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Connectivity Issue Troubleshooting for Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise.
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With the evolution of Azure Cache for Redis enterprise and the growing number of Redis Enterprise cache users let us look at few steps to troubleshoot if you are stuck in connecting to Azure cache for Redis. Few thumb rule for Enterprise Cache are below. Are you connecting to the right port. Enterprise cache uses port 10000, not 63xx like basic, standard, Premium? Are Enterprise cache instance configured to require TLS or non-TLS? It only supports one of them at a time. Are the client configured to use the TLS or non-TLS setting correctly? (Client must be configured the same as with Enterprise cache instance) Are the FQDN of the cache name, correct? Enterprise uses…
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My Experience Using Power Platform for Fusion Development in a University Project
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Introduction Hello, I'm Kamil Ebanks, a final year computer science student at University College London. I recently had the opportunity to work with Microsoft, as part of UCL's industry exchange network (IXN), on a final year project that involved using the Power Platform. Between October 2022 and March 2023, the project was successfully finished under the supervision of Microsoft representatives, Prof. Lee Stott and Olanrewaju Oyinbooke. In this blog post, I'll be sharing my experience of using the Power Platform and providing some insights into the benefits and challenges that I faced in using low-code development. Overview Learn about Kamil Ebanks' exper…
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Introducing Azure OpenAI Code Repository: Your Gateway to Harnessing the Power of Generative AI
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Introduction Are you looking to tap into the power of AI to transform your organization, business or team? Look no further than the Azure OpenAI Service, which provides access to OpenAI's cutting-edge language models like ChatGPT, GPT-4, GPT-3, Codex and Embeddings model series. These models can help you generate content, summarize information, conduct semantic searches, and even translate natural language into code. With REST APIs, Python SDK, and web-based interface options like Azure OpenAI Studio, it's easy to start leveraging the capabilities of Azure OpenAI Service today. As AI continues to revolutionize industries across the globe, we at Microsoft under…
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Upcoming April 2023 Microsoft 365 Champion Community Call
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Join our next community call on April 25 to dive into the Microsoft 365 Experience Insights dashboard. We will be starting the call at 5 minutes past the hour (at 8:05 AM and 5:05 PM PT, respectively), and it will still end at 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM PT, respectively. If you have not yet joined our Champion community, sign up here to get access to the calendar invites, program assets, and previous call recordings. We look forward to seeing you there! Continue reading...
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ADF private DNS zone overrides ARM DNS resolution causing ‘Not found’ error.
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##Steps to Migrate: Navigate to existing Private DNS zone privatelink.adf.azure.com Go to portal.azure.com Type ‘private DNS zones’ on the search bar and click on the option Click on the privatelink.adf.azure.com private zone Get the private IP of the existing private endpoint and delete the private zone In the overview blade (default) you’ll see a table with the DNS records Look for the one with the name ‘adf’ with Type ‘A’ and write down the IP under ‘Value’ for the next steps. Click on ‘Virtual network links on the left panel, write down all the V…
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Azure Database for PostgreSQL : Logical Replication
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With Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server (Shortened to Flex for this article), customers now have the option of using the standard PostgreSQL Native Logical Replication feature to implement data replication solutions. These solutions can be in either direction, for example, on-prem to Azure or vice versa. There are many scenarios that can take advantage of this feature, for example: One-time data migration from practically anywhere to Azure Ongoing Change Data Capture Replication between two separate Flex instances in different Azure regions for reporting, analytics or even disaster recovery purposes Customer managed multi-master replication between s…
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How Mixed Reality Can Enhance GxP Compliance in Pharma Manufacturing
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The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most regulated sectors in the world, and for a good reason. The safety and efficacy of the drugs that millions rely on depend on adherence to strict quality standards and regulations. These standards and regulations are known as GxP (Good Practice) protocols. They cover every aspect of the drug development and manufacturing process, from research and development to clinical trials to distribution and post-marketing surveillance. However, complying with Good {industry} Practice (GxP) protocols is not an easy task. It requires resources, expertise, training, and coordination among different teams and departments. It also pose…
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How to use Redis as a Data Source for Power BI with Redis SQL ODBC
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By Steve Lorello, Sr. Field Engineer at Redis Power BI is a widely used, interactive visualization tool capable of querying a variety of SQL-powered back ends. To accelerate these queries, and provide an even more responsive Power BI user experience, we've developed Redis SQL ODBC. Redis SQL ODBC is a native ODBC driver that lets you seamlessly integrate Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise and Enterprise Flash tiers with Power BI. This may dramatically improve your Power BI query response times. Integrating Redis SQL ODBC with Power BI requires only a small configuration change. With the ODBC driver installed, Power BI can perform single-table queries…
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Visit Microsoft Security Experts at the RSA Conference 2023
