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| [Launched] Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files now supports minimum volume size of 50 GiB | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=474560 | We are excited to announce Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement with support for 50 GiB minimum volume sizes.Customers can now create an Azure NetApp Files volume as […] | Tuesday | Azure Updates,Azure NetApp Files,Features,Launched,storage |
| [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Files provisioned v2 billing model for HDD (standard) | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=474894 | The provisioned v2 model for Azure Files HDD (standard) pairs predictability of total cost of ownership with flexibility, allowing you to create a file share that […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Files,Launched,Pricing & Offerings,storage |
| [In preview] Public Preview: Collect Azure Container Storage metrics with Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus (Public Preview) | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=466954 | Azure Container Storage is a cloud-based volume management, deployment and orchestration service and works with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to effectively scale across storage services while […] | Friday | Azure Updates,Azure Container Storage,Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),Azure Monitor,compute,containers,devops,Features,In preview,Management and Governance |
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| LlamaIndex Typescript now supports Azure AI Search as a vector store | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-services-blog/llamaindex-typescript-now-supports-azure-ai-search-as-a-vector-store/4360268 | Learn how JavaScript and TypeScript developers can integrate LlamaIndex with Azure AI Search to build smarter apps that find and use relevant data for better… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Tech Accelerator: Mastering Azure and AI adoption | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuregovernanceandmanagementblog/tech-accelerator-mastering-azure-and-ai-adoption/4363180 | Are you ready to take your Azure projects to the next level? Join us for the Tech Accelerator: Mastering Azure and AI event, on February 11-12, […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Using Azure AI Agent Service with AutoGen / Semantic Kernel to build a multi-agent’s solution | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educatordeveloperblog/using-azure-ai-agent-service-with-autogen--semantic-kernel-to-build-a-multi-agen/4363121 | At Microsoft Ignite 2024, Microsoft released Azure AI Agent Service. In Azure AI Foundry, you can directly build AI Agents based on intelligent business… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Prepare and get ready for AI-900 Certification | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educatordeveloperblog/prepare-and-get-ready-for-ai-900-certification/4361909 | The Azure AI Fundamentals Training program is designed to provide a foundational understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) concepts and how AI services… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Streamline Automation: Using Logic Apps to Trigger Desktop Flows | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/integrationsonazureblog/streamline-automation-using-logic-apps-to-trigger-desktop-flows/4361999 | Introduction Logic Apps and Desktop Flows are both powerful services. Logic Apps is a powerful cloud service within Azure that enables the creation and… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Azure Private Endpoint vs. Service Endpoint: A Comprehensive Guide | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/fasttrackforazureblog/azure-private-endpoint-vs-service-endpoint-a-comprehensive-guide/4363095 | When building secure and scalable applications on Microsoft Azure, network connectivity becomes a critical factor. Azure provides two primary methods for… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| RAG Deep Dive: 10-part live stream series | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuredevcommunityblog/rag-deep-dive-10-part-live-stream-series/4359419 | Our most popular RAG solution for Azure has now been deployed thousands of times by developers using it across myriad domains, like meeting… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| How to use GitHub Copilot for Azure? | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educatordeveloperblog/how-to-use-github-copilot-for-azure/4360957 | Good news for everyone – GitHub Copilot is now available for free in VS Code!! Excited to try GitHub copilot for Azure in… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Customer Newsletter | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefendercloudblog/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-customer-newsletter/4363214 | What’s new in Defender for Cloud? Defender for Cloud’s CSPM sensitive scanning capabilities now include Azure files. This feature is in GA. Learn more about… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Deploying