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Leverage the updated M365 SMB Upsell Guide for Partners
Dear Partners, Please download and leverage the updated the M365 SMB Upsell Guide for Partners. It shows how to address the most common upsell scenarios and gives guidance on what to position in the conversation with the customer. We will keep posting the latest version of the guide here once it is updated.Leverage the reminder to enhance your customers' cybersecurity posture
Dear Swiss Microsoft partner, In a previous blog post, we discussed the importance of cybersecurity and how partners can help their customers secure their organization. We received a lot of positive feedback on that post, and we are pleased to announce that we have developed a new customer communication template to help you communicate with your customers about cybersecurity. Use the attached template to open the conversation with your customers. It covers the key topics that should be discussed, such as multi-factor authentication, security defaults, and conditional access. Find more security best practices in Customer security best practices - Partner Center | Microsoft Learn Sources: New Cyber Signals report from Microsoft - Microsoft Security Blog Improve identity strategy with Microsoft - Microsoft Security BlogMicrosoft 365 Holistic Security Bootcamp - May 15-19
Join us on May 15-19, 2023 for the Microsoft 365 Holistic Security Bootcamp: a 10-hour foundational to intermediate learning series comprised of 2-hour webinars spanning across 5 days for Microsoft Partners. In this bootcamp you will dive deeper into 4 security pillars of Zero Trust: Identity, Endpoints, Apps and Data. Throughout your journey emphasis will be placed on why each security area is important, where each protects across the attack kill chain and how each holistically integrates with each another. Security areas to be discussed are: Identity: MFA, Conditional Access, Azure AD Identity Protection, Privileged Identity Management and Microsoft Defender for Identity Endpoints: Microsoft Intune (MDM) and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Apps: Microsoft Intune (MAM) and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Data: Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Data Loss Prevention and Sensitivity Labels Holistic Security & Assessment: Microsoft 365 Defender, Insider Risk, Compliance Manager, Secure Score and Microsoft Sentinel By the end of the 5 webinars, you will have a deeper understanding of our Microsoft 365 security stack and important points of holistic integration that highlight the value of our Microsoft XDR story. Register today!
Applications are now open - Microsoft Ignite 2024 at Kongresshaus Zurich: Partner with Us!
Microsoft Ignite 2024: Partner with Us! Join Microsoft Ignite 2024, March 8, 2024, in Zurich Kongresshaus, as Sponsoring-Partner and showcase your company's innovation. Sponsorship Packages: Find the details about our sponsoring options in the documents attached. Please note: Premium, Gold, and Silver require to fill in the application form. Application Details: Deadline: December 23, 2023 How: Email chevents@microsoft.com with your application. Act Now: Apply by December 23, 2023. Successful applicants will be notified by January 10, 2023. For questions, reach chevents@microsoft.com. Let’s make Microsoft Ignite 2024 unforgettable together!Register now: Microsoft Cloud Weeks for Partners
Accelerate your path to a Microsoft certification by attending our Cloud Weeks for Partners across all solution areas. Cloud Weeks for Partners focus on the most important aspects of the certification exam curriculum, allowing you to include working, billable hours in your day. Other benefits include: Two hours of daily training led by seasoned instructors Streamlined format that prepares you for certification Keep pace with technical roles and requirements Flexible learning to fit your schedule and working hours Available in English, with live captions in 11 languages Multi-time-zone playout Choose from multiple courses offered as part of our Cloud Weeks for Partners. Benefit from the opportunity to ask questions of live moderators and learn how to apply your knowledge to real-world customer scenarios. Register now to view upcoming Cloud Week certification tracks and agendas: Azure These week-long virtual events will teach you about the design, development, and implementation of Azure AI, data science, infrastructure, and virtual desktop solutions. Next dates: September 11-15, 2023 | Azure Cloud Week for Partners Modern Work These week-long virtual events will teach you about Microsoft 365 and Endpoint administration, Microsoft Teams management, and collaborative communication solutions. Next dates: November 6-10, 2023 | Modern Work Cloud Week for Partners