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techcommunity.microsoft.com techcommunity.microsoft.com
 
Azure access from GitHub and GitLab pipelines - without secrets
 
 
Federate credential workload identity federation allows CICD pipelines in GitHub and GitLab to access Azure subscriptions without storing credentials in pipeline configurations. GitHub Actions can handle this transparently and GitLab can supply the necessary token directly in the pipeline run.
 
 
techcommunity.microsoft.com techcommunity.microsoft.com
 
A Quick Guide to Benchmarking AI Models on Azure: ResNet with MLPerf Training v3.0
 
 
Azure's MLPerf Training v3.0 submission showcased their ND H100 v5 virtual machine, featuring 8x NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs with advanced technologies like NVSwitch and NVLink 4.0, Quantum-2 CX7 InfiniBand, 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, and high-speed interconnects. Replicating the results in Azure requires setting up the virtual machine, downloading the necessary container and code, obtaining the ImageNet dataset, and running the ResNet benchmark using the provided configuration file.
 
 
techcommunity.microsoft.com techcommunity.microsoft.com
 
Starting HPC Worker Processes at Boot Time in VM Scale Sets
 
 
One is deploying an HPC embarrassingly parallel application in Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSSs) and realized that (i) ssh into VM instances is possible even when they have not been fully provisioned and (ii) worker processes start before such provisioned state is reached. If you got into this situation, this blog post may be relevant to you.
 
 
techcommunity.microsoft.com techcommunity.microsoft.com
 
How to handle Large Objects (LOBs) migration from Db2, Oracle to Azure SQL & Datalake
 
 
Database modernization from Db2 and Oracle tables with LOB datatypes to Azure SQL PaaS offering (DB / MI) or SQL Server provides an opportunity to optimize databases by storing LOB data as Azure Datalake storage blob objects. This approach reduces maintenance time, offers flexibility in backup, disaster recovery, and storage tiers, and significantly reduces the size of the SQL database.
 
 
sqlite.org sqlite.org
 
Cloud Backed SQLite   ✅
 
 
The cloud back-end SQLite (CBS) system allows databases to be stored within a cloud storage account, enabling reading and writing to the database without first downloading the entire database. The system supports concurrent access to the database by multiple clients and provides APIs for managing concurrent access.
 
 
www.blueboxes.co.uk www.blueboxes.co.uk
 
Automating Custom VM Image Creation with Azure Image Builder and Azure DevOps
 
 
Developer automates the process of creating custom virtual machine images using the Azure Image Builder feature, eliminating the need for manual provisioning and configuration. This automation process involves defining resources in Azure, customizing the virtual machine image, and building the final image using Azure Image Builder.
 
 
www.hashicorp.com www.hashicorp.com
 
8 Terraform continuous validation use cases for AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure
 
 
Continuous validation is a foundational feature for HashiCorp Terraform Cloud Plus, providing long-term visibility and checks for infrastructure health and security. Users can create assertions to monitor configurations and modules, receive notifications for failed assertions, and proactively identify and resolve issues.
 
 
www.civo.com www.civo.com
 
Cloud Expenditure - A Storm is Brewing
 
 
Expenditure on cloud computing services reached $225 billion in 2022, prompting organizations to implement FinOps frameworks and address the root causes of rising costs, such as complex pricing, lack of understanding, and unpredictability. Specifically, the use of Kubernetes has contributed to cloud resource wastage due to over-provisioning and simplistic resource allocation models.
 
 

 
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Public Preview: Azure OpenAI Service On Your Data
 
 
Introducing Azure OpenAI Service on your data in public preview—a groundbreaking feature that unlocks the power of OpenAI models, such as ChatGPT and GPT-4, with your own data.
 
 
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Azure Load Testing: You can run load tests from command-line now
 
 
Azure Load Testing is a fully managed load testing service that allows you to easily generate large scale load. It can be used with the Azure CLI command-line interface and offers flexible output options, as well as integration with automation systems like CI/CD workflows.
 
 
 
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news.ycombinator.com news.ycombinator.com
 
What boosted your confidence as a new programmer?
 
 
Novice programmers can gain confidence by starting with small projects and gradually building their skills, similar to how beginners in other crafts can become skilled craftsmen.
 
 
 
⚙️ Tools
 
github.com github.com
 
KratosDataGod/FabricAdventureWorksLakehouse
 
 
This repo shows how to build a Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse Data platform, a unified data management and analytics solution using Azure services. The platform supports data ingestion, storage, processing, analysis, governance, security, and compliance. The repo provides best practices and patterns for the platform.
 
 
github.com github.com
 
henrikwh/Tenant-Reverse-Proxy
 
 
Proxy requests for tenants to different endpoints, based on the tenant id claim from the bearer token. YARP reverse proxy is used, to proxy to different backends, Azure App Configuration holds the information about the tenant routing.
 
 
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