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Terraform, a widely-used Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool, streamlines provisioning and management of cloud resources through declarative configuration files. A core component of Terraform is its state file—a JSON file that preserves your infrastructu… Continue reading Securing Terraform State in Azure
Flexible work has replaced hybrid work in our lexicon here at Microsoft. Rather than a simple equation of X days in office + Y days working remotely = 1 hybrid week, we have now adopted a model that is fluid and flexible, and customized for each indivi… Continue reading Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms: A more inclusive and collaborative vision for hybrid meeting rooms
I often receive various requests from customers while working on FastTrack projects, and I have compiled some examples to help you build your solution on top of a data lake using useful tips. Most of the examples in this post use pandas, and I hope the… Continue reading Essential tips for exporting and cleaning data with Spark
The latest build of MSIX Packaging Tool (v1.2023.319.0) and the latest version of MSIXMGR are now available. With MSIX app attach as a growing phenomenon in the enterprise, this release fixes the “paper cuts” in the app attach enablement process. Here … Continue reading What’s new in MSIX: April 2023
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During a forensic investigation, malicious activity may be discovered in logs. An incident responder may want to identify related malicious activity across a range of related log files. Typically, responders would extract and search … Continue reading Fuzzy hashing logs to find malicious activity
We are pleased to announce that we have developed a new and improved style for our maps across Microsoft. Azure Maps now uses the very same vector tiles and satellite imagery directly as our other Microsoft mapping platforms, which includes o… Continue reading There is a New Style of maps across Microsoft
As customers bring sophisticated, high-performance workloads into Azure, there is a critical need for increased visibility and control over the operational state of complex networks running these workloads. Multi-cloud and hybrid network environments p… Continue reading Monitor and troubleshoot Azure & hybrid networks with Azure Network Monitoring
Season 3 of the Ninja Show has come to a close! Spanning the month of March, we were incredibly grateful to have such talented experts on with us to share their knowledge about many of the products, key features, and impressive capabilities within Micr… Continue reading The Virtual Ninja Show: Season 3 Recap!