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Author: Alexandre Gattiker, Principal Engineer, Industry Solutions, Microsoft.  Apache Flink, the open-source stream processing framework, has been making waves in the world of big data and real-time analytics. In October 2023, Microsoft introduced the public preview of Apache Flink in Azure HDInsight on AKS. This marks an exciting step forward in empowering organizations to process and analyze real-time data at scale. In this blog post, we'll delve into what Apache Flink brings to the table and explore the benefits of running Flink in Azure HDInsight on AKS. Why Apache Flink? Apache Flink is designed for processing data in motion, making it ideal …

Build your own integrated marketing campaign or run automated campaigns using assets that highlight the benefits of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform and your services as a Microsoft partner. As part of your Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program benefits, we provide end-to-end marketing with resources to generate marketing demand, and guidance to help you find the right leads, attract the right customer, and close the sale. We also provide training and enablement for your Business Applications and Power Platform practice, including sales training, Business Applications Sales Bootcamps, and Cloud Weeks. Business Applications campaigns are availabl…

Azure Storage Explorer is a powerful tool that simplifies working with Azure Storage services such as Blob, Queue, Table, and File storage. While it provides a user-friendly interface, there may be times when you need to inspect the requests it sends and the responses it receives from Azure. In such cases, Fiddler, a widely used web debugging proxy, can come to your rescue. This step-by-step guide will walk you through the process of capturing a trace that you can use to evaluate such requests and responses using Fiddler. Prerequisites: Install Azure Storage Explorer: Download and install the Azure Storage Explorer tool from the official Microsoft websit…

Today, at Ignite, we are thrilled to announce the General Availability of Multi-Line Logging in Azure Monitor – Container Insights. Multi-Line Logging is a new way to simplify and streamline your Log Analysis in Azure Monitor. This feature allows you to collect and store multiple lines of log data in a single log entry, making it easier to view and analyze logs from your containerized applications. Why Multi-Line Logging? Logs are an essential part of monitoring and troubleshooting applications running in containers. However, when logs are split across multiple lines, it can be challenging to consume them effectively. For example, stack traces from .NET and Go…

Today, we’re making it possible to attach a running Virtual Machine (VM) to an existing Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS) with no downtime. VMSS customers can now also detach a VM with minimal to no downtime. Attach and detach actions are available for scale sets with Flexible Orchestration Mode with a Fault Domain Count of 1. Benefits Let Azure do the work: Easily move from a single VM to VMSS Flex and make use of all the benefits that come from scale sets, like Autoscale, Automatic OS Upgrades, Spot Priority Mix, Instance Repairs, and Upgrade Policies. Easily scale: By attaching an existing VM to an existing VMSS Flex, you can grow your Compute architecture w…

Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native security information and event management (SIEM) solution that helps you detect, investigate, and respond to threats across your enterprise. One of the key features of Microsoft Sentinel is its ability to integrate with various data sources, both from Microsoft and third-party providers, to collect and analyze security signals from your environment. In this Ignite 2023 blog post, we are excited to share the latest new partner contributed integrations that are now available for Microsoft Sentinel. These integrations enable you to connect your existing security solutions with Microsoft Sentinel and leverage its powerful capabiliti…

Microsoft Copilot for Sales brings sales data and insights into the flow of work to help sellers save time, focus on customers, and close more deals. Copilot for Sales is experienced within Microsoft 365 applications and connects directly to Salesforce© CRM for real-time data and updates. General technical requirements Copilot for Sales is available globally, supports 24 world languages, and works with the Professional (with API access enabled), Enterprise, Unlimited, and Developer editions of Salesforce CRM. To use Copilot with Salesforce CRM, you must have a Microsoft 365 for Enterprise license and an Azure Active Directory account, which gives you acces…

Kafka compression Microsoft is happy to announce the public preview of Kafka Compression for Apache Kafka on Azure Event Hubs. Kafka Compression enables message producers to transmit compressed data which is decompressed by the consumer. By compressing your payload, you are able to save a lot of bandwidth and reduce the memory overhead on the brokers supporting your traffic. Kafka producer application developers can enable message compression by setting the compression.type property. Compression.type = none | gzip These changes are exposed in the header which then allows the consumer to properly decompress the data. The feature is currently on…

