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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…

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. …

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…

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,…

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 …

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…

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 …

こんにちは。日本マイクロソフト SQL Server サポートチームです。 公開ドキュメントとして公開されていた内容を、ブログとして掲載します。 現象 Microsoft SQL Server で SQL Server のサービスを停止した状態の場合、データベース ファイルをバックアップしたり (オフライン バックアップ)、ファイルを復元する (オフライン リストア) 操作を実行すると問題が出ることがあります。 回避策 オフライン バックアップおよびオフライン リストアは SQL Server が提供している機能ではありません。 SQL Server の機能として提供しているバックアップまたはリストアの方法を使用してください。 詳細 オフライン バックアップまたはオフライン リストアの操作を実行する場合、SQL Server は関与できないため、問題が起こらないことを保証できません。また、テストなど動作確認も実施されていません。したがって、オフライン バックアップまたはオフライン リストアはお客様の責任において実施する必要があります。 全てのデータベースと全てのファイルを対象とした場合 : 全てのシステムおよびユーザ データベースの全てのファイルをあるタイミングでオフライン バックアップし、これら同じタイミングでオフライン バックアップした全てのファイルをオフライン リストアした場合には、SQL Server がある時点から処理を再開するために必要な全ての…

Introduction The Azure Container for PyTorch  (ACPT) is a curated environment in the Azure Machine Learning (AzureML) service with the latest PyTorch version and optimization software such as DeepSpeed and ONNX Runtime for training. The image is tested and optimized for the Azure AI infrastructure and ready to use by model developers for their training scenarios. The General Availability of ACPT in AzureML was launched with PyTorch 2.0 and Nebula for performance efficient training. The Microsoft Ads team serves Microsoft Search Network which powers 37.5% of U.S. desktop searches and 7.2 billion monthly searches around the globe. In the U.S., the Microsoft …

Hi! I’m Michael McClary, a Principal Program Manager in the Commercial Marketplace Services team, where we work with Partners daily for certification, onboarding, payouts, and many other marketplace operations. We are excited to announce the availability of a comprehensive set of resources, webinars, and workshops designed to help you simplify and accelerate your adoption of the commercial marketplace. Our goal is to ensure your success by providing valuable information and support throughout your entire marketplace journey. Introducing Mastering the Marketplace, a program featuring: Learning Library (aka.ms/MTMlibrary:( A self-serve, on-demand le…

Thank you for being a part of the HLS Teams Productivity Summit. We are pleased to provide you with a copy of today's presentation and recording, which you can find below. Links mentioned in the session: Overview: Viva Connections | Microsoft Learn Guide to setting up Viva Connections | Microsoft Learn Add the Viva Connections app in the Teams admin center | Microsoft Learn Viva Connections analytics | Microsoft Learn Viva Connections – Microsoft Adoption Become a Champion – Microsoft Adoption Microsoft Viva Dev Center | Build collaborative apps Microsoft Viva Summit - Home - Microsoft Viva (eventcore.com) Session Title: Microsoft Viva Home – Your …

The digital landscape of manufacturing and production across the supply chain is transforming at an accelerated pace. Equipping workers with the best devices for their roles to enable secure connections and collaboration from wherever they work has never been more critical. From frontline plant operators to corporate execs, here’s how Surface devices can make that crucial difference. Manufacturing plant operators With a wide range of responsibilities, plant operators face a myriad of challenges in their daily work. They may have difficulty accessing real-time information from management and colleagues, such as change-of-shift notes, task assignments and operat…

Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence (Defender TI) now includes File Hash and URL Search capabilities, enabling researchers, analysts, hunters, and security responders to search for high-quality threat intelligence, including verdicts and associated metadata. This feature empowers security professionals to effectively utilize threat intelligence in their threat-hunting and investigation activities. Defender TI leverages Microsoft's threat intelligence through static and dynamic analysis of files and URLs within and outside its ecosystem, providing comprehensive coverage of potential threats. The static study examines the file's code without executing it, while dy…

Are you ready to transform your organization with the latest in Data, AI, and modern consumer experiences? If so, we have an exciting event that you won't want to miss! Join us for an exclusive Healthcare and Life Sciences event, where you'll discover how Azure OpenAI and the latest, innovative data solutions can help you achieve better patient outcomes and streamline your operations. Some of the topics our experts will cover: Revolutionizing healthcare with Data, AI, and Cloud Apps Enhancing collaboration and data sharing across organizations Developing modern apps and cloud services for better patient care Improving research and development with advance…

Are you ready to transform your organization with the latest in Data, AI, and modern consumer experiences? If so, we have an exciting event that you won't want to miss! Join us for an exclusive Healthcare and Life Sciences event, where you'll discover how Azure OpenAI and the latest, innovative data solutions can help you achieve better patient outcomes and streamline your operations. Some of the topics our experts will cover: Revolutionizing healthcare with Data, AI, and Cloud Apps Enhancing collaboration and data sharing across organizations Developing modern apps and cloud services for better patient care Improving research and development with advance…

