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Tech Community (21 new articles)

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Check This Out! (CTO!) Guide (June 2024)https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/check-this-out-cto-guide-june-2024/ba-p/4190746  Hi everyone! Brandon Wilson here once again with this month’s “Check This Out!” (CTO!) guide. These posts are only intended to be your guide, to […]SundayTech Community
From Principles to Practice: Developer Resources for Responsible AI Innovationhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/from-principles-to-practice-developer-resources-for-responsible/ba-p/4189381In the rapidly evolving world of technology, AI stands at the forefront of innovation. However, with great power comes great responsibility. As developers, we play a […]MondayTech Community
Azure Monitor: How To Stop Log-Based Alerts for Specific Resourceshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/azure-monitor-how-to-stop-log-based-alerts-for-specific/ba-p/4189893Hello howdie readers  How many times, while dealing with alerting configured at scale, you had the need of stopping the alerts for few resources or even […]MondayTech Community
Verify the integrity of Azure Confidential Ledger transactions with receipts and application claimshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-confidential-computing/verify-the-integrity-of-azure-confidential-ledger-transactions/ba-p/4190158In today’s digital landscape, the integrity and confidentiality of transactional data are paramount. Microsoft’s Azure Confidential Ledger offers a robust solution for maintaining the privacy and […]TuesdayTech Community
Comparing feature sets for AKS enabled by Azure Arc deployment optionshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-arc-blog/comparing-feature-sets-for-aks-enabled-by-azure-arc-deployment/ba-p/4188163This article shows a comparison of features available for the different deployment options under AKS enabled by Azure Arc.    AKS on Azure Stack HCI, version […]TuesdayTech Community
Introducing Learn Cloud: A VS Code Extension to simplify your First Deployment to the Cloud.https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/introducing-learn-cloud-a-vs-code-extension-to-simplify-your/ba-p/4185991Have you ever wanted to deploy your code to the cloud, but felt overwhelmed by the complexity and options? Do you wish there was a way […]TuesdayTech Community
The Rising Significance of APIs – Azure API Management & API Centerhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/the-rising-significance-of-apis-azure-api-management-amp-api/ba-p/4181292As we venture deeper into the digital era, APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) have become the cornerstone of modern software development and digital communication. APIs continue to […]WednesdayTech Community
Announcing Preview of New Azure Dlsv6, Dsv6, Esv6 VMs with new CPU, Azure Boost, and NVMe Supporthttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-compute-blog/announcing-preview-of-new-azure-dlsv6-dsv6-esv6-vms-with-new-cpu/ba-p/4192124Co-authored by Andy Jia, Principal Product Manager, and Misha Bansal, Technical Program Manager, Azure Compute   We are thrilled to announce Preview of new Azure General […]WednesdayTech Community
Migrating SLURM Job Accounting from Azure Database for MariaDB to MySQL Flexible Serverhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-high-performance-computing/migrating-slurm-job-accounting-from-azure-database-for-mariadb/ba-p/4192786Overview Azure CycleCloud (CC) is an enterprise-friendly tool for orchestrating and managing High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments on Azure. With CycleCloud, users can provision infrastructure for HPC […]WednesdayTech Community
Azure Capacity Reservations with Automatic Consumptionhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-compute-blog/azure-capacity-reservations-with-automatic-consumption/ba-p/4193167Solving the ask – Automatic Capacity Reservations Historically, the setting to use a Capacity Reservations Groups must be defined while the virtual machine is being deployed […]ThursdayTech Community
Connect with Application Insights in ‘not Local auth mode’ using OpenTelemetryhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/connect-with-application-insights-in-not-local-auth-mode-using/ba-p/4194514TOC What is it How to use it References   What is it Azure Web Apps or Azure Function Apps frequently communicate with Application Insights to […]ThursdayTech Community
New Video Course: Generative AI for Beginnershttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/new-video-course-generative-ai-for-beginners/ba-p/4184264  It’s hard to deny how big a deal AI has been in recent years. It’s everywhere, from medicine to the entertainment industry. With all the […]ThursdayTech Community
Responsible AI Innovation From Principles to Practice: Developer Resourceshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/responsible-ai-innovation-from-principles-to-practice-developer/ba-p/4189381In the rapidly evolving world of technology, AI stands at the forefront of innovation. However, with great power comes great responsibility. As developers, we play a […]ThursdayTech Community
Enhancing Document Extraction with Azure AI Document Intelligence and LangChain for RAG Workflows.https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/enhancing-document-extraction-with-azure-ai-document/ba-p/4187387Overview. The broadening of conventional data engineering pipelines and applications to include document extraction and preprocessing for unstructured PDFs, audio, and video files is becoming more […]ThursdayTech Community
Announcing API Management and API Center Community Live Stream on Thursday, July 25thhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/announcing-api-management-and-api-center-community-live-stream/ba-p/4193186We’re thrilled to announce a community stand-up – a live-stream event for users of Azure API Management and API Center, hosted on YouTube. Join us for […]ThursdayTech Community
Using App Spaces to build a chat agent with OpenAI’s Node.js SDKhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/using-app-spaces-to-build-a-chat-agent-with-openai-s-node-js-sdk/ba-p/4192239Did you know that OpenAI has an SDK for Node.js? Well maybe you did, but I certainly didn’t. Whenever someone talks about any type of AI-based […]FridayTech Community
Study guide: GitHub Actions certificationhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/study-guide-github-actions-certification/ba-p/4194955Have you heard about the GitHub Actions certification? It’s a credential that validates your knowledge and skills in using the tool that allows you to automate […]FridayTech Community
Mastering your cloud journey: Essentials to Innovating, Migrating and Modernizing, on Azurehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-governance-and-management/mastering-your-cloud-journey-essentials-to-innovating-migrating/ba-p/4195533We are living during a time of rapid growth in AI technologies and seeing cloud complexity increase as a result of those advanced workloads, which makes […]FridayTech Community
Azure Update Manager to support CIS hardened images among other imageshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-governance-and-management/azure-update-manager-to-support-cis-hardened-images-among-other/ba-p/4195864What’s coming in by end of July 2024: Azure Update Manager will add support for 35 CIS hardened images. This is the first time that Update […]FridayTech Community
Pre-Job Health Checks on AKS: A Guide to Stable AI Workloadshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-high-performance-computing/pre-job-health-checks-on-aks-a-guide-to-stable-ai-workloads/ba-p/4195962Pre-Job Health Checks on AKS: A Guide to Stable AI Workloads   Introduction   In the realm of AI workloads, ensuring the health and stability of […]SaturdayTech Community
Where Does One Machine End and the Next Begin?https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-high-performance-computing/where-does-one-machine-end-and-the-next-begin/ba-p/4190412The process of integrating Azure HPC into Azure has raised many questions about why we do things differently from the general-purpose fleet. It turns out, though, […]SaturdayTech Community

