Name | Link | Description | Publication Day | Category |
Public Preview: Well-Architected Framework assessment on Azure Advisor | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-wellarchitected-framework-assessment-on-azure-advisor/ | Initiate a self-serve experience of Assessments and manage their recommendations on Azure Advisor | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
Public preview: Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – allow the same file path for volumes in different availability zones | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-netapp-files-volume-enhancement-allow-the-same-file-path-for-volumes-in-different-availability-zones/ | Public Preview of Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – file path uniqueness | Wednesday | Azure Updates,Azure NetApp Files,Features,Services |
Public preview: New Generation AMD VMs – Dasv6/Easv6/Fasv6 | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-new-generation-amd-vms-dav6eav6fav6-2/ | Azure introduces the latest AMD-based VMs in public preview for the D, E, and F series VMs, built on the 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ (Genoa) CPU. | Wednesday | Azure Updates |
Azure Sphere OS version 24.03 is now available for evaluation | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-sphere-os-version-2403-is-now-available-for-evaluation/ | Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation for this release period provides 28 days for backward-compatibility testing. | Wednesday | Azure Updates |
Generally available: Azure Functions Support for Node.js 20 | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-azure-functions-support-for-nodejs-20/ | Develop functions using Node.js 20 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows. | Thursday | Azure Updates |
General Availability: App Service Backup and Restore over Azure Virtual Network | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/app-service-backup-and-restore-over-azure-virtual-network-2/ | Customers can now use custom backups, to back up their web app’s files and configuration data to a firewall-protected storage account. | Friday | Azure Updates |
Generally available: Service Level Agreements on Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-service-level-agreement-on-azure-blob-storage-cold-tier/ | Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier has published Service Level Agreements. | Friday | Azure Updates |
General availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption now in additional regions | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-virtual-network-encryption-now-in-additional-regions/ | Azure Virtual Network encryption is a feature of Azure Virtual Networks. Virtual network encryption allows you to seamlessly encrypt and decrypt traffic between Azure Virtual Machines. […] | Friday | Azure Updates |
Public preview: Change Actor | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-change-actor/ | Change Actor allows you to see who initiated the change and with which client that change was made, for changes across all your tenants and subscriptions. | Friday | Azure Updates,Azure Resource Graph,Azure Resource Manager,Features,Management |
Name | Link | Description | Publication Day | Category |
AI/ML ModelOps is a Journey. Get Ready with SAS® Viya® Platform on Azure | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/analytics-on-azure-blog/ai-ml-modelops-is-a-journey-get-ready-with-sas-viya-platform-on/ba-p/4073076 | Why do you need a ModelOps Platform for your organization? If you are a data scientist or an analytics leader, you know the challenges of […] | Monday | Tech Community |
Announcing Tomcat support in Azure Container Apps | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/announcing-tomcat-support-in-azure-container-apps/ba-p/4074465 | Last month, we introduced the code-to-cloud build process for Java on Azure Container Apps. This process brings simplicity, consistency, and a better mechanism to govern IT […] | Monday | Tech Community |
What’s new in Azure Linux: Community, events, new features, and more. | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/linux-and-open-source-blog/what-s-new-in-azure-linux-community-events-new-features-and-more/ba-p/4072361 | Azure Linux (aka Mariner) was released four years ago, empowering internal Microsoft services such as Minecraft, Xbox, HDInsight, Microsoft Threat Protection, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
Active Directory Hardening Series – Part 3 – Enforcing LDAP Signing | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/active-directory-hardening-series-part-3-enforcing-ldap-signing/ba-p/4066233 | Hi all! Jerry Devore back again to continue talking about hardening Active Directory. If you have been following this series, I hope you have been able […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
