Following the launch of Azure DevOps in September, we’re pleased to announce the official release of Azure DevOps Server 2019! Previously known as Team Foundation Server (TFS), Azure DevOps Server 2019 brings the power of Azure DevOps into your dedicated environment. You can install Azure DevOps Server 2019 into any datacenter or sovereign, and determine […]
Azure Premium Blob Storage public preview
Today we are excited to announce the public preview of Azure Premium Blob Storage. Premium Blob Storage is a new performance tier in Azure Blob Storage, complimenting the existing Hot, Cool, and Archive tiers. Premium Blob Storage is ideal for workloads with high transactions rates or requires very fast access times, such as IoT, Telemetry, […]
Think twice before feeding your data to AI algorithms
Awesome, not awesome. #Awesome“In search of a solution to this problem [of the variable nature of wind as a renewable energy source], last year DeepMind and Google started applying machine learning algorithms to 700 megawatts of wind power capacity in the central United States. These wind farms — part of Google’s global fleet of renewable energy projects — collectively […]
Secure server access with VNet service endpoints for Azure Database for MariaDB
This blog post was co-authored by Sumeet Mittal, Senior Program Manager, Azure Networking. Ensure security and limit access to your MariaDB server with the virtual network (VNet) service endpoints now generally available for Azure Database for MariaDB. VNet service endpoints enable you to isolate connectivity to your logical server from a given subnet within your […]
Scaling out read workloads in Azure Database for MySQL
For read-heavy workloads that you are looking to scale out, you can use read replicas, which are now generally available to all Azure Database for MySQL users. Read replicas make it easy to horizontally scale out beyond a single database server. This is useful in workloads such as BI reporting and web applications, which tend […]
Azure Marketplace and Cloud Solution Provider updates – March 2019
In February, Microsoft shared an ambitious vision to continue innovating as a technology provider and to improve the experience for solution developers and service providers when engaging with Microsoft. Our partners are delivering more innovation in AI, expanding their business through more co-selling opportunities, and leveraging distribution options through our commercial marketplaces such as Azure […]
Here’s How Big Data Influences Banking And Online Lenders
It was an ideal time for online lenders to arrive in Silicon Valley. After the financial crisis of 2008, banks who were the first choice as lenders for everyday people took a little bit of time to comprehend the way in which customers wanted to access credit and they were not ready to take any […]
Azure Communications is hosting an “Ask Me Anything” session!
Have you ever wondered where those service notifications in the Azure Portal and the Azure Status page come from? Curious why some messages appear to have more information than others? Interested in learning more about what goes into an outage statement? This is your chance to find out! The Azure Communications team will be hosting […]
Service Fabric Processor in public preview
Microsoft clients for Azure Event Hubs have always had two levels of abstraction. There is the low-level client, which includes event sender and receiver classes which allow for maximum control by the application, but also force the application to understand the configuration of the Event Hub and maintain an event receiver connected to each partition. […]
Tele2 IoT keeps public transport running on road, rail and sea
Sweden’s second largest public transportation company, Västtrafik, transports nearly one million passengers each day via train, tram, boat and bus – that’s equal to nearly 12 trips around the globe – and Tele2 IoT is the glue that helps keep it together. Operating in both rural and urban areas of western Sweden, Västtrafik is the […]