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MicrosoftProactive: Azure Blogs - Articles from 6-Nov-2023 to 12-Nov-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
Deploy Semantic Kernel with Bot Framework
A Quick Guide to Benchmarking AI Models on Azure: ResNet with MLPerf Training v3.0
Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge Pitch Winner: Smart Traffic Light System
Teach ChatGPT to Answer Questions: Using Azure Cognitive Search & Azure OpenAI Services
Create a Simple Speech REST API with Azure AI Speech Services
Generative AI in Azure Machine Learning: Operationalizing app development for AI transformation
Introducing Vision Models in Azure Machine Learning Model Catalog
An Introduction to LLMOps: Operationalizing and Managing Large Language Models using Azure ML
Deploy large language models responsibly with Azure AI
Running HPC and AI workloads in containers in Azure
A new era of AI has arrived. Don’t miss it | Microsoft Ignite
Learn AI skills and join the Microsoft UK AI Skills Challenge
Automate Azure Open AI custom model training data collection and deployment via Logic App
Azure OpenAI Architecture Patterns and implementation steps
Azure OpenAI Service Multitenant Load Balancing and Token Per Minute Tracking via Prometheus Metrics
Ignite your AI apps: A guide to Microsoft Ignite for startups and at-scale cloud companies
Ideas to Shape the Future with the Power of AI
Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge Pitch Winner: ECO-COGNIZE
Decoding AI: Part 5, Navigating trust in the age of large language models and generative AI
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
Analyzing Wildlife Data with Microsoft Fabric: end-to-end workshop
Optimizing Vector Similarity Searches at Scale
Azure Maps visual for Power BI is now GA
Tailor Windows Update for Business reports with Power BI
Evolving Microsoft Azure Data Manager for Agriculture to transform data into intuitive insights
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 NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution is available in US Government regions.
Bring Azure to your VMware environment: Announcing GA of VMware vSphere enabled by Azure Arc
General availability: Introducing NGads V620 Series VMs optimized for gaming scenarios
NGads V620 series: Optimized for gaming scenarios - General availability and benchmarks
Introducing new compute throttling policies
Now Open Source: nxtools, managing Linux IaC just got simpler using Automanage machine configuration
Introducing Microsoft Azure Boost Preview
Linux on Azure at Microsoft Ignite 2023: What You Need to Know
CycleCloud 8.5 Release Announcement
Announcing new enhancements for Azure VMware Solution
Azure Spring Apps product updates in Q3 2023
Spring Cloud Gateway Oauth 2.0 setup on Azure Spring Apps
Azure VMware Solution Performance Design Considerations
Announcing more Azure VMware Solution enhancements
Announcing General Availability: Azure Change Tracking & Inventory using Azure Monitor agent (AMA)
Containers
Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Azure Container Apps, Web App for Containers, Azure Container Instances, Azure Container Registry
Tutorial:A graceful process to develop and deploy Docker Containers to Azure with Visual Studio Code
Deploying an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Cluster with Application Gateway for Containers
Intelligent App Chronicles for Healthcare: Where to run containers in Azure!
Azure Red Hat OpenShift November 2023 updates
Provider for running Karpenter on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
GA: Kubernetes Event-driven Autoscaling (KEDA) Add-on for AKS
GA: Kubernetes 1.28 support in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
GA: Application routing add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
GA: Kube-reserved resource optimization in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Public preview: Dual-stack networking in Azure CNI Overlay for AKS
Public preview: Enhancements for Istio-based service mesh add-on for AKS
Public preview: Artifact streaming support in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Public preview: Image integrity support in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Join Microsoft at Azure Day & KubeCon North America 2023 in Chicago!
How to choose the right network plugin for your AKS cluster: A flowchart guide
Achieving Distributed High Availability with AKS Hybrid : Hands-on PoC
AKS Edge Essentials is simplifying edge applications
Harness the power of scaling using KEDA add-on for AKS which is now generally available.
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
Leverage GitHub Copilot to work with MySQL in Azure Data Studio
Distributed Caching with Azure Redis to boost your WordPress site's Performance
Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for early-November 2023
Azure Data Studio 1.47 is now available
Azure SQL Database Elastic Jobs preview refresh
Minimize the downtime when migrating SQL workloads to Azure SQL Managed Instance
External REST Endpoint Invocation is now GA!
Unlocking the Power of Spatial Data: Azure Cache for Redis Geospatial Indexing
How to Avoid Transaction Isolation Level Issues on Azure SQL Managed Instance
Monitoring Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server using Grafana
Announcing the Azure Database for MySQL Contributor initiative!
Release: Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio v1.4.11
Introducing Pre-Migration Validations for Single Server to Flexible Server Migration tool
September 2023 Recap: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
Why giving talks at Postgres conferences matters? Highlights from a podcast
DNS Zone linking is no longer enforced when creating Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Improving SQL DB Migration Performance - Azure Database Migration Service
Lesson Learned #451:Deep Dive into Physical and Logical Reads in Azure SQL Database: Hands-On-Lab
Azure Database for MySQL - October 2023 updates and latest feature roadmap
Highlights of Path To Citus Con podcast episode w/Postgres experts Dimitri Fontaine and Vik Fearing
Dev Database to go! The perfect database for developer
Improving Extended Events in Azure SQL
Creating and Monitoring Read Replicas in Azure Postgres Flexible Server
Microsoft SQL at PASS Data Community Summit
Developer Tools
Covering: App Configuration, Azure DevTest Labs, Azure Lab Services, SDKs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Azure Load Testing
Join us for the Great .NET 8 Hack
Get ready for .NET Conf, Microsoft Ignite, and GitHub Universe
Universe 2023: Copilot transforms GitHub into the AI-powered developer platform
Octoverse: The state of open source and rise of AI in 2023
Less than a week for the .NET Conf Student Zone!
