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M365 Developers Update | June 2024 Edition
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In this monthly blog series focused on M365, we will be sharing product updates, notable reads, and other new resources that can be leveraged by developers who are building apps for the commercial marketplace. Spotlight Discover the power of customization with Microsoft Copilot extensions. Get Started. Watch our foundational Build breakout session for a comprehensive guide to customizing Microsoft Copilot. View on demand >> Learn how you can build Copilot extensions to enrich and Microsoft Copilot. Watch how >> Build your own custom copilots for Microsoft Teams with the Teams AI Library and Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code, now generall…
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Azure Advisor Integration with Troubleshooting Guides for enhanced performance
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[JUSTIFY]Azure Advisor provides a personalized approach to receiving recommendations for your server by analyzing its configuration and telemetry data. This service aims to enhance various aspects of your server, including reliability, cost efficiency, security, operational excellence, and performance. By leveraging Azure Advisor, you gain access to tailored, proactive, and actionable recommendations designed to help your server operate at its optimal level. You can now receive new recommendations that include checks for long-running queries, orphaned prepared transactions, databases approaching the 1 billion transaction usage limit (to prevent potential transaction …
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Gain enhanced security and performance with Windows Server 2025—now in preview
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We are excited to announce that Windows Server 2025 is available in public preview and ready for you to download in the Evaluation Center. This is the latest in our Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) releases, and it’s scheduled to be generally available later this calendar year. Feedback from customers like you has helped us transform Windows Server 2025 into what we hope you’ll agree is our most secure and innovative version yet. This release delivers advanced security, new Azure hybrid features, a high-performance platform for your existing apps and AI workloads, and a modernized Windows Server experience. Read on for just a few highlights,1 then try it for yourself. …
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Check out Microsoft Windows Server Summit 2024
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[HEADING=1]Learn from experts and get ready for the future of Windows Server[/HEADING] Stay ahead of the curve and learn about the latest innovations and best practices in the world of Windows Server. Session recordings from the Windows Server Summit 2024 virtual event sponsored by Intel® are available on-demand. Designed for experienced IT professionals and IT leaders, the event will help deepen knowledge and skills of Windows Server and managing Windows Server workloads in hybrid cloud environments. The event includes talks by Microsoft product engineers, Intel® experts, and Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) sharing insights and tips to get the most out…
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How Hotpatching on Windows Server is changing the game for Xbox
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[HEADING=1]Explore how Xbox drives efficiency using Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure[/HEADING] Would you like to avoid spending your weekends patching servers? The new Hotpatch feature in Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition addresses this pain point—it can reduce many IT teams’ headaches including reboot failures and coordinating multitier workloads. It increases productivity and end-user uptime and can reduce the vulnerability window that would result if an update is delayed. To demonstrate how Hotpatching works, we’ve brought in an example from our very own Xbox team. In this article you’ll learn how Microsoft has been using Hotpatch with Windows S…
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Windows Server and SQL Server at Microsoft Ignite 2023
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This year, Microsoft Ignite 2023 took place in Seattle, Washington from November 12 to 15, 2023 and it was such a wonderful experience to meet and interact with nearly 5,000 of you in person, and many more online across the globe. One common theme stood out throughout the event: the potential of AI is becoming reality, and it’s happening right now. One news roundup even called Microsoft’s vision for AI an “everyday reality.”1 Read more about the economic impact of AI in business and industries in a recent IDC study that Microsoft commissioned. However, as many organizations like yours are eager to innovate with AI for various use cases, it is also very important, if no…
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Secure Windows Server 2012/R2 workloads with options from Azure
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We are grateful for the trust our customers have placed in Windows Server 2012/R2 as a part of their organizations for the past decade. With this release of Windows Server having launched 10 years ago, it reaches end of support on October 10th, 2023, per our 10-year lifecycle policy. After this date, no more security patches will be released for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2. To stay protected and compliant, we wanted to outline three options for customers from Azure. [HEADING=1]Modernize with PaaS or upgrade to a newer version in Azure[/HEADING] Modernization provides organizations with a more future-proof solution by using a cloud-first approach or updating to a…
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New options for Windows Server 2012/R2 end of support from Azure
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As organizations are eager to adopt the latest technological advancements in AI and cloud-native services, they continue to trust Windows Server as the secure and foundational platform for their mission-critical workloads. This July, we are celebrating an incredible 30-year anniversary of Windows Server! We’re grateful for all the support of our customers who have helped us continually evolve Windows Server over the years, and we continue to innovate with new features that will meet the needs of our customers today and in the years to come. [HEADING=1]Options to stay protected for Windows Server 2012/R2 end of support [/HEADING] As new features and functionality lig…
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Create a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) app instantly with React, FastAPI, and Qdrant
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Deploying web applications in the cloud can often be a complex task, involving multiple steps and intricate configurations. App Spaces aims to streamline this process, offering a straightforward approach to hosting web applications. This blog post will guide you through deploying a "Sample Space," specifically the Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) sample space, to demonstrate how easily you can set up and manage a RAG type application using App Spaces. [HEADING=2]What is App Spaces?[/HEADING] App Spaces is a versatile service within Microsoft Azure designed to simplify the deployment and management of web applications. It provides several deployment options: …