Security These week-long virtual events cover track options across cybersecurity, security operation analysis, information protection, and identity and access administration solutions. Next dates: October 9-13, 2023 | Security Cloud Week for Partners Business Applications These week-long virtual events will teach you about Microsoft Dynamics 365 applications and Power Platform, that will enable you, as a functional consultant, developer or solution architect, to drive faster innovation and efficiencies across customers from diverse industries and business functions like sales, marketing, service, supply chain and finance, leveraging low-code tools to automate processes, build apps, websites and virtual agents. Next dates: October 23 - 27, 2023 | Business Applications Cloud Week for Partners (SMB focus) December 4 - 8, 2023 | Business Applications Cloud Week for Partners Note: Labs will be available to a limited number of Microsoft partner participants. Invitations to the labs will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis.Register now: Microsoft Copilot Partner Bootcamp | September 20-22, 2023
The Copilot Bootcamp is a multi-day partner event addressing the new era of AI across the Microsoft Cloud. Join this bootcamp, open to all role types, to learn more about our AI capabilities from both business and technical aspects, with an overview of each Microsoft Copilot solution. We will help demystify AI and Copilot by covering the narrative, customer conversations, and technical requirements to take advantage of the AI opportunity. Join us to discover how to make the most out of this opportunity and get your customers ready for copilot. What will this event cover? During this multi-day training, you will be able to learn about: What Azure OpenAI and Copilot are and their capabilities Understanding the AI and Copilot narrative and customer conversation Customer technical requirements to adopt the various Copilots How Copilot is licensed Leveraging Copilot to accelerate Dynamics, M365, and Power Platform sales Privacy, security, and compliance Who is this event for? The Copilot Bootcamp is ideal for anyone looking to better understand how to approach Microsoft’s AI and Copilot conversations from a sales and technical perspective. This virtual boot camp is open to: All role types from Executives to Sellers to Architects Anyone looking to understand Microsoft’s AI capabilities across all areas and incorporate it into their customer conversations and projects Anyone experienced in role, but new to Microsoft + AI Register now!Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge
Complete a challenge for a chance to win a VIP event pass for the next Microsoft Ignite or Microsoft Build! We’re running a sweepstakes for 5 lucky winners to receive a full event pass for the next Microsoft Ignite or Microsoft Build that includes bonus experiences, exclusive access, meet and greets with Microsoft personalities and the opportunity to be showcased by Microsoft Learn. All participants will receive a Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge badge upon completion of their first challenge. Champion your advantage To celebrate the launch of Microsoft Applied Skills, this Cloud Skills Challenge will feature a selection of challenges designed to help you prepare - and pass - your assessment and earn your new credential. Get the credentials you need to demonstrate proficiency in a specific skillset so you can make a bigger impact on your projects, your organization—and your career. Challenge details The challenge ends on January 15, 2024, at 4:00 PM UTC (16:00). Make sure you have completed your challenge before time runs out. View the list of eligible challenges here. Get started!Microsoft Ignite 2024 Book of News
Microsoft Ignite 2024 is ongoing and we already saw a big wave of announcements which sometimes are difficult to keep up with. For that, the Microsoft Ignite 2024 Book of News is a helpful resource having all the announcements with their respective description in one place. Bookmark Microsoft Ignite 2024 Book of News and crawl through all what's coming now and in the next couple of weeks/months.New Commerce Experience Handbook | April Update
We are excited to announce an update to the NCE Handbook - your go-to guide for adapting CSP seat-based offers in the new commerce release. This valuable learning tool provides instructions on the provisioning, billing, and subscription-management processes involved in selling CSP offers. With this updated version, you'll have everything you need to confidently navigate the new commerce experience. Download the handbook now!Swiss DCs Regular Partner Update Calls - FY23
