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This is the next segment of our blog series highlighting Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors who achieved the Gold milestone, the highest level attainable, and have recently graduated from university. Each blog in the series features a different student and highlights their accomplishments, their experience with the Student Ambassador community, and what they’re up to now.     Today we meet Pascal Burume, who recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Catholic University of Bukavu in Congo (DRC). Responses have been edited for clarity and length.   When did you join the Student Ambassadors community? In 2020. …

This is the next segment of our blog series highlighting Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors who achieved the Gold milestone, the highest level attainable, and have recently graduated from university. Each blog in the series features a different student and highlights their accomplishments, their experience with the Student Ambassador community, and what they’re up to now.     Today we meet Anupam Mishra who recently graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering from the JIET Institute of Design and Technology. Anupam during a university event. Responses have been edited for clarity and length.   When did you join the Student Ambassad…

This is the next segment of our blog series highlighting Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors who achieved the Gold milestone, the highest level attainable, and have recently graduated from university. Each blog in the series features a different student and highlights their accomplishments, their experience with the Student Ambassador community, and what they’re up to now. Today we meet Christian Flor, who recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in software systems engineering and telecommunications engineering from ICESI University in Cali, Colombia. Responses have been edited for clarity and length.   When did you join the Student Ambassad…

This is the next segment of our blog series highlighting Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors who achieved the Gold milestone, the highest level attainable, and have recently graduated from university. Each blog in the series features a different student and highlights their accomplishments, their experience with the Student Ambassador community, and what they’re up to now.  Today we meet Sathya Narayan, who recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from College of Engineering in Chengannur India.   Sathya Narayan, Gold Student Ambassador from India. Responses have been edited for clarity and length.      When did you…

This is the next segment of our blog series highlighting Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors who achieved the Gold milestone, the highest level attainable, and have recently graduated from university. Each blog in the series features a different student and highlights their accomplishments, their experience with the Student Ambassador community, and what they’re up to now.    Today we meet Aryan Garg, who recently graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology in Jalandhar, India. Responses have been edited for clarity and length.   When did you join the Student Ambassadors com…

This is the next segment of our blog series highlighting Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors who achieved the Gold milestone, the highest level attainable, and have recently graduated from university. Each blog in the series features a different student and highlights their accomplishments, their experience with the Student Ambassador community, and what they are up to now. Today we meet Aadyaa Srivastava, who recently graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering from Maharaja Agrasen University in India. Responses have been edited for clarity and length. When did you join the Student Ambassadors community? Janua…

This is the next segment of our blog series highlighting Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors who achieved the Gold milestone, the highest level attainable, and have recently graduated from university. Each blog in the series features a different student and highlights their accomplishments, their experience with the Student Ambassador community, and what they’re up to now.    Today we meet Abhishek Jaiswal, who recently graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science at the International Institute of Information Technology Bhubaneswar in India.   Responses have been edited for clarity and length.      When did you join the Student Ambassadors …

Today, we addressed a service request from our customer who needed to identify both the session and the text of the query responsible for a significant increase in the transaction log of the tempdb among the databases within the Elastic DB Pool. This increment in the transaction log was leading to an error message: “Msg 9002, Level 17, State 4 - The transaction log for database 'tempdb' is full due to 'ACTIVE_TRANSACTION', with the holdup identified as (XXX:NNN:YYY)" The TempDB database in Azure SQL plays a vital role in the performance and management of your SQL instances. Monitoring its transactions closely helps ensure smooth operation and efficient troubleshoot…

Navigating the modern technology landscape requires reliable tools for ensuring consistent and secure database connectivity. Our recently unveiled Connectivity Probe is designed as a lifeline for applications relying on unswerving database interactions. It diligently probes connectivity status, wait times, DNS resolution, port availability, and executes test queries to guarantee your application's uninterrupted and efficient operation. With this introduction, let's dive deeper into the distinctive features and benefits offered by our Connectivity Probe. Connectivity Verification: Efficient Connectivity Checks: The code is adept at validating the efficiency of …