ZFS Scratch Storage for NVMe on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurehighperformancecomputingblog/deploying-zfs-scratch-storage-for-nvme-on-azure-kubernetes-service-aks/4363551 | This guide demonstrates how to use ZFS LocalPV to efficiently manage the NVMe storage available on Azure NDv5 H100 VMs. Equipped with eight 3.5TB NVMe disks,… | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Considerations for risk identification and prioritization in Defender for Cloud | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefendercloudblog/considerations-for-risk-identification-and-prioritization-in-defender-for-cloud/4359616 | Cloud security has become increasingly complicated. As organizations spread their computer systems across different cloud providers like Azure, AWS, and… | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| What is Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)? Why Citrix and AVD Work Better Together? | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/category/azure/blogs/azureinfrastructureblog/avdwithcitrix | What is Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)? Why Citrix and AVD Work Better Together? | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Azure Lab Services – Upcoming maintenance update on February 8, 2025 | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurelabservicesblog/azure-lab-services---upcoming-maintenance-update-on-february-8-2025/4363982 | Hello all, On February 8, 2025, we will be updating Lab Account Service between 2:00 PM – 11:00 PM UTC. This maintenance will only affect […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| What’s new for Azure AI Speech services? – Community Roundtable | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuredevcommunityblog/whats-new-for-azure-ai-speech-services---community-roundtable/4363897 | New year, old good habits! On 15th January we’ll be hosting the first Discord Community Roundtable of the year, with Cenyu Zhang – Azure AI… | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Breaking Barrier in Azure: 1TB/s File System Throughput 1TB/s file system throughput with Qumulo | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurestorageblog/breaking-barrier-in-azure-1tbs-file-system-throughput-1tbs-file-system-throughpu/4359661 | Breaking barriers in Azure: 1 TB/s File system with Qumulo | Thursday | Tech Community |
| How to Enable Zone Redundancy in Azure Data Factory | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/healthcareandlifesciencesblog/how-to-enable-zone-redundancy-in-azure-data-factory/4364704 | Issue Statement With the adoption of Azure Data Factory (ADF), it has become increasingly popular across industries. However, data redundancy has… | Friday | Tech Community |
| Deploy Smarter, Scale Faster – Secure, AI-Ready, Cost-Effective Kubernetes Apps at Your Fingertips! | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/appsonazureblog/deploy-smarter-scale-faster-%E2%80%93-secure-ai-ready-cost-effective-kubernetes-apps-at-/4363258 | In our previous blog post, we explored the exciting launch of Kubernetes Apps on Azure Marketplace. This follow-up blog will take you a step further by… | Friday | Tech Community |
| Announcing the Azure AI RAG Vercel Next.JS Template | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-services-blog/announcing-the-azure-ai-rag-vercel-next-js-template/4359701 | We’re excited to introduce the Azure AI RAG Vercel Next.JS Template, now available in the Vercel Templates Marketplace. This new template empowers developers… | Friday | Tech Community |
| Exploring Azure AI Agent Service: A Leap in Conversational AI | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-services-blog/exploring-azure-ai-agent-service-a-leap-in-conversational-ai/4364108 | The Azure OpenAI Assistants API introduced powerful features such as: Conversation State Management: Efficiently handling token limits and… | Friday | Tech Community |
| Azure Files provisioned v2 billing model for flexibility, cost savings, and predictability | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurestorageblog/azure-files-provisioned-v2-billing-model-for-flexibility-cost-savings-and-predic/4364093 | We are excited to announce the general availability of the Azure Files provisioned v2 billing model for the HDD (standard) media tier. Provisioned v2 offers… | Friday | Tech Community |
| Accelerating Healthcare Data Interoperability with Azure Text Analytics for Health FHIR Structuring | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/healthcareandlifesciencesblog/accelerating-healthcare-data-interoperability-with-azure-text-analytics-for-heal/4364318 | As the healthcare industry embraces digital transformation, the challenge of managing vast amounts of unstructured data, such as clinical notes, lab reports,… | Friday | Tech Community |
| Platform metrics in AKS | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/appsonazureblog/platform-metrics-in-aks/4358821 | Platform metrics in Azure Platform or resource metrics are telemetry data automatically collected by Azure Monitor for resources running within the Azure… | Saturday | Tech Community |
