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In this guest blog post, Amy Bahlo, Cisco’s Global Partner Executive for Microsoft, discusses the challenges of effectively managing wide-area networks and how deploying Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN on Microsoft Azure optimizes network performance while lower… Continue reading Staying ahead of the curve via modern networking, and how Cisco SD-WAN on Azure can help
Overview
This blog discusses an overall approach for monitoring very commonly encountered uscases e.g. performance monitoring for CPU, disk, network, port connections, service status for hybrid VMs that are connected to Azure ARC.
Planning and S… Continue reading Azure ARC, Azure Monitoring and Azure Workbooks
Organizations, Data analysts and data scientists need to protect the personally identifiable information (PII) of their clients, such as names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, or social security numbers (SSN), that they use to build reports and dash… Continue reading Protect PII information in your Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse with Responsible AI
In this blog, we will explore how to securely access Azure Key Vault from a Python App Service using managed identity. This method enhances security by avoiding the need to store credentials in code or configuration files. If you are interested in conn… Continue reading How to connect Azure Key Vault from Python App Service using managed identity
In a recent support case, our customer faced an intriguing issue where a query execution in a .NET application was unexpectedly canceled during asynchronous operations against Azure SQL Database. This experience highlighted the nuances of handling quer… Continue reading Lesson Learned #480:Navigating Query Cancellations with Azure SQL Database
Every week starting March 20 to April 18 join us as we embark on a thrilling journey of discovery and learning with our live, interactive series where you’ll be in the company of experts and fellow developers from across the globe. Dive into our Learn… Continue reading Learn Live: Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge
Azure Cognitive Search & OpenAI Output can be effectively restricted with the help of Azure Entra Security Groups. With Azure Entra Security Groups, organizations can limit access to an Azure search instance or an OpenAI Output instance bas… Continue reading Restricting Azure Cognitive Search & Azure OpenAI Output with Azure Entra Security Groups
Introduction
We all know that as security threats evolve, we must update our defenses to mitigate newer threats. Over the last few months, some customers have asked us to strengthen the way we secure passwords in SQL Server. The most often-cited refere… Continue reading Support for Iterated and Salted Hash Password Verifiers in SQL Server 2022 CU12