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Happy Friday, everyone! Although it was a short week for the MTC Team, it was a *packed* one, so let’s dive in and recap what’s been going on! MTC Moments of the Week This week, our MTC Member of the Week spotlight is on @igorotX! Victor is a new member of the MTC, but they’re wasting no time in jumping into the excel forum to help other MTC’ers. Welcome, Victor! Over in events, we had a full load this week, so I want to first give a shoutout to our amazing Community Managers for moderating: Trevor Rusher, Heather Poulsen, Eric Starker, and Emily Perina! :) First up on Tuesday, we had a Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps AMA to answer questions abou…

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Background Users often find themselves in a situation where they have managed disks in one or more subscriptions that are no longer attached to a Virtual Machine (VM). These disks may have been attached to a VM in the past that has now either been deleted, or these disks were detached from the VM for some other reason. The user would continue to pay for these unattached disks, whether they need them or not. Solution A common issue users face is that either the owners of the disks cannot be identified, or it is not possible to simply delete the disks because their content must be kept around in case it is needed. There are a few solutions that the use…

While it's possible to run the Kubernetes nodes either in on-demand or spot node pools separately, we can optimize the application cost without compromising the reliability by placing the pods unevenly on spot and OnDemand VMs using the topology spread constraints. With baseline amount of pods deployed in OnDemand node pool offering reliability, we can scale on spot node pool based on the load at a lower cost. Kubernetes Topology Spread In this post, we will go through a step by step approach on deploying an application spread unevenly on spot and OnDemand VMs. Prerequisites Azure Subscription with permissions to create the required resources Azure CLI k…

When using cloud solutions, you need to be confident that your data is protected from risks like natural disasters, accidental deletion, and ransomware. Microsoft 365 has what you need and more! Organizations can configure Microsoft 365 to retain as much data as needed and restore it with ease if the need arises. All your data and information can easily be managed through its lifecycle, and even recovered, with the built-in tools available in Microsoft 365, without complex integrations or expensive 3rd party software. How does Microsoft protect my data? Organizations often ask about Microsoft’s responsibilities for ensuring the data is protected from corrup…

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 9:00 AM–10:30 AM Pacific Time (UTC-8) Learn how to use your data to build intelligent, scalable apps faster and easier. Take a deep dive into open source and Azure and see the latest open-source technology in action—while connecting with the community of industry leaders, innovators, and open-source enthusiasts. Join this free digital event to: See app-building demos using Azure and the latest in open-source technologies, cloud-native architectures, and microservices. Get tips and best practices for open source from industry leaders at companies like HashiCorp, GitHub, and Redis. Learn to build cloud-native apps for relationa…

Organizations are increasingly recognizing the importance of leveraging rich media, audio and video, to message, instruct, and engage, their employees. Microsoft Stream on SharePoint Online makes the storage and delivery of audio/video simple but how do you present it to employees in an elegant, easy to consume and navigate format? Enter Microsoft Lists and the new Playlist template. “Playlists - a new and simple way to curate and share video or audio collections within Microsoft 365. Until now, you had to build a SharePoint page with web parts and load in the content to create a video collection. With playlists in Microsoft 365, you add content using the new 'Playlist' t…

Virtual Machines > Virtual Machine Scale Sets Virtual machine scale sets now default to Flexible orchestration mode Virtual Machines > Virtual Machine Scale Sets Force delete for Virtual Machines and Virtual Machine Scale Sets Intune Updates to Microsoft Intune Let's look at each of these updates in greater detail. Virtual Machines > Virtual Machine Scale Sets Virtual machine scale sets now default to Flexible orchestration mode  New virtual machine scale sets now default to using Flexible orchestration mode. Previously, new virtual machine scale sets used Uniform orchestration. Flexible orchestration mode allows y…

In the February Microsoft Intune service release (2302), we're providing integration, troubleshooting, and reporting to help IT admins improve user experiences. We're introducing an exciting integration between Intune and ServiceNow. This is a big step towards enabling helpdesk admins tasked with troubleshooting endpoint issues. We've also just released a major overhaul in reporting for devices without a compliance policy. So many great things happening in just the first two months into the calendar year! And we're just getting started. With many more capabilities coming in the rest of the year, I can hardly wait! Let me know what you think of these new capabilities by co…

