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Azure Data Factory CI/CD with GitHub Actions
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Azure Data Factory allows connecting to a Git repository for source control, partial saves, better collaboration among data engineers and better CI/CD. As of this writing, Azure Repos and GitHub are supported. To enable automated CI/CD, we can use Azure Pipelines or GitHub Actions. In this blog post, we will implement CI/CD with GitHub Actions. This will be done using workflows. A workflow is defined by a YAML (.yml) file that contains the various steps and parameters that make up the workflow. The workflow will leverage the automated publishing capability of ADF. As well as the Azure Data Factory Deploy Action from the GitHub Marketplace which under the hood …
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Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server in Azure VMware Solution
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Azure Hybrid Benefit (AHB) for SQL Server in Azure VMware Solution (AVS) is now Generally Available (GA). This new capability enables customers to create an Azure VMware Solution placement policy and specify the number of hosts using the Azure Hybrid Benefit. With this enabled, it will unlock unlimited virtualization through the SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance. With this release, customers can take advantage of Azure Hybrid Benefit on their Azure VMware Solution nodes by running their SQL Server workloads on AVS by applying existing paid SQL Server Enterprise licenses with active Software Assurance. As a result of this, the VMs on the nodes running SQL…
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Power BI modeling with ADX - cheat sheet
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Power BI modeling with ADX - cheat sheet Creating Star-schema models with ADX Any dimension table should include a setting of IsDimension=true Relationships between DQ tables are created as M:M by default. This is not a problem and even recommended with single direction. If you want to change the relationship to 1:m , make sure to also check assume referential integrity. This will force the connector to use inner joins. You can change to 1:M from the relationships properties Dimensions in dual mode are recommended especially if you want to search on dimensions and slicers cross filte…
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Did you know Azure Maps is HIPAA compliant (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
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Companies and organizations in the healthcare industry require geospatial services to achieve location intelligence and perform spatial analysis. Imagine knowing there was an accident or disease outbreak but not knowing where it was? Location information can be critical to many health outcomes, not just for individuals but for whole communities as well. Azure provides a solution environment allowing healthcare and health insurance providers to meet their strictest data compliance obligations, as Azure Maps complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). While Azure Maps enables companies and organizations across every industry to bui…
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Azure OpenAI Services in teaching and education
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Azure OpenAI Services in teaching and education By Ajit Jaokar Course Director: Artificial Intelligence - Cloud and Edge Implementations University of Oxford With contributions from Ayse Mutlu Lead AI Tutor Artificial Intelligence - Cloud and Edge Implementations University of Oxford Introduction With the advent of Large language models(LLMs) like GPT-3, we see a transformation in education. In this article, I present my views on the future of education in light of these developments. The views presented here are based on my teaching - but are a personal perspective. First, GPT-3/chatGPT is a rapidly evolving space. For example, in my …
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How To Upgrade/Change the Operating System which hosts Microsoft Configuration Manager
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Hello! My name is Herbert Fuchs and together with other members of the Customer Success Unit and the Customer Service & Support Organization we want to help our Customers with This Blog-Series. We gathered information and put our field and support experience into this. Special thanks to our contributors, reviewers and content-writers, Wilhelm Kocher, Anthony Fontanez, Emilian Bucur, Pavel Yurenev, Anderson Cassimiro and Madalina Zamfir. So, what's the story - you implemented a well running ConfigMgr-Environment. New Solutions to deploy, changes in the Organizations, new Features implemented and - well time fly’s by and you are in a situation where you…
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Catch Defender Experts for Hunting on the Ninja Show
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Threat actors are constantly finding new ways to achieve their objectives, and much too often, something more than technology alone is needed to keep up. You need highly skilled security experts to track these attackers and their behaviors. With our Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting managed service, you can access our world-class Security Experts and industry-leading threat intelligence with 24/7/365 proactive threat hunting across Microsoft 365 Defender data to identify emerging attack patterns and prioritize significant threats. Want to learn more? Join me and Steve Lee from the Defender Experts team as we chat with Heike Ritter on season three, episode four…
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Support tip: Windows Servers will be recognized as new OS platform in Microsoft Intune
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Currently devices on the Windows Server platform don’t support mobile device management (MDM) and can’t enroll in Intune. With the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Security Management feature, Windows Servers can receive security management policies from Intune as outlined in Use Intune to manage Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Security on devices not enrolled with Microsoft Intune. Today, Windows Servers are labeled as “Windows” for the attributes that refer to its operating system (OS) platform. This non-specific label makes it difficult to manage these devices when it comes to granular visibility and targeting. Keep reading to see how we’re making improvements an…
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Top 10 enhancements to Microsoft Intune for Apple management
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Worldwide, Apple's share amongst commercial device shipments grew about 200 basis points in 2022 over 2021.[1] This acceleration in Apple device adoption and feedback from our joint customers has ignited Microsoft to deepen our investment in Apple device management with Microsoft Intune. As an example, we are proud to share that Intune now powers EY's macOS management. Through a two-year collaboration with their Desktop Configuration Product team, EY can now easily and efficiently manage their macOS devices alongside Windows in Intune. In addition to the hundreds of thousands of Windows desktops EY currently manages with Intune, by the end of the year, they plan to also m…
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Mainframe to Azure partners
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Azure has a rich and growing list of Mainframe/Midrange partner ecosystem. Below is a glimpse of the partners we collaborate to enable people and organizations to achieve more by making Azure the best cloud for legacy environments. Please contact legacy2azure@microsoft.com for any questions. Continue reading...