At Viva Engage (Yammer), we are committed to improving conversations to help make your employees feel even more connected. Organizations and employees use conversations as a way to keep everyone connected, informed, and engaged, both in communities and through storylines. We share below the improvements we have made to conversations, as we continue to make it easier and more intuitive to start and continue having conversations in Viva Engage. @mention first or last names directly in a conversation Now you will be able to @mention colleagues by using just their first or last name, making it feel more natural and conversational. When employees @mention someone in…

Assessing a model is not just about understanding how accurately it can make a prediction, but also why it made the prediction. Understanding a model’s behavior is a critical part of debugging and helps drive responsible outputs. By evaluating which data features are driving a model’s prediction, you can identify if they are acceptable sensitive or non-sensitive features to base a decision on. For instance, if a model is using race or gender to predict a diabetic patient’s time in the hospital, then that’s a red flag to investigate the model. In addition, being able to explain a model’s outcome provides shared understanding for data scientists, decision-makers, end-users …

What is Data Mapper? Data Mapper is Azure Logic Apps' new visual data transformation tool, currently available as a Visual Studio Code extension, that can create and edit maps between source and target schemas. To exchange messages between different XML or JSON formats in an Azure Logic Apps workflow, especially when the source and target schemas have different structures, the data must be transformed from one format to another. Data Mapper serves to help you visually create these mappings while also handling transformations in a singular tool. Data Mapper provides a modernized experience for XSLT authoring and transformation that includes drag and drop gestu…

Thank you for being a part of the HLS Teams Productivity Summit. We are pleased to provide you with a copy of today's presentation and recording, which you can find below. Session Details: Organizations see experience as a key driver for engagement, wellbeing, productivity, and business performance, but with so many different applications at your employee's fingertips, it can be a disruptive and stressful experience to switch from application to application to get work done! What if instead your employees could access Workday where they're already spending most of their time? The Workday app for Microsoft Teams does that by bringing simple and delightful self-se…

In our previous blog about hunting for network signatures in Microsoft 365 Defender, we described how we used device discovery capabilities to capture some network event information in deeper detail and expose them in advanced hunting with the NetworkSignatureInspected action type. Since then we have made several developments, the most significant being the integration with Zeek. This release has expanded what is possible for generating network detections across Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. That announcement, shared examples of detections created for PrintNightmare and NTLM password spraying attempts. Today, we would like to share a variety of Zeek-based events…

Northwind Traders 2.0 is not just another facelift of the existing template We’ve heard your comments and criticisms of Northwind. Northwind objects don't follow good naming conventions Tables don't always adhere to proper normalization Undocumented functionality is confusing, especially for new, inexperienced Access users No upgrades since 2006. The data is also from 2006 There is some truth in these criticisms. So, a little over a year ago some members of the Access developer community came to Microsoft with a challenge. We've addressed the shortcomings in the previous Northwind template and turned it into a new, modern showcase for the best Acce…

As part of our quarterly skilling recap, we are showcasing the many learning opportunities featured with our latest series, Learn Live: Microsoft Secure 2023. Last month, security professionals from around the world gathered for Microsoft Secure 2023, an event that explores the security strategies that will shape the future of the field. Although the event is over, there are still a variety of learning opportunities you can pursue at your own pace to build on the key topics and themes that were covered, including a series of four Microsoft Secure Learn Live episodes. These Learn Live episodes can help you earn badges, prepare for certifications, and gain new techn…

Microsoft strives to deliver utmost value to our customers through modern, optimized, secure solutions in this newly evolved world focused on digital transformation. As part of this evolution of Microsoft 365 solutions, we retired SharePoint 2010 workflow as of November 1, 2020. In continuation with this, we will be retiring SharePoint 2013 workflow and believe Microsoft 365 customers will be better served by modern workflow solutions. SharePoint 2013 workflows will be retired in 2026 SharePoint 2013 workflow will be turned off for new tenants as of April 2, 2024 and will be removed from existing tenants and will be fully retired as of April 2, 2026. This ap…

Microsoft strives to deliver utmost value to our customers through modern, optimized, secure solutions in this newly evolved world focused on digital transformation. As part of this evolution of Microsoft 365 solutions, we retired SharePoint 2010 workflow as of November 1, 2020. In continuation with this, we will be retiring SharePoint 2013 workflow and believe Microsoft 365 customers will be better served by modern workflow solutions. SharePoint 2013 workflows will be retired in 2026 SharePoint 2013 workflow will be turned off for new tenants as of April 2, 2024 and will be removed from existing tenants and will be fully retired as of April 2, 2026. This ap…