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Today, we announce HDInsight Autoscale with enhanced capabilities which include improved latency and support for recommissioning node managers in case of load-based autoscale. Together, they improve cluster utilization massively and lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) significantly. Additionally, we also introduce customizable parameters on Autoscale to meet customer needs and bring in more flexibility to tune based on customer preferences. Note: Effective 17th May 2023, the enhanced autoscale capabilities are available for HDInsight customers on supported workloads. HDInsight Autoscale currently supports various cluster shapes and was released for general ava…

We are excited to announce that AKS hybrid will now support minor Kubernetes versions for 1 year starting with v1.23.x. This was in response to feedback from customers emphasizing preference for consistency in the support of minor Kubernetes version with AKS in Azure, we have made changes to make this possible. What have we changed? 1. Support updates to next minor version In the past, updating an AKS cluster required workload clusters to be operating on a patch version that would also be supported in the new release. For instance, if you were running on v1.22.11 in January and a new release in February deprecated v1.22.11, you would be prompted to fi…

We are thrilled to announce the May 2023 release for Azure VMware Solution. A variety of new and highly anticipated features such as , AVS Gov is in GA for some areas, new regions and newly updated content. Read on to explore more. Azure VMware Solution Feature Updates Azure VMware Solution in Azure Gov New Region: Qatar Azure Migrate DigitalEvent Azure VMware Solution Webinar New Blog Post - Enable App Volume Replication for Horizon VDI with AVS Azure VMware Solution in Azure Gov Azure VMware Solution in Azure Gov: Arizona and Virgina Azure VMware Service will become generally available on May 17, 2023, to US Federal and Sta…

In this new era of modern work where workforces are often distributed, opportunities for unplanned, in-person connection have become more elusive and difficult to manifest. Days are now filled with scheduled meetings – often on a screen. The proliferation of scheduled meetings is taking its toll on employees; in fact, our research showed that the number one productivity disruptor is inefficient meetings.[1] One solution to help lessen the impact of overscheduled meetings is to share where you’re working so more serendipitous and unstructured collaboration can occur. After all, relationships built in the physical workplace don’t just make employees’ days more enjoya…

The idea of retrieval augmented generation is that when given a question you first do a retrieval step to fetch any relevant documents. You then pass those documents, along with the original question, to the language model and have it generate a response. To do this, however, you first have to have your documents in a format where they can be queried in such a manner. This article goes over the high level ideas between those two steps: (1) ingestion of documents into a queriable format, and then (2) the retrieval augmented generation chain. Lots of data and information is stored in tabular data, whether it be csvs, excel sheets, or SQL tables. We wi…

In this blog post, we'll explore two of the most popular Azure services for running containerized applications: Azure Container Apps (ACA) and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). If you're a beginner or intermediate developer or IT professional looking to learn more about these services and how they compare, then you're in the right place. We'll be diving into the key differences between ACA and AKS, exploring their unique features, and discussing when it's best to use each one. As managed services, both ACA and AKS offer powerful tools for deploying and running containers on Azure. But as we'll see, they each have their own strengths and use cases. So, whether yo…

Azure Stack HCI is a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) cluster solution consists of windows servers (Hyper-V), Storage Spaces Direct, and Azure-inspired SDN. All clustered servers share common configurations and resources by leveraging the Windows Server Failover Clustering feature. A Windows Failover Cluster consists of multiple windows servers running in a cluster to provide high availability i.e. If one server node goes down, then another node takes over. We can create multiple windows/Linux VMs on the failover cluster. In this blog, we have provided steps to attach a new network interface to an existing VM running on the failover cluster with static MAC and valid st…

You and your team may already be using Loop components to stay up to date and in sync on fast-moving projects. Loop components are portable pieces of content that stay in sync across all the places they are shared like Outlook and Teams. In this blog we are excited to share the new ways of task management that help teams think, plan, and create together. Now tasks created via Loop components sync across Microsoft 365 apps like Microsoft To Do, Microsoft Planner, and Tasks app in Teams. Task management while collaborating has never been easier. Creating a Loop task list in Outlook email In the ‘Insert’ tab of your new email, you will see an option ‘Loo…

