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The pgcrypto module is a cryptographic extension that provides a number of hashing and cryptographic functions using MD5, SHA, HMAC, AES, BLOWFISH, PGP, and CRYPT, as well as DES and 3DES.
When encrypting data, one must take into an account the m… Continue reading Secure sensitive data with pgcrypto extension in Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server
Today, I worked on a performance case where our customer got the following error message: (‘40001’, ‘[40001] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server][SQL Server]Transaction (Process ID NNN) was deadlocked on lock resources with another process and ha… Continue reading Lesson Learned #265: Deadlock due to Non-Optimized Queries
Today, I worked on a performance case where our customer got the following error message: (‘40001’, ‘[40001] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server][SQL Server]Transaction (Process ID NNN) was deadlocked on lock resources with another process and ha… Continue reading Lesson Learned #265: Deadlock due to Non-Optmized Queries
This article contains a few recommendations for reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO) of your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster. If you want to minimize the number of unused cores, you can use the following general guidelines to improve the d… Continue reading How to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster
Logging is an essential component of any good software development process. Through logging, we can detect and fix issues, understand the behavior of users, and obtain valuable business insights. However, logging involves many complex problems that we … Continue reading Getting started with Apache Log4j and Azure Data Explorer
Hi community,
I am Helmut Wagensonner, a Cloud Solution Architect – Engineer at Microsoft. In a former blog (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/windows-10-or-windows-11-gpo-admx-which-one-to-use-for-your/ba-p… Continue reading Windows 10 or Windows 11 GPO ADMX – An Update
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Azure policy introduced a new policy effect named ‘DenyAction’ recently, which enables the user to block requests on intended action to resources in case the critical resources are changed. This article introduces the ‘DenyAction’ eff… Continue reading Quickstart: DenyAction Effect in Azure Policy
In this blog, we will explain how auditing works for some of the latest features for Hyperscale Azure SQL Database I.e. Hyperscale Named replicas and Geo replication & auto failover groups.
Auditing for Named Replicas:
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