Azure Feeds Newsletter

Weekly Update: Saturday April 20 2024 to Saturday April 27 2024

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Azure Updates17
Tech Community23
Microsoft Security1
Azure Community13
Azure Architecture Center6

Azure Updates (17 new azure updates)

NameLinkDescriptionPublication DayCategory
Public Preview: Azure Monitor Agent Upload to Storage and Event Hubshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-monitor-agent-upload-to-storage-and-eventhubs-now-publicpreview/Azure Monitor Agent can now upload to Azure Storage and Event Hubs.TuesdayAzure Updates
The billing meter for Azure Databricks materialized views and streaming tables will change 1 May 2024https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/the-billing-meter-for-azure-databricks-materialized-views-and-streaming-tables-will-change-1-may-2024/Azure Databricks materialized views and streaming tables Billing changeTuesdayAzure Updates
Azure Virtual Network Manager security admin rule generally available in all public regionshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-virtual-network-manager-security-admin-rule-generally-available-in-all-public-regions/Azure Virtual Network Manager’s security admin rule configuration is now generally available in all public regions, empowering users to enforce security rules across their virtual networks […]WednesdayAzure Updates
General availability: Virtual network flow logshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-virtual-network-flow-logs/Gain visibility of IP traffic flowing through your virtual networksThursdayAzure Updates
General availability: HNSW vector index in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDBhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-hnsw-vector-index-in-vcore-based-azure-cosmos-db-for-mongodb/The HNSW vector index is now generally available in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB.ThursdayAzure Updates
General availability: Application Gateway Web Application Firewall (WAF) inspection limit & size enforcementhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-application-gateway-web-application-firewall-waf-inspection-limit-size-enforcement/Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall (WAF) running on Application Gateway now supports greater control over request body inspection, and maximum size limits for request bodies and […]ThursdayAzure Updates
General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server enhanced disaster recovery featureshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-database-for-postgresql-flexible-server-enhanced-disaster-recovery-features/Explore advanced disaster recovery with Virtual Endpoints and seamless role-swapping in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.ThursdayAzure Updates
Public preview: Filtered vector search in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDBhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-filtered-vector-search-in-vcore-based-azure-cosmos-db-for-mongodb/Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB improves its vector search capabilities with filtered vector search, now in preview.ThursdayAzure Updates
General availability: Semantic caching with vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDBhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-semantic-caching-with-vcore-based-azure-cosmos-db/Leverage historical LLM responses with Azure Cosmos DB and LangChain!ThursdayAzure Updates
Generally Available: Index Advisor in Azure Cosmos DB helps optimize your index policy for NoSQL querieshttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-index-advisor-in-azure-cosmos-db-helps-optimize-your-index-policy-for-nosql-queries/Reduce RU-costs and improve query speeds with Index Advisor!ThursdayAzure Updates
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL geo-redundant backup and restorehttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-cosmos-db-for-postgresql-georedundant-backup-and-restore/Store cluster backup in another region. Restore cluster in the primary or another region.ThursdayAzure Updates
Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/cloud-services-classic-retirement-announcement-apr2024/Cloud Services (classic) retiring in August 2024.SaturdayAzure Updates
.Net Standard user-defined functions for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024.https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/net-standard-userdefined-functions-for-azure-stream-analytics-will-be-retired-on-30-september-2024/.Net Standard user-defined functions for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024. After that date, it won’t be possible to use the feature. […]SaturdayAzure Updates
Support of Azure Notification Hubs’ Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) legacy API will be deprecated by July 2024.https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/support-of-azure-notification-hubs-firebase-cloud-messaging-fcm-legacy-api-will-be-deprecated-by-july-2024/Azure Notification Hubs support for GCM/FCM legacy will be retired on 1 July 2024.SaturdayAzure Updates
Azure Advisor will no longer display aggregated potential yearly savings beginning 30 September 2024https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-advisor-will-no-longer-display-aggregated-potential-yearly-savings-beginning-30-september-2024/Learn how to continue calculating aggregated potential yearly savings.SaturdayAzure Updates
App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/app-service-environment-version-1-and-version-2-will-be-retired-on-31-august-2024-3/Migrate to App Service Environment v3 by 31 August 2024.SaturdayAzure Updates
Five Azure classic networking services will be retired on 31 August 2024https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/classic-networking-retirements-april2024/Classic Networking Services retiring in August 2024.SaturdayAzure Updates