This update covers features we are releasing this year near the Ignite 2023 conference for the Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Event Grid and Azure Stream Analytics services. [ATTACH=full]55981[/ATTACH] Azure Event Grid MQTT broker Reflecting the growing demand for connectivity, integration, and analytics between Internet of Things (IoT) devices and cloud-based services, Azure Event Grid's new MQTT broker feature is now Generally Available. Support for MQTT v5 protocol and MQTT v3.1. protocol enables publish subscribe over custom hierarchical topics. To process the data further, users can route IoT data to Azure services and 3rd party servi…

Introduction .NET MAUI is a framework for developing cross-platform mobile and desktop applications which offers native performance and user experience. Write once, run everywhere: your app can be deployed to Android, Windows, iOS, and macOS without any change in the code! However, for a long time, you could only create .NET MAUI apps using Visual Studio, thus you needed either Windows or macOS to develop this kind of cross-platform application. [ATTACH=full]55929[/ATTACH] In July this year, the first preview of the .NET MAUI extension for Visual Studio Code was announced [1], which opened the door to a long-awaited request from developers for the first ti…

At Microsoft, we're committed to providing our customers with the tools they need to succeed wherever they are. By extending Azure services to the customer's preferred environments like System Center, we empower customers with access to Azure’s potential along with a consistent experience across their hybrid estate. Today we’re excited to deliver on that commitment as we announce that System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) enabled by Azure Arc is now generally available to manage SCVMM resources in Azure. With SCVMM enabled by Azure Arc, you can: Enable Azure services at scale for your entire SCVMM managed on-premises estate Enable self-service …

Azure AI Video Indexer, an Azure AI, solution with artificial intelligence and cognitive capabilities that are specifically designed for video content. It enables users to easily extract video insights and gain a deep understanding of the content they are analyzing. With Azure AI Video Indexer, turn your video estate into a smart archive using more than 30 AIs, making it easier than ever to manage analyzed video content. Achieve more out of Video Content with Azure AI Video Indexer enabled by Arc In the accelerated digital environment of today, the ability to leverage the strength of video data is imperative for organizations across industries. As we navigate a…

We are excited to announce the public preview of Liveness Detection, an addition to the existing Azure AI Face API service. Facial recognition technology has been a longstanding method for verifying a user's identity in device and online account login for its convenience and efficiency. However, the system encounters escalating challenges as malicious actors persist in their attempts to manipulate and deceive the system through various spoofing techniques. This issue is expected to intensify with the emergence of generative AIs such as DALL-E and ChatGPT. Many online services such as LinkedIn and Microsoft Entra, now support “Verified Identities” that attest to there bein…

We are excited to announce the new School Data Sync (SDS) experience is now generally available. School Data Sync (SDS) is a free service for Education that helps to automate the process of synchronizing user and roster data from Student Information or Management Systems (SIS/SMS) with Microsoft 365. SDS is a tool that helps you manage your educational organization, users, classes, and roles. SDS synchronizes education institution data with Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft 365, so you can use Microsoft Teams for Education, Intune for Education, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneNote Class notebooks, and enable third-party apps with Single Sign On integration. …

[ATTACH=full]55911[/ATTACH]a banner image of Microsoft Ignite 2023 As the backbone of any modern organization, your role is to ensure your users are most productive while maximizing value from your current investments. With the rapid evolution and adoption of AI, you are facing new challenges and opportunities. Microsoft Ignite 2023 brings the wealth of news and technical knowledge to help you keep up with the latest trends, best practices, and solutions for managing and optimizing your IT environment. Read on to learn about the latest announcements, for admins responsible for Copilot and Microsoft 365 overall, on becoming more productive in the daily admin work, i…

We are excited to share with you some of the latest features that we have added to Azure AI Video Indexer (VI), the video analysis solution that helps you to extract insights from your video and audio files. Here are some of the highlights: Edge version of Azure VI, enabled by Arc: You can now use Azure VI on your own edge devices, without sending your video data to the cloud. This will allow adhering to local regulation, cost saving, efficiency and security constrains, while still enjoying the same functionalities that Azure VI offers on the cloud. Bring-your-own AI feature: You can now use models from Hugging Face, Azure Florence, or any other AI model and connect…

The recent cyberattack against MGM Resorts grabbed headlines and sent shockwaves across the industry. MGM struggled to get systems back online after widespread outages affected several of its operations including physical access and their core systems. Much of the reporting on the incident focused on how MGM’s best in class security stack was infiltrated by hacker group Scattered Spider leveraging Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD). BYOVD is a post-exploitation technique. To leverage BYOVD, an attacker must already have access to the user's system. Microsoft has previously blogged about Improving Security with the Microsoft Vulnerable and Malicious Driver Reporting …

