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.
Published • 3 min read
We are excited to reveal a public preview of a new feature in Azure SQL Database, both in logical server and Managed Instance, called CLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE ONLINE INDEX build. This operation enables you to migrate your data stored in row-store format to the columnstore format and maintain your columnstore data structures with the minimal downtime on your workload.
Azure AI Services, Developer Tools, Mobile
Published • 2 min read
Whether you’re a developer ramping up on Azure or just getting familiar with a new piece of it, chances are you’re going to visit one of these three resources.
Azure Sphere, Digital Twins, Internet of Things
Published • 4 min read
As 2018 draws to a close, here’s a look back at the topics that drove the most interest and excitement here on our blog—and a window into what’s coming for this technology in the near future.
Analytics, Announcements, Event Hubs, Serverless
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Earlier this year in July, we announced the public preview for Virtual Network Service Endpoints and Firewall rules for both Azure Event Hubs and Azure Service Bus. Today, we’re excited to announce that we are making these capabilities generally available to our customers.
Azure Backup, Compute, Storage
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We are excited to share the auto-protection capability for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines (VM). This is a key addition to the public preview of Azure Backup for SQL Server on Azure VM, announced earlier this year.
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There is a new Azure PowerShell module, built to harness the power of PowerShell Core and Cloud Shell, and maintain compatibility with Windows PowerShell 5.1. Its name is Az. Az ensures that Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core users can get the latest Azure tooling in every PowerShell on every platform.
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We invite you to participate in the 16th edition of the Developer Economics (Q4 2018) survey to help shed light on the future of the software industry.
Analytics, Azure Stream Analytics
Published • 5 min read
In today’s high-productivity environment, processing large amounts of data each millisecond is becoming a common business requirement. This is why an internal Microsoft project named for “a trillion events per day” is now available under open-source as Trill.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Compute
Published • 15 min read
KubeCon North America 2018: Serverless Kubernetes and community led innovation, Azure Monitor for containers now generally available, Microsoft previews neural network text-to-speech, and much more.
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We are excited to announce the public preview of Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) with Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) support for Microsoft Azure SQL Database Managed Instance. Azure SQL Database Managed…