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OpenAI's GPT-3 AI applications have become a buzzword in the industry. If you're looking to boost your business operations and maximize productivity but are encountering technical barriers and resource limitations, the app highlighted in this article may be your answer. It smoothly integrates Azure OpenAI into various business workflows, showcasing a spectrum of AI-powered demos. This demo highlight the technology's capabilities and can help streamline your business operations while optimizing productivity. Let's build your business process with OpenAI Resources Azure OpenAI - Summarization & gain insights Power Apps - To build front end Power Au…

Newsworthy Highlights Step-by-Step Compliance for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) If you are impacted by the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) this post is for you. Microsoft 365 Government Community Call Join Jay Leask and other members of the Government Community live on LinkedIn! Where to Start with Microsoft Teams Apps in Gov Clouds Customers in our Office 365 government clouds, GCC, GCCH, and DoD, are continuing to evolve how they do business in the hybrid workplace. As Microsoft Teams is the primary tool for communication and collaboration, customers are looking to improve productivity by integrati…

Introduction Technology makes our life easier and helps us solve complex problems. Everyday we look for ways to automate a recurring task, integrate multiple services to build a solution that helps us develop faster. In this article we will be introducing you to two services: Azure - that makes handling infrastructure easy Appwrite - that makes backend development easy We will be showing you how to build a virtual machine in Azure, followed by installing Appwrite and building a demo with it. First, let’s get you introduced to Appwrite and Azure. What is Appwrite? Appwrite is a self-hosted backend-as-a-service platform that provides developers …

Our newest round of Access bug fixes was released on February 28, 2023. In this blog post, we are highlighting some of the fixed issues that our Access engineers released in the current monthly channel. If you see a bug that impacts you, and if you are on the current monthly channel build 2302, you should have these fixes. Make sure you are on Access Build # 16.0.16130.20218 or greater. Bug Name Issue Fixed Error ‘Duplicate out alias __Agg255’ when running a complex report. In a report with many aggregate functions, Access could exceed the capacity of the space allocated to hold aggregate results and fail to properly generate …

Top o’ the morning, MTC’ers (or afternoon/evening, depending on what time you’re reading this). I hope you’re all having a good week and a Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Here’s a quick recap of what’s been going on in the MTC this week. MTC Moments of the Week First, let’s give a round of applause to this week’s MTC Member of the Week - @eliekarkafy! Elie is a frequent contributor to the MTC with over 12 years of experience working in IT infrastructure, security, and more. Thank you for being a part of the community, Elie! On the events side this week, we had a very special episode of Windows in the Cloud featuring one of our Windows 365 MVPs, Erik H…

When a Project Manager develops a resource-loaded work-back structure (WBS), the linear distribution of effort between resources is typically acceptable as a starting point to estimate effort and costs. However, there are scenarios where a PM will need to be more granular in the definition of effort within a given time span for each resource (day, week, month) to reflect how the work will be accurately executed. This precision influences two key components of the project planning: Resource Requirements and Financial estimates – which can be achieved with assignments tab. To access the contour editing grid, the project manager first selects the Tasks tab on the pr…

Attend In Person or Remote and Be Part of the Official Launch of Microsoft Federal’s FedMakers Community Register Now FedMake attendees often say the most valuable outcome is connecting with their peers to explore and share their experiences and approaches to solving common unmet challenges. Join us in-person at the Reston Garage or remotely from your computer, to see the solutions developed using the Power Platform during that week's FedMake event. Share your own experiences, ask questions, and meet your peers. For those that attend this event in-person, we invite you to continue the conversation by joining us at the post-event social hour h…

This is the sixth in the six-part series about using BitLocker with Intune. BitLocker is a data protection feature that integrates with the operating system and addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned computers. It provides the maximum protection when used with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 1.2 or later versions. BitLocker may be configured in Intune for Windows 10 and 11 devices using one of three methods: An endpoint protection profile An endpoint security disk encryption profile A settings catalog profile The endpoint protection and endpoint security disk encryption profiles use BitLo…

