Category: AI + Machine Learning • 11 min read
What was once a distant promise is now manifesting—and not only through the type of apps that are possible, but how you can build them. With Azure, we’re meeting you where you are today—and paving the way to where you’re going. So let’s jump right into some of what you’ll learn over the next few days. Welcome to Build 2024!
Analytics, Announcements, Azure Synapse Analytics
Published • 3 min read
Microsoft Azure SQL Data Warehouse continues to provide best in class price/performance offering, and now leads its peers in TPC-H and TPC-DS benchmarks based on independent testing.
Automation, Management and Governance, Partners
Published • 3 min read
Deploying complex SAP landscapes into a public cloud is not an easy task. While SAP basis teams tend to be very familiar with the traditional tasks of installing and configuring SAP systems on-premise, additional domain knowledge is often required to design, build, and test cloud deployments.
Analytics, Announcements, Event Hubs
Published • 2 min read
In today’s business environment, with the rapidly increasing volume of data and the growing pressure to respond to events in real-time, organizations need data-driven strategies to gain valuable insights faster and increase their competitive advantage.
Azure Security Center, How to, Security
Published • 2 min read
When an attacker compromises a machine, they typically have a goal in mind. Some attackers are looking for information residing on the victim’s machine or are looking for access to other machines on the victim’s network. Other times, attackers have plans to use the processing power of the machine itself or even use the machine as a launch point for other attacks.
Management and Governance, Microsoft Azure portal
Published • 1 min read
Advanced tuning for Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) just got simpler with additional data warehouse recommendations and metrics. SQL DW is a flexible, secure, and fully managed analytics platform for the enterprise optimized for running complex queries quickly across petabytes of data.
Published • 2 min read
We are excited to announce the general availability of the private endpoint in HDInsight clusters deployed in a virtual network.
Azure Maps, Digital Twins, Internet of Things
Published • 6 min read
Over recent years, one of the most dynamic landscapes undergoing digital transformation is the modern city. Amid increasing urbanization, cities must grapple with questions around how to strengthen their local economies, manage environmental resources, mitigate pollution and create safer, more accessible societies.
Compute, SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Published • 2 min read
We recently published Storage Configuration Guidelines for SQL Server on Azure VM summarizing the test findings from running TPC-E profile test workloads on premium storage configuration options. We continued this testing by including Ultra SSD.
Management and Governance, Microsoft Azure portal
Published • 5 min read
In October 2018, we started a monthly blog series to help you find everything that is new in the Microsoft Azure portal and the Azure mobile app in one place. We are constantly working to make it easier for you to manage your Azure environment, and we want you to be able to stay up to speed with everything that’s new.
Analytics, Azure Stream Analytics
Published • 10 min read
Deliver the right events to the right places with Event Domains, Avere vFXT for Azure for HPC workloads now generally available, Design patterns – IoT and aggregation, and more. Catch up on Azure in one post.