Tech Community (23 new articles)

NameLinkDescriptionPublication DayCategory
Microsoft at the European Cloud Summit (ECS) 2024 (Wiesbaden, Germany)https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/microsoft-at-the-european-cloud-summit-ecs-2024-wiesbaden/ba-p/4118908  Join in: The European Cloud  2024 | May 14-16, 2024 | European Cloud Summit What: European Cloud Summit and European Collaboration Summit  – co-located in 2024 Register today |Use the MSCMTY discount […]MondayTech Community
Extending Copilot for Microsoft 365 using TypeScript | Azure Developers JavaScript Day 2024https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/extending-copilot-for-microsoft-365-using-typescript-azure/ba-p/4119630    In this fourth artile around the Microsoft event: the Azure Developers JavaScript Day 2024, Bob German, Principal Cloud Advocate in M365 at Microsoft, showcased the possibilities […]MondayTech Community
Azure Data Factory Synapse Analytics: Validate FileFolder before using!https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/azure-data-factory-synapse-analytics-validate-file-folder-before/ba-p/4086368In real time, every project would deal with Azure storage or Azure SQL Database. It can be blobs, folders/directories, files. It becomes a crucial step to […]MondayTech Community
AI/ML with Microsoft Fabric and SAS Viya. A Match made in the AI God’s Heaven?https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/analytics-on-azure-blog/ai-ml-with-microsoft-fabric-and-sas-viya-a-match-made-in-the-ai/ba-p/4086504Microsoft Fabric Will Deliver Scalable Cloud Analytics for Generative AI applications   Microsoft Fabric is an all-in-one analytics solution for enterprises that covers everything from data movement […]TuesdayTech Community
Azure IaaS, Silk Platform, and Silk Instant Extracts: Relational Databases to Azure AIhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-migration-and/azure-iaas-silk-platform-and-silk-instant-extracts-relational/ba-p/4120176This documentation provides a comprehensive guide on how to integrate Oracle, SQL Server, and other database platforms installed on an Azure Virtual Machine (VM) with Silk […]TuesdayTech Community
Public Preview of Edge Storage Acceleratorhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-arc-blog/public-preview-of-edge-storage-accelerator/ba-p/4111249Release Summary We are thrilled to announce the Limited Public Preview of Edge Storage Accelerator (ESA), a 1P storage system designed for Arc-connected Kubernetes clusters.  ESA […]TuesdayTech Community
Controlling AKS egress using an HTTP Proxyhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/controlling-aks-egress-using-an-http-proxy/ba-p/4119407Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, whether deployed into a managed or custom virtual network, have certain outbound dependencies necessary to function properly. Previously, in environments requiring […]TuesdayTech Community
Sneak peek at new Azure edge infrastructure at Hannover Messe 2024https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-stack-blog/sneak-peek-at-new-azure-edge-infrastructure-at-hannover-messe/ba-p/4120256Written by Cosmos Darwin, Principal Group Manager on the Azure Edge & Platform team This week is Hannover Messe 2024, the world’s biggest industrial trade fair. […]TuesdayTech Community
Public Preview of Azure Arc Site Managerhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-arc-blog/public-preview-of-azure-arc-site-manager/ba-p/4118023This week we are excited to announce the Public Preview of Azure Arc site manager. We designed site manager to meet the needs of customers who […]TuesdayTech Community
Protecting your IP in the Azure Marketplacehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/protecting-your-ip-in-the-azure-marketplace/ba-p/4120539The Azure Marketplace is an online store for Azure customers to discover, evaluate, and purchase a wide array of solutions with integrated billing and easy deployment.  While the […]TuesdayTech Community
Perform bulk NSG rule rollout across multiple target NSGshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-infrastructure-blog/perform-bulk-nsg-rule-rollout-across-multiple-target-nsgs/ba-p/4120673Network Security Groups (NSGs) are a fundamental aspect of Azure networking, providing a layer of security to control traffic flow within virtual networks. However, managing NSG […]TuesdayTech Community
A workbook for Logic App (standard) run history and resubmitting multiple runs.https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/a-workbook-for-logic-app-standard-run-history-and-resubmitting/ba-p/4121919After we published a sample workbook for organizing the Logic Apps events emitted to Application Insight in this blog post, we received feedback from multiple customers […]WednesdayTech Community