You have missed one of our Swiss DCs Regular Partner Update Calls? Please find below all resources such as presentation slides and recordings. During these calls, we cover a variety of topics: New Public Customer Stories Azure Microsoft 365 Dynamics 365 Windows 365 Compliance & Resources
APPLY NOW: Swiss Marketing Development Funds (Go-To-Market Funds) for FY24
Dear Partners, We're excited to announce the FY24 partner tender for the Swiss Marketing Development Funds (Go-To-Market Funds)! Please watch the recording of our latest Partner Marketing Breakfast Call as we’ve invited our GTM Leads to enlighten us about the FY24 priorities per Solution Area. Please submit your Tender submission according to those priorities. It will increase your chance for Co-Funding. This tender is designed for partner marketing campaigns across all Solution Areas, with a focus on Corporate & SMB customers and for the remaining fiscal year (until June 2024). Microsoft's Through Partner marketing strategy is to go deeper with fewer campaigns, enabling maximum impact. Therefore: Think within and across Solution Areas: what do you want to market? Think targeted and specific: campaign messaging with a concrete use case with a specific target audience. Include ref cases, landing pages et. al. Think creative: explore new marketing trends mixed with traditional engines Think big: The goal is to have a minimum investment of CHF 10'000.- from Microsoft per partner Submission deadline: August 14 2023, at noon. Please read the instructions carefully, fill out the Forms (Microsoft Forms) and send the attached PDF digitally signed to rawir@microsoft.com & sophiedavid@microsoft.com Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions! All the best, Ralph and SophieRegister now: Microsoft 365 Copilot Pre-Sales & Technical Bootcamp | December 12 - 14
Dive deep into how to prepare your customers and get your delivery teams ready to deploy Microsoft 365 Copilot Do you want to take your technical skills to the next level and learn how to enable Microsoft 365 Copilot effectively? If so, this training is perfect for you. You’ll join Microsoft experts on a journey to explore how Microsoft 365 Copilot provides real-time intelligent assistance, enabling users to enhance their creativity, productivity, and skills. This intermediate training event is tailored to provide you with an understanding of how you can access and configure Microsoft 365 Copilot in your organization and how you can extend it using plugins. You will also gain the expertise to successfully prepare your customers for Microsoft 365 Copilot deployment and accelerate adoption. Why choose the Microsoft 365 Copilot Boot Camp? When you join the Microsoft 365 Copilot Boot Camp, you’ll enjoy numerous benefits, including: Deeper technical understanding of what is Microsoft 365 Copilot Advanced overviews of architecture, extensibility, security, and compliance Direction for preparing Microsoft 365 Copilot deployment and adoption Guidance from seasoned instructors with real-world insight Flexible training to fit your schedule and working hours Access to sessions in English, with live captions in 12 languages Register nowProactive: Azure Blogs - Articles from 20-Nov-2023 to 27-Nov-2023
AI + Machine Learning Covering: Anomaly Detector, Azure Bot Services, Azure Cognitive Search, Azure ML, Azure Open Datasets, Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Video Indexer, Computer Vision, Content Moderator, Custom Vision, Data Science VM, Face API, Azure Form Recognizer, Azure Immersive Reader, Kinect DK, Language Understanding (LUIS), Microsoft Genomics, Personalizer, Project Bonsai, QnA Maker, Speaker recognition, Speech to Text, Speech translation, Cognitive Service for Language, Text to Speech, Translator, Azure Metrics Advisor, Health Bot, Azure Percept, Azure Applied AI Services, Azure OpenAI Service “Andy puts the A in AI” :studio_microphone: – The Intrazone podcast Introducing the azure_ai extension to Azure Database for PostgreSQL Azure AI Health Insights: New built-in models for patient-friendly reports and radiology insights Avail the power of Microsoft Fabric from within Azure Machine Learning Integration of Azure Machine Learning with Microsoft Purview Decoding AI: Part 6, Creating boundary conditions in generative AI General Availability: pgvector 0.5.1 extension Top 10 AI Attacks Health Care Technology Professionals Need To Know! Learn Live - Build your AI portfolio with AI Kick-off Challenge Projects Teach ChatGPT to Answer Questions: Using Azure Cognitive Search & Azure OpenAI (Semantic Kernel) Guia Prático para Iniciantes: Azure OpenAI com JavaScript e TypeScript (Parte 01) Guia Prático para Iniciantes: Azure OpenAI com JavaScript e TypeScript (Parte 3) Analytics Covering: Azure Analysis Services, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Data Share, Azure Databricks, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Catalog, Data Lake