29Jul 21
New Configuration Options Now Available for Secrets in App Service and Azure Functions
Here is a brief rundown of the new configuration options now available for secrets in App Service and Azure Functions.
29Jul 21
Azure Active Directory Privileged Identity Management Integration with Azure Lighthouse
Azure Active Directory Privileged Identity Management (Azure AD PIM) integration with Azure Lighthouse, brings us another step towards Zero Trust and least privilege access.
20Jul 21
SQL Server Big Data Clusters – What’s new in CU11
SQL Server Big Data Clusters was released with SQL Server 2019. It works by uniting the SQL engine with Apache Spark and Apache Hadoop, creating a single, secure and unified platform that extends the analytics capabilities beyond in-database processing of transactional and analytical workloads. The CU11 release in early July brought us some new capabilities for Big Data Clusters. The largest of which is the expansion of data encryption at rest.
20Jul 21
Microsoft Launch Cloud for Sustainability
At Inspire 2021, Microsoft announced the Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability. The service (currently in preview) is designed to help companies measure, understand, report and reduce environmental impact and therefore be able to measure progress towards sustainability goals.
14Jul 21
Ingestion Client for Azure Speech
The new Ingestion Client is a monitoring solution within Azure Speech that ensures that files are automatically transcribed upon upload. Simply start with a dedicated Azure Storage container and with easy configuration and no development required, Ingestion Client provides a secure and scalable pipeline for transcription.
07Jul 21
Support Now Available for SQL Server Data Flows Using Azure Data Warehouse & Azure Synapse
In June, support for SQL Server in data flows (in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse) became generally available.
08Jun 21
Azure Modern Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, Data, Feature Announcements, News, Power Platform
Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse
Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse removes the obstacle between analytics and business applications. This new link allows the data flowing from your business applications to flow to Azure Synapse simultaneous to the Dataverse.
08Jun 21
Azure Cosmos DB Updates – May Highlights
Azure Cosmos DB saw an abundance of announcements at Microsoft Build, so here is a quick run through of our highlights along with links for further reading.
08Jun 21
Azure Applied AI Services
Microsoft has announced a new product category: Azure Applied AI Services. This builds on top of the already popular Azure Cognitive Services with additional task-specific AI models. The purpose is to bring together these models and business logic to solve common organizational problems without needing machine learning expertise or AI expertise.
08Jun 21
Azure SQL Database Ledger
We are excited to hear about the release of Azure SQL Database Ledger as an alternate to blockchain. For enterprises with centralised systems who want the capability of proving data integrity, this should be a game-changer.