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From September 14th – 28th, Hack Together: The Power Platform AI Global Hack will be in full swing! This is your chance to get skills in AI and low-code/no-code tech that will bring your ideas to life in no time! Get signed up here! (Why not, it’s free!) This event isn’t just for AI and Power Platform pros, this is a chance for people to come and get a handle on the latest AI and low-code/no-code tech with the support of our Microsoft community! If this is your first time, come on in! Throughout the event, you’ll connect with the team that builds Power Platform and Microsoft Cloud Advocates, and we can’t forget our top community members – our MVPs (Most Va…

The Challenge: High Availability Matters: As student entrepreneurs, we understand that ensuring high availability for our web applications isn't just a convenience; it's a necessity. Downtime and unreliable performance can impact our startups and student projects significantly. It's not just about keeping users happy; it's about seizing opportunities and maintaining our reputation in a competitive landscape. Picture this: You're preparing for a crucial presentation while simultaneously managing your web app, and suddenly it goes offline. That downtime can cost more than just frustration; it can cost opportunities. In the dynamic world of startups and academia, high a…

Deadlocks in any database system can be a performance nightmare, leading to transactions getting blocked and ultimately terminated. Azure SQL Managed Instance is no different. Thankfully, with Extended Events and Database Mail, we can monitor and promptly react to such occurrences. Today, we got a new service request that our customer request to have an example how to detect a deadlock and receive an email with the details. I would like to share an example, please, feel free to customize this code. 1. Setting up Extended Events to Capture Deadlocks Extended Events is a lightweight performance monitoring system that allows us to gather detailed informati…

About this vulnerability In certain cases, within the microarchitecture of "Zen 2" CPUs, a register may not be properly written to 0, potentially leading to the storage of data from another process or thread in the YMM register. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to access sensitive information. The severity is classified as "Medium" with the CVE identifier CVE-2023-20593. AMD suggests implementing a microcode patch for AMD EPYC™ 7002 Processors and applying BIOS updates with specific AGESA™ firmware versions for other impacted products to mitigate this issue. AMD intends to provide the AGESA™ versions to OEMs on scheduled dates for BIOS updates. Users are ad…

Overview Moving to Cloud is a crucial part of digital transformation as business grows. As a leading Cloud provider, Azure provides intuitive, guided, and repeatable support for migrating an on-prem application to Azure cloud. You can learn more at Reliable web app pattern - Azure Architecture Center. To ensure a web application runs performantly and resiliently, you can use Azure Cache for Redis. This blog zooms into caching best practices and guidance in the Reliable Web App Pattern. Moving In-Memory Cache to Distributed Cache in Azure Suppose your online order web app saves shopping cart items in a user’s session data in memory. As you migrate a web app…

The Conference Microsoft 365 EduCon is a conference bringing together Microsoft experts and members of the tech community. With a focus on Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, Power Platform, Viva & Azure, 365 EduCon is truly a Microsoft-centric education and excellent networking experience. The Seattle conference took place August 21st – 25th 2023 at the Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seattle. With over two dozen sessions focused on Microsoft Teams alone, this was indeed a busy week! I was delighted to deliver three conference sessions during the week, and I attended so many other sessions that really brought that “ah-ha!” moment for me over …

Are you a Microsoft customer running your workload on Azure? Preparing for the Holiday shopping this season? As the joyful time of year approaches, a key theme seems to be that this holiday season will mean more togetherness, more commerce, and more revelry than last year. Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday will test your app’s limits, and so it’s time for your Infrastructure and Application teams to ensure that your platforms delivers when it is needed the most. Be it shopping applications on the web and mobile or payment gateways or banking systems supporting payments or inventory systems or billing systems – anything an…

Kiitos osallistumisestasi Suomen Microsoft Inspire -tilaisuuteen! Oli hienoa nähdä niin monia innokkaita osallistujia paikalla ja linjoilla. Toivottavasti nautit tapahtumasta yhtä paljon kuin me. Tapahtuma oli täynnä inspiroivia puhujia ja mielenkiintoisia aiheita, jotka käsittelivät alkaneen fiskaalin muutoksia, strategioita ja liiketoimintamahdollisuuksia. Onnittelut vielä kaikille palkintojen voittajille! Tallenne tilaisuudesta on NYT saatavilla Cloud Champion-palvelussa! Katso on-demand tallenne ja lataa materiaalit tästä linkistä. Esitysmateriaali löytyy myös tämän viestin liitteenä alta, josta voit katsoa ja ladata sen. Continue read…