Analytics, HDInsight, Power BI Embedded, R Server for HDInsight, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Graph Data Connect, Azure Chaos Studio Microsoft Fabric: Data mirroring and Copilot updates Azure data factory - Performance optimization Submit Apache Spark and Apache Flink jobs with Azure Logic Apps on HDInsight on AKS Public Preview: Kafka Input and Output with Azure Stream Analytics Public Preview Preview: Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) with Azure Stream Analytics General availability: Time travel in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB Azure SQL v/s Azure Synapse SQL (Dedicated Pool, Serverless Pool) - Part 1 Azure SQL v/s Azure Synapse SQL (Dedicated Pool, Serverless Pool) - Part 2 Azure SQL v/s Azure Synapse SQL (Dedicated Pool, Serverless Pool) - Part 3 Azure SQL v/s Azure Synapse SQL (Dedicated Pool, Serverless Pool) - Part 4 Azure SQL v/s Azure Synapse SQL (Dedicated Pool, Serverless Pool) - Part 5 Breaking changes November 2023 Store and manage medical imaging data with Azure Data Lake Storage (preview) Azure Resource Graph x Power BI is finally here! How to handle Large Objects (LOB) migration from Db2, Oracle to Azure SQL & Datalake - Part 2 Kusto Schema Validation Compute Covering: Azure CycleCloud, Azure Quantum, Azure Spot Virtual Machines, Azure VMware Solution, Batch, Linux Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Virtual Machines, Azure Dedicated Host, Azure VM Image Builder, Azure Functions, Service Fabric Configure customized notification for Function App How to execute Code+Test when a private endpoint is enabled? Containers Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Azure Container Apps, Web App for Containers, Azure Container Instances, Azure Container Registry Submit Apache Spark and Apache Flink jobs with Azure Logic Apps on HDInsight on AKS General Availability - Azure Backup for AKS Provisioning Multiple Egress IP Addresses in AKS AKS Edge Essentials is simplifying edge applications Databases Covering: Azure Cache for Redis, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for MariaDB, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Edge, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM, Table Storage, Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra, Azure Confidential Ledger From Google Cloud App Engine and Cloud SQL to Azure App Service and PostgreSQL: Step-by-Step Guide SQL Server Discovery and Assessments now supports As on-premises assessments July 2023 Recap: Azure Database PostgreSQL Flexible Server Public preview: Schema migration for target Azure SQL DB General availability: Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service General availability: SKU recommendation in Azure SQL Migration extension - Azure Data Studio Public Preview: Server logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server General availability: Time travel in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB General availability: Change data capture in Azure Cosmos DB analytical store Public preview: Schema migration for target Azure SQL DB Launch of Database Migration Service Pack for Oracle in Azure Data Studio SQL Server 2022 for RHEL 9 and Ubuntu 22.04 is now Generally Available (GA) Introducing the azure_ai extension to Azure Database for PostgreSQL Azure SQL v/s Azure Synapse SQL (Dedicated Pool, Serverless Pool) - Part 1 Azure SQL v/s Azure Synapse SQL (Dedicated Pool, Serverless Pool) - Part 2 Azure SQL v/s Azure Synapse SQL (Dedicated Pool, Serverless Pool) - Part 3 Azure SQL v/s Azure Synapse SQL (Dedicated Pool, Serverless Pool) - Part 4 Azure SQL v/s Azure Synapse SQL (Dedicated Pool, Serverless Pool) - Part 5 MVP’s Favorite Content: SQL Server and Power Apps Lesson Learned #453:Optimizing Connection Pooling for Application Workloads: A single journey Lesson Learned #454:Optimizing Connection Pooling for Application Workloads: Active Connections Lesson Learned #455:Optimizing Connection Pooling for Application Workloads: Thread Contention Lesson Learned #455:Optimizing Connection Pooling for Application Workloads: Exploring Login Rates General Availability of PostgreSQL 16 on Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server Using DBeaver to connect to Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server Developer Tools Covering: App Configuration, Azure DevTest Labs, Azure Lab Services, SDKs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Azure Load Testing For Good First Issue: Introducing a new way to contribute .NET 8 is generally available – and more updates from .NET Conf, Microsoft Ignite, GitHub Universe Microsoft Ignite Learn Live – Use GitHub Copilot to code a mini-game! Extended support for .NET 7 (STS) ends on 14 May 2024 Extended support for .NET 6 (LTS) ends on 12 November 2024 Git Yourself a Leg