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Besides Azure portal, you can also do document intelligence and index creation in ML studio. The entire process of index creation includes several steps, crack_and_chunk, generate_embeddings, update_index, and register_index. In Azure ML studio you can create or use components for each of those steps and stitch them together as a pipeline. Section 1. What is it? Usually, a ML pipeline component does the job in serial, for example, it crack_and_chunk each input file, i.e., pdf file, one by one. If there are a couple of thousands of files, it would take several hours to finish the crack_and_chunk, and several hours for generate_embeddings, a total of a dozen…

As part of the Microsoft #BuildFor2030 Initiative, which aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, we are committed to showcasing solutions that drive meaningful societal impact and spotlighting our partners' growth stories on the marketplace. Throughout the series, we will be telling the unique stories of partners who are leading the way with AI in app development, who are building using multiple Microsoft products, and who are publishing transactable applications on the marketplace. In this article, Microsoft's Andrea Katsivelis sat down with Nexer Digital's Hilary Stephenson to learn more about their story and partner journey. About Hilary: H…

As part of the Microsoft #BuildFor2030 Initiative, which aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, we are committed to showcasing solutions that drive meaningful societal impact and spotlighting our partners' growth stories on the marketplace. Throughout the series, we will be telling the unique stories of partners who are leading the way with AI in app development, who are building using multiple Microsoft products, and who are publishing transactable applications on the marketplace. In this article, Microsoft's Andrea Katsivelis sat down with Nexer Digital's Hilary Stephenson to learn more about their story and partner journey. About Hilary: H…

On an earlier post, Copilot for Microsoft 365 Integration with Service Now – HLS Copilot Snacks, I demonstrated the use of integrated ServiceNow and Copilot for Microsoft 365. I received quite a few questions on how it was done so I decided to go to our Microsoft resident expert, Maria Kurian, to find out seeing as how Maria was the one to set it up in our demo tenant. In this video Maria explains how she set up the integration between ServiceNow and Copilot for Microsoft 365. Resources: ServiceNow Catalog Microsoft Graph connector | Microsoft Learn ServiceNow Knowledge Microsoft Graph connector | Microsoft Learn ServiceNow Tickets Microsoft Graph connector …

Are you looking for a way to reduce the time and effort required to complete your tasks as a Pharma Sales Rep? Do you want to optimize your workflows and processes to achieve more with less resources? Do you want to see how Copilot for Microsoft 365 can help you solve real-world challenges frequently encountered by sales reps in the Pharmaceutical Industry today? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you should watch this recorded session. Copilot for Microsoft 365 is a powerful tool that leverages artificial intelligence and automation to help you work smarter and faster in Microsoft 365. Copilot for Microsoft 365 can assist you with reducing many of the…

Wow, what a week at Microsoft Build 2024. We had a fantastic experience watching the amazing innovations in AI and Copilot world and connecting with so many of you from our developer community. As we reflect on the excitement and enthusiasm created by the event, we wanted to provide a short summary of Azure Communication Services' announcements and direct you to upcoming learning opportunities in June. We announced the following features at Build - Enhancements to custom video app experiences connected to Microsoft Teams Deep noise suppression Picture in Picture for iOS and Android PowerPoint Live Live reactions File sharing during a meeting Real time…

[HEADING=2]How Fortinet drove success in the Microsoft commercial marketplace.[/HEADING] Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with more than 7,000 employees, Fortinet develops and markets cybersecurity software, appliances, and services to empower its customers with intelligent, seamless protection. With 16 solutions available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace and 13 Co-sell Ready solutions, Fortinet uses the global reach of the marketplace to increase awareness of its offerings and gain new customers. New and seasoned partners alike often ask, “How can we be successful in Microsoft AppSource or Azure Marketplace?” For Fortinet, a Microso…

More often than we want to admit, customers frequently come to us with cases where a Consumption logic app was unintentionally deleted. Although you can somewhat easily recover a deleted Standard logic app, you can't get the run history back nor do the triggers use the same URL. For more information, see GitHub – Logic-App-STD-Advanced Tools. However, for a Consumption logic app, this process is much more difficult and might not always work correctly. The definition for a Consumption logic app isn't stored in any accessible Azure storage account, nor can you run PowerShell cmdlets for recovery. So, we highly recommend that you have a repository or backup to store y…

