Azure Weekly
Issue #483 - 8th September 2024
This week there's a very large number of AI articles, the highlights being: Maximizing Data Extraction Precision with Dual LLMs Integration and Human-in-the-Loop, and Introducing GPT-4o-2024-08-06 API with Structured Outputs on Azure, and The Future of AI: Exploring Multi-Agent AI Systems.
In Developer Tools there are two highlights: Incorporate GitHub Copilot into your daily flow and Azure CLI docker container base Linux image is now Azure Linux.
Finally, in analytics, three highlights: Running the Event Hub Event Processor in Azure Container Instances and How to Design a Real-Time Streaming Platform with Azure, and Microsoft Fabric Machine Learning Tutorial - Part 4 - Task Flows & Medallion Architecture.
⚙️ AI + Machine Learning
- Allan Carranza talks about Introducing GPT-4o-2024-08-06 API with Structured Outputs on Azure
- Ben Summers writes about Now available: Transparency Note for Copilot for Microsoft 365
- Rasika Savant explains how to Explore Azure AI Services: Curated list of prebuilt models and demos
- On ZDNet, Tiernan Ray covers Enterprises double their generative AI deployment efforts, Bloomberg survey says
- Also on Tech Community blog, Sherry Shao writes about General availability of Prompt Shields in Azure AI Content Safety and Azure OpenAI Service and describes GA release of Protected Material Detection in Azure AI Content Safety and Azure OpenAI Service
- Jame Maguire writes about Semantic Kernel: Implementing 100% Local RAG Using Phi-3 With Local Embeddings
- Manoranjan Rajguru explains how to Fine-tune FLUX.1 LORA with your own images and Deploy using Azure Machine Learning
- Marco Casalaina covers The Future of AI: Exploring Multi-Agent AI Systems
- Minseok Song shows how to Evaluate Fine-tuned Phi-3 / 3.5 Models in Azure AI Studio Focusing on Microsoft's Responsible AI
- Peter Lee writes about Maximizing Data Extraction Precision with Dual LLMs Integration and Human-in-the-Loop
- Shikha Agrawal delves into Next-Gen Voice Bots: Human-Like Interaction with Azure Speech
- Franklin Lindemberg Guimaraes blogs about Leveraging dynamic few-shot prompt with Azure OpenAI
- David Giard (@DavidGiard) talks about Using Azure AI Document Intelligence Studio Custom Classification Model
- Cedric Vidal writes The Future of AI: LLM Distillation just got easier - Synthetic Data Gen with Llama 3.1 405B & RAFT
- Holly Hamilton walks through Adding Azure Translate to Your Semantic Kernel Copilot
- Ravi Sharma describes how to Bring Your Organizational Data to Azure AI Services with Microsoft Graph and writes about AI-Ready Infrastructure Design - A pattern for Enterprise Scale
- On the Redmond magazine site, Chris Paoli writes about Prompt Shields AI System Security for Azure OpenAI Now Available
🔎 Analytics
- On Microsoft Fabric Blog, Brad Watts discusses Announcement: Eventhouse Standard Storage Billing
- Barry Smart (@barry_j_a_smart) shares part 4 of his Microsoft Fabric Machine Learning Tutorial Task Flows & Medallion Architecture.