Up - GitHub Tools for Teams and Teaching New capabilities help simplify and streamline the experience with Microsoft Dev Box General Availability of Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider DevOps Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, DevOps tool integrations, Azure Load Testing New Boards Hub, Fall Update For Good First Issue: Introducing a new way to contribute Git Yourself a Leg Up - GitHub Tools for Teams and Teaching Lesson Learned #454:Optimizing Connection Pooling for Application Workloads: Active Connections Hybrid Covering: Microsoft Azure Stack, Azure Arc Simplify certificate management of on-prem IIS server with Azure Arc & Azure Key Vault VM extension Update on Extended Security Updates: Availability in CSP via Azure Arc Accelerate edge deployments with cloud-managed infrastructure and Azure Stack HCI version 23H2 Identity Covering: Azure Active Directory, Multi-factor Authentication, Azure Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Active Directory External Identities MS Graph API endpoint to check if AAD group can receive external emails Microsoft named a Leader in 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Management for the 7th year Azure ACS retirement in Microsoft 365 Step-by-Step : Assign access packages automatically based on user properties in Microsoft Entra ID Integration Covering: API Management, Event Grid, Logic Apps , Service Bus Calgary Automation and Integration Event - December 1st :loudspeaker:Introducing Azure Integration Environment &Business Process Tracking (Public Preview):loudspeaker: Internet Of Things Covering: Azure IoT Central, Azure IoT Edge, Azure IoT Hub, Azure RTOS, Azure Sphere, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Time Series Insights, Microsoft Defender for IoT, Azure Percept, Windows for IoT Microsoft Contributes Azure RTOS to Open Source Management and Governance Covering: Automation, Azure Advisor, Azure Backup, Azure Blueprints, Azure Lighthouse, Azure Monitor, Azure Policy, Azure Resource Manager, Azure Service Health, Azure Site Recovery, Cloud Shell, Cost Management, Azure Portal, Network Watcher, Azure Automanage, Azure Resource Mover, Azure Chaos Studio, Azure Managed Grafana Admin access management in Azure Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) subscriptions Azure Well-Architected Review Assessment Updates General Availability - Azure Backup for AKS Navigating Service End-of-Life Transitions Descubre Azure para Estudiantes (guía paso a paso) Media Covering: Azure Media Player, Content Protection, Encoding, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Media Services No New Articles Migration Covering: Azure Database Migration Service, Azure Migrate, Data Box, Azure Site Recovery General availability: Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service Mixed Reality Covering: Digital Twins, Kinect DK, Spatial Anchors, Remote Rendering, Object Anchors No New Articles Mobile Covering: Azure Maps, MAUI, Notification Hubs, Visual Studio App Center, Xamarin, Azure Communication Services No New Articles Networking Covering: Application Gateway, Bastion, DDoS Protection, DNS, Azure ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Load Balancer, Firewall Manager, Front Door, Internet Analyzer, Azure Private Link, Content Delivery Network, Network Watcher, Traffic Manager, Virtual Network, Virtual WAN, VPN Gateway, Web Application Firewall, Azure Orbital, Route Server, Network Function Manager, Virtual Network Manager, Azure Private 5G Core 2023 Holiday DDoS Protection Guide Software Defined Networking: Multisite - A Tale of 2 SDN Sites General Availability: Standard network features support in US Gov regions Security Covering: Defender for Cloud, DDoS Protection, Dedicated HSM, Azure Information Protection, Microsoft Sentinel, Key Vault, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender for IoT, Microsoft Azure Attestation, Azure Confidential Ledger How Microsoft Security Copilot works Elevating Cybersecurity Intelligence with Microsoft Sentinel's Enrichment Widgets Get email notifications for any actions in Defender XDR Securing your GitLab Environment with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Enhanced action experience (Action wizard V2) from Email entity / Summary panel Microsoft Defender XDR, Security Copilot & Microsoft Sentinel now in one portal Defender for Cloud unified Vulnerability Assessment powered by Defender Vulnerability Management Effective novelty detection in cloud security domain Announcing General Availability of Microsoft Defender for APIs Simplifying Onboarding to Microsoft Defender for Cloud with Terraform Storage Covering: Archive Storage, Avere vFXT for Azure, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Data Share, Files, FXT Edge Filer, HPC Cache, NetApp