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On Your Data is now Generally Available in Azure OpenAI Service We're thrilled to announce the much-anticipated Azure OpenAI Service On Your Data is now generally available! The groundbreaking feature empowers you to leverage the power of OpenAI models, such as GPT-4, and incorporates the advanced capabilities of RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) model, directly on your data with enterprise-gra

Introducing Windows Server 2025! Today, we are thrilled to announce the official name of the next release of Windows Server, Windows Server 2025. Windows Server 2025 is driven by your feedback and your desire to embrace a hybrid, adaptive cloud. Here are a few areas we’re investing in: Windows Server Hotpatching for everyone Next Generation Active Directory and SMB Mission Critical Data & Storage

Security Best Practices for GenAI Applications (OpenAI) in Azure Introduction GenAI applications are those that use large language models (LLMs) to generate natural language texts or perform natural language understanding tasks. LLMs are powerful tools that can enable various scenarios such as content creation, summarization, translation, question answering, and conversational agents. However, LLM

Welcome to the forefront of AI innovation! In the ever-evolving world of Artificial Intelligence, organizations and entities across various sectors are on a quest to leverage advanced technologies efficiently. Azure OpenAI opens a realm of possibilities, offering both challenges and excitement, particularly for those at the early stages of AI adoption. We recognize these unique challenges. That's

Create an Azure OpenAI, LangChain, ChromaDB, and Chainlit chat app in AKS using Terraform In this sample, I demonstrate how to quickly build chat applications using Python and leveraging powerful technologies such as OpenAI ChatGPT models, Embedding models, LangChain framework, ChromaDB vector database, and Chainlit, an open-source Python package that is specifically designed to create user interf

A new, modern, and secure print experience from Windows Over the past year, the MORSE team has been working in collaboration with the Windows Print team to modernize the Windows Print System. This new design represents one of the largest changes to the Windows Print stack in more than 20 years. The goal was to build a more modern and secure print system that maximizes compatibility and puts users

As Windows evolves to meet the needs of our ever-changing world, the way we protect users must also evolve to address modern security challenges. A foundational pillar of Windows security is user authentication. We are working on strengthening user authentication by expanding the reliability and flexibility of Kerberos and reducing dependencies on NT LAN Manager (NTLM). Kerberos has been the defau

OneDrive has come a long way since it first launched as a cloud storage provider. OneDrive is now the center of your files experience in Microsoft 365. It goes beyond storing and protecting files. It also powers sharing, collaboration and file security, and it’s used by people and organizations big and small around the world. OneDrive hosts trillions of files, with nearly 2 billion more files adde

Copilot in Windows and new Cloud PC experiences coming to Windows 11 Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into the Windows 11 experience can unlock a new era of productivity for the people across your organization. Today we are offering insights to help you plan better for managing AI capabilities across your Windows estate. Copilot in Windows with Bing Chat Enterprise: availabili

Demystifying Azure OpenAI Networking for Secure Chatbot Deployment Introduction Azure AI Landing Zones provide a solid foundation for deploying advanced AI technologies like OpenAI's GPT-4 models. These environments are designed to support AI enthusiasts, but it's essential to grasp their networking aspects, especially concerning Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings. In this article, we'll dive

Azure AI Search: Outperforming vector search with hybrid retrieval and reranking Note: Since this blog's publication, the Azure AI Search team has released new learnings on RAG quality. Check out the latest report covering our evaluations on query pipeline performance, and the product improvements made based on these learnings. A common practice for implementing the retrieval step in retrieval-aug

Announcing the Preview of OpenAI Whisper in Azure OpenAI service and Azure AI Speech In July we shared with this audience that OpenAI Whisper would be coming soon to Azure AI services, and today – we are very happy to announce – is the day! Customers of Azure OpenAI service and Azure AI Speech can now use Whisper. The OpenAI Whisper model is an encoder-decoder Transformer that can transcribe audio

Earlier this year we took a big step towards improving customers’ experience with Apple devices by providing companies with the Microsoft Enterprise SSO plug-in for Apple devices. This plug-in enables Microsoft Entra ID users to have device-wide single sign-on (SSO) for all apps and websites in a consistent, secure, and seamless way. Best of all, it always stays up to date with the latest Microsof

