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Welcome to the first post of our series on how to use Azure Databricks SQL with Power BI. In this article, we will focus on how to connect to a Databricks SQL Warehouse from Power BI and… Continue reading Power Up your BI with Microsoft Power BI and Azure Databricks Lakehouse: part 1 – Essentials
Forrester recognizes Microsoft’s strong vision and significant investments in Infrastructure-as-a-Service Platform Native Security offerings.
The post Forrester names Microsoft a Leader in 2023 Infrastructure-as-a-Service Platform Native Security repor… Continue reading Forrester names Microsoft a Leader in 2023 Infrastructure-as-a-Service Platform Native Security report
This paper explores the relationship between complexity, entropy, and chaos theory in the context of cloud application design and management. Discussing the importance of understanding business needs, setting RTO and RPO objectives, conducting effectiv… Continue reading Mitigating Downtime and Increasing Reliability: Strategies for Managing Complexity in the Cloud
I recently saw a discussion on what value does the cloud actually bring to people. Why migrate? Beyond the most stated reasons, elasticity (aka add a host, VM, app or container on the fly), resiliency with Azure regions, Availability sets and zones. Ma… Continue reading Move to Azure with a Web App
The new NVMe-enabled VM sizes of the Ebsv5 and Ebdsv5 VM offer the highest remote storage IOPS and throughput performance of any Azure VMs to date. Continue reading Generally Available: Ebsv5 and Ebdsv5 NVMe-enabled VM sizes
V4 is the latest upgrade for Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS). Azure Backup Server can now be installed on Windows Server 2022 with SQL Server 2022 as its database. MABS V4 brings key enhancements in the areas of workload support, performance and s… Continue reading Generally Available: Azure Backup Server V4
Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks is now generally available.
This capability provides instant compute to users for their BI and SQL workloads, with minimal management required. Continue reading Generally available: Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks
Today, we’re announcing the availability of a much-requested feature for IT administrators planning and deploying Windows feature and quality updates—email alerts! Starting today, you can get notified about Windows known issues documented in the Window… Continue reading New feature: Sign up for Windows known issue email alerts