- Kevin Chant (@kevchant) explains how to Run a Microsoft Fabric notebook from Azure DevOps
- Katie Cummiskey covers Data Intelligence End-to-End with Azure Databricks and Microsoft Fabric
- David Callaghan explains how to Integrate Salesforce and Databricks
- Dhusanth Thangavadivel explains how to Query against external data sources in Databricks Unity Catalog
- Temidayo Omoniyi explains How to Design a Real-Time Streaming Platform with Azure
- Ashish Chhabria announces The Event Hubs Data Explorer: a handy tool for getting started and debugging
🖥️ Compute
- Juergen Thomas describes M-Series announcements – GA of Mv3 High Memory and details on Mv3 Very High Memory virtual machines
- Luke Murray (@lukemurraynz) covers System Managed Identity in Storage Queue PowerShell Azure Functions
🚢 Containers
- Sander van de Velde (@svelde) devles into Running the Event Hub Event Processor in Azure Container Instances
🗄️ Databases
- Aditi Gupta covers Azure DB for MySQL Single Server retirement on 16th Sept, 2024 - Migrate to Flexible Server now and Azure Database for MySQL - Single Server retirement by 16 Sep 2024 - Migrate to Flexible Server now
- Rajendra Gupta (@rajendragupta16) covers Azure Managed Instance Download and Restore SQL Server Backup
🛠️ Developer Tools
- Rhea Patel explains how to Incorporate GitHub Copilot into your daily flow
- Ruben Rios (@rub8n) walks through Enhancing your Visual Studio authentication experience
- On the Azure Developer Community Blog, Chris Harris covers Exciting New Features for GitHub Copilot for Azure
- Jeremy Li blogs about Azure CLI docker container base Linux image is now Azure Linux
- On the Visual Studio blog, Mads Kristensen (@mkristensen) describes how to Easily dock and float tool windows
🔩 DevOps
- Danidu Weerasinghe writes about Streamlined CICD for Azure Infrastructure with Bicep
- Richard Fennell (@richardfennell) blogs about Showing Bicep Linting Issues as Errors and Warnings in Azure DevOps Pipelines
- John Lokerse explains how to Enhance the readability of Azure Bicep templates with these tips
- Dan Rios explains how to Eliminate old API versions in your Azure Bicep templates
- On episode 313 of the Azure DevOps podcast, Jeffrey Palermo (@jeffreypalermo) is joined by Matt Gordon to talk about Database DevOps
- On episode 504 of the Azure podcast, the podcast team (@AzurePodcast) are joined by Sadaf Khan to talk about Azure Reliability SRE
- Ringe Chen writes Dive into ARM template from a Function App
⚙️ Hybrid + Multicloud
- Kiana Harris blogs about Public Preview of Azure Container Storage enabled by Azure Arc Edge Volumes
- Bhaskar Bandam writes about IBM Power Virtual Server and Microsoft Azure Multi-cloud Integration Patterns
🎭 Identity
- On Arinco Blog, Paul Maggs blogs about Act Now Microsoft to begin enforcing Mandatory MFA for all Azure sign-ins
- Jarred Boone blogs about MFA enforcement for Microsoft Entra admin center sign-in coming soon
- Josephine (Branch) Bush describes Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server and Entra Groups
- Jerry Devore writes about Active Directory Hardening Series - Part 5 – Enforcing LDAP Channel Binding
🔌 Integration
- Alex Zúñiga talks about Logic Apps Aviators Newsletter - September 2024
- Eldert Grootenboer (@egrootenboer) discusses Service Bus Premium SKU Performance Update
- Sandro Pereira (@sandro_asp) covers INTEGRATE 2024 – BizTalk to Azure the migration journey: Azure Integration in action – Video and Interview
📚 Learning
- Mindy Rosenthal blogs about Coming soon: DP-3020: Develop data-driven applications with Azure SQL Database
- Mindy Rosenthal talks about Coming soon: AZ-2007: Accelerate app development by using GitHub Copilot
- Anthony Mashford (@anthonymashford) discusses Microsoft Learn Modules for Azure NetApp Files
⚖️ Management and Governance
- Michael Flanakin talks about Microsoft Cost Management updates—July 2024 summary
- Shiva P blogs about Hunting with Microsoft Graph activity logs
🌐 Networking
- Andrew Mathu delves into Independent Configuration of Size Enforcement and Inspection Limits in Application Gateway WAF
- Gustavo Modena writes about Private IP DNAT Support and Scenarios with Azure Firewall
- On We Do Azure, Joe Carlyle (@wedoAzure) discusses Microsoft Copilot in Azure – Networking Edition
- Aditya Kumar covers Azure Extended Zones: Optimizing Performance, Compliance, and Accessibility
🔐 Security
- Heike Ritter writes about Microsoft Defender XDR Monthly news - September 2024
- Maayan Magenheim covers Unlocking Real-World Security: Defending against Crypto mining attacks
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) talks about Cyber Recovery and testing with Cleanroom and Microsoft Azure
- Sina Salam writes about Enhancing Data Security and Digital Trust in the Cloud using Azure Services.
📦 Storage
- Haitham Qaffesha walks through Restoring Soft-Deleted Blobs with multithreading in Azure Storage Using C#
- Sourabh Jain discusses Optimizing Azure Table Storage: Automated Data Clean-up using a PowerShell script with Azure Automation
🔗 Web
- On Hacker Noon, Sukhpinder Singh writes about 10 Days of .Net Aspire: Day 4 — Using Oracle Component in Visual Studio, and Day 6: Redis Cache and Day 7: Azure Blob Storage
- Mayunk Jain writes about Post-retirement action for App Service Environment v1/v2, Logic Apps ISE, and APIM stv1
- Meenakshi Balekar explains how to Remove unwanted HTTP/IIS headers using custom module for .NET Framework