Celebrating the GitHub Awards 2023 recipients :party_popper:
Supercharging Your Data Science Projects with GitHub Tools
MVP’s Favorite Content: Learn, .NET 8, AI, and Intune
Introducing Radius: A new open-source project for teams building cloud-native apps
Microsoft Resources for Startups, Students and Developers at GitHub Universe 2023
Octoverse: The state of open source and rise of AI in 2023
DevOps
Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, DevOps tool integrations, Azure Load Testing
Get ready for .NET Conf, Microsoft Ignite, and GitHub Universe
Universe 2023: Copilot transforms GitHub into the AI-powered developer platform
Supercharging Your Data Science Projects with GitHub Tools
GitHub Availability Report: October 2023
Hybrid
Covering: Microsoft Azure Stack, Azure Arc
Bring Azure to your VMware environment: Announcing GA of VMware vSphere enabled by Azure Arc
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory, Multi-factor Authentication, Azure Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Active Directory External Identities
Get insights on identity and network access solutions at Microsoft Ignite, Nov 15-17 2023
What’s new in Microsoft Entra
Microsoft Entra Private Access: An Identity-Centric Zero Trust Network Access Solution
Integration
Covering: API Management, Event Grid, Logic Apps , Service Bus
Azure Logic Apps Data Mapper Extension Merge
Navigating Service End-of-Life Transitions
Azure Integration Services Day
Logic Apps Aviators Newsletter - November 2023
Microsoft named a Leader in 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for API Management
Introducing gRPC API Support in Azure API Management Self-Hosted Gateway
Upcoming TLS 1.3 on Azure App Service for Web Apps, Functions, and Logic Apps Update
Public Preview: Support for GraphQL APIs in Azure API Management Self-hosted Gateway
Public Preview: Support for gRPC APIs in Azure API Management Self-Hosted Gateway
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
General availability: Azure Sphere version 23.10 is delayed, OS is now in Retail Eval
Lots of news to share about IoT and Edge at Microsoft Ignite 2023!
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
Microsoft Assessments - Milestones
Azure Monitor Logs archive provides up to 12 years of retention
Achieve your sustainability and environmental goals with the Cloud Adoption Framework
Monitoring Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server using Grafana
New on Azure Marketplace: October 28-31, 2023
Check This Out! (CTO!) Guide (October 2023)
Export cost details using the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS)
Silverfort offers a new transactable partner solution in Azure Marketplace
Public Preview: Azure Monitor Agent JSON log collection
Public Preview: Azure Monitor Alerts integration with Event Grid for Azure Key Vault system events
Announcing General Availability: Azure Change Tracking & Inventory using Azure Monitor agent (AMA)
Customer-Managed Keys (preview) integration with Azure Chaos Studio
Azure support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will end by 31 October 2024
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
Release: Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio v1.4.11
Improving SQL DB Migration Performance - Azure Database Migration Service
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
Navigate Microsoft Ignite with Azure Maps Creator
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
Part 2 - Managing Azure Firewall Network Rules with Illumination
General availability: Rate-limit rules for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall
Part 1 - Managing Network Rules by using Azure Tags with Illumio for Microsoft Azure Firewall
NVA in HA (Load balancers in front and back). Need application to have 1:1 NAT and ingress/egress
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
Using Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence with the Diamond Model for Threat Intelligence
Proactively secure your Google Cloud Resources with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Proactively secure your AWS Cloud Resources with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
High severity curl vulnerability: prepare with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Manage Access to Microsoft Sentinel Workbooks with Lower Scoped RBAC
What's new: Microsoft Sentinel Solution for Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations
Microsoft Defender for Cloud latest protection against sophisticated abuse of Azure VM Extensions
Introducing the Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence Community
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 NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution is available in US Government regions.
SAP on Azure NetApp Files Sizing Best Practices
Step-by-Step Guide: Setting up Custom Domain for Azure Storage Account with HTTPS Only Enabled
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
Distributed Caching with Azure Redis to boost your WordPress site's Performance
Azure App Service - Wordpress super slow and cURL error 28
End-to-end (E2E) TLS Encryption (Preview) on Linux Multi-Tenant App Service Resources
Public Preview: App Service End-to-end (E2E) Encryption for Linux Multi-tenant Resources
Announcing App Service Multi-plan subnet join
Announcing Conversational Diagnostics (Preview) on Windows App Services
Upcoming TLS 1.3 on Azure App Service for Web Apps, Functions, and Logic Apps Update
Your guide to the Azure app innovation experience at Microsoft Ignite 2023
WordPress on Azure AppService - Set up staging environments
Navigate Microsoft Ignite with Azure Maps Creator
Azure Virtual Desktop
Covering: Windows Virtual Desktop, VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for Azure
Version 1.2.4763 of the Windows Desktop client for AVD has been released to all users!