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| [In preview] Public Preview: Risk and safety evaluations for image and multimodal content in Azure AI Foundry | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=469221 | Risk and safety evaluations for images and multimodal content are now available in public preview in Azure AI Foundry. These evaluations can help organizations assess the […] | Tuesday | Azure Updates,AI + Machine Learning,azure ai studio,Features,In preview,Microsoft Ignite |
| [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Database for MySQL bindings for Azure Functions | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=472040 | We are excited to announce the public preview of Azure Database for MySQL bindings for Azure Functions. With this new feature, Azure Functions can seamlessly interact […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Database for MySQL,Databases,Features,In preview |
| [Launched] Generally Available: New Zealand North region added to Azure HDInsight | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=470933 | HDInsight is now generally available in New Zealand North. Azure HDInsight is a managed, full-spectrum, open-source analytics service in the cloud for enterprises. You can use […] | Saturday | Azure Updates,analytics,Azure HDInsight on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),Features,Launched,Regions & Datacenters |
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| Best practices for safely performing schema changes in Azure Database for MySQL | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adformysql/best-practices-for-safely-performing-schema-changes-in-azure-database-for-mysql/4356830 | Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server is built on the open-source MySQL database engine, and the service supports MySQL 8.0 and newer versions. This… | Monday | Tech Community |
| December 2024 Feature Updates | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurecommunicationservicesblog/december-2024-feature-updates/4357966 | The Azure Communication Services team is excited to share several new product and feature updates released in September through December 2024. (You can view… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Azure Landing Zones alignment with Azure Innovations | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuregovernanceandmanagementblog/azure-landing-zones-alignment-with-azure-innovations/4355512 | Keeping up with the latest Azure advancements in your Azure Landing Zone Azure Landing Zones (ALZ) have become a cornerstone for many customers’ cloud… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Multimodal video search powered by Video Retrieval in Azure | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-services-blog/multimodal-video-search-powered-by-video-retrieval-in-azure/4358142 | Video content is becoming increasingly central to business operations, from training materials to safety monitoring. As part of Azure’s comprehensive video… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Top 10 prompts, How Students use the GitHub Copilot for Azure in Visual Studio Code | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educatordeveloperblog/top-10-prompts-how-students-use-the-github-copilot-for-azure-in-visual-studio-co/4351609 | Before we dive into the top 10 prompts, let’s first cover how to install the GitHub Copilot for Azure extension Installation Steps for GitHub Copilot for… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Isolated POC or Production Pilot? | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azureinfrastructureblog/isolated-poc-or-production-pilot/4358092 | As I work on pre-sales across all Microsoft Azure Infrastructure services, I often have many POC discussions with customers, partners, and various… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Unlocking the power of Azure IoT with private PKI x509 certificates | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/marketplace-blog/unlocking-the-power-of-azure-iot-with-private-pki-x509-certificates/4357973 | In this guest blog post, Sukhyung Shin, Senior IoT Solutions Architect – Strategy, Keyfactor, discusses how Azure IoT Hub and IoT Hub DPS can employ public… | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Enhancing SQL PaaS Security: Automating Azure Blob SAS Key Rotation Using Azure Runbooks | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/modernizationbestpracticesblog/enhancing-sql-paas-security-automating-azure-blob-sas-key-rotation-using-azure-r/4358345 | In today’s cloud environment, security and efficient management of storage resources are paramount for organizations. Azure Blob Storage, known for its… | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Introducing New Fine-tuning Techniques and Capabilities in Azure OpenAI Service | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-services-blog/introducing-new-fine-tuning-techniques-and-capabilities-in-azure-openai-service/4357961 | Discover the latest advancements in Azure OpenAI Service fine-tuning, including reinforcement fine-tuning for o1-mini and Direct Preference Optimization… | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Announcing Public Preview of Direct Preference Optimization Capabilities with Azure OpenAI Service | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-services-blog/announcing-public-preview-of-direct-preference-optimization-capabilities-with-az/4358164 | We are thrilled to introduce public preview of groundbreaking feature in the Azure OpenAI Service: Direct Preference Optimization (DPO). This new capability… | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Announcing New Fine-Tuning Capabilities with o1-mini Model on Azure OpenAI Service | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-services-blog/announcing-new-fine-tuning-capabilities-with-o1-mini-model-on-azure-openai-servi/4358186 | We are thrilled to introduce the latest advancements in AI with the o1-mini model on Azure OpenAI Service. This new model is a game-changer, bringing… | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Partner Case Study: PrimeKey decodes customer growth for its cryptography-based security solution with Microsoft Azure Marketplace and Marketplace Rewards | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/partnernews/partner-case-study-primekey-decodes-customer-growth-for-its-cryptography-based-s/4358399 | PrimeKey by Keyfactor helps organizations bolster cryptographic-based security through the Microsoft commercial marketplace PrimeKey is part of Keyfactor, a… | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Steps to enable Azure Marketplace multiparty private offers in your channel business | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/marketplace-blog/steps-to-enable-azure-marketplace-multiparty-private-offers-in-your-channel-busi/4352407 | As more customers adopt SaaS solutions to quickly maximize the value of their technology investments, the decision-makers for these purchases—often… | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Inbound private endpoint for Standard v2 tier of Azure API Management | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/integrationsonazureblog/inbound-private-endpoint-for-standard-v2-tier-of-azure-api-management/4358975 | Standard v2 was announced in general availability on April 1st, 2024. Customers can now configure an inbound private endpoint (preview) for your API… | Thursday | Tech Community |
| How to test Azure OpenAI Realtime API using Postman | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-services-blog/how-to-test-azure-openai-realtime-api-using-postman/4359049 | Customers can now use Azure OpenAI’s realtime API to develop dynamic and lifelike conversational AI experiences by integrating their applications over… | Thursday | Tech Community |
| New on Azure Marketplace: December 1-11, 2024 | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/marketplace-blog/new-on-azure-marketplace-december-1-11-2024/4295942 | We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 240 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Case Study: Efficient Faceted Navigation Solution Using Azure AI Search | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-services-blog/case-study-efficient-faceted-navigation-solution-using-azure-ai-search/4355573 | The Microsoft Careers Portal processes 10 million job applications per year. For a tailored user experience, it uses Azure AI Search for features like… | Friday | Tech Community |
| How to build highly resilient applications with Azure Load Balancer | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurenetworkingblog/how-to-build-highly-resilient-applications-with-azure-load-balancer/4359370 | As customers move workloads to the cloud, designing their applications for high resiliency becomes a key consideration. This blog will highlight how Azure… | Friday | Tech Community |
| Integrating Azure ML with Azure SQL Managed Instance deployed in Reserved IP Ranges | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/machinelearningblog/integrating-azure-ml-with-azure-sql-managed-instance-deployed-in-reserved-ip-ran/4355529 | Introduction Integrating Azure Machine Learning with Azure SQL Managed Instance supports use cases such as feature engineering, model training, and the… | Friday | Tech Community |
| Extend your clusters capabilities through Kubernetes Apps from Azure Marketplace | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurearcblog/extend-your-clusters-capabilities-through-kubernetes-apps-from-azure-marketplace/4357363 | Seeking to enhance your cloud-native capabilities? Kubernetes Apps on Azure Marketplace offers a transformative solution for your deployment needs. Designed… | Saturday | Tech Community |
| MVP’s Favorite Content: 30 Day Plans, Blog, Azure, AI | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/mvpawardprogramblog/mvp%E2%80%99s-favorite-content-30-day-plans-blog-azure-ai/4358492 | Looking for holiday learning resources? Check out these MVP-recommended picks for something new! | Saturday | Tech Community |
| AI-Powered Chat with Azure Communication Services and Azure OpenAI | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurecommunicationservicesblog/ai-powered-chat-with-azure-communication-services-and-azure-openai/4359510 | Many applications offer chat with automated capabilities but lack the depth to fully understand and address user needs. What if a chat app could not only… | Saturday | Tech Community |
| FastTrack for Azure (FTA) program retiring December 2024 | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/fasttrackforazureblog/fasttrack-for-azure-fta-program-retiring-december-2024/4357383 | ATTENTION: As of December 31st, 2024, the FastTrack for Azure (FTA) program will be retired. FTA will support any projects currently in motion to… | Saturday | Tech Community |
