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Teams Phone enables simplified, enterprise-grade calling in Microsoft Teams, helping our customers stay connected regardless of where they’re working from. We’ve seen incredible momentum for Teams Phone in the last few years. We’re humbled to have over 12 million Teams Phone PSTN users and see customers like LVMH, REI Co-op, and ZF Group, rely on Teams Phone to keep their business connected. When considering whether Teams Phone is the right telephony solution for your organization, we know there are some common questions that may come to mind. Today, we’re here to answer some Teams Phone questions you may be asking yourself. Is Teams Phone as reliable …

Azure Maps is more than just a Map on your website. It is a complete enterprise solution for location-aware solutions. For example, you can do (reverse) geocoding of customer addresses and use an isochrone to find out withs customers a close to your store or get weather conditions for all your past sales data to know withs products sell best by rain or hot weather or get the correct time-zone for your customer by translating an IP-address to a location and get the time-zone information, or you need to know what the travel time is between two or more locations. So many scenarios and use cases you can make location aware with Azure Maps. You can call the Azure Maps R…

In most cases, Bot Framework Apps use Client ID + Client Secret Key to implement Bot Auth against on the registered Azure AD App. If any direct line request sent to this Bot but cannot provide correct Client ID + Client Secret Key (matched, or another correct pair), the Bot app will return unauthorized failure as well. A typical Javascript Bot Framework project, if you set MicrosoftAppPassword and MicrosoftAppId in the .env file, run this bot app, and then use Bot Framework Emulator to access the bot. If Emulator cannot provide the correct secure info, the request will fail with unauthorized errors: message:"The bot's Microsoft App ID or Microsoft App Passwo…

At Ignite 2022 we announced general availability of Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Certificate-Based Authentication (CBA) as a part of Microsoft’s commitment to Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. Now, we’re thrilled to announce the public preview of Azure AD CBA support on iOS and Android devices using certificates on hardware security key (YubiKey). With Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) on the rise, this feature will give you the ability to require phishing-resistant MFA on mobile without having to provision certificates on the user’s mobile device. To tell you more about the support for Azure AD CBA on mobile, I’ve invited Vimala Rangan…

Large business scale often requires scaling Bot Framework App Instance from one to many. To make this work, the bot application needs to serialize memory info to storage, otherwise users may hit conversation state lost issues intermittently, for example, the next request doesn’t affinity on the same instance and then user feels bot doesn’t smartly follow previous conversation, or Skills Bot calling back with the same conversation ID but different instance, and root bot returns 404, etc. A typical root + skills bot infrastructure is like this: To solve this problem in Bot Framework Composer, developers can configure Bot Framework Composer project setting…

As the IPv4 addresses are already exhausted, more and more service providers and website hosts start using the IPv6 address on their server. Although the IPv6 is a new version of IPv4, their packet headers and address format are completely different. Due to this reason, users can consider IPv6 as a different protocol from IPv4. In order to be able to communicate with a server with IPv6 protocol only, we’ll need to enable the IPv6 protocol on Service Fabric cluster and its related resources. This blog will mainly talk about how to enable this feature on Service Fabric cluster by ARM template. Prerequisite: We should be familiar with how to deploy a Servi…

Hi everyone, I am a senior service engineer at Microsoft, working with our S500 customers around the world. Our CxP organization focuses on Customer Success Experience and to achieve customer success we leverage our best solutions and tools at-scale. Currently, my technical focus is a centralized approach for monitoring, governance, and automation. This is where Azure Policies, Azure Monitor, Azure Lighthouse play a significant role. And I would like to share our experience based on learnings and research and work with Azure product groups. I came from on-premises world, where many things happened in customers data center, where operations and developers usually …

Cross-tenant User Data Migration is Now Generally Available Historically, admins that needed to move mailboxes between Microsoft 365 tenants were required to export or offboard the mailbox to on-premises and then import or onboard the mailbox to a new tenant. Today, we’re thrilled to announce that cross-tenant user data migration is now generally available. Specifically, the cross-tenant mailbox migration and cross-tenant OneDrive migration features previously in Preview are now generally available in our WW environment. GCC, GCC High, and DoD are still in Preview, so currently: WW tenants can use these features with other WW tenants; GCC High tenants can use thes…

