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.
Uncategorized, virtual-network
Published • 2 min read
In May 2014 we announced the general availability of Regional Virtual Network. This enabled users to utilize their virtual network at regional scale and enjoy new features such as ‘Reserved IPs’, ‘Internal Load Balancing’ and ‘Instance level Public IPs’.
Uncategorized, active-directory
Published • 8 min read
This is a “sequel” to the author’s previous post An End-to-End Prototype of PlayReady Protection with ACS Authentication and ACS Token Authorization.
Azure Resource Manager, Developer Tools, Management and Governance, Visual Studio
Published • 9 min read
The Azure Resource Manager enables you to create reusable deployment templates that declaratively describe the resources that make up your application.
Published • 1 min read
Today, Microsoft is pleased to announce that Azure HDInsight is now generally available (GA) in China.
Published • 5 min read
Introducing the Azure Automation Script Converter – if you import a PowerShell script with no PowerShell Workflows in it, we’ll now attempt to convert the PowerShell script for you to PowerShell Workflow, so it will be able to run with little to no manual changes as an Azure Automation runbook.
Uncategorized, virtual-machines
Published • 1 min read
This blog gives an overview of how to run Chocolatey commands on a remote Azure VM using Custom Script Extension.
Published • 2 min read
We are very excited to announce that AES dynamic encryption is working on your live stream.
Azure Service Health, Management and Governance, Storage
Published • 5 min read
Yesterday evening Pacific Standard Time, Azure storage services experienced a service interruption across the United States, Europe and parts of Asia, which impacted multiple cloud services in these regions. I want to first sincerely apologize for the disruption this has caused.
Published • 8 min read
This post introduces two methods of dealing with DateTime properties efficiently, but there are many more implementations that would treat Dates and Times efficiently.
Published • 3 min read
We’ve just released the Azure Storage Performance Checklist which consolidates our performance guidance into a single easy to use document, in one easy to find location.