute
Covering: Azure CycleCloud, Azure Quantum, Azure Spot Virtual Machines, Azure VMware Solution, Batch, Linux Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Virtual Machines, Azure Dedicated Host, Azure VM Image Builder, Azure Functions, Service Fabric
Enable replication for added VMware VM data disks
Scaling Up in the Cloud: The WEKA Data Platform and Azure HPC Windows Grid Integration
Azure VMware Solution Security Design Considerations
Public preview: Azure Functions Support for HTTP Streams in Node.js
Azure Functions: Support for HTTP Streams in Node.js is now in Preview
Announcing the release of CycleCloud 8.6
Azure VMware Solution Performance Design Considerations
Clustering the BizTalk Master Secret Server and MSDTC service on Azure IaaS
Containers
Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Azure Container Apps, Web App for Containers, Azure Container Instances, Azure Container Registry
Best Practices for using Azure Container Registry and Docker Hub
How to Set Up Sentinel Data Connectors for Kubernetes and GitHub
General availability: Application Gateway for Containers
Public preview: Kubernetes 1.29 support in AKS
Generally Available: Capacity Reservations support in AKS
GA: Istio-based service mesh add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service
Public preview: Disable network policy in AKS for migration
Public preview: AKS support for node soak duration for upgrades
New Storage and Networking MS Learn modules for Windows containers on AKS
Introduction and Deployment of Backstage on Azure Kubernetes Service
Zero-trust Security for Windows Container-based application with Calico
Path and hostname-based routing in Azure Container Apps with NGINX
Running GPU accelerated workloads with NVIDIA GPU Operator on AKS
Announcing Tomcat support in Azure Container Apps
What’s new in Azure Linux: Community, events, new features, and more.
Generally Available: Node Soak Duration for Upgrades
Databases
Covering: Azure Cache for Redis, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for MariaDB, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Edge, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM, Table Storage, Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra, Azure Confidential Ledger
Introducing the azure_ai extension to Azure Database for PostgreSQL
The azure_ai extension to Azure Database for PostgreSQL, definition and demo
Issue during SQL Server 2008 R2 installation on Windows Server 2019 in Azure
Get ready for take off with Microsoft at SQLBits 2024
Public Preview: Zone redundancy for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale elastic pools
Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-February 2024
General availability: Azure SDKs support for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
General availability: Azure CLI support for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Azure Database for MySQL Import supports Percona XtraBackup for migrations to Flexible Server
Podcast about transitioning from developer to PostgreSQL specialist, with Derk van Veen
Updates from 162.1 and 162.2 releases of SqlPackage and the DacFx ecosystem
Azure Data Studio 1.48 is now available
Azure SQL DB - Failed to add database to failover group - find out why
Some] SQL Server and Azure SQL DB Security Fundamentals | Data Exposed
Upcoming changes for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Part 2
What’s in a name? Hello POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2024
General Availability of PostgreSQL 16 on Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Tips for tuning Postgres LIKE & ILIKE queries via pg_trgm on Azure
Developer Tools
Covering: App Configuration, Azure DevTest Labs, Azure Lab Services, SDKs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Azure Load Testing
.NET MAUI Community Toolkit 2023 Highlights
Draw.io Azure infrastructure diagrams through code like an artist
Enhancing JavaScript Application Performance with Node.js Memory Tweaks
Don't miss the 2024 Azure Developers JavaScript Day!
