Managed DevOps Pools – The Origin Story

Learn about how Microsoft's 1ES organization developed an internal service called "1ES Hosted Pools" to manage Microsoft's diverse Engineering system infrastructure and how it helped make significant improvements to productivity, cost savings, and security. This solution will soon be available as a third-party offering named "Managed DevOps Pools".

Three New Premium Visual Studio Subscriber Benefits Announced

A Visual Studio Subscription, whether Professional or Enterprise, delivers far more than just software usage rights; it’s a comprehensive toolkit designed to significantly boost your development capabilities and career growth. These subscriptions can save you thousands each year, offering everything from monthly Azure credits for cloud experimentation to complimentary access to premium training platforms like Pluralsight and LinkedIn Learning.

Latest NoSQL Java Ecosystem Updates 2024 Q1 & Q2

We’re always busy adding new features, fixes, patches, and improvements to our Java-based client libraries for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL. In this regular blog series, we share highlights of recent updates in the last period. January – June 2024 updates Java SDK Updates Integrate ThroughputControl with ChangeFeedProcessor Added Payload Size Metrics for Gateway Mode Overloads for readMany with Request Options Public APIs for MicroBatch Size in CosmosBulkExecutionOptions Custom Item Serializer Vector Embedding Policy and Indexes for Vector Search Support for Non-streaming OrderBy Regional Scope for Session Tokens Query Statement in Diagnostics and Tracing Spring Connector Updates IndexQueryMetrics in Configuration Support for Transient Annotation Hierarchical Partition Key Support Spark Connector Updates Configurable Connection Pool Size Optimization for readMany Queries Custom Schema Support for Nested Properties Reuse CosmosAsyncClient for Spark Applications Spark 3.5 Support Native Netty Transport ManagedIdentity Authentication in Databricks Support for Access Tokens via AccountDataResolver SPN Authentication with Certificates Kafka Connector Updates Major V2 Release Fixes,

Model as a Service (MaaS) Available for Semantic Kernel

Hello! We are delighted to make an announcement regarding the availability of Azure AI Inference within Semantic Kernel (Python). This latest AI connector empowers you to experiment with a broader range of models hosted on Azure within your applications.   The Sample Application: Evaluating LLMs Here is the location of the full sample.