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Microsoft Azure<\/a>, being a constantly evolving, updating and changing environment, makes it difficult to sometimes follow all that happens around it. I will try to condense some of the Azure Announcements based on status – generally available, preview or update features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be aware that generally available features\/updates might incur costs. Anything that is part of a public preview<\/a>, does not incur any costs, but also does not have Service-Level Agreement (SLA<\/a>) attached to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Past articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\nAzure Announcements (December 2022)<\/a>
Microsoft Ignite Announcements (October 2022)<\/a>
Azure announcements (September 2022)<\/a>
Azure announcements (August 2022)<\/a>
Azure Announcements (July 2022)<\/a>
Azure Announcements (June 2022)<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Blogs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

General availability of Azure OpenAI Service expands access to large, advanced AI <\/s>models with added enterprise benefits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Large language models are quickly becoming an essential platform for people to innovate, apply AI to solve big problems, and imagine what\u2019s possible. Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Azure OpenAI Service as part of Microsoft\u2019s continued commitment to democratizing AI, and ongoing partnership with OpenAI<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Azure <\/a>OpenAI <\/a>Service<\/a> now generally available, more businesses can apply for access to the most advanced AI models in the world\u2014including GPT-3.5, Codex, and DALL\u2022E 2\u2014backed by the trusted enterprise-grade capabilities and AI-optimized infrastructure of Microsoft Azure, to create cutting-edge applications. Customers will also be able to access ChatGPT\u2014a fine-tuned version of GPT-3.5 that has been trained and runs inference on Azure AI infrastructure\u2014through Azure OpenAI Service soon.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Timeline of Microsoft AI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Additional information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link to <\/a>blog<\/a>
Learn more about Azure OpenAI Service<\/a> and more about all the latest enhancements<\/a>.
Apply for access to Azure OpenAI Service<\/a>
Quickstart: how to <\/a>get <\/a>started generating text<\/a>
Read the blog: AI and the need for purpose-built cloud infrastructure<\/a>
Tips on using the service: Getting started with Azure OpenAI<\/a>
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General Availability Announcements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Apache log4J2 sink to Azure Data Explorer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Azure Data Explorer(ADX\/Kusto) now supports ingestion of data from log4j with the release of our new Log4J2 sink. Log4j is a popular logging framework for Java applications maintained by the Apache Foundation. Log4j allows developers to control which log statements are output with arbitrary granularity. It is based on the logger’s name, logger level, and message pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This sink allows you to easily stream your log data to Azure Data Explorer. There you can analyze, visualize, and alert on your logs in real time. With the Log4J2 sink, you can take advantage of ADX’s powerful querying and ingestion capabilities. This will enable gaining insights into your logs and detect issues before they become problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additional information:<\/p>\nGeneral availability: Apache log4J2 sink to Azure Data Explorer | Azure Blog and Updates | Microsoft Azure<\/a>
Getting started with Apache Log4j and Azure Data Explorer | Microsoft Learn<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Azure Sphere support for European Data Boundary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In keeping with Microsoft\u2019s mission to process and store EU data exclusively within the EU (see EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud<\/a>), the Azure Sphere Security Service now enables EU customers to process and store image files and device crash dump files within the EU as desired. The new Regional Data Boundary<\/em> setting is an optional parameter. It can be used with the azsphere image<\/strong> and azsphere device-group<\/strong> commands. \u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additional information:<\/p>\nAzure Sphere CLI device-group command | Microsoft Learn<\/a> 
Azure Sphere CLI image command | Microsoft Learn<\/a> 

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Azure VM backup: General availability updates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Azure VM backup interacts with VSS to get application consistent snapshots. When a user configures Azure VM backup for a SQL virtual machine, this will create a SQL FULL snapshot (default). This can cause VM snapshot delays and reset the log sequence number (LSN) of SQL log backups. This reset may cause problems during recovery if an end user is unaware of the reset. To avoid this, the user sets a registry key<\/a> that will create a SQL COPY_ONLY_FULL snapshot instead of FULL. A COPY_ONLY_FULL snapshot does NOT reset the LSN and it also guarantees SQL recoverability to the snapshot point-in-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of now, this registry key is set automatically to all SQL VMs already protected using Azure VM backup. It will be set automatically to all new SQL VMs during the configuration of Azure VM backup. Users are not expected to perform any additional steps to get this benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additional information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\nAzure VM backup: General availability updates for Dec, 2022 | Azure Blog and Updates | Microsoft Azure<\/a>
Troubleshoot VM snapshot issues | Microsoft Learn<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

At-scale monitoring for Azure Site Recovery with Backup Center<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Backup center has been the go-to place for our backup customers that provides a single unified management experience<\/em> in Azure. This enables enterprises to govern, monitor, operate, and analyze backups at scale. We have now enhanced Backup center to provide at-scale monitoring capabilities for Azure Site Recovery users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azure Site Recovery users can now use Azure Backup center for at-scale monitoring and management capabilities across subscriptions, resource groups, and regions like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n