Azure Feeds Newsletter

Weekly Update: Friday April 12 2024 to Friday April 19 2024

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Azure Updates12
Tech Community28
Microsoft Security4
Azure Community14
Azure Architecture Center7

Azure Updates (12 new azure updates)

NameLinkDescriptionPublication DayCategory
Announcing Public Preview of Query editor in Azure Monitor Metricshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/publicpreviewofqueryeditorinmetricexplorer/Public Preview of Query editor in Azure Monitor Metrics is now Available! Get started with Azure Monitor Metrics Query editor to access advanced querying capabilities within […]TuesdayAzure Updates,Azure Metrics,Azure Monitoring,Azure Portal,Cloud,Feature,observability
Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 73 – April 2024https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-azure-site-recovery-update-rollup-73-april-2024/This article describes the improvements for the latest version of Azure Site Recovery components. TuesdayAzure Updates
Azure Event Grid support for last will & testament (LWT) capabilities now in Public Previewhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-event-grid-support-for-last-will-testament-lwt-capabilities-now-in-public-preview/Ensures predictable and reliable flow of communication among MQTT clients during unexpected disconnections.TuesdayAzure Updates
GA: New Property for Disks-LastOwnershipUpdateTimehttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/ga-new-property-for-diskslastownershipupdatetime/Introducing LastOwnershipUpdateTime for Disks in Azure Portal, PowerShell, and CLI. It indicates the last state change time for the Disk, useful for tracking its current state […]TuesdayAzure Updates
General availability: Azure Bastion Developer SKUhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-bastion-developer-sku/The Bastion Developer SKU represents a novel, cost-effective, and streamlined version of the Bastion service.WednesdayAzure Updates
General availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption availability in all regionshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-virtual-network-encryption-availability-in-all-regions/Azure Virtual Network encryption is a feature of Azure Virtual Networks. Virtual network encryption allows you to seamlessly encrypt and decrypt traffic between Azure Virtual Machines.WednesdayAzure Updates
Azure Machine Learning – General Availability for April 2024https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-machine-learning-general-availability-for-april-2024/Three features now available in GA enable you to seamlessly log inference data to a central location, set up event-driven applications, processes, or workflows based on […]ThursdayAzure Updates
Azure Data Box Disk is now available with hardware encryptionhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-data-box-disk-is-now-available-with-hardware-encryption/Azure Data Box Disk is now Generally Available with hardware encryption.FridayAzure Updates,Data Box,Data Box Disk,data copy,data migration,hardware encrypted disk,storage
General availability: HBv4-series & HX-series VMs are now available in Sweden Central.https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-hbv4series-hxseries-vms-are-now-available-in-sweden-central/HBv4 virtual machines (VMs) are optimized for various HPC workloads such as computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, frontend and backend EDA, rendering, molecular dynamics, computational […]FridayAzure Updates
Azure Machine Learning data collector is now generally availablehttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azureml-data-collector-ga/Azure Machine Learning data collector provides real-time logging of input and output data from models that are deployed to managed online endpoints or Kubernetes online endpoints. This […]FridayAzure Updates
GA: Azure Monitor log search alerts support managed identitieshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/ga-azure-monitor-log-search-alerts-support-managed-identities/A common challenge for developers is the management of credentials for applications to use when connecting to resources. Managed identities provide an automatically managed identity in […]FridayAzure Updates,alerts
Using Azure Virtual Network Manager network groups in security admin rules is now in public previewhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-virtual-network-manager-using-network-groups-in-security-admin-rules-now-in-public-preview/Using your Azure Virtual Network Manager network groups in the source and/or destination of security admin rules is now in public preview, enabling users to achieve […]FridayAzure Updates

Tech Community (28 new articles)

