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Interesting uses for the Virtual Appointments App in Microsoft Teams
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Virtual appointments have become increasingly popular, and with the rise of the hybrid workplace, they have become an essential tool for every organization. In this post, we will explore some unique and interesting ways to use the Virtual Appointments app in Microsoft Teams that you may not have considered before. There are endless possibilities for how Virtual Appointments can modernize your organization, limited only by your imagination. Interactive Sessions with your Service Desk Calling into a service desk is often a frustrating experience for users. Some would rather live with a broken system and hope it eventually fixes itself rather than trying to get…
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Modern device strategy for Healthcare providers
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Healthcare has been on the leading edge of a transformative time. To deliver more flexible and personalized care, caregivers must be able to connect virtually with patients and virtual care teams more than ever before. They need modern devices and digital apps to improve the collection accuracy and security of patients’ medical records and reduce time spent on paper-based processes and administrative activities. With some roles supporting healthcare processes from home, healthcare providers raced to enable digital tools such as Microsoft Teams[1] to empower employees to work from anywhere. Patients have also become more digitally sophisticated, wanting more persona…
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Developers Rejoice! Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise Features to Make Your Job Easier (Preview)
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Introduction As a developer, you know how important it is to keep your applications secure and fast. That's why you'll be thrilled to hear about the latest features coming to Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise and Enterprise Flash. This month, Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise is releasing a set of exciting features for preview that not only improve developer efficiency but also enhance security. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting out, there's something here for everyone. So, if you're ready to take your development to the next level, be sure to check out the detailed list of features released for public preview this April and get started with Azu…
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Microsoft 365 Admin Monthly Digest – March 2023
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A banner image with text: "Microsoft 365 Admin Digest: Your monthly IT admin blog for all things Microsoft 365.” What does Copilot mean for Microsoft 365 IT administration? How can Microsoft 365 certifications help you along your career? We take a look at these burning questions in this month’s issue of the Microsoft 365 Admin Digest. There’s also a spotlight on the latest admin experience with Viva Topics, a highlight on integrated apps within and outside the Microsoft 365 admin center, and an overview of the new Intune suite. Bonus for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) – check out how Business Assist frees you to focus on running your business and learn about h…
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Top 10 Templates for Schools!
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Are you tired of spending countless hours on administrative tasks instead of focusing on what you do best - teaching? Well, we have some exciting news for you! We've compiled a list of the top 10 templates for EDU users that will help you streamline your workload, improve school events, and promote student engagement. Let's dive in and explore these fantastic templates! Course evaluation survey: assess various aspects of a course like teaching performance, content and experience. Use This Template >> [attachment=36433:name] Community volunteer registration form: encourage students volunteering and review responses to promote and coordinat…
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Monthly news - April 2023
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Microsoft 365 Defender Monthly news April 2023 Edition [attachment=36396:name] This is our monthly "What's new" blog post, summarizing product updates and various new assets we released over the past month across our Defender products. In this edition, we are looking at all the goodness from March 2023. Legend: [attachment=36397:name] Product videos [attachment=36398:name] Webcast (recordings) [attachment=36399:name] Docs on Microsoft [attachment=36400:name] Blogs on Microsoft [attachment=36401:name] GitHub [attachment=36402:name] External [attachment=36403:name] Product improvements [attachment=36404:name] Previews / Announcements …
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ADX Web updates – March 2023
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New look and feel for Query command bar Query command bar has undergone a major redesign to provide an improved user experience. The new design is not only visually appealing, but also makes it easier and faster for users to access the commands they need. A few highlights worth calling out: Copy menu is where you can find commands related to copying a query for sharing purposes. Pin to dashboard got promoted to the top level as it is the easiest way to get started with ADX dashboards. A few useful resources are available from the KQL tools menu. Export --> Download is where you can save the content of a query tab to your local machine. …
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Custom styling for indoor maps
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After using the Azure Maps Creator Onboarding Tool to create an indoor map from your floorplans, the default result can be customized and enhanced to your unique scenario. For example, you can customize your indoor map's look and feel to reflect your brand colors or emphasize rooms or specific areas of interest. While we think Azure Maps Creator already gives you a beautiful default style, out of the box, you can customize your specific experience using Azure Maps directly or by leveraging the open-source style editor Maputnik. We have made Maputnik compatible with Azure Maps styling service. To get started, follow these steps: Create custom styles for indo…
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Revolutionize Your Student Project App Authentication with a PowerApps Login App Sample
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Meet Seth Addo Meet Seth Addo, a Gold Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador and Computer Science student at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Seth has developed a fantastic PowerApps app sample for performing basic authentication in a Power Platform application. In this app, users can enter their login credentials, which are compared with a table containing usernames and passwords. If the entered credentials match, users are granted access to a protected area of the application. This approach can be extended with additional functionality like password reset and multi-factor authentication to enhance application security. Try the PowerApps Login app today for a simpl…
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Customer Offerings: Well-Architected Cost Optimization Implementation
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Hi everyone! Brandon Wilson (Cloud Solution Architect/Engineer) here to follow up on the post I authored previously for the Well-Architected Cost Optimization Assessment offering, with another customer offering we have known as the Well-Architected Cost Optimization Implementation. This offering can be considered as a continuation/”part 2” of sorts for the Well-Architected Cost Optimization Assessment, where the goal is to help you implement some of the findings relating to Azure Reservations, Azure Savings Plans, Azure Hybrid Benefits, along with cleaning up some of that cloud waste sitting around. Just as before (and in case you are a new reader), we’ll touch a littl…
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Large number of OR in predicate "IN Clause" SQL Server
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In some cases, like when customers use Object-relational Mapping tools (ORM) Like Entity framework or LINQ, part of the code at the end will be converted to a TSQL executable statement. For example, The LINQ with .Where () method will be a TSQL Query with a Where clause : Query Syntax and Method Syntax in LINQ (C#) | Microsoft Learn Write LINQ queries in C# | Microsoft Learn This can cause issues like creating an IN clause that explicitly includes a large number of values (maybe a hundred or more of values separated by commas), which means more consume of resources and an Index\table scan or return errors like 8623 or 8632 For more information: IN…
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Use Azure SQL Audit policy to filter Audit data.
