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Today, we're excited to announce the general availability of user insights in Microsoft Entra External ID. User insights, which was launched in public preview in October 2023, is a powerful tool that enables admins and developers to gain deeper insights into their customers’ behavior, preferences, and challenges. It provides key metrics such as monthly active users (MAU), daily active users (DAU), new users added, requests over time, authentications over time, multi-factor authentication (MFA) usage by type, and MFA success versus failure rates. You can also filter and segment the data by time range, operating system, country, and application id. With user insights…

There’s the thinking cap. And then there’s the deep-thinking cap. It’s time to put on the latter. This article contains eight in-depth videos about SharePoint – now on demand and embedded below, with five more coming soon. You’ll discover SharePoint's capabilities and upcoming features, focusing on content management, collaboration, and leveraging AI in Microsoft 365. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of AI's role in content creation and management. As the intranet evolves, too shall you advance along with tools to help build strategies for corporate communications. As your own brand ambassador, you’ll learn how to personalize SharePoint – to create content consis…

Já pensou na possibilidade de centralizar a gestão de suas APIs em um único local, facilitando a descoberta e governança de seus serviços? O Azure API Center é uma solução que ajudará você a alcançar esse objetivo, oferecendo uma plataforma unificada para a criação, publicação, gerenciamento e monitoramento de APIs. Neste artigo, vamos entender melhor sobre esse serviço, suas funcionalidades e benefícios. [HEADING=1]Novo Treinamento Gratuito no Microsoft Learn: Introdução ao Azure API Center! [/HEADING] Mas, antes de começarmos, gostaríamos de trazer uma grande novidade! Há um novo treinamento gratuito no Microsoft Learn sobre o Azure API Center. Lembrando q…

[HEADING=1]Dual-region deployments using Secure Virtual WAN Hub with Routing-Intent without Global Reach[/HEADING] This article describes the best practices for connectivity, traffic flows, and high availability of dual-region Azure VMware Solution when using Azure Secure Virtual WAN with Routing Intent. You learn the design details of using Secure Virtual WAN with Routing-Intent, without Global Reach. This article breaks down Virtual WAN with Routing Intent topology from the perspective of Azure VMware Solution private clouds, on-premises sites, and Azure native. The implementation and configuration of Secure Virtual WAN with Routing Intent are beyond the scope and ar…

Microsoft partners like Keytos and Modern Requirements deliver transact-capable offers, which allow you to purchase directly from Azure Marketplace. Learn about these offers below: [attachment=55372:name] EZRADIUS: Run and scale your own RADIUS server without complex infrastructure using EZRADIUS from Keytos. This cloud-based service integrates with Microsoft Entra ID and Intune, automating machine identity management through more secure, passwordless methods. [attachment=55373:name] Modern Requirements4DevOps: Author, eliminate, trace, and define requirements in Microsoft Azure DevOps with this solution from Modern Requirements. MR4DevOps seamlessly…

Previously, I shared with you how to use Phi-3-mini on AIPC's NPU and iPhone. Some people want to know more about the experience of using macOS and how to use Apple Silicon to accelerate SLM models. This blog will share with you relevant knowledge, including how to use Apple MLX Framework to accelerate Phi-3-mini operation, fine-tune, and combine Llama.cpp for quantitative operation. [HEADING=1]What's MLX Framework[/HEADING] MLX is an array framework for machine learning research on Apple silicon, brought to you by Apple machine learning research. MLX is designed by machine learning researchers for machine learning researchers. The framework is intended to be u…

Now available on-demand, for free, is the recording of our Azure Webinar session "Empowering cloud efficiency through FinOps". Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect, Arthur Clares, explains short term & long term objectives with FinOps FinOps Foundation Founder & Executive Director, J.R. Storment, and Microsoft speakers Sonia Cuff, Arthur Clares and Thomas Lewis, explain FinOps concepts and relevant Microsoft solutions and resources. You'll learn about: The FinOps operational framework and cultural practice, which maximises the business value of cloud; Microsoft FinOps Interactive Guides, for exploring Microsoft solutions that enable FinOps Capabil…

We’ve come across multiple cases where customers want to send emails from Applications migrated to Azure through some kind of SMTP service. Though we’ve seen customers opting for O365 for SMTP relay, this can create issues due to throttling limitations in Office Service. Also, managing mailbox and license assignment on Office 365 console is a different story; customers would want to have seamless SMTP relay service experience from single console on Azure. Though Azure Communication service supports sending emails outbound but currently it requires you to integrate it via the ACS SDK that Microsoft provide. In scenarios where you don’t want to modify code and just chang…

