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In today’s Do More with Less workplace environment the Employee Experience is more important than ever. Microsoft Viva Goals helps the organizations people stay connected with organizational strategy, bringing clarity of mission and empowering staff to remove distractions that add to workforce crisis stress. On February 3rd Microsoft HLS delivered the webinar “Do More with Less Employee Experience Series – Viva Goals.” The webinar featured Microsoft Viva Goals Senior Director Don Campbell. During the webinar Don covered Microsoft’s own journey implementing OKR’s and the insights developed along the way. He also discussed successful adoption strategies implemented. Fina…

Both SQL Server and Azure SQL contain the query_antipattern extended event. The description for the event (from sys.dm_xe_objects) states that it “occurs when a query antipattern is present and can potentially affect performance.” You might be thinking – what is an antipattern? A commonly accepted academic definition is “…a commonly-used process, structure or pattern of action, despite initially appearing to be an appropriate and effective response to a problem, has more bad consequences than good ones.”[1] As it pertains to querying a SQL Server table, one can simply define an antipattern as a query that is written or designed in a way that prevents it from executing t…

Starting today, there's no limit to the number of Azure Arc-enabled servers you can add to a resource group! We listened to your feedback and understood that the previous limit of 5,000 servers per resource group didn't always align with your existing organizational schemes for hybrid and multicloud servers. With this change, you can choose to use a single onboarding script to connect every server to the same resource group, without worrying about partitioning large deployments across multiple resource groups. Looking to get started with a large deployment of Azure Arc-enabled servers? Take a look at the Azure Arc Landing Zone Accelerator to prepare for the deploym…

What is Data Mesh? A data mesh architecture is a decentralized data storing approach that enables domain teams to use the storage technologies of their own choice. The primary component of a Data mesh architecture is a processing engine which is capable of performing cross-domain data analysis. Typical data mech processing engine should be capable of processing the data resides in various sources. Few example data storage options can be: Relational data in SQL Server. Delta files in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Images and Videos in ADLS Gen2 PDF reports/logs/Text stored in Blob. Streaming data in Kafka/Event-hub Data Mesh Using HDInsight Trino …

In case that you are using Archive Access Tier restoring a backup in Azure SQL Managed Instance or using Bulk Insert in Azure SQL Database you need to know that, currently, it is not supported. For example, using Restore Database TSQL in Azure SQL Managed Instance you might have the following error message: Msg 3203, Level 16, State 1, Line 8 - Read on "https://myblob.blob.core.windows.net/backups/backup.bak" failed: 13(The data is invalid.) - Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 8 - RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally or using bulk insert you might have other error message like: Reading the file Msg 4823, Level 16, State 1, Line 18 - Cannot bulk load. Inval…

  Detect capture-replay vulnerabilities and exploits with Microsoft Sentinel solution for SAP® applications The Capture Replay Weakness As per MITRE, authentication bypass by capture-replay is a weakness that exists “when the design of the software makes it possible for a malicious user to sniff network traffic and bypass authentication by replaying it to the server in question to the same effect as the original message (or with minor changes)”. These types of attacks are best prevented by encrypting communications, to avoid exposing authentication tokens and other reusable commands. Capture-replay Weakness in SAP RFC With CVE-2023-0014, we learn…

Background Information To enhance service capabilities, the API Management service has released a new compute-platform version. A more current compute platform version (stv2) is available with additional features and improvements such as support for Azure Private Link and other networking features. We recommend all users migrate the Azure API Management service from stv1 compute platform to the stv2 compute platform to take advantage of upcoming features. This article is to describe and compare the stv1 and stv2 compute platform to provide users with more perspectives. In addition, this article introduces recommended migration solutions to help users on com…

Learning about Power Platform, Fusion Teams, and Cloud Integrations can provide a multitude of benefits for students, including: Career advancement: With a growing demand for low-code and cloud skills, learning about these technologies can help students stay ahead in the job market and secure positions in high-demand industries. Problem-solving skills: Power Platform, Fusion Teams, and Cloud Integrations offer powerful solutions for businesses and organizations, and learning how to use them can help students develop skills in problem-solving and innovation. Opportunities for growth: With the #LowCodeFebruary initiative, students will have access to a w…