Files, Blob Storage, Data Box, Disk Storage, Queue Storage, Storage Accounts, Storage Explorer, StorSimple General Availability: User and group quota management in Azure NetApp Files Seeking Guidance on Multi-Tenant Azure File Storage Integration FSLOGIX issue, VHDX remains connect after the user disconnect from AVD Web Covering: App Configuration, App Service, Azure Cognitive Search, Azure Maps, Azure SignalR Service, Static Web Apps, Azure Communication Services, Azure Web PubSub, Azure Fluid Relay, Web App for Containers Generally available: Azure Static Web Apps now supports .NET 8 Azure Web PubSub for Socket.IO is now generally available From Google Cloud App Engine and Cloud SQL to Azure App Service and PostgreSQL: Step-by-Step Guide Azure Virtual Desktop Covering: Windows Virtual Desktop, VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for Azure New capabilities help simplify and the experience with Microsoft Dev BoxDiscover the Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2023
“Artificial Intelligence will be a critical component of successful defense. In the coming years, innovation in AI-powered cyber defense will help reverse the current rising tide of cyberattacks.” Tom Burt, Corporate Vice President, Customer Security and Trust, Microsoft The Microsoft Digital Defense Report, now in its fourth annual edition, highlights the evolving digital landscape and the increased collaboration among global defenders. It offers actionable insights and steps based on data collected from July 2022 to June 2023. Our commitment to cybersecurity includes significant investments in research, innovation, and collaboration within the security community. While AI is revolutionizing cybersecurity, it relies on vast data resources. Our access to diverse security data enables us to assess the cybersecurity landscape and predict potential attacker actions. Download the report hereRegister now: Microsoft Security Immersion Training
This 1:Many immersion workshop is a comprehensive, level 400 gamified learning experiences that allow participants to take on the role of security analysts in a fictional security breach scenario. These exclusive events are designed to help Microsoft security partners skill their own analysts in a community event. Scenarios Into the Breach: participants conduct a response investigation of a ransomware attack on the Health Network, apply your in-depth knowledge of Microsoft 365 Defender and Sentinel. Shadow Hunter: participants must find an attacker who has gained network access through a security camera. Highlighting the challenges of a multi-cloud environment, they will have to assess their entire security posture. On The Brink: participants are on a hunt to uncover an internal data security leak. Microsoft Purview has shown that someone has leaked proprietary designs, and it is your job to find out who did it and how. Upcoming Dates October 17, 25, 26, 2023 November 15 & 16, 2023 December 6 & 7, 2023 Register now!Azure Blogs - Articles from 26-Feb-2024 to 3-Mar-2024
AI + Machine Learning Covering: Anomaly Detector, Azure Bot Services, Azure Cognitive Search, Azure ML, Azure Open Datasets, Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Video Indexer, Computer Vision, Content Moderator, Custom Vision, Data Science VM, Face API, Azure Form Recognizer, Azure Immersive Reader, Kinect DK, Language Understanding (LUIS), Microsoft Genomics, Personalizer, Project Bonsai, QnA Maker, Speaker recognition, Speech to Text, Speech translation, Cognitive Service for Language, Text to Speech, Translator, Azure Metrics Advisor, Health Bot, Azure Percept, Azure Applied AI Services, Azure OpenAI Service How to Learn Generative AI with Microsoft’s Free Course Cost Optimized hosting of Fine-tuned LLMs in Production Announcing the Winners of the First AI Chat App Hack Learn how to power your AI transformation with the Microsoft Cloud at NVIDIA GTC. Microsoft Copilot personal and work experiences explained Build your own private ChatGPT style app with enterprise-ready architecture AI Chat App Hack: See All The Submissions! 🤖🧵Microsoft Fabric AI Hack Together: Create, Evaluate, and Score a Churn Prediction Model Fine Tuning with Function Calling on Azure OpenAI Service AI Chat App Hack: Watch all the streams! Unleashing the Power of SAM in Azure Machine Learning and Azure AI Studio What is AI? Jared Spataro at the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit How to Develop Your AI Coding Skills with Azure Enablement Show (Part Two) How to Develop Your AI Coding Skills with Azure Enablement Show (Part One) Generate embeddings with the Azure AI Vision multi-modal embeddings API Implementing MLOps for Training Custom Models with Azure AI Document Intelligence Load Testing Azure OpenAI With JMeter Azure AI Language: Sentiment Analysis