As you probably already know, Azure provides a serverless SQL service called SQL Managed Instance. Well, there is a good news as you can now enjoy a new SKU for free. Before you start jumping around, you need to know the following limitations/restrictions for the free SQL Managed Instance offer: Capacity 1 year 720 vCore
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As you may already know, when you create a virtual machine on Azure you can define the availability zone option to configure the virtual machine for availability in case of infrastructure issue within the Azure region where the VM is deployed. Unfortunately, this option was only available during the creation of the virtual machine; once
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As you are probably aware, Microsoft is going to turn off default outbound access (read the announcement https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/default-outbound-access-for-vms-in-azure-will-be-retired-transition-to-a-new-method-of-internet-access/). As part of the recommendations to move from default (implicit) outbound access to explicit outbound access, a new network capability has been added called Private subnet. The private subnet will prevent this implicit access by setting the
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A new client application (UWP) – Windows App – is available from the Microsoft Store allowing end-users to have a single access pane to connect to Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365 Cloud PC’s, Dev Box or remote desktop services. The application – in preview – is available for Windows, iOS, MacOS or web browser. Windows
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If you use on-premises hypervisor (such as Hyper-V or VMWare) you know you can hibernate (save state) virtual machines. This was something missing for Azure virtual machines. Well, good news as you can now enable hibernation for Azure virtual machines (currently in preview). This new capability will help you saving cost by hibernating unused/under used
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If you use Intune, you probably already know that you can create remediation scripts to help you detect and automatically fix common issues. Remediation scripts are set to run on a scheduled basis (once, hourly or daily); which means some devices may ended to not be able to run the remediation because they are offline
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If you are running virtual machines on Azure, you may already know that you can use Azure Bastion to allow accessing the VM using remote desktop or SSH without opening these management ports over the internet. Well, good news as if you need to learn about Bastion or use it in a development/test environment, you
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If you use Azure Virtual Desktop to provide desktop or applications virtualization to your end-users, you probably know that you can not use OneDrive outside of a remote desktop session – meaning with a RemoteApp. Well, good news as you can now use OneDrive while using a RemoteApp. To do so you first need to
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It is becoming easier to manage user risk in hybrid environments with Entra ID Protection (formerly known as Azure AD Identity Protection). Indeed, user risk policy requires to change the password when the user is identified at risk. However, the change of password was not detected by Entra Protection signals when the change was performed
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As you probably already know, you can use Azure Monitor to monitor your resources health and availability. Well, a new alert timeline experience is now available in preview. It will simplifies reviewing and investigating fired alerts. To start enjoying this new experience, connect to your Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com/) and search for Monitor to access the
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