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Azure Advisor with Troubleshooting Guides to improve your Azure Postgres Flexible Server performance
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[JUSTIFY]Azure Advisor provides a personalized approach to receiving recommendations for your server by analyzing its configuration and telemetry data. This service aims to enhance various aspects of your server, including reliability, cost efficiency, security, operational excellence, and performance. By leveraging Azure Advisor, you gain access to tailored, proactive, and actionable recommendations designed to help your server operate at its optimal level. You can now receive new recommendations that include checks for long-running queries, orphaned prepared transactions, databases approaching the 1 billion transaction usage limit (to prevent potential transaction …
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Navigating the Generative AI Landscape with Azure AI Services: Insights from Customer Round Table
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[HEADING=2]Introduction[/HEADING] The adoption of Generative AI (GenAI) technologies is accelerating, driven by the transformative potential they offer across various sectors. Recently, we hosted a customer round table conference at Microsoft Build, focusing on the journeys and adoption of GenAI using Azure AI services. Industry leaders from diverse fields shared their experiences, challenges, and strategies, providing invaluable insights into the practical application of Generative AI. [HEADING=2]Azure AI Services: A Pillar in Generative AI Use Cases[/HEADING] Azure AI services play a crucial role in enabling businesses to leverage Generative AI effectively.…
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Partner Blog | Join us on July 10 for MCAPS Start for Partners
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By Nicole Dezen, Chief Partner Officer and Corporate Vice President, Global Partner Solutions Earlier this year, we shared that we are evolving the partner event formerly called Microsoft Inspire to align with our flagship customer event, Microsoft Ignite. For the first time ever, this year’s Microsoft Ignite event will have partners join key customers and leading industry executives for an in-person experience in Chicago, Illinois on November 18-22, 2024. Participants will also be able to join digitally. In preparation for Ignite and the start of our fiscal year, we are inviting our partners to join us for a digital event starting July 10, 2024, called MCAP…
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Keeping your AI out of trouble
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One thing is true for most AI Applications - it's easy to get yourself in trouble if you're not careful. AI is all about probability, and the probability of it being incorrect, or behaving unexpectedly for a new input is practically never zero. In the classic chatbot days, this often meant getting an answer about something you're not asking about, or the good old "I did not understand" default answer we all "love" to see when we're having an issue. But with Generative AI, mistakes are much more nuanced, and may take the appearance of plain misinformation and, even worse, harmful content! In this article, we'll cover some of the guidelines you can adopt to minimize …
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Copilot Dashboard update – Features and data interpretation guide
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Since the Microsoft Copilot Dashboard became generally available on March 27th we’ve seen a huge amount of interest and usage from customers seeking to understand the impact of their Copilot for Microsoft 365 investments. We’ve listened to your feedback, and today we’re pleased to share a set of feature announcements and best practices to help you maximize your Copilot Dashboard usage. As a reminder, starting in 2024 Q3, the Copilot Dashboard will no longer require a Viva license to access, and will be included in your Copilot for Microsoft 365 subscription. To access the Copilot Dashboard, simply navigate to aka.ms/CopilotDashboard from your browser or ope…
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Copilot is now available in classic Outlook for Windows
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Last Ignite we showed our plans for Copilot in Outlook and how the new Outlook for Windows would get the most recent features first. We also know that our customers still rely on the classic version of Outlook for a lot of their work and to improve their Copilot experience we have been rolling out Copilot features into classic Outlook over the last few months. For future Copilot features, we will continue to release first in the new Outlook for Windows and web, with Mac and mobile fast following, and classic releasing between 3 and 12 months after the first roll out. Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows is already available for most customers in Current…
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Add or remove people from your form response notification emails
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Allowing only the form owner to receive response notifications has long been a pain point for many users. But that's no longer a problem! You can now add or remove people or groups from the response notification emails, for forms or quizzes, keeping everyone in the loop! Let’s check how it works together. Add recipients To add others, first go to the form’s settings and click “Get email notification of each response”. Then you can proceed to add your desired recipients with a name, email address or a group in your organization. Add recipients for response notification Selected recipients get notified When a new response is submitted, all those lis…
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Debugging Playbooks
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This article assumes knowledge of how to create Microsoft Sentinel Analytic Rules, Automation Rules, and playbooks. Create the playbook You will want to create the playbook first, since one will need to be created before it can be used in the Automation rule. In the example shown below, the playbook will iterate through all the alerts in the incident and generate a task based on information in that alert. Keep in mind that you will need to grant the Managed Identity access to the Microsoft Sentinel instance so that it can add the task to the incident. Create sample Analytic rule When you are creating a new playbook, you will need to test it. …
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Learn about Tollring's Microsoft 365 partner solution in Microsoft AppSource
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Microsoft partners like Tollring deliver transact-capable offers, which allow you to purchase directly from AppSource. Learn about this offer below: [attachment=54264:name] Analytics 365 Call Analytics: Tollring's Analytics 365 for Microsoft Teams Phone helps organizations of all sizes manage communications throughout their call center and customer-facing teams. Get the insight needed to monitor call activity, staffing levels, and performance with Analytics 365. You'll be able to filter calls, select dashboard views, and create wallboards to keep everyone informed. Continue reading...
