App Service Web Apps, Functions, and Logic Apps (Standard) *.azurewebsites.net TLS cert renewal

This blog contains information about *.azurewebsites.net TLS certificate changes for web apps, functions, and logic apps (standard). Customers should not be impacted by this change. The scope of services affected includes web apps, functions, and logic… Continue reading App Service Web Apps, Functions, and Logic Apps (Standard) *.azurewebsites.net TLS cert renewal

What’s new in Microsoft Endpoint Manager – 2203 (March) edition

This month, I want to share three highlights from our Microsoft Endpoint Manager March release. First, we are addressing the frequent requests from customers with large numbers of macOS devices, by expanding Endpoint Manager’s capabilities to manage th… Continue reading What’s new in Microsoft Endpoint Manager – 2203 (March) edition

SQL 911: A DBA’s Guidebook using Notebooks in Azure Data Studio | Data Exposed

Did you know that Jupyter Notebooks can help you manage your SQL Server enterprise no matter how large or small? In this episode of Data Exposed, Kevin Warren demo’s a Jupyter Notebook in Azure Data Studio that was created to be a DBA’s handbook of res… Continue reading SQL 911: A DBA’s Guidebook using Notebooks in Azure Data Studio | Data Exposed

Azure SQL Troubleshooting Power BI dataset refresh failures

Recently we worked on a case where the Power BI refreshes were failing intermittently. 90% of time, things would work just fine, but sporadically our customer would see similar errors to the one below
 

 
”Execution Timeout Expired” suggests… Continue reading Azure SQL Troubleshooting Power BI dataset refresh failures

‘Be open, be flexible’: Skilling and the learning culture at Deutsche Telekom and T-Systems

Deutsche Telekom (Telekom) set itself an existential learning challenge in late 2020: Telekom Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tim Höttges and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that much of Telekom’s internal IT workloads would migrate to the public c… Continue reading ‘Be open, be flexible’: Skilling and the learning culture at Deutsche Telekom and T-Systems

Decentralized Identity: The Basics of Decentralized Identity

Here in part three of our decentralized identity series, I’ll describe the key parts of a decentralized identity architecture without diving too far into the technical details. It takes a village for this kind of ecosystem to work – as you’re about to … Continue reading Decentralized Identity: The Basics of Decentralized Identity