This is a good one if you’re new to IT or catching up with the rapid changes of the last couple of years! Brush up on the different types of Windows updates, servicing channels, and delivery tools. Review essential documentation, practical learning modules, and a couple of videos –all in under two hours. Choose whether you want to start with the definitions or jump right into practical advice and a walkthrough of how to upgrade to Windows 11! Time to learn: 113 minutes [attachment=31651:name]READ What is Windows as a service? Brush up on Windows update builds, deployment, servicing channels, and servicing tools. (11 mins) Windows Insider + App C…

Highlights Useful links Developer-First Tooling increases Developer VelocityNative and Built-in security capabilities of Dependency scanning, Code scanning and Secret scanningEmbed security in the developer workflow with Shift Security left approach, find and fix vulnerabilities in days, not months.Unified End to end Solution from MicrosoftAutomate every step of your code life cycle, including powerful, flexible CI/CD Azure DevOpsGitHubAzure Boards DashboardsGitHub Package RegistryDependabotCodeQLGitHub Advanced SecurityCodespacesTestPlanArgo CDAzure Defender for DevOpsMigrate Repos with History, WorkItems, TestPlans etc. from on-pre…

Windows 365 and/or Azure Virtual Desktop in government AMA graphic Join us for our Windows 365 and/or Azure Virtual Desktop in government Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA) with members of the engineering and product teams On February 22nd at 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM (PST)| 11:00 AM-12:00 PM EST. We are collaborating with the Windows community and hosting this one hour session where you can ask all of your questions - however far "down the rabbit hole " you want to go! Make sure to RSVP and bookmark the page here. This AMA will be hosted by : @Christian_Montoya Senior PM Manager Our Panel will include : @PhilWest Federal Solutions Group, …

On behalf of the Mixed Reality team at Microsoft, I wanted to share some important context and insights on the Mixed Reality program at Microsoft. The intent of this note is to help provide clarity to this community on our commitment to HoloLens 2 and the broader Mixed Reality program. We continue to produce and support HoloLens 2, inclusive of monthly software updates to ensure our enterprise customers can leverage HoloLens 2 and the supporting platform to complete critical work. We also continue to update Dynamics 365 Guides and Remote Assist to address the needs of those customers. HoloLens and Dynamics 365 are key components of Industrial Metaverse deployments,…

In my earlier Azure Policy post, I covered issues and concerns organizations may face and how many built in Azure policies can address these problems. Now we are going to take it a step further and discuss how to enforce policies and automate their creation. Policies applied at the top level will be inherited by all of the child levels. It is recommended to put best practice policies that cover the entire organization at the Management Group level, and more specific application team policies at the Resource Group level. Try to find a good balance here to ensure you are meeting the policy statements you have defined while also allowing you to easily change policy as requ…

Today, we worked on a service request where our customer got the following error message scaling database error from General Purpose to Hyperscale "Error message: 'Update to service objective 'xyz' for Hub DBs' is not supported for entity 'DatabaseName'. Following, I would like to share with you our findings. We have some limitations scaling databases to HyperScale that were provided in these two articles: Announcing General Availability (GA) of Zone Redundancy for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale tier - Microsoft Community Hub What is SQL Data Sync for Azure? - Azure SQL Database | Microsoft Learn If you receive any of these two messages: Update to…

Introduction: Data migration is the process of transferring data from one source to another. It can be a complex and time-consuming task, especially when dealing with large amounts of data. One of the complexity of data migration is data volume and velocity. Handling large amounts of data can be a challenging task, as it may require specialized hardware, software, and network infrastructure to transfer the data in a timely manner. Time and cost are also important factors to consider when migrating data. Azure Data Explorer (ADX) is a fast and highly scalable data exploration service that enables real-time analysis on big data. ADX provides a simple and efficien…

