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Mastering AKS Troubleshooting #1: Resolving Connectivity and DNS Failures
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Introduction AKS or Azure Kubernetes Service is a fully managed Kubernetes container orchestration service that enables you to deploy, scale, and manage containerized applications easily. However, even with the most robust systems issues can arise that require troubleshooting. This blog post marks the beginning of a three-part series, that originated from an intensive one-day bootcamp focused on advanced AKS networking triage and troubleshooting scenarios. It offers a practical approach to diagnosing and resolving common AKS networking issues, aiming to equip readers with quick troubleshooting skills for their AKS environment. Each post walks through a…
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Azure Firewall NAT Behaviors
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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. Depending on how traffic will flow through the Azure Firewall, there are expected NAT behaviors. NAT, or Network Address Translation, is a method of remapping an IP address into another by modifying network address information in the IP header of packets. When traffic passes through an Azure Firewall, the firewall can perform NAT to translate …
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We’re thrilled to announce General Availability (GA) of the Major Version Upgrade feature for Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server! As part of our commitment to continuously enhance the managed database service experience, this feature enables a seamless, one-click experience to upgrade your Azure Database for MySQL flexible server from version 5.7 to 8.0. Major Version Upgrade simplifies the process of migrating to a newer version of MySQL to leverage the latest features, performance improvements, and security enhancements, all without the hassle of needing to intervene manually. Key benefits Using the Major Version Upgrade feature brings…
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1. Navigate to Microsoft Azure 2. Click "Azure OpenAI" 3. Click to open an existing Open AI Resource 4. Click "Go to Azure OpenAI Studio". 5. Click here to open the Chat playground. 6. Click "Select a template" 7. Click "IRS tax chatbot" 8. Click "Continue" 9. Click the "User message" field. 10. Talk to the bot and ask it some questions. Continue reading...
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Hello everyone! I´m Stefan Röll, Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft Germany for Intune and Microsoft Configuration Manager. In the past weeks, I got a lot of questions from customers around the recently released Unified Update Platform (UUP). In this Blog I want to cover some of them. The challenge with large updates UUP Updates are a big step forward for on-prem environments that want to leverage features, which were previously reserved for online environments. However, every cumulative update (CU) is now about 10GB in size which might be a challenge to handle for slow connected systems. However, Microsoft Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) uses clever tech…
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Exploring the Power Platform GPT Prompts: Unleashing the Potential of AI in the Power Platform
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Introduction Welcome, students, to the world of Power Platform GPT Prompts. In this blog post, we will dive into the exciting possibilities of using GPT models in the Power Platform and how they can enhance your application experiences and features. The Power Platform, combined with GPT, empowers you to create intelligent and dynamic applications that can revolutionize various domains. So, let's embark on this journey and explore the potential of AI in the Power Platform. What is the Power Platform GPT Prompts Repository? The Power Platform GPT Prompts repository is a treasure trove of prompt examples specifically designed to be used with GPT models in the Power Pl…
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Working with our partners who build assistive technology
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Hi everyone, thanks for your continued interest in the accessibility of Excel! The team has been hard at work these last several months continuing to make Excel work better for everyone. Today we’ll do a deep dive into how Excel integrates with assistive technology and builds on top of our Microsoft accessibility platform. We are so thankful to our partners and colleagues who are innovating in the assistive technology space. Their work makes Excel more powerful and useful every day! Excel both extends Microsoft User Interface Automation and integrates directly with assistive technology like Immersive Reader. Bringing Immersive Reader to Excel for the web …
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ICYMI : Unlock the potential of Microsoft 365 with security managed services: 3-part series
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Managed services are a key partner profitability and revenue growth driver, and security services represent the largest opportunity for partners. In this 3-part digital series, we will help partners capitalize on this opportunity by transforming security offerings with the new security managed services partner kit. The first part of the webinar series focuses on the business development and sales perspective, followed by two technical sessions. More about the series see our post in the CSP discussion board. Continue reading...
