Category: Azure

Feed: James Serra's Blog. Author: James Serra. Azure SQL Data Sync has been ignored for quite some time, but has finally gotten an update (it’s in public preview).  This release includes several major improvements to the service including new Azure portal support, PowerShell and REST API support, and enhancements to security and privacy. SQL Azure Data Sync is a Microsoft Windows Azure web service that provides data synchronization capabilities for SQL databases.  SQL Azure Data Sync allows data to be synchronized between on-premises SQL Server databases and Azure SQL databases; in addition, it can also keep multiple Azure SQL databases ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Sam George. Azure IoT Suite is designed to get customers and partners started quickly to connect and manage their devices in a simple and reliable manner, realizing business value from an IoT solution. Bing Map (v7) has been integrated as part of Azure IoT Suite Remote Monitoring preconfigured solution to visualize device locations and status in the preconfigured solution dashboard. We are pleased to announce that an advanced version of Bing Map (v8) has been effective since July 1st, 2017 for Azure IoT Suite Remote Monitoring preconfigured solution. It provides customers and partners: High performance: ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Bret Grinslade. Today we are releasing a preview of the Azure Analysis Services web designer. This new browser-based experience will allow developers to start creating and managing Azure Analysis Services (AAS) semantic models quickly and easily. While SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) are still the primary tools for development, this new experience is intended to make simple changes fast and easy. It is great for getting started on a new model or to do things such as adding a new measure to a development or production AAS model. This ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Kartik P V R. Today, we are excited to announce that Instant recovery of files and folders from Azure VM backups by Azure Backup is now generally available (GA). This adds to the repertoire of cloud-first features we have been delivering from Azure Backup. We earlier announced that File-folder recovery from Azure Windows VM backups and Linux VM backups were available in preview. We received great feedback from preview and we have enhanced the feature in terms of customer experience, security, and performance. Value Proposition Recap To recap the value proposition, with this file recovery ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Marley Gray. Introduction Enterprise Smart Contracts - Full Whitepaper It has been a little over a year since we announced Project Bletchley, and since that time we have been working directly with our partners and customers to understand how the cloud can help developers build a new generation of modern applications with blockchain as a core data layer. Our initial goal for “Blockchain as a Service” was to make it easier for developers to set up a lab environment, get their hands dirty, and build something useful for the enterprise using a blockchain. Microsoft Azure ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Richard Li. Users expect fast, reliable, and personalized web experiences independent of their browser, location, device, or network. However, the very innovations, such as rich interactive content and applications, that make these experiences so engaging also slow page downloads and put the quality of the consumer experience at risk. Standard CDN capability includes the ability to cache files closer to the end users to speed up delivery of static files. However, this does not help to improve the loading speed of dynamic web applications and APIs, which return unique data to each user along with ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Hayden Hainsworth. Our adversaries have many tools available on the Internet for use in mounting cyberattacks. Many of these tools enable them to gain access and control of enterprise IT resources. In the meantime, security professionals are not always aware of the vulnerabilities built into the IT resources they are tasked to defend. Azure Security Center (ASC) can help bridge this gap. This blog post is for IT and security professionals interested in using Azure Security Center (ASC) to detect and protect Azure-based resources from SQL injection attacks among others. The goal of this post ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Anika Zaman. With the Video Indexer connector for Logic Apps, you can now set up custom workflows connecting your most used apps with Video Indexer to further automate the process of extracting deep insights from your videos. In this blog, I will walk you through an example of using the Video Indexer connector in a Logic App to set up a workflow where whenever a new video file is created in a specific folder of your OneDrive, the video is automatically uploaded and indexed. Once completed, the insights of the newly indexed video will be ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Veljko Vasic. Automatic tuning To stay competitive, today’s businesses need to make sure that they focus on their core competencies that directly deliver customer value while relying on their cloud provider to offer an affordable, reliable, and easy to use computing infrastructure that scales with their needs. In the world of cloud services, where many aspects of running the application stack are delegated to the cloud platform, having artificial intelligence to manage resources is a necessity when dealing with 100,000’s of resources. Azure SQL Database is continuously innovating by building artificial intelligence into the database ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Larry Cochrane. The utilities industry is under continuous and persistent threat. The Ukraine attack was a wake-up call for many utilities who would not have considered something as improbable as a serial-to-Ethernet gateway vulnerability to be one of the key factors in allowing hackers to turn-off power to more than 230,000 Ukrainian residents. The E-ISAC’s detailed analysis of the attack shows how existing SCADA and communications processes were used to compromise systems. As we learn more about the CrashOverride Malware at the heart of this attack, the importance of proactive protection becomes evident. The WannaCry ... Read More