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Introduction OpenAI's Language Model (LLM) holds immense potential for integrating AI capabilities into third-party apps, but it also comes with challenges. In this blog, we'll explore the Process of creating an OpenAI Plugins. We'll discuss the capabilities and challenges of integrating LLM into third-party apps and introduce OpenAI Plugins, with a focus on the Semantic Kernel. Our practical journey involves creating an OpenAI plugin for log analytics, specifically for querying Signin logs. We'll cover native and semantic functions, including crafting effective prompts and eliciting desired responses from the model. Memory utilization's role in personalizing use…

We are pleased to announce that Microsoft Purview’s keyword highlighting feature (currently available for Sensitive Information Types) will soon be generally for built-in trainable classifiers. Keyword highlighting allows you to quickly locate the text in your files that trigger positive matches to those trainable classifiers. By being able to rapidly identify the causes of these matches, you can more quickly decide whether further action is necessary. Furthermore, with the addition of keyword highlighting, you can be more confident that the built-in trainable classifiers are truly effective. We’re also announcing the upcoming of a new trainable classifier that …

Getting things done successfully in a fast-moving workplace requires teams to work closely together and operate off the same information. Yet, a recent Microsoft Work Trend Index Report revealed that 68% of people say they don’t have enough uninterrupted focus-time during the day, and 62% of survey respondents say they struggle with too much time spent searching for information. The new channels experience, now generally available in classic and new Teams, makes it easier to focus on key topics, engage with the right stakeholders, and find specific information so your team can accomplish more together. [ATTACH=full]54846[/ATTACH]The new visual design makes it easier to…

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Monitorando Recursos Criados na Azure com Kusto Query Language (KQL) e Log Analytics Este artigo técnico destina-se a fornecer uma visão geral básica de como monitorar recursos recém-criados na plataforma Microsoft Azure usando a Linguagem de Consulta Kusto (KQL) e o recurso Log Analytics. O AzureActivity é uma tabela especial do Log Analytics que registra todas as atividades do Azure. Através da análise e filtragem dos registros nesta tabela usando KQL, é possível identificar e acompanhar recursos criados recentemente, auxiliando na detecção de possíveis eventos indesejados ou suspeitos. Introdução O monitoramento de atividades em nuvem é essencial para …

[ATTACH=full]54838[/ATTACH] Tule mukaan torstaina 16.11.2023 klo. 14.00-15.00 kuulemaan, miten hyödynnät Digital Marketing Content OnDemandin (DMC) digitaalisia markkinointikampanjoita. Lisäksi, opit miten saat Cloud Ascentin avulla parempaa näkemystä nykyisestä asiakaskunnastasi. Webinaarin agenda: 15 min DMC / Partner Marketing Manager, Karri Uosukainen 15 min Cloud Ascent / EMEA Partner GTM, Tarja Kauhanen 15 min Q&A Ilmoittaudu mukaan! Continue reading...

The Application Gateway for Containers is a new cutting-edge Azure service that offers load balancing and dynamic traffic management for applications running in a Kubernetes cluster. As part of Azure's Application Load Balancing portfolio, this innovative product provides an enhanced experience for developers and administrators. The Application Gateway for Containers represents the evolution of the Application Gateway Ingress Controller (AGIC) and enables Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) customers to leverage Azure's native Application Gateway load balancer. In this article, we will guide you through the process of deploying an Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS) cluster with an …

We are happy to share that built-in Azure Monitor alerts for Azure Site Recovery is now in public preview. With this integration, Azure Site Recovery users will now have: A way to route notifications for alerts to any of the destinations supported by Azure Monitor - which includes email, ITSM, Webhook, Functions etc. An alerting experience for Azure Site Recovery which is consistent with the alerting experience currently available for many other Azure resource types. Enhanced flexibility in terms of choosing which scenarios to get notified for, ability to suppress notifications during planned maintenance windows, and so on. [ATTACH=full]54833[/ATTACH] …