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Your ultimate guide to Azure app innovation at Microsoft Build 2023
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This has been an incredible year for app innovation, with new solutions, new plans, and new capabilities from Azure to help you rapidly build, deploy, and secure apps at scale. It is a lot to keep up with, we know! This is why we’re excited to bring you this curated list of Azure app innovation sessions, labs, and demos at Microsoft Build 2023! Azure app innovation strategy meets you where you are with a full range of offerings to migrate and modernize existing apps, build intelligent cloud-native apps, and embrace low-code apps that help you do more with less. App migration and modernization with .NET and Java In the current economy, organizat…
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Skilling snack: Windows Update for Business reports
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Windows Update for Business reports is the evolution of the Update Compliance solution. Its integration with multiple Microsoft 365 tools, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics allows you to build custom reports with actionable data and insights. Interested in monitoring quality updates? Expedited security updates? Feature updates? Driver updates? Delivery optimization? Check out all of the capabilities, prerequisites, and guidance to customize your own compliance journey today. Time to learn: 84 minutes [attachment=40510:name]READ Now generally available: Windows Update for Business reports Take a look at our big announcement with the inside look at the W…
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Skilling snack: Windows Update for Business reports
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Windows Update for Business reports is the evolution of the Update Compliance solution. Its integration with multiple Microsoft 365 tools, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics allows you to build custom reports with actionable data and insights. Interested in monitoring quality updates? Expedited security updates? Feature updates? Driver updates? Delivery optimization? Check out all of the capabilities, prerequisites, and guidance to customize your own compliance journey today. Time to learn: 84 minutes [attachment=40502:name]READ Now generally available: Windows Update for Business reports Take a look at our big announcement with the inside look at the W…
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Celebrating Tech Trailblazers for Global Accessibility Awareness Day, with Tim Scannell
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As part of the Microsoft #BuildFor2030 Initiative, in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, we’re continuing to highlight solutions that are enabling broader societal impact, and our partners’ journeys growing their business on the marketplace. To honor Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Microsoft's @Adrienne Krefft sat down with Signly’s Tim Scannell to hear their story and partner journey. About Tim: Tim is a native British Sign Language user. As Signly’s worldwide ambassador, Tim wants to see a world with sign language everywhere and more accessible websites using Signly’s online translation services. About Adrienne: Adrienne is a …
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Register today for Microsoft Inspire!
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At Microsoft Inspire, our partners from around the world unite to build their business, empower possibilities, create and strengthen connections. Partners learn from senior leadership about the strategy and priorities for the year ahead and more importantly, how they can scale and grow their business with Microsoft. The event represents how Microsoft continues to invest in partner capabilities and growth through an evolved partner program, bringing them along in the transformation journey with innovation, new programs, pricing, products, incentives and a commerce experiences that builds success. Microsoft Inspire 2023 key presenters include Microsoft CEO Sat…
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Alternate Azure purchasing options to access Test Base for Microsoft 365
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Today, most organizations are required to use a valid credit card to purchase an Azure subscription. Once they have signed up for Azure, they can then use Test Base for Microsoft 365 to test their apps. However, not all admins setting up the Azure subscription have access to a credit card to complete the Azure sign-up process. Flexible options for Azure subscriptions Azure offers flexible purchasing options to suit the needs of your organization. One option is the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program. Through this program, organizations can acquire a valid Azure account and login credentials by working with a CSP partner, without the need for a valid credit card …
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Remediating Infrastructure-as-Code Security Misconfigurations with Microsoft Defender for DevOps
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Introduction In today’s application development landscape, organizations are widely adopting Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) technology to automate the provisioning and management of resources to support cloud native applications and workloads across their multi-cloud environments. By utilizing IaC, organizations can manage infrastructures with the same versioning, testing, and automation processes that they use for their application code, leading to more reliable, efficient, and secure operations. The Importance of Infrastructure-as-Code Security Misconfigurations in IaC templates can pose a significant security risk. For instance, organizations using an out…
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What's new in SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) | Data Exposed
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The latest version of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) [Version 17.6 GA] was released in May 2023. In this episode of Data Exposed with Anna Hoffman and Subhojit Basak, they’ll highlight the latest features that are being added to SSDT and give a sneak peek on the features coming next. Resources: SSDT Documentation Visual Studio Documentation and Release Notes Continue reading...