We are excited to announce the release of the new Using GitHub Copilot with Python - Training Learn Module. The Module guides you on how you can work with GitHub Codespaces and Copilot in you python projects, through adding new features and debugging your code. Quickly setup your coding environment with GitHub Codespaces GitHub Codespaces is a hosted developer environment operating in the cloud that can be run with Visual Studio Code. It provides a fully configured and customizable development environment that can be accessed from any device. In this module, you will quickly get started with a preconfigured codespace environment. Pair Program with GitHub Copilot W…

Kiitos osallistumisestasi Suomen Microsoft Inspire -tilaisuuteen! Oli hienoa nähdä niin monia innokkaita osallistujia paikalla ja linjoilla. Toivottavasti nautit tapahtumasta yhtä paljon kuin me. Tapahtuma oli täynnä inspiroivia puhujia ja mielenkiintoisia aiheita, jotka käsittelivät alkaneen fiskaalin muutoksia, strategioita ja liiketoimintamahdollisuuksia. Onnittelut vielä kaikille palkintojen voittajille! Tallenne tilaisuudesta tulee saataville ensi viikon alussa Cloud Championiin. Katso on-demand tallenne ja lataa materiaalit tästä linkistä (linkki päivitetään sen valmistuttua). Esitysmateriaali löytyy myös tämän viestin liitteenä alta, josta voit…

Introduction Since its inception nearly two years ago, Azure Container Apps (ACA) has added significant features to make it a relevant container hosting platform. Built atop Kubernetes, Azure Container Apps is a fully managed Platform-as-a-Service that empowers Azure container workloads to focus on the business value they provide, not be mired in infrastructure management. Many of my colleagues and I believe that Azure Container Apps has grown into a viable alternative for hosting many different containers compared to other, more specialized hosting platforms in Azure. No longer must customers learn the ins and outs of Kubernetes, cluster management, Kubernetes versi…

To implement disaster recovery and high availability for API backends we can either place traffic manager or front door services in front of APIM. Traffic Manager is a DNS based global load balancing solution. It is accessed via the http://<domain>.trafficmanager.net URL. Most often users comes across the following issue during Traffic Manager implementation { "statusCode": 404, "message": "Resource not found" } The above is because Traffic Manager is not able to handle layer 7 traffic correctly. This article provides step by step guidance on Traffic manager for managing disaster recovery of APIs across two regions. We hav…

We are excited to announce private preview of Audit history feature in Microsoft Purview When a user updates an asset in Microsoft Purview, data map history logs that change and makes the information available in the Microsoft Purview portal. Information about who added or edited an asset, what edits were made, and when the edit happened, is stored for reference later. This information helps data auditors and business owners to maintain compliance and security in their Microsoft Purview accounts. It also allows data stewards and admins to debug issues and curation in their data assets. Data map history is available to users in both the free and enterprise v…

By: Juanita Baptiste – Sr. Product Manager | Microsoft Intune If you’re a customer who is going through a merger, acquisition, or divestiture scenario, you might be wondering how to move your users and Windows devices from one tenant to another. You might also be concerned about the cost and time involved in purchasing new Windows devices, re-imaging them, and shipping them to your users. In the Microsoft Intune 2307 release, we introduced new functionality to assist IT admins with removing devices from Windows Autopilot while maintaining device enrollment. Tenant migration is not a supported scenario for Intune, so this document provides options to assist y…

I'm excited to share that starting this September, we'll be hosting new community events through the marketplace community. These events are designed to support partners, including ISV Success participants, in maximizing the marketplace opportunity by reaching more customers, going to market faster, and unlocking growth. We have some exciting events planned for the community through the end of this year including a workshop on publishing your transactable apps, a workshop on Azure OpenAI for ISVs, and more. This blog article will stay updated with the most recent events listings, along with registration information. I encourage you to bookmark this page to stay up…

Today, we're announcing the General Availability of Microsoft Purview in Canada East. As part of our ongoing commitment to expanding our global reach and providing Microsoft Purview to our customers, we have diligently worked hard for months to bring Purview to Canada East. This expansion will allow our customers in the Canada East region access unified data governance solutions allowing them to manage, govern, and protect their entire data estate. These governance solutions are accessible through the Microsoft Purview governance portal, which provides tools to enable your organization to: Create an up-to-date map of your entire data estate that …