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The Azure SQL Auditing feature is used to track database events and writes them to an audit log in your Azure storage account, Log Analytics workspace, or Event Hubs. If you enable SQL Audit on your Azure SQL database, there will be default settings that your Audit is configured with, including the default Action Groups "BATCH_COMPLETED_GROUP", "SUCCESSFUL_DATABASE_AUTHENTICATION_GROUP","FAILED_DATABASE_AUTHENTICATION_GROUP" If you use Log Analytics, Blob Storage, or both, you will see different Audit Actions as below: - On Log Analytics: AzureDiagnostics | where Category == 'SQLSecurityAuditEvents' |where LogicalServerName_s =~ 'ServerName' |summa…
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Happy April Tools Day!
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While many folks observe April 1 as April Fool’s Day, we in the SQL Tools team celebrate April 1 as April Tools Day, a day when we debunk myths surrounding the tools for SQL Server. We recommend having some good chocolate to honor the occasion. Now, you may wonder how we are aware of the misconceptions that exist for the different tools for SQL Server. Some thoughts we hear from direct conversation, for example at conferences and on social media. But one of the best resources is the comments that folks leave when responding to a survey. For example, you may have been using Azure Data Studio and had a dialogue pop-up that asked if you would recommend ADS to …
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Introducing support for pg_carbonara extension in PostgreSQL Flexible Server
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Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server supports over 50 PostgreSQL extensions. We are also constantly adding new extensions to expand on the functionality provided by the PostgreSQL engine. Until now we have not been providing support for the most important extension from the Postgres ecosystem, namely pg_carbonara. While many developers and DBAs are aware of PostGIS as geo routing extension for Postgres or pg_stat_statements to track slow queries, not many are aware of pg_carbonara, which can be seen as a mandatory extension for a lunch break that allows you to cook a real Italian carbonara. What pg_carbonara does is guide you with step-by-step instructi…
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Monthly news - April 2023
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Monthly news April 2023 Edition [attachment=36346:name] This is our monthly "What's new" blog post, summarizing product updates and various new assets we released over the past month. In this edition, we are looking at all the goodness from March 2023. Legend: [attachment=36347:name] Product videos [attachment=36348:name] Webcasts (recordings) [attachment=36349:name] Docs on Microsoft [attachment=36350:name] Blogs on Microsoft [attachment=36351:name] GitHub [attachment=36352:name] External content [attachment=36353:name] Product improvements [attachment=36354:name] Announcements Micro…
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Protect production branches from having secrets through an Azure DevOps branch policy
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Introduction The objective of this article is to share a strategy that has been implemented for a client that asked how we can protect its production branches from having secrets in code. After few discussions we have highlighted the following requirements: The solution should be simple to implement: no more than one script to maintain and we didn’t want to have some sort of regex file to teach the script what is a secret. A comprehensive monitoring dashboard should be available to reference all our repositories, pointing out the ones that have secrets and ideally what kind of secrets have been founded (ex: SQL connection strings, Certificates with pr…
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Students, fear not, even Big O notation is something AI can help explain
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I'm sure you've heard about ChatGPT by now. AI capable of solving a number of different tasks. In this article, we'll look at how we can use prompting to learn more about a topic. Let's focus on a topic feared by many computer science students, Big O notation, how to calculate time complexity in algorithm. Enough from me, lets hear from the AI using nothing but prompts :) Let's take on the mindset of a student. References - If you want to try this on your own, try signing up to Azure Open AI What is Azure OpenAI Service? - Azure Cognitive Services | Microsoft Learn - Copilot is another interesting choice, GitHub Copilot · Your AI pair programmer · GitHub So th…
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MTC Weekly Roundup - March 31
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Happy last day of March, MTC’ers! Is it just me, or did this month go by suuuper quick? Without further ado, let’s jump into this week’s recap of the MTC! MTC Moments of the Week Our last MTC Member of the Week spotlight for March goes to @LukeJMadden! While Luke is a newer member to the Community, he’s already been helping out other MTC’ers in the Azure Architecture and Microsoft Bookings forums. Thank you for being here, Luke! We had a double feature over in Events on Thursday! First up, we had a brand new episode of Unpacking Endpoint Management with @Danny Guillory and @Steve Thomas (GLADIATOR). Our hosts were joined live by experts from Mi…
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Configure PostgreSQL Connection in Logic Apps (Standard) with JDBC, call Function with Execute Query
