Azure Feeds Newsletter

Weekly Update: Saturday April 06 2024 to Saturday April 13 2024

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Azure Updates16
Tech Community31
Microsoft Security1
Azure Community25
Azure Architecture Center5

Azure Updates (16 new azure updates)

NameLinkDescriptionPublication DayCategory
App Service virtual network integration multi plan subnet joinhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/appservicempsjpp/We’re excited to announce that the multi plan subnet join for virtual network integration is now available in preview in all regions!TuesdayAzure Updates
General Available: Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.4 is now GAhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-available-azure-synapse-runtime-for-apache-spark-34-is-now-ga/Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.4 is now Generally AvailableTuesdayAzure Updates
Public Preview: Azure Monitor Agent Upload to Storage and Event Hubshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-monitor-agent-upload-to-storage-and-eventhubs-now-public-preview/Azure Monitor Agent can now upload to Storage and Event Hubs.TuesdayAzure Updates
Public preview: Backup and restore of virtual machines with private endpoint enabled diskshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-backup-vm-disk-access-public-preview/Azure Backup can now help you back up virtual machines using private endpoint-enabled disks. You can now also specify network settings to be used by the […]TuesdayAzure Updates
Run Azure Load Testing on Azure App Service web appshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/alt-appservice/Load test your web apps directly from Azure App Service in Azure portal.WednesdayAzure Updates
Native Delta Lake Output Now Generally Available in Azure Stream Analyticshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/asadeltalakega/The native support for Delta Lake output in Azure Stream Analytics is now generally available.WednesdayAzure Updates,Azure Stream Analytics
Azure Load Testing availability in Fairfax (USGov Virginia)https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/alt-fairfax/Azure Load Testing GA in Fairfax cloud – USGov Virginia. US Government customers on the Fairfax cloud can now use Azure Load Testing to simplify their end-to-end […]WednesdayAzure Updates
Azure Red Hat OpenShift April 2024 updateshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-red-hat-openshift-april-2024-updates/New features include support for ARO in Azure Terraform provider, ability to bring your own NSG, new GPU instance types for Day 2 operations, and more!ThursdayAzure Updates
New RBAC roles for Azure savings plan for compute now availablehttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/asp-rbac-roles/Today, we are please to announce the availability of 3 new role-based access control (RBAC) roles for Azure savings plan.ThursdayAzure Updates,AzurePortal
General availability: Extensible key management using Azure Key Vault for SQL Server on Linuxhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-extensible-key-management-using-azure-key-vault-for-sql-server-on-linux/Extensible key management (EKM) using Azure Key Vault in SQL Server on Linux is now generally available from SQL Server 2022 CU12 onwards.ThursdayAzure Updates
General Availability: Virtual private network (VPN) with Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandrahttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-virtual-private-network-vpn-with-azure-managed-instance-for-apache-cassandra/For enhanced security in your virtual network architectures where outbound connectivity is not allowed.ThursdayAzure Updates
General Availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server networking with Azure Private Linkhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-database-for-postgresql-flexible-server-networking-with-azure-private-link/Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supports Private Endpoints in General Availability.ThursdayAzure Updates
Public Preview: Long-term retention for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Serverhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-longterm-retention-for-azure-database-for-mysql-flexible-server/The feature will allow you to retain/manage backups for up to 10 years in the standard tier according to your compliance and auditing needs.ThursdayAzure Updates
Generally available: Defender for Cloud supports Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Serverhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-defender-for-cloud-supports-azure-database-for-mysql-flexible-server/You can now protect Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.ThursdayAzure Updates
Public Preview: Mirroring Azure Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabrichttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-mirroring-azure-cosmos-db-in-microsoft-fabric/Get near-real time analytics on your Azure Cosmos DB data in Microsoft Fabric with zero-ETL.ThursdayAzure Updates
General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-April 2024https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-sql-updates-for-midapril-2024/General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-April 2024.FridayAzure Updates

Tech Community (31 new articles)