NameLinkDescriptionPublication DayCategory
Building your own copilot – yes, but how? (Part 1 of 2)https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/building-your-own-copilot-yes-but-how-part-1-of-2/ba-p/4112753In a technology landscape deeply changed by generative AI, businesses look for more effective ways to deliver customer service solutions to their customers. On the other […]SundayTech Community
Using logic app to Revoke Sign in session via REST APIhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/using-logic-app-to-revoke-sign-in-session-via-rest-api/ba-p/4111949Background: The Revoke Sign in session via REST API is frequently used in Sentinel playbook. However the template is old and the ‘Revoke user session’ part […]MondayTech Community
Building your own copilot – yes, but how? (Part 2 of 2)https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/building-your-own-copilot-yes-but-how-part-2-of-2/ba-p/4112801With the term copilot we refer to a virtual assistant solution hosted in the Cloud, using an LLM as a chat engine, which is fed with business data […]MondayTech Community
Deploying a React+Node App with Nginx as Reverse Proxy on Azure Container App: A Comprehensive Guidehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/deploying-a-react-node-app-with-nginx-as-reverse-proxy-on-azure/ba-p/4114304This blog demystifies the process of deploying a React+Node application using Nginx as a reverse proxy on Azure Container App. This blog will serve as a […]MondayTech Community
Azure Load Testing generally available on Fairfaxhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/azure-load-testing-generally-available-on-fairfax/ba-p/4114448Azure Load Testing is now generally available in Fairfax cloud – USGov Virginia. US Government customers on the Fairfax cloud can now use Azure Load Testing, a fully […]TuesdayTech Community
General Availability: Free hosting plan for WordPress on App Servicehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/general-availability-free-hosting-plan-for-wordpress-on-app/ba-p/4114613We are thrilled to share with you that WordPress on App Service free hosting plan is now generally available.   A quick look at our hosting […]TuesdayTech Community
Programmatically documenting table columns in Microsoft Purview with Purview Python SDKhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/programmatically-documenting-table-columns-in-microsoft-purview/ba-p/4113919In ever-growing data strategy projects in an organization, data governance is an utmost priority to ensure that the data artifacts are governed, harmonized, and well-documented for […]TuesdayTech Community
How to migrate all Azure Storage Queue data between two different Storage Accounts with Pythonhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-paas-blog/how-to-migrate-all-azure-storage-queue-data-between-two/ba-p/4109928Background This article describes how to migrate all Azure Storage Queues data between two different storage accounts.   For this, we will use Azure Storage SDK […]TuesdayTech Community
OpenTelemetry Collector for legacy IoT scenarioshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/opentelemetry-collector-for-legacy-iot-scenarios/ba-p/4082417Introduction This article presents a robust and secure mechanism for transferring logs and metrics data from legacy apps running in the Operational Technology (OT) layer of […]TuesdayTech Community
Introducing Query editor: Empowering Users with PromQL in Azure Monitor Metrics!https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/introducing-query-editor-empowering-users-with-promql-in-azure/ba-p/4114826We’re thrilled to announce the public preview launch of Query Editor in Azure Monitor Metrics, an advanced feature that allows customers to query and write PromQL […]TuesdayTech Community
Cost allocation is imperative for cloud resource optimizationhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/finops-blog/cost-allocation-is-imperative-for-cloud-resource-optimization/ba-p/4114921Like most enterprises, you are probably managing your Azure resources and services centrally and need a way to distribute and “showback” or reallocate the cost of […]TuesdayTech Community
Active Directory Hardening Series – Part 4 – Enforcing AES for Kerberoshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/active-directory-hardening-series-part-4-enforcing-aes-for/ba-p/4114965Hi everyone, Jerry Devore here again with another installment in my series on Active Directory hardening.  This time I want to revisit a topic I previously […]TuesdayTech Community
Linux and Open Source on Azure Quarterly Update – April 2024https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/linux-and-open-source-blog/linux-and-open-source-on-azure-quarterly-update-april-2024/ba-p/4115675The beginning of 2024 was filled with exciting new announcements and events all over the world. Coming up, we’ll be at Open Source Summit North America […]WednesdayTech Community
Announcing the Public Preview of Azure Change Analysis New Portal Experiencehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-governance-and-management/announcing-the-public-preview-of-azure-change-analysis-new/ba-p/4115932Change Analysis   Viewing changes to your Azure resources just became easier! With Azure Resource Graph’s Change Analysis, you can now view all your resource changes across […]WednesdayTech Community