Microsoft Security (2 articles)

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Microsoft Purview Data Governance will be generally available September 1, 2024https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/07/16/microsoft-purview-data-governance-will-be-generally-available-september-1-2024/We are excited to announce that the new Microsoft Purview Data Governance solution will be generally available beginning September 1, 2024. This experience is designed to […]Wednesday
Connect with Microsoft Security at Black Hat USA 2024​​https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/07/17/connect-with-microsoft-security-at-black-hat-usa-2024/Black Hat USA 2024 is packed with timely, relevant information for today’s security professionals. During the conference this August, we’ll share our deep expertise in AI-first […]Thursday

Azure Community 23 articles

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Fixing Issues with Maximizing Microsoft Applied Skills Lab Windowshttps://nicholaschangblog.com/azure/optimise-microsoft-applied-skills-experience/In this blog post, I will share my experience with the Microsoft Applied Skills program and how I optimized my learning experience. I will also share […]Nicholas Chang
Easy Auth with Entra External ID and Azure app serviceshttps://medium.com/the-new-control-plane/easy-auth-with-entra-external-id-and-azure-app-services-c7e929e78273?source=rss----3a246e667a75---4An agent acting as a proxy — created by M. Oki Orlando from Noun Project Entra External ID is also called CIAM. The dev. blog is here. The docs. are here. As […]Rory Braybrook
Introducing dotnet nuget whyhttps://jaliyaudagedara.blogspot.com/2024/07/introducing-dotnet-nuget-why.htmlWith .NET SDK 8.0.4xx and later versions, we will have access to a   new dotnet nuget command: dotnet nuget why. You can try this now with the latest .NET 9 SDK Preview: 9.0.100-preview.6 (thanks @ErikEJ […]Jaliya Udagedara
Unable to delete DevCenter Projecthttps://luke.geek.nz/azure/devcenter-project-deletion-issues/When attempting to delete a devcenter project, you may encounter the following error: warning This resource is in a failed state. info The error message usually […]Luke Murray
Azure Savings Plans vs Reservations: Choosing the Best Cloud Computing Optionhttps://charbelnemnom.com/azure-savings-plans-vs-reservations/Azure Savings Plans and Reservations offer distinct approaches to managing cloud costs effectively. Each option caters to different workload patterns, providing significant savings and resource Continue […]Charbel Nemnom
Exploring AKS Automatichttps://carlos.mendible.com/2024/07/15/exploring-aks-automatic/Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Automatic is a new SKU that simplifies the management of your AKS clusters. With this SKU, Azure ensures that your cluster is […]Carlos Mendible
From Azure Bicep template to Azure resourcehttps://johnlokerse.dev/2024/07/15/from-azure-bicep-template-to-azure-resource/In this blog post, you will learn about how the Azure Resource Manager consumes Azure Bicep templates to become an Azure resource. This blog outlines the […]John Lokerse
5 Reasons to Attend Experts Live Europe 2024 Microsoft Tech Conference in Budapesthttps://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2024/07/5-reasons-to-attend-experts-live-europe-2024-microsoft-tech-conference-in-budapest/Are you passionate about Microsoft technologies and eager to stay ahead in the ever-evolving IT landscape? If so, Experts Live Europe 2024 is the event you […]Thomas Maurer
Entra PowerShell Module Overviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOgpAkshmYILet’s take a look at the new Entra PowerShell module. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it […]John Savill
Push Docker Images to Azure Container Registry with GitHub Codespaceshttps://luke.geek.nz/azure/push-docker-images-to-acr-using-github-codespaces/GitHub Codespaces already have Docker preinstalled as a dependency for the Codespaces environment. This article will guide you through pulling and pushing a Docker image from […]Luke Murray