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It’s finally that time of the year. The Microsoft Security Experts team will be at the RSA Conference 2023 (RSAC) starting Sunday, April 23 to Thursday, April 27 in San Francisco. We look forward to connecting with everyone in person and sharing the latest in cybersecurity innovation. One of the highlights you’ll see from Microsoft is our new threat actor naming taxonomy. Aligned to the theme of weather, the new taxonomy brings better context to customers and security researchers that are already confronted with an overwhelming amount of threat intelligence data. It offers a more organized, memorable, and easy way to reference adversary groups so that organizations…
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Tracking Azure Hybrid Benefit using Azure Workbooks
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Tracking Azure Hybrid Benefit using Azure Workbooks What is Azure Hybrid Benefit? Azure Hybrid Benefit is a licensing benefit that allows you to bring your on-premises core-based Windows Server, SQL Server, and Red Hat Linux licenses with active Software Assurance (or subscription) to Azure. Utilizing this benefit can save considerable cost by eliminating the hourly licensing charges for Azure resources, allowing you to pay only for hardware resources. By leveraging Azure Hybrid Benefit, you can optimize your cloud infrastructure costs. Keeping track of Azure Hybrid Benefit Usage Managing and keeping track of Azure Hybrid Benefit entitlements can…
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Two years ago, we shared that “It's Time to Hang Up on Phone Transports for Authentication.” Today, we’re adding the public preview of Authenticator Lite to the tools we are offering to help you move from text message (SMS) and voice-based authentication. Our priority is getting every user to sign in with modern strong authentication – passwordless, hardened against phishing, easy to use and adaptable to evolving attacks. Our top recommendation for modern strong authentication is the Authenticator, which offers the most robust security features, updated the most frequently, for free. Microsoft Authenticator app has over 100 million users worldwide who trust it as …
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Inside Azure for IT: Three cloud strategies to help you navigate market uncertainty
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We are excited to share that a new episode of Inside Azure for IT is now available! In this fireside chat with Erin Chapple, CVP of Azure Core Product and Design, we discuss cloud strategies that can help you successfully navigate some of the market uncertainty we’re all facing today and emerge stronger, more agile, and more efficient. Three guests share their perspectives on how you can use the full power of the cloud to gain efficiencies and scalability, how you can optimize cloud investments to maximize value, and how you can strengthen your security to become more resilient while you continue to innovate. Learn more in Erin’s blog post > Episode 5: Three …
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Microsoft recognized as a Leader in Forrester Wave for Content Platforms
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Microsoft 365 drives the future of work. On an average workday, our customers add over 2 billion new documents to Microsoft 365, powered by SharePoint, growing by more than 200 petabytes every month. Customers recognize that our content platform is central to the Microsoft 365 architecture -- comprising Microsoft Syntex, OneDrive, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Viva, Office, Loop, and now, Microsoft 365 Copilot. Together these solutions transform productivity and business processes by bringing AI and content management into the flow of work. Microsoft is a 2023 Forrester Wave leader in Content Platforms We’re excited to share that Forrester, …
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Elevating digital employee experience (DEX): a critical priority for business success
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In this guest blog post, Polina Davydova, Content & Communication Manager at Hive Streaming, explores how the digital employee experience (DEX) has become more important for businesses looking to boost internal engagement and profitability and how Hive Streaming boosts DEX on Microsoft Teams. Video and video communication software are on the rise. According to the Microsoft FY23 Q2 report, Microsoft Teams alone has reached a staggering 280 million users, up from 145 million just two years prior. At the same time, we're witnessing a dramatic increase in global data traffic, much of which is because of the proliferation of video content. The IDC Global DataS…
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Hotpatching is now available in preview for Windows Server VMs on Azure with Desktop Experience
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We are pleased to announce that Hotpatching is now in preview on Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition with the Desktop Experience installation option. You may remember our previous announcement from last February announcing the availability of Hotpatching for Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition (Core). We announced our intent to support Hotpatching for the Desktop Experience then, and we are excited to finally bring this capability to preview! With this release, you can now enjoy all the benefits of Hotpatching combined with all the additional features available in the desktop experience. Get started now! Create a VM using the preview image publi…
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Discovering internet-facing devices using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
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Last year, we announced the evolution of the device inventory view in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. The revamped device inventory view gave SOC analysts visibility into all discovered devices, counts and functional features (such as, search) that enhanced the overall user experience. To build on top of this work, we are expanding our device discovery capabilities through our existing network telemetry and RiskIQ integration. We’re thrilled to announce the ability to discover internet-facing devices is now in public preview. Threat actors are constantly scanning the internet to identify exposed devices, whether it’s part of an opportunistic malicious activity or …
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Aligning with Kata Confidential Containers to achieve zero trust operator deployments with AKS
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Announcement Confidential containers on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) leveraging Kata confidential containers open-source project are coming soon to Azure. If you would like to be part of the preview, please express your interest here Microsoft Forms Zero Trust with Confidential containers Zero trust cloud architecture is a security framework that focuses on maintaining security and protecting data by assuming that no device or user should be automatically trusted, even if they are within the network perimeter. In a cloud hosted container platform, applications that handle sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) and Intellectual Proper…