NameLinkDescriptionPublication DayCategory
Check This Out! (CTO!) Guide (February AND March 2024)https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/check-this-out-cto-guide-february-and-march-2024/ba-p/4108241  Hi everyone! Brandon Wilson here once again with this month’s “Check This Out!” (CTO!) guide. Ok ok, I’m busted…I didn’t have the opportunity to put […]SundayTech Community
Transitional approaches in Cloud Transformations: Cutover planning and the role of middlewarehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-migration-and/transitional-approaches-in-cloud-transformations-cutover/ba-p/4107990Transitional approaches in Cloud Transformations: Cutover planning and the role of middleware   Two key concepts that are typically either planned late or addressed reactively in […]SundayTech Community
Proxies, proxies everywhere but still no Internet. Overview of the Windows Proxieshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/proxies-proxies-everywhere-but-still-no-internet-overview-of-the/ba-p/4108939Howdy everyone, a quick tangent from our regularly scheduled Introduction to Network Trace Analysis series to talk about the Windows Proxy ecosystem. A Windows Proxy configuration […]TuesdayTech Community
Azure billing meters: What you need to know about the upcoming changeshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-governance-and-management/azure-billing-meters-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-upcoming/ba-p/4106465Overview This article is to inform you of some important changes that we are making as part of our ongoing efforts to improve your Azure experience […]TuesdayTech Community
Announcing New Cloud Governance Guidance in the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) for Azurehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/announcing-new-cloud-governance-guidance-in-the-microsoft-cloud/ba-p/4105787We are thrilled to announce the latest enhancement to Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure. We comprehensively updated our cloud governance guidance in the Govern section of […]TuesdayTech Community
VMware HCX Troubleshooting with Azure VMware Solutionhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-migration-and/vmware-hcx-troubleshooting-with-azure-vmware-solution/ba-p/4109114Overview   VMware HCX is one of the Azure VMware Solution components that generates a large number of service requests from our customers. The Azure VMware […]TuesdayTech Community
Contributor Stories: Jimmy H Salianhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/contributor-stories-jimmy-h-salian/ba-p/4106778If you’ve ever engaged with the content on the Microsoft Learn platform, it’s highly likely that the material you utilized was written or co-authored by dedicated […]TuesdayTech Community
Azure Logic Apps Built-in connectors for IBM Mainframe and Midranges reach General Availabilityhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/azure-logic-apps-built-in-connectors-for-ibm-mainframe-and/ba-p/4103466We are pleased to announce the General Availability of the Azure Logic Apps Built-in connectors for IBM Mainframe and Midranges. The Azure Logic Apps connectors for […]TuesdayTech Community
Optimizing your code with GitHub Copilot for Visual Studiohttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/optimizing-your-code-with-github-copilot-for-visual-studio/ba-p/4109369In our previous post, we talked about so-called Slash commands in GitHub Copilot, and how they can be used as a kind of “magic spell” to […]TuesdayTech Community
Proxies, proxies everywhere but still no Internethttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/proxies-proxies-everywhere-but-still-no-internet/ba-p/4108939Howdy everyone, a quick tangent from our regularly scheduled Introduction to Network Trace Analysis series to talk about the Windows Proxy ecosystem. A Windows Proxy configuration […]TuesdayTech Community
Announcing a new login experience with Azure PowerShell and Azure CLIhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-tools-blog/announcing-a-new-login-experience-with-azure-powershell-and/ba-p/4109357“You never get a second chance to make a first impression” said Will Rogers, this also applies to the Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell with the […]WednesdayTech Community
Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Overview Cheat Sheethttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-networking-blog/microsoft-azure-expressroute-overview-cheat-sheet/ba-p/4110389Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute lets you extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft Cloud over a private connection with the help of a connectivity provider. With ExpressRoute, you […]WednesdayTech Community
Optimize Azure OpenAI Applications with Semantic Cachinghttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/optimize-azure-openai-applications-with-semantic-caching/ba-p/4106867Introduction One of the ways to optimize cost and performance of Large Language Models (LLMs) is to cache the responses from LLMs, this is sometimes referred […]WednesdayTech Community
Easily deploy a pgvector-enabled PostgreSQL server to Azurehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/easily-deploy-a-pgvector-enabled-postgresql-server-to-azure/ba-p/4107871The pgvector extension was first released in 2021 but has shot up in popularity in the last year, as developers discover what is possible with vector […]WednesdayTech Community
Build a serverless ChatGPT with RAG using LangChain.jshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/build-a-serverless-chatgpt-with-rag-using-langchain-js/ba-p/4111041We’re still at the beginning of exploring what we can do with generative AI, and the field is moving fast, very fast!   And when things […]ThursdayTech Community
