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Azure Landing Zones provide a solid foundation for your cloud environment. When deploying complex AI services such as Azure OpenAI, using a Landing Zone approach helps you manage your resources in a structured, consistent manner, ensuring governance, compliance, and security are properly maintained. In this article, we delve into the synergy of Azure Landing Zones and Azure OpenAI Service, building a secure and scalable AI environment. unpacking the Azure OpenAI Landing Zone architecture, which integrates numerous Azure services for optimal AI workloads. Furthermore we will also explore security measures and the significance of monitoring for operational success. …

Introduction: In recent years, the field of genomics has seen a rapid increase in the amount of data generated by DNA sequencing technologies. As a result, many researchers are turning to cloud-based infrastructure to store, analyze, and share their genomic data. However, the sensitive nature of genomic data, which includes personal health information and propriety data, creates significant security concerns. Therefore, a highly secure and locked down genomics infrastructure in the cloud is necessary to ensure the protection of sensitive data and to maintain compliance with data privacy and security regulations (HIPPA, FEDRAMP). This type of infrastructure can pr…

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If you have ever engaged with training modules or explored the official documentation, it's highly likely that the material you utilized was written or co-authored by dedicated contributors. These contributors, often volunteers, generously offer their time and expertise to fill knowledge gaps within our portfolio and ensure the content remains up to date. In this interview series, we aim to acquaint ourselves with some of these valuable contributors to the Microsoft Learn platform. Through these conversations, we seek to understand their motivations for continued contributions and gain insights into their experiences. Today, we have the pleasure of speakin…

We are pleased to announce the security review for Microsoft Edge, version 115! We have reviewed the new settings in Microsoft Edge version 115 and determined that there are no additional security settings that require enforcement. The Microsoft Edge version 114 security baseline continues to be our recommended configuration which can be downloaded from the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit. Microsoft Edge version 115 introduced 9 new computer settings and 9 new user settings. We have included a spreadsheet listing the new settings in the release to make it easier for you to find them. As a friendly reminder, all available settings for Microsoft …

In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, finding efficient and effective ways to manage our tasks and responsibilities is crucial. Microsoft Forms offers a versatile solution that can simplify and streamline a wide range of activities, making our lives easier and more organized. Let's explore how Microsoft Forms can be applied in different scenarios, empowering us to gather information, make informed decisions, and collaborate seamlessly. Pride month has just passed, so let’s see how Microsoft Forms could assist in various LGBT scenario-based events. Many individuals around the world are enthusiastic about showing their support and making a difference for the L…

We are back for another edition of Logic Apps Live - Community Standup taking place on July 27th at 11 am (Pacific). As always, the content will be made available on-demand on YouTube after the event. In this community standup we are going to discuss the following: Performance Tuning recommendations for Azure Logic Apps (Standard) .NET FX custom code IMS and CICS connectivity Live Q&A from the audience The event is hosted on the Azure Developers YouTube channel and here is the for the event. Continue reading...

In recent times, advances in generative AI have shown us the potential of this technology to revolutionize the way we live and work. At Microsoft, we are constantly looking for new ways to empower our customers to harness the power of transformative technologies, and build on top of these technologies to benefit even more people. At Microsoft Inspire, Microsoft and Meta expanded their AI partnership and announced support for Llama 2 family of models on Azure and Windows. Llama 2 is the next generation of large language model (LLM) developed and released by Meta. It is pretrained on 2 trillion tokens of public data and is designed to enable developers and organizati…

In today's data-centric landscape, Azure SQL Database has become a preferred choice for organizations seeking to store, manage, and access vast amounts of data efficiently and securely. As businesses rely heavily on this cloud-based database solution, questions naturally arise about its operational capacity and connection performance. To provide clarity on these crucial aspects, we would like share this PowerShell script as an example that quantifies the number of operations possible and measures the time spent while connecting to Azure SQL Database. The Script's Goal: The primary objective of this compelling PowerShell script is to empower users to gain a d…