[HEADING=1]Introduction[/HEADING] In the world of cloud computing, cost optimization is a top priority. One way to achieve this in Microsoft Azure is by utilizing Azure Hybrid Benefits (AHB). This blog post will walk you through a PowerShell script that applies AHB to your Azure SQL Databases and SQL Managed Instances. AHB can be applied at database creation time and can be changed via the Azure Portal. However, there are use cases where many databases or instances may have been created without AHB as part of an at scale migration and there is a need to apply AHB to the entire environment. [HEADING=1]What are Azure Hybrid Benefits?[/HEADING] Azure Hybrid Ben…

[HEADING=1]Introduction:[/HEADING] Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server comes with PGBouncer - a built-in connection manager which you can leverage for connections. Npgsql is an open-source ADO .NET Data provider for PostgreSQL, it allows programs written in C# to access Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server and offers similar functionality as PGBouncer. It is a free and open source resource. Recently one of our customers came with the question: Should I leverage the built in connection pooler (PGBouncer) or should I use the connection pooling provided by Npgsql - .NET access for PostgreSQL. We decided to run some tests to see what is the latency…

We are excited to share some great news with our commercial customers! Today, we're launching a new whitepaper, GDPR & Generative AI – A Guide for Customers. This guide is specifically tailored for customers subject to GDPR who want to understand and harness the full potential of Microsoft’s generative AI solutions and complements our earlier whitepaper specifically focusing on public sector customers, GDPR & Generative AI – A Guide for the Public Sector Leading with Innovation, Compliance, and Trust At Microsoft, we're all about bringing you cutting-edge AI solutions while ensuring compliance and building trust. These whitepapers are a testament to th…

It was wonderful to be a part of the M365 Community Conference that took place in Orlando, FL from Apr 30 to May 02, 2024. The event was a great success with over 3000 attendees. However, the highlight for the Teams SMB product team was the engaging discussions we got to have with small and medium businesses (SMBs) and partners who support SMBs. Hearing directly from SMBs was incredibly valuable, as was receiving validation on how effective Teams already is for several of them. We also recognized the need to raise awareness of scenarios that are already supported, such as the ability to connect with customers and partners in different ways. We will take the ins…

Symptom: In logic app standard, you might face the issue of being unable to create the event grid subscription with endpoint type=webhook where the URL refers to logic app workflow that has event grid trigger When a resource event occurs, below error on saving event subscription will appear: Deployment has failed with the following error: {"code":"Url validation","message":"Webhook validation handshake failed Http POST request retuned 2XX response with response body . When a validation request is accepted without validation code in the response body, Http GET is expected on the validation url included in the validation event(within 10 minutes). For troubleshooting, …

[HEADING=1]A new way to create and manage CycleCloud Slurm clusters on Azure[/HEADING] Slurm is one of the most popular and widely used open-source workload managers for AI/HPC and cloud computing. Slurm enables users to run large-scale parallel and distributed applications across a set of compute nodes, and provides features such as job scheduling, resource management, fault tolerance, and power management. Slurm is used by many of the world's top supercomputers, research institutes, universities, and enterprises. However, setting up and managing Slurm clusters on the cloud can be challenging and time-consuming, especially for users who are not familiar with the cl…

Built & Build, May 2024. May 2024 brought some great new offerings and insights on future ones: OneDrive file cards for Viva Connections dashboard, Updated file viewer for non-office file, Link files from SharePoint in Teams mobile, SharePoint: Advanced tenant rename, SharePoint + Stream: Video page templates, Teams + Loop workspaces in meetings, improved version history controls for SharePoint document libraries, Microsoft Graph API for SharePoint pages (GA), and more. Plus, we highlight some of the SharePoint and Teams news from Microsoft Build 2024. Details and screenshots below, including our audible companion: The Intrazone Roadmap Pitstop: May 2024…

Microsoft partners like AI Software Solutions, CallCabinet, and Mend deliver transact-capable offers, which allow you to purchase directly from Azure Marketplace. Learn about these offers below: [attachment=53682:name] AI.S² Demand Forecast Solution: Struggling with unreliable, time-consuming forecasts failing to predict the correct order volume throughout your value chain? The AI.S² Demand Forecast Solution imports your historical data and enriches it with external data (for example weather data or economic data), then uses AI-powered forecasting to provide accurate predictions along your entire value chain. [attachment=53683:name] CallCabinet …