Customers like you, with businesses of all sizes, have trusted Windows Server as the platform to run your mission-critical workloads for over 30 years. Through challenging economic conditions and constantly shifting business needs, you’ve been able to adapt and innovate with support from a resilient infrastructure. We are committed to supporting you in the next steps to modernize by introducing new benefits that add more value and flexibility to maximize your Windows Server investments while achieving cost savings and efficiency. Azure Hybrid Benefit expansion As customers are increasing cloud adoption to run virtual machine (VM)based and containerized application…

For decades, companies of every size have trusted Windows Server to run their mission and business-critical workloads. As more customers use the cloud for innovation and digital transformation, customers are increasingly migrating their workloads to Azureas the best destination for Windows Server. Whether customers are migrating as is, or modernizing applications, Azure provides more than 200 unique services and capabilities for Windows Server. We're excited to announce one more capability today. Ever since its release in 2018, Windows Admin Center has become the solution for managing Windows Server infrastructure running on-premises. It has grown to provide dozens of …

Remediating vulnerabilities in organizations takes time so it's essential to have effective risk management strategies in place. We know that addressing software vulnerabilities can be challenging due to a variety of factors. To help with risk mitigation, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management (MDVM) users can leverage the application block feature to take immediate action to block all currently known vulnerable versions of applications. A feature unique to Defender Vulnerability Management, you can block vulnerable app versions for designated device groups, provide users with custom warning messages, and provide links to your organization’s internal sites where you …

Preparando-se para o exame DP-900 Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals e não sabe por onde começar? Este artigo é um guia de estudo para certificação DP-900! Fiz uma curadoria de artigos da Microsoft para cada objetivo do exame DP-900. Além disso, compartilho os conteúdos da #SprintDP900, uma série de mentorias do Microsoft Reactor. No Microsoft Reactor, oferecemos diversos conteúdos gratuitos de capacitação em tecnologias da Microsoft e organizamos sprints de estudos para certificações. Na #SprintDP900, estamos realizando uma série de 3 aulas sobre certificação Azure Data Fundamentals, nos dias 28 de fevereiro, 01 e 02 de março. Todas as pessoas que participar…

There is so much going on with Microsoft Teams, we know keeping up can be tough. Tom Arbuthnot and Tom Morgan, two Microsoft MVPs, took on that challenge to help the community keep up and built Empowering.Cloud, a community and video briefing library. Video briefings are provided by range of Microsoft Teams experts and MVPs who are as committed as we are to helping others on their Microsoft Teams journey. Briefing authors include Tom Arbuthnot Tom Morgan Danny Hayasaka Josh Blalock Kat Beedim Carsten Lund Meilbak Nikki Chapple Tim Russell Sara Fennah and many more. Empowering.Cloud is for Microsoft Teams …

With special thanks to Ishna Kaul for designing anomaly detection algorithms and sharing the research which lead to this blog and notebook. Also, Thanks to @AmritpalSingh for review and all the suggestion to improve this further. Introduction In this blog, we will demonstrate how you can identify anomalous Windows network logon sessions using an Isolation Forest algorithm with an Azure ML studio notebook connected to a Microsoft Sentinel workspace. Logon anomalies generally indicate the presence of an external adversary in your environment or malicious activity from a rogue insider. This blog is meant as a starting point to demonstrate real world machine …

5G technologies are a key component to implementing smart airports. In this blog you will find Microsoft’s vision for smarter, safer airports and how they drive value from a business perspective. You can also learn how Microsoft thinks about smart airports from a technical perspective in a section that explores how the combination of 5G technology, edge devices, and the cloud create a new application paradigm. A vision for smarter, safer airports People all around the globe rely on airports each day for safe and efficient travel. While airports today are rightfully concerned with recouping revenue lost over the last few years of reduced travel and building…

5G technologies are a key component to implementing smart roads. In this blog you will find Microsoft’s vision for smarter, safer roads and how they drive value from a business perspective. You can also learn how Microsoft thinks about smart roads from a technical perspective in a section that explores how the combination of 5G technology, edge devices, and the cloud create a new application paradigm. A vision for smarter, safer roads Every year millions of people are seriously and permanently injured in motor vehicle crashes. In many cases, these deaths and injuries could be prevented if drivers were alerted to various hazards like road conditions, obstac…

