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As we are aware, Azure Files currently does not support identity-based connections. This means that even if we can use identity-based host connections to replace the AzureWebjobsStorage, which uses a SAS token, we still cannot remove the file share connection strings (WEBSITE_CONTENTAZUREFILECONNECTIONSTRING) that also rely on a SAS token. Therefore, we are unable to disable the SAS token in the storage account. For now, when creating function apps in the consumption/EP plan, we have the option to create an app without Azure File. In this scenario, we can bypass the SAS token requirement for Azure Files and solely utilize managed identity to access the storage acco…

Starting with version 4.57.6, the Azure Logic Apps (Standard) extension for Visual Studio Code will automatically regenerate the keys required to allow the extension to access Azure Managed Connections. This will allow the same Azure Managed Connection to be used for projects for longer than 7 days without any user intervention. Notice that this will not renew the key, for security purposes, but generate a new key and update the configuration to use the newly generated key instead. The ACL connection keys will be evaluated at two points in time to make sure the Azure Managed Connection ACL connection keys are not expired: When the project is opened …

You're welcome to follow my GitHub repo and give it a star：GitHub - xinyuwei-david/david-share [HEADING=3] [/HEADING] [HEADING=3]E2E Stable Diffusion on A100 MIG[/HEADING] A100/H100 are High end Training GPU, which could also work as Inference. In order to save compute power and GPU memory, We could use NVIDIA Multi-Instance GPU (MIG), then we could run Stable Diffusion on MIG. I do the test on Azure NC A100 VM. [HEADING=3]Config MIG[/HEADING] Enable MIG on the first physical GPU. root@david1a100:~# nvidia-smi -i 0 -mig 1 After the VM reboot, MIG has been enabled. [ATTACH type=full" alt="xinyuwei_0-1724492592775.png]63794[/ATTACH] Lists all avail…

You're welcome to follow my GitHub repo and give it a star：GitHub - xinyuwei-david/david-share [ATTACH type=full" alt="xinyuwei_0-1724472736934.png]63787[/ATTACH] [HEADING=2]Factors Affecting AI Training Time[/HEADING] In deep learning training, the calculation of training time involves multiple factors, including the number of epochs, global batch size, micro batch size, and the number of computing devices, among others. Below is a basic formula illustrating the relationship between these parameters (note that this is just a basic illustrative formula, mainly explaining proportional and inversely proportional relationships; actual training may require consid…

[CENTER][CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="PersonAzureMapsQ.jpeg"]63785[/ATTACH][/CENTER][/CENTER] As you might expect, just looking around on your own, or asking Co-pilot, you can find comprehensive help like [URL='http://samples.azuremaps.com']Samples.AzureMaps.com[/URL], with its full sample set available on GitHub, and resources for Azure Maps on the [URL='https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/']Microsoft Learn website[/URL]. Here are some key sections that might be useful: [LIST=1] [*][B][URL='https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/']Azure Maps Documentation[/URL][/B]: This includes detailed …

Microsoft Copilot for Sales is reimagining sales. Integrated seamlessly into your daily tools across Microsoft 365 and Teams, Copilot for Sales harnesses the power of generative AI and customer data to keep sellers in their flow of work so they can spend more time with customers. For August, we've enhanced our recent communications card in Outlook with support for quick view of meeting recaps and recurring meeting support. We've added time of day support to our existing date support in record creation and editing; and to wrap-up our enhancements in Outlook this month, we've streamlined CRM tasks with actionable messages in email banners. In Teams, we've added the a…

As the support for Azure API Management (APIM) STv1 platform ends on August 31, 2024, it’s crucial for customers to migrate their instances to the STv2 platform. This blog will focus on the new migration options introduced to facilitate this process, as outlined in the attached document. Why Migrate to STv2? With the end of support for STv1, instances on this platform will no longer have a Service Level Agreement (SLA). Migrating to STv2 ensures continued support and access to the latest features and improvements in Azure APIM. New Migration Options Over the past year, several limitations in the migration process have been addressed to make it easier f…

[ATTACH type=full" alt="AVS + JetStream.png]63777[/ATTACH] Enhancing Disaster Recovery and Ransomware Protection with Azure VMware Solution and JetStream Software Disaster Recovery (DR) and ransomware protection are critical concerns for organizations today, as the frequency and cost of attacks continue to rise. Our customers demand comprehensive and cost-effective options to safeguard their critical workloads without compromising application performance. AVS collaborates with leading technology companies, such as JetStream Software, to deliver advanced DR solutions that offer both near-zero Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and near-zero Recovery Time …