Logic Apps Aviators Newsletter – March 2024 | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/logic-apps-aviators-newsletter-march-2024/ba-p/4073463 | In this issue: Ace Aviator of the Month Customer Corner News from our product group News from our community Ace Aviator of the Month […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
New feature: easily assign regulatory compliance policies to your Azure Landing Zone | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/new-feature-easily-assign-regulatory-compliance-policies-to-your/ba-p/4074957 | We are pleased to announce a new feature for the Azure Landing Zone portal accelerator that will make regulatory compliance at scale more consistent and simple […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
Clustering the BizTalk Master Secret Server and MSDTC service on Azure IaaS | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/clustering-the-biztalk-master-secret-server-and-msdtc-service-on/ba-p/3993785 | This article applies to BizTalk Server 2020 and SQL Server 2019. While most of our current BizTalk Server customers are migrating to Azure Logic Apps, some […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
Clustering the BizTalk EntSSO Master Secret Server, SQL and MSDTC services on Azure IaaS | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/clustering-the-biztalk-entsso-master-secret-server-sql-and-msdtc/ba-p/3993785 | This article applies to BizTalk Server 2020 and SQL Server 2019. While most of our current BizTalk Server customers are migrating to Azure Logic Apps, some […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
Records are not getting updated/deleted in Search Index despite enabling Track Deletions in SQL DB | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-paas-blog/records-are-not-getting-updated-deleted-in-search-index-despite/ba-p/4073935 | Symptom: The count of records in the indexer and the index did not align even after activating the change detection policy. Even with record deletions, the […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
Contributor Stories: Vinodh Kumar | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-developer-community-blog/contributor-stories-vinodh-kumar/ba-p/4068112 | If you’ve ever engaged with the content on the Microsoft Learn platform, it’s highly likely that the material you utilized was written or co-authored by dedicated […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
Azure Container Apps Newsletter – March 2024 | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/azure-container-apps-newsletter-march-2024/ba-p/4076252 | Welcome to this month’s Azure Container Apps newsletter! We’ll share the latest news and community highlights for Container Apps every month here on the Apps on Azure […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
Announcing the Public Preview of Change Actor | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-governance-and-management/announcing-the-public-preview-of-change-actor/ba-p/4076626 | Change Analysis Identifying who made a change to your Azure resources and how the change was made just became easier! With Change Analysis, you can now […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
A Reference Architecture for Siemens and Microsoft Customers in the Industrial AI Space. | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/a-reference-architecture-for-siemens-and-microsoft-customers-in/ba-p/4077589 | This article presents a reference architecture to enhance the compatibility of Siemens Industrial Artificial Intelligence (Industrial AI) products with Azure. The reference architecture ensures that […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
Enrich your Data Estate with Fabric Pipelines and Azure OpenAI | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/enrich-your-data-estate-with-fabric-pipelines-and-azure-openai/ba-p/4065836 | The benefits of Generative AI is of huge interest for many organisations and the possibilities seem endless. One such interesting use case is the ability to […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
Optimize your Azure costs | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/optimize-your-azure-costs/ba-p/4064181 | Author introduction Hi, I am Saira Shaik, Working Principal customer success account manager at Microsoft India. This article will provide guidance to the customers who […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