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Using Inline Bing Generative AI with Microsoft Viva Today! - HLS Show Me How
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With the rapid advance of Generative AI, as demonstrated by Microsoft, understandably folks are excited! Generative AI has tremendous promise in workload reduction in content creation. For folks working on company Intranets, organizational knowledge management, and more, the need for help is great. Oftentimes these are teams that have part-time roles and are often understaffed. In this HLS Show Me How video I show how organizations can begin to leverage Microsoft Bing Generative AI with Microsoft Viva… today! Specifically, I show enhancing a Microsoft Viva Topics page with Generative AI content that can then be reviewed and edited. Although I show this action within To…
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Ajai Peddapanga recently delivered a session for his Azure Cloud Solution Architect colleagues to help them guide customers when evaluating Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Spring Apps. In this post we share highlights from the Q&A portion of the presentation to fellow Microsoft employees. Rather than trying to choose a single platform for all your applications, Ajai and his coauthor Asir Vedamuthu Selvasingh encourage companies to shift their thinking to take full advantage of the flexibility and elasticity of the cloud—not to take an A or B approach but to take an A+B approach. Their book How to Choose the Right Azure Services for Your Applications—It…
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An introduction to marketplace deployment architectures
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The commercial marketplace is a one-stop-shop for businesses looking to purchase and implement cloud-based solutions. As a platform for buying and selling B2B solutions, it allows solution publishers to showcase their products and services, all of which run on the Microsoft cloud. Buyers transact directly through Microsoft, rather than dealing with the publisher directly. An offer sold through Microsoft is known as a transactable offer. There are currently four offer types to choose from when creating your transactable offer for the Azure Marketplace. Each offer type offers a different application architecture. The four offer types are as follows. Virtual m…
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Microsoft Teams Phone gives you PSTN connectivity choice
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Blog co-authored with Tom Arbuthnot, Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Master, Founder and Principal at Empowering.Cloud Whoever came up with the concept of “one size fits all” originally, likely wasn’t responsible for planning calling and connectivity for a multi-national organization with remote offices, on-the-go salespeople, and front-line workers. Organizations often have a variety of connectivity needs depending on their geographic footprint and unique business requirements – which can complicate the decision-making process. Some scenarios may be 100% cloud-based, while others may require an on-premises setup with connectivity to legacy hardware, a…
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Teams Plugin for Elgato Stream Deck Re-Released! Also, Run with PowerPoint Plugin!
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Okay folks it is officially re-released! The Teams plugin for the Elgato Stream Deck has been released again* and is available for use. Watch the video to see how to update your Elgato software then install and configure the Teams plugin. But why stop there. In this video I will also show you the PowerPoint plugin so you can have an end-to-end meetings solution. *See original post Using the Native Elgato StreamDeck Integration with Microsoft Teams Resources: Elgato | elgato.com Delivering new webinar experiences with Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Community Hub Microsoft Teams admin documentation - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn Thanks for vi…
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In this blog, we will cover the easy way to migrate an existing PHP site with MySQL to Azure App Service. In case you do not have an existing App Service and Azure Database for MySQL setup, you can follow this blog: Tutorial: PHP app with MySQL - Azure App Service | Microsoft Learn. This setup will create a VNET and MySQL database where the MySQL access will be locked down and not exposed to the public internet, which is compliant with recommended best practices for security. To migrate your PHP code to Azure App Service, we can use one of the deployment methods such as Zip Deploy: Run your app from a ZIP package - Azure App Service | Microsoft Learn D…
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How to expose NGINX Ingress Controller via Azure Front Door and Azure Private Link Service
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This article shows how to use Azure Front Door Premium, Azure Web Application Firewall, and Azure Private Link Service (PLS) to securely expose and protect a workload running in Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS). The sample application is exposed via the NGINX Ingress Controller configured to use a private IP address as a frontend IP configuration of the kubernetes-internal internal load balancer. For more information, see Create an ingress controller using an internal IP address. In addition, this sample shows how to deploy an Azure Kubernetes Service cluster with the API Server VNET Integration and how to use an Azure NAT Gateway to manage outbound connections initia…
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Introducing Teams Classwork: The One-Stop-Shop for Managing Your Class Resources
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We are excited to introduce you to Classwork - our new curricula management app in Teams for Education coming in June! Classwork is designed to help you streamline your lesson planning process and organize your class resources more efficiently. Classwork is a one-stop shop to create and organize class resources, including Assignments, OneNote Class Notebook pages, web links, files, and Teams channels. This means you no longer have to navigate multiple apps and platforms to find what you need. With Classwork, you can curate a view of content and resources that will help your students navigate the class and see everything in one place. Student view of the new Classwork a…