How to troubleshoot blobfuse2 issueshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-paas-blog/how-to-troubleshoot-blobfuse2-issues/ba-p/4110844BlobFuse2 is a virtual file system driver available for Azure Blob Storage which helps accessing the containers/blobs on the Linux file system as a virtual file […]ThursdayTech Community
!! Announcement !! Logic Apps In-app connectors for IBM Mainframe and Midranges Generally Availablehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/announcement-logic-apps-in-app-connectors-for-ibm-mainframe-and/ba-p/4103466We are pleased to announce the General Availability of the Azure Logic Apps Built-in connectors for IBM Mainframe and Midranges. The Azure Logic Apps connectors for […]ThursdayTech Community
Azure Spring Apps feature updates in Q1 2024https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/azure-spring-apps-feature-updates-in-q1-2024/ba-p/4110086The following updates are now available in the Enterprise plan:   Save up to 47%: Azure Spring Apps Enterprise is now eligible for Azure Savings plan: […]ThursdayTech Community
Evaluating RAG Applications with AzureML Model Evaluationhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/evaluating-rag-applications-with-azureml-model-evaluation/ba-p/4108603Why Do we Need RAG?  RAG stands for Retrieval-Augmented Generation, which is a technique for improving the accuracy and reliability of generative AI models with facts […]ThursdayTech Community
Creating Tests with GitHub Copilot for Visual Studiohttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/creating-tests-with-github-copilot-for-visual-studio/ba-p/4111703One of the recurring jokes in our industry is that developers are not very good at two things when coding: Documenting code, and creating unit tests. […]ThursdayTech Community
Hostfile entry on Windows and Linux machinehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/hostfile-entry-on-windows-and-linux-machine/ba-p/4111820The hosts file, commonly known as etchosts, functions as a text-based tool employed by operating systems like Windows and Linux, to establish associations between IP addresses […]ThursdayTech Community
Implementing a Blazor-based BFF in Azure Container Appshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/implementing-a-blazor-based-bff-in-azure-container-apps/ba-p/4111208Everyone loves a good frontend. Well, personally I’m more of a backend guy, but when I’m the end-user of a web app I like that it […]ThursdayTech Community
Announcing MQTT Last Will and Testament Public Preview in Azure Event Gridhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/messaging-on-azure-blog/announcing-mqtt-last-will-and-testament-public-preview-in-azure/ba-p/4111094Overview Azure Event Grid is a pub-sub message broker that enables you to integrate your solutions at scale using HTTP pull delivery, HTTP push delivery, and MQTT […]ThursdayTech Community
Secure GraphQL APIs with JSON Web Token validation and Authorization rules in Azure API Managementhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/secure-graphql-apis-with-json-web-token-validation-and/ba-p/4110928GraphQL offers a wide array of advantages, such as reduced over-fetching of data and understandable description of the data in your API and makes it easier […]FridayTech Community
Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI now has autoscalehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-virtual-desktop-blog/azure-virtual-desktop-for-azure-stack-hci-now-has-autoscale/ba-p/4111284On February 2024, we announced the general availability of Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI, which extends the capabilities of the Microsoft Cloud to your […]FridayTech Community
Azure OpenAI and Call Center Modernizationhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/azure-openai-and-call-center-modernization/ba-p/4107070  Background  Much has been written about the powerful use cases enabled by Azure OpenAI. One such example is the transformation of the modern call center […]FridayTech Community
Virtual Wan Traffic Flow Patternshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-networking-blog/virtual-wan-traffic-flow-patterns/ba-p/4102655Virtual Wan Traffic Flow Scenarios   This guide offers an exploration of the essential elements related to vWAN traffic flows, including their significance in shaping flow […]FridayTech Community
GitHub Copilot Can Do That? | Azure Developers JavaScript Day 2024https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/github-copilot-can-do-that-azure-developers-javascript-day-2024/ba-p/4112519  In this third article around the Microsoft event aimed at JavaScript developers: Azure Developers JavaScript Day 2024, we’re going to talk about GitHub Copilot, a incredible […]FridayTech Community
Using keyless authentication with Azure OpenAIhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/using-keyless-authentication-with-azure-openai/ba-p/4111521Like many Azure APIs, the Azure OpenAI service gives developers the option to authenticate with either API keys or keyless authentication (via Entra identity). Since it’s […]FridayTech Community
Securing Azure AD B2C API Connector (Function App) without Errorhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/securing-azure-ad-b2c-api-connector-function-app-without-error/ba-p/4107549I was recently working with a customer who is using Azure AD B2C API Connector to enrich tokens with claims from external sources. They are using […]SaturdayTech Community
Armchair Architects: What Is Responsible AI?https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/armchair-architects-what-is-responsible-ai/ba-p/4107559In this blog, our host, David Blank-Edelman and our armchair architects Uli Homann and Eric Charran will be discussing what is responsible AI? This is built upon […]SaturdayTech Community

