Azure Stream Analytics now available on IoT Edge

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We are announcing the public preview of Azure Stream Analytics running on Azure IoT Edge. Azure Stream Analytics on IoT Edge empowers developers to deploy near-real-time analytical intelligence closer to IoT devices so that they can unlock the full value of device-generated data. Designed for customers requiring low...

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Transforming your VMware environment with Microsoft Azure

Just as each organization is unique, each organization will take a unique path to the cloud. Whether you are transferring data, migrating infrastructure, modernizing applications, or building a new app, Azure allows you to move to the cloud in a way that makes the most sense for your...

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Highlighting 3 New Features in Azure Data Factory V2

Having just announced the V2 preview availability of Azure Data Factory at Ignite in Orlando, I'm going to start a new blog series focusing on three new features in Azure Data Factory for different types of data integration users. These features are all available now, in preview, in...

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A technical overview of Azure Databricks

We introduced Azure Databricks, an exciting new service in preview that brings together the best of the Apache Spark analytics platform and Azure cloud. As a close partnership between Databricks and Microsoft, Azure Databricks brings unique benefits not present in other cloud platforms. This blog post introduces the...

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Azure Security Center previews new threat detections for Linux

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Azure Security Center recently launched a limited preview of new analytics that leverage auditd records to detect malicious behaviors on cloud and on-premises Linux machines. Similar to Security Center detections for Windows machines, these new capabilities can be used to detect suspicious processes, dubious login attempts, kernel module...

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How Azure Security Center automates the detection of cyber attack

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In this post, we'll go into more detail on the way that security center analyzes data at-scale to detect these types of attacks, and how the output from these approaches can be used to pivot to other intrusions that share some common techniques. With attack techniques rapidly evolving,...

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Cloud Service Map for AWS and Azure Available Now

Today, we are pleased to introduce a new cloud service map to help you quickly compare the cloud capabilities of Azure and AWS services in all categories. Whether you are planning a multi-cloud solution with Azure and AWS, or simply migrating to Azure, you will be able to...

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Detecting in-memory attacks with Sysmon and Azure Security Center

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In-memory attacks are on the rise and attracting increasing attention, as reported, for example, in these posts, SentinelOne: In memory attacks loom large, leave little trace, Hunting in memory, and Hunting for in-memory .NET attacks. These attacks involve the attacker carrying out malicious activities entirely in-memory, rather than...

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Introducing query replica scale-out for Azure Analysis Services

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Today at the SQL PASS Summit, Microsoft announced the scale out feature for Azure Analysis Services. With scale-out, client queries can be distributed among multiple query replicas in a query pool, reducing response times during high query workloads. You can also separate processing from the query pool, ensuring...

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Windows 10 Update: How Microsoft is thinking differently about hardware and software

If you buy into Microsoft's telling of the story, the two were designed hand-in-hand (along with the latest Office ProPlus release). Credit: Microsoft When crafting the Surface Book 2, which Microsoft announced today, October 17, the Windows and Devices Group worked with the Office team to create a...

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