Network traffic observability with virtual network flow logshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-networking-blog/network-traffic-observability-with-virtual-network-flow-logs/ba-p/4112907Azure Network Watcher provides network monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities to increase observability and actionable insights with out-of-box health metrics & topology visualization, connectivity  monitoring, traffic monitoring […]WednesdayTech Community
Getting Started – Generative AI with Phi-3-mini: A Guide to Inference and Deploymenthttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/getting-started-generative-ai-with-phi-3-mini-a-guide-to/ba-p/4121315  Or maybe you were still paying attention to the Meta Llama 3 released last week, but today Microsoft did something different and released a new […]WednesdayTech Community
Announcing Oracle Database@Azure in United Kingdom Southhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/oracle-on-azure-blog/announcing-oracle-database-azure-in-united-kingdom-south/ba-p/4114962Microsoft and Oracle are excited to announce that we’re expanding the general availability for the Azure United Kingdom South region in London.    With Oracle Database@Azure now available […]WednesdayTech Community
Unlocking the Power of Azure Integration Services: A Webinar You Can’t Miss!https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/unlocking-the-power-of-azure-integration-services-a-webinar-you/ba-p/4122554In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, seamless integration stands as the cornerstone of innovation and growth. As a technology decision-maker, you understand the pivotal role integrations […]ThursdayTech Community
Key announcements for AKS from KubeCon Europe 2024https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/key-announcements-for-aks-from-kubecon-europe-2024/ba-p/4122918At KubeCon Europe 2024, we showed how Azure and Kubernetes can help you build and deploy intelligent applications. Even if you couldn’t visit us at the […]ThursdayTech Community
Implementing a functionality with GitHub Copilot for Visual Studiohttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/implementing-a-functionality-with-github-copilot-for-visual/ba-p/4123406The main benefit of using Generative AI in Visual Studio is that it enables you to type faster. It’s important to keep in mind that Copilot […]FridayTech Community
Next-Gen Customer Service: Azure’s AI-Powered Speech, Translation and Summarizationhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/next-gen-customer-service-azure-s-ai-powered-speech-translation/ba-p/4101838The purpose of this solution is to enable applications to incorporate AI capabilities. In the upcoming demo, I will showcase how to transcribe and speech (Azure […]FridayTech Community
IBM Maximo Application Suite migration and modernization with Azure Red Hat OpenShifthttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-migration-and/ibm-maximo-application-suite-migration-and-modernization-with/ba-p/4123838IBM Maximo has been a leading enterprise asset management solution in the industry for four decades, helping customers streamline work processes with a centralized platform for managing tasks, […]FridayTech Community
Introducing Infra Copilot – Unleashing GitHub Copilot for Infrastructure as Codehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-infrastructure-blog/introducing-infra-copilot-unleashing-github-copilot-for/ba-p/4124031  Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of infrastructure management, the demand for efficient, scalable, and reliable solutions has never been higher. As organizations increasingly embrace cloud-native […]FridayTech Community
Understanding the core concept and routing of vWAN with Example.https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-networking-blog/understanding-the-core-concept-and-routing-of-vwan-with-example/ba-p/4081473What is virtual WAN? Azure Virtual WAN is a NAAS (networking as a service) to enable simplified global transit networking architecture that brings many networking, security, […]SaturdayTech Community
Armchair Architects: How to choose a LLM partner for your AI projecthttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/armchair-architects-how-to-choose-a-llm-partner-for-your-ai/ba-p/4119099Introduction Our host, David Blank-Edelman and our armchair architects Uli Homann and Eric Charran will be discussing how to choose a Large Language Model (LLM) partner.  Architects and developers are often at […]SaturdayTech Community