Event season is approaching! Our team is looking forward to seeing you all at Gartner IAM and Microsoft Secure this month! Check out our identity sessions below: Gartner IAM Microsoft will be participating in Gartner IAM March 20-22 in Grapevine, TX. While onsite Microsoft will demo the latest innovations in Microsoft Entra, and host customers during onsite meetings. Don’t miss us at booth #301! Pamela Dingle, Partner Director of Microsoft Identity Standards, will deliver a solution provider session during the event. In this session, we will explore 3 Effective Strategies to Start Reducing Identity Risk Today. Identity is the new cybersecurity ba…

Did you know that Teams can also help you deliver telehealth services to your patients? The experience is made easy for the connected clinic staff and patients! Microsoft Teams has several features designed specifically for healthcare organizations, such as virtual appointments, electronic health record integration, secure messaging, and more. This post will explore how Microsoft Teams Premium enhances the virtual appointment experience for both staff and patients in a clinic. After setting up Virtual Appointments your telehealth workflows and patient outcomes will drastically improve as well as comply with security and privacy regulations. We will also share some tips a…

When accessing standalone Microsoft SQL Server 2014 and other legacy services from Azure App Service on Linux, you might encounter connectivity issues but there are no detailed error logs for connectivity by default for same. To test the connectivity and cause of error, we can first install sqlcmd by doing Web SSH to the Linux App service and running the below commands: a) From Azure portal , firstly SSH into the container as shown below: b) Please run the following command in the SSH to install sqlcmd: //install curl apt update apt -y install curl //install gnupg apt-get update apt-get install gnupg // follow the step…

Last year was busy for Microsoft on the Java front and 2023 is shaping up to be even more exciting. We’ve been expanding our portfolio of Java-centered apps on Azure, exploring smart serverless, improving cloud functions, and more. Read on to explore some highlights for Java at Microsoft and get a sneak peek into our upcoming sessions at this year’s Devnexus conference in Atlanta, April 4-6. What’s new in Java at Microsoft and Azure Last year ended on a great note. We reached over two million Java developers using Visual Studio Code. In January, we improved index file and coding performance in Spring extensions and Visual Studio Code. We’ve introduced remote d…

Overview Azure Functions is a serverless compute service that allows you to run code on-demand without having to manage infrastructure. It supports various types of triggers, including HTTP triggers, which allow you to expose your function as a RESTful API. However, while working with Azure Function HTTP triggers, you may encounter a 404 error, which indicates that the requested resource was not found. In this blog, we will learn the possible causes of the Azure Function HTTP trigger 404 error, along with examples to help you troubleshoot and resolve the issue. Causes of Azure Function HTTP Trigger 404 Error The Azure Function HTTP trigger 404 e…

Although Microsoft Defender for Servers (part of the Microsoft Defender for Cloud suite) does not rely on security events collection to provide its protection capabilities, customers may want to collect this valuable data to bring additional context to their server security investigations or alerts. For this reason, Defender for Servers Plan 2 users benefit from a 500-MB free data ingestion allowance (per day, per server) into Log Analytics, as long as the Defender for Servers Plan 2 is also enabled at the Log Analytics Workspace level. Security events collection (for Windows systems only) is done with the help of a guest agent. This has been possible so far with t…

Microsoft Search is a modern, AI-powered search solution for your workplace. You can use Graph connectors with Microsoft Search to increase your organization’s search coverage and extend search beyond Microsoft 365 content. Your data sources could be spread across several departments and product divisions housed in their specialized apps and cloud applications. And your user’s search requirements range from aggregation of all information into the Workplace search canvases (SharePoint Home, Office Home, or Bing work vertical), to selectively exposing this content into Site search or Custom search applications built using the Graph search API. Graph connectors, makes…

Welcome to the Let's Build Together: Low-Code Edition This is part of the Let's Build Together: LowCode Edition, where you learn how you can use applications and services in Power Platform to accelerate the digital transformation of business processes. This show is designed to walk you through how to build End to End solutions using Microsoft Power Apps and automate their processes with Microsoft Power Automate in just two weeks. Power Platform skills will open doors for you in your career. Join and complete the Let's Build Together Cloud Skills Challenge Use Case Project – Automate a Booking Requests Process with Power Automate Watch Live P…