This is something I built earlier this year and it was merged into the main PerfView source in mid-April, and released in v3.1.10. It’s a view that was built to consume Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting EventSource events and display a page similar to the IIS Stats view for those that are familiar with that one. If any of those events exist in a trace being opened by PerfView, the stats view will be available. If the trace doesn’t contain any of those events, then the view will not be visible. Additionally, in the past couple months, the Azure App Service Product Group modified the DaaS (Diagnostics as a Service) .NET Profiler trace to automatically collect these events…

In this episode of Data Exposed with Anna Hoffman and Madhumita Tripathy, we talk about labelling a column in Azure SQL Database using Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) policy and propagation of MIP sensitivity labels from SQL Database to downstream applications such as Power BI reports and Office applications. Resources: Data Discovery & Classification Data Discovery & Classification is now free for Azure SQL Database & Azure Synapse Analytics View/share our latest episodes on Microsoft Learn and ! Continue reading...

Starting a new cloud environment is a pivotal moment, and building a robust infrastructure from the outset is essential. Microsoft Azure offers a scalable and powerful platform, but establishing your environment correctly is crucial for long-term success. This guide outlines the key steps to set up a secure, cost-effective, and scalable Azure environment. Each step is accompanied by actionable insights, real-world examples, and reasons why it’s important. [HEADING=3]1. Create Custom Virtual Networks (VNet)[/HEADING] Azure provides a default VNet, but creating a custom VNet allows you to tailor your network setup to your specific needs. This customization enh…

In July, we launched quiz generation for Copilot, revolutionizing the way you create quizzes. And now, just a month later, we’ve taken things up a notch! Copilot can now not only generate quizzes with detailed answer explanations, but it also gives you the power to rewrite each question. No matter what quiz you are creating, Copilot is here to make the process smoother and more intuitive than ever before. Let’s dive in and check how it works! Generate quiz with answer explanations Starting now, when you generate a quiz using Copilot, if you select "Including answer explanations," each question will come with detailed explanations to clarify the reasoning behind …

Heya folks, Ned here again. Last November, Microsoft launched the Secure Future Initiative (SFI) to prepare for the increasing scale and high stakes of cyberattacks. SFI brings together every part of Microsoft to advance cybersecurity protection across our company and products. Windows has focused on security options with each major release, and Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 are no exception: they include a dozen new SMB features that make your data, your users, and your organization safer – and most are on by default. Today I’ll explain their usefulness, share some demos, and point to further details. The new OSes will soon be generally available and …

[HEADING=3]1. Introduction[/HEADING] Managing the costs associated with running virtual machines (VMs) in Azure can be challenging, especially when VMs are left running during non-business hours. One effective solution is to schedule automatic shutdowns using Azure tags. In this blog, we'll walk you through a PowerShell script that uses an Azure tag to define and enforce VM shutdown schedules. [HEADING=3]2. Prerequisites[/HEADING] Before you get started, ensure you have the following: An active Azure subscription. Appropriate permissions to manage VMs and read tag information. Basic knowledge of PowerShell scripting. [HEADING=3]3. Script Overvi…

In this blog series dedicated to Microsoft's technical articles, we'll highlight our MVPs' favorite article along with their personal insights. Kevin McDonnell, M365 MVP, United Kingdom [ATTACH type=full" alt="Kevin McDonnell.jpg]63757[/ATTACH] Copilot Learning Hub | Microsoft Learn “One of the challenges of Copilot is to realise that there is more than just one. Dona Sarkar has pulled together a huge range of guests to help explain so many of the different areas in the Copilot Learning Hub, with experts across Microsoft and the community for all things Copilot” Kevin TRELOHAN, M365 MVP, France [ATTACH type=full" alt="Kevin TRELOHAN.jpg]63758[/AT…

We announced Microsoft.Data.SqlClient in the first half of 2019 and shipped the first stable package later that year. That release coincided with .NET Core 3.0. We’ve been developing Microsoft.Data.SqlClient in the dotnet/SqlClient repo since that time, over the last five years. It’s now time to start the deprecation process for the System.Data.SqlClient package. We plan to take a staged process to deprecation, with the intent to align support changes and associated code transition activities between these libraries to natural migration points between .NET major versions. All System.Data.SqlClient users are encouraged to transition to Microsoft.Data.SqlClient. We o…

We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 143 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: [TABLE width=95%] [TR] [th width=100%] [HEADING=2]Get it now in our marketplace[/HEADING][/th] [/TR] [TR] [td width=15%][ATTACH=full]63693[/ATTACH][/td] [td width=85%]biGENIUS-X: biGENIUS-X from biGENIUS AG is an automated data transformation tool that features a modern graphical user interface, advanced automation, and modeling wizards to quickly build or rearchitect data solutions. It supports customization and parallel development with Git.[/td] [/TR] [TR] [td width=15%][ATTACH=fu…