Azure Service Fabric 9.1 Release is now available! We are excited to announce that the 9.1 release of the Service Fabric runtime has started rolling out to the various Azure regions along with tooling and SDK updates. The updates for .NET SDK, Java SDK, and Service Fabric runtimes will be available through Web Platform Installer, NuGet packages, and Maven repositories in 7-10 days within all regions. Key Announcements Azure Service Fabric will block deployments that do not meet Silver or Gold durability requirements starting on 11/10/2022 (The date is extended from 10/30/2022 to 11/10/2022). Five VMs or more will be enforced with this change for newer clust…

Azure Service Fabric 8.2 Seventh Refresh is now available! We are excited to announce that the 8.2 Seventh Refresh release of the Service Fabric runtime has started rolling out to the various Azure regions along with tooling and SDK updates. The updates for .NET SDK, Java SDK, and Service Fabric runtimes can be downloaded from the links provided in Release Notes. The SDK, NuGet packages, and Maven repositories will be available in all regions within 7-10 days. This release is for Windows only and will be available through manual upgrades. Clusters set to automatic upgrades will not receive this release. For how to configure upgrades, please see classic or manage…

When it comes to connection pooling in the PostgreSQL, PgBouncer is probably the most popular option. It’s a very simple utility that does exactly one thing – it sits between the database and the clients and speaks the PostgreSQL protocol, emulating a PostgreSQL server. A client connects to PgBouncer with the exact same syntax it would use when connecting directly to PostgreSQL – PgBouncer is essentially invisible. Azure Database for Postgres has supported PgBouncer integration with Single Server. While this helped customers manage applications with short duration connections, the overwhelming feedback we received was to integrate PgBouncer with the managed service.…

Azure Service Fabric 8.2 Sixth Refresh is now available! We are excited to announce that the 8.2 Sixth Refresh release of the Service Fabric runtime has completed rolling out to the various Azure regions along with tooling and SDK updates. The updates for .NET SDK, Java SDK, and Service Fabric runtimes can be downloaded from the links provided in Release Notes. The SDK, NuGet packages, and Maven repositories are already available in all regions. This release will only be available through manual upgrades. Clusters set to automatic upgrades will not receive this release. For how to configure upgrades, please see classic or managed documentation. Key Anno…

Author: Eliran Azulai, Principal Program Manager, Azure Networking  Co-author: Gunjan Jain, Principal PM Manager, Azure Networking  Similar to the Spring4Shell and Log4Shell vulnerabilities, a new critical vulnerability CVE-2022-42889 aka Text4Shell was discovered on October 13, 2022. Text4Shell is a vulnerability in the Java library Apache Commons Text. This vulnerability, in specific conditions, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victim's machine (Remote Code Execution or "RCE"). Customers can detect and protect their resources against Text4Shell vulnerability using Azure native network security services, Azure Firewall Premiu…

On Monday October 31st , 12 noon eastern, as we hosted Microsoft's Arbindo Chattopadhyay, Global Blackbelt for Microsoft Viva Topics/SharePoint Syntex. Arbindo covered how Viva Topics and SharePoint Syntex can unlock the knowledge and expertise within your organization. “Syntex can manage and build business taxonomies automatically from the content you save to libraries across Microsoft 365. Then Topics can use those taxonomy tags to prebuild topic pages, and automatically attach tagged documents to the topic pages as new content is found and tagged.” SharePoint Syntex Updates – Viva Topics integration and more - Microsoft Tech Community Additionally, attendees lea…

Some versions of our Azure services will be retired very soon. We want you to be prepared and migrate to newer versions to ensure production up time. Below is the information regarding the 4 services you might be interested in. App Service (Linux) PHP v.7.4 End of Support (EoS) Announcement Azure Functions v2.x & v3.x EoS Announcement App Service .NET Core 3.1 EoS Announcement App Service (Linux) Python v.3.7 EoS Announcement App Service (Linux) PHP v.7.4 End of Support (EoS) Announcement Date: 11.28.2022 (Immediate Attention) Message: End of Life for PHP 7.4 Extended support for PHP 7.4 will end on November 28, 2022. After this date, your applica…

