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How does Azure Key Vault help in securing application secrets and managing encryption keys?
Azure Key Vault is a cloud service that helps secure cryptographic keys, secrets (such as API keys, passwords, certificates), and manage encryption keys for cloud applications. It provides a centralized, secure storage mechanism that enables fine-grained access control and compliance with security best practices. Key features of Azure Key Vault include: Secure Secret Storage: Protects sensitive application data by storing them in a secure vault, reducing exposure risks. Access Control with Azure AD: Uses Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication to control access, ensuring only authorized applications and users can retrieve secrets. Automated Key Rotation: Supports automatic rotation of keys and certificates, minimizing security risks from stale credentials. Encryption Key Management: Allows applications to use Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) or software-based keys for encrypting and decrypting data. Logging and Monitoring: Integrates with Azure Monitor and Microsoft Defender for Cloud to track usage and detect anomalies. By using Azure Key Vault, organizations can enhance security, reduce the need for embedding secrets in code, and simplify the management of cryptographic assets across their cloud environments.AI Learning Hub
Explore microsoft learning hub, your trusted source to help you learn AI skills and get ready to power AI transformation with the Microsoft Cloud. Begin your AI learning journey with our curated Plans and resources, designed to support business and technical roles, individuals, and organizations in building AI skills. Discover to Topics: Explore a curated selection of the latest noteworthy content to inspire your AI learning journey. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/prepare-azure-ai-development/?wt.mc_id=aihub_prepareAIsolutions_webpage_wwl https://aka.ms/rag-time?wt.mc_id=aihub_RAGTime_webpage_devrelstudios https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/baseline-openai-e2e-chat?wt.mc_id=aihub_baselineopenai_webpage_cnl https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-services-blog/introducing-azure-ai-agent-service/4298357?wt.mc_id=aihub_aiagent_webpage_cnl For more details: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/?tabs=developerQuery regarding linking Work Account with Personal Account
Hey there! So my question is very simple and before I ask it, I'll just summarize everything. I'm a Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador and I've been provided an email from MLSA team. Now that email is considered to be a work account. I'll lose access to that email when my MLSA tenure ends which is around one year from now onwards. Now I've another personal outlook account on which I've a certification. I wanted to show my personal account certifications on my work account as data on the work account is considered as a progress in the MLSA tenure. So my question is when MLSA tenure ends and my email gets shut down automatically will I be able to recover the certifications and all the data on my personal account? Thanks!
Lost in Employment Verification
Long story short: Our app needs to connect to Bing Ads API via OAuth. The OAuth UI tells us to get verified as a publisher. We follow the steps to do that and I find myself in some strange situation where at Employment Verification step there is no way to proceed nor any way to get any answers. It's not even clear to me if we really need to do this verification, since the app seems to work fine without. We've provided a domain invoice (Cloudflare) including: Domain name Exact company name My name Exact company address Dated within 12 months I have used "Fix Now" (exhausted my goes at that), and I've then been back and forth with a real person (who seems to only send half filled out email templates) for the past weeks too. The last time I tried to do the ultimate helpful email with all the info laid out in the most obvious and clear way possible with 3 email attachments with all the requested info and more, I wait a week and I get back: Issues with employment verification rejection a... - TrackingID#2501140040006597 Anjali S 04:49 (4 hours ago) to me Dear , This application is insufficient for the requirements of the program. Thank you, Vetting Operations Support I never received any further information or assistance in any of the prior emails, I'm 100% in the dark. Can anyone help me with these questions? Do I need to be a verified publisher for my use case? I just don't want an "unverified" to show on OAuth consent screen. What exactly is employment verification and what is the magic formula to get past this step. Why can a $3.3T market cap company not manage to provide basic customer service and communication. Thanks for reading and really hope I can get some help. John.Meet the Microsoft Learn experts
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Optimizing Microsoft Learn Experiences on the IdeaPad Flex 5 Gen 8 Laptop
Hello Microsoft Learn Community, I recently acquired the IdeaPad Flex 5 Gen 8 Laptop, equipped with an AMD Ryzen™ 5 7530U processor, 16 GB of LPDDR4x memory, and a 512 GB SSD. Its 360-degree hinge and touch-enabled WUXGA display have been particularly beneficial for interactive learning sessions. While navigating Microsoft Learn's interactive modules, the laptop's performance has been commendable. The touch functionality enhances the experience, especially during coding exercises and interactive labs. However, I've observed that certain high-resolution videos and complex simulations occasionally cause minor lags. I am reaching out to gather insights from fellow community members: Performance Optimization: Are there specific settings or configurations within Microsoft Learn that can enhance performance on devices like the IdeaPad Flex 5 Gen 8? Resource Management: Would upgrading to a higher RAM variant or adjusting system settings provide a smoother experience during resource-intensive modules? Browser Compatibility: Have users noticed performance differences between browsers (e.g., Edge, Chrome) when accessing Microsoft Learn on similar hardware? Additionally, I came across Microsoft's initiative of Learning Rooms, which offer collaborative environments guided by experts. Has anyone utilized these rooms on the Ideapad Flex 5 Gen 8 Laptop? I'm curious about the device's compatibility and performance in such settings. Looking forward to your experiences and recommendations. Best regards, Alice CarryHow can avoid over consumption in Azure cloud esp AKS ?
