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We’re excited to announce the release of Network HUD - A new feature that proactively identifies and remediates operational networking issues on Azure Stack HCI. Network HUD is available in the November update for both 21H2 and 22H2 Azure Stack HCI subscribers! Running and maintaining a network for your business applications is a hard job. Ensuring a workload is stable and optimized requires coordination across the physical network (switch, cabling, NIC), host operating system (e.g., virtual switch, virtual NICs, etc.), and of course the application that runs inside the VMs or Containers. Each of those have their own configurations, have different capabilities, and…

In our first article we introduced Network HUD as a new feature that proactively identifies and remediates operational networking issues on Azure Stack HCI. We also discussed Network HUD’s unique on-premises cloud-service model which enables us to bring new features and capabilities (more than just bug fixes) rapidly through what we call, “content updates.” Well, it’s official. The November content update has arrived! So, in this article, we’ll dive into the new capabilities that Network HUD gains with the November content update. This content update (version 1.0.0 and later), includes: Detection of PCIe bandwidth oversubscription Detection of an unstab…

We’re excited to announce the release of Network HUD - A new feature that proactively identifies and remediates operational networking issues on Azure Stack HCI. Network HUD is available in the November update for both 21H2 and 22H2 Azure Stack HCI subscribers! Running and maintaining a network for your business applications is a hard job. Ensuring a workload is stable and optimized requires coordination across the physical network (switch, cabling, NIC), host operating system (e.g., virtual switch, virtual NICs, etc.), and of course the application that runs inside the VMs or Containers. Each of those have their own configurations, have different capabilities, and…

GitHub Codespaces are a hosted developer environment operating in the cloud that can be run with Visual Studio Code. You can customize the development experience for any development project on GitHub, pre-installing dependencies, libraries, and even Visual Studio Code extensions and settings. You can also select the type of virtual machine you wish to utilize based on the resources you require. There are several models available, starting with a 2-core processor, 4 GB of RAM, and 32 GB of storage. The following video provides additional details. Recently announced at GitHub Universe 2022, GitHub is offering 90 hours of Codespaces to registered students for fr…

In some special cases, we may notice that there is a network path error when mounting an Azure storage in an App Service. Error Message: The network path was not found According to the message itself, it is more likely to be a network problem, so we can find some clues regarding such an area. Clue 1: Check domain resolving behavior and network connectivity Just like most of the network related cases, we firstly want to verify the connectivity between resources, in this case, we could use kudu in app service and try to reach out the storage account. nslookup <your_storage>.file.core.windows.net nameresolver <your_storage…

In order to set up this KEDA integration, below are the steps you will accomplish as you go through this blog: Create a storage account and retrieve and save the connection string, this will be used in a later step. Create a queue called ‘test-queue’ in the storage account. Use the C# code below that will allow you to hydrate a queue in the storage account with messages. You may alter the number of messages in the for loop as you see fit, it need not be 350, that is just an example number used here. The ARM template that you will use to deploy the queue reader container that will be deployed to Azure Container Apps. This queue reader container has code that reads me…

If you are interested to replace Microsoft Community Training (MCT) home page with any other custom home page that you have built, you can easily achieve that with a simple set of steps. To get started, you need to have a custom home page designed for it to be linked to MCT instance. Here is a sample design for MCT Custom Homepage Note Azure subscription should be same subscription where MCT is deployed. These steps would need ‘Contributor’ access for the Azure subscription. This custom home page needs to be hosted in same azure subscription where MCT is deployed. You need to have the Storage Account of the type "General-purpose v2" to get the static webs…

Trusted Keystore (TKS) update We have released an update to the trusted keystore of Azure Sphere devices which will result in all devices (regardless of whether they are on the Retail or Retail Eval feed) installing this update and rebooting. This small update does not change the OS version. For more information, see Azure Sphere – Image signing certificate update. OS version 22.11 available for retail evaluation devices Azure Sphere OS version 22.11 is now available for evaluation in the Retail Eval feed. The retail evaluation period provides 17 days for backwards compatibility testing. We have decided to increase the duration of this retail evaluation p…

Azure DDOS network protection provides security for services deployed in virtual networks against volumetric attacks by way of always-on traffic monitoring and adaptive real time tuning. This may be achieved by applying DDOS protection plans to the different virtual networks in the different architectural tiers such as the Hub and Spoke network, Windows N-tier and Paas Web App architectures. Management of Azure services involves careful planning around available resources. One capability that is often requested by Azure DDoS protection customers is the ability to exclude certain public IP addresses from the protection plan to accommodate their prioritized workloads. Fo…