I'm going to show you different configurations to connect your Azure VM (Vnet) to your Azure SQL Database. These are the four options: OPTION 1 PUBLIC ENDPOINT: DISABLED PRIVATE ENDPOINT: ENABLED OPTION 2 PRIVATE ENDPOINT: DISABLED PUBLIC ENDPOINT: ENABLED FIREWALL RULE: VIRTUAL NETWORK RULE OPTION 3 PRIVATE ENDPOINT: DISABLED PUBLIC ENDPOINT: ENABLED FIREWALL RULE: ALLOW AZURE SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO ACCESS THIS SERVER OPTION 4 PRIVATE ENDPOINT: DISABLED PUBLIC ENDPOINT: ENABLED FIREWALL RULE: PUBLIC IP ADDRESS OF THE AZURE VM In all my examples I will use the default "connectivity" con…

Microsoft Inspire è giunto al termine, rivedi i momenti più salienti dell’evento: Your home for Microsoft Inspire Ecco i webinar più consultati sulla piattaforma Cloud Champion: Cosa me ne faccio di ChatGPT? How to get started with ChatGPT & OpenAI on Azure | Inglese Microsoft Commercial Marketplace Partner Showcase Azure Migration Dynamics 365 Business Central & Azure data Lake Dynamics 365 Business Central e AI: introduzione What's new in Teams Calling, Meeting and Devices Microsoft 365 Security - Intune suite Le opportunità di formazione continuano in lingua inglese: Azure Open AI Lead the era o…

Apache Airflow is a widely used task orchestration framework, which gained its popularity due to Python-based programmatic interface - the language of first choice by Data engineers and Data ops. The framework allows defining complex pipelines that move data around different parts, potentially implemented using different technologies. The following article shows how to setup managed instance of Apache Airflow and define a very simple DAG (direct acyclic graph) of tasks that does the following: Uses Azure registered application to authenticate with the ADX cluster. Schedules daily execution of a simple KQL query that calculates HTTP errors statistics based …

Microsoft 365, formerly known as Office 365, is a powerful suite of productivity tools and cloud-based services designed to enhance collaboration, communication, and efficiency within organizations. For developers, having a dedicated Microsoft 365 developer tenant is essential for testing, experimenting, and building applications that integrate with various Microsoft 365 services. In this article, we will explore the process of provisioning a Microsoft 365 developer tenant and assigning roles to team members, ensuring they have the right access and permissions to carry out their tasks effectively. Understanding Microsoft 365 Developer Tenants Before we de…

Micosoft Customer Engagement Methology (MCEM) for partners helpottaa asiakkaitasi tunnistamaan asiantuntijuutenne eri ratkaisualueilla ja auttaa yritystänne avaamaan uusia myynti- ja markkinointimahdollisuuksia. Lue lisää ja lataa playbookit Continue reading...

There are multiple ways to increase the concurrency of python function app. I drew an architecture diagram, which can give us an overall understanding of the function app. Based on the diagram, we can see we could increase function app concurrency by increasing instance count, python worker count and thread count. To better understand this, I build several labs to validate this. I will not demonstrate instance count as it is easy to understand. All these labs are having 4 concurrent incoming requests and each request takes 10 seconds to complete. Lab1: code: sync Configuration: maxConcurrentRequests : 4 FUNCTIONS_WORKER_PROCESS_COUNT=1 …

Microsoft 365, formerly known as Office 365, is a powerful suite of productivity tools and cloud-based services designed to enhance collaboration, communication, and efficiency within organizations. For developers, having a dedicated Microsoft 365 developer tenant is essential for testing, experimenting, and building applications that integrate with various Microsoft 365 services. In this article, we will explore the process of provisioning a Microsoft 365 developer tenant and assigning roles to team members, ensuring they have the right access and permissions to carry out their tasks effectively. Understanding Microsoft 365 Developer Tenants Before we de…

This post is co-authored by @adieldar (Principal Data Scientist, Microsoft) In a previous blog – Azure Data Explorer for Vector Similarity Search, we focused on how Azure Data Explorer (Kusto) is perfectly suited for storing and searching vector embeddings. In this blog, we will focus on performance tuning and optimizations for running vector similarity searches at scale. We will continue working on the Wikipedia scenario where we generate the embeddings of wiki pages using OpenAI and store them in kusto. We then use series_cosine_similarity_fl kusto function to perform similarity searches. Demo scenario Optimizing for scale …