Load Testing Azure Service Bus
Accelerate developer onboarding with the configuration-as-code customization in Microsoft Dev Box
GitHub Copilot Learning Pathway: Accelerate your business with AI
DevOps
Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, DevOps tool integrations, Azure Load Testing
Azure DevOps blog closing -> moving to DevBlogs
Get AzureDevOps Build and Release Name and Number into the Build
GitHub Copilot Enterprise is now generally available
How we’re using GitHub Projects to standardize our workflows and stay aligned
Keeping secrets out of public repositories
Hybrid
Covering: Microsoft Azure Stack, Azure Arc
Migrate VMs to Azure Stack HCI
Azure Stack HCI version 23H2 is generally available
Troubleshooting Azure Stack HCI 23H2 Preview Deployments
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory, Multi-factor Authentication, Azure Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Active Directory External Identities
Refreshed Identity and Access Management CAF documentation
Zero Trust: Rapid Offboarding with Intune and Microsoft Entra ID
Integration
Covering: API Management, Event Grid, Logic Apps , Service Bus
IP address changes for Azure Service Bus and IP/DNS Changes for Azure Relay
Logic Apps Aviators Newsletter - March 2024
Scaling up: Customer-driven enhancements in the FHIR service enable better healthcare solutions
Clustering the BizTalk Master Secret Server and MSDTC service on Azure IaaS
Internet Of Things
Covering: Azure IoT Central, Azure IoT Edge, Azure IoT Hub, Azure RTOS, Azure Sphere, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Time Series Insights, Microsoft Defender for IoT, Azure Percept, Windows for IoT
Azure Sphere OS version 24.03 is now available for evaluation
Management and Governance
Covering: Automation, Azure Advisor, Azure Backup, Azure Blueprints, Azure Lighthouse, Azure Monitor, Azure Policy, Azure Resource Manager, Azure Service Health, Azure Site Recovery, Cloud Shell, Cost Management, Azure Portal, Network Watcher, Azure Automanage, Azure Resource Mover, Azure Chaos Studio, Azure Managed Grafana
Refreshed Identity and Access Management CAF documentation
Terraform on Azure February 2024 Update
Optimize and secure your cloud with new Azure Optimization skilling events
Leverage anomaly management processes with Microsoft Cost Management
New on Azure Marketplace: February 15-22, 2024
Learn about AffableBPM’s partner solution in Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Public Preview: Well-Architected Framework assessment on Azure Advisor
New feature: easily assign regulatory compliance policies to your Azure Landing Zone
Media
Covering: Azure Media Player, Content Protection, Encoding, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Media Services
No New Articles
Migration
Covering: Azure Database Migration Service, Azure Migrate, Data Box, Azure Site Recovery
Mixed Reality
Covering: Digital Twins, Kinect DK, Spatial Anchors, Remote Rendering, Object Anchors
No New Articles
Mobile
Covering: Azure Maps, MAUI, Notification Hubs, Visual Studio App Center, Xamarin, Azure Communication Services
No New Articles
Networking
Covering: Application Gateway, Bastion, DDoS Protection, DNS, Azure ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Load Balancer, Firewall Manager, Front Door, Internet Analyzer, Azure Private Link, Content Delivery Network, Network Watcher, Traffic Manager, Virtual Network, Virtual WAN, VPN Gateway, Web Application Firewall, Azure Orbital, Route Server, Network Function Manager, Virtual Network Manager, Azure Private 5G Core
IP address changes for Azure Service Bus and IP/DNS Changes for Azure Relay
Azure Virtual Network now supports updates without subnet property
General availability: Application Gateway for Containers
Public preview: Internet inbound for Network Virtual Appliances in Virtual WAN Hubs
Security
Covering: Defender for Cloud, DDoS Protection, Dedicated HSM, Azure Information Protection, Microsoft Sentinel, Key Vault, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender for IoT, Microsoft Azure Attestation, Azure Confidential Ledger
How to Set Up Sentinel Data Connectors for Kubernetes and GitHub
Storage
Covering: Archive Storage, Avere vFXT for Azure, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Data Share, Files, FXT Edge Filer, HPC Cache, NetApp Files, Blob Storage, Data Box, Disk Storage, Queue Storage, Storage Accounts, Storage Explorer, StorSimple
New Storage and Networking MS Learn modules for Windows containers on AKS
Web
Covering: App Configuration, App Service, Azure Cognitive Search, Azure Maps, Azure SignalR Service, Static Web Apps, Azure Communication Services, Azure Web PubSub, Azure Fluid Relay, Web App for Containers
No New Articles
Azure Virtual Desktop
Covering: Windows Virtual Desktop, VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for Azure
News and best practices for securing Cloud Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI)
Accelerate developer onboarding with the configuration-as-code customization in Microsoft Dev Box