Microsoft Purview’s goal is to provide a built-in, intelligent, unified, and extensible solution to protect sensitive data across your digital estate. This includes Microsoft clouds such as Microsoft 365 and Azure, as well as on-premises, hybrid and third-party clouds, and SaaS applications. With Microsoft Purview Information Protection, we are building a unified set of capabilities for data classification, labeling, and protection for our customers’ multi-cloud and multi-platform IT landscape. Azure Information Protection (AIP) has been on a multi-year modernization and integration journey with the goal of providing a cohesive and coherent classification, labeling…

SAP TechEd always brings the best and most exciting news to our SAP community. This year in particular, my teammates Matt Ordish, Will Bratton and I are thrilled to share our latest product updates for SAP on the Microsoft Cloud. If you have a chance to attend SAP TechEd 2022, please check out the sessions featuring Microsoft in the course catalogue. We continue our joint innovation with SAP to deliver a series of industry defining offerings. Most recently, Microsoft and SAP jointly announced the collaborative SAP ERP experiences, which increase personal productivity and enable better decision making. Microsoft and SAP deliver a unique, intuitive experience which combines…

Contributed by: Rafael Salas Moneo is Microsoft’s solution for characterizing hardware on distributed systems. To learn the basics of Moneo please visit the previous blogpost HERE We’ve recently expanded Moneo to include CPU, Memory, and Ethernet by default. This unlocks new optimization experiences for MPI workloads. We can observe how CPU and IB traffic interplay on a single node or a collection of nodes to see if the rank design should be changed. If the pre-configured metrics still don’t provide the time series telemetry needed then we also offer custom metrics, which are anything that can be polled on the node as a function call. Moneo works well…

Microsoft Azure and the 2022 Student Cluster Competition In 2007, the first Student Cluster Competition (SCC) was held at the annual ACM SC conference in Reno, NV. The competition challenged six teams of undergraduate students to work with vendor partners in building a small cluster that could run within a 26A power limit and learn how to run/optimize various real world HPC applications and benchmarks. Over the years, this competition has become a staple at the SC conference and has continued to add more challenges for teams. These have come in the form of mystery applications, reproducibility challenges, and power outages. In 2017, Microsoft collaborated with…

App Service will be rolling out a Name Reservation feature to protect customers from the threat of subdomain takeovers. The rollout is starting now (November 14th) and is expected to run through approximately December 15th. This new built-in feature creates a name reservation for web application names and for App Service Environment (ASE) names during the creation of those resources. No additional changes or configuration are needed by the customer to establish a name reservation. The name reservation for a given resource name will exist from the moment the resource is created and for a lengthy time period after the resource has been deleted (a cooldown period).…

This year, Viva Engage introduced new ways to share, discover, and connect with coworkers across the organization through your storyline. On your storyline, you can create posts, ask questions, and share what you’re passionate about. And now, stories - short videos or photos are available in public preview in Viva Engage and Microsoft 365. Stories overview Stories deliver a familiar, delightful way to catch up and stay connected with your coworkers. You can find, browse, and engage with stories directly in your home experience or in the storylines tab in Viva Engage, Yammer, and coming soon to Outlook. You can create or upload a story to share a q…

As we learn more about how users are sharing their documents, we strive to create functionality to meet user needs in the Office app and to work in tandem with iOS and Android to leverage simple sharing across a variety of apps. We have found that the Share Nearby feature to meet some but not all needs. We will be retiring the Share Nearby feature from the Office app as we evolve to offer the best of Microsoft 365 on mobile. This change will affect users of the Office app on Android and will be effective as of December 31, 2022. We made this decision as we continue to reassess the value our users derive from the Office app, and we aim to offer experiences th…

The Transfer Files feature is being retired, but transferring files is becoming easier in Office Mobile. As we evolve to offer the best of Microsoft 365 on mobile, we are constantly look at new ways to bring value to our users while assuring you remain productive across your devices. To keep the Office app in tune with the needs of our users, the Transfer Files feature is being replaced by OneDrive, which is seamlessly integrated with the Office app. You will be able use the Transfer Files as a legacy feature on Android and iOS in parallel with OneDrive until December 31, 2022. Rest assured that files that have been sent and received using the Transfe…