This Article is Authored By Michael Olschimke, co-founder and CEO at Scalefree International GmbH and Co-authored with @Trung_Ta Senior BI Consultant from Scalefree The Technical Review is done by Ian Clarke and Naveed Hussain – GBBs (Cloud Scale Analytics) for EMEA at Microsoft [HEADING=1]Introduction[/HEADING] In the previous articles of this series, we have discussed how to model Data Vault on Microsoft Fabric. Our initial focus was on the basic entity types including hubs, links, and satellites; advanced entity types, such as non-historized links and multi-active satellites and the third article was modeling a more complete model, including a typical modeling…

The HTTP TRACE method vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-38115, is a critical security concern for public facing website. This vulnerability allows attackers to exploit the HTTP TRACE method, which can be misused for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. Such attacks can enable malicious actors to intercept and manipulate user data, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data breaches, and other security incidents. Identify the issue To diagnose the issue, open your PowerShell console and run the following command to check if the server is responding to the TRACE method. Invoke-WebRequest -Uri http://<your_address>:<port> -Method TRACE -…

The blog provides guidance to perform simple Table Storage REST API operations such as Create table, Delete Table, Insert entity, Delete entity, Merge entity, Get Table properties, Get Table Storage Stats, Query Table, Query Entities and Update entities operations using curl command. Let us look at some of the command syntax to perform REST API operations and we will be making use of SAS token as the authentication mechanism. We need to take care of the pointers below while performing the operations via curl command: Ensure the URL is formed correctly as per the operation you are trying to perform. The mandatory header needs to be passed along with correct va…

In my previous post, I discussed different containerising options for .NET developers. Now, let's slightly move the focus to Azure Functions app. How can you containerise the Azure Functions app? Fortunately, Azure Functions Core Tools natively support it with [iCODE]Dockerfile[/iCODE]. But is the [iCODE]Dockerfile[/iCODE] the only option for containerising your .NET-based Azure Functions apps? Throughout this post, I'm going to discuss how Azure Functions apps can be containerised both with and without [iCODE]Dockerfile[/iCODE]. [HEADING=1]Prerequisites[/HEADING] There are a few prerequisites to containerise .NET-based function apps effectively. …

Microsoft recently organized an event dedicated to JavaScript developers, the Azure Developers JavaScript Day 2024. The event featured various technical and practical sessions, including a session on the use of LangChain.js, a framework for developing applications based on language models. In this article, we're going to explore the talk given by Yohan Larsorsa, who is a Senior Developer Advocate with Microsoft's JavaScript + A.I Advocacy team! [HEADING=1]What was covered during the session?[/HEADING] [HEADING=1]Introducing LangChain.js: A Bridge to Generative AI[/HEADING] At the heart of this session lies LangChain.js, a JavaScript library de…

We have released an update to Microsoft.Data.SqlClient, version 3.1.7. The update addresses several issues. Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 3.1 is an LTS release and will continue to get fixes and updates until its End of Support date. To see which versions are LTS versus non-LTS, what that means, and their support timelines, see the Support Lifecycle for Microsoft.Data.SqlClient. Updates in Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 3.1.7 include: [HEADING=2]Fixed[/HEADING] Fixed connection to unsubscribe from transaction completion events before returning it to the connection pool. #2301 #2434 Fixed [iCODE]AcquireTokenAsync[/iCODE] timeout handling for edge cases in [iCO…

We’re excited to share that the new Planner app in Teams is now available to our customers in the Microsoft GCC-M environment! There is no migration necessary; all your tasks, basic plans, and premium plans (formerly projects) are already in the new Planner. You can learn more about the new Planner in our previous announcement in the Planner blog. Your feedback helps us prioritize what to build! Share it with us via the Planner Feedback Portal. [ATTACH type=full" alt="AlexanderLahuerta_0-1724251387108.png]63661[/ATTACH] [HEADING=1] [/HEADING] [HEADING=1]Getting started[/HEADING] Click here to open Planner in Teams. You can also find the Planner App in…

Since we released the cloud-based Message Recall for Outlook on Windows in April 2023 (see Cloud-based Message Recall in Exchange Online), we’ve continued to work on improvements and enhanced functionality such as support for Outlook on the Web and an improved experience when recalling shared mailbox messages. Today, we’re pleased to announce several more updates and improvements based on customer feedback that are available now to all Exchange Online customers: Optional Recall Notifications for Recipients Maximum Recallable Message Age Support for External Round-trip Routing Optional Recall Notifications for Recipients Previously, when a message was recalle…