Microsoft Security (1 article)

NameLinkDescriptionPublication Day
Toward greater transparency: Adopting the CWE standard for Microsoft CVEshttps://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2024/04/toward-greater-transparency-adopting-the-cwe-standard-for-microsoft-cves/At the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), our mission is to protect our customers, communities, and Microsoft from current and emerging threats to security and privacy. […]Monday

Azure Community articles courtesy of The Cloud Pirate

Name Title URL
Olivier Miossec User-defined function in Azure Bicep Link
Nicholas Chang Cloud Journey from University to Principle Architect/Microsoft Tech Lead with Martin O'Neill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrUdXAxrFYU
Olivier Miossec Configure federated identity between GitHub and Azure with PowerShell https://dev.to/omiossec/configure-federated-identity-between-github-and-azure-with-powershell-405g
Jack Roper Using Azure for Infrastructure as Code https://jackwesleyroper.medium.com/using-azure-for-infrastructure-as-code-04cf9b6e8c87?source=rss-f8c0d8b1b817------2
John Savill's Technical Training Azure Update - 5th April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVW5a69fkKE
Jamie Maguire How I Used AI To Consume a 2 Hour Lex Friedman Podcast in 10 Minutes https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2024/04/06/how-i-used-ai-to-consume-a-2-hour-lex-friedman-podcast-in-10-minutes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-i-used-ai-to-consume-a-2-hour-lex-friedman-podcast-in-10-minutes
Luke Murray Change the Timezone of your Azure Container App https://luke.geek.nz/azure/change-timezone-azure-container-app
Gijs Reijn Build and Publish Your PowerShell Modules to Azure Container Registry using Azure DevOps https://gijsreijn.medium.com/build-and-publish-your-powershell-modules-to-azure-container-registry-using-azure-devops-c5aac13b001d?source=rss-cdfa624a245a------2
Imran Rashid Entra ID Conditional Access Policy options explained https://cloudbuild.co.uk/entra-id-conditional-access-policy-options-explained/
Travis Roberts Geo-Redundancy for Azure Standard File Shares https://www.ciraltos.com/geo-redundancy-for-azure-standard-file-shares/
Thomas Thornton Deploying a content filtering configuration in Azure OpenAI studio using Terraform and AzAPI https://thomasthornton.cloud/2024/04/08/deploying-a-content-filtering-configuration-in-azure-openai-studio-using-terraform-and-azapi/
Kevin Chant Initial testing of Mirroring Azure Cosmos DB Databases in Microsoft Fabric https://www.kevinrchant.com/2024/04/08/initial-testing-of-mirroring-azure-cosmos-db-databases-in-microsoft-fabric/
Daniel Bradley Use Certificate-Based Authentication in Entra with Cloud PKI https://ourcloudnetwork.com/use-certificate-based-authentication-in-entra-with-cloud-pki/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=use-certificate-based-authentication-in-entra-with-cloud-pki
John Savill's Technical Training Classic Administrator Removal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww1ZmEjy84g
Imran Rashid Create WordPress on Azure App Service https://cloudbuild.co.uk/create-wordpress-on-azure-app-service/
John Lokerse Your first contribution to Azure Verified Modules https://johnlokerse.dev/2024/04/09/your-first-contribution-to-azure-verified-modules/
Jack Roper Terraform with Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipelines https://blog.devops.dev/terraform-with-azure-devops-ci-cd-pipelines-28b166fa405b?source=rss-f8c0d8b1b817------2
Techielass What is Terrascan? https://www.techielass.com/what-is-terrascan/
Antti K. Koskela How to output all Environment Variables in Azure DevOps with PowerShell? https://www.koskila.net/how-to-output-all-environment-variables-in-azure-devops-with-powershell/
Azure Community Enthusiasts User Group Azure Community Enthusiasts User Group Ep 14: AKS and Flux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25L8NzZ7PMY
Thomas Maurer Automate on-premises Windows Server from the cloud using Azure Arc https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2024/04/automate-on-premises-windows-server-from-the-cloud-using-azure-arc/
Olivier Miossec Is Infrastructure as Code dead? https://dev.to/omiossec/is-infrastructure-as-code-dead-bco
Dhruvin Shah Unlocking the Power of Language Exploring Azure OpenAI Language Studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQvhfCSEbY
John Kilmister Exploring Azure Storage Actions for Blob Storage https://www.blueboxes.co.uk/exploring-azure-storage-actions-for-blob-storage/
Daniel Bradley How to enable Passkeys for the Microsoft Authenticator app https://ourcloudnetwork.com/how-to-enable-passkeys-for-the-microsoft-authenticator-app/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-enable-passkeys-for-the-microsoft-authenticator-app

Azure Architecture Center (5 new or updated articles)

NameLinkDescriptionPublication DayCategory
Consumer health portal on Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/example-scenario/digital-health/health-portalExplore an Azure architecture for a consumer health portal in a digital health solution.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Batch scoring for deep learning modelshttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/batch-scoring-deep-learningApply neural style transfer to a video using a convolutional neural network (deep learning) in an Azure Machine Learning pipeline with batch scoring.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Analyze video content with Computer Vision and Azure Machine Learninghttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/analyze-video-computer-vision-machine-learningFind out how to automate video analysis. Use Computer Vision and Azure Machine Learning to analyze your content.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Automate document processing with AI Document Intelligencehttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/automate-document-processing-azure-form-recognizerBuild an automated document processing pipeline. Use AI Document Intelligence to extract data and natural language processing models to enrich the data.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Automate PDF forms processinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/automate-pdf-forms-processingUse Azure services such as AI Document Intelligence, Azure Logic Apps, and Azure Functions to implement cost-effective and flexible automated PDF processing.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated

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