Do you know the difference between SNI and HTTP host headers ? It is sometimes very confusing. I think we should properly understand these technologies if we bulid a website in a public cloud. In this blog, I'll write FQDN and HTTP host headers used to access to websites, and Server Name Indication (SNI) which is one of the TLS extensions. In Azure, these are used by Application Gateway, FrontDoor, AppService, etc. These technologies must be used when we build a website, but as these technologies are a little complicated so I'll explain them in this article. Host headers and Server Name Indication (SNI) What is host header ? Is one of the HTTP…

Shine with a Power Apps Challenge for Contoso Estate! Learn by doing! Join this beginner challenge to develop your Power Platform skills. Benefits: - Create a portfolio-worthy project - Chance to be featured in Power Apps Gallery - Boost your Power Apps development confidence About the Challenge: Contoso (Fictional), a real estate company, needs a Power Apps Developer to automate their Estate Management Operations. Scenario: To ensure security, visitors need a passcode to enter the estate. The passcode comprises: Passcode = Street Unique Shortcode + House Number + Word for the day (randomly generated). Challenges:…

Semantic Kernel is a new AI SDK, and a simple and yet powerful programming model that lets you add large language capabilities to your app in just a matter of minutes. It uses natural language prompting to create and execute semantic kernel AI tasks across multiple languages and platforms. In the latest episode of "Open at Microsoft," we are joined by experts Sam Schillace and John Maeda as they introduce us to the world of the Semantic Kernel—a groundbreaking concept that has redefined Natural Language Processing (NLP) and propelled it to new heights. Semantic Kernel is what Microsoft uses to power its own products, like Microsoft 365 Copilot and Bing. It lets you…

AI is at the forefront of technology conversations—what it is, what it does, what it has the potential to do. Almost all these discussions pertain to the cloud or online experiences where AI helps power search, social media, and apps like ChatGPT. What many might not realize is that AI runs on devices too. Generally speaking, AI on a device helps drive unique, personalized experiences. Next-generation neural processing units (NPUs) – domain-specific silicon within AI-enabled devices – can run AI locally instead of in the cloud, improving device performance. Microsoft’s AI journey to date has mainly focused on assisting users running apps like Word, PowerPoint, Outlo…

Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.2 Preview 3 has been released. This release contains improvements and updates to the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient data provider for SQL Server. Our plan is to provide GA releases twice a year with two or three preview releases in between. This cadence should provide time for feedback and allow us to deliver features and fixes in a timely manner. This third 5.2 preview includes fixes and changes over the previous preview release. Added Added a new AccessTokenCallBack API to SqlConnection. #1260 Added support for the SuperSocketNetLib registry option for Encrypt on .NET on Windows. #2047 Fixed Fixed SqlDataAdapter.Fill and config…

Introduction Cloud security is a fast-evolving arena, demanding inclusive solutions to safeguard an organization's valuable assets and sensitive data. Our earlier article titled "Comprehensive Guide on Agent-Based and Agentless Cloud Security," focused on these two unique cloud security approaches. Now, we intend to delve deeper into the value-added benefits of utilizing agentless features within Defender for Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM). As cloud environments become more complex and dynamic, enhanced visibility, scalability, and simplicity are paramount in security solutions. In this sequel, we will focus on the agentless features of Defender for CSP…

To make labs easy to set up and manage, Azure Lab Services is designed with no requirement to register/join lab VMs to either Active Directory (AD) or Azure Active Directory (AAD, or now also called Entra Id). As a result, Azure Lab Services doesn’t currently offer built-in support to register/join lab VMs. There are some key advantages with this approach: Quick and easy setup – To give students access to a lab and VM, your IT department doesn’t need to set up AD/AAD. Instead, students log in to lab VMs using a local account on the VM and can use a variety of account types to sign-in to a lab. Because of the reduced infrastructure involved, setting up and usi…

Introduction: ADF has proven to be a reliable service for orchestrating pipelines, however it does have its limitations. Fortunately, there's no need to worry. The advent of managed airflow brings a promising solution, empowering us to overcome these limitations through the power of coding. In this blog, I built a small demo explaining how we can orchestrate the orchestrater - how can we dynamically run pipelines in ADF with managed airflow. we will call the pipelines randomly using random library in python. Prerequisites: Basic knowledge in Azure Data Factory and Azure Data Lake. Workspace in Azure Data Factory and Storage account in Azure Data Lak…