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Written by Gopikrishna Kannan (Head of Products: Azure Firewall and Firewall Manager) Introduction: The Azure Firewall is a cloud-native and intelligent network firewall security service that can be integrated into many different use cases. It’s a fully stateful firewall as a service with built-in high availability and unrestricted cloud scalability that provides both east-west and north-south traffic inspection. This blog will discuss FTP scenario with Azure Firewall. FTP or File Transfer Protocol is the most common use case for enterprise customers. FTP may be configured to run in active or passive mode, which determines how the data connection is establis…

Welcome to our comprehensive blog on efficient inbox management! If you've ever found yourself drowning in a sea of emails, struggling to prioritize and respond to critical messages, this guide is tailor-made for you. We'll walk you through a step-by-step Low-Code to No-Code journey, leveraging the power of AI and Power Apps to streamline your email handling process. Imagine having a dedicated inbox for Feedback, Issues, or your usual emails, and being able to automatically categorize them based on their importance. No more sifting through countless messages or missing crucial communications. Whether you're a busy professional, a startup entrepreneur, or just som…

Introduction Developers who use Microsoft Teams for daily collaboration are more likely to build for Teams platform. Conversely, if developers do not enjoy using Teams, they will be less likely to want to build integrations that would result in more time being spent in Teams. Thus, winning developers over as end users is crucial to winning them as platform builders." The "Continuous Collaboration for DevOps in Teams," provides developers, product owners, and any other team member involved in DevOps with the necessary experience to collaborate effectively using Microsoft Teams for software development. Through a series of seven scenarios representing common jo…

Being a managed PaaS Service, new versions of Azure Data Explorer are pushed out regularly to your cluster. Have you ever wondered or needed to know when this maintenance is happening? Well we recently introduced this capability via the Azure Activity Log! Cluster Version Deployment You will now see an event under your cluster activity log with an Operation Name of “Cluster version deployment” This event will be logged anytime we deploy a new version of ADX to your cluster. Within this message you have key information about the deployment such as Start Time, End Time, and the Duration. Utilizing this Information You…

As part of digital transformation, an enterprise needs to align both business and technology investments in Azure Cloud services. It’s not just about saving money but to make strategic investments that drive the best return on investment. In the last 4 years, Tanuja has worked with many large organizations and observed common theme of concerns, such as "Cloud is expensive", "I am always over the budget", "I don't have an insight into the cloud spend". The concerns are mostly based on: Lack of visibility into their Azure spending patterns and resource optimization. Budgets are moving targets due to the elasticity of cloud and ease of adding resources. Test env…

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TL; DR – Deployment Stacks is a new resource type for managing a collection of Azure resources as a single unit for faster update and delete (cleanup), as well as more granular capabilities for preventing unwanted changes to resources. The Problem: managing the lifecycle (creates, updates, deletes) of resources across multiple Azure scopes (RG, MG, Sub) is both complex and time consuming. Ensuring critical resources have the proper guard rails in place also adds to the complexity of resource management. Cleanup: resources with the same lifecycle are often created across multiple scopes, adding the complexity of many 1-to-1 operations for updating/deleting (e.g. de…

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Your inbox gets hundreds of emails per day and your calendar is decorated with several events so sometimes finding what you need can be challenging. That is why we are making several updates to the Search function in Outlook mobile including features to help you easily collaborate with colleagues, find the people you work with faster, and understand the acronyms used in your organization. Better people suggestions, before you start typing Author: @Shravan Suri We’re bringing your top collaborators to your search screen as soon as you access the search bar. As you tap on the search bar, you will see suggested people based on your email communications. …

We are excited to announce the public preview of the OData API type in Azure API Management (API Management). OData (Open Data Protocol) is a standard that defines a set of best practices for building and consuming RESTful APIs. OData gained popularity as an industry standard for data integration and interoperability and has been widely adopted by large companies such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, and others. This new capability extends the benefits and capabilities of API Management to OData APIs, including the ability to secure them with standard API protections, such as authentication, authorization, and rate limiting, in combination with OData-specific policies for re…

Over the last couple of years, we’ve learned just how powerful language models can be. With the advent of gpt-35-turbo and gpt-4, these models can accomplish more than ever before and we're seeing customers be successful with an array of new scenarios. While these models are incredibly useful on their own, you can accomplish even more by integrating them with other systems and tools. Function calling is now available in Azure OpenAI Service and gives the latest 0613 versions of gpt-35-turbo and gpt-4 the ability to produce structured JSON outputs based on functions that you describe in the request. This provides a native way for these models to formulate API call…

Newsworthy Highlights Strengthen your security and optimize your resources with Microsoft 365 Government There are several actions government IT admins can take to increase their organizational security resilience and continue to deliver the citizen services, including: building the right team to assess your current security environment and utilizing a comprehensive security portfolio to maximize protection and reduce data exposure. Microsoft Teams Premium in GCC Webinar July 19 10:00 AM PST |1 PM EST The Microsoft Teams Product Group is excited to introduce Teams Premium for Government Community Cloud (GCC). On Wednesday, July 19th 10:00 AM PST…

Microsoft partners like Hyperglance, Valence Security, and utobo deliver transact-capable offers, which allow you to purchase directly from Azure Marketplace. Learn about these offers below: [attachment=45820:name] Hyperglance: Designed for engineers, SecOps professionals, and FinOps specialists, Hyperglance streamlines cloud resource inventorying, architectural diagramming, security and compliance management, cost management, and automation. Manage your Microsoft Azure environments with a single dashboard and discover cost optimizations to reduce your cloud bill by 30 percent or more. [attachment=45821:name] Valence SaaS Security Remediation: Valence, a …

