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Patterns are key for building software efficiently. They are the result of years of wisdom and have been traditionally used to conduct successful modernization of Legacy environments. Mainframe environments are not the exception. This article covers the use of two common Modernization Patterns for Mainframe Modernization. Before discussing the patterns, let’s start categorizing Mainframe Modernization Approaches. We have found that it is simpler to categorize them as follows: Lift and Shift/Rehost/Migrate Code Conversion/Refactor Extend/Coexist Re-write/Re-Architect Other Approaches The following illustration summarizes the characteristics of each …

In light of the retirement of the Bonsai service, you may want to download your data from the platform before it goes offline. To help you with this process, below are some tips for downloading your data using the Bonsai Web UI and CLI. This document covers how to export: Bonsai Reports Brain Names, Versions, and Timestamps Custom Assessments Errors and Outputs Exported Brains Inkling Reward Training Graph Simulator Information Simulators Bonsai Reports Bonsai reports are unique for each brain name & version. This report will aggregate most of the configuration you care about for each brain version including Brain Name, Brain Version, and In…

This article is brought to you by the Nonprofit Tech Acceleration (NTA) for Black and African American Communities Program Technical Team. For information on how to take advantage of the granted offerings or free technical consultation, please visit: Supporting Black Community Nonprofits | Microsoft Nonprofits Microsoft Community Training is a powerful platform that allows organizations to offer training and learning experiences to their members, employees, or customers. By adding organizations to the platform, you can streamline the training process and ensure that your team or community members have access to the right resources. In this article, we'll walk yo…

Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR is a managed extended detection and response service that augments security operations centers (SOCs) for customers who use Microsoft 365 Defender services – Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, and Microsoft Entra AD. Through a combination of automation and human expertise, it triages Microsoft 365 Defender incidents, prioritizes them on your behalf, filters out the noise, carries out detailed investigations, and provides actionable response to your SOC. In this blogpost, we share how you can get incident updates from the investigat…

Leverage this Limited Time Offer* to build, migrate, or modernize workloads that align to the customers business goals at a lower cost point. Commit to optimize the customers cost-efficiency and sustain cost management. Increase your customers savings even further by leveraging Azure Hybrid Benefit. With this Limited Time Offer customers will be able to: Realize Cost Savings: Save up to 50% compared to pay-as-you-go prices on Dv3 VMs in US West Purchase a Reserved Instance that fits your customers business needs and IT roadmap Save even more by combining with other saving options such as Azure Hybrid Benefit Continuous Cost Management and Cloud Growth: …

This blog has been authored by Ketki Sheth, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Health & Life Sciences We are thrilled to announce the General Availability (GA) of incremental import capability in the FHIR service. The FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services facilitates the exchange and persistence of health data using the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) open data standard. With incremental import, customers can ingest FHIR resource data at high throughput, in batches, without disrupting normal transactions through the API. In addition, customers can also ingest multiple versions of a resource in the same batch without worrying about …

Calling IT Admins, partners and Microsoft 365 enthusiasts! Mark your calendars for a special online event where you’ll get a first-hand look at the future of OneDrive. Join us on October 3 for Microsoft OneDrive: The Future of File Management is Here. Join Jeff Teper and the OneDrive product team as they showcase the next generation of file management across Microsoft 365. See the new enhancements to OneDrive and discover the benefits of faster file access, better organization, simpler collaboration, and improved file security across Microsoft 365. Plus, we’ll give a sneak peek at our AI plans which include new search, sharing, and information queries across all yo…

Utilizando Log Analytics para monitorar logs de auditoria do Azure RedHat OpenShift Introdução Por padrão, os clusters Azure Red Hat OpenShift possuem uma forma de monitorar os logs de auditoria através do OpenShift Logging, que envolve a instalação do OpenShift Elasticsearch Operator e OpenShift Cluster Logging. Embora essa solução seja eficiente, ela não permite a integração com o Azure Monitor, a solução de monitoramento da Microsoft, nem a centralização dos logs de auditoria de diversos clusters em um único local. Para demonstrarmos uma solução personalizada, é necessário possuir um cluster Azure Red Hat OpenShift. Caso você não possua um cluster, é p…

