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|---|
| [Launched] Generally Available: App Service session affinity proxy compatibility | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=474668 | The new session affinity proxy setting allows you to adapt the session affinity cookie to the custom domain used by a reverse proxy when calling the […] | Sunday | Azure Updates,app service,Application Gateway,Azure Front Door,compute,Features,Launched,Mobile,networking,security,Web |
| [Launched] Generally Available: Introducing Azure Databricks Clean Rooms General Availability | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=467466 | Azure Databricks Clean Rooms offers a privacy-safe environment for collaboration on all your data and AI assets, ensuring no direct access to sensitive information. In today’s […] | Monday | Azure Updates,AI + Machine Learning,analytics,Azure Databricks,Features,Launched |
| [In preview] Public Preview: Troubleshoot Disk Performance with Copilot in Azure | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=474649 | The Disk Performance Troubleshooting Capability for Copilot in Azure is now available in Public Preview. Now, you can use Azure Copilot to optimize your disk performance […] | Tuesday | Azure Updates,Features,In preview,Management and Governance,Microsoft Copilot for Azure |
| [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Confidential Ledger Achieves SOC 2 Type II Compliance | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=472899 | Azure Confidential Ledger is now SOC 2 Type II compliant. The SOC 2 Type II certification is a rigorous standard for data security, availability, processing integrity, […] | Tuesday | Azure Updates,Azure confidential ledger,Compliance,Databases,Launched,security,storage |
| [Launched] Generally Available: WebSocket support in Application Gateway for Containers | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=475194 | With WebSocket support, you can serve interactive and real-time applications, such as chat applications, live dashboards, and gaming platforms, with improved performance and reduced latency over […] | Wednesday | Azure Updates,Application Gateway,Features,Launched,networking,security,Services |
| [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for mid-January 2025 | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=474873 | In mid-January 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL Managed Instance: Filter egress traffic to Azure Storage accounts to help safeguard against […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure SQL Managed Instance,Databases,Features,Launched |
| [Launched] Generally Available: User-managed plugin enablement in Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=474838 | You can now directly manage Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server plugins, starting with the validate_password plugin. Now you can help enhance your server’s security […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Database for MySQL,Databases,Features,Launched |
| [Launched] Generally Available: Accelerated logs now default along with support for customer managed keys (CMKs) in Azure Database for MySQL | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=474855 | The accelerated logs feature is now enabled by default for all new Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server deployments. This feature boosts server performance and […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Database for MySQL,Databases,Features,Launched |
| [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB Rust SDK | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=474825 | The Azure Cosmos DB Rust Software Development Kit (SDK) is now in public preview. You can use the Rust SDK to connect to an Azure Cosmos […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Cosmos DB,Databases,Features,In preview,Internet of Things |
| [Launched] Generally Available: Customer Managed Unplanned Failover for Azure Data Lake Storage and SSH File Transfer Protocol | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=476059 | We are excited to announce the general availability of customer managed unplanned failover for Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) and storage accounts with SSH File Transfer […] | Friday | Azure Updates,analytics,Azure Blob Storage,Azure Data Lake Storage,Compliance,Features,Launched,storage,Storage Accounts |
| [Launched] Generally Available: Open-source feature update: KAITO Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) support | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=471314 | Advanced inference with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is now supported in open-source KAITO. RAG can be used on a base model in the KAITO registry to improve […] | Friday | Azure Updates,Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),compute,containers,Launched,open source |
| [In preview] Public Preview: JavaScript code interpreter dynamic sessions in Azure Container Apps | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=475219 | Azure Container Apps dynamic sessions offers serverless, isolated sandboxes for executing untrusted code. The latest update includes support for native JavaScript code execution in public preview. […] | Friday | Azure Updates,Azure Container Apps,containers,Features,In preview |
| Retirement: Microsoft Fabric Runtime 1.1 End of Support | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=476389 | End of support for Microsoft Fabric Runtime 1.1 was announced July 12, 2024. We recommend that you upgrade your Fabric workspace and environments to use Runtime […] | Friday | Azure Updates,analytics,Azure Data Factory,Azure Synapse Analytics,Databases,Power BI Embedded,Retirements |
| Retirement: Azure AI Image Analysis 4.0 Preview APIs retiring on March 31, 2025 | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=475779 | On March 31, 2025, the Image Analysis 4.0 Preview APIs will be retired. Before that date, you’ll need to migrate your Azure Image Analysis workloads to […] | Friday | Azure Updates,Retirements |