This is a 360-degree view into how to bring big data from Microsoft 365 and related services into Azure Synapse Analytics with Microsoft Graph Data Connect. This works internally and externally with your network of customers, suppliers and partners. Harness information that goes above and beyond what’s possible compared to other reporting options in Microsoft 365, and get available solution templates to quickly get started. Principal Program Manager Lead from the Microsoft Graph team, Jeremy Thake, joins Jeremy Chapman to show how to keep people and your organization connected with Microsoft Graph Data Connect and Azure Synapse. Use your M365 data for …

On 17th October, we embarked on a #30DaysOfDataScience journey, going from understanding the Python language to working with real life data and finally creating Machine Learning models both on Azure and in Python. Using the knowledge gained we were able to make decisions such as fraud detection, customer segmentation and salary prediction. Therefore, yes, you can learn Data Science in 30 Days! Get Started with the week-by-week roadmap and skills challenge Roadmap: The 30Days Skilling content provides a guided tour of Data Science and Machine Learning in Python and Azure in four themed weeks. Explore the roadmap here. Gear up: You need to set up your Local …

Machine learning (ML) is everywhere. You use ML-empowered applications without even noticing it: when clicking on product recommendations on an e-commerce website, or when consulting your navigation app to choose the best itinerary to reach a new place, for example. You, as a developer, cannot certainly ignore this evolving tendency. And if you are familiar with .NET framework, ML.NET could be an easy win! In fact, ML.NET is a framework designed for .NET developers that wish to add machine learning capabilities to their applications, without having to leave the .NET ecosystem and by writing code in the languages they are already familiar with. In this blog post, I'…

The Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA) is an ecosystem of independent software vendors and managed security service providers that have integrated their solutions to better defend against a world of increasing threats. Learn more about new offers from members NCC Group and Vectra AI in Azure Marketplace: [attachment=26405:name] Managed XDR: Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) from NCC Group lets you confidently manage risk in your evolving security stack. Optimize your Microsoft license investment with NCC Group’s custom threat intelligence and integrations, extensive automations, and faster detections. [attachment=26406:name] …

At Enterprise Connect in March 2022, Microsoft announced it was ready to support native DECT integration with its SIP gateway. It was also confirmed that Spectralink, Poly, Ascom, Gigaset, and Yealink were all working on their respective DECT solutions. This is great news for businesses currently using DECT handsets via an SBC or keeping their legacy PBX running in parallel with Teams Phone. You can now add DECT handsets to your Teams deployment as you would an ordinary desk phone. Before you jump into buying new DECT handsets, it’s important to understand their unique use cases. Use Cases for DECT in Microsoft Teams There’s long been a discussio…

Cluster monitoring is essential to guarantee your users can always get performant and reliable service. One of the foundation stones for monitoring resources in Azure is metrics and specifically for Azure Data Explorer service there are some key metrics that are essential in monitoring the cluster health and performance. For example, CPU, cache utilization factor, ingestion utilization and keep alive. In this article we’ll focus on the Keep alive metric and where and how it should be used. The mechanics behind the Keep alive metric, is a basic and simple synthetic query that is being sent to the cluster every minute to verify that the cluster is responding proper…

Report Server uses Report Server Temporary database to store session and execution data, information related to cached reports. These tables in the ReporServerTemp database hold temporary data and there are certain Stored Procedures which periodically remove older data from the ReportServerTemp database. Therefore, ReportServerTemp database only being a scratchpad holding temporary data for a limited period of time it is recommended that we have the Recovery Model for the ReportServerTemp database set to Simple. By default, the Recovery Model for ReportServerTemp database is set to Simple. When we configure Reporting Services to work with Always On A…

The Integration Runtime (IR) is the compute powering activities in Azure Data Factory (ADF) or Synapse Pipelines. There are a few types of Integration Runtimes: Azure Integration Runtime – serverless compute that supports Data Flow, Copy and External transformation activities (i.e., activities that are being executed on external compute, such as Databricks, and the IR acts as an orchestrator only). Self-hosted Integration Runtime (SHIR)– same software as above packaged as an MSI that you install on your own physical or virtual infrastructure. You can have up to 4 nodes in a cluster. It supports Copy and External transformation activities. Azure SSIS-IR – supports ex…