BigDL Spark deep learning library VM now available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace

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BigDL deep learning library is a Spark-based framework for creating and deploying deep learning models at scale. While it has previously been deployed on Azure HDInsight and Data Science VM, it is now also available on Azure Marketplace as a fixed VM image, representing a further step by...

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SQL Database Transparent Data Encryption with Azure Key Vault configuration checklist

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Azure SQL Database and Data Warehouse offer encryption-at-rest by providing Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) for all data written to disk, including databases, log files and backups. This protects data in case of unauthorized access to hardware. TDE provides a TDE Protector that is used to encrypt the Database...

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Microsoft creates industry standards for datacenter hardware storage and security

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Today I’m speaking at the Open Compute Project (OCP) U.S. Summit 2018 in San Jose where we are announcing a next generation specification for solid state device (SSD) storage, Project Denali. We’re also discussing Project Cerberus, which provides a critical component for security protection that to date has...

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Azure DNS Private Zones now available in public preview

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We are pleased to announce the public preview of DNS Private Zones in all Azure Public cloud regions. This capability provides secure and reliable name resolution for your virtual networks in Azure. Private Zones was announced as a managed preview in fall of last year. No more custom...

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Deploying WordPress Application using Visual Studio Team Services and Azure – Part two

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This post is the second part of two blog posts describing how to setup a CI/CD pipeline using Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) for deploying a Dockerized custom WordPress website working with Azure WebApp for Containers and Azure Database for MySQL. In Deploying WordPress application using Visual Studio...

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New app usage monitoring capabilities in Application Insights

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Our goal with Azure Monitoring tools is to provide full-stack monitoring for your applications. The top of this “stack” isn’t the client-side of your app, it’s your users themselves. Understanding user behavior is critical for making the right changes to your apps to drive the metrics your business...

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Network Forensics with Windows DNS Analytical Logging

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Overview DNS queries and responses are a key data source used by network defenders in support of incident response as well as intrusion discovery. If these transactions are collected for processing and analytics in a big data system, they can enable a number of valuable security analytic scenarios....

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Heuristic DNS detections in Azure Security Center

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Today, we are discussing some of our more complex, heuristic techniques to detect malicious use of this vital protocol and how these detect key components of common real-world attacks. These analytics focus on behavior that is common to a variety of attacks, ranging from advanced targeted intrusions to...

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