Exploring – Network Design in the Azure Architecture Centerhttps://wedoazure.ie/2024/07/16/exploring-network-design-in-the-azure-architecture-center/One of the most common deployment, and as a result, design requirements in Azure, is Networking. Within all environments, not just Azure, Networking is critical. It […]Joe Carlyle
Azure Cloud Commanders – Azure Automation with Azure Functions and Event Grid with Massimo Bonannihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyPo8oFLpVEJoin us as Massimo Bonanni (https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimobonanni) talks to the Azure Cloud Commanders Learning Room (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/custom/page/page-id/learn?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004796) about using Event Grid with Azure Functions.Luke Murray
EF Core 8.0: Numeric Rowversion for Azure SQL/Microsoft SQL Serverhttps://jaliyaudagedara.blogspot.com/2024/07/ef-core-80-numeric-rowversion-for-azure.htmlIn this post, let’s have a look at this small yet handy EF Core 8.0 feature for troubleshooting concurrency issues. Before EF Core 8.0, the rowversion property in […]Jaliya Udagedara
Going beyond Azure AI Text to Speech Maximum Media Duration of 10 Minuteshttps://www.blueboxes.co.uk/going-beyond-azure-ai-text-to-speech-maximum-media-duration-of-10-minutes/In this post we look at how to go beyond the processed audio has exceeded the configured maximum media duration of 600000ms error message when using […]John Kilmister
Install ASUS Intel NUC Windows Server 2025 Network Adapter Driverhttps://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2024/07/install-asus-intel-nuc-windows-server-2025-network-adapter-driver/I am utilizing Intel or now ASUS NUCs as my lab machine for Windows Server and Azure Arc, running Windows Server 2025 and Hyper-V. A common […]Thomas Maurer
247 – Entra Suite explainedhttps://share.transistor.fm/s/187f0420This week, we talk about Entra Suite. What is it? We tackled Entra ID plans previously, but now we have Entra Suite. What’s included, who should […]Tobias Zimmergren
Entra Suite Overviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu1qyW3kuLoReally quick look at the Entra Suite. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it will be there! […]John Savill
Exploring Azure Stack HCI and the IAC optionshttps://jakewalsh.co.uk/exploring-azure-stack-hci-and-the-iac-options/Recently I have been focusing on learning more about Azure Stack HCI – it’s an area that continues to be a focus point in my daily […]Jake Walsh
Time based filtering in Log Analytics queries with exampleshttps://thomasthornton.cloud/2024/07/18/time-based-filtering-in-log-analytics-queries-with-examples/I have used Log Analytics & Kusto Query Language (KQL) quite alot over the years, recently I been spending sometime writing a number of queries that […]Thomas Thornton
SSIS: Reading pipe delimited text and selecting particular output columnshttps://blog.greglow.com/2024/07/19/ssis-reading-pipe-delimited-text-and-selecting-particular-output-columns/There was a question on the Q&A forums today, asking how to read data using SSIS, when it’s in this format: |Col1| |Col2|Col3|Col| |101| |A|21|DC| One […]Greg Low
Using PowerShell and Pester to validate Azure Policy syntaxhttps://dev.to/omiossec/using-powershell-and-pester-to-validate-azure-policy-syntax-2ckoI write a lot of custom Azure Policy, and like everyone, I believe, I made some mistakes, and I want to avoid waiting until I try […]Olivier Miossec
Azure Update – 19th July 2024https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7oplGZa1FENice selection of updates this week. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it will be there! 🤔 […]John Savill
Semantic Kernel: Function Calling and Plannershttps://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2024/07/13/function-calling-and-planners/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=function-calling-and-plannersIn an earlier blog post, we saw how to implement Native Functions and Plugins using Semantic Kernel. A Native Function was contained within the Plugin and […]Jamie Maguire

