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General availability: Ephemeral OS disks supports encryption at host using customer managed keys
 
 
Ephemeral OS disks can be encrypted at host using platform managed keys or customer managed keys. The default is platform managed keys. This feature would enable our customers to meet your organization's compliance needs.
 
 
azure.microsoft.com azure.microsoft.com
 
Public Preview: Selective Disk Backup and Restore in Enhanced Policy for Azure VM Backup
 
 
Azure VM Backup is adding "Selective Disk Backup and Restore" to its Enhanced Policy, which allows developers to choose specific data disks to backup directly from the portal.

This feature was previously available in the Standard Policy, but it now offers additional capabilities in the Enhanced Policy.

The backup snapshot will only include the OS disk and the selected data disks, and developers can exclude disk types that are currently not supported by Azure VM Backup.
 
 
azure.microsoft.com azure.microsoft.com
 
Public Preview: Change data capture for Azure Cosmos DB analytical store
 
 
Azure Cosmos DB analytical store now supports Change Data Capture (CDC), allowing customers to efficiently consume, at no RUs cost, a continuous and incremental feed of changes (inserts, updates, and deletes) from analytical store, add transformations like data flattening, and write the data to diverse targets, including but not limited to Delta Lake, Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse Dedicated Pools, and Azure Data Explorer.
 
 
azure.microsoft.com azure.microsoft.com
 
Generally available: nconnect support for Azure Files NFS v4.1 shares
 
 
Azure Files NFS v4.1 share now support nconnect option. Nconnect is a client-side Linux mount option that increases performance at scale. With nconnect, the NFS mount uses more TCP connections between the client and the Azure Files service for NFSv4.1. Using Nconnect can improve a client’s throughput/IOPS upto 4X and reduce TCO by upto 70%. There is no additional billing cost associated to using this feature. This feature is available to all existing and new shares.
 
 
 
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blog.devgenius.io blog.devgenius.io
 
Using ChatGPT for DevOps
 
 
This article discusses the author's experience using ChatGPT-3 and OpenAI's Platform Playground in their work as a DevOps engineer.

The author was initially skeptical about ChatGPT's abilities, but after testing it by asking it to generate small Python and Bash scripts, they were impressed with the quality and syntax of the code it produced.

They then used OpenAI's Platform Playground to generate Terraform code for deploying Apache Airflow, which saved them days of work.

The author also asked ChatGPT technical infrastructure design questions and used it to troubleshoot errors. While they do not believe ChatGPT can replace DevOps engineers or SREs, they believe it can increase productivity and unblock engineers.
 
 
techcommunity.microsoft.com techcommunity.microsoft.com
 
Scale multiple Azure SQL databases on a logical server
 
 
This tutorial demonstrates the process of using Azure Portal or PowerShell script to scale multiple databases in a logical server into an elastic pool and how to upgrade databases with geo-replication failover group.

It also highlights the need to exclude the master database and advises caution when modifying the parameters. Technical analysis available in the article.
 
 
bea.stollnitz.com bea.stollnitz.com
 
Training and deploying your PyTorch model in the cloud with Azure ML
 
 
This article explains the benefits of moving PyTorch models to the cloud using Azure ML.

It suggests that training models in the cloud can handle larger models and datasets than those trained on local machines.

The author provides instructions for training and deploying a Fashion MNIST model using Azure ML, outlining the steps to follow. They recommend training the model locally and ensuring that it works as expected before moving to the cloud.

The article guides readers through the process of creating and running an Azure ML command job to train and deploy their model.
 
 
devblogs.microsoft.com devblogs.microsoft.com
 
Build Intelligent Applications using ChatGPT & Azure Cosmos DB   ✅
 
 
Developers are increasingly relying on AI and machine learning to enhance their applications, and chatbots are becoming a highly sought-after delivery method.

In this tutorial, Sandeep Nair walks us through building a Cosmos DB ChatGPT sample application using OpenAI's service API. The blog post goes into detail on the sample application built, including the benefits of combining Azure Cosmos DB with ChatGPT to create an intelligent application.
 
 
httptoolkit.com httptoolkit.com
 
Dodge the next Dockerpocalypse: how to own your own Docker Registry address   ✅
 
 
The article proposes using a "registry facade" that allows you to reference your images from a domain you control, without having to self-host forever or commit to any particular registry.

By creating a rule that returns 307 HTTP redirects from your domain to your chosen registry, you can ensure that your images are always available regardless of which registry you use.

The article provides a step-by-step guide on how to create this registry facade and avoid future Dockerpocalypses.
 
 
 
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