Recently a new flaw was discovered in PolKit – a component which controls system-wide privileges in Unix OS. This vulnerability potentially allows unprivileged account to have root permission. In this blog post, we will focus on the recent vulnerability, demonstrate how attacker can easily abuse and weaponize it. In addition, we will preset how Azure […]
Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 30
Azure Blockchain Workbench: 8-Week Implementation: Azure Blockchain Workbench by Akvelon provides the infrastructure scaffolding for building end-to-end blockchain applications on top of the Microsoft Azure platform. Azure Cloud Migration: 2 Day Assessment: Take advantage of FMT Consultants’ thorough Azure migration assessment. Gain valuable insights for what it will take to migrate your on-premises applications. Azure […]
Development, source control, and CI/CD for Azure Stream Analytics jobs
Do you know how to develop and source control your Microsoft Azure Stream Analytics (ASA) jobs? Do you know how to setup automated processes to build, test, and deploy these jobs to multiple environments? Stream Analytics Visual Studio tools together with Azure Pipelines provides an integrated environment that helps you accomplish all these scenarios. This […]
Read Replicas for Azure Database for PostgreSQL now in Preview
This blog is co-authored by Parikshit Savjani, Senior Program Manager and Rachel Agyemang, Program Manager, Microsoft Azure. We are excited to announce Public Preview availability of Read Replicas for Azure Database for PostgreSQL. Azure Database for PostgreSQL now supports continuous, asynchronous replication of data from one Azure Database for PostgreSQL server (the “master”) to up […]
Microsoft joins the SciKit-learn Consortium
As part of our ongoing commitment to open and interoperable artificial intelligence, Microsoft has joined the SciKit-learn consortium as a platinum member and released tools to enable increased usage of SciKit-learn pipelines. Initially launched in 2007 by members of the Python scientific community, SciKit-learn has attracted a large community of active developers who have turned […]
Azure.Source – Volume 67
Now in preview Introducing IoT Hub device streams in public preview Azure IoT Hub device streams is a new PaaS service that addresses the need for security and organization policy compliance by providing a foundation for secure end-to-end connectivity to IoT devices. At its core, an IoT Hub device stream is a data transfer tunnel […]
AI & IoT Insider Labs: Helping transform smallholder farming
This blog post was authored by Peter Cooper, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft IoT. From smart factories and smart cities to virtual personal assistants and self-driving cars, artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are transforming how people around the world live, work, and play. But fundamentally changing the ways people, devices, and data […]
Hyperledger Fabric updates now available
In late 2017, a growing number of customers were interested in using Hyperledger Fabric (HLF) to build their applications on Azure. At this time, we announced support for this popular offering through the Azure Marketplace. Over the early part of this year we added support for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) and the Go extension […]
Analyze data in Azure Data Explorer using KQL magic for Jupyter Notebook
Exploring data is like solving a puzzle. You create queries and receive instant satisfaction when you discover insights, just like adding pieces to complete a puzzle. Imagine you have to repeat the same analysis multiple times, use libraries from an open-source community, share your steps and output with others, and save your work as an […]
Security for healthcare through cloud agents and virtual patching
Healthcare organizations depend on data-driven decisions. To enable better decisions and better health outcomes, healthcare organizations are moving to the cloud. There, the latest advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and analytics can be more easily tested and implemented. For a healthcare organization, security and protection of data is a primary value, but solutions can […]