| Name | Link | Description | Publication Day | Category |
|---|
| SAP Kernel Upgrade Automation Using Azure Center for SAP Solutions | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sapapplications/sap-kernel-upgrade-automation-using-azure-center-for-sap-solutions/4038363 | If your SAP workloads operate on Azure, this automation can significantly reduce the efforts involved in kernel upgrades. It’s important to note that this… | Monday | Tech Community |
| Introducing new Storage Capabilities to Copilot in Azure (Preview) | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurestorageblog/introducing-new-storage-capabilities-to-copilot-in-azure-preview/4364632 | We are excited to announce that customers can now take advantage of new Copilot in Azure (Public Preview) capabilities for Storage services. Copilot in Azure… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| High Performance Computing in Azure - with Mark Russinovich | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftmechanicsblog/high-performance-computing-in-azure---with-mark-russinovich/4365069 | See the latest innovations in silicon design from AMD with new system-on-a-chip high bandwidth memory breakthroughs with up to 7 terabytes of memory… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Growing on the marketplace through Azure sponsorship and multiparty private offers | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/marketplace-blog/growing-on-the-marketplace-through-azure-sponsorship-and-multiparty-private-offe/4363852 | In this installment, I had the opportunity to chat with Ben Goodman about Silverfort’s journey and their partner success story. About Ben: Ben Goodman… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Introducing the new community site for Azure API Management aka.ms/apimlove | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/appsonazureblog/introducing-the-new-community-site-for-azure-api-management-aka-msapimlove/4365777 | In this article, we’ll showcase the new community site for Azure API management https://aka.ms/apimlove. This site is a one-stop shop for all things… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Seamless File Management in ASP.NET Core: Azure Blob Storage with Configurable Local Mode | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educatordeveloperblog/seamless-file-management-in-asp-net-core-azure-blob-storage-with-configurable-lo/4363233 | Setting up the Project Before we dive into the implementation, let’s set up the basic structure: Create an ASP.NET Core Web API project. Add… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Introducing Codestral 25.01: Mistral’s First Code Model in Azure AI Model Catalog | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/machinelearningblog/introducing-codestral-25-01-mistrals-first-code-model-in-azure-ai-model-catalog/4365705 | What is Codestral 25.01? Codestral 25.01 is a next-generation AI model tailored for developers. It is designed to seamlessly handle complex… | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Unlock business agility and get skilled on moving VMware workloads from on-prem to Azure | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuremigrationblog/unlock-business-agility-and-get-skilled-on-moving-vmware-workloads-from-on-prem-/4366181 | To stay competitive in today’s AI-driven marketplace, the need for scalable, resilient, and secure infrastructure is critical. Many businesses operating… | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Meet the Dynamic Duo: Revolutionizing Cancer Survival Predictions with Radiology-Pathology Analysis and Azure AI Foundry | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/healthcareandlifesciencesblog/meet-the-dynamic-duo/4366241 | The integration of radiology and pathology is reshaping the landscape of predictive analytics in healthcare. By combining radiological MRI imaging with… | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Introducing Gretel Navigator to Azure AI Foundry Model Catalog. | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/machinelearningblog/introducing-gretel-navigator-to-azure-ai-foundry-model-catalog-/4366198 | Key Features and Applications Synthetic Data Generation: Harness the power of Gretel Navigator API to craft custom question-answer pairs exactly how you… | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Introducing Azure CLI 1.4.0: Unlocking New Capabilities for Azure Load Testing | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/appsonazureblog/introducing-azure-cli-1-4-0-unlocking-new-capabilities-for-azure-load-testing/4366488 | We’re excited to announce the release of Azure CLI version 1.4.0, bringing powerful new capabilities of Azure Load Testing to CLI! This latest update… | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Enhanced Server Audit for Azure SQL Database: Greater Performance, Availability and Reliability | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresqlblog/enhanced-server-audit-for-azure-sql-database-greater-performance-availability-an/4366433 | We are excited to announce a significant update to the server audit feature for Azure SQL Database. We have re-architected major portions of SQL Auditing… | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Exciting News: AMBA Portal Accelerator is now Generally Available! | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuregovernanceandmanagementblog/exciting-news-amba-portal-accelerator-is-now-generally-available/4366521 | We are thrilled to announce that the Azure Monitor Baseline Alerts-Azure Landing Zones (AMBA-ALZ) Portal Accelerator has officially reached General… | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Take action by February 1: Azure AD Graph is retiring | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/identity/take-action-by-february-1-azure-ad-graph-is-retiring/4365743 | Hey Folks, We wanted