Over consumption is Azure Kubernetes services can lead to unnecessary costs and resource wastage if you are not leverage properly. here are some key things to avoid it. 1.Right size your cluster: a. Optimise Node pools: use appropriate VM size for worker nodes based on work load requirements. do not go more than what is required. b.Use Autoscaling feature to scale nodes up/down c.Set requests & Limits: define CPU and memory requets/lmits for pods to prevent over allocation. 2.Optimise workload scaling 3.Enable Monitoring to see the optimise costs 4.Use managed AKS instead of Shared AKS 5.Use azure files or managed disk efficiently to optimise the storage 6.Cleanup unused resources. delete idle work loads, unused namespaces.Help with SharePoint connection issues
Hello, Quite suddenly, and now frequently, our spreadsheets on SharePoint are having difficulty saving. This was only a rare occurrence previously, but now happens to us regularly. It is so bad that we will have to stop using SharePoint if we can't figure out why it is doing this. Can anyone provide some advice as to what could be going on? We get errors saying we can't connect to the server and that it could be our internet connection. I highly doubt it's our internet connection as it is happening on many different connections all of which don't have problems connecting to other things. Do we have too much saved on our SharePoint perhaps?
Setting Authorization Cookie in .Net 7 core
Hi, I was working with a web application where i have already implemented methods to set the authorization cookie in the startup of the project. Recently I came across implementing a power BI dashboard in my application Since the power BI has some strict content security policies which only allows the Microsoft related domains like teams and share point to implement the reports ,it blocked the report being rendered in my app thus i switched to the embed API of power Bi, While configuring the power BI settings in the startup The power BI also configured some Auth Cookies .Since my application already implements the auth cookies it conflicted with the existing implementation causing Build errors. I Tried setting the cookies in the power BI configuration and then added the required cookie settings of my application to the cookie being set in the power BI configuration . But it still shows no Use ,My application wont recognize the claims and cookies being set in the power BI configuration thus throwing error while logging into the Application
Verification issue with Microsoft Partner account - Employment Verification status "Rejected"
I am submitting a complaint regarding the verification issue with our Microsoft Partner account. We have initiated the verification process, but our current status shows as "Rejected," specifically in the "Employment verification" section. Account Details: Company Name: PT. BINTANG INOVASI TEKNOLOGI Partner ID: 6957233 We have met all other requirements, including email and identity verification. Therefore, we kindly request clarification and assistance in resolving the Employment verification issue so that we can proceed to the next steps. Thank you for your attention and help.VM Login issues
Issue: The virtual machine has been created, but login is not possible ? what could be reason ? Root cause: Multiple stale ip addresses were attached to the virtual machine possibly due to multiple recreation using same name, Solution: Recreate the virtual machine with unique name in another subnet. issue is resolved.AZ900 Cert- Phone number filling issue
Hi Every one, I am trying to register for AZ 900 cert and I tried all possible combination of providing the phone number with country code, area code and mobile number. I tried all combinations but still I m not able to register . Can some one please help or guide to register. Example: country code : +1 canada Area code : 647 ( Ontario ) +1 (647 )- xxx-xxxx please tell me the combination so that i can register for exam
How do I reactivate my Comcast email?
I created a work item that has a required multi-select field. When I pull up the work item in Edge, I can see that the field is a required muti-select field. However, when the user opens the work item, the field is not required. We are both using the Edge browser. Has anyone had this problem?Blueprint opportunity for Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solutions
Greetings! Microsoft is updating a certification for Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution, and we need your input through our exam blueprinting survey. The blueprint determines how many questions each skill in the exam will be assigned. Please complete the online survey by February 24th, 2025. Please also feel free to forward the survey to any colleagues you consider subject matter experts for this certification. If you have any questions, feel free to contact John Sowles at josowles@microsoft.com or Rohan Mahadevan at rmahadevan@microsoft.com. Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution blueprint survey link: https://microsoftlearning.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9tUvZ4THa0dhDU2 Thank you!Mac - Outlook : Attaching files, showing Date Added, not Date Modified!
Dear Techcommunity.Microsoft, Had to get a new MacBook Pro (OS Monterey 12.2.1), and up-to-date Microsoft. When I go to attach a file (in Outlook for Mac version 16.59), it shows the files with "Date Added" rather than "Date Modified". I don't care 'when' I created them, I just want to know I am attaching the correct one, I.E. the one I probably had just finished working on. In Finder, the files DO show "Date Modified". I'm sure it's probably something simple - but I have no idea. Please be gentle, e.g. 1, 2, 3 type instructions - I'm no techie! Do hope someone can help. Best wishes, Pippa60Viva Engage praise functionality
Is there any way to add praise badges directly in a Viva community? I am wanting to add praise relating to our company values, so I would ideally like to add custom badges for team members to select when praising someone. I am aware that in teams you can add a badge with praise, however, I can't see if you can customise these badges and also use them directly in Viva communities Thanks in advance
Forwarding email if the aimed adress doesnt exist?
Hi, I have setted my own domain in Entra. Is it possible to forward emails, which are sended to a none existing adress of my domain to a existing one? For example, an email send to ajnsfvfxdcb@mydomain (doesnt exist) should be forwarded to email_grabber@mydomain (does exist). Is it possible to handle this? Maybe there is another way to work around? Greetz, TomekOpening PDF documents in Adobe Reader as default when in SharePoint
I'm after some advise please... I'm aware you can open the Microsoft applications (Word, Excel etc) in App by default in SharePoint, but is there a way you can set PDFs to open in Adobe Reader as default? We have a user who has accessibility requirements and need be able to use the read out aloud function in Adobe Reader on these documents.
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