Azure Architecture Center (8 new or updated articles)

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Architectural approaches for control planes in multitenant solutionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/multitenant/approaches/control-planesLearn about approaches to designing and creating control planes for your multitenant solutions, including manual, low-code, and custom approaches.MondayAzure Architecture,updated
Considerations for multitenant control planeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/multitenant/considerations/control-planesLearn about the responsibilities of control planes in multitenant solutions and how to design a control plane that meets your needs.MondayAzure Architecture,updated
Index file content and metadata by using Azure AI Searchhttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/search-blob-metadataBuild an Azure AI Search index by using file content from Azure Blob Storage and metadata from Azure Table Storage.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
CDN guidancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/best-practices/cdnGuidance on using Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) to deliver high-bandwidth content hosted in Azure.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Data partitioning strategieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/best-practices/data-partitioning-strategiesView guidance on separating data partitions to be managed and accessed separately in different services, such as Azure Search, Azure storage queues, and more.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Host name preservationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/best-practices/host-name-preservationLearn how to preserve the original HTTP host name between a reverse proxy and its back-end web application in common Azure services.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Monitoring and diagnostics guidancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/best-practices/monitoringLearn how to track how users use your distributed applications and services, trace resource utilization, and monitor the health and performance.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Azure service retry guidancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/best-practices/retry-service-specificLearn about the retry mechanism features for many Azure services. Retry mechanisms differ because services have different characteristics and requirements.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated

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