to get this news at the top of your inbox for 2025: Applications will be unable to make requests to Azure AD […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Announcing Data Zones for Azure OpenAI Batch | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-services-blog/announcing-data-zones-for-azure-openai-batch/4366754 | In Nov 2024, we announced Data Zones on Azure Open AI Service. Today, we’re excited to expand that support to Azure Open AI Service Batch. Data […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| New Azure Digital & App Innovation course coming in late February! | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/iltcommunicationblog/new-azure-digital--app-innovation-course-coming-in-late-february/4366760 | AZ-2010 will release for ILT on February 28th, 2025. | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Edição Especial – Este Mês no Azure Static Web Apps | Novembro e Dezembro de 2024 | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/desenvolvedoresbr/edi%C3%A7%C3%A3o-especial---este-m%C3%AAs-no-azure-static-web-apps--novembro-e-dezembro-de-2024/4366863 | Olá, Comunidade Azure Static Web Apps! 🎉 Estamos começando 2025 com uma edição especial da nossa newsletter mensal! Como parte das celebrações de fim de ano… | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Stream data changes from Azure SQL Database – a call for Private Preview of Change Event Streaming | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresqlblog/stream-data-changes-from-azure-sql-database---a-call-for-private-preview-of-chan/4367018 | In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, modern, flexible and real-time data integration from various sources has become more important than ever…. | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Service endpoint policies for Azure Storage now generally available in SQL Managed Instance subnets | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresqlblog/service-endpoint-policies-for-azure-storage-now-generally-available-in-sql-manag/4366541 | Service endpoint policies for Azure Storage endpoints are now generally available for Azure SQL Managed Instance subnets in all public regions. | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Fine-Tuning and Deploying Phi-3.5 Model with Azure and AI Toolkit | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educatordeveloperblog/fine-tuning-and-deploying-phi-3-5-model-with-azure-and-ai-toolkit/4364312 | Discover the power of Phi-3.5, a state-of-the-art language model designed for multilingual capabilities. Learn how it excels in tasks like text… | Friday | Tech Community |
| New on Azure Marketplace: January 1-8, 2025 | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/marketplace-blog/new-on-azure-marketplace-january-1-8-2025/4295948 | We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 95 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live between January… | Friday | Tech Community |
| Control geo failover for ADLS and SFTP with unplanned failover. | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurestorageblog/control-geo-failover-for-adls-and-sftp-with-unplanned-failover-/4366156 | We are excited to announce the General Availability of customer managed unplanned failover for Azure Data Lake Storage and storage accounts with SSH File… | Saturday | Tech Community |
| Action required: MSOnline and AzureAD PowerShell retirement – 2025 info and resources | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/identity/action-required-msonline-and-azuread-powershell-retirement---2025-info-and-resou/4364991 | As announced in Microsoft Entra change announcements and prior blog updates, the MSOnline and Microsoft AzureAD PowerShell modules… | Saturday | Tech Community |
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|---|
| EF Core 9.0: Breaking Change in Migration Idempotent Scripts | https://jaliyaudagedara.blogspot.com/2025/01/ef-core-90-breaking-change-in-migration.html | In this post, let’s have a look at a breaking change in EF Core 9.0 related to migration idempotent scripts. Consider the following scenario. Say we […] | Jaliya Udagedara |
| PowerShell based Terraform Bootstrap Script | https://luke.geek.nz/azure/powershell-terraform-bootstrap/ | Today, we will implement a Terraform bootstrap script that will install Terraform and create directories where we can place our Terraform project, which will then run […] | Luke Murray |
| Mastering Entra Private Access: Global Secure Access Enterprise Applications | https://www.ciraltos.com/mastering-entra-private-access-global-secure-access-enterprise-applications/ | Unlock the full potential of Microsoft Entra Private Access with this in-depth tutorial! Join us as we demonstrate how to create Global Secure Access applications with […] | Travis Roberts |
| Implementing a basic Azure Virtual Network with Bicep | https://dev.to/willvelida/implementing-a-basic-azure-virtual-network-with-bicep-31fj | Azure Virtual Networks (or VNETs) are the fundamental building block for private networks in Azure. We can built Azure VNETs that are similar to on-prem networks, […] | Will Velida |
| Azure Virtual Networks Do Not Exist | https://aidanfinn.com/?p=23909 | In this post, I want to share the most important thing that you should know when you are designing connectivity and security solutions in Microsoft Azure: […] | Aidan Finn |
| Azure Master Class v3 – Part 2 – Identity | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=megA6BPpYqo | Part 2 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 |
| 300K Ask Me Anything YouTube Live Stream | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXYWxwndgC0 | An AMA to celebrate hitting 300,000 subscribers. A great 60 minutes of interactive Q&A! | John Savill |
| A Bicep linting action for GitHub | https://msftplayground.com/2025/01/bicep-linting-action | As Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices continue to evolve, maintaining clean and error-free code is crucial for seamless deployments. For this process, I have been working […] | Maik van der Gaag |