Databases contain some of your most sensitive data, which makes them an obvious target for attackers. Most attackers are usually looking for data, whether it is to acquire sensitive data for their own use (to sell), to encrypt it (to sell back to you), or to destroy it (to cause you reputational and operational harm). Databases have an extended attack surface and are often misconfigured which can lead to an attacker gaining access, elevating permissions, and wreaking havoc. This recommendation is generated by Defender for SQL on machines Vulnerability Assessment. The rules that we check for are a set of possible misconfigurations that should be addressed. When…

Safeguarding sensitive information is a core objective of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0. Government agencies bear the responsibility of handling a vast array of critical data, ranging from classified documents and personal records of citizens to national security information. The consequences of a data breach in this context can be dire, encompassing compromised national security, identity theft, and unauthorized access to confidential information. Traditionally, many organizations rely on tools like data loss prevention (DLP) to manage insider risks. While these tools are essential for protecting data from loss, they often can’t distingui…

Statistics highlight that Microsoft Teams saw a surge in its use from 20 Million daily active users in 2019 to 75 Million in April 2020. The number is 280 million in 2023 and counting! Intriguing Numbers, right? The changing face of daily global and local web communication cannot be defined more evidently than this. Work From Anywhere and Hybrid Work Models have further deepened the existence and use of communications platforms like Microsoft Teams and others. Teams is among the global Top 5 in its category because of its extensive collaborative nature. Let us explore Teams’ uniqueness. Microsoft Teams as a Global Collaborator Not only daily one-on…

Introduction: Worker utilization is a critical aspect of Azure SQL Database performance. When the percentage of workers reaches 100%, it can lead to database unresponsiveness, impacting application performance and user experience. In this comprehensive article, we will explore the reasons behind 100% worker utilization and provide detailed solutions to optimize and enhance the performance of your Azure SQL Database. Understanding Worker Utilization in Azure SQL Database: Workers in Azure SQL Database are responsible for executing queries and processing various tasks. Each worker represents a logical thread that can handle a specific request. When …

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 In today's data-driven world, organizations are constantly seeking effective ways to analyze and visualize their data to gain valuable insights. Power BI a powerful business intelligence tool developed by Microsoft has emerged as a game-changer in the field of data visualization. Power BI makes it simple to connect to your data sources, view the data, identif…

We are excited to announce that Azure SQL Managed Instance (MI) Business Critical now supports up to 128 vCores (virtual cores) with Premium-series hardware. What is a vCore? A vCore represents a unit of compute resources. It is a logical CPU that provides processing power to handle your workloads and queries. The number of vCores in Azure SQL Managed Instance determines the amount of compute resources allocated to the instance. This directly impacts the performance and scalability of the instance; more vCores provide higher processing power, which can help in handling larger workloads and improving query performance. 128 vCores is the new limit for …

Curious on the growth opportunities as a Microsoft Partner on the Danish or Icelandic market? And interested in learning more about the FY24 Microsoft vision and strategy? Then join our Microsoft Strategy Outlook session digitally on September 7th – exclusively for Microsoft partners where we go both wide and deep on all the exiting trends and technologies presented on this year’s Microsoft Inspire. Save the date (Registration link will follow in August) – and we promise interesting insights from the Danish leadership team and experts 09:30 – 09:50 Roadmap and vision for the year to come Mette Kaagaard, CEO, Microsoft Denmark and I…

Introducing the Power of Power Virtual Agent: Building Chatbots Made Easy In today's fast-paced digital world, automation and efficiency are key to success. And when it comes to streamlining tasks and reducing manual work, chatbots have emerged as game-changers for organizations and individuals alike. But what if you don't have programming knowledge? Is building a chatbot out of your reach? Enter Power Virtual Agent, the groundbreaking platform developed by Microsoft. In this blog, we'll delve into the world of chatbot creation without writing a single line of code. We'll explore how Power Virtual Agent empowers anyone to design and customize AI-powered chat…

Azure Container Apps is a fully managed environment that enables you to run microservices and containerized applications on a serverless platform, which manages automatic horizontal scaling through a set of declarative scaling rules. As a container app revision scales out, new instances of the revision are created on-demand. These instances are known as replicas. Adding or editing scaling rules creates a new revision of your container app. A revision is an immutable snapshot of your container app. Scaling is driven by different categories of triggers - this blog discusses HTTP and Custom triggers. HTTP SCALING With an HTTP scaling rule, you have cont…

Hey all! Rob Greene here. We see cases around Network Device Enrollment Service (NDES) failing to successfully complete. Please keep in mind that you can get these error messages outside of NDES installation, however we are not going to be covering those errors within this blog. This blog is going to concentrate on the assumption that everything is working fine in general with regards to issuing certificates within the environment, but the NDES configuration wizard is failing. The most often encountered errors by customers are: Access Denied RPC Communication AD CS Service Stop / Start Access Denied Message The first error message …

While organizations rely on Linux-based machines to run mission critical workloads, attackers are increasingly targeting these environments. Therefore, it's critical that endpoint security solutions can help organizations protect their multi-platform estate. Today, we are excited to announce that a new, eBPF-based sensor for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux is now available in public preview. The initial implementation of Defender for Endpoint on Linux relies on auditd as the primary event provider, but now organizations can use eBPF as an alternative technology. It delivers additional system stability and performance optimizations for all supported Lin…