Microsoftin Kumppaniarkkitehtiseminaari x AI -tapahtuma järjestettiin 9.5.2023 Kalastajatorpalla, Helsingissä. ISO kiitos loistaville puhujille ja myös kaikille osallistujille. Poluissa ja tauoilla syntyi hyvää keskustelua ja uutta yhteistyötäkin. NOTE: Tätä postausta päivitetään ajankohtaiseksi, kun tapahtuman videomateriaalit ovat valmistuneet. Valitettavasti tapahtuma "myytiin" loppuun alle vuorokaudessa, eivätkä kaikki halukkaat päässeet paikanpäälle. Tämän takia tuomme tapahtuman saatavillenne materiaalien ja nauhoitteiden muodossa! Tämä edellyttää rekisteröitymistä Cloud Champion -palveluun. Kesä ja Microsoftin Kumppaniarkkitehtiseminaa…

This blog post is about building, training & deploying ML workloads on-premises using Azure Stack HCI, AKS Hybrid & Azure Arc-enabled ML. The full ML lifecycle on AKS Hybrid (hosted on Stack HCI) addresses the security & compliance requirements of highly regulated industry workloads while benefiting from capabilities of Azure managed services. Before we dive into the step-by-step guide, let’s have a brief introduction of the key technologies involved in this process. Azure Stack HCI is a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) cluster solution that provides a robust approach to host virtualized workloads on-premises, enables seamless integration with Azure s…

Software defined networking (SDN) provides an efficient way to centrally configure and manage networks and network services such as switching, routing, and load balancing in your datacenter. In order to adapt your network to the changing demands of your apps, you can utilize SDN to establish, protect, and link it in a variety of ways. SDN is the only technology that makes it viable to manage massive datacenter networks for services like Microsoft Azure, which successfully executes tens of thousands of network modifications per day. This article will describe how SDN should be configured in Azure Stack HCI as well as some significant variables that should be kept in mi…

Tout récemment j'ai eu le plaisir de répondre à une invitation de Matt Soucoup et l'équipe .NET en présentant une version en français de la série Let's Learn .NET Virtual Events – All Around the World. Mais de quoi s'agit-il exactement et comment cette vidéo pourrait-elle vous aider? Apprenons .NET - Azure ce partage en deux parties. La première est une introduction au concept de base du cloud. Pour ce faire nous avons utilisé les trois modules du chemin d'apprentissage: Principes de base de Microsoft Azure: description des concepts du cloud. Décrire le cloud computing Décrire les avantages de l’utilisation des services cloud Décrire les types de service…

We’re excited to let you know that Azure Monitor – Container Insights now supports multiline logging! With this feature enabled, previously split container logs are stitched together and sent as single entries to the ContainerLogV2 table. Customers are able see container log lines up to 64 KB (up from the existing 16 KB limit). If the stitched log line is larger than 64 KB, it gets truncated due to Log Analytics limits. This feature enables the customers to directly consume the logs in meaningful ways without having to spend time stitching them with custom Kusto queries. Additionally, the feature also adds support for .NET and Go stack traces, which appear as single entri…

Earlier this year, we announced our concerted effort to reduce the size of Windows Server Container images, and we were delighted with the feedback we received. Today, we are taking a step further to deliver even more improvements based on that feedback as part of the May 2023 release and share our plans for the coming months. What changed in May 2023 release? As previously detailed, Windows Server Container images consist of a base layer and a servicing layer that overlays serviced binaries. This servicing layer includes our own notion of differencing hives as a replacement for the in-box registry hive files. Therefore, we removed certain hive files contained…

Serverless for Hyperscale in Azure SQL Database was recently introduced to provide compute auto-scaling benefits in the Hyperscale tier. Serverless Hyperscale optimizes price-performance and simplifies performance management for databases with intermittent and unpredictable usage while leaving room for growing to extreme scale and delivering high performance during active usage periods. We are pleased to announce that the serverless Hyperscale preview now also supports zone redundancy to enable even greater high availability. Zone redundancy helps ensure business continuity in the event of a data center outage. It is simple to enable in the Azure portal or API e…

We're very proud to share that Martina Naughton, Global Partner Sales Director Microsoft Ireland, is featured on the CRN® Women of the Channel list for 2023, which recognises women leaders for their dedication and commitment to furthering channel excellence. Read more about this honour HERE Continue reading...

