Welcome to Microsoft Ignite 2023! The past year has been one of true transformation. Companies are seeing real benefits today and are eager to explore what’s next—including how they can do more with their data investments, build intelligent applications, and uncover what AI can do for their business. We recently commissioned a study through IDC …
Sydney Smith We are excited to announce that the fall update to the PowerShell Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available on the extension marketplace. In this update, thanks to efforts across the team, we are shipping the extension with the latest and greatest PSReadLine, v2.3.4! In addition this release contains a number of …
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JSON Adapter Feedback Provider Release We are excited to announce the first release of our JSON Adapter Feedback Provider! If you are unfamiliar with what feedback providers are, check out this blog describing them, here. Installing JSON Adapter Feedback Provider The release is available from the PowerShell Gallery. Use the following command to install JsonAdapter …
Hello, Chris Cartwright here from the Directory Services support team. We have many customers asking questions about how to track down the usage of RC4 in their environment. Over the years, we’ve had tons of great articles that, when put together, provide a fairly simple solution to this problem. (These can be found in the …
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Introduction In an era where cloud computing and virtualization are increasingly taking center stage, Microsoft’s Azure is a dominant force. One of the vital components in Azure is the Disk Export and Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Download functionality. While it offers a wealth of conveniences, it also opens up potential vulnerabilities in terms of data …
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Machine learning is a critical tool for businesses to gain insights from their data and make better decisions. However, building machine learning models can be a complex and time-consuming process that requires specialized tools and expertise. To help make model development of any flavor more efficient and accessible, Microsoft is introducing an integration of Azure Machine …
I’ve been using PowerShell (core) for a couple of years now, and it became natural to create automations with all the features that are not present in Windows PowerShell. However, there is still one feature I miss in PowerShell, and this feature, for as silly as it sounds, is the GeneratePassword, from System.Web.Security.Membership. This happens …
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We are excited to announce that an update to the PowerShell Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available in the extension marketplace. In recent updates, we include a new “attach .NET debugger” debug configuration for binary PowerShell modules, better handling of start-up failures when the PowerShell version is unsupported, and have merged the PowerShell …
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Azure Policy has multiple uses including general governance, monitoring setup, security, and compliance. It should not be used to deal with items better handled with role-based access control (RBAC). The following rules codify this: Prohibit anybody and any service from doing something: Azure Policy. Prohibit specific users and service principals from doing something: RBAC. Note: …
I recently saw a discussion on what value does the cloud actually bring to people. Why migrate? Beyond the most stated reasons, elasticity (aka add a host, VM, app or container on the fly), resiliency with Azure regions, Availability sets and zones. Maybe we should ask why wouldn’t you migrate applications that make sense to …
