ADF adds TTL to Azure IR to reduce Data Flow activity times

ADF has added a TTL (time-to-live) option to the Azure Integration Runtime for Data Flow properties to reduce data flow activity times.

This setting is only used during ADF pipeline executions of Data Flow activities. Debug executions from pipelines a… Continue reading ADF adds TTL to Azure IR to reduce Data Flow activity times

Experiencing Data Access Issue for Log Analytics in South Africa North region – 09/27 – Resolved

Final Update: Friday, 27 September 2019 03:07 UTCWe’ve confirmed that all systems are back to normal with no customer impact as of 09/26, 22:50 UTC. Our logs show the incident started on 09/26, 21:25 UTC and that during the 1 hour and 25 minutes that … Continue reading Experiencing Data Access Issue for Log Analytics in South Africa North region – 09/27 – Resolved

Experiencing Data Access Issue for Log Analytics in North Europe – 09/27 – Resolved

Final Update: Friday, 27 September 2019 02:52 UTCWe’ve confirmed that all systems are back to normal with no customer impact as of 09/27, 02:35 UTC. Our logs show the incident started on 09/27, 00:45 UTC and that during the 1 hour and 50 minutes that … Continue reading Experiencing Data Access Issue for Log Analytics in North Europe – 09/27 – Resolved

[Announcement] Hello Humans of IT, Adieu Diversity and Tech!

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
 
We’re thrilled to announce that our new Humans of IT Community will replace the former Diversity … Continue reading [Announcement] Hello Humans of IT, Adieu Diversity and Tech!

Benefit from Resource Provider registration when self-installing SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machine

Many companies are moving their SQL Server databases from on-premises to Azure, allowing them to benefit from cloud elasticity and scalability at the lowest TCO.[1] You can either move to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance for a fully-managed PaaS dat… Continue reading Benefit from Resource Provider registration when self-installing SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machine

Using machine learning to improve the Windows 10 update experience

This post was co-authored by  (Senior Data Scientist, Microsoft Cloud and AI) and  (Partner Data Scientist, Microsoft Cloud and AI).
Regular Microsoft updates to your Windows 10 PC help ensure that it’s kept secure from possible thr… Continue reading Using machine learning to improve the Windows 10 update experience

New Data Exposed episode: Switching an existing Azure SQL DB from Provisioned Compute to Serverless

Once you’re ready to switch a workload over to the serverless model, it is very easy to do. Watch Anna Thomas switch over a database she uses for demos to the serverless compute tier in this quick video.
 
Learn more about Azure SQL Database Serve… Continue reading New Data Exposed episode: Switching an existing Azure SQL DB from Provisioned Compute to Serverless