In the rapidly evolving realm of container orchestration and management, Microsoft's Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) has emerged as a robust solution for startups and AI entrepreneurs seeking to deploy and manage containerized applications. To facilitate and enhance the Azure Kubernetes Service experience for this audience, the open-source community has introduced a valuable tool known as the AKS VSCode Tools Extension. In this article, we will explore what the extension entails, why it is beneficial for startups and AI entrepreneurs, and how it can streamline their journey in the world of Azure Kubernetes Service. Understanding the AKS VSCode Tools Extensio…

Email authentication is crucial for sending email. It helps protect recipients from malicious messages, such as spoofing and phishing. By setting up email authentication for your domain, you can ensure that your messages are less likely to be rejected or marked as spam by email providers like Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Outlook.com. This is especially important when sending bulk email (large volume email), as it helps maintain the deliverability and reputation of your email campaigns. What changed? Microsoft 365 email senders may meet new difficulties in delivering emails to popular email service providers. For example, Google has implemented stricter security requirements t…

We are excited to announce the availability of Azure AI Language Summarization Container! It comes with both Disconnected and Connected options, along with Commitment Tier pricing. Summarization in Azure AI Language provides ready-for-use solutions with task-oriented and -optimized LLM-powered models to summarize documents and conversation transcripts. All resources are now LIVE and ready for use. Customers interested in the Disconnected container should go through the gating process to get approved. This release is a significant step toward democratizing Generative AI and Large Language Models, offering key benefits to our customers: With disconnected c…

Spend less time making slides so you can focus on achieving your goals. Whether you are announcing new goals, reporting on status and progress, or celebrating key wins, transparency is paramount to a successful goals program. We’ve heard from customers that integration between Viva Goals and PowerPoint is essential to communicating goals. Now, with export to PowerPoint in Viva Goals, progress updates on goals are less painful and time consuming. In other words, no more copying and pasting goal information for your town halls and other important business rhythms! Export to PowerPoint gives Viva Goals users the ability to export a Goal list and automatically creat…

We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 205 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: Get it now in our marketplace [attachment=52183:name] SQL Server 2019 on Ubuntu Server 20.04.2 LTS: SQL Server 2019 offers high-end datacenter capabilities with fast performance, unlimited virtualization, and business intelligence. This package from Bansir enables high service levels for mission-critical workloads and user access to data insights. [attachment=52184:name] zEWolf AP Report Testing: This application generates reports by mixing data from Infor's M3 ERP tool and stand…

With Azure Arc, we want to bring the goodness of Azure to the customers wherever they are. As part of this mission, Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) (preview) solution enables customers to manage their SCVMM VMs using Azure. Arc-enabled SCVMM allows customers to connect their SCVMM environment to Azure, enabling them to discover, onboard at-scale, and perform VM lifecycle operations from Azure on their SCVMM managed VMs. Azure management capabilities for Arc-enabled SCVMM VMs Today, we are excited to announce additional capabilities for Arc-enabled SCVMM preview. With this update, we are introducing Azure management ser…

With Azure Arc, we want to bring the goodness of Azure to the customers wherever they are. As part of this mission, Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) (preview) solution enables customers to manage their SCVMM VMs using Azure. Arc-enabled SCVMM allows customers to connect their SCVMM environment to Azure, enabling them to discover, onboard at-scale, and perform VM lifecycle operations from Azure on their SCVMM managed VMs. Azure management capabilities for Arc-enabled SCVMM VMs Today, we are thrilled to announce additional capabilities for Arc-enabled SCVMM preview. With the update, we are introducing Azure management ser…

