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Introduction Optimizing Large Object (LOB) Data storage for VLDBs is critical for the optimal performance of your workload. This 2 part blog covers the different strategies and technical design to help customers implement these data ingestion and storage mechanism. This technical blog is part 2 of “How to handle Large Object (LOBs) migration from Db2, Oracle to Azure SQL & Datalake” blog. In this article we are discussing on moving large volume of LOB data to Azure Data Lake [ADLS] and Azure SQL DB (Stage 2 of blog) using Apache Spark in Azure Synapse Analytics. This approach allows large volume LOB data migration by using highly scalable Azure Synapse…

Azure AI Health Insights: New built-in models for patient-friendly and radiology insights Azure AI Health Insights is an Azure AI service with built-in models that enable healthcare organizations to find relevant trials, surface cancer attributes, generate summaries, analyze patient data, and extract information from medical images. Earlier this year, we introduced two new built-in models available for preview. These built-in models handle patient data in different modalities, perform analysis on the data, and provide insights in the form of inferences supported by evidence from the data or other sources. The following models are available for preview: Pati…

[ATTACH=full]56870[/ATTACH] Microsoft strives to deliver utmost value to our customers through modern, optimized, secure solutions in this newly evolved world focused on digital transformation. As part of this evolution of Microsoft 365 solutions we will be retiring the use of Azure ACS (Access Control Services) for SharePoint Online auth needs and believe Microsoft 365 customers will be better served by modern auth offered via Microsoft Entra ID. Azure ACS will stop working for new tenants as of November 1st, 2024 and it will stop working for existing tenants and will be fully retired as of April 2nd, 2026. This applies to all environments including Gov…

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[ATTACH=full]56868[/ATTACH] Microsoft strives to deliver utmost value to our customers through modern, optimized, secure solutions in this newly evolved world focused on digital transformation. As part of this evolution of Microsoft 365 solutions we will be retiring the SharePoint Add-In extensibility model and believe Microsoft 365 customers will be better served by modern SharePoint extensibility models. SharePoint Add-Ins will stop working for new tenants as of November 1st, 2024 and they will stop working for existing tenants and will be fully retired as of April 2nd, 2026. This applies to all environments including Government Clouds and Department of De…

[ATTACH=full]56867[/ATTACH] Microsoft strives to deliver utmost value to our customers through modern, optimized, secure solutions in this newly evolved world focused on digital transformation. As part of this evolution of Microsoft 365 solutions we will be retiring the use of Azure ACS (Access Control Services) for SharePoint Online auth needs and believe Microsoft 365 customers will be better served by modern auth offered via Microsoft Entra ID. Azure ACS will stop working for new tenants as of November 1st, 2024 and it will stop working for existing tenants and will be fully retired as of April 2nd, 2026. This applies to all environments including Gov…

[ATTACH=full]56866[/ATTACH] Microsoft strives to deliver utmost value to our customers through modern, optimized, secure solutions in this newly evolved world focused on digital transformation. As part of this evolution of Microsoft 365 solutions we will be retiring the SharePoint Add-In extensibility model and believe Microsoft 365 customers will be better served by modern SharePoint extensibility models. SharePoint Add-Ins will stop working for new tenants as of November 1st, 2024 and they will stop working for existing tenants and will be fully retired as of April 2nd, 2026. This applies to all environments including Government Clouds and Department of De…

Have you ever wanted to connect with likeminded employee experience professionals and share learnings and experiences to improve your listening strategy? Whether you're a seasoned Viva Glint user or are just starting your journey, Learning Circles provides an opportunity to make connections with fellow customers who share similar interests. Sign up to Learning Circles by Tuesday 12 December Here's what you can expect: We'll match you with a group of 4-5 individuals from a cross section of backgrounds, and you will receive a welcome email in January with details of how to connect with your Learning Circle Group. Once connected, …

Updates in Teams is an out-of-the-box app that enables people to streamline their work reporting process. From a weekly update to incident report, Updates makes it easy for people to manage them all in one place. In response to valuable feedback from our customers, we have added lots of exciting features such as a new onboarding experience, data export, commenting and more to better meet our users’ needs. Updates app supports users to fully utilize platform features and boost teamwork efficiency. What's new We have launched several highly requested features to enhance the overall experience and simplify the report process. Modern onboarding experience: New…

