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MicrosoftProactive: Azure Blogs - Articles from 28-Nov-2023 to 3-Dec-2023
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
Azure AI Health Insights: New built-in models for patient-friendly reports and radiology insights
Coming soon: AI Bootcamp for Educators
Teach ChatGPT to Answer Questions: Using Azure Cognitive Search & Azure OpenAI (Semantic Kernel)
Unleashing Code-Level Improvements with Azure Load Testing and AI
Integrate private access to your Azure Open AI Chatbot
Semantic Kernel, planner & Azure OpenAI – part 2 (demo app implementation)
How Microsoft and Nuance empower radiologists with AI-powered solutions
Azure Communication Services at DEVintersection & Microsoft Azure + AI Conference
Come sfruttare al meglio il programma partnership Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program
Your Complete Guide to Azure Integration Services Workshop
3 keys to transforming customs and port operations with generative AI
6 cornerstones of financial services reinvention with data and generative AI
Revolutionizing Road Safety: Power Platform AI-Powered Vehicle Identification & Verification System
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
[New blog post] Microsoft Fabric real-time analytics exploration: KQL Database mirroring
Public Preview: Microsoft Fabric Items in Microsoft Purview
Try Microsoft Fabric with a Git Repo using CMS Healthcare Data
Protect your data estate with Microsoft Purview
Discover the Future of Data Engineering with Microsoft Fabric for Technical Students & Entrepreneurs
[New post] Microsoft Fabric real-time analytics exploration: Eventstream Custom apps integration
Most needed json support not available in Power Query for Azure Data Factory
Using Spark to track PowerBI Activity Events
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
Extended Support for Spring Boot 2 Projects in Azure Spring Apps Enterprise
Introducing New Powerful Infrastructure for running SAP HANA on Azure
New on Microsoft AppSource: November 14-22, 2023
Containers
Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Azure Container Apps, Web App for Containers, Azure Container Instances, Azure Container Registry
AKS Edge Essentials is simplifying edge applications
Windows Containers on AKS Customer Stories
Pod Security Policy is being deprecated with AKS 1.25 and 2023-06-01 API version
Master Cloud-Native Apps on Azure in Under 30 Minutes: A Comprehensive Guide
Copa: An Image Vulnerability Patching Tool
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
Using DBeaver to connect to Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
How to Write NoSQL Queries with Copilot for Azure Cosmos DB
Public preview: Schema migration for target Azure SQL DB
Manage an Azure Database for MySQL flexible server database with phpMyAdmin
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale – lower, simplified pricing!
SQL Server Management Studio improvements for Always Encrypted
Enhance Monitoring with Azure Postgres Grafana Dashboard
SQL Server Cumulative Updates (CU) through the end of calendar year 2023 (re-post)
Mastering the Move: Migrating from Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single to Flexible Server
My Illustrated Guide to Postgres at PASS Data Summit 2023
Lesson Learned #456: Invalid Key Column Type Error in Azure SQL Database DataSync
TLS 1.0/1.1 retirement for Azure Cache for Redis
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale – lower, simplified pricing!
Developer Tools
Covering: App Configuration, Azure DevTest Labs, Azure Lab Services, SDKs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Azure Load Testing
Building resilient cloud services with .NET 8
APS.NET Temp file accumulation on server
Join The Great .NET 8 Hack and Win Amazing Prizes!
Unleashing Code-Level Improvements with Azure Load Testing and AI
How to make libraries compatible with native AOT
Expand Your Knowledge of the Latest .NET 8 with MVP
From the pages of our Insider newsletter: How to use GitHub Copilot
How to execute Code+Test when a private endpoint is enabled?
DevOps
Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, DevOps tool integrations, Azure Load Testing
Azure DevOps Server 2022.1 RTW now available
Azure DevOps 2020 (OnPremise) sporadic slow
Monitor git secrets on Azure DevOps with Gitleaks
Hybrid
Covering: Microsoft Azure Stack, Azure Arc
No New Articles
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory, Multi-factor Authentication, Azure Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Active Directory External Identities
The Twelve Days of Blog-mas: No.4 - Sync Cloud Groups from AAD/Entra ID back to Active Directory
Deploy secret-less Conditional Access policies with Microsoft Entra ID Workload Identity Federation
Integration
Covering: API Management, Event Grid, Logic Apps , Service Bus
Logic Apps Data Mapper - Compiling and Testing Your Map
Your Complete Guide to Azure Integration Services Workshop
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
No New Articles
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
Public Preview: Create and manage Azure Monitor managed Prometheus rules in Azure portal
Navigating Service End-of-Life Transitions
General Availability: Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.2 runbooks
New Cloud Solution Provider growth opportunities with marketing campaigns
Using Azure Site Recovery & Microsoft Defender for Servers to securely failover to malware-free VMs
Generally available: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for ASP.NET Core Applications
Making Azure the Best Place to Observe Your Apps with OpenTelemetry
Application Insights Availability Tests TLS 1.3 Enablement
New on Azure Marketplace: November 5-13, 2023
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
Updates to Azure partner-led offers: Azure Migrate and Modernize and Azure Innovate
Public preview: Schema migration for target Azure SQL DB
Using Azure Site Recovery & Microsoft Defender for Servers to securely failover to malware-free VMs
Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 1: Understand Protection Estate Summary
Mastering the Move: Migrating from Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single to Flexible Server
New on Azure Marketplace: November 5-13, 2023
Need to know 3 TB database migration option
Mixed Reality
Covering: Digital Twins, Kinect DK, Spatial Anchors, Remote Rendering, Object Anchors
Azure Spatial Anchors Retirement
Azure Object Anchors Retirement
Mobile
Covering: Azure Maps, MAUI, Notification Hubs, Visual Studio App Center, Xamarin, Azure Communication Services
Azure Communication Services at DEVintersection & Microsoft Azure + AI Conference
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
Simplified management of Listeners TLS certificates
Standard and High-Performance VPN Gateway SKUs will be retired on 30 September 2025
Azure Firewall: New Embedded Workbooks
Connecting to Azure Services on the Microsoft Global Network
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
Announcing General Availability of Microsoft Defender for APIs
Microsoft Ignite Security, Compliance, and Identity Highlights
Defender for cloud's Agentless secret scanning for virtual machines is now generally available!
Defender EASM - Performing a Successful Proof of Concept (PoC)
Windows Events, how to collect them in Sentinel and which way is preferred to detect Incidents.
Simplifying Onboarding to Microsoft Defender for Cloud with Terraform
Better Together = Defender CSPM + Database Protections
Microsoft Sentinel: Public preview of Microsoft Defender for Cloud to Defender XDR integration
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
Troubleshooting ClientOtherErrors on Azure Storage Account
Public preview: Azure NetApp Files support for 1 TiB capacity pools
General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 2 TiB capacity pools
Azure Managed Lustre with Automatic Synchronisation to Azure BLOB Storage
Azure Storage TLS changes: Intermediate certificate renewals
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
Migrating a Full Stack Web App from Google Cloud to Microsoft Azure: Step-by-Step Guide
Azure Communication Services at DEVintersection & Microsoft Azure + AI Conference
Azure Web PubSub for Socket.IO is now generally available
Azure Virtual Desktop
Covering: Windows Virtual Desktop, VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for Azure
Personal Desktop Autoscale on Azure Virtual Desktop generally available