Patient Referral Document Summarization using Azure OpenAIhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/patient-referral-document-summarization-using-azure-openai/ba-p/4115905Introduction   This article explores how the healthcare industry can utilize Generative AI, Large Language Model (LLM) Evaluation Metrics, and Machine Learning to streamline the patient referral process. […]WednesdayTech Community
Azure private multi-edge access compute (MEC) is transforming manufacturinghttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-for-operators-blog/azure-private-multi-edge-access-compute-mec-is-transforming/ba-p/4116411    Manufacturers today are facing enormous pressure to drive growth, increase operating margins and keep pace with the speed of innovation, all while maintaining sustainable […]WednesdayTech Community
eBPF-Powered Threat Protection using Inspektor Gadgethttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/linux-and-open-source-blog/ebpf-powered-threat-protection-using-inspektor-gadget/ba-p/4115874On February 20th, Microsoft Defender for Containers released its new sensor component, powered by Inspektor Gadget.   Inspektor Gadget is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) […]WednesdayTech Community
Harness any IaC framework with the new extensibility model in Azure Deployment Environmentshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/harness-any-iac-framework-with-the-new-extensibility-model-in/ba-p/4115817From managing complex dependencies and opaque configurations to juggling compatibility issues and security risks, deploying app infrastructure has always been a source of friction. We designed […]WednesdayTech Community
What’s New in the Reliable Web App Pattern for .NEThttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/what-s-new-in-the-reliable-web-app-pattern-for-net/ba-p/4116085The latest version of The Reliable Web App (RWA) Pattern for .NET enhances its original objective of helping existing .NET web apps transition to Azure by […]ThursdayTech Community
Optimizing Cost using the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distrohttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/optimizing-cost-using-the-azure-monitor-opentelemetry-distro/ba-p/4115870Joe Beernink, Cijo Thomas, and Vishwesh Bankwar contributed to this blog.   When Willow, a global technology company, decided to use Azure Monitor, they leveraged the […]ThursdayTech Community
TimeZone changes in Kazakhstanhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/timezone-changes-in-kazakhstan/ba-p/4108495In Kazakhstan the local authorities have operationalized a Time Zone Change for the country, where all cities will converge to UTC+5 (and UTC+6 is getting deprecated […]ThursdayTech Community
Single, Short, Specific – Prompting GitHub Copilot for Visual Studiohttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/single-short-specific-prompting-github-copilot-for-visual-studio/ba-p/4117226When we talk about AI, we have a relative long winded pitch about how the quality of the data you use to train your model is […]ThursdayTech Community
Azure private multi-access edge compute (MEC) is transforming manufacturinghttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-for-operators-blog/azure-private-multi-access-edge-compute-mec-is-transforming/ba-p/4116411    Manufacturers today are facing enormous pressure to drive growth, increase operating margins and keep pace with the speed of innovation, all while maintaining sustainable […]ThursdayTech Community
Apply critical update for Azure Stack HCI VMs to maintain Azure verificationhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-stack-blog/apply-critical-update-for-azure-stack-hci-vms-to-maintain-azure/ba-p/4115023Azure verification for VMs on Azure Stack HCI makes it possible for Azure-exclusive benefits to work outside of the cloud and in on-premises and edge environments. […]FridayTech Community
Run Azure Load Testing on Azure App Service web appshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/run-azure-load-testing-on-azure-app-service-web-apps/ba-p/4117175You can now create and run load tests directly from App Service web apps in Azure portal. This functionality, powered by Azure Load Testing, enables you […]FridayTech Community
Simplicity meets Power – Integrate Azure Stream Analytics with Delta Lakehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/analytics-on-azure-blog/simplicity-meets-power-integrate-azure-stream-analytics-with/ba-p/4109380In today’s data-driven world, organizations are continuously seeking innovative solutions to manage and process their ever-growing volumes of streaming data. Traditional data storage formats often struggle […]SaturdayTech Community
Realtime information sharing between z/OS Applications and Azurehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-migration-and/realtime-information-sharing-between-z-os-applications-and-azure/ba-p/4113289  Title: Realtime information sharing between z/OS Applications and Azure   The IBM Z Digital Integration Hub (zDIH) is designed to facilitate real-time consumable information flow at […]SaturdayTech 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

