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MicrosoftProactive: Azure Blogs - Articles from 25-Sept-2023 to 1-Oct-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
An Introduction to LLMOps: Operationalizing and Managing Large Language Models using Azure ML
Azure OpenAI for your school, A Prompt Library and Getting Started Paper from Ethan & Lilach Mollick
Azure OpenAI for Education: Prompts, AI, and a guide from Ethan and Lilach Mollick
Register today for Microsoft Build: AI Day in London. This free, one-day event 19th October
Fall for Intelligent Apps Cloud Skills Challenges
Your Startup's Secret Weapon for AI Success - Foundation Models in Azure Machine Learning
AI Services Anomaly Detector will be retired on 1 October 2026
Computer Vision v1.0, v2.0, v2.1, v3.0, and v3.1 APIs will be retired on 13 September 2026
Nuevos cursos y retos de GitHub Copilot y Azure Open AI en Microsoft Learn!
Decoding AI: Part 2, From anomalies to action
HLTH23: Learn how Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare uses data and AI to transform your organization
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
Part 5 - Unlock the Power of Azure Data Factory: A Guide to Boosting Your Data Ingestion Process
Generally available: Custom partitioning in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB
Metadata Driven Pipelines for Dynamic Full and Incremental Processing in Azure SQL
Getting started with Microsoft Azure Data Explorer Add-On for Splunk
Empowering Startups: The Introductory Guide to Databricks for Entrepreneur's Data-Driven Success
Change data capture - Azure SQl Database to On premise NOSQL Database
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
Build and deploy your full-stack Spring app with JHipster Azure Spring Apps
Breaking Change for VM & VMSS PowerShell/CLI Customers
Optimizing your Azure VMs – 3 Simple Steps to Cloud Efficiency
Generally Available: Azure Functions v4 Programming model for Node.js
Public preview: Azure Functions Support for Node.js 20
Public preview: Azure Functions extension for Dapr
GA: Support for Python 3.11 in Azure Functions
Azure Functions: Node.js v4 programming model is Generally Available
Recently Announced: Advanced Clustering Features for JBoss EAP on Azure App Service
Source image is not created for trusted boot but it is turned on the VM.
Trusted Launch for Azure VMware Solution virtual machines
Support for select marketplace images for Batch pools will be retired
Azure Batch pool list usage metrics API will be retired on 30 September 2024
Azure Batch CLI extensions will be retired on 30 September 2024
Azure Batch task authentication token will be retired on 30 September 2024
Azure CycleCloud support for HTCondor scheduler cluster type will be retired on 30 September 2024
Azure CycleCloud support for BeeGFS filesystem cluster type will be retired on 30 September 2024
SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances will be retired by 30 June 2025 – transition to Virtual Machines
Update to Azure Functions Cosmos DB extension version 4.x by 31 August 2024 for continued support
Support for the 1.x version of Azure Functions ends 14 September 2026
Containers
Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Azure Container Apps, Web App for Containers, Azure Container Instances, Azure Container Registry
Persistent storage for Windows containers on Azure Kubernetes Service with NetApp
Hosting ASP.Net Core application in AKS in Linux Container with Troubleshooting and Data Collection
Generally Available: Artifact cache for Azure Container Registry
GA: Azure Container Apps in Azure China cloud
Accelerate your AKS applications with Azure Cache for Redis
GA: Vertical Pod Autoscaling add-on for AKS
GA: Dedicated table support for AKS diagnostics logs
Public preview: AKS support for Kubernetes version 1.28
GA: Node OS patching - NodeImage feature in AKS
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
Lesson Learned #435:How to Know the Status of Your Azure SQL Database:Service Health-Resource Health
Azure Database for MariaDB is being retired on 19 September 2025
Creating and Monitoring Read Replicas in Azure Postgres Flexible Server
Public Preview: Additional cache sizes for Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise
Public preview: Azure Database for MySQL flexible maintenance
Generally available: Custom partitioning in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB
Public Preview: Azure SQL Database free offer
General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-September 2023
Lesson Learned #436: Implementing Retry Mechanism with sqlcmd in Bash (Linux)
Migrating Google Firebase Firestore Database to Azure Cosmos DB
Configuring backups retention for all Azure SLQ Managed instances under same subscription
The Story Behind the Activity Book for Postgres
Upgrade Azure Database for MySQL to MySQL v8.0 before support for v5.7 ends
Lesson Learned #437:Why Does Your SQL Query Run Faster Here Than There?