Hello Azure Community! [JUSTIFY] Following an exciting Microsoft BUILD 2024 event, May has been filled with important updates and breakthroughs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server. Let’s dive into the key features that were announced during BUILD, highlighting the innovations that are shaping the future of your databases. Highlights of the Month [/JUSTIFY] General Availability of the azure_ai extension Preview of azure_local_ai extension Preview of Automated Index Tuning General Availability of IOPS scaling Improvements with CAST New Azure Advisor recommendations [HEADING=1] General Availability of the a…

Hi Teams Community, We're back with an update to Support Diagnostics for Microsoft Teams. @RuiTabaresMsft updated the Teams Sign in Diagnostic in Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer. This diagnostic will help you troubleshoot and test if you meet requirements for a Microsoft Teams user to be able to sign in. To access the customer facing diagnostic, navigate to Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer, select Microsoft Teams, then click on the “Teams Sign in”. Sign in by using the credentials of the user account that you want to test. Enter the provided verification code. Select Verify. This Diagnostic is a comprehensive check of all acco…

In April 2024, we proudly announced our partnership with Cohere, allowing customers to seamlessly leverage Cohere models via the Azure AI Studio Model Catalog, as part of the Models as a Service (MaaS) offering. At Build 2024, Azure AI Search launched support for Binary Vectors. In this blog, we are excited to continue from our previous discussion on int8 embeddings and highlight two powerful new capabilities: utilizing Cohere Binary Embeddings in Azure AI Search for optimized storage and search, and employing the Cohere Command R+ model as a Large Language Model (LLM) for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). [HEADING=1]Cohere Binary Embeddings via Azure AI Studi…

Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) is a fully managed service designed to enable seamless migrations from multiple database sources to Azure data platforms with minimal downtime. It powers the "Azure SQL Migration" extension for Azure Data Studio, can be used via Azure portal, PowerShell and Azure CLI. This article explains architecture diagram of Azure Database Migration Service and how the DMS perform migration for different scenarios. [HEADING=1]How does a normal migration work? [/HEADING] There are two ways to perform migration for a database from source to Azure SQL Targets as mentioned below: Physical migration: In Physical migration, Ba…

Quickly spot real-time indicators of issues as they unfold, without the need to poll or manually monitor changes in your data and without writing a single line of code. That’s what the new Real-Time Intelligence service in Microsoft Fabric is all about. It extends Microsoft Fabric to the world of streaming data across your IoT and operational systems. Whether you are a data analyst or business user, you can easily explore high-granularity, high-volume data and spot issues before they impact your business. And as a Data engineer, you can more easily track system level changes across your data estate to manage and improve your pipelines. Courtney Berg, from t…

Introducing Azure CycleCloud Slurm Workspace (Preview) A new way to create and manage CycleCloud Slurm clusters on Azure Slurm is one of the most popular and widely used open-source workload managers for AI/HPC and cloud computing. Slurm enables users to run large-scale parallel and distributed applications across a set of compute nodes, and provides features such as job scheduling, resource management, fault tolerance, and power management. Slurm is used by many of the world's top supercomputers, research institutes, universities, and enterprises. However, setting up and managing Slurm clusters on the cloud can be challenging and time-consuming, espec…

Do you often find yourself lost in a maze of tasks within your projects? Are checklists not enough for you to keep your projects organized? With the new Microsoft Planner, you can bring order to chaos with subtasks, enabling you to manage complex plans and projects with ease. Available in premium plans in the new Planner, subtasks are the key to unlocking a more organized and efficient workflow. [HEADING=1]What Are Subtasks?[/HEADING] Subtasks are the building blocks that support your main tasks. They allow you to break down complex deliverables into manageable pieces, ensuring that every detail is accounted for without losing sight of the big picture. Usi…

By: Maggie Dakeva – Sr Product Manager | Microsoft Intune We’re excited to announce that the Intune Company Portal app for Windows is getting a new modernized design. Users will be able to use the same functionality they’re used to with an improved experience on their desktop app. This blog covers what’s changing and how to prepare. [HEADING=1]Available for preview now, released to the Microsoft Store in August 2024[/HEADING] A preview version for the updated Company Portal is now available for download in the Microsoft Download center. The preview will be available until late August. It should only be used for testing purposes and updating your IT admin …