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Azure Launches Free Playground for WordPress on App Service
One year after introducing WordPress on Azure App Service, Microsoft has started offering a free hosting tier for developers to explore with WordPress on Azure without incurring any costs (almost).
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Azure Container Apps Workload Profiles, Dedicated Plans, More Networking Features, and Jobs GA
Microsoft recently announced the general availability of several Azure Container App features: workload profiles environment, dedicated plan, additional networking features, and jobs.
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Intra-Account Collection Copy in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB in Public Preview
Microsoft recently introduced the public preview of Intra-Account Collection Copy for Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB, allowing users to copy collections within the same account - offering enhanced data management and migration capabilities.
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External REST Endpoint Invocation in SQL Azure Now Generally Available
Microsoft recently announced the general availability (GA) of Azure SQL Database External REST Endpoint Integration – an ability to call a REST endpoint natively from Azure SQL Database.
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Cost-Effective Solution for Infrequent Data Access and Retention with Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier
Microsoft recently announced the general availability of the Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier, an online tier designed explicitly for efficiently storing infrequently accessed or modified data while ensuring immediate availability.
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Microsoft Announces General Availability for Its Telco Offering Azure Operator Nexus
Microsoft recently announced the general availability (GA) of Azure Operator Nexus, a carrier-grade and hybrid platform built to allow telecom operators to modernize and transform their networks. It is designed to bring the performance and resiliency of carrier-grade network functions to traditional cloud infrastructures.
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Microsoft Announces Preview of Azure Application Gateway for Containers
Microsoft recently announced the preview of Azure Application Gateway for Containers - a new application (layer 7) load balancing and dynamic traffic management product for workloads running in a Kubernetes cluster. It extends Azure's Application Load Balancing portfolio and is a new offering under the Application Gateway product family.
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Microsoft Introduces Azure Deployment Stacks in Public Preview
Microsoft recently announced the public preview of deployment stacks in Azure, a new resource type for managing a collection of Azure resources as a single unit for faster update and delete (cleanup). In addition, it brings more granular capabilities for preventing unwanted changes to resources.
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Microsoft Introduces the Public Preview of Vector Search Feature in Azure Cognitive Search
At its annual Inspire conference, Microsoft recently announced the public preview of Vector search in Azure Cognitive Search, a capability for building applications powered by large language models. It is a new capability for indexing, storing, and retrieving vector embeddings from a search index.
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Microsoft Azure Managed Lustre for HPC and AI Workloads Now Generally Available
Microsoft recently announced the general availability (GA) of Azure Managed Lustre, a managed file system for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI workloads.
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Microsoft Azure Cross-Region (Global) Load Balancer Now Generally Available
Microsoft recently announced the general availability (GA) of Azure cross-region (Global) Load Balancer in all Azure public and national cloud regions.
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Microsoft Dev Box Now Generally Available
Microsoft recently announced the general availability (GA) of Microsoft Dev Box, a service providing developers access to preconfigured and centrally managed dev boxes.
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Azure Brings Vertical Scaling, Monitor Alerts and More for Apache Cassandra Managed Instance
Microsoft has recently released some new features for Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra, such as upgrading the Apache Cassandra version to 4.0 GA, Azure Monitor alerts and insights, deallocating cluster resources to improve costs, vertical scaling and more.
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Microsoft Empowers Government Agencies with Secure Access to Generative AI Capabilities
Microsoft continues to prioritize the development of cloud services that align with US regulatory standards and cater to government requirements for security and compliance. The latest addition to their tools is the integration of generative AI capabilities through Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, which aims to enhance government agencies' efficiency, productivity, and data insights.
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Public Preview of JSON Schema Support in Azure Event Hubs Schema Registry for Kafka Applications
Microsoft recently announced that the Azure Event Hubs schema registry now includes JSON schema support, providing Kafka applications with a centralized repository for schema documents used in messaging-centric and event-driven applications. The JSON schema support is currently in public preview.