Azure Weekly

Issue #458 - 17th March 2024

One very interesting announcement is Free data transfer out to internet when leaving Azure. In AI, there are two interesting posts: Journey Series for Generative AI Application Architecture - Fine-tune SLM with Microsoft Olive and Build RAG Chat App using Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore and Azure OpenAI: Step-by-Step Guide, and in Analytics How to access multi-select choice column choice labels from Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse with PySpark or SQL.

In Cloud Native App Dev, End-to-end TLS with AKS, Azure Front Door, Azure Private Link Service, and NGINX Ingress Controller and Configure Azure connection strings and keys in Azure Bicep

It's nice to see some new features and use cases for Azure Static Web Apps: Distributed Functions Preview for Azure Static Web Apps and Seamless Integration: Enhancing your Static Web App by adding an Azure Functions backed AI Chatbot.

Finally a very interesting deep dive into Azure Event Grid's MQTT Broker Performance.

It's the SQLBits Conference in the UK this week. Ed & Barry are running the "DataOps: How to Deliver Data Faster and Better with Microsoft Cloud" training day, Barry is presenting "Turbo charge your Data Science workflow with Microsoft Fabric" on Friday from 10:10-11:00 and "Microsoft Fabric and Data Mesh - a perfect fit?" from 14:50-15:10. Ed is presenting "How To Actually Make Decisions When Architecting a Data Platform" on Thursday from 13:40-14:00 and is taking part in the "Ask the Expert - Group B" on Wednesday from 13:50-14:40 and "Ask the Expert - Group A" on Saturday from 09:00-09:50. James Broome is presenting "Do those numbers look right? How to ensure quality, and avoid inaccuracies in your data insights." on Saturday from 14:10 - 15:00. The rest of the endjin folk (myself included) will be at the event Thur / Fri / Sat and be looking considerably less stressed, so please do say "hi!" if you see any of us!