Category: AI + Machine Learning • 4 min read
We are excited to introduce Phi-3, a family of small open models with the capability of 10 times larger models, developed by Microsoft and optimized for Azure AI.
We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. From March 1 to March 15, 2019, 68 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live.
Azure Security Center, Best practices, Security
Published • 4 min read
More and more services are moving to the cloud and they bring their security challenges with them. In this blog post, we will focus on the security concerns of container environments.
Announcements, Cost Management, Management and Governance
Published • 2 min read
We are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Cost Management features for all Pay-As-You-Go and Azure Government customers that will greatly enhance your ability to analyze and proactively manage your cloud costs.
Announcements, Databases, Microsoft Azure portal
Published • 3 min read
We’re excited to share more ways to optimize your Azure costs. Today we are releasing the general availability of Azure SQL Data Warehouse reserved capacity and software plans for RedHat Enterprise Linux and SUSE.
Azure Front Door, Azure HDInsight, Container Services, Hybrid + Multicloud, QnA Maker
Published • 10 min read
Move your data from AWS S3 to Azure Storage using AzCopyAzCopy v10 (Preview) now supports Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 as a data; Announcing general availability of Apache Hadoop 3.0 on Azure HDInsight; Announcing Azure Government Secret private preview and expansion of DoD IL5; Azure Container Registry now supports Singularity Image Format containers; and much more.
Published • 6 min read
This article is the second in a four-part series designed to help companies maximize their ROI on the Internet of Things (IoT). In the first post, we discussed how IoT can transform businesses.
Azure Blueprints, Azure Monitor, Azure Policy, Azure Security Center, Best practices, Microsoft Sentinel, Security
Published • 5 min read
Microsoft Azure is uniquely positioned to help you meet your compliance obligations. Customers need to identify risks and conduct a full risk assessment before committing to a cloud service, as well as comply with strict regulations to ensure the privacy, security, access, and continuity of their cloud environment and downstream customer data in cloud.
Azure Sphere, Best practices, Internet of Things
Published • 3 min read
Transparency is an important part of public safety projects. Officials must know what is happening in real time, as well as be able to collaborate with others involved in the project.
Published • 1 min read
Standing up a data pipeline for the first time can be a challenge and decisions you make at the start of a project can limit your choices long after the initial deployment has been rolled out. Often what is needed is a playground in which to learn about and evaluate the available options and capabilities in the solution space.
Analytics, Announcements, Azure HDInsight, Developer Tools, SDKs
Published • 2 min read
We are pleased to announce the general availability of the new Azure HDInsight management SDKs for .NET, Python, and Java.