Until now, creating a form/quiz required access to the Forms website. We are happy to share that we've now streamlined the process with the new Forms app, so teachers and students can create quizzes and surveys with just a few clicks. Within the Forms app, they will enjoy the same experience as on the Forms website, creating quizzes/surveys, choosing a well-designed template, and selecting from a variety of AI suggested themes. Once they have finished creating quizzes/surveys, they can effortlessly distribute it from the app. Note: Currently, the Forms app requires an internet connection, so you can’t use it offline. [ATTACH=full]56856[/ATTACH] How to ge…

Introdução Na segunda parte do Guia Prático para Iniciantes: Azure OpenAI com JavaScript e TypeScript, vamos nos aprofundar na implantação de um modelo no Azure OpenAI Studio. No artigo anterior, você aprendeu a como criar um recurso do Azure OpenAI Service. Agora, vamos compreender o processo, que inclui selecionar o modelo desejado, configurar a versão do modelo e atribuir um nome a implantação. Implantando um Modelo Antes de começar a consumir o Azure OpenAI Service, você deverá fazer o deploy de um modelo. Para isso, basta seguir os passos abaixo: Passo 01: Dentro do recurso recém criado, vá até Model deployments e clique no botão Mana…

In a recent blog post (AI Innovations Shine at Microsoft Build: AI Day London), we introduced the one-day event, Microsoft Build: AI Day, a special opportunity for learning about and exchanging ideas on AI. Surrounding this event, both a pre-event and a post-event were held at the Reactor in London providing further opportunities for startup customers primarily working on developing AI-powered solutions to delve deeper into the world of AI. On October 12th, the week before Microsoft Build: AI Day, Microsoft Cloud Advocates hosted an event called The Quick AI Decode and following the main event, on October 26th, they hosted a post-event titled A Practical Guide to B…

Introdução O Guia Prático para Iniciantes: Azure OpenAI com JavaScript e TypeScript é um ponto de partida essencial para explorar a Inteligência Artificial na nuvem do Azure. Este guia será dividido em 3 partes, abordando: 'Como criar o recurso do Azure OpenAI Service', Como implementar o modelo criado no Azure OpenAI Studio e finalmente consumir esse recurso numa aplicação Node.js/TypeScript. Essa série te ajudará a aprender os fundamentos para que assim você possa começar a desenvolver suas aplicações com Azure OpenAI Service. Seja você um iniciante ou uma Pessoa Desenvolvedora experiente, descubra como criar aplicações inteligentes e desbloquear o potencial da…

Introdução Na terceira parte deste guia prático, Guia Prático para Iniciantes: Azure OpenAI com JavaScript e TypeScript, você aprenderá a criar uma aplicação Node.js que consumirá o Azure OpenAI Service. Começaremos do zero, desde a configuração do ambiente de desenvolvimento no Visual Studio Code até a criação e execução de uma aplicação pronta para interagir com o serviço de IA. Você descobrirá como configurar variáveis de ambiente, definir parâmetros para controlar a geração de conclusões e obter resultados impressionantes. Além disso, forneceremos recursos adicionais para você aprofundar seu conhecimento sobre Azure OpenAI. Prepare-se para dar vida às suas id…

[ATTACH=full]56824[/ATTACH]   Visita Microsoft Cloud City, una piattaforma in continuo aggiornamento in cui potrai intraprendere diversi percorsi formativi ed essere supportato da partner qualificati! Cloud Champion Azure 30/11/2023: Azure - MAICPP & Incentives | parte 1 19/12/2023: Azure - MAICPP & Incentives | parte 2 Business Applications 12/12/2023: Business Applications - MAICPP & Incentives | parte 2 13/12/2023: Novità e informazioni su Business Applications - Dicembre 2023 On-demand: Novità e informazioni su Business Applications - Settembre 2023 On-demand: Novità e informazioni su Business Applications - Ottobre 202…

[ATTACH=full]56823[/ATTACH] If you’re a healthcare organization or a researcher who deals with medical imaging data, you know how valuable it is for improving patient care, advancing medical knowledge, and reducing health disparities. But you also know how challenging it is to store and manage your data in a way that gives you full control and flexibility, while also leveraging the power and scalability of the DICOMweb standard. With Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, we aim to deliver meaningful outcomes across the healthcare journey whether that is by improving patient experiences or by integrating data from previously siloed sources to enable better clinical a…

