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From code to production: New ways Azure helps you build transformational AI experiences 

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!

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HB-series Azure Virtual Machines achieve cloud supercomputing milestone 

New HPC-targeted cloud virtual machines are first to scale to 10,000 cores. Azure Virtual Machine HB-series are the first on the public cloud to scale a MPI-based high performance computing (HPC) job to 10,000 cores. This level of scaling has long been considered the realm of only the world’s most powerful and exclusive supercomputers, but now is available to anyone using Azure.

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Transforming Azure Monitor Logs for DevOps, granular access control, and improved Azure integration 

Logs are critical for many scenarios in the modern digital world. They are used in tandem with metrics for observability, monitoring, troubleshooting, usage and service level analytics, auditing, security, and much more. Any plan to build an application or IT environment should include a plan for logs.

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All US Azure regions now approved for FedRAMP High impact level 

oday, I’m excited to share our ability to support US Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High impact level FedRAMP services with the extension of FedRAMP High Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) to all of our Azure public regions in the United States.

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Visual interface for Azure Machine Learning service 

During Microsoft Build we announced the preview of the visual interface for Azure Machine Learning service. This new drag-and-drop workflow capability in Azure Machine Learning service simplifies the process of building, testing, and deploying machine learning models for customers who prefer a visual experience to a coding experience.

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Optimize price-performance with compute auto-scaling in Azure SQL Database serverless 

Optimizing compute resource allocation to achieve performance goals while controlling costs can be a challenging balance to strike especially for database workloads with complex usage patterns. SQL Database serverless automatically scales compute based on workload demand and bills for compute used per second.