To protect database powering the application from region failures and achieving higher business continuity it is crucial to enable disaster recovery for database. In some industries it is mandatory and part of compliance requirement to have disaster recovery in place and frequently conduct drills. One of the biggest hindrances in enabling disaster recovery has been cost as secondary database is mainly used in the event of a disaster. We are excited to announce public preview of license-free standby replica for Azure SQL Database letting you to save on licensing costs by designating your secondary disaster recovery database as standby replica. Typically license cost…

DevOps policies, a special type of Microsoft Purview access policies, allow customers to manage access to system metadata on data sources that have been registered for Data use management in Microsoft Purview. This feature enables IT/DevOps personal to ensure that their critical database estate is healthy, performing to expectations and is secure. Customers can author access policies through Microsoft Purview experience and then apply them to Azure SQL data sources individually or at scale, without the need to directly connect to databases or to explicitly create logins or users on a server. In this release the SQL Performance Monitor, and SQL Security Auditor ro…

Heya folks, Ned here again. Starting with Windows Server Insider Preview Build 25997, the SMB over QUIC server feature is now available in Datacenter and Standard editions. This changes the previous behavior, where it was only available in Windows Server Azure Edition. SMB over QUIC SMB over QUIC introduced an alternative to TCP and RDMA, supplying secure connectivity to edge file servers over untrusted networks like the Internet. QUIC has significant advantages, the largest being mandatory certificate-based encryption instead of relying on passwords. SMB over QUIC offers an "SMB VPN" for telecommuters, mobile device users, and on highest security inter…

Welcome to Ignite 2023! App Service team members will be presenting at the session "Unlock Innovation with AI by Migrating Enterprise Apps to App Service" on Wednesday November 15th (11:45AM to 12:30PM Pacific time - Level 4 Room 425 - In-Person and Live-streamed). Tune in to see demonstrations of the new Azure Migrate application and code assessment capabilities, the new Microsoft Copilot for Azure and the App Service Conversational Diagnostics experience, and upcoming previews of sidecar extensibility on Linux App Service as well as WebJobs support for both Linux App Service and Windows Containers on App Service. The team will also be walking through how developer…

Today we are excited to announce General Availability of our partitioned namespaces feature, which allows the use of partitioning for the premium messaging tier. This means that the overall throughput of a partitioned entity is no longer limited by the performance of a single message broker. Moreover, along with the partitioned namespaces feature we are also announcing an updated SLA. If you create a Premium namespace with the new partitioned entities feature enabled, in a region where Availability Zones is available, we will provide an SLA of 99.99%. Partitioned namespaces work in close conjunction with scaling through Messaging Units, as the configured MUs…

Get ready for an exhilarating digital experience at Microsoft Ignite 2023. This year's event is a deep dive into the cutting-edge world of AI and cloud technology. And if you're eager to explore the transformative potential of Azure Integration Services, you're in for a treat. From seamless application and data integration to powerful workflow automation, Azure Integration Services is poised to revolutionize how businesses operate. In this blog we’ll explore the major announcements for Azure Integration Services coming out of this year’s Ignite event. Join us online for a dynamic journey during which you'll gain invaluable insights, connect with industry experts, a…

We are pleased to announce the General Availability of Data Mapper for Azure Logic Apps in Visual Studio Code. Data Mapper is Azure Logic Apps’ visual data transformation tool that can help you both create maps and execute transformations. Users can easily define a data transformation that can be used in an Azure Logic Apps workflow to exchange messages between XML or JSON formats. Data Mapper provides a modernized experience for data mapping and transformation that includes drag and drop gestures, a prebuilt functions library, custom extensibility and manual testing. You can use the tool to create maps for XML to XML, JSON to JSON, XML to JSON, and JSON to XML tra…

The Logic Apps standard VS Code extension seamlessly extends the Logic App designer empowering users to transition from developing workflows in the cloud to a local environment. The intuitive no-code designer of Logic Apps combined with the powerful pro-code capabilities of VS Code has enabled developers to build, run and test their Logic App workflows locally with features such as breakpoint debugging. Furthermore, the local development experience is complemented by the ability to seamlessly integrate with traditional dev-ops pipelines for continuous integration and deployment, enabling Logic Apps to become a core part of the enterprise project lifecycles. Now,…