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Monitoring Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server in a PaaS environment can be a challenging task. As a fully managed database service, MySQL - Flexible Server provides many benefits, including automatic backups, patching, and scaling. However, it also limits access to the underlying infrastructure, which can make it difficult to monitor the database's performance and health status. This lack of visibility can lead to operational challenges, such as slow query performance tuning or database downtime estimation. Fortunately, there’s Azure Monitor, a service that you can use to monitor MySQL - Flexible Server. Azure Monitor provides a variety of metrics, includin…

Sometimes you might feel that a community in Teams is getting too noisy. Or sometimes you just want to be notified about everything. You can now do both in Teams free on Windows 11, Android and iOS as we have shipped community-specific notification settings. This new feature allows you to customize your community notifications for every community you are a member of. For larger communities you might want to tone these down and in smaller communities you can be notified for all activity if you wish. As the communities grow, you can change the settings anytime when needed. For community owners managing their communities in Teams free on Windows 11 we have released an…

As we mark the 20th anniversary of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we see security becoming an increasing focus for small and medium business customers (SMBs). Infact, 82 percent of ransomware attacks target small businesses[1] and the total cost of cybercrimes to small businesses reached $2.4 billion worldwide in 2021[2]. However, many small businesses are insufficiently protected as sophisticated security solutions have traditionally been out of reach- either too expensive or too complex or both. At Microsoft, we believe in security for all and are committed to bringing enterprise security innovation to SMBs. With Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Microsoft Defen…

In this issue: Ace Aviator of the Month Customer Corner News from our product group News from our community We are introducing the Customer Corner, a new section that will highlight customer stories about business benefits and Microsoft driving outcomes through innovation in the real world. Ace Aviator of the Month October's Ace Aviator: Harris Kristanto What is your role and title? What are your responsibilities associated with your position? I am an Integration Developer at BidOne, where we operate a robust EDI platform running on Azure Integration Services. This platform plays a crucial role in handling transact…

We are excited to announce that we are bringing Universal Print to government organizations with the general availability of Universal Print in GCC/GCC High. Universal Print in GCC/GCC High aims to offer full feature parity with what exists in the commercial cloud today, while remaining compliant with certifications that are required for U.S. government organizations. Universal Print is a cloud-based print solution that enables a simple, rich, and secure print experience for users, while reducing time and effort for IT, by moving print management to the cloud. Print administrators can register printers with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Direc…

Summary Calculating distinct counts on massive distributed datasets is not trivial. Kusto (aka Azure Data Explorer/KQL database in Fabric) dcount and dcountif functions use a special algorithm to return an estimate of distinct counts The new functions count_distinct and count_distinctif were recently added to calculate exact distinct counts. These two functions are much more expensive than the original ones. We added a setting in Power BI to control the level of accuracy of dcount. The setting also allows calling count_distinct when absolute accuracy is needed. When is dcount used? The dcount function is invoked by the Kusto connector when th…

In this new monthly blog series focused on GitHub, we will be sharing product updates, notable reads, and other new resources that can be leveraged by ISVs who are building apps for the commercial marketplace. Check out what was new in September! Product Updates: We launched the GitHub Innovation Graph, our open data and insights platform on the global and local impact of developers, which will be useful for developers, policymakers and researchers. Read more or . All GitHub Copilot for Individuals users now have access to GitHub Copilot Chat beta, bringing natural language-powered coding to every developer in all languages. GitHub Actions Importer now suppo…

ISV Success for Business Applications offers platforms, resources, and support designed to help partners develop, publish, and market business apps. Learn more about offers from Inogic on Microsoft AppSource: [attachment=51888:name] Maplytics - Map, Route, and Territory Management for Dynamics 365: Maplytics integrates Bing Maps with your Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM records and uses location intelligence to visualize your business records for higher productivity and better insights into operations. Using Maplytics will help you optimize routes, search records around a specific location, track sales and service representatives in real time, and much more. …