Improved Next.js support (Preview) for Azure Static Web Apps | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/improved-next-js-support-preview-for-azure-static-web-apps/ba-p/4078617 | Next.js is a popular framework for building modern web applications with React, making it a common workload to deploy to Azure Static Web Apps’ optimized hosting […] | Friday | Tech Community |
Navigating the CentOS End-of-life (EOL) in Azure | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/linux-and-open-source-blog/navigating-the-centos-end-of-life-eol-in-azure/ba-p/4078754 | With CentOS reaching End-of-life (EOL) on June 30, 2024, customers running CentOS in Azure will have to migrate to a new operating system to continue receiving […] | Friday | Tech Community |
March 2024: Exploring open source at Microsoft, and other highlights for developers | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/march-2024-exploring-open-source-at-microsoft-and-other/ba-p/4080165 | Microsoft has developed a strong open source program over the past decade. Many of our tools and approaches are available for you to learn from and […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
Towards AI Powered and Secure Carrier-Grade Open RAN Platform | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-for-operators-blog/towards-ai-powered-and-secure-carrier-grade-open-ran-platform/ba-p/4077360 | Introduction In the fast-paced world of telecommunications, the race is on to harness emerging technologies that promise to revolutionize the way we connect to the internet. […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
Tick-tock! Upgrade your App Service Environment before time runs out | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/tick-tock-upgrade-your-app-service-environment-before-time-runs/ba-p/4079782 | Attention, procrastinators! The deadline to complete your upgrade to App Service Environment v3 is approaching fast. By now you know about how we’re retiring App Service […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
How to optimize your Azure compute spend with savings plan and reserved instances | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-compute-blog/how-to-optimize-your-azure-compute-spend-with-savings-plan-and/ba-p/4076115 | Introduction If you are using Azure compute services, such as virtual machines, dedicated hosts, or container instances, you may be wondering how to optimize your spending. […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
Dapr v1.13.0 now available in the Dapr extension for AKS and Arc-enabled Kubernetes | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-developer-community-blog/dapr-v1-13-0-now-available-in-the-dapr-extension-for-aks-and-arc/ba-p/4078752 | The Dapr extension for AKS and Arc-enabled Kubernetes now supports Dapr v1.13.0. Dapr is a developer framework for building cloud-native applications, making it easier to run […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
Azure Verified Modules – Monthly Update [February] | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-tools-blog/azure-verified-modules-monthly-update-february/ba-p/4074932 | New To This Series? For Azure Verified Modules, we will be producing monthly updates in which, we will share with you the latest news and […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
Enhancing JavaScript Application Performance with Node.js Memory Tweaks | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/enhancing-javascript-application-performance-with-node-js-memory/ba-p/4072615 | Introduction: JavaScript, the powerhouse behind many applications, sometimes faces limitations when it comes to memory in a Node.js environment. Today, let’s dive into a common […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
Name | Link | Description | Creator |
Azure Spring Clean March 2024 | https://gregorsuttie.com/2024/03/03/azure-spring-clean-march-2024/ | Introduction Hello everyone, this blog post is my entry for this year’s AzureSpringClean event for 2024, which Thomas Thornton and Joe Carlyle run yearly. This blog […] | Gregor Suttie |
Getting started with Terraform for Azure | https://azureis.fun/posts/Getting-started-with-Terraform-for-Azure/ | Welcome to the first article in a series during which I will take you through my learning journey with Terraform and teach you how to use […] | Vukašin Terzić |
Managing your Azure Resources with Deployment Stacks | https://www.blueboxes.co.uk/managing-your-azure-resources-with-deployment-stacks/ | Deployment stacks are a new feature of Azure that we can attach resources to. These offer a range of unique abilities to help us better manage […] | John Kilmister |
Visualising your IP Address using PowerShell and AI | https://blog.darrenjrobinson.com/visualising-your-ip-address-using-powershell-and-ai/ | A few weeks back the Microsoft AI Tour was in Sydney Australia. There was a plethora of great content associated with the wave of everything AI […] | Darren Robinson |