Think about your last web app development cycle—how much did your compute usage vary over time, and how did that impact your budget? When modernizing your apps, we know that compute usage can fluctuate and you want flexible compute pricing that can accommodate both planned and unplanned changes.   Azure App Service provides you with the best solutions to rapidly build, deploy, and manage secure apps at scale. If you’re running dynamic workloads, you will be excited to hear that Azure App Service users on our most popular service plans can save on select compute services through Azure savings plan for compute. A savings plan suited for your app moder…

The Azure VMware Solution product group has created this GitHub repository to share prescriptive architectural approaches and tools for customers and partners using the Azure VMware Solution service. This is intended to enhance the value of the Azure VMware Solution service to our customers and partners. Azure VMware Solution is a VMware validated first party Azure service from Microsoft that provides private clouds containing VMware vSphere clusters built from dedicated bare-metal Azure infrastructure. It enables customers to leverage their existing investments in VMware skills and tools, allowing them to focus on developing and running their VMware-based workload…

A Bonsai Sample Project is a demonstrator built to serve one or more purposes. Some examples include: Demonstrating Bonsai support for a specific use case or vertical. Showcasing a specific simulator connection. Demonstrating partner solution development capabilities. Showcasing a specific Bonsai feature. The Bonsai Sample Playbook aggregates best practices and resources for developing compelling samples. The playbook covers the full process from project scoping to delivery, including how to publish a Sample in the Azure Marketplace. You can view the playbook at What is a Bonsai Sample? Continue reading...

Story Background Pneumonia is an infection that affects one or both lungs. It causes the air sacs, or alveoli, of the lungs to fill up with fluid or pus. Bacteria, viruses, or fungi may cause pneumonia. signs vary from mild to severe, depending on the type of germ, age, and overall health. Mild signs and symptoms often are similar to those of a cold or flu, but they last longer which includes chest pain, cough, fatigue, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. A traditional approach to diagnosing pneumonia includes a review of the patient’s medical history, a physical exam, and ordering diagnostic tests such as a chest X-ray. This information can help determine the type of pneumo…

In post SQL Server CE: Multiple single-column statistics, I discussed how SQL Server calculates Multiple single-column statistics. I'm going to talk about the 'multiple-columns statistics' today. Here are examples , adventure 2019 OLTP database is used in this example ------- Data manipulation------------------------------------------- alter database [AdventureWorks2019] set compatibility_level=150 go use [AdventureWorks2019] go if exists(select 1 from sys.tables where name='SalesOrderDetail') drop table SalesOrderDetail go select * into SalesOrderDetail from Sales.SalesOrderDetail---- import all the data into new table SalesOrde…

I had a customer recently ask about how to leverage the Azure Update Management Center (UMC) preview offering to update their own in-house software deployments on running Linux VMs. There’s a few different discussions that can come out of that question, including questions around whether or not they actually should be doing that long-term vs. using a CD pipeline in a modern DevOps fashion, but I thought it was an interesting to show a bit of what’s happening with the UMC under the covers a bit. This article shows an end-to-end demo of using UMC with a custom software package. Basic Infrastructure Setup This post is focusing on the details of the update side,…

Join the 5G Modern Connected App Cloud Skills Challenge! 5G is not just a network upgrade – it will help create a new application paradigm and pave the way for a new breed of network-intelligent applications. Challenge accepted. To help you skill up on building 5G-powered modern connected apps, we’re launching a new 30-day Cloud Skills Challenge (actually, we threw in a few extra days just for you). It is a curated collection of modules where you’ll learn how to deploy 5G services with Azure, and sample an introduction to Azure IoT Edge, cloud-native apps, and Kubernetes. Here’s how to get started. Step 1: Join the Cloud Skills Challenge at Challenge (ch…

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As organizations accelerate their adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, it is increasingly important that connected devices are up-to-date and easy to manage. Keeping a network of IoT devices secure and up to date can be complex and costly, especially for organizations with limited technology staffing. Today we are announcing that Device Update for IoT Hub is now generally available. Device Update for IoT Hub is a comprehensive platform that customers can use to publish, distribute, and manage over-the-air updates for everything from tiny sensors to gateway-level devices. Rather than take on the cost and work of building and maintaining custom upda…