Graphs are a powerful way to model and analyse complex relationships between entities, such as cybersecurity incidents, network traffic, social networks, and more. Kusto, the query and analytics engine of Azure Data Explorer, Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Analytics and many more recently introduced a new feature that enables users to contextualize their data using graphs. In this blog post, we will show you how to use graph semantics to create and explore graph data in Kusto, and how to visualize it using Plotly, a popular library for interactive data visualization in Python. Graph semantics are a set of operators that allow users to work with graph data in Kusto, wit…

New feature: Assign phone numbers in Teams Phone We’re pleased to announce a new feature to the Plan and implement your ‎Microsoft‎ ‎Teams Phone‎ deployment guide to make it easier for you to assign your users Teams phone numbers. This feature gives you a comprehensive view of all available user phone numbers within your organization and allows you to easily handpick the users you want to assign to each number. Please note that this feature is only available in the Microsoft 365 admin center for commercial tenants, so you will need to login as a tenant admin when clicking the above link Summary How it works You can access the new g…

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On Wednesday September 27th we held a live event on Empowering and Enabling your Managers through Employee Listening.  We heard from Lynn Moffett, VP of Human Resources at BMC Software and Larissa Linton, Principal People Scientist at Viva Glint. Getting managers to take action following an employee survey is a common challenge for organizations. Larissa described the many obstacles that prevent effective survey results discussions and action taking for managers. These can include managers feeling overwhelmed with the data, feeling uncomfortable with discussing the feedback or feeling like they don’t have the authority to influence change in many of the areas repo…

Microsoft 365 Defender Monthly news October 2023 Edition [attachment=51824:name] This is our monthly "What's new" blog post, summarizing product updates and various new assets we released over the past month across our Defender products. In this edition, we are looking at all the goodness from September 2023. Legend: [attachment=51825:name] Product videos [attachment=51826:name] Webcast (recordings) [attachment=51827:name] Docs on Microsoft [attachment=51828:name] Blogs on Microsoft [attachment=51829:name] GitHub [attachment=51830:name] External [attachment=51831:name] Product improvements [attachment=51832:name] Previews / Announcemen…

  Cloud Champion Data & AI 10/10/2023: Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability: Sustainability in Action Business Applications 18/10/2023: Novità e informazioni su Business Applications - Ottobre 2023 On-demand: Novità e informazioni su Business Applications - Settembre 2023 Modern Work e Security 26/10/2023: FY24 MW/Security Incentive - Co-op Focus On-demand: FY24 MW/Security Incentive - Overview Cross Solution On-demand: Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program: what’s new On-demand: Marketplace: novità e linee guida Eventi in lingua inglese: 03/10/2023 - 04/10/2023: Transform Field Operations with AI and Connected Field…

La Inteligencia Artificial (IA) es un campo fascinante y en rápida evolución que tiene el potencial de transformar muchos aspectos de nuestras vidas, desde la salud hasta el aprendizaje. Ahora tenemos nuevos cursos y los retos de aprendizaje: "AI Kick-off Projects" en Microsoft que pueden ayudarte a explorar recursos de IA como GitHub Copilot y el servicio de Azure OpenAI y, por ende, ganar más confianza para profundizar tus estudios y utilizarlos en tus proyectos, ya sea que sea un principiante o un experto. Nuevos proyectos GitHub Copilot con JavaScript Este módulo te enseñará a cómo usar GitHub Copilot para programar. Durante tu proceso de aprendizaje, utiliza…

Microsoft Azure Data Explorer Add-On for Splunk allows users to effortlessly ingest data from Splunk to Azure Data Explorer which is a fast and scalable data analytics platform designed for real-time analysis of large volumes of data. The following kinds of data are most suitable for ingestion into Azure Data Explorer, but are not limited to the following list: High-Volume Data: Azure Data Explorer is built to handle vast amounts of data efficiently. If your organization generates a significant volume of data that needs real-time analysis, Azure Data Explorer is a suitable choice. Time-Series Data: Azure Data Explorer excels at handling time-series data, such …