We’re thrilled to share that adutil, the Active Directory Utility for SQL Server, is now officially supported on RHEL 9 and Ubuntu 22.04. If you’ve been waiting for this, your patience has paid off! Let’s dive into the details. [HEADING=1]What Is adutil?[/HEADING] adutil is a powerful tool that simplifies Active Directory integration with SQL Server on Linux-based deployments. It enables seamless authentication, user management, and keytab configuration. Whether you’re running SQL Server on RHEL 9 or Ubuntu 22.04, you can now harness the full capabilities of adutil. [HEADING=1]Getting Started[/HEADING] Join Your Host Machine to the Domain: Before divi…

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. In June, we're adding features to multiple surfaces, including Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, and to Microsoft Copilot Studio! We're pleased to announce new capabilities in the Outlook suggested actions card, new options for saving email and meetings, and the ability to view recent communications. In Teams, we've added a new action items service and improved discoverability for Sales …

Previously, I shared with you how to use Phi-3-mini on AIPC's NPU and iPhone. Some people want to know more about the experience of using macOS and how to use Apple Silicon to accelerate SLM models. This blog will share with you relevant knowledge, including how to use Apple MLX Framework to accelerate Phi-3-mini operation, fine-tune, and combine Llama.cpp for quantitative operation. [HEADING=1]What's MLX Framework[/HEADING] MLX is an array framework for machine learning research on Apple silicon, brought to you by Apple machine learning research. MLX is designed by machine learning researchers for machine learning researchers. The framework is intended to be use…

[HEADING=1]Introduction[/HEADING] Have you studied for a certification before and struggled with memorizing some of the content you have read? I have indeed struggled with it! An example is that I studied for the Endpoint Administrator (MD-102) certification, where I had to memorize the different app types in Intune. Do you know what helped me? Flashcards! I am excited to tell you more about a workshop where you can create your own flashcards later in this blog. First, I will give you my tips and tricks for studying for a certification. [HEADING=1]Studying for a Microsoft Certification[/HEADING] Are you looking at starting with a Microsoft certif…

[HEADING=2]Search Product Catalog Images Using Azure Search and OpenAI with Langchain[/HEADING] In the ever-evolving landscape of retail, businesses are continually seeking innovative solutions to streamline their operations and enhance customer experiences. One such breakthrough is the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) to search product catalog images efficiently. This transformative technology not only simplifies the search process but also empowers businesses to provide personalized and seamless shopping experiences for their customers. The Need for AI in Product Catalog Image Search: Traditional methods of searching through …

Azure Event Hubs is a fully managed, cloud-native, real-time data streaming service that enables you to stream millions of events per second from any source to build dynamic data pipelines and immediately respond to business challenges. It sits at the center of all the operational and analytical workflows for Azure’s customers – whether they are large enterprises or scrappy startups, enabling them to leverage their streaming data to enable new workflows, all in real time. Data availability and service reliability are core tenets of a cloud-native service and today we are excited to announce the public preview of geo-replication for Azure Event Hubs to complete our …

With hybrid work here to stay and data-centric cyberattacks on the rise, safeguarding sensitive information is critical to every security strategy. While data loss prevention (DLP) is often considered for cloud storage locations, the management of removable storage devices such as USBs is equally important, to help ensure that data-at-rest is encrypted and integrity and confidentiality of sensitive information is maintained. We’re excited to announce that Defender for Endpoint device control support for BitLocker is now in public preview. This new feature provides security admins with more granular control through policy exceptions for BitLocker encrypted devices. …

The Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence (MDTI) and Defender XDR teams are pleased to announce that the Copilot for Security threat intelligence embedded experience in the Defender XDR portal is now generally available. As of today, Defender XDR customers will see a handy AI-powered sidecar in the Threat Analytics, intel profiles, intel explorer, and intel projects tabs in the threat intelligence blade (in brackets below), which returns, contextualizes, and summarizes intelligence from across MDTI and Threat Analytics about threat actors, threat tooling, and indicators of compromise (IoCs) related to their vulnerabilities and security incidents. The embedded exp…

Excel Copilot can write complex formulas, including ones that work with text. In this blog post, we’d like to demonstrate Excel Copilot’s ability to work with complex formulas with a dataset containing noteworthy individuals. Here's what we will be showcasing: Organize data by splitting a single column into multiple columns Calculate age by extracting the years from a string of text [HEADING=2]1. Organize data by splitting a single column into multiple columns[/HEADING] We have data that comes in this format: Alan Turing (1912-1954, United Kingdom): However, we would like to make our table cleaner by splitting the data into…