In this blog article, we will cover how to prevent and deny the automated backup retention days for Azure SQL database to be lower than X number of days. We have received some service requests from customers that would like to ensure that they have for example 14 days as a retention period for their automated backup and would like to do this using a custom policy since they have multiple databases. You can follow the steps below to create a custom policy and ensure this: 1) From the Azure portal, access Azure policy, then definitions blade. 2) Create a new policy definition. [ATTACH=full]54828[/ATTACH] 3) Add the definition location (…

[ATTACH=full]54819[/ATTACH] Come visit Microsoft at Supercomputing 2023 (SC23) November 12 – 17 where we’ll deep dive into high-performance computing (HPC) and AI solutions during an exciting week of sessions, hands on experiences and peer connections. Learn how to unlock your AI and HPC innovation! Held in Denver, Colorado this year, SC is an international conference for high-performance computing, networking, storage, and analysis. Here you can expand your knowledge, enrich your experiences, and network with others in the HPC community. Offering an unparalleled mix of thousands of scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, programmers, and developers, this…

In the dynamic world of cloud-native applications and microservices, it's crucial to excel in observability and troubleshooting within your AKS clusters. Timely diagnosis and resolution of deployment issues are key to meeting service level objectives (SLOs) and service level incidents (SLIs) while reducing downtime. Today in Azure Portal, we're introducing three new features that will redefine your cluster troubleshooting experience: Kubernetes events: While troubleshooting your cluster, you might face problems such as pod evictions, node failures, or application crashes. Kubernetes events provide real-time notifications about these events, helping you quickly…

We are excited to announce the Private Preview of Azure Key Vault Managed HSM integration with Azure Backup which greatly enhances the customer experience of backing up and restoring a Managed HSM. This integration allows the process of backup and restore to take less time and effort. It is a zero-infrastructure solution with Azure Backup service managing the backups with automated retention and backup scheduling. Customers can create a backup policy to define their backup schedule and retention. Continue reading...

Introduction: In the realm of database health checks, performance and concurrency are paramount. As databases grow and applications scale, the need to efficiently test the health of a database connection becomes crucial. This article takes you through a step-by-step journey of implementing a high-performance, concurrent database health check in C#. Step 1: Setting Up the Environment Before we dive into the code, let's set up the environment. For this example, we're going to use a Microsoft Azure SQL Database. However, the principles can be applied to any database. Step 2: Asynchronous Programming in C# Asynchronous programming is a method of executing operat…

Azure Data Factory is now available in Poland Central. You can now provision Data Factory in the new region in order to co-locate your Extract-Transform-Load logic with your data lake and compute. See the full set of Azure Data Factory supported regions. Continue reading...

We are pleased to announce the public preview launch of the Dapr extension and the seamless integration with Azure Functions for cloud-native services hosted on Azure Container Apps. These capabilities enable functions to seamlessly interact with Dapr, facilitating the development of cloud-native applications. Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps was launched in public preview in May 2023 which enables you to quickly build event driven, cloud-native apps, with the flexibility to run Functions along with other microservices, APIs, websites, workflows or any container hosted components. With this seamless integration cloud native microservices can leverage DAPR to simpl…

We're pleased to announce that the Microsoft Information Protection SDK version 1.14 is now generally available via NuGet and Download Center. In this release of the Microsoft Information Protection SDK, we added support for CBC encryption of Office files by default, upgraded to Open SSL 3.0, added support for masking PII in log files, and more. CBC Encryption by default for Office Files We've made updates to how the MIP SDK encrypts Office files, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email documents. Office documents and emails are now encrypted by default using 256-bit AES encryption in CBC mode. Upgrade to Open SSL 3.0 We've made updates …

This is a step-by-step guided walkthrough of the Microsoft Sentinel experience for Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) incident management. This is based on the open-source connector that can be found here Learn how to install the open source connector to investigate Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention - Microsoft Community Hub . Prerequisites License requirements for Microsoft Purview Information Protection depend on the scenarios and features you use. To understand your licensing requirements and options for Microsoft Purview Information Protection, see the Information Protection sections from Microsoft 365 guidance for security & compliance …