with Durable Functions Mistral Large, Mistral AI's flagship LLM, debuts on Azure AI Models-as-a-Service AI/ML ModelOps is a Journey. Get Ready with SAS® Viya® Platform on Azure Analytics Covering: Azure Analysis Services, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Data Share, Azure Databricks, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Catalog, Data Lake Analytics, HDInsight, Power BI Embedded, R Server for HDInsight, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Graph Data Connect, Azure Chaos Studio Connectivity from IaaS(VM) and PaaS service(ADF) to ADLS account with public network access disabled Update records in a Kusto Database (Public Preview) Migration Guide for HDInsight 5.1 - Hadoop cluster Securing Azure HDInsight: ESM Support with Ubuntu 18.04, Cluster Updates, and Best Practices Microsoft Fabric for multitenant SaaS Migration of Apache Spark from HDInsight 5.0 to HDInsight 5.1 The ABCs of ADX: Learning the Basics of Azure Data Explorer | Data Exposed: MVP Edition 🤖🧵Microsoft Fabric AI Hack Together: Create, Evaluate, and Score a Churn Prediction Model MICROSOFT FABRIC & CONTENT SAFETY: ANALYTICS ON METADATA 🤖🧵Fabric + AI HackTogether Wrap-Up: How to submit and get ready for Fabric Community Conf Compute Covering: Azure CycleCloud, Azure Quantum, Azure Spot Virtual Machines, Azure VMware Solution, Batch, Linux Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Virtual Machines, Azure Dedicated Host, Azure VM Image Builder, Azure Functions, Service Fabric Enable replication for added VMware VM data disks Scaling Up in the Cloud: The WEKA Data Platform and Azure HPC Windows Grid Integration Azure VMware Solution Security Design Considerations Public preview: Azure Functions Support for HTTP Streams in Node.js Azure Functions: Support for HTTP Streams in Node.js is now in Preview Announcing the release of CycleCloud 8.6 Azure VMware Solution Performance Design Considerations Clustering the BizTalk Master Secret Server and MSDTC service on Azure IaaS Containers Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Azure Container Apps, Web App for Containers, Azure Container Instances, Azure Container Registry Best Practices for using Azure Container Registry and Docker Hub How to Set Up Sentinel Data Connectors for Kubernetes and GitHub General availability: Application Gateway for Containers Public preview: Kubernetes 1.29 support in AKS Generally Available: Capacity Reservations support in AKS GA: Istio-based service mesh add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service Public preview: Disable network policy in AKS for migration Public preview: AKS support for node soak duration for upgrades New Storage and Networking MS Learn modules for Windows containers on AKS Introduction and Deployment of Backstage on Azure Kubernetes Service Zero-trust Security for Windows Container-based application with Calico Path and hostname-based routing in Azure Container Apps with NGINX Running GPU accelerated workloads with NVIDIA GPU Operator on AKS Announcing Tomcat support in Azure Container Apps What’s new in Azure Linux: Community, events, new features, and more. Generally Available: Node Soak Duration for Upgrades Databases Covering: Azure Cache for Redis, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for MariaDB, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Edge, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM, Table Storage, Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra, Azure Confidential Ledger Introducing the azure_ai extension to Azure Database for PostgreSQL The azure_ai extension to Azure Database for PostgreSQL, definition and demo Issue during SQL Server 2008 R2 installation on Windows Server 2019 in Azure Get ready for take off with Microsoft at SQLBits 2024 Public Preview: Zone redundancy for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale elastic pools Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-February 2024 General availability: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server General availability: Azure SDKs support for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL General availability: Azure CLI support for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Azure Database for MySQL Import supports Percona XtraBackup for migrations to Flexible Server Podcast about transitioning from developer to PostgreSQL specialist, with Derk van Veen Updates from 162.1 and 162.2 releases of SqlPackage and the DacFx ecosystem Azure Data Studio 1.48 is now available Azure SQL DB - Failed to add database to failover group - find out why Some] SQL Server and Azure SQL DB Security Fundamentals | Data Exposed Upcoming changes for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Part 2 What’s in a name? 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