Hello, Azure PostgreSQL Community! We’re delighted to connect with you again as we round up the latest advancements and updates from August 2023. With a laser focus on enhancing your experience on Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server, we've rolled out some exciting features, improvements and customer spotlight. Let's get straight into the highlights that made this month particularly special. Feature Highlights of the Month Autovacuum Monitoring. Flexible DNS Zone Linking. Server Parameter Enhancements. Single to Flex Migration Tooling Improvements - Automatic Allow-listing of Extensions We’re delighted to present …

We recently released an update to Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server, version 12.4.1. The update addresses a few issues on top of the 12.4.0 release. Fixed issues Fixed metadata query getUserName() under impersonated security context against Azure SQL database #2197 Fixed IBM JDK detection #2198 Fixed bug where signature is not verified for Java Key Store (JKS) and added signColumnMasterkeyMetadata() API to JKS and Azure Key Vault #2199 Added localization of error strings that was missing in original release Changes Added default spacing for prepared SQL parameter names #2196 Known Issues 12.4.1 fails to deploy in OSGi env…

This Blog applies to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint running on Windows Server OS Releases running SAP applications such as NetWeaver and S4Hana. The term “Defender” can refer to many different components and functionalities. Hereafter, “MDE” will refer to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint running on Windows Server. This article does not cover client desktops running SAPGUI or other frontend components. Enterprise Security is a specialist role and the activities described in this blog should be planned in conjunction with the Enterprise Security Team. The objective of this blog is to provide the SAP Basis Team with a basic understanding of MDE on Windows and how t…

We’re excited to announce the General Availability of the MySQL extension for Azure Data Studio! Azure Data Studio (ADS) is a widely used tool among developers and administrators, providing the ability to work with multiple databases across data platforms and cloud deployment models, and to perform the most common tasks on all your databases from a single platform. With the MySQL extension for Azure Data Studio, you can connect to, query and manage MySQL databases along with your other databases, taking advantage of the modern editor experience and capabilities in Azure Data Studio, such as IntelliSense, syntax highlighting, code snippets, native Jupyter Not…

This past month was Au’gust of fresh air, bring with it -- fresh technology. August 2023 brought some great new offerings: SharePoint news to email inbox, two new SharePoint site theme options, accessibility improvements to SharePoint page authoring, Announcements in Viva Connections, Restricted Access Control for SharePoint and OneDrive, OneDrive: Colors for folders, OneDrive: Meetings and People views, SharePoint pages sharing update, Teams Meet app, new Search experience within chat and channels, and more. Details and screenshots below, including our audible companion: The Intrazone Roadmap Pitstop: August 2023 podcast episode – all to help answer, "What's rolli…

Monitoring the health and performance of an Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS) cluster effectively is a crucial task for the organizations. This ensures the stability, performance, and availability of containerized applications running on the cluster. This article shows how to deploy an Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS) cluster, Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus, and Azure Managed Grafana for monitoring the performance and health status of the cluster and workloads. The article also shows how to: Deploy the NGINX Ingress Controller via Helm and configure it to expose metrics in Prometheus format. Create an Azure Managed Grafana dashboard to analyze NGINX Ing…

Today, we worked on a service request that our customer wants to use Azure Key Vault for saving the connectionstring for their Azure SQL Database or Managed Instance. Azure Key Vault (AKV) provides a secure and centralized way of managing sensitive data such as secrets, encryption keys, and certificates. In this article, we will focus on securely retrieving a database connection string using AKV. I would like to share an example about it, based on this article: Quickstart - Set & retrieve a secret from Key Vault using PowerShell | Microsoft Learn Why Azure Key Vault? Centralized Management: All secrets are stored in one place, making it easier to manag…