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* Many are using relational databases, the JDBC Connector for Logic Apps (Standard) allows to establish a connection with most relational databases and perform actions. We are exploring here, step-by-step, how to create an Azure PostgreSQL, configure the connection with all the requirements, then call a function and use the response in the body of an email to be sent. Here is a step-by-step for creating the PostgreSQL in Azure, configuring the connection and other requirements, then creating the Logic App (Standard) workflow, add the actions, and test a function, finally parse the response and send it by email. Create a PostgreSQL on Azure, search fo…
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Advanced Workbook Concepts with Workbooks 202
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*Thank you to John Gardner and Shikha Jain from the Azure Monitor Workbooks team for helping with this content* With Workbooks 202, a sample workbook is provided in the same manner as Workbooks 101. This new workbook will contain examples and samples of each item covered in this document, as well as instructions on how to use the components. Workbooks 202 will cover: Additional data sources Interactive Graph Visualization Linking Additional advanced concepts Please note, this blog is very long. If looking to break up the content, please use the workbook as the same content will exist in the workbook for each section. The workbook template can be found h…
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Notes from the field: Nginx Ingress Controller for Production on AKS Hybrid
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Install the Nginx Ingress Controller A Deployment in Kubernetes is a resource object that defines how many replicas of a Pod should be running at any given time. A Pod is the smallest deployable unit in Kubernetes and represents a single instance of a running process. By creating a deployment object, you can ensure that a certain number of Pods are always running, even if some of them fail. Deployments are useful for managing containerized applications that need to be scaled up or down based on demand. For example, a web application might have more traffic during peak hours, and deployment can automatically add more replicas to handle the increased load. Conve…
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SQLBits 2023: Bringing Your SQL Adventure to Life
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Author: Logan Carrington SQLBits 2023 was an unforgettable event that brought together nearly 5,000 Microsoft SQL Server enthusiasts from all over the world for an epic week of learning and connecting. This year the conference took place at the International Convention Centre in Newport, Wales, from March 14 through 18, with 300+ sessions over the course of five days. Microsoft participated in over 75 sessions including our keynote, general sessions, and training days which covered the entire Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform, including SQL Server, Azure Arc, Azure SQL, Azure Synapse Analytics, Power BI, and Microsoft Purview. Here’s a recap of our advent…
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PostgreSQL on Azure – How to choose what’s best for your app
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Do you have existing PostgreSQL or Oracle workloads? You can take advantage of your familiar Postgres tools while benefiting from an intelligent Postgres database that offers a friction-free migration experience with a lower total cost of ownership on Azure. We offer multiple fully-managed, open-source database options for hosting your Postgres data. Azure Database for PostgreSQL- Flexible Server is best for migrating and modernizing existing PostgreSQL or Oracle applications to Azure. Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL is ideal for building new cloud-native and highly scalable relational apps, powered by the open source Citus extension. Both options support the latest…
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Create a data solution on Azure Synapse Analytics with Snapshot Serengeti - Part 2 (Analytics)
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Author(s): Josh Ndemenge is Cloud Developer Advocate for Data at Microsoft and David Abu is a Cloud Advocate Power BI at Microsoft. This is the second blog in a four-part series on building an end-to-end data analytics and machine learning solution on Azure Synapse Analytics. If you haven't already, be sure to check out the first blog at Create a Data Solution on Azure Synapse Analytics with Snapshot Serengeti - Part 1 before proceeding. In the first blog, we covered how to create the Synapse workspace and use notebooks to load data into Azure Data Lake Gen2 and the SQL Data Warehouse. In this blog, we will explore how to integrate with Power BI and the A…
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Use ABAC in RBAC roles in Azure Storage to perform upload/download blobs & restrict delete blobs
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Disclaimer: Please test this solution before implementing it for your critical data. Scenario: This article explains step by step procedures to accomplish the requirements in Azure Storage using built in RBAC roles: Read/Download and write/upload operation for containers and blobs should be allowed for the users. Delete operations should be restricted. Pre-Requisites: Azure Storage GPV2 / ADLS Gen 2 Storage account Make sure to have enough permissions(Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write permissions) to assign roles to users , such as Owner or User Access Administrator Action: You could follow the steps below to create a Stora…