Global Azure 2024があったりPhi-3が出たりした1週間でした。

Azure App Service

• Easy authentication with Azure App Service and Microsoft Entra External ID
• いわゆるEasyAuthなApp Serviceの組み込み認証機能でMicrosoft Entra External IDをIdPとして利用する場合の構成エクスペリエンスが向上。（Preview）
• App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024
• App Service Environment （ASE）v1とv2が8月末でリタイアです。

Logic Apps

• TimeZone changes in Kazakhstan
• TImeZone Changesってなんだろう？って思ったんですけど、カザフスタンってタイムゾーンがUTC+6の地域がUTC+5に統一・変更されたんですね。ほえ～

Cloud Services

• Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024
• クラシックなCloud Servicesが8末でリタイアですよ（定期）。

Azure SQL

• Private Preview for External REST Endpoint Invocation with Azure SQL Managed Instance

Cosmos DB

• General availability: HNSW vector index in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
• Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCoreでHNSWベクターインデックスがGA。
• Public preview: Filtered vector search in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
• Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCoreでベクター検索でフィルタ式がPreview。
• Introducing vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB’s Latest Features
• General availability: Semantic caching with vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
• Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCoreでSemantic CachingがGA。
• General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL geo-redundant backup and restore
• Cosmos DB for PostgreSQLでGeo redundantなバックアップ＆リストアがGA。
• Generally Available: Index Advisor in Azure Cosmos DB helps optimize your index policy for NoSQL queries
• Cosmos DB for NoSQLでクエリのインデックスアドバイザー機能がGA。
• Azure Cosmos DB indexing metrics | Microsoft Learn

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

• General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server enhanced disaster recovery features
• Flexible Serverの強化されたDR機能がGA。

Azure Stream Analytics

• .Net Standard user-defined functions for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024.
• Azure Stream Analyticsの.NET Standardのユーザー定義関数が9末でリタイア。JavaScriptベースに移行がメインか？

Virtual Network

• Azure Virtual Network Manager security admin rule generally available in all public regions
• Virtual Network Managerセキュリティ管理規則が全PublicリージョンでGA。
• Using Azure Virtual Network Manager network groups in security admin rules is now in public preview
• ネットワークセキュリティ管理規則でVirtual Network Managerネットワークグループが使える機能がPreview。
• General availability: Virtual network flow logs
• Virtual Network flow logsがGA。
• Network traffic observability with virtual network flow logs
• Five Azure classic networking services will be retired on 31 August 2024
• Cloud Services (Classic)がリタイアするのでクラシックなApplication Gateway、Virtual Network、Reserved IP Address、ExpressRoute Gateway、VPN Gateway（全部Classic）が8末でリタイア。

Azure Application Gateway

• General availability: Application Gateway Web Application Firewall (WAF) inspection limit & size enforcement
• Application Gateway v2のWAFでCRS 3.2以降を実行しているWAFポリシーで検査の制限とサイズの適用が細かく制御できるようになりました。
• Azure Application Gateway での Web アプリケーション ファイアウォール要求サイズ制限 – Azure portal | Microsoft Learn

Azure Notification Hub

• Support of Azure Notification Hubs’ Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) legacy API will be deprecated by July 2024.

Azure AI Studio

• Introducing Phi-3: Redefining what’s possible with SLMs
• Azure Machine LearningなどのモデルカタログにSLMなPhi-3がきました。よさそう。Hugging Faceにもあるよ。
• 小さくても強力: 小規模言語モデル Phi-3 の大きな可能性
• Getting Started – Generative AI with Phi-3-mini: A Guide to Inference and Deployment
• Meta Llama 3 Models Launch on Azure AI: Next-Gen LLM Performance and Integration
• MetaのLlama 3もあるよ。

Azure Machine Learning

• Azure Machine Learning – General Availability for April 2024
• 以下の3つの機能がGA。
• 運用環境のモデルからの推論データ収集 – Azure Machine Learning | Microsoft Learn
• Azure Machine Learning data collector is now generally available
• ML ワークフロー内でイベントをトリガーする – Azure Machine Learning | Microsoft Learn
• チュートリアル 1: マネージド Feature Store を使用して特徴量セットの開発と登録を行う – Azure Machine Learning managed feature store – basics | Microsoft Learn

Azure OpenAI Service

• Action recommended: Prepare for model version retirement in Azure OpenAI
• 古いモデルバージョンが7月5日に廃止されるのでそれまでに移行しておきましょう。

Azure Monitor

• GA: Azure Monitor log search alerts support managed identities
• Azure Monitor ログ検索アラートでManaged Identitiesがサポート（GA）。
• Public Preview: Azure Monitor Agent Upload to Storage and Event Hubs
• Azure Monitor AgentがログをAzure StorageとEvent Hubsへアップロードできる機能がPreview。

Azure Site Recovery

• Public Preview – DR for Shared Disks – Azure Site Recovery
• Windows Server Failover Cluster（WSFC）共有ディスクのDRがPreview。

Azure Data Box

• Azure Data Box Disk is now available with hardware encryption
• Azure Data Box DiskでLinuxベースのホストでAES-256 ハードウェア暗号がGA。日本でも使える。
• Microsoft Azure Data Box Disk overview | Microsoft Learn

Azure Advisor

• Azure Advisor will no longer display aggregated potential yearly savings beginning 30 September 2024
• 9末以降、潜在的な年間削減額の集計が表示されなくなるらしい。個々のリソースはだせるっぽい。
• Azure Advisor でコスト削減を計算する – Azure Advisor | Microsoft Learn