We have a client asking us what the login rate per second is that I can achieve on a S0, S1, S2, and S3 database. It's a complicated question but I'd like to share my experiences using a connection pooler. The three previous articles we focus on optimizing connection pooling for application workloads, each addressing different aspects of this challenge: Optimizing Connection Pooling - Thread Contention (Lesson Learned #455): - Lesson Learned #455:Optimizing Connection Pooling for Application Workloads: Thread Contention - Microsoft Community Hub Issue Addressed: A client experienced a 5-second delay in database connectivity while launching 50-100 concu…

Introduction In cloud security domain, we often need to monitor entities – such as users, IP addresses, applications, or access tokens – and their patterns of behavior. We might want to detect ‘novelties’ – unexpected and previously unseen values of these entities - which can indicate security issues. Some examples of such scenarios are: IP address belonging to a previously unseen ASN range accesses cloud storage. Previously unseen application logs to SQL database. A new user logs to an administration portal. Novelty might indicate a security incident – in which case an alert should be sent to resource owner or security officer for investigation. However, …

Microsoft Entra ID Governance offers the capability to manage the access lifecycle of resources through access packages, which are organized into catalogs and define the resources available within them. Each access package includes at least one policy that outlines who can request access to it, the approval process, and access lifecycle settings such as assignment expiration and access review configuration. For more detailed information on Access Packages, you can refer to this link: https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/id-governance/entitlement-management-access-package-create Traditionally, during the setup of an access package, you could specify who can req…

When developing a function, it is imperative to thoroughly test the code on multiple occasions. Utilizing the Code+Test feature in the portal provides a straightforward method for testing, where you can simply click the "Run" button. If your function is configured to be accessible from the public network, testing on your local PC is a viable option. However, in the scenario where the private endpoint is enabled within your function app, attempting to test may result in a 403 error accompanied by an error message. Error message: You must have direct network access in order to run your function. Your app may be restricted with Private Endpoints, Access Restriction…

Introduction In the third part of A Practical Guide for Beginners: Azure OpenAI with JavaScript and TypeScript, we continue to explore the exciting world of Azure OpenAI with JavaScript and TypeScript. In this article, you will learn how to create a Node.js application that consumes Azure OpenAI Service. We will start from scratch, from setting up the development environment in Visual Studio Code to creating and running an application ready to interact with the AI service. You will discover how to configure environment variables, set parameters to control the generation of conclusions, and get impressive results. Additionally, we provide additional resources for …

This week, I have been working on a support case where our client experienced a 5-second delay in database connectivity. They were measuring this using StopWatch. As they informed me, they were launching a series of processes, 50-100 concurrent processes to be precise. I would like to share the experience gained in understanding the reasons behind this 5-second delay. The first step is to try to understand how these concurrent processes are launched by adding some logs to the calls. Following the code, we observe the following behavior: Our customer using Connection Timeout in the connectionString the value 5 seconds. Following the call to the func…

A few days ago, a customer asked us to find out details about the active connections of a connection pooling, how many connection poolings their application has, etc. In this article, I would like to share the lessons learned to see these details. As our customer is using .NET Core, we will rely on the following article to gather all this information Event counters in SqlClient - ADO.NET Provider for SQL Server | Microsoft Learn We will continue with the same script that we are using in the previous article Lesson Learned #453:Optimizing Connection Pooling for Application Workloads: A single journey - Microsoft Community Hub, and once the link is implemented…

Introduction In the second part of the Practical Guide for Beginners: Azure OpenAI with JavaScript and TypeScript, we will delve into deploying a model in Azure OpenAI Studio. In the previous article, you learned how to create an Azure OpenAI Service resource. Now, let's understand the process, which includes selecting the desired model, configuring the model version, and assigning a name to the deployment. Deploying a Model Before you start using Azure OpenAI Service, you need to deploy a model. To do this, follow the steps below: Step 01: Within the newly created resource, go to Model deployments and click the Manage Deployments button. …

In recent days, we have received several requests how to reduce the latency of a connection for an application designed to check database availability for receiving requests. I would like to share with you my experience, along with other articles that will be published shortly. In this first article, our customer indicates that each time they establish a connection to a Basic type database, the connection time exceeds several seconds when using Active Directory authentication. Based on our script, which you can find below, we encountered the following connectivity time results: Result of the connection. Connection ID. Client Machine Name. How much took…