According to Microsoft, Azure is an ever-expanding set of cloud services to help your organisation meet business challenges. It’s the freedom to build, manage, and deploy applications on a massive, global network using various tools and frameworks.
From DevOps to business analytics to the Internet of Things, Azure is designed to have users up and running quickly with a scalable, cost-effective solution that works with your existing investments.
This cloud computing service is a big part of Microsoft’s business, and it competes with similar services from Amazon and Google.
Therefore, our Azure Category is full of handy tips, tricks and advise. Check out some of the Step by Step blogs or learn with our eBooks, How To videos and Webinars.
Microsoft Fabric is the latest buzz in the tech world, with companies actively discussing its adoption. Now is the perfect time to evaluate if Microsoft Fabric is suitable for your organization. This blog aims to provide insights for decision-makers, database administrators, DWH developers, SQL Server, and Azure Synapse developers. Evaluating Microsoft Fabric DWH for Your… READ MORE
Microsoft recently announced a public preview of User-Defined Route (UDR) management using Azure Virtual Network Manager. I’ve taken some time to play with it, and here are my thoughts. Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) AVNM has been around for a while but I have mostly ignored it up to now because: Connectivity was missing something – the… READ MORE
A while ago I needed to change an Azure Function timeout but I wanted to avoid, if possible, to republish it. After a little while searching I discovered this page which explain how to overwrite the values specified in the host.json file with the values specified from the Azure configuration. The article states that if you specify… READ MORE
Ever struggled with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates? These JSON files are essential for setting up your resources on Azure. Powerful? Absolutely. But let’s be honest, they can be a bit tough to read and manage. 🤔 Azure Bicep to the rescue! 🌟 Created by Microsoft, this domain-specific language (DSL) refines ARM templates to be… READ MORE
In recent news, Microsoft’s strategic movements in the AI, Copilot and technology sectors. 3 big AI trends to watch in 2024: Small language models: Microsoft researchers have introduced Phi and Orca, two Small Language Models (SLMs) that demonstrate comparable or superior performance to Large Language Models (LLMs) in targeted domains. This development highlights the… READ MORE
Explore the transformative realm of Microsoft Azure tailored specifically for .NET developers with “A Developer’s Guide to .NET in Azure.” This meticulously curated compendium serves as your roadmap to mastering the art of creating resilient, scalable, and highly available applications in the Azure ecosystem. Organized into four insightful parts, the book begins with Part 1,… READ MORE
In the vast landscape of technology, where applications and systems seamlessly team up, a silent hero exists: the Application Programming Interface (API). An API is like a waiter in a restaurant. Customers (developers) communicate their preferences (requests) to the waiter (API), specifying the dishes (data or services) they desire. The waiter efficiently conveys these requests… READ MORE
Introduction Recently MSFT has released Teams Open AI library modules. With these services, you can make your Teams Apps more intelligent, Contextual and run meaningful and fluid conversations. These Open AI modules do all the hard work behind the scenes, and it’s your job to configure these smart settings. You can learn more about Azure… READ MORE
Introduction In a groundbreaking move, Microsoft has introduced Azure AI Speech, a revolutionary tool that empowers users to create lifelike text-to-speech AI avatars. This innovative feature, unveiled at Microsoft Ignite 2023, is currently available in public preview, marking a significant step forward in the realm of artificial intelligence and communication. What is text to text-to-speech… READ MORE
When OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public in November last year, its impact was instantly clear to see, not just within the technology industry, but across the larger world too. It grew rapidly, becoming the fastest-growing application of all time and hitting 100 million active users by January 2023. However, Microsoft saw the potential in… READ MORE
