In Kazakhstan the local authorities have operationalized a Time Zone Change for the country, where all cities will converge to UTC+5 (and UTC+6 is getting deprecated and converging into UTC+5).   Logic Apps presents the following Time Zones for Kazakhstan:   TRime Zones Impact (UTC+05:00) Ashgabat, Tashkent If you are using Qyzylorda timezone, there will be no impact for you. (UTC+06:00) Astana Astana timezone is being moved to UTC+5. This work will be underway in the next weeks, but if you want this change to be reflected now, you should move your timezone ..read more

Three features now available in GA enable you to seamlessly log inference data to a central location, set up event-driven applications, processes, or workflows based on Azure Machine Learning events, and utilize lifecycle management of features from creation through archival ..read more

Joe Beernink, Cijo Thomas, and Vishwesh Bankwar contributed to this blog.   When Willow, a global technology company, decided to use Azure Monitor, they leveraged the .NET Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro. The “Distro” is a data collection library which powers Azure Monitor Application Insights and simplifies OpenTelemetry on Azure.   Joe Beernink, Principal Software Engineer at Willow, shares more, “We wanted to use the latest OpenTelemetry libraries to be well-positioned for the future, and we like the flexibility of Azure Monitor’s consumption-based pricing so we can optimiz ..read more

Congratulations to all the researchers recognized in this quarter’s Microsoft Researcher Recognition Program leaderboard! Thank you to everyone for your hard work and continued partnership to secure customers. The top three researchers of the 2024 Q1 Security Researcher Leaderboard are Yuki Chen, VictorV, and Nitesh Surana! Check out the full list of researchers recognized this quarter here ..read more

The latest version of The Reliable Web App (RWA) Pattern for .NET enhances its original objective of helping existing .NET web apps transition to Azure by now emphasizing improvements to production infrastructure. These enhancements are a direct response to user feedback, focusing especially on the importance of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep best practices and network security. While the update maintains its foundational developer patterns, it also boosts network security for production deployments and streamlines the initial setup process.   In this blog post, we will explai ..read more

Today, we’ll talk about cost management and FinOps, and we have Paola Annis from Microsoft as the expert on this. What’s FinOps again? What are companies focusing on as part of FinOps? We consider the different aspects of FinOps, and reflect how it looked in the back compared to today. Also, Jussi asks Paola an unexpected question. (00:00) – Intro and catching up. (02:42) – Show content starts. Show links– https://data.finops.org/#11755 – https://data.finops.org/#11757  – Give us feedback ..read more

Running Windows Server on-premises or at the edge? Learn how you can leverage Azure management solutions for cloud operations for Windows Server through Azure Arc. At the Windows Server Summit 2024, I had the chance to deliver a session with Aurnov Chattopadhyay and Jodi Boone, Product Managers for Azure Arc and we went through different automation … The post Cloud operations for Windows Server through Azure Arc appeared first on Thomas Maurer ..read more

    Manufacturers today are facing enormous pressure to drive growth, increase operating margins and keep pace with the speed of innovation, all while maintaining sustainable practices. Industry 4.0 solutions promise increased worker safety and efficiency, faster and more accurate quality inspection, and even predictive maintenance.  But existing Wi-Fi or ethernet networks in a manufacturing facility may not be feasible, robust or secure enough.  Enter private 5G. Private 5G is more than just a faster network. It is a game-changer for the manufacturing industry, enablin ..read more

Are you concerned about data protection and recovery if your storage account is compromised or a malicious actor deletes your file share? Are you obligated 8 Min. Read ..read more

In this post, let’s see how we can replace backend API URLs in the response body from an Azure API Management (APIM) policy. Say, we have a backend API endpoint that has the following code. WebApplicationBuilder builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args); WebApplication app = builder.Build(); app.UseHttpsRedirection(); app.MapGet(“/endpoints”,  ..read more