| AI Foundry – Credential vs Identity Data Stores | https://journeyofthegeek.com/2025/01/13/ai-foundry-credential-vs-identity-data-stores/ | This is a part of my series on AI Foundry: AI Foundry – The Basics AI Foundry – Credential vs Identity Data Stores Hello again folks. […] | Matt Felton |
| Configuring Public IP addresses in Azure | https://dev.to/willvelida/configuring-public-ip-addresses-in-azure-13bi | Azure Virtual Networks use private IP addresses which aren’t routable on public networks. To enable support networks that exist both in Azure and on-prem environments, we […] | Will Velida |
| What is Kusto Query Language? | https://www.techielass.com/what-is-kusto-query-language/ | Being able to query large data sets is a good skill to have, whether you work in security, IT operations, or data analytics. This is where […] | Sarah Lean |
| Architect Successful Workloads on Azure: A Comprehensive Guide | https://charbelnemnom.com/architect-successful-workloads-on-azure/ | In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, designing and deploying effective Azure workloads requires a meticulous approach. Success depends on leveraging proven methodologies like Microsoft’s Continue […] | Charbel Nemnom |
| Announcement #azure #youtube | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcPqy9Rxy8I | See you there! “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | John Savill |
| Demystifying Azure with 10 Commonly Confused Services | https://www.blueboxes.co.uk/demystifying-azure-with-10-commonly-confused-services/ | In this post we cover the problem of confusing names and those services which offer nearly identical feature sets on the surface but do have some […] | John Kilmister |
| Automate .NET Dependency Management in Azure DevOps with GitHub’s Dependabot | https://rios.engineer/automate-net-dependency-management-in-azure-devops-with-githubs-dependabot/ | Introduction In this blog, I’ll detail how you can integrate GitHub Dependabot with Azure DevOps at no cost, ensuring you can proactively monitor vulnerabilities in […] | Dan Rios |
| Azure Cloud Commanders – Castle in the Cloud Azure network perimeter defense with Leo Visser | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onof74uEkcc | Join us as Leo Visser (https://www.linkedin.com/in/leo-visser-4894a8227) talks to the Azure Cloud Commanders Learning Room (https://aka.ms/learningrooms?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004796) about Network Perimeter defense in Azure. In the cloud, you want […] | Luke Murray |
| Exploring AKS Pricing Tiers: Free, Standard, and Premium | https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2025/01/exploring-aks-pricing-tiers-free-standard-and-premium/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exploring-aks-pricing-tiers-free-standard-and-premium | Reading Time: 2 minutes Over time, I’ve been asked by customers and people online about the different pricing tiers in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). It’s a […] | Pixel Roberts |
| 273 – Microsoft 365 Copilot one year later | https://share.transistor.fm/s/80addd00 | This week, we reflect on Microsoft 365 Copilot. It’s been available for about a year now, and we talk about the insights, lessons learned and considerations, […] | Tobias Zimmergren |
| Azure Files Provisioned v2 #azure | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDPzdh29bQ0 | Quick video on the key points around provisioned v2 model for Azure Files. | John Savill |
| Azure Files Provisioned v2 Overview | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyqQkheaHYg | A look at the new option for Azure File shares. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it […] | John Savill |
| Serialization in Azure.AI.DocumentIntelligence Version 1.0.0 | https://jaliyaudagedara.blogspot.com/2025/01/serialization-in-azureaidocumentintelli.html | Azure Document Intelligence client library for .NET, Azure.AI.DocumentIntelligence 1.0.0 was released few weeks ago with some significant refactoring to existing beta packages, and it has some breaking changes. […] | Jaliya Udagedara |
| Understanding Private and Public DNS in Azure | https://dev.to/willvelida/understanding-private-and-public-dns-in-azure-3l49 | To facilitate communication between resources in Azure deployed in virtual networks, we can use domain name resolution over relying on IP address, making the communication process […] | Will Velida |
| Understanding Private and Public DNS in Azure | https://dev.to/willvelida/understanding-private-and-public-dns-in-azure-3l49 | To facilitate communication between resources in Azure deployed in virtual networks, we can use domain name resolution over relying on IP address, making the communication process […] | Will Velida |
| FIX: Notepad doesn’t work properly in Windows 11 | https://blog.greglow.com/2025/01/17/fix-notepad-doesnt-work-properly-in-windows-11/ | If ever there was a blog post that I didn’t ever expect to be writing it’s this one. For such a long time, Notepad has been […] | Greg Low |
| Azure Update – 17th January 2025 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TftPKB1cG-Q | Nice selection of updates and announcements this week. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it will be […] | John Savill |
| From 4 Hours to 20 Minutes: How I Transformed and Consumed a Lex Fridman Podcast using Audio Notes AI Batch Transcription | https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2025/01/11/from-4-hours-to-20-minutes-how-i-transformed-and-consumed-a-lex-fridman-podcast-using-audio-notes-ai-batch-transcription/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-4-hours-to-20-minutes-how-i-transformed-and-consumed-a-lex-fridman-podcast-using-audio-notes-ai-batch-transcription | We’re all busy. Many podcast broadcasts regularly ship episodes that run for multiple hours. Recently, a Lex Fridman episode was suggested to me on YouTube. It […] | Jamie Maguire |