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Join Surface at Microsoft Build
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AI takes center stage at Microsoft Build as we welcome developers, engineers and IT pros to our annual developer conference, May 23-25. Explore the latest code and application development innovations and gain insights from peers and experts from around the world. Whether joining online for free or in person, here’s your guide to all things coming from Surface. We’ll dive deep into how Surface devices enable AI for smarter collaboration and explore how neural processing units (NPUs) bring advanced technology to our Surface Pro 9 with 5G. There’s no better time to check out all the latest Surface devices. Click the sessions below to add them to your sc…
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Protect Office365 and Windows365 with Azure Firewall
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Written by Yuval Perry (Azure Firewall Product Manager) Office 365 customers are looking for the best cloud connectivity experience at scale to achieve end-to-end connectivity through the most optimized route possible. Traffic from the organization’s network to the required Office 365 endpoints should be managed and secured, which could be a time-consuming ongoing task. With the recent announcement of Azure Firewall integration with Office 365, you can now easily manage this traffic and leverage the firewall’s security features to secure it. Office 365 endpoints requirements are built of hundreds of FQDNs and IP addresses, split across multiple Office 365 se…
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What's new in SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) | Data Exposed
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The latest version of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) [Version 17.6 GA] was released in May 2023. In this episode of Data Exposed with Anna Hoffman and Subhojit Basak, they’ll highlight the latest features that are being added to SSDT and give a sneak peek on the features coming next. Resources: SSDT Documentation Visual Studio Documentation and Release Notes View/share our latest episodes on Microsoft Learn and ! Continue reading...
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Announcing the Public Preview of Code Optimizations
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Code Optimizations: A New AI-Based Service for .NET Performance Optimization We are thrilled to announce that Code Optimizations (previously known as Optimization Insights) is now available in public preview! This new AI-based service can identify performance issues and offer recommendations specifically tailored for .NET applications and cloud services. What is Code Optimizations? Code Optimizations is a service within Application Insights that continuously analyzes profiler traces from your application or cloud service and provides insights and recommendations on how to improve its performance. Code Optimizations can help you identify and solve a wid…
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Confidential Computing is Child's Play with ACI
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We recently announced the confidential containers with Azure Container Instances (ACI) as a serverless platform for running your container workloads in an Azure confidential computing trusted execution environment (TEE). Because this innovation happens at the platform layer it’s as simple as ‘lifting & shifting’ an existing container from on-premises, or another container platform and deploying it into Azure Container Instances (ACI) using a Confidential Computing SKU. In this blog we’ll look at a simple example of deploying a community provided Minecraft server container from Geoff Bourne (“itzg” on GitHub) onto confidential containers on ACI using simp…
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Microsoft Learn sparks possibility at Microsoft Build
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Join us for Microsoft Build, May 23-25, 2023— where developers, engineers, IT professionals, and app creators will gather to hear Microsoft leaders share exciting announcements and reveal the latest tech that will launch the next wave of innovation. You are invited to participate in Q&A sessions with Microsoft technology leaders and experts, learn about new trends and insights, reconnect with colleagues, and interact with our vibrant community. You won’t want to miss updates about Microsoft products and technologies, including what’s in store for Microsoft Learn and the enhancements we are bringing that will help you build skills that open doors to new opportun…
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Azure Marketplace new offers – May 18, 2023
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We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 95 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: Get it now in our marketplace [attachment=40415:name] Browser-Based Kali Linux: Access Kali Linux in a graphical user interface (GUI) via your browser from anywhere with this virtual machine from TechLatest. It comes with over 2,500 pre-installed security tools that can be used for ethical hacking and doesn’t require a virtual network controller (VNC). [attachment=40416:name] EuroLinux 8.7: EuroLinux is a professional operating system developed from the Red Hat Enterpr…
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Publish Code Coverage Report in Azure DevOps Services pipeline execution summary.
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This blog content is compiled by @Ahetejaz from Azure DevOps CSS support team. He helped a customer in implementing Code Coverage report as part of Pipeline execution summary page in Azure DevOps Service. Below screenshot shows the code coverage report published in pipeline summary page: Steps to generate code coverage: - Create .NET Core application using Visual Studio. - From NuGet package download ‘coverlet.msbuild’. Coverage tool can create coverage file required by either Jacoco or Cobertura. Jacoco or Cobertura can populate the data to code coverage tab in Azure Pipeline run (refer above screenshot). ‘coverlet.msbuild’…
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Export capability (CETAS) for Data Virtualization in Azure SQL Managed Instance generally available
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The familiar concept of Data Virtualization in SQL Managed Instance offers capability to read remote Parquet or CSV files through OPENROWSET or External Tables, which you could join with local data. With Create External Table As Select (CETAS) functionality for Azure SQL Managed Instance, Generally available as of 18th May 2023, you can now export local data from your Managed Instance as Parquet or CSV files to Azure Storage accounts and query this data as an External Table. There are two main scenarios facilitated by this functionality: Offloading the data from local storage of SQL Managed Instance to cheaper external storage, to reduce costs, when offloaded…