| Partner Blog | Lead more customers from migration to innovation with Azure VMware Solution | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/partnernews/partner-blog--lead-more-customers-from-migration-to-innovation-with-azure-vmware/4357111 | Over the past three years, Microsoft and VMware have worked together to deliver Azure VMware Solution (AVS) to customers in more than 30 Azure… | Saturday | Tech Community |
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| Optimize Costs Using Ingestion-Time Transformation for Fortinet Logs in Microsoft Sentinel | https://charbelnemnom.com/optimize-costs-for-fortinet-logs-in-sentinel/ | Fortinet firewall logs, when ingested into Sentinel’s `CommonSecurityLog` table, are billed at the Analytics tier rates. For organizations with high log volumes, this can result Continue […] | Charbel Nemnom |
| Bicep Christmas gift: the deployer() function | http://microsoftplatform.blogspot.com/2024/12/bicep-christmas-gift-deployer-function.html | The Bicep language for Azure Infrastructure as Code (IaC) continues to evolve rapidly, reshaping how developers and cloud architects design, deploy, and manage Azure resources. In […] | Freek Berson |
| Introducing Bicep on the Go: a new series of short videos! | http://microsoftplatform.blogspot.com/2024/12/introducing-bicep-on-go-new-series-of.html | Bicep on the Go: a new series of short videos showcasing specific Bicep features, having fun with Infrastructure as Code, and maybe even interviews with #community members! 💪Let […] | Freek Berson |
| Book Review: A Developer’s Guide to Cloud Apps Using Microsoft Azure | https://blog.greglow.com/2024/12/16/book-review-a-developers-guide-to-cloud-apps-using-microsoft-azure/ | A while back, I received another book from my friends at PackT. It was A Developer’s Guide to Cloud Apps Using Microsoft Azure by Hamida Rebai […] | Greg Low |
| Enhancing Terraform Deployments with TFLint in GitHub Actions | https://www.techielass.com/enhancing-terraform-deployments-with-tflint-in-github-actions/ | Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has changed the way we manage and deploy cloud environments. By combining Terraform with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, we can automate […] | Sarah Lean |
| Benefits and Usage of Storage Account Resources – AZ-900 Certification Course – December 2024 Update | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI2XoRFwqYE | Covers assessed skill: Describe the benefits and usage of Container (Blob) Storage, Disk Storage, File Storage, and storage tiers This is part of the full course […] | John Savill |
| 32 More Links and Resources for Technical Teams, Developers, Managers and Architects | https://www.blueboxes.co.uk/32-more-links-and-resources-for-technical-teams-developers-managers-and-architects/ | Over the years I have collected a number of useful links that had been shared to me by colleagues, found on twitter, in newsletters or just […] | John Kilmister |
| Azure – Save Money by Changing Disk Type | https://cloud-right.com/2024/12/azure-change-disk-type/ | Azure – Save Money by Changing Disk Type Here’s a quick tip to save money on your Azure VMs by changing the disk type. Especially over […] | David O'Brien |
| Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Network Isolated Mode | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnavTrODRfk | A look at the new network isolated mode. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it will be […] | John Savill |
| 269 – Microsoft 365 Copilot Agents with Paolo Pialorsi | https://share.transistor.fm/s/cddf3b32 | This week, we’re (still) live from ESPC 2024, and we’ll talk with Paolo Pialorsi from Microsoft about agents in Microsoft Copilot. What are they? How do […] | Tobias Zimmergren |
| Deploying applications on Azure Functions using Flex Consumption Plans | https://www.georgeollis.com/deploying-code-to-azure-functions-flex-consumption/ | In this blog, I will walk you through deploying code to Azure Functions using the Azure CLI and the Flex Consumption plan. Previous plans for Azure […] | George Ollis |
| Azure Update – 20th December 2024 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojqscsgfOMs | Welcome to our holiday special update with an extra special “treat” 😉 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have […] | John Savill |
| Protect PaaS Resources With Network Security Perimeter | https://samcogan.com/protect-paas-resources-with-network-security-perimeter/ | This announcement went under the radar a bit at Ignite, but Network Security Perimeter is a new feature that allows you to consolidate and enforce network […] | Sam Cogan |
| How To: Using the Elasticsearch Vector Store Connector with Semantic Kernel | https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2024/12/14/how-to-using-the-elasticsearch-vector-store-connector-with-semantic-kernel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-using-the-elasticsearch-vector-store-connector-with-semantic-kernel | I had been working with Elasticsearch to implement a site wide search feature and an agentic AI system that will help developers find the right information […] | Jamie Maguire |