Microsoft Security (4 articles)

NameLinkDescriptionPublication Day
​​Microsoft recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Workforce Identity Platform, Q1 2024https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/04/15/microsoft-recognized-as-a-leader-in-the-forrester-wave-workforce-identity-platform-q1-2024/We’re thrilled to announce that Forrester has recognized Microsoft as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Workforce Identity Platforms, Q1 2024 report. We’re proud of this […]Tuesday
Congratulations to the Top MSRC 2024 Q1 Security Researchers! https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2024/04/congratulations-to-the-top-msrc-2024-q1-security-researchers/Congratulations to all the researchers recognized in this quarter’s Microsoft Researcher Recognition Program leaderboard! Thank you to everyone for your hard work and continued partnership to […]Wednesday
New Microsoft guidance for the DoD Zero Trust Strategyhttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/04/16/new-microsoft-guidance-for-the-dod-zero-trust-strategy/The Department of Defense (DoD) Zero Trust Strategy1 and accompanying execution roadmap2 sets a path for achieving enterprise-wide target-level Zero Trust by 2027. The roadmap lays […]Wednesday
Attackers exploiting new critical OpenMetadata vulnerabilities on Kubernetes clustershttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/04/17/attackers-exploiting-new-critical-openmetadata-vulnerabilities-on-kubernetes-clusters/Attackers are constantly seeking new vulnerabilities to compromise Kubernetes environments. Microsoft recently uncovered an attack that exploits new critical vulnerabilities in OpenMetadata to gain access to […]Thursday

Azure Community articles courtesy of The Cloud Pirate

Name Title URL
Frank Boucher How to Deploy a .NET isolated Azure Function using Zip Deploy in One-Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHJTUvjw9po
Panu Oksala How to receive Azure Updates directly into your Slack https://oksala.net/2024/04/11/how-to-receive-azure-updates-directly-in-your-slack/
Dhruvin Shah Chat with your own Organization data with Azure OpenAI Service https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV9xl7cBvZ4
John Savill's Technical Training Azure Update - 12th April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaB5N32Z324
Luke Murray Implementing a Sandbox Environment in Microsoft Azure https://luke.geek.nz/azure/implementing-sandbox-vending
Gijs Reijn Create and Deploy Azure Storage Actions with Azure Bicep https://gijsreijn.medium.com/create-and-deploy-azure-storage-actions-with-azure-bicep-2c1c002f52c8?source=rss-cdfa624a245a------2
Sam Cogan Azure API Management v2 Explained https://samcogan.com/azure-api-management-v2-explained/
Azure Lean Coffee Azure Lean Coffee - Episode 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYspKA8Rh14
John Savill's Technical Training ExpressRoute Metro - Higher Availability for ExpressRoute Circuits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPL28RUMOyI
Gijs Reijn Build Self-Service Pipeline to Deploy Self-Hosted Environment Agents on Azure Workloads — The… https://gijsreijn.medium.com/build-self-service-pipeline-to-deploy-self-hosted-environment-agents-on-azure-workloads-the-959ccc24dd0b?source=rss-cdfa624a245a------2
Azure Community Enthusiasts User Group Azure Community Enthusiasts User Group EP18- Securing Cloud Development https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25ssG4Fs9Ck
Thomas Maurer Cloud operations for Windows Server through Azure Arc https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2024/04/cloud-operations-for-windows-server-through-azure-arc/
John Lunn Welsh Azure User Group April 2024 Meet Up! https://jonnychipz.com/2024/04/18/welsh-azure-user-group-april-2024-meet-up/
John Lunn Welsh Azure User Group - April 2024 Event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQrHUL90reQ

Azure Architecture Center (7 new or updated articles)

NameLinkDescriptionPublication DayCategory
Machine learning operations (MLOps) v2https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/guide/machine-learning-operations-v2Learn about a single deployable set of repeatable, and maintainable patterns for creating machine learning CI/CD and retraining pipelines.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Deploy a custom speech-to-text solution that uses AIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/guide/custom-speech-text-deployDeploy high-quality speech-aware applications that use AI. This article provides details about how to deploy the solution described in part one of this guide.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Implement custom speech-to-text solutions that use AIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/guide/custom-speech-textLearn about approaches for implementing high-quality speech-aware applications that use AI. This article describes the problem space and decision-making process.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Conversation summarizationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/guide/conversation-summarizationLearn how to generate summaries of customer–agent interactions by using the Azure OpenAI GPT-3 model.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Secure research environment for regulated datahttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/secure-compute-for-researchArchitecture on Azure that shows a regulated environment for researchers to access sensitive data while providing a higher level of control and data protection.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Build a speech-to-text transcription pipeline to analyze recorded conversationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/speech-to-text-transcription-analyticsBuild a pipeline to transcribe and analyze audio conversations by using the AI Speech and Language APIs.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
MLOps for Python with Azure Machine Learninghttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/guide/mlops-pythonImplement a continuous integration (CI), continuous delivery (CD), and retraining pipeline for an AI application using Azure DevOps and Azure Machine Learning.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated

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