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Accessing a simple database via a GraphQL API or REST APIs requires a lot of custom code, which adds to the complexity and time taken to build these APIs for your application. Today, we're pleased to announce that the Data API builder for Azure databases is now in public preview. You can use it to enhance developer productivity by making it easy to create GraphQL endpoints and REST endpoints with minimal code. You can connect to and perform CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update and Delete) on your data residing in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server, allowing you to use any platform, any language, or any device to do more with your data. With an integrated and flex…

Databases are a critical component of modern web applications. In fact, database access is one of the most common uses for serverless functions. However, implementing backend services to handle data access can be time consuming, complex and error prone. Today, we introduce database connections for Azure Static Web Apps, an easy way to access your Azure database content from your front-end static app with REST and GraphQL, without having to write any backend code. Get started for free during public preview. With database connections, you can make REST or GraphQL requests to the built-in /data-api endpoint to retrieve your Azure database contents. A better develop…

Today we are thrilled to announce public preview of Data API Builder. Data API Builder eliminates much of the complexity to build GraphQL API or REST APIs and provides secure access to your data when using traditional approaches that require significant custom code and extended development time. With Data API Builder your database objects can be quickly exposed as REST or GraphQL endpoints enabling secure and fast access to your data from any platform, with any language, and using any device. With support for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, SQL Server, MySQL and Azure Cosmos DB, you have the freedom to select the database technology you prefer - whether it’s a fully managed …

In this article: Updates to SharePoint Server Subscription Edition Support policy changes for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition Antimalware Scan Interface integration with SharePoint Server 2019 SharePoint Server 2013 End of Support Looking forward When we launched SharePoint Server Subscription Edition in November 2021, we shared our vision of a server built for continuous innovation, which emphasized the specific needs of our on-premises customers including new features to help simplify management, improve your security posture, and streamline your upgrade from earlier versions of SharePoint Server. To take our first step on this journe…

Chat has quickly become an indispensable mode of communication across organization types, industries, and geographies – facilitating easier conversations and quicker collaboration, and is certainly a fundamental function within Microsoft Teams. But for all of its promise for improving communication with customers, partners, and colleagues, it can sometimes be challenging to keep track of it all. To help, we’ve pulled together a collection of the most used Teams chat features designed to keep you organized and engaged and maybe even having a little fun. Tips for keeping your chats organized If you’re like me, the volume of chats I send and receive has long surp…

Introduction This Microsoft Defender for Cloud PoC Series provides guidelines on how to perform a proof of concept for specific Microsoft Defender plans. For a more holistic approach where you need to validate Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Defender plans, please read How to Effectively Perform an Microsoft Defender for Cloud PoC article.  Cloud Security Posture Management provides organizations with a centralized view of their cloud security posture, allowing them to quickly identify and respond to security risks, ensures compliance, and allows for continuous monitoring and improvement of cloud security posture. Defender for Cloud CSPM pr…

We are thrilled to announce the March 2023 release for Azure VMware Solution. A variety of new and highly anticipated features such as SQL Azure Hybrid Benefit is now GA, AVS Gov is in Preview and Customer Managed Keys are now available. Read on to explore more. Azure VMware Solution Feature Updates Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server Azure VMware Solution in Azure Gov Customer Managed Keys HCX Enterprise Edition NSX-T Update SQL Hybrid Benefit Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server Customers that have SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance can now bring these licenses to Azure VMware Solution hosts. Through the Azure …

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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...

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…