Introducing Microsoft Playwright Testing service private preview [Update Oct 4th, 2023] We are excited to announce that the Microsoft Playwright Testing service is now available in Preview! Explore the numerous features and enhancements by reading the announcement. No more waitlists! You can dive straight in and start using the service directly here. -----------------------------------------------

(September 16, 2024) UPDATE: Python in Excel is now generally available for Windows users of Microsoft 365 Business and Enterprise.  Read our latest announcement here. Since its inception, Microsoft Excel has changed how people organize, analyze, and visualize their data, providing a basis for decision-making for the millions of people who use it each day. Today we’re announcing a significant evol

Today we announced significant milestones for identity and network access, including the news that Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is becoming Microsoft Entra ID. As part of our ongoing commitment to simplify secure access experiences for everyone, the rebranding of Azure AD to Microsoft Entra ID is designed to make it easier for you to use and navigate the unified and expanded Microso

Updates to gpt-4 Both gpt-4 and gpt-4-32k also have a new and improved 0613 model version available that come with the same enhanced steerability. All gpt-4 models are still available by request only. Existing Azure OpenAI customers can apply by filling out this form. Function calling will be coming soon and will only be available for the new model versions announced today. Model Lifecycle To make

Today, we’d like to highlight a dangerous anti-pattern in the identity world: the false identifier anti-pattern.  An anti-pattern is a common response to a recurring problem that’s usually ineffective and risks being highly counter-productive. You may have also heard of the password anti-pattern. Today's discussion represents a possibly even more dangerous practice. The false identifier anti-patte

Introducing Azure OpenAI Service On Your Data in Public Preview We are excited to announce the launch of Azure OpenAI Service on your data in public preview, a groundbreaking new feature that allows you to harness the power of OpenAI models, such as GPT-4, with your own data. This new and highly requested customer capability revolutionizes the way you interact with and analyze your data, providing

We are excited to announce the general availability of the Azure Linux container host for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). The Azure Linux container host for AKS is a lightweight, secure, and reliable OS platform optimized for performance on Azure. With this platform, you can easily deploy and manage your container workloads using the same proven tooling used by many of Microsoft’s own services. Th

Harness the power of Large Language Models with Azure Machine Learning prompt flow New trends in AI, LLMs and application development The rise of AI and large language models (LLMs) has transformed various industries, enabling the development of innovative applications with human-like text understanding and generation capabilities. This revolution has opened up new possibilities across fields such

Azure 仮想マシン上に作成した SQL Server の日本語化手順（Windows OS 版 SQL Server 2019 / 2022 対応手順） こんにちは、 SQL Server サポートです。 今回は、Azure 管理ポータルのギャラリーからデプロイした Azure 仮想マシン上に作成した SQL Server 2019 / 2022 (Windows OS 版) の日本語化手順 について紹介します。これらの手順は、日本語版以外の SQL Server の場合でもご利用いただけます。 また、 SQL Server 2012 、2014 、2016 および 2017 においても本ブログと同様の手順で日本語化が可能です。 Azure ギャラリーイメージより、SQL Server が含まれた仮想マシンをデプロイすることが可能ですが、現在は英語版のみの提供となっています。SQL S

Introducing cloud.microsoft: a unified domain for Microsoft 365 apps and services Update: July 15, 2024: More information about the cloud.microsoft domain, including a running list of products and services now using it, can be found at:  Unified cloud.microsoft domain for Microsoft 365 apps - Microsoft 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Learn. As Microsoft cloud services have grown over the years, the dom

We realize that a clear Windows client roadmap update helps consumers and organizations with planning their Windows release activities. Today we'll provide a brief update on the latest version of Windows 10, as well as share more on the time frame for the next Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release of Windows 11. Windows 10 support lifecycle As documented on the Windows 10 Enterprise and Educa

Introducing Windows Local Administrator Password Solution with Microsoft Entra (Azure AD) Howdy folks, Today we have some news I know many of you will be excited about! As part of our vision to give you comprehensive security solutions, we’ve joined forces with the Windows and Microsoft Intune teams to release a public preview of Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) for Azure AD (w