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Fight fraud across the full identity lifecycle with Transmit Security and Microsoft
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In this guest blog post, Ravit Aviv, Director of Technology Alliances at Transmit Security, offers ways businesses can launch a formidable defense against AI-based cyber activity and threat actors and build long-term digital resilience with the help of Transmit Security and Microsoft. The 2023 Digital Defense Report reveals that Microsoft detected and blocked over 3 million identity attacks and account takeover (ATO) attempts every day. The report also found: The volume of password attacks increased more than tenfold in 2023, rising from 3 billion per month to over 30 billion, averaging 4,000 password attacks per second. Cybercriminals rely heavily on one-…
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Securing the Surface supply chain
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Surface products are built with customer trust at the forefront. Maintaining this trust requires ensuring the security of our physical, logistics, and software supply chains. By applying rigorous security controls across the entire Surface lifecycle, Microsoft and our suppliers ensure that the software powering Surface devices is secure, reliable, and meets customer expectations. [HEADING=1]Born secure: A holistic security approach[/HEADING] Surface products are designed to be ‘Born Secure’. This involves applying Microsoft security principles in cyber, physical and logistics security. Surface applies these security controls across all areas of product making, i…
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How to identify the most impactful GenAI use case
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Generative AI solutions are very transformational for businesses nowadays. Organisations have access to tools and AI capabilities that will enable them to generate immense value for the business. At the same time though, some businesses are struggling to identify the areas they should invest in AI. Most of the AI engagements fail because there isn’t really a business value that the AI solution is delivering. At times we find ourselves in a situation whereby we have an AI solution looking for a problem. This is what leads to failure. In order to make sure a Generative AI or AI solution is successful, we need to make sure it’s clear the business value it will deliver be…
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Create and deploy a web app with Python and Azure – A video tutorial!
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Have you ever wanted to create your own website or web service, but felt overwhelmed about how to get started with web development? Or have you already built a web app with Python, but wondered how you can deploy it online? If so, you might be interested in watching this video by and Pamela Fox and Renee Noble, two Python Cloud Advocates at Microsoft with a passion for web development and education! They’ll show you how to create a web app with Python Flask (or it’s async-sibling Quart) and show you how you can deploy you can take your web app live by deploying it on Azure. This is the first episode in this live stream series (which you can also !) by Pamela and …
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AKS Networking || Bring your own CNI plugin (BYOC)
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Bring your own Container Network Interface (BYOCNI) plugin with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) What is BYOCNI? BYOCNI stands for Bring Your Own Container Network Interface. It allows advanced AKS users to deploy an AKS cluster with no CNI plugin preinstalled. Instead, you can install any third-party CNI plugin that works in Azure. This flexibility enables you to use the same CNI plugin used in on-premises Kubernetes environments or leverage advanced functionalities available in other CNI plugins. Before diving into BYOCNI, ensure the following prerequisites are met: - Use at least template version 2022-01-02-preview or 2022-06-01 for Azure Resource M…
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Azure Container Apps Newsletter – June 2024
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Welcome to this month's Azure Container Apps newsletter! We'll share the latest news and community highlights for Container Apps every month here on the Apps on Azure blog. [HEADING=1]Azure Container Apps monthly community live stream[/HEADING] Our next is June 12, 2024 at 11:00AM PDT (18:00 UTC). Join us and our special guests to learn all about running untrusted code in sandboxes with dynamic sessions on Azure Container Apps. Subscribe to the Azure Developers YouTube channel! [HEADING=1]Community highlights[/HEADING] Some great content created by our amazing community: Blogs What Azure Container Apps Is Not: Clearing the C…
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The Evolution of GenAI Application Deployment Strategy: From MVP to Production
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Now that you are familiar with moving from a POC to MVP, the next key transition is moving from MVP to production rollout. This is where the focus must be put on the requirements and setup involved in a production deployment with considerations for the requirements of the end user. Before a single line of code is deployed, start a collaboration across technical and business stakeholders. Ask these critical questions: MVP outcome: Did the user feedback regarding the MVP and its results meet the desired expectations? Did the rollout of the MVP successfully fulfill and support the business objectives and achieve the intended outcome? LLM Model outcomes:…