Today, we got a service request that our customer using DataSync to transfer data from OnPremise to Azure SQL Database they got the following error message: Sync failed with the exception 'An unexpected error occurred when applying batch file sync_aaaabbbbcccdddd\\aaaaa-bbbb-dddd-cccc-8825f4397b31.batch. See the inner exception for more details.Inner exception: Failed to execute the command 'BulkUpdateCommand' for table 'dbo.Table1'; the transaction was rolled back. Ensure that the command syntax is correct.Inner exception: SqlException Error Code: -2146232060 - SqlError Number:2629, Message: String or binary data would be truncated in object ID '-nnnnn'. Truncat…

Strategic threat intelligence involves gathering and analyzing information to identify potential threats to an organization's security. This proactive approach helps companies anticipate and mitigate potential security risks. Reporting plays a crucial role in strategic threat intelligence by providing insights and data-driven recommendations to decision-makers. Threat intelligence reports are designed to deliver accurate and actionable information, enabling organizations to take appropriate measures to protect against potential threats. In this blog post, we are excited to announce the launch of a new dashboard that enhances Microsoft's threat intelligence reportin…

We’re thrilled to announce two key updates to how you manage your authentication experiences! The General Availability of Converged Authentication Methods and Public Preview of a modernized version of multifactor authentication (MFA) Fraud Alert. The General Availability of Converged Authentication Methods allows all methods used for authentication and password reset to be centrally managed and with more control, providing the ability to target groups of users. The Public Preview of modern MFA Fraud Alert brings the configuration into the authentication methods policy and integrates this user-reported signal of suspicious MFA prompts with Identity protect…

About this blog series Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals, or MVPs, are technology experts who passionately share their knowledge with the community. They are always on the "bleeding edge" and have an unstoppable urge to get their hands on new, exciting technologies. They have very deep knowledge of Microsoft products and services, while also being able to bring together diverse platforms, products and solutions, to solve real world problems. To learn about the Microsoft MVP Award and to find MVPs visit the official website: Microsoft MVP Award. The Azure Synapse Analytics team presents you with a blog series "Azure Synapse MVP Corner" to highlight selected…

We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 82 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: Get it now in our marketplace [attachment=39738:name] Adobe ColdFusion 2018 - Ubuntu: This offer from Media3 Technologies provides Adobe ColdFusion 2018 on a Microsoft Azure virtual machine running Ubuntu. Adobe ColdFusion allows you to rapidly develop web and mobile applications that are scalable, secure, and highly reliable. [attachment=39739:name] Adobe ColdFusion 2018 - Windows: This offer from Media3 Technologies provides Adobe ColdFusion 2018 on a Microsoft Azure virtual…

Microsoft Purview provides a unified data governance solution to help manage and govern your on-premises, multicloud, and software as a service (SaaS) data, Office Apps, Microsoft Office 365 services, Devices and Cloud Apps. Easily create a holistic, up-to-date map of your data landscape with automated data discovery, sensitive data classification, and end-to-end data lineage. Enable data consumers to access valuable, trustworthy data management. Unified map of your data assets and their relationships for more effective data governance Glossary with business and technical search terms to aid data discovery Insights in…

When organizations embrace a culture of collaboration, they often benefit from stronger relationships, more informed decisions, and faster outcomes. Whether you’re interacting with colleagues, partners, or customers, Microsoft Teams Connect, guest access, and anonymous participant access give you options for working better together. This post reviews these capabilities to help you select the best solution for your organization. Microsoft Teams Connect Microsoft Teams Connect enables seamless and secure collaboration across organizational boundaries, allowing everyone to work as one extended team while staying in their own Teams environment. Leverage Teams Connec…

In this blog post, I will explain the API Management Workspace, how to create a workspace and the key features and benefits that you will get while using the APIM Workspace in your API Management. We will also cover how APIM Workspace will help organizations streamline API governance, collaboration, and deployment. Workspace Overview: Azure API Management is a popular cloud-based service that allows organizations to create, manage, and secure APIs at scale. One of the key features of API Management that recently got announced is Workspace, which is designed to help organizations streamline API governance, collaboration, and deployment. At a high level, Wo…

A conteinerização é uma abordagem de desenvolvimento de software em que uma aplicação é empacotada juntamente com suas dependências e configurações, resultando em uma imagem. Essa imagem pode ser testada e implantada de maneira isolada no sistema operacional (SO) do host por meio de um contêiner. Com a crescente adoção dos contêineres, muitas aplicações ASP.NET Core estão sendo implantadas nesse tipo de ambiente. No entanto, essa abordagem pode apresentar desafios, especialmente na identificação e solução de problemas de desempenho. Este artigo aborda os problemas comuns de desempenho relacionados a esse tipo de aplicação, incluindo as razões pelas quais ela pode es…