What is Azure Network Watcher?
Most of us are starting to deploy more and more cloud assets. When you think about how you deploy some assets in Azure, you basically build out a virtual network and you can set that up so it ties in…
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Improve Your Security Posture with Azure Secure Score
Securityis a top priority for every business and we can never have enough ofit, right? But at what point does it become too much to administer andprioritize security threats? I’m excited to tell you about a newlyannounced offering called Azure…
New Development Feature for Azure Stream Analytics
Gaining insights from our data, especially in real-time is an important part of any business. Today I’d like to talk about some new development options for Azure Stream Analytics. If you’re not clear on what Azure Stream Analytics is, it’s…
Azure Data Factory – Data Flow
I’mexcited to announce that Azure Data Factory Data Flow is now in publicpreview and I’ll give you a look at it here. Data Flow is a new featureof Azure Data Factory (ADF) that allows you to develop graphical datatransformation logic…
Intro to Azure Databricks Delta
Ifyou know about or are already using Databricks, I’m excited to tell youabout Databricks Delta. As most of you know, Apache Spark is theunderlining technology for Databricks, so about 75-80% of all the codein Databricks is still Apache Spark. You…
Azure Database for MariaDB in Preview
Microsofthas recently announced another Platform as a Service (PaaS) offeringwith the release of MariaDB in Preview in Azure. I’d like to tell youmore about that offering and what are some of its advantages. First, a little history on MariaDB. MariaDB…
How to Gain Up to 9X Speed on Apache Spark Jobs
Are you looking to gain speed on your Apache Spark jobs? How does 9X performance speed sound? Today I’m excited to tell you about how engineers at Microsoft were able to gain that speed on HDInsight Apache Spark Clusters. If…
Using Azure to Drive Security in Banking Using Biometrics
Inthe digital world we live in today, it’s getting harder to verifyidentity in industries such as banking. We now do less and lesstransactions in person. No longer do we go into banks with passbook inhand and make deposits or withdrawals…
Introducing Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Service Tier
Ifyour current SQL Database service tier is not well suited to yourneeds, I’m excited to tell you about a newly created service tier inAzure called Hyperscale. Hyperscale is a highly scalable storage andcompute performance tier that leverages the Azure architecture…
What is Azure Automation?
So,what do you know about Azure Automation? In this post, I’ll fill you inon this cool, cloud-based automation service that provides you theability to configure process automation, update management and systemconfiguration, which is managed across your on-premises resources, aswell as…