Genomics workflows are essential in bioinformatics as they help researchers analyse and interpret vast amounts of genomic data. However, creating a consistent and repeatable environment with specialized software and complex dependencies can be challenging, making integration with CI/CD tools difficult, too. Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML) is a cloud-based platform that provides a comprehensive set of tools and services for developing, deploying, and managing machine learning models. Azure ML offers great repeatability and auditability features natively that not many workflow solutions offer. It provides a highly integrated and standardised environment for running…

Today, 5G enables new applications for scenarios that were previously out of reach. From smart roads that can notify of obstacles in the road in real time to smart airports that can identify runway issues before they threaten safety, a new breed of real-time and mission-critical applications is emerging. These Modern Connected Applications run at the edge, requiring a wireless network with high bandwidth, ultra-reliability, low latency, and large range, all provided by 5G. More than just a new network standard, 5G is a technological breakthrough, powering the future of application architecture. As the first generation of software-defined networks, 5G…

Drive business growth with a new breed of 5G-powered intelligent scenarios at the edge The blog is designed so you can either read it end to end or start with the section most relevant to what you would like to learn: Learn about the context and business benefits: Advances in technology are quickly democratizing the use of AI solutions and unlocking new business opportunities built on real-time, mission-critical applications Understand the role of 5G and edge computing: These use cases are made possible with a new application architecture powered by 5G and edge computing Discover the opportunity and resources for developers: Microsoft is helping developers…

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports pod sandboxing in preview in all Azure regions on a subset of Azure VM Sizes that support Nested Virtualization. Pod Sandboxing compliments other security measures and data protection controls and provides the isolation needed within a single VM node, as well as to protect containers that process sensitive information on AKS. This added functionality also avoids the “operations tax” associated with running standard VM nodes per workload. Pod sandboxing on AKS seamlessly integrates with the existing AKS feature set, making it easy to transition the deployment with simple pod annotation changes to existing workloads while…

A picture showing the Hack Together with Microsoft Graph and .NET Hack Together is a hackathon for beginners to get started building apps with Microsoft Graph and .NET. In this hackathon, you will kick-start learning how to build apps with Microsoft Graph and develop apps based on the given Top Microsoft Graph Scenarios, for a chance to win exciting prizes. Check out our announcement post to learn more about the hack: Join us for Hack Together: Microsoft Graph and .NET. Hack Together will run online from March 1-15, 2023. Hear from our team – why you should join us. Register today! What’s happening in week #1 of Hack Together? In the first week of Hac…

The Azure App Service Environment is a deployment of Azure App Service into a subnet in an Azure virtual network (VNet). There are two ways to deploy an App Service Environment (ASE): With a VIP on an external IP address, often called an External ASE. With a VIP on an internal IP address, often called an ILB ASE because the internal endpoint is an internal load balancer (ILB). You can read more about ILB App Service Environment here v2 , v3 . When accessing Site / Kudu Site hosted in ILB ASE, you might encounter error as below where the site is unreachable. There can be multiple factors due to which the site can’t be accessible: DNS Server…

This blog content is compiled by @Ahetejaz from Azure DevOps CSS support team. Recently, he helped a customer in resolving an issue 'Error: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'templatePath') in Azure DevOps Services when user tried to edit the YAML pipeline. The reason for the issue was deletion of service connection for external repository. Scenario: Azure DevOps YAML pipeline connected with Bitbucket using ‘Bitbucket cloud’ service connection. The pipelines gives below error while editing it. Findings: When we select edit on the pipeline, the first thing is to connect the repository provider service, fetch the YAML and dis…

Today, we got a service request that our customer reported that they query are taking too much for their execution. The main wait stats found was RESOURCE_SEMAPHORE and I would like to share with you my lessons learned here. We executed this query to find out the queries and check the resource semaphore wait type. select tasks.task_address, parent_task_address, task_state, exec_context_id, tasks.scheduler_id, work.worker_address, tasks.session_id, req.status, req.command, blocking_session_id, wait_type, wait_time, req.last_wait_type, cpu_time, dop, sched.scheduler_address, sched.parent_node_id, sched.status, sched.is_online, sched.active_worker_…