Imagine having the power of AI-driven facial recognition or real-time image classification directly in your browser. This is the promise of WebNN, a groundbreaking JavaScript API designed to bring neural network inference to web applications. What is WebNN? Web Neural Network API (WebNN) is a JavaScript API that empowers web developers to perform machine learning computations on neural networks directly within web applications. WebNN simplifies the integration of machine learning models into web apps, opening up new possibilities for interactive and intelligent applications right in the browser WebNN is primarily designed for inference tasks rather th…

We have a myriad of key updates for customers enrolled in WS2012/R2 ESUs enabled by Azure Arc! As we continue to refine and expand the offer, investments have focused on reducing friction and improve the usability of WS2012/R2 ESUs enabled by Azure Arc. We’re excited to announce our brand-new usage view, preview of the transition scenario, and improvements to pre-requisites, billing, and included capabilities. The ESU Usage View is now Public Preview for customers in Azure Portal. With the ESU Usage View, customers get visibility into their coverage of Azure Arc-enabled WS2012/R2 servers with Extended security Updates. Moreover, the view surfaces licenses …

In this post, we’ll cover some details on how to track the lifecycle of a SharePoint Site in the Microsoft Graph Data Connect (MGDC), using the date columns in the SharePoint Site dataset. If you’re not familiar with MGDC for SharePoint, start with Links about Microsoft Graph Data Connect for SharePoint. [HEADING=2]All Dates in the Sites Dataset[/HEADING] One of the most common scenarios in MGDC for SharePoint is tracking the lifecycle of a site, which includes understanding when the site was created, how it grows over time, when it stops growing and when it becomes inactive or abandoned. The SharePoint Sites dataset includes several columns that can…

Heinrich and Luke (@Luke_Alderman) here to show you the exiting capabilities enabled by v2 of the unified diagnostics settings Policies. This enables managing diagnostics settings at enterprise scale [HEADING=1]History[/HEADING] As many of you know, deploying diagnostics settings at scale was difficult. Jim Britt wrote a widely used script to automate the generation of Policies. I personally have written ~100 Policy definitions for our customers. Luke and others realized this and introduced the concept of categoryGroups “audit” and “allLogs” to diagnostics settings enabling a uniform approach to diagnostics settings. Subsequently Heinrich got involved working with L…

We have been continuously enhancing Copilot’s capabilities over the past few months, focusing on everything from form creation to distribution, to make it your ultimate form creation assistant. This June, we enabled more capabilities for distributing forms, helping you boost audience engagement and increase response rates. Let’s explore the new capabilities together! Rewrite the invitation message with Copilot The invitation message is the first thing responders see when they receive a form. Crafting a compelling message is key to grabbing their attention and prompting a quick response. When your form is ready to go, Copilot will help you rewrite the default m…

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced the public preview of the Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench (Azure MSWB), a groundbreaking service on the Azure Cloud built to revolutionize collaborative development in semiconductor design. This new service leverages the performance, scalability and elasticity of Azure Compute and Azure NetApp Files along with decades of semiconductor experience from both Microsoft and its partners. Azure MSWB enables customers to easily and quickly deploy secure chambers, enabling collaboration scenarios ranging from joint debug, co-development and complex multi-vendor design flows. Azure MSWB is production proven, creating the founda…

In this guest blog post, Paul de Curnou, Senior Business Development Manager, Marketplaces at Keyfactor, discusses how businesses can regain control of their public key infrastructure (PKI), the critical infrastructure underlying strategic organizational investments like cloud migrations, AI initiatives, merger and acquisitions strategies, and the digitization of everything from IoT devices to automobiles. Every year Keyfactor surveys IT and security professionals in our State of PKI & Digital Trust for a better understanding of where organizations of all sizes are succeeding and what they are struggling with in public key infrastructure, certificate management…

If you haven't tried it already, Ollama is a great tool built on top of llama.cpp that makes it easier to run small language models (SLMs) like Phi-3 and Llama3-8B on your own machine, even if your personal computer has no GPU or has an ARM chip. Ollama provides both a command-line interface to chat with the language model, as well as an OpenAI-compatible chat completion endpoint. What if your personal computer can't run Ollama for some reason, like if you're using a ChromeBook or iPad without the ability to install? GitHub Codespaces to the rescue! Codespaces is a way to open any GitHub repository in the browser, inside a web-based VS Code running a containerized …