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Security baseline for Microsoft Edge version 111
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We are pleased to announce the security review for Microsoft Edge, version 111! We have reviewed the new settings in Microsoft Edge version 111 and determined that there are no additional security settings that require enforcement. The Microsoft Edge version 107 security baseline continues to be our recommended configuration which can be downloaded from the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit. Microsoft Edge version 111 introduced 1 new computer settings and 1 new user settings. We have included a spreadsheet listing the new settings in the release to make it easier for you to find them. As a friendly reminder, all available settings for Microsoft …
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How To Convert Parquet Files into GeoJson Files and Save it in Data Lake using Synapse Notebooks
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Introduction: GeoJSON files contain various types of geospatial data, such as point, line, and polygon features, as well as metadata and attributes. They can be used for a variety of purposes, such as creating interactive maps, analyzing spatial patterns, and visualizing geospatial data. In this blog, we will discuss how to transform Parquet files into GeoJSON files using Synapse Notebook, which is a workaround since this transformation is not currently supported in the Copy activity in Azure Synapse pipelines. Prerequisites: Basic knowledge in Azure Synapse Analytics. Workspace in Azure Synapse Analytics. Storage account (in this blog, we…
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Automating Block Blob Backup
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Introduction Hi folks! My name is Felipe Binotto, Cloud Solution Architect, based in Australia. This post is about how you can automate the backup of Block Blob Storage using Azure Backup Vault (not to be confused with Azure Recovery Service Vault). I specifically mention Block Blob because append and page blobs are not supported. By automating the backup process of your Block Blob Storage, you can rest assured that your data is safe and secure in case of unexpected data loss. Before we start, let us look at the solution’s high-level design. High-Level Design The following is a similar HLD (high-level design) I have done for a custome…
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Form Recognizer previews document classification, Azure OpenAI integration and lots more
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Form Recognizer is an Applied AI service for all your document understanding needs. With the latest update Form Recognizer now adds new capabilities like document classification, new prebuilt models like the 1098 form (with a few variants) and using Azure OpenAI models to extend field extraction with queries. Form Recognizer has three categories of models, general extraction models which include Read, Layout and the General document model to extract content structure and fields from a form or document. Prebuilt models for extracting a defined schema for a specific document type, examples of prebuilt models include invoice, W-2, ID document and many more. Finally, c…
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Unleashing the Power of Cloud Computing: The Benefits of Activating Azure for Student Subscriptions
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As a university student, you might have heard about Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing platform that offers a range of services for businesses and individuals. But did you know that Azure offers a special subscription plan for students that comes with $100 of cloud credit? In this blog post, we'll explore the benefits of activating Azure for student subscriptions and highlight some of the exciting things you can do with it. The process of activating Azure for student subscriptions is straightforward. All you need is a valid academic email address, and you can sign up for the Azure for Students offer. Once you've signed up, you'll have access to a range of…
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Bring all your workloads to the edge with AKS Edge Essentials. Now Generally Available!
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Today, at Embedded World, we announce the General Availability (GA) of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Edge Essentials. AKS Edge Essentials has been developed in response to customer needs for Kubernetes at the operational edge on small-footprint devices for orchestrating workloads and driving business optimization. During the Preview period, we iterated with early adopters to release new features and updates. Our GA milestone signifies that we are now ready to engage with any business ready to go through their own Operational Technology (OT) transformation. We are delighted to have reference implementations and samples available from our launch partners Scalers.ai,…
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Using Logic App Standard to connect to SAP
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1. Overview: SAP Connector () is a Enterprise connector which provides a set of actions and triggers to connect to your SAP Service. Ref: SAP - Connectors | Microsoft Learn The SAP connector supports the following message and data integration types from SAP NetWeaver-based systems: Intermediate Document (IDoc) Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI) Remote Function Call (RFC) and Transactional RFC (tRFC) The SAP connector uses the SAP .NET Connector (NCo) library. To use the available SAP trigger and SAP actions, you need to first authenticate your connection. You can authenticate your connection with a username and password…