Some of you may recall back in June we posted a blog introducing AMBA and since then we've received a huge amount of interest and adoption in its use as well as hearing from you on what you needed to be able to use AMBA in your environment. We've made significant investment and progress in addressing feedback and fixes and I'm pleased to announce the AMBA pattern for ALZ is now GA! As part of GA we're also integrating the recommended alerts into the ALZ Azure Portal reference implementation for new deployments (please visit Microsoft Azure) with Bicep and Terraform support planned in the near future. Picture of the Azure landing zone portal page for Baseline Alerts …

We are happy to announce the general availability of support for Azure Cosmos DB endpoints from Azure IoT Hub. Many IoT solutions require extensive downstream data analysis. You have to seamlessly push the data into hyperscale databases quickly. For example, intelligent transport systems have a constant inflow of a continuous stream of data. This data must be analyzed even as it is being written into the database. We have seen multiple scenarios in manufacturing, automotive, and other IoT solution-focused industries that require hyperscale databases. These solutions need extremely high throughput to process the continuous stream of data. Traditional SQL-base…

Explore the session catalog and our lineup of speakers today. Register now We’re just six weeks away from this premier tech event coming to you, have you secured your spot? Catch all the live keynotes and breakout sessions from anywhere you're located. Gain access to learning opportunities and expand your network with our global community. · Sessions designed for you: Check out the curated collection of sessions on upcoming technical learning opportunities that matter most to you and your organization. · Connect online with experts: Bring your technical questions and get the support you need from Microsoft subject matter exper…

React fast to changes in data with an automated system of detection and action using Data Activator. Monitor and track changes at a granular level as they happen, instead of at an aggregate level where important insights may be left in the detail and have already become a problem. As a domain expert, this provides a no code way to take data, whether real-time streaming from your IoT devices, or batch data collected from your business systems, and dynamically monitor patterns by establishing conditions. When these conditions are met, Data Activator automatically triggers specific actions, such as notifying dedicated teams or initiating system-level remediati…

Sysmon 1.3.1 for Linux This update to Sysmon for Linux fixes file hashing for Linux distributions without OpenSSL 1.1. Continue reading...

Profiling AI/ML models is a pivotal step in harnessing the full potential of computational resources, especially when deploying on high-performance platforms like single/multi-GPUs. This process delves deep into the model's performance metrics, revealing critical bottlenecks and areas of underutilization that could be hindering optimal operation. Through profiling, developers can garner actionable insights such as the need to enable XLA for TensorFlow computations or adjusting the batch size to enhance data throughput and GPU memory utilization. Furthermore, profiling sheds light on GPU underutilization issues, guiding on necessary adjustments to the data loading pipeline…

In a recent report from the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC), we delve into the evolving threat landscape originating from East Asia, with a specific focus on China, which conducts widespread cyber and influence operations (IO), and North Korean cyber threat actors, who are demonstrating increased sophistication. As the cyber threat landscape continues to evolve, so do the strategies and tactics employed in these regions. Here are some key takeaways: Chinese cyber operations: China has significantly intensified its cyber activities, targeting regions such as the South China Sea, the US defense sector, and critical infrastructure. Chinese state-affiliated…

Leverage Microsoft Learn to help you complete your role-based certification exams. With Microsoft Learn, anyone can master core concepts at their speed and on their schedule. You can now access Microsoft Learn as a resource to help you complete your Microsoft Certification exams. This resource will be available in SC-100, SC-200, SC-300, SC-400, and other role-based exams in all languages. Here's what you need to know about this new resource: Access to everything in the learn.microsoft.com domain except Q&A and your profile. No extra time will be added to complete the exam. The exam timer will continue as you search Learn for the information yo…

Hi, I'm Jaime Gonzales and I lead the Viva People Science R&D team. Our goal is to enrich the Viva journey with the science of employee happiness and success, to deliver exceptional and impactful experiences for humans at work. As People Science experts, we are consultants, researchers, analysts, content authors, product consultants, and customer advocates with deep expertise in engagement and employee experience. I've worked in HR and OD roles for many years and now love sitting in a product team where we have the scale and reach to improve the lives of millions of people at work. What is People Science? I’ve always been fascinated with the…