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.
Announcements, Azure Front Door, Networking
Published • 5 min read
Today I’m excited to announce the availability of innovative and industry leading Azure services that will help the attendees of NAB realize their future vision to deliver for their audiences – Azure Front Door Service (AFD), ExpressRoute Direct and Global Reach, as well as some cool new additions to both AFD and our Content Delivery Network (CDN).
Azure DevOps, Best practices, Databases, Developer Tools
Published • 2 min read
Data is referred to these days as “the new oil” or “black gold” of industry. If the typical Fortune 100 company gains access to a mere 10 percent more of their data, that can result in increased revenue of millions of dollars.
Azure IoT Central, Internet of Things
Published • 2 min read
With the new addition of a device template library into our Device Templates page, we are making it easier than ever to onboard and model your devices. Now, when you get started with creating a new template, you can choose between building one from scratch or you can quickly select from a library of existing device templates.
Azure Front Door, Networking, Security, Web Application Firewall
Published • 3 min read
We have heard from many of you that security is a top priority when moving web applications onto the cloud. Today, we are very excited to announce our public preview of the Web Application Firewall (WAF) for the Azure Front Door service. By combining the global application and content delivery network with natively integrated WAF engine, you now have a highly available platform through which you may deliver your web applications to the world, secure and fast!
Announcements, Azure App Service, Containers
Published • 2 min read
The Azure App Service engineering team is always striving to improve the efficiency and overall performance of applications on our platform. Today, we are happy to announce Windows Server 2019 Container support in public preview.
Announcements, Azure Functions, Compute, Serverless
Published • 3 min read
We are very excited to announce the Azure Functions Premium plan in preview, our newest Functions hosting model! This plan enables a suite of long requested scaling and connectivity options without compromising on event-based scale.
Announcements, Azure Security Center, Security
Published • 6 min read
As more organizations are delivering innovation faster by moving their businesses to the cloud, increased security is critically important for every industry. Azure has built-in security controls across data, applications, compute, networking, identity, threat protection, and security management so you can customize protection and integrate partner solutions.
Analytics, Announcements, Azure Spring Cloud, Event Hubs, Web
Published • 1 min read
Spring Cloud Stream Binder for Azure Event Hubs is now generally available. It is simple to build highly scalable event-driven Java apps using Spring Cloud Stream with Event Hubs, a fully managed, real-time data ingestion service on Azure that is resilient and reliable service for any situation.
Announcements, Integration, Service Bus
Published • 1 min read
Azure Service Bus has been the Messaging as a Service (MaaS) option of choice for our enterprise customers. We’ve seen tremendous growth to our customer base and usage of the existing namespaces, which inspires us to bring more features to the service.
Management and Governance, Microsoft Azure portal
Published • 5 min read
This month’s updates include improvements to IaaS, Azure Data Explorer, Security Center, Recovery Services, Role-Based Access Control, Support, and Intune.