This is a step-by-step guided walkthrough of setting up the open-source, Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) incident management solution for Microsoft Sentinel. Three years ago, we presented the initial version of the connector. My colleague @Alex_Anders has added slipstreamed deployment and updated the store code to use Data Collection Rules. Another great addition is a Log Analytics function that helps with normalization of the queries. We have improved the code to make use of new and enhanced Sentinel features. This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencod…

In this blog series dedicated to Microsoft's technical articles, we'll highlight our MVPs' favorite article along with their personal insights. Sander ten Brinke, Developer Technologies MVP in Netherlands [ATTACH=full]54766[/ATTACH] Performance Improvements in .NET 8 - .NET Blog “For the last few years, I have looked forward to Stephen Toub's blog posts about performance improvements in .NET. It shows that performance is very important to the .NET team, and it's jaw dropping when you realize that this blog post will take HOURS to read. The blog post goes very in-depth, and you will learn many new things about .NET when reading it.” Jev Suchoi, Devel…

In this blog series dedicated to Microsoft's technical articles, we'll highlight our MVPs' favorite article along with their personal insights. Sander ten Brinke, Developer Technologies MVP in Netherlands [ATTACH=full]54762[/ATTACH] Performance Improvements in .NET 8 - .NET Blog “For the last few years, I have looked forward to Stephen Toub's blog posts about performance improvements in .NET. It shows that performance is very important to the .NET team, and it's jaw dropping when you realize that this blog post will take HOURS to read. The blog post goes very in-depth, and you will learn many new things about .NET when reading it.” Jev Suchoi, Devel…

[ATTACH=full]54760[/ATTACH] One question that usually pops up, especially while trying to migrate from on-prem to cloud (i.e., from SQL Server to Azure SQL MI) is how to import assemblies into the Azure SQL MI, given that there is no option to reference actual files on the hard drive. Another common question that we observe is – “how to import assemblies created outside of our organization”. For example, many struggle with the question of how to import Newtonsoft.JSON library into their SQL MI instance, given that it has some external dependencies. We will try to answer both questions. .NET libraries available in Azure SQL MI SQL Server and Azur…

[ATTACH=full]54757[/ATTACH] Microsoft Skills in Viva is a newly announced feature of Microsoft Viva, a platform that integrates employee experience across four areas: engagement, well-being, learning, and knowledge. Skills in Viva allows employees to discover and develop new skills through personalized recommendations, learning paths, and micro-learning content. Skills in Viva also helps managers and leaders track the skill development and learning progress of their teams and organizations. In this week’s MidDay Café Microsoft’s Tyrelle Barnes and Michael Gannotti discuss Skills in Viva and the how and why it is being recognized as a true disruptor in the Employee Exp…

We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 138 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: Get it now in our marketplace [ATTACH=full]54716[/ATTACH] Asgardeo for B2B: Asgardeo for B2B unifies the authentication experience across multiple B2B applications and provides secure identity and access management. It streamlines user onboarding, integrates with enterprise IDPs, and offers role-based access control. The platform also allows for delegated customer self-administration and multi-level organization hierarchy. [ATTACH=full]54717[/ATTACH] Asgardeo for B2C: Asgardeo f…

In today's fast-paced world of containerized applications, Kubernetes has emerged as the cornerstone for orchestrating and managing containers. However, to keep your Kubernetes clusters secure, efficient, and primed for success, it's crucial to maintain clean and clutter-free nodes. In this blog, we will explore the open-source project Eraser and how it can play a pivotal role in ensuring the health and security of your Kubernetes nodes, catering specifically to the needs of students, startups, and AI developers and entrepreneurs. Kubernetes has revolutionized the way we deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications. However, as Kubernetes clusters grow and …

By the order of the government of Syria, in October 2022, a new law was passed on the determination of time in the country. Based on that: Since October 2022, Syria has observed the UTC+3 time, which is the country’s new standard time. Late October 2023: Windows non-security preview release includes the update to address this time change for Windows 11 and Windows 10, version 22H2. November 14, 2023: Windows monthly quality release will include the update to address this time change for all supported versions of Windows. Microsoft is releasing the following Windows updates in support of this decision. This change is available in the October 2023 non-security …