As you embark on your journey back to college or university, it's essential to prioritize the security of your digital assets, especially when dealing with platforms like Microsoft Azure. One of the most effective ways to fortify your online defenses is by implementing Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), and in this comprehensive guide, we'll walk you through the process, step by step of how-to setup 2FA and recovery your (2FA) authenticator setting is loose or misplace your device. The Step-by-Step Process to Safeguard Your Azure Account By following these steps, you'll have successfully added Two-Factor Authentication to your Microsoft Azure account, significantly en…

Your host Thomas Maurer and guest Tobias Zimmergren will discuss the sustainability guidance recently released in the Cloud Adoption Framework. Sustainability guidance has been published in several of the methodologies, given that sustainability as a topic touches all aspects of a customer’s cloud adoption. The following methodologies have sustainability considerations: Strategy Plan Govern Manage Tobias will talk about why Microsoft released the guidance and how the Cloud Adoption Framework guidance differs from the . He will also share some details on what's included in this guidance for each of the Cloud Adoption Framework methodologies and provide info…

We recently identified a file encryption issue for apps protected by mobile application management (MAM) on Samsung SM-G990E devices that are running the latest operating system (OS) update, specifically G990EXXU7EWH7 and G990EXXS7EWI3. When users attempt to open MAM protected apps on these devices, they may notice the app isn’t responding. We’re working to address this issue in the October (2310) release of the Intune Company Portal for Android, which will be 5.0.6017.0 or later. Users on these devices should update to the latest Company Portal release once available to resolve this issue. To identify which user's devices’ may be affected, navigate to the Microsof…

I have been working with a lot of customers recently who are using containers (specially AKS) to host their .NET based web apps. I wanted to take this opportunity to get the steps and troubleshooting techniques all at once place for all of us who want to use AKS to run .NET based web apps. Let's start with deploying the application in AKS using Linux Container. Step 1- Login using CLI: az login Step 2- Create a resource group where you will host the container: az group create --name AKSTest --location eastus Step 3- Create an AKS cluster: az aks create --resource-…

Welcome to the September 2023 edition of What’s New in Teams! This month we are bringing you 52 new features and devices for the month of September. We have a great line-up of new features to announce. My personal favorites are Shared Calling which allows admins to make and receive calls using a shared phone plan and Create up to 1,000 channels per team so organizations that have no virtually no limits on the number of channels that can be created for side projects and ad hoc meeting groups. And every month we add new devices that certified and ready to use for Teams. Find devices that are certified for Teams for all types of spaces and uses at aka.ms/teamsd…

In the fast-paced world of startups and entrepreneurship, staying ahead of the competition is crucial for success. To gain a competitive edge, startups need to harness the power of data-driven insights and machine learning. AI has made significant progress, thanks to the development of large-scale foundation models. Azure Machine Learning, Microsoft's cutting-edge cloud-based service, offers a game-changing opportunity for startups to access foundational models that can transform their businesses. In this article, we'll take a look at foundation models and explore some of the benefits that Azure Machine Learning provides to startups and entrepreneurs, ultimately helping…

This blog will showcase the success of Viva Learning for customers like Grundfos, Avanade and Music Tribe. Viva learning has made it possible for them to consolidate learning content and tools into a single hub for easy access, offer personalized search and discovery features that enable employees to curate their own learning collections and make learning accessible from any device and location. 1. “One-Stop Shop for Learning” Learning content comes in many forms, and there’s nothing more frustrating than having to switch between several windows and platforms to learn. Viva Learning consolidates a wide range of learning content and tools from various forma…

ProcDump 2.2 for Linux This update to ProcDump for Linux adds support for Azure Linux and fixes a couple of memory leaks. Sysmon 1.3 for Linux This update to Sysmon for Linux adds support for file hashes and fixes a bug with rule case matching. Learn more about file hashing here. Process Monitor v3.96 This update to Process Monitor speeds up the clear events operation, adds a security fix, and several bug fixes. SDelete v2.05 This update to SDelete, a command line utility for secure file deletion, fixes console output and improves command line parameter parsing. Continue reading...