What is Express Design? Microsoft Power Apps introduced Express Design exciting features that allow anyone with an app idea to turn it into a functional app that can be used. With Express Design you can take a design sketch or what is referred to as App wireframes and convert it into an app. Those wireframes or app ideas can be jotted down on paper, PDFs, Word documents, or tools like Figma. This sounds intriguing, right? In this blog, we will be looking into the new world of Express Design with Microsoft Power Apps. We will see how you can draw an app on paper and convert it to a full application in Power Apps If you are new to Power Platform. Power Pl…

The first two installments of this mini-series discussed a couple of basic and advanced scenarios involving private endpoints. Today we’ll look at some ways private endpoints cannot be used to implement scenarios where one might expect otherwise. -1. DAC doesn’t work over a private endpoint The SQL Server dedicated administrator connection (DAC) is a special way to access SQL Server to diagnose and resolve issues when you can’t connect via standard ports (on Azure SQL Managed Instance, port 1433 for private and VNet-local endpoints and port 3342 for public endpoint). On managed instances, DAC listens on port 1434. Because private endpoints to managed in…

If you've managed Windows on premises, you've likely used Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to define settings centrally and deploy them across your organization. Microsoft Intune has many of the same settings to help you on your journey to modern device management. We've given you a taste for modernizing your environment in our skilling snack on From on premises to the cloud. Now, dig into this week's serving to migrate your existing on-premises policies to the cloud. Time to learn: 112 minutes [attachment=49824:name]READ Use Group Policy analytics to import and analyze GPOs in Microsoft Intune Learn how to analyze your on-premises GPOs using Group Policy …

To facilitate seamless migration from Azure Database for MySQL - Single Server to Flexible Server, we’re pleased to announce smart defaults for Azure MySQL Import, further reducing inputs required to trigger a Single to Flexible Server migration. With Azure MySQL Import Smart Defaults, businesses can now migrate an Azure Database for MySQL single server to an Azure Database for MySQL flexible server by running a single CLI command with minimal inputs! We have implemented smart defaults for 10 inputs required for target Flexible Server provisioning. Additionally, we have marked 4 erstwhile required parameters (tier, version, storage-size, sku-name) as optional in li…

Written in collaboration between @andrewmathu and @gusmodena Introduction An Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS) is a vital component of modern cybersecurity strategy, designed to safeguard networks by actively monitoring and responding to potential security threats. Among the types of IDPS currently available such as signature-based and anomaly-based, signature based IDPS stands out as a reliable and efficient method for identifying known security risks. This blog delves into signature-based IDPS, with a specific focus on the Azure Firewall Premium IDPS. Why is IDPS based on signatures important? Signature-based IDPS leverages a …

Back in 2020, Google deprecated Android device administrator management, and has been encouraging moving off of device administrator since 2017. Google continues to remove device administrator management capabilities and they no longer provide fixes or improvements. Due to these changes, Microsoft Intune will be ending support for device administrator management on devices with access to Google Mobile Services (GMS), beginning August 30, 2024. Until that time, we’ll continue supporting device administrator management on devices running Android 14 or earlier. Impact of ending support For devices with access to GMS After Intune ends support for Android de…

You may have noticed a change when submitting an incident to HDC support team. This Technical Support Issue guidance remains the same. However, the form to submit the incident to HDC support team has changed. Below is a step-by-step guide to help navigate the new form. Step 1: Creating a new ID, with official email address. Go to Windows developer support. In the Non-Technical Support-Dashboard section, click “Submit an incident’. 3. First time users will be directed to the “Welcome to Support for Business” page to create a new ID before they can create a new support request. (Users with an ID will not be required to complete this …

In today's fast-paced business world, embracing technology and prioritizing employee engagement are key to staying ahead. Sage, a global leader in payroll, HR and finance software, understands this well. Their partnership with Microsoft Viva Glint and Viva Insights is a compelling example of how utilizing a comprehensive employee listening strategy can drive business performance within organizations. Delivering exceptional customer service and prioritizing engineering time is critical for Sage to stay ahead in a competitive market. Sage addressed challenges to retention and productivity by understanding the voice of the employee and meeting patterns. With this kno…

Windows and Microsoft 365 IT admins in the public sector can now access essential information about known issues for Windows updates and related announcements in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Eligible Government Community Cloud (GCC) tenants will now find Windows release health in the admin center, an experience created to offer the information you need to roll out Windows feature updates and monthly quality updates effectively and keep your environment up to date. Who can access Windows release health In order to view Windows release information in the Microsoft 365 admin center, you will need to meet the following prerequisites: Possess one of the f…