Azure Arc

• Public Preview of Azure Arc Site Manager
• Public Preview of Edge Storage Accelerator

Azure Stack HCI

• Apply critical update for Azure Stack HCI VMs to maintain Azure verification

Azure Health Data Services

• Generally available: Bulk delete operation for the FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services

Microsoft Trusted Signing service（旧称Azure Code Signing）

• Trusted Signing is in Public Preview
• 名称が変わってPreview。

Power BI

• Deprecation of AutoML in Power BI using Dataflows V1
• Power BI Azure Maps visual – reference layer & Power BI Embedded support

Power Apps

• Introducing public preview of the SAP OData connector

Power Automate

• Transforming digital processes with AI: A Power Automate Process Mining Case Study at Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS)

Microsoft Fabric

• Microsoft Fabric April 2024 Update
• Introducing Optimistic Job Admission for Fabric Spark
• Fabric Change the Game: Embracing Azure Cosmos DB for NO SQL
• Introducing Code-First AutoML and Hyperparameter Tuning: Now in Public Preview for Fabric Data Science

Microsoft Purview

• Introducing the Microsoft Purview Audit Search Graph API

Microsoft Entra

• Enforce least privilege for Entra ID company branding with the new organizational branding role
• 組織ブランディングロールがGA。

Microsoft Defender

• Expanding privacy protection in Microsoft Defender for individuals

Windows

• Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3500 (Beta Channel)
• Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200 (Canary Channel)
• Reducing the environmental impact of Windows devices

Microsoft Edge

• Improving text editing on the web, one feature at a time

Management

• The billing meter for Azure Databricks materialized views and streaming tables will change 1 May 2024

Regions

• General availability: HBv4-series & HX-series VMs are now available in Sweden Central.

Tools

• VS Code C++ Extension 1.19 Release: 3.6x faster Go To Symbol & 1.5x faster colorization
• Demystifying Azure CLI pagnination
• Python Kernel Updates: A Closer Look at Our Redesigned Plugin and Function Integration
• Java on Visual Studio Code Update – April 2024 (Roadmap Update) – Microsoft for Java Developers
• Microsoft Build of OpenJDK – April 2024 Patch & Security Update Release
• Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code update – April 2024
• Release: Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio v1.5.4
• Introducing .NET MAUI Community Tookit v8: TouchBehavior support is here!

Documents

• Azure Cosmos DB design patterns – Part 9: Schema versioning – Azure Cosmos DB Blog
• Improving RAG performance with Azure AI Search and Azure AI prompt flow in Azure AI Studio
• How we built “Ask Learn”, the RAG-based knowledge service
• Unit Testing with Semantic Kernel
• Data API builder’s caching feature relieves your database’s burden.
• Build Intelligent RAG For Multimodality and Complex Document Structure
• How to Identify and Merge Cross-Page Tables Using Azure AI Document Intelligence Layout Model: A Heuristic Approach
• Protecting your IP in the Azure Marketplace
• Operationalizing Attack Path Insights
• Securing identity: Exploring application types and authentication flows
• Making Plans with Semantic Kernel: Implementing the Microsoft Graph Plugin
• Supporting Federal Agencies in Their Implementation of the Executive Order on AI – Part 1
• Huge performance gains: Migrate now to Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
• AI/ML with Microsoft Fabric and SAS Viya. A Match made in the AI God’s Heaven?
• Unveiling Generative AI Bulk Processing and Ingestion Pattern
• AI Frontiers: Human insights on AI training
• Microsoft Security Exposure Management introduces: Critical asset protection

その他

• 日本語公式とか
• 企業や組織のイノベーションを創出する Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Lab Kobe
• 日本のパートナーが提供する Copilot for Microsoft 365 支援サービス
• Surface Management and Support Suite の概要と新たな強化点の紹介
• サポートの中の人とか
• Microsoft Entra の耐障害性を高める取り組み: ワークロード ID 認証
• Microsoft Entra の更新情報 (2024 年 4 月)
• VM サイズの選定および変更時の注意点について
• Table ストレージのエンティティ数と容量の確認方法
• Azure ストレージ アカウントの Availability メトリックが 100% を下回ったときの考え方について
• 英語公式とか
• Microsoft Open Source Programs Office—Tuning the answers to Open Source questions
• SAMMO: A general-purpose framework for prompt optimization – Microsoft Research
• Cloud Cultures, Part 7: Creating balance in a digital world through precision and mindfulness in Japan
• 牡蠣が美味しかったらしい。
• Events
• Announcing: Azure Developers – .NET Day 2024 – .NET Blog
• Sign up for the Microsoft Developers AI Learning Hackathon and Compete for $10,000 in Prizes!
• Microsoft Events RSAConference 2024
• Extending Microsoft 365’s Copilot: JavaScript and TypeScript Innovations at Azure Developers Day 2024
• Microsoft at the European Cloud Summit (ECS) 2024 (Wiesbaden, Germany)
• Pure Virtual C++ Pre-Conference Videos – Linux Development, Modules, Containers and more!
• Sneak peek at new Azure edge infrastructure at Hannover Messe 2024
• Join Microsoft’s GenAI Hackathon: Build Multimodal Apps today!
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今週の動画

• Azure Thursday Japan 390 (youtube.com)