Category: Azure

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Peter Provost. Today I want to show how simple it is to connect a temperature/humidity sensor to Azure IoT Central using a Raspberry Pi and Node-RED. As many of you know, Raspberry Pi is a small, single-board computer. Its low cost, low power nature makes it a natural fit for IoT projects. Node-RED is a flow-based, drag and drop programming tool designed for IoT. It enables the creation of robust automation flows in a web browser, simplifying IoT project development. For my example, I’m using a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and a simple DHT22 ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Vishnu Charan TJ. We are excited to reveal a set of new features for backing up Microsoft Azure file shares natively using Azure Backup. All backup-related features have also been released to support file shares connected to Azure File Sync. Azure files with NTFS ACLs Azure Backup now supports preserving and restoring new technology file system (NTFS) access control lists (ACL) for Azure files in preview. Starting in 2019, Azure Backup automatically started capturing your file ACLs when backing up file shares. When you need to go back in time, the file ACLs are also ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Taylor Cox. We are excited to share the release of the Microsoft Azure HDInsight Metastore Migration Tool (HMMT), an open-source script that can be used for applying bulk edits to the Hive metastore. The HDInsight Metastore Migration Tool is a low-latency, no-installation solution for challenges related to data migrations in Azure HDInsight. There are many reasons why a Hive data migration may need to take place. You may need to protect your data by enabling secure transfer on your Azure storage accounts. Perhaps you will be migrating your Hive tables from WASB to Azure Data ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Vivian Liu. We are happy to share that you can now export data to Azure Event Hubs and Azure Service Bus in near real-time from your Azure IoT Central app! Previously, Continuous Data Export enabled exporting your IoT Central measurements, devices, and device templates data to your Azure Blob Storage account once every minute for cold path storage and analytics. Now you can export this data in near real-time to your Azure Event Hubs and Azure Service Bus instances for analytics and monitoring. For example, an energy company wants to understand and predict trends in ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Rob Caron. Now in preview Azure Monitor logs in Grafana - now in public preview Grafana offers great dashboarding capabilities, rich visualizations, and integrations with over 40 data sources. Grafana integration is now available in preview for Microsoft Azure Monitor logs. This integration is achieved through the new Log Analytics plugin, now available as part of the Azure Monitor data source. If you’re already using Grafana for your dashboards, this new plugin can help you create a single pane of glass for your various monitoring needs. The new plugin enables you to display any data ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Greg Clark. One of the most important considerations when choosing an AI service is security and regulatory compliance. Can you trust that the AI is being processed with the high standards and safeguards that you come to expect with hardened, durable software systems? Cognitive Services today includes 14 generally available products. Below is an overview of current certifications in support of greater security and regulatory compliance for your business. Added industry certifications and compliance Significant progress has been made in meeting major security standards. In the past six months, Cognitive Services added 31 certifications across ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Roberto Lucchi. Real-time location intelligence is critical for business operations. From getting real-time road data, to building asset-tracking solutions for navigating drone fleets. Today, we’re excited to highlight a customer, AirMap, whose software solutions rely on Azure Maps for real-time location intelligence in a new frontier of technology called dynamic mission planning for drones. AirMap is the leading global airspace management platform for drones. AirMap’s Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) platform enables the deployment and operations of safe, efficient, and advanced drone operations for enterprises and drone solution providers. Since 2017, AirMap has been part of ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Tyler Fox. We recently introduced support for HDInsight in Microsoft Azure CLI as a public preview. With the addition of the new HDInsight command group, you can now utilize all of the features and benefits that come with the familiar cross-platform Azure CLI to manage your HDInsight clusters. Key Features Cluster CRUD: Create, delete, list, resize, and show properties for your HDInsight clusters. Script actions: Execute script actions, list and delete persistent script actions, promote ad-hoc script executions to persistent script actions, and show the execution history of script actions on HDInsight clusters. Operations Management ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Gabi Lehner. Are you using Azure Data Explorer to query vast amounts of data? Are you following business metrics and KPIs with Grafana dashboards? Creating a Grafana data source with Azure Data Explorer has never been easier. Grafana is a leading open source software designed for visualizing time series analytics. It is an analytics and metrics platform that enables you to query and visualize data and create and share dashboards based on those visualizations. Combining Grafana’s beautiful visualizations with Azure Data Explorer’s snappy ad hoc queries over massive amounts of data, creates impressive usage potential ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: David Burt. Microsoft helps organizations all over the world comply with national, regional, and industry-specific regulatory requirements. These requirements are aimed at securing and protecting the data of individuals, establishments, and critical technology infrastructures. Azure meets the broadest set of international and industry-specific compliance standards, and we’ve added another country-specific compliance offering to our extensive portfolio with the K-ISMS. The K-ISMS certification was introduced by the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) and is designed to ensure the security and privacy of data in the region through a stringent set of control requirements. Achieving this ... Read More