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Microsoft Ignite 2023: 11 takeaways for CIOs

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It will provide access to Azure features, including speech recognition and sentiment analysis, and the ability to add more sophisticated features through Power Platform connectors and Power Automate workflows, all with governance features so that IT is still in control. Maia has a companion, Azure Cobalt, for general (non-AI) workloads.

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Open-Source Authorization as a Service

Dzone - DevOps

Background Information The story starts back in 2007 when our founders, Omri Gazitt and Gert Drapers, were working on what would eventually become Azure Active Directory. At that time, Active Directory was a keystone workload for Windows Server. It enabled IT admins to map users and groups into the roles that enterprise apps exposed.

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5 ways to deploy your own large language model

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The most popular LLMs in the enterprise today are ChatGPT and other OpenAI GPT models, Anthropic’s Claude, Meta’s Llama 2, and Falcon, an open-source model from the Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi best known for its support for languages other than English. It’s blocked.” And we’ve switched among different OpenAI models.

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MicroK8s: Up and Running in Azure

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By now you’ve heard the stories that Microsoft loves Linux and fully embraces the open-source world. Microsoft, under Satya Nadella, has taken a new stance on open-source , which to some is a complete flip-flop from the Microsoft of the past. Windows Terminal. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

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Cloud PC preps Grant Thornton for hybrid future

CIO

The UK-based accounting and tax consulting firm was one of few accountants in the UK that weathered the 2020 tax season without a hitch, thanks to its early bet on SaaS, Microsoft Azure, and software-defined networking. So, Swift signed on before the official launch of Microsoft’s Windows 365 Cloud PC roughly one year ago. “It

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Which Is Best for Your MariaDB Cloud Migration: Azure or an Azure VM?

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MariaDB is a powerful open-source relational database that can expand to even more functionality when you migrate it to Azure Database for MariaDB. The Benefits of Moving to Azure for MariaDB. Azure’s cloud platform offers many benefits, especially if you’re migrating an on-premises MariaDB database.

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Microsoft’s March 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 59 CVEs (CVE-2024-21407)

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Important CVE-2024-21334 | Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2024-21334 is a RCE affecting the open-source Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) management server. Microsoft patched 59 CVEs in its March 2024 Patch Tuesday release, with 2 rated critical and 57 rated as important.

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