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| Mastering Microsoft Entra Private Access: Step-by-Step Deployment Guide | https://www.ciraltos.com/mastering-microsoft-entra-private-access-step-by-step-deployment-guide/ | Unlock secure, seamless remote access to internal resources with Microsoft Entra Private Access! This comprehensive tutorial walks you through everything you need to know—from understanding the […] | Travis Roberts |
| Using GitHub Environment Files for Actions Workflow Outputs | https://dev.to/willvelida/using-github-environment-files-for-actions-workflow-outputs-3cnn | For one of my side projects, I use GitHub Actions to build and deploy my various microservices to Azure. In my workflows, I’ll often retrieve a […] | Will Velida |
| Overcome Azure AI Services Limits: A Practical Guide | https://azuretechinsider.com/overcome-azure-ai-services-limits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=overcome-azure-ai-services-limits | Why Do Limits Exist? Azure AI services allows us to build intelligent applications with prebuilt and customisable models. These services cover a wide range of applications, […] | Dieter Gobeyn |
| Azure Master Class v3 – Part 1 – Cloud and Microsoft Azure 101 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqNbzeuxTaE | Part 1 of the v3 Master Class. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it will be there! […] | John Savill |
| Azure Master Class v3 – Introduction | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afzzawldfFk | Small introduction to this v3 of the Azure Master Class. 👂 I have manually updated the captions to be as accurate as possible. Enable the subtitles […] | John Savill |
| Pre-commit Hooks in GitHub Codespaces for Terraform IaC | https://luke.geek.nz/misc/precommit-hooks-codespaces-terraform-iac/ | Pre-commit hooks are automated scripts or checks running before developers commit code to a repository. They are particularly useful in the context of infrastructure, such as […] | Luke Murray |
| The Bicep deployer function | https://msftplayground.com/2025/01/bicep-deployer-function | Bicep evolves weekly, and with every release, new functionality is added. With the release of v0.32.4, the last release of 2024, a cool new function was […] | Maik van der Gaag |
| Book Review: The Wife Drought | https://blog.greglow.com/2025/01/08/book-review-the-wife-drought/ | I’m a long-term fan of Annabel Crab and her work. So I was pleased to get a chance to listen to a book she wrote a […] | Greg Low |
| Getting Started Using Terraform Tests with Azure example | https://thomasthornton.cloud/2025/01/08/getting-started-using-terraform-tests-with-azure-example/ | I have written a lot of Terraform over the years and learned the importance of testing Terraform configurations. Testing is often overlooked but is crucial for […] | Thomas Thornton |
| 272 – Lessons learned with Azure Policy | https://share.transistor.fm/s/fea793fd | This week, we’re taking a real-life look at Azure Policies. We’ve talked about the capability a bit before. Let’s see what insights we’ve gathered over the […] | Tobias Zimmergren |
| AI Foundry – The Basics | https://journeyofthegeek.com/2025/01/08/ai-foundry-the-basics/ | This is a part of my series on AI Foundry: AI Foundry – The Basics Happy New Year! Over the last few months of 2024, I […] | Matt Felton |
| What is the AI Singularity? | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n816hcs-j3A | Quick look at what the AI singularity is and what it may mean! 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I […] | John Savill |
| Using AI-based tools in Azure as CloudOps/DevOps | https://dev.to/omiossec/using-ai-based-tools-in-azure-as-cloudopsdevops-gio | 2024 is the year when Generative AI entered the Azure operations and DevOps world. Generative AI has eaten the world since the first apparition of ChatGpt […] | Olivier Miossec |
| Will International Events Impact Cloud Computing | https://aidanfinn.com/?p=23889 | You must have been hiding under a rock if you haven’t noticed how cloud computing has become the default in IT. I have started to wonder […] | Aidan Finn |
| Being Successful in Making Changes | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0jqRgPrtfM | Quick video looking at how to think about making a change to your habits. | John Savill |
| Product Development lifecycle | https://luke.geek.nz/misc/product-development-lifecycle/ | PoC, PoT, Prototype, MVP, Pilot – what do they all mean? What is the difference between them, and when should you use them? Today, we are […] | Luke Murray |
| Mastering Microsoft Sentinel Playbooks for Enhanced Security | https://charbelnemnom.com/mastering-microsoft-sentinel-playbooks/ | Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native security information and event management (SIEM) and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) platform. Being in the cloud, it is Continue […] | Charbel Nemnom |
| Azure Update – 10th January 2025 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROz8zC2DBe8 | Small number of pretty big updates this week! 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it will be […] | John Savill |