Entra links I use | https://medium.com/the-new-control-plane/entra-links-i-use-4cfedfde151c?source=rss----3a246e667a75---4 | Shortcut sign — geograph.org.uk — 5809419.jpg from Wikimedia I created this post for me just to be able to get at shortcuts I use all the time: Awesome Entra — A curated list […] | Rory Braybrook |
Building NLP applications with Azure OpenAI | https://dev.to/willvelida/building-nlp-applications-with-azure-openai-2637 | Azure OpenAI provides developers with the ability to add AI to their applications using a variety of different models from OpenAI. This includes GPT-4, GPT-4 Turbo […] | Will Velida |
Fix: Getting R and Python to actually work on SQL Server 2022 | https://blog.greglow.com/2024/03/04/fix-getting-r-and-python-to-actually-work-on-sql-server-2022/ | One of my more surprisingly popular blog posts in the past talked about Machine Learning: Testing your installation of R and Python in SQL Server 2017. […] | Greg Low |
Building AI agents with the Semantic Kernel SDK and Azure OpenAI | https://dev.to/willvelida/building-ai-agents-with-the-semantic-kernel-sdk-and-azure-openai-hbb | The Semantic Kernel SDK is an open-source SDK that allows developers to integrate large language models (also known as LLMs) in their applications. The Semantic Kernel […] | Will Velida |
Don’t Let Antivirus Impact FSLogix Performance | https://www.ciraltos.com/dont-let-antivirus-impact-fslogix-performance/ | FSLogix is the go-to solution for managing profiles in AVD and many other VDI environments. Configuring FSLogix is relatively simple, but there is one configuration setting […] | Travis Roberts |
What Is Azure Cost Management? | https://charbelnemnom.com/what-is-azure-cost-management/ | In today’s blog post, we dive into Azure Cost Management, exploring its suite of tools designed to empower organizations in monitoring, managing, and optimizing their Continue […] | Charbel Nemnom |
Transition from ARM Templates to Terraform with AI | https://azureis.fun/posts/Transition-from-ARM-Templates-to-Terraform-with-AI/ | In our previous article, we explored the basics of getting started with Terraform for Azure. Today, we’re taking a step further by looking into how AI […] | Vukašin Terzić |
Running the Entra External ID for Customers (CIAM) user flows inside the portal itself | https://medium.com/the-new-control-plane/running-the-entra-external-id-for-customers-ciam-user-flows-inside-the-portal-itself-c570b58fadb4?source=rss----3a246e667a75---4 | Running — The Noun Project.svg from Wikimedia In Azure AD B2C, with the built-in user flows, there was a “Run user flow” button inside the portal so you […] | Rory Braybrook |
Creating Plugins with the Semantic Kernel SDK and C# | https://dev.to/willvelida/creating-plugins-for-semantic-kernel-sdk-1ai4 | When we use the Semantic Kernel SDK, we use plugins that act as the building blocks for our AI applications. Plugins essentially define the tasks that […] | Will Velida |
Git Clone Branch – How to Clone a Specific Branch | https://www.techielass.com/git-clone-branch-how-to-clone-a-specific-branch/ | Since its inception in 2005 by Linus Torvalds, renowned for creating the Linux operating system kernel, Git has emerged as the predominant modern version control system […] | Sarah Lean |
Azure Spring Clean 2024 – Azure Automation, a quick win! | https://jakewalsh.co.uk/azure-spring-clean-2024/ | In this year’s Azure Spring Clean my session is called “Using Azure Automation to save money – a quick win!“, and covers the following topics: What […] | Jake Walsh |
Fabric Down Under show 7 with guest Philip Seamark now available! | https://blog.greglow.com/2024/03/06/fabric-down-under-show-7-with-guest-philip-seamark-now-available/ | Once again, I had the great pleasure to record a Fabric Down Under podcast. This time it was with a fellow “Down Under” guest Philip Seamark, […] | Greg Low |
Enhanced Azure Bicep Modules for Azure Policy Resources | https://blog.tyang.org/2024/03/06/enhanced-bicep-modules-for-azure-policy/ | Introduction I have used the Common Azure Resource Modules Library (CARML) modules for Azure Policies in several projects. I have seen few customers ran into limitations […] | Tao Yang |
Things to Keep in Mind When Switching from Terraform to OpenTofu for IaC | https://charbelnemnom.com/switching-from-terraform-to-opentofu-for-iac/ | OpenTofu, the open-source fork of the popular IaC tool Terraform, has been drawing attention for good reasons. In the summer of 2023, Terraform creator HashiCorp Continue […] | Charbel Nemnom |