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。 今回は、Azure の SQL VM(SQL Server on Windows Server) のディスク拡張について、よくお問い合わせいただく以下の内容についてご案内します。 【本ブログで紹介させていただく内容】 　A. SQL 仮想マシンのディスクを拡張する方法 　B. SQL 仮想マシンからディスク拡張ができない 　C. ディスク拡張を拡張したが拡張できない 　A. SQL 仮想マシンのディスクを拡張する方法 Azure Marketplace から SQL Server のライセンス込みの仮想マシンをデプロイすると、OS 上のディスクが記憶域プール(SQLVMStoragePoolX)で構成されます。 SQL仮想マシンのストレージを拡張したい場合は、この記憶域プールを拡張する必要があります。 図．記憶域プール 記憶域プールの拡張は以下のいずれかの方法で実施します。 ① SQL 仮想マシンからの拡張 ② 手動での記憶域プールのディスク拡張 ① SQL 仮想マシンからの拡張 [前提条件] ・SQL Server IaaS Agent をフル管理モードで導入している。 　 SQL Server IaaS Agent 拡張機能とは (Windows) - SQL Server on Azu…

We are in progress of making many improvements to the documentation for the Azure Lab Services Update that was released this past August 2022 . One upcoming improvement, is that we're adding guidance on how to grant administrators and educators permission to lab resources. Please see an early release of this new guidance further below - this guidance includes the following topics: Resource group and lab plan structure Permission to multiple resource groups Permission to multiple lab plans [*]Roles for common lab activities [*]Administrator roles Owner Contributor Lab Services Contributor [*]Educator roles Lab Creator Lab Contributor Lab Assistan…

Overview One common pattern that we see is when customers want maximum in-region availability coupled with a cross region disaster recovery option. This typically manifests itself as, Zone Redundant HA in the primary region and a Read Replica in another region, as illustrated in the following diagram: With ZRHA, failover between the Primary and Standby servers is automatically managed by the Azure platform and importantly, the service endpoint name does not change. However, currently with a regional failover, which is a manual process, the service endpoint name does change. A number of customers have expressed an interest in an option to perform region…

By: Juanita Baptiste - Sr. Product Manager | Microsoft Intune With Windows Autopilot, we’re always looking for ways to improve the user experience and provide more value to our customers. That’s why we’re excited to announce that Autopilot in Intune supports installing the new Microsoft Store apps during the Enrollment Status Page (ESP). With this support, IT administrators can easily manage and deploy Microsoft Store apps across their entire organization, ensuring that everyone has access to the software they need to be productive. The new store experience allows you to select whether you want to install your apps in system context or user context for more …

Being able to focus on things that matter is more important than having to do mundane time-consuming tasks on a daily basis. Automating your daily workflows can give you more time to do other things. If you have data stored in an Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server database, a fully managed MySQL service on Azure, and use this data to perform daily tasks for your business needs, you need to streamline the processes by integrating with MySQL data to insert new data, update data, delete data or get the rows from the tables. Zapier is a service that can help you achieve this. Zapier helps you automate repetitive tasks and integrate with various other services as wel…

As part of the Microsoft #BuildFor2030 Initiative, in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, we’re continuing to highlight women-owned businesses, their solutions, and their journeys growing their business on the marketplace during each week of Women’s History Month in March. In our second edition of the series, Microsoft’s @Yvonne Muench sits down with LawToolBox’s Carol-Lynn Grow to discuss the story behind the first online matter management system in the legal space, her experience with building for the commercial marketplace, and reflections on Women’s History Month. About Yvonne: Yvonne is a Senior Director who runs global programs to he…

Connecting from Windows Server (running on Azure On-Premises domain joined), to Managed Instance, while using Windows Authentication method, fails with below error message: The steps we have been through, troubleshooting this issue, are as follows: we have created a Trusted Domain Object with SetupCloudTrust, then created GPO (Group Policy Object) setting to client machines using the incoming trust-based flow: How to set up Windows Authentication for Azure Active Directory with the incoming trust-based flow - Azure SQL Managed Instance checking klist, we were seeing the below: Error calling API LsaCallAuthenticationPacka…

We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 103 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: Get it now in our marketplace [attachment=34927:name] Build Customized Machine Images with a GUI: This offer from RIS AG provides a wizard-guided user interface for the XOAP automation platform, which can facilitate customized images and their management. Create, configure, and build machine images fully automated across your cloud environments. [attachment=34928:name] CentOS 7.9 Base on Azure: This offer from Solve DevOps provides CentOS 7.9 on a Microsoft Azure virtual mach…