In this episode of Data Exposed with Anna Hoffman and Bob Ward, take advantage of performance and availability for faster queries and to help ensure business continuity. Accelerate query performance and tuning with no code changes required with new Intelligent Query Processing scenarios and Query Store enhancements. Resources: Intelligent Query Processing: feature family additions Query Store hints in SQL Server 2022 Intelligent Query Processing: degree of parallelism feedback Learn more about SQL Server 2022: https://aka.ms/sqlserver2022 Download SQL Server 2022: https://aka.ms/getsqlserver2022 Get our decks: https://aka.ms/sqlserver2022…

As Power BI Specialists we see numerous questions coming from business users, customers and end users from novice high level questions to deep technical questions in how to work with business insights. In this video Shawn Kim is hosting a Q&A with Power BI Technical Specialist, Christina Tillbrook to tackle the most popular questions asked by all users. Each question was measured by order of importance and is here to help others in better understanding the basics of Power BI. Questions include: What is Power BI Desktop? What is Power BI Service? What is a Power BI business user? How do individual users in my organization sign up? What's the difference b…

As we prepare to add Rules Management capabilities to Azure Logic Apps, we are interested in how we can best support you to transition your BizTalk workloads to Azure Integration Services (AIS). Please fill out the following survey to share your feedback: Microsoft Forms Continue reading...

As an IT admin, you know that keeping track of content saved across Windows, OneDrive, SharePoint, and the internet can be challenging for end users. In recent Windows 11 Insider Preview Builds, we added a search box on the Windows taskbar to help them easily find whatever they're looking for. The search box assists people in finding apps, files, settings, help, and more—plus unlocks the power of the web with quick access to online information like time zone conversions, fact lookup, trending searches, and search results for navigating to websites faster. They can also find files and people in their work or school organization using search highlights. After shipping Wi…

Industrial and commercial energy users are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of managing their energy usage due to multiple factors, such as the energy transition and increased price of gas and electricity, as well as the introduction of zero-emissions targets to address climate change. The increased importance of energy awareness and effective energy management is driving an evolution in energy management, where energy consumers are installing renewable energy generation systems and energy storage (batteries) behind their energy meter. Consumers are self-generating energy to minimize grid energy usage, and export surplus green energy to the grid to earn reven…

We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 81 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: Get it now in our marketplace [attachment=31577:name] AGRIVI 360 Farm Insights: AGRIVI 360 Farm Insights simplifies administration and helps farmers make precise agronomic decisions based on real-time field information. This can ensure crop production traceability and enable compliance with quality, safety, and sustainability standards. [attachment=31578:name] Booking for Outlook (LV-Tron): IAdea's LV-Tron, a meeting room booking system, seamlessly integrates with Microsoft…

Securing your web apps is essential in today's digital landscape. One method is to use a private endpoint, also known as a private link, in Azure Static Web Apps. This feature enables developers to connect network isolated backends to Azure Static Web Apps resources for increased security and seamless routing. In this blog post, we'll go through how to set up a private endpoint in Azure Static Web Apps and the advantages it has for keeping your web apps secure. Now a private endpoint, also known as a private link, is a network interface that connects to your virtual network using a private IP address. This network interface links you privately and securely to an Az…

As work becomes more flexible, the lines between work and life are increasingly blurred. With the fresh energy that often comes with the arrival of a new year, it is a great time to explore new ways to experience the upsides that come with new work patterns. From timeboxing to taking breaks between meetings, we picked the most popular productivity tips used across our Teams marketing team. Here are our top four work habits to try this year: Habit stacking. Sometimes the hardest part of starting something new is finding a simple way to make it a lasting habit. While it isn’t a new idea, habit stacking pairs a new small activity or habit with an existing one. For exampl…

Azure Open AI (GPT) with Power Apps - Build a Power App to create a demo or personal knowledge bot. Let's build a Power App to use Azure Open AI for Improve Productivity What's needed. Register for Azure Open AI - What is Azure OpenAI? - Azure Cognitive Services Once got approved create azure open ai resource in Azure portal. Select region as East US At the time of writing this article davinci-003 is only available in East US Create a deployment inside the resource. Create a Power App To create a power app first need to create a power flow. Flow is invoked by a powerapp trigger. Text information will be passed to the flow. Power Flow Le…