Microsoft Security (1 articles)

NameLinkDescriptionPublication Day
Stay Ahead of Threats: Investigate Defender XDR Incident with Copilot for Securityhttps://charbelnemnom.com/defender-xdr-incident-copilot-for-security/Your organization has recently onboarded Microsoft Copilot for Security into their tenant, and as a Security Analyst, you have been asked to investigate a Defender Continue […]Tuesday

Azure Community articles courtesy of The Cloud Pirate

Name Title URL
John Lunn Welsh Azure User Group - April 2024 Event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQrHUL90reQ
Thomas Thornton Update GitHub Pull Request Body using GitHub Actions https://thomasthornton.cloud/2024/04/18/update-github-pull-request-body-using-github-actions/
John Savill's Technical Training Azure Update - 19th April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXRZUzzLQCg
Luke Murray Resolving 404 Error with OpenAI Azure Function Binding https://luke.geek.nz/azure/404-attempting-query-openai-azure-function-binding/
Nicholas Chang Unlocking AI Insights using LangChain and Azure AI Search with Rishab Kumar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5sifrDO3fE
John Savill's Technical Training Entra Group Writeback - Leverage Entra Governance Features On-Premises! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6XXlSVaIeo
Jeff Brown Write Awesome Scripts with PowerShell Parameter Sets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al95BRieqN4
Build5Nines Azure CDN POP Locations: Interactive Map of Azure CDN Points of Presence https://build5nines.com/azure-cdn-endpoint-interactive-map/
Build5Nines Azure Boost: Unlocking Performance and Security https://build5nines.com/azure-boost-unlocking-performance-and-security/
Azure Community Enthusiasts User Group Azure Community Enthusiasts User Group Ep 15: Azure Networking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSw4DQHwJFw
Jeff Brown Azure DevOps Workload Identity & Terraform Authentication https://jeffbrown.tech/terraform-workload-identity-azure-devops/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=terraform-workload-identity-azure-devops
Will Velida How to deploy Azure Container Apps using Azure Verified Modules https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g40NNqInm90
John Savill's Technical Training Find the last time a managed disk state changed to help with optimization with a new property! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8lMXxHgv-E

Azure Architecture Center (6 new or updated articles)

NameLinkDescriptionPublication DayCategory
Machine learning operations (MLOps) framework to upscale machine learning lifecycle with Azure Machine Learninghttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/guide/mlops-technical-paperLearn how to apply the machine learning operations (MLOps) maturity model to implement a machine learning solution for predicting product shipping levels.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Query-based document summarizationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/guide/query-based-summarizationImplement query-based document summarization by using the Azure OpenAI GPT-3 model. Review two example use cases.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
AI at the edge with Azure Stack Hubhttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/idea/ai-at-the-edgeBring your trained AI model to the edge with Azure Stack Hub and integrate it with your applications for low-latency intelligence.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Network security checklist for MLOps solutionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/guide/network-security-mlopsUse Azure network security capabilities, such as virtual networks, network peering, Private Link, and private DNS zones to protect MLOps solutions.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Build and deploy a social media analytics solutionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/build-deploy-social-media-analytics-solutionBuild and deploy a social medial analytics solution that uses Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Machine Learning, and Azure AI services with external data.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated
Image classification on Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/ai-ml/architecture/intelligent-apps-image-processingLearn how to build image processing into your applications by using Azure services such as the Computer Vision API and Azure Functions.TuesdayAzure Architecture,updated

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