Unified Update Platform with ConfigMgr – Questions from the Field
Hello everyone! I´m Stefan Röll, Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft Germany for Intune and Microsoft Configuration Manager. In the past weeks, I got a lot of questions from customers around the recently released Unified Update Platform (UUP). In this Blog ... continue reading
Measuring script execution time
Most of the time while developing PowerShell scripts we don’t need to worry about performance, or execution time. After all, scripts were made to run automation in the background. However, as your scripts become more sophisticated, and you need to ... continue reading
What’s new in Azure Data & AI: Helping organizations manage the data deluge
When I meet with customers and partners, one thing is clear: nearly every organization is looking to accelerate its use of data to drive strategic outcomes. Generating data isn’t the issue. By 2025, IDC estimates the world will surpass 181 zettabytes ... continue reading

Cybersecurity health and how to stay ahead of attackers with Linda Grasso
The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyberthreats. In the latest post of our Community Voices blog series, Microsoft Security Senior Product Marketing Manager Brooke Lynn Weenig talks with Linda Grasso, the founder and chief executive officer of DeltalogiX, a blog that ... continue reading
Azure high-performance computing powers energy industry innovation
Azure high-performance computing provides a platform for energy industry innovation at scale. The rising demand for energy Global energy demand has rapidly increased over the last few years and looks set to continue accelerating at such a pace. With a ... continue reading

Azure Data Studio 1.41 release
We are less than one month into 2023 and already have a new release of Azure Data Studio to shareintroducing 1.41! With this release, we migrated to a new authentication library, made improvements based on user requests and feedback, and ... continue reading

Start learning Azure today with new role-based skill guides
It’s crucial to keep learning the latest cloud technology skills if you want to stay competitive in your field. Whether it’s a network at risk from an outside threat, data being improperly backed up, or a problem debugging an app, ... continue reading

Microsoft supports the DoD’s Zero Trust strategy
The Department of Defense (DoD) released its formal Zero Trust strategy today, marking a major milestone in its goal of achieving enterprise-wide implementation by 2027. The strategy comes at a critical time as United States government networks continue to face ... continue reading
Backup and restore to URL for S3-compatible object storage
Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series.Backup and restore to simple storage service (S3)compatible object storage is a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2022 that grants the user the capability to back up or restore their databases using S3-compatible ... continue reading

Wipro and Microsoft partner on services and accelerators for the new Microsoft Energy Data Services
This blog post was co-authored by Paul Dejager, OSDU Practice Lead, Wipro. Since its first customer-ready release, the OSDU™ Data Platform has been tested and piloted within the energy industry with great success. However, customers have been awaiting an enterprise-ready ... continue reading