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The Critical Role of Employee Sustainability Communities and How to Build One
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In my last blog post Make Sustainability Part of Everybody's Job (microsoft.com) I argued that sustainability teams would never have enough resources to drive change across the entirety of their organizations, and I provided practical tips for how to democratize sustainability work across all employees, roles, and job functions. In this article, I’ll explore one of the most effective ways to do that: employee sustainability communities. Companies who embrace and support these communities can grow the sustainability fluency of their existing workforce, attract and retain top talent, unlock innovation, and reduce their environmental impact simultaneously. These communities …
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What’s new in Microsoft 365 Government – April 2023
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We’re excited to announce several new products and services that have been delivered to our Microsoft 365 Government clouds in recent months and peek at what’s coming soon. There’s a lot of innovative products accelerating interest in Microsoft 365, and we continue our commitment to deliver the new product value, services, and features to our US Government cloud environments (GCC, GCC High, and DOD). In addition to the product update below, we’re excited to announce a new blog series introducing key adoption research that shows how the adoption of Microsoft 365 drives IT efficiency and end-user experiences that help organizations thrive. Our goal for this series w…
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Onboarding your AWS/GCP environment to Microsoft Defender for Cloud with Terraform
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Objective The purpose of this article is to provide you with step-by-step guidance on how to use Terraform templates, to onboard your AWS/GCP environment to Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Terraform is an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool you can use to build, change, and version your public cloud infrastructure safely and efficiently. In addition to being a widely used tool, an advantage of using Terraform to onboard your environment to Defender for Cloud, is that you can use it for both AWS and GCP. Using Terraform to onboard your AWS/GCP environment to Defender for Cloud, allows you to automate the onboarding process and integrate it into your existing processes. …
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Reduce costs and improve productivity, security, and scalability with Microsoft 365 E5
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The Microsoft 365 E5 suite combines best-in-class productivity apps with advanced security, compliance, voice, and analytical capabilities. Unlock the value of Microsoft 365 E5's integrated suite of cloud services for your business: Extend identity and threat protection with integrated and automated security to help stop damaging attacks. Bring together information protection and advanced compliance capabilities to protect and govern data while reducing risk. Get audio conferencing and calling capabilities in the cloud to enable your teams. Benefit from Power BI capabilities that help you realize significant business value from your data. Experie…
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Windows Server Summit 2022: What's new in Windows Server with Jeff Woolsey
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Welcome to the “Director’s cut” of the 2022 Windows Server Summit. I am going through and posting each of the sessions (and my comments) that were part of the event that took place December 6th, 2022. When it comes down to it - there is no better person to get you excited and hyped up about Windows Server then none other then "Mr. Hyper-V" himself - Jeff Woolsey – Principal Program Manager, Azure Edge and Platform. I couldn't imaging anyone else to take you through all the amazing things that are new in Windows Server 2022. Jeff has you covered with more information on things like: Multi-Layered Security, Storage Migration Services, Windows Subsystem for Linux V2,…
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How to capture underlying outbound traffic from Cloud Service Web Role to other servers
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It’s common that a part of the data of a web page is saved in another service such as storage account or SQL server. When the website is hosted on Azure Cloud Service, when we visit the page, the w3wp process of IIS component will need to send out a request to the target remote server to read the needed data. But when the Cloud Service fails to read the data from the remote server and developer wants to troubleshoot this issue, it will be difficult as by default users are unable to track the outbound traffic from Cloud Service to these remote servers. If user can capture trace of inbound traffic from the remote server side, it’s good as user can somehow make sure …
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Azure Kubernetes upgrades and Long Term Support
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Microsoft has long invested in the upstream Kubernetes community, and as our Azure team members have led and participated in the Kubernetes release process, we’ve listened to what our customers say about the pace of Kubernetes development. Today we are excited to announce the introduction of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Long Term Support (LTS). We’re hearing from customers across a variety of organizations, from healthcare to manufacturing and beyond, who need a longer window of stability. We’ve heard from ISVs that having to be on a constant treadmill to keep their environments in sync with community releases adds a significant burden to delivering value to the…
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Enable App Volume Replication for Horizon VDI on Azure VMware Solution using Azure NetApp Files
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Overview Cloud bursting is one of the common use-cases for Azure VMware Solution (AVS). It could be in the form of extending VDI solution, such as VMware Horizon, to AVS. This article explains a solution that addresses one of the concerns related to App Volume Replication when implementing multi-site Horizon deployment where AVS Private Cloud is one of the sites. Background When customers decide to expand their existing Horizon infrastructure to Cloud, VMware recommends a multi-site Horizon implementation using a multi-instance model with separate instances per site. Each instance works independently, with its own set of App Volumes Managers and its own …