Lesson Learned #438:Sync failed with state: SyncSucceededWithWarnings, Syncgroup: XXX
Change data capture - Azure SQl Database to On premise NOSQL Database
Developer Tools
Covering: App Configuration, Azure DevTest Labs, Azure Lab Services, SDKs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Azure Load Testing
Azure Innovation Forum: Unleash the Power of a Modern Integration Platform
Debugging Enhancements in .NET 8
.NET Framework September 2023 Cumulative Update Preview
Wrap up and take action: Join our community for the next Big Thing!
Nuevos cursos y retos de GitHub Copilot y Azure Open AI en Microsoft Learn!
DevOps
Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, DevOps tool integrations, Azure Load Testing
Calling all teachers! Learn how to build new commands on the GitHub Classroom CLI
Auditing Azure DevOps configuration with PSRule
How GitHub uses GitHub Actions and Actions larger runners to build and test GitHub.com
Your ultimate guide to the GitHub Universe ‘23 agenda
DevOps - generate a query to determine which card done by a specific developer
Managed identity and service principal support for Azure DevOps now in General Availability (GA)
Difficulty Installing Linux Packages (pdftk and poppler-utils) in Azure Web App via Azure DevOps Pip
Achieve Code Consistency: MegaLinter Integration in Azure DevOps
How to add Service Principal to Azure Devops via CLI
How to Improve Collaboration and Results with Viva Goals and Azure Devops
GitHub Learning Pathways: Learn from the best
Uma introdução ao GitHub Advanced Security agora nativo no Azure DevOps
Modifying Release Retention Policy via the API in Azure DevOps Server
Hybrid
Covering: Microsoft Azure Stack, Azure Arc
Premier Solutions for Azure Stack HCI
Panel Discussion on Azure Stack Hub
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory, Multi-factor Authentication, Azure Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Active Directory External Identities
Remediate User Risks in Microsoft Entra ID Protection Through On-premises Password Changes
Integration
Covering: API Management, Event Grid, Logic Apps , Service Bus
Example Reference Network Topologies for API Management in private mode.
Steps to upgrade control plane API references for Azure Service Bus, Event Hubs and Relay
Azure API for FHIR retiring on 30 September 2026
Ungated Public Preview: Azure API Center
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
Monitoring Azure Sphere fleet and device health
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
Running natural language queries against Log analytics using Semantic function
Generally available: Secure critical infrastructure from accidental deletions at scale with Policy
Generally Available: Azure Update Manager
Partner Blog | Partner Center Technical Corner: September 2023 edition
Azure September: Announced end of life
Agent recommendations for SCOM users
New on Azure Marketplace: September 16-22, 2023
Action required: Migrate to using ARG query for “Get Alert Summary” in Azure Monitor
Action required: Retirement of “Get Alert Smart groups” in Azure Monitor
Achieve your sustainability and environmental goals with the Cloud Adoption Framework
Efficient Identity Management in Azure Chaos Studio for Secure Fault Injection
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
Public Preview: Azure Communication Services Job Router
Retirement notice: Azure Communication Services Network Traversal (TURN) Public Preview is retiring.
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: Domain fronting update on Azure Front Door and Azure CDN
Azure Communications Gateway: Fall Update
Optimizing Azure Firewall logging costs
General availability: Gateway Load Balancer IPv6 Support
Azure Firewall Tips from the Field
Part 1 - Managing Network Rules by using Azure Tags with Illumio for Microsoft Azure Firewall
Defending Against UDP Flood Attacks with Azure DDoS Protection
Azure Internet Analyzer will be retired on 15 March 2024 – delete profiles
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
New expanded visibility into multicloud data security in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Cloud Security Posture Management: Top risks and best practice solutions
Announcing template-based previews of Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell for Key Vault deployments
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
Azure files: User storage quota management at directory level
Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions
Azure Storage updating some default security settings on new accounts
Retirement notice: The Azure Storage Android client libraries will be retired on 13 September 2024
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
Public Preview: Azure Communication Services Job Router
Recently Announced: Advanced Clustering Features for JBoss EAP on Azure App Service
This Month In Static Web Apps | September 2023
App Service - Plan Change to Zonal - Best practices & Recommendations
App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024
Retirement notice: Azure Communication Services Network Traversal (TURN) Public Preview is retiring.
Azure Virtual Desktop
Covering: Windows Virtual Desktop, VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for Azure
Azure Virtual Desktop - Ask Me Anything | October 25
Azure Virtual Desktop Insights Powered by the Azure Monitor Agent