Advanced hunting with an enhanced IdentityInfo table Back in June 2023, we announced the enhanced IdentityInfo table in Microsoft 365 advanced hunting for Microsoft Defender for Identity customers. Today, we are expanding the availability of this table for all Microsoft defender for Cloud apps customers as part of our journey to enable this experience for all Microsoft 365 Defender customers. What do I get? With this new table, security analysts have much broader experience with identity-based hunting, allowing them to query more attributes from all detected providers, such as Entra ID assigned roles or Defender for Identity Sensitivity tags for on-premis…

We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 119 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: Get it now in our marketplace [attachment=49418:name] AI-Powered UiPath Business Automation Platform: UiPath's platform combines leading robotic process automation with a full suite of capabilities to understand, automate, and operate end-to-end processes. [attachment=49419:name] Apache Superset, Secured and Supported by HOSSTED: This offer from HOSSTED provides Apache Superset on a Microsoft Azure virtual machine. Apache Superset an open-source data exploration and visual…

Azure SQL Database, Microsoft's cloud-based database service, manages many administrative functions automatically, such as backups and patching. However, understanding the behavior of the transaction log, especially its truncation, remains crucial. This article delves into potential reasons why a transaction log might not truncate as expected and offers steps to investigate and address these concerns. Why is Log Truncation Important? Log truncation releases space within the log file, allowing for reuse. If truncation is delayed or hindered, the log can grow until it fills all available disk space, leading to possible performance issues. Possible Co…

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Azure Monitor now lets you query data in Azure Resource Graph from your Log Analytics workspace. You can utilize this feature to make your Azure Log Analytics queries aware of your resource’s properties such as tags, resource attributes and much more. You can run cross-service queries by using any client tools that support Kusto Query Language (KQL) queries, including the Log Analytics web UI, workbooks, PowerShell, and the REST API. Read more here Query data in Azure Resource Graph As Azure Resource Graph continues to expose more valuable data, you can now create cross-service queries between Log Analytics workspaces and Azure Resource Graph. Here …

We are excited to announce that we have released the public preview free hosting plan for WordPress on App Service. We announced the General Availability of WordPress on App Service one year ago, in August 2022 with 3 paid hosting plans. We learnt that sometimes you might need to try out the service before you migrate your production applications. So, we are offering you a playground for a limited period - a free hosting plan to and explore and experiment with WordPress on App Service. This will help you understand the offering better before you make a long-term investment. Note: This hosting plan is not suitable for Production workloads. So, it is highly…

According to the Microsoft Digital Defense Report of 2022, the United States government network is the target of nearly half of global nation-state attacks. Over the last few years, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) has been adapting their approach to best defend against these attacks, which have been growing in volume, severity, and sophistication. As part of this effort, the DoD established a Zero Trust Portfolio Management office in January 2022 and released a Zero Trust reference architecture. The latest update from November 2022 provides crucial details for implementing the Zero Trust strategy, including clear guidance of 45 separate capabilities a…

Application Configuration Service overview Application Configuration Service for VMware Tanzu (ACS) is one of the commercial VMware Tanzu components. It enables the management of Kubernetes-native ConfigMap resources that are populated from properties defined in one or more Git repositories. Application Configuration Service is offered in two versions: Gen1 and Gen2. The Gen1 version mainly serves existing customers for backward compatibility purposes and is supported only until April 30, 2024. New service instances should use Gen2. The Gen2 version uses flux as the backend to communicate with Git repositories and provides better performance compared to Gen1. …

Introduction Many of our customers are trying to balance the productivity vs security scale at this point in time. On the one end you can provide access to the Azure Portal but that could provide certain risks and requires an understanding of the portal. On the other hand, if you do not give access to the portal your Operational Teams will not only have to deal with their original workloads of building infrastructure on premises but also creating infrastructure in multiple online clouds. That leads us to think that maybe automation is the answer. During this article I will showcase a recent scenario where we ran into an issue and how we managed to solve that to achieve…