SQL Down Under show 85 with guest Bob Duffy discussing building data warehouses is now published | https://blog.greglow.com/2024/03/07/sql-down-under-show-85-with-guest-bob-duffy-discussing-building-data-warehouses-is-now-published/ | And another new SQL Down Under show is published! Once again, I had the great pleasure yesterday to record a podcast with one of my UK based […] | Greg Low |
Tag Azure Resources with Owner using Azure Automation | https://luke.geek.nz/azure/tag-azure-resources-owner-azure-automation-runbook | Inspired by Tagging Azure Resources with a Creator an Azure function + event grid solution, that will tag resources with the creator of the resource. I […] | Luke Murray |
Giving our AI Agents skills using native functions in the Semantic Kernel SDK | https://dev.to/willvelida/giving-our-ai-agents-skills-using-native-functions-in-the-semantic-kernel-sdk-3h40 | In my last post on Semantic Kernel, I talked about how we interact with large language models (LLMs) through plugins that run with NLP prompts. We […] | Will Velida |
228 – The updated Operational Excellence pillar in the Azure Well-Architected Framework with Bastian Ulke | https://share.transistor.fm/s/3831349d | The Azure Well-Architected Framework (WAF) recently got a big rewrite. We take Operational Excellence, a pillar from WAF, for a deeper look with Bastian Ulke from […] | Tobias Zimmergren |
Designing Network Security To Combat Modern Threats | https://aidanfinn.com/?p=23520 | In this post, I want to discuss how one should design network security in Microsoft Azure, dispensing with past patterns and combatting threats that are crippling […] | Aidan Finn |
Using the wizard to set up Entra Verified ID | https://medium.com/the-new-control-plane/using-the-wizard-to-set-up-entra-verified-id-be62b83bb1b8?source=rss----3a246e667a75---4 | AI created image of a wizard and a black cat.jpg from Wikimedia When Verified ID came out, you had to set everything up manually. Now they […] | Rory Braybrook |
5 Crucial Steps to Stop Server-Side Template Injection Attacks | https://charbelnemnom.com/stop-server-side-template-injection-attacks/ | In January 2024, software company Atlassian raised alarm bells about a critical injection vulnerability in its Confluence Data Center and Confluence Data Server products. This Continue […] | Charbel Nemnom |
Cosmos Down Under show 10 with guest Tara Bhatia discussing elasticity features is released | https://blog.greglow.com/2024/03/08/cosmos-down-under-show-10-with-guest-tara-bhatia-discussing-elasticity-features-is-released/ | I had the great pleasure to get to also record another new Cosmos Down Under podcast this morning. It’s now edited and released. Show 10 features […] | Greg Low |
PowerShell Module AzPolicyTest V2.0 Released | https://blog.tyang.org/2024/03/08/azpolicytest-v2-release | Introduction I created the PowerShell module AzPolicyTest (GitHub, PowerShellGallery) back in 2019. This module provides a list of Pester tests can be used to validate the […] | Tao Yang |
Introducing PG Down Under – Focus on PostgreSQL | https://blog.greglow.com/2024/03/08/introducing-pg-down-under-focussing-on-postgresql/ | Welcome to PG Down Under! I’ve worked with data most of my life and I love all aspects of it, and PostgreSQL has been part of […] | Greg Low |
Building Networks That Matter | https://automation.baldacchino.net/building-networks-that-matter/ | How strong is your network? Perhaps you have been in the industry a sentence, a chapter, perhaps a paragraph or more. I am approaching 25 years […] | Shane Baldacchino |
Establishing Connections That Matter | https://automation.baldacchino.net/establishing-connections-that-matter/ | How strong is your network? In order to build a career in tech that is more than just a sentence or a paragraph, then this matters. […] | Shane Baldacchino |
Power BI Implementation Models for Enterprises Part 3: Cloud Friendly Clients | https://blog.greglow.com/2024/03/08/power-bi-implementation-models-for-enterprises-part-3-cloud-friendly-clients/ | I’ve been writing a series on Power BI Implementation Models for Enterprises for https://tekkigurus.com. Part 3 that covers what I consider Cloud Friendly Clients is now […] | Greg Low |
Get prepared for default outbound access retirement | https://azurealan.ie/2024/03/08/get-prepared-for-default-outbound-access-retirement/ | This post is part of the Azure Spring Clean event organised by Joe Carlyle and Thomas Thornton. I’m happy to be contributing to this annual event […] | Alan Kinane |
Cosmos Down Under show 11 with guest Khelan Modi discussing vector database and search is released | https://blog.greglow.com/2024/03/09/cosmos-down-under-show-11-with-guest-khelan-modi-discussing-vector-database-and-search-is-released/ | It’s been a big week for Down Under podcasts. I really enjoyed recording another new Cosmos Down Under podcast this morning. It’s now edited and released. […] | Greg Low |