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MicrosoftProactive: Azure Blogs - Articles from 5-Feb-2024 to 11-Feb-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
AI Guide Dog: How Technology Boost Accessibility
GenAI Solutions: Elevating Production Apps Performance Through Latency Optimization
Announcing OpenAI text-to-speech voices on Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Speech
Azure OpenAI Service announces Assistants API, New Models for Finetuning, Text-to-Speech and more
AI is for nonprofits: The journey starts here
Leveraging Generative AI for Efficient Security Investigation Summaries
Planning for Resiliency with Azure OpenAI
Semantic Kernel introduces SQLPlugin and UploadPlugin for efficient data insights.
How to use Semantic Kernel Bot in-a-box to interact with data using natural language & AI
Microsoft Semantic Kernel and AutoGen: Open Source Frameworks for AI Solutions
Enable Chat History on Azure AI Studio with Azure Cosmos DB
Upcoming Events to Expand Your Azure AI Knowledge
Building AI Agent Applications Series - Using AutoGen to build your AI Agents
Right-size your PTU deployment and save big
:paperclip:Chat Service demo running Phi-2 LLM locally with Semantic Kernel
Public Preview of Azure OpenAI and AI Search in-app connectors for Logic Apps (Standard)
Converting an AWS Lambda Function in Go into an Azure Function using LLMs
CoPilot for genomics report interpretation!
Don’t miss out on the newest skilling resources for 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
To BE or not to be – case sensitive using Power BI and ADX/RTA in Fabric
Introducing the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform on Azure for Communications
ADX Continuous Export to Delta Table - Preview
Enable Chat History on Azure AI Studio with Azure Cosmos DB
RealTime Lakehouse with Apache Flink and Apache Iceberg
Synapse Spark mssparkutils run multiple and log analytics
Azure Data @ Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2024 | Data Exposed Exclusive
The Philosophy of the Federal Cyber Data Lake (CDL): A Thought Leadership Approach
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
Azure VMware Solution Security Design Considerations
Azure VMware Solution Performance Design Considerations
Lightbits for Azure VMware Solution
Preview of Distributed Tracing V2 for Durable Functions
Converting an AWS Lambda Function in Go into an Azure Function using LLMs
Test your Patches! A Staged Patching Solution with Azure Update Manager
Containers
Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Azure Container Apps, Web App for Containers, Azure Container Instances, Azure Container Registry
Migration and Modernization solutions for Windows-based applications to Azure Kubernetes Services
CAST - Modernizing your .NET apps to Windows containers on Azure Kubernetes Services
Firewall considerations for gMSA on Azure Kubernetes Service
Simplifying Azure Kubernetes Service Authentication Part 1
UnifyCloud - Modernizing your .NET apps to Windows containers on Azure Kubernetes Services
Creating Azure Container Apps using Azure Python SDK
Active Directory and Kubernetes – everything you need to know about gMSA with Windows Containers
Using Azure Python SDK to manage Azure Container Apps - Part 1
Public preview: AKS cluster control plane metrics in managed Prometheus
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
Advanced Monitoring for PostgreSQL Using Log Analytics
November 2023 Recap: Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server
Enhance Monitoring with Azure Postgres Grafana Dashboard
How to connect to Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server in a private network configuration
Hands-free tempdb | SQL Server 2022 Hidden Gems | Data Exposed
January 2024 Recap: Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server
SQL Server - Minimum downtime schema updates
Developer Tools
Covering: App Configuration, Azure DevTest Labs, Azure Lab Services, SDKs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Azure Load Testing
CAST - Modernizing your .NET apps to Windows containers on Azure Kubernetes Services
Don’t miss out on the newest skilling resources for Azure
UnifyCloud - Modernizing your .NET apps to Windows containers on Azure Kubernetes Services
My Top 10 NEW Visual Studio Features of 2023 for .NET Developers
The architecture of SAST tools: An explainer for developers
DevOps
Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, DevOps tool integrations, Azure Load Testing
Regenerating secrets for Azure DevOps OAuth applications
Azure Boards + GitHub improvements in private preview
Introduction to Azure DevOps Workload identity federation (OIDC) with Terraform
Get started with v4 of GitHub Actions Artifacts
Hybrid
Covering: Microsoft Azure Stack, Azure Arc
Hyper-V VM Migration to Azure Stack HCI, version 23H2
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
Auto Rollout of Conditional Access Policies in Microsoft Entra ID
Deep Dive of Microsoft-managed Conditional Access Policies in Microsoft Entra ID
How to use customer identity and access management (CIAM) with Azure API Management
Microsoft Entra Verified ID introduces Face Check in preview
Integration
Covering: API Management, Event Grid, Logic Apps , Service Bus
Common issues of Azure Automation connector in logic app(consumption) and logic app standard
How to use customer identity and access management (CIAM) with Azure API Management
Intelligent App Chronicles: Azure API Management as an Enterprise API Gateway
Public Preview of Azure OpenAI and AI Search in-app connectors for Logic Apps (Standard)
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
New Article - What is Azure Monitor?
Common issues of Azure Automation connector in logic app(consumption) and logic app standard
Azure Landing Zones Accelerators for Bicep and Terraform. Announcing General Availability!
New on Azure Marketplace: January 26-31, 2024
Streamlining Azure Marketplace Deployments with MODM
Generate Azure Policy Compliance Alerts By Sending Custom Data to Log Analytics - Part 2 - Automated
Hardening your defense in depth with secrets awareness in Azure command line tools
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
Migration and Modernization solutions for Windows-based applications to Azure Kubernetes Services
CAST - Modernizing your .NET apps to Windows containers on Azure Kubernetes Services
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
Azure Communication Services February 2024 Feature Updates
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
Firewall considerations for gMSA on Azure Kubernetes Service
IPv6 Transition Technology Survey
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
Create Tasks Repository in Microsoft Sentinel
Become a Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management Ninja
Enforcement of Defender CSPM for Premium DevOps Security Capabilities
Hunting for QR Code AiTM Phishing and User Compromise
General availability: Improvements in Azure Key Vault
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
Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Standard Network Features - Edit Volumes in US Gov Regions
Integrity protect your Azure blob storage data with Azure confidential ledger
Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in Canada Central
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
Azure Communication Services February 2024 Feature Updates
Azure Virtual Desktop
Covering: Windows Virtual Desktop, VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for Azure
How AVD powered by Intune can meet your configuration and management needs
Azure VMware Solution Performance Design Considerations