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MicrosoftProactive: Azure Blogs - Articles from 15-Jan-2023 to 21-Jan-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
Building your own copilot – yes, but how? (Part 1 of 2)
Comparative study of Azure Open AI GPT model and LLAMA 2
The Power of Video Moderation of Azure AI Content Safety
Security Best Practices for GenAI Applications (OpenAI) in Azure
How to Convert Audio to .WAV for Speech Service Using MoviePy
AI Chat App Hack: A Guide for Technical Students
Ethical AI: Nurup Naimju’s Vision for Responsible Growth in AI Entrepreneurship
Hack Together: The Microsoft Fabric Global AI Hack
Dive into the World of AI with the Semantic Kernel Cookbook
Analyze Videos with Azure Open AI GPT-4 Turbo with Vision and Azure Data Factory
Ethical AI: Nurup Naimji’s Vision for Responsible Growth in AI Entrepreneurship
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
How to build an End-to-End Analytics Solution with Lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric
Python Data Science Day 2024: Unleashing the Power of Python in Data Analysis
Enable Microsoft Fabric Copilot for Your Organization: A Comprehensive Guide
Continued region expansion: Azure Data Factory is generally available in two more regions
Hack Together: The Microsoft Fabric Global AI Hack
Ingest data using Splunk Universal forwarder into Azure Data Explorer
Optimizing Vector Similarity Search on Azure Data Explorer – Performance Update
Processing Millions of Events using Databricks Delta Live Tables, Azure Event Hubs and Power BI
Leveraging Azure Event Hub, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI for Real-Time Data Analytics
ADX Query Performance Unleashed: Best Practices and Pro Tips
Master Microsoft Fabric: Your Ultimate Guide to Certification and Expertise
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
How to easily migrate an existing SAP system VMs to Flexible Virtual Machine Scale Set
Protecting Azure VM against Zonal/Regional outages using Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup
Private Preview: Upgrade existing Azure Gen1 VMs to Gen2-Trusted launch
Cost-effective genomics analysis with Sentieon on Azure
Azure VMware Solution Performance Design Considerations
ConfigMgr CMG Least Privilege Setup Approach
Containers
Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Azure Container Apps, Web App for Containers, Azure Container Instances, Azure Container Registry
Active Directory and Kubernetes – everything you need to know about gMSA with Windows Containers
Announcing the availability of the new gMSA on AKS workshop
Troubleshooting Guide: Resolving Azure App Services Image Pull Issues from Azure Container Registry
Deploy apps to Azure Container Apps easily with .NET Aspire
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
QTip: Configure Azure SQL DB to receive alert when failover occurs in failover group or geo replica
Lesson Learned #477:NEXT VALUE FOR function cannot be used if ROWCOUNT option has been set
Lesson Learned #476:Identifying Sleeping Sessions with Open Transactions in Azure SQL Database
Lesson Learned #478: Identifying TLS Version Using Azure SQL Auditing
Public Preview of Transparent Data Encryption and Credential Rotation for Arc SQL Managed Instance
Public preview: Partition merge now supports shared throughput databases
Save up to 50% on your compute costs: SQL MI Business Critical improved its storage-to-vCore ratio
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale – lower, simplified pricing!
SQL Managed Instance DTC implementation – lessons learnt
Why does a query fail when there is no error? | SQL Server 2022 Hidden Gems | Data Exposed
Empowering Healthcare with Innovative Solutions: A Microsoft Power Apps Project (UCL x NHS)
Developer Tools
Covering: App Configuration, Azure DevTest Labs, Azure Lab Services, SDKs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Azure Load Testing
Send HTTP 2.0 Request to App Service using C#
Consolidating CSV results files in Azure Load Testing
A developer’s second brain: Reducing complexity through partnership with AI
Consolidating CSV results files in Azure Load Testing
DevOps
Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, DevOps tool integrations, Azure Load Testing
Azure DevOps Server Product Lifecycle and Servicing
GitHub-hosted runners: Double the power for open source
GitHub Availability Report: December 2023
Insider newsletter digest: Build from anywhere
Hybrid
Covering: Microsoft Azure Stack, Azure Arc
Windows Server 2012/R2 Extended Security Updates Licensing and Billing
Public Preview of Transparent Data Encryption and Credential Rotation for Arc SQL Managed Instance
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory, Multi-factor Authentication, Azure Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Active Directory External Identities
Easily Manage Privileged Role Assignments in Microsoft Entra ID Using Audit Logs
Visualize Entra Sign-in Logs using an Interactive Map
Introducing the new PowerShell Module for Microsoft Defender for Identity
MVP’s Favorite Content: Accessibility, Azure, Entra, Learn
Microsoft Entra’s Top 50 Features of 2023
Advancing Cybersecurity: The Latest enhancement in Phishing-Resistant Authentication
Microsoft Entra user and admin access controls to prepare for Copilot
Integration
Covering: API Management, Event Grid, Logic Apps , Service Bus
FHIRlink Power Platform Connector Public Preview Release
Logic Apps Mission Critical Series: "We Speak: IBM i: COBOL and RPG Applications"
Key Vault policies affecting your Logic App Standard functioning
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
Bridge the skills gap with Microsoft Learn for Organizations collections
How to handle the 2025 change to Azure VM internet access, including Aviatrix, in Azure Marketplace
Protecting Azure VM against Zonal/Regional outages using Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup
New on Azure Marketplace: January 1-11, 2024
Dynatrace and the Microsoft commercial marketplace: AI-powered cloud transformation
Veritas offers MISA partner solutions in Azure Marketplace
Visualizing narrow Kusto tables with Azure Managed Grafana
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
No New Articles
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 Maps Web Application Authentication the right way
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
General Availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption
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
Train your users to be more resilient against QR code phishing
Introducing the new PowerShell Module for Microsoft Defender for Identity
Unleash the full potential of User and Entity Behavior Analytics with our updated workbook
Unified security operations with Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender XDR
Agentless malware scanning for servers with Defender for Cloud
Test your configurations and experience Defender Experts Notifications early
Protect faster with Microsoft Defender XDR’s latest UX enhancements
Contextual Risk Estimation for Effective Prioritization
Advancing Cybersecurity: The Latest enhancement in Phishing-Resistant Authentication
Vulnerable Components Inventory now in public preview
Skilling snack: Windows hardware security introduction
Advancing Cybersecurity: The Latest enhancement in Phishing-Resistant Authentication
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
Permanent Delete of Soft deleted Snapshot and Versions without disabling Soft Delete option
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
Kudu Dashboard explained - WordPress on App Service
With geo-replica, Web PubSub resources are fault tolerant and can communicate across regions
Troubleshooting Guide: Resolving Azure App Services Image Pull Issues from Azure Container Registry
Azure Maps Web Application Authentication the right way
Azure Virtual Desktop
Covering: Windows Virtual Desktop, VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for Azure