In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, digital transformation is no longer a luxury but a necessity. One of the most critical components of this transformation is the electronic health record (EHR) system, which plays a pivotal role in healthcare operations and care delivery. Organizations are actively exploring alternatives for their traditional on-premises infrastructures to overcome […]
Microsoft Cost Management updates—February 2025
Whether you’re a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you’re spending, where it’s being spent, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Microsoft Cost Management comes in. We’re always looking […]
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How Data Contracts Support Collaboration between Data Teams
Data contracts define the interface between data providers and consumers, specifying things like data models, quality guarantees, and ownership. They are essential for distributed data ownership in data mesh, ensuring data is discoverable, interoperable, and governed. Data contracts improve communication between teams and enhance the reliability and quality of data products. By Ben Linders
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DeepSeek R1 is now available on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub
DeepSeek R1 is now available in the model catalog on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub, joining a diverse portfolio of over 1,800 models, including frontier, open-source, industry-specific, and task-based AI models. As part of Azure AI Foundry, DeepSeek R1 is accessible on a trusted, scalable, and enterprise-ready platform, enabling businesses to seamlessly integrate advanced AI […]
Introducing Leading the Shift, a new Microsoft Azure podcast
The AI platform shift brings immense opportunity, but the road to success isn’t always easy or clear. That’s why we’ve asked customers, partners, Microsoft experts, and other leaders to share their journeys and insights in our new podcast, Leading the Shift. In each episode, we’ll explore how our guests are using data, AI, and cloud […]
Navigating the 2024 holiday season: Insights into Azure’s DDoS defense
The 2024 holiday season revealed a complex and evolving threat landscape for Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. This year’s trends included advanced tactics such as an increase in DDoS-for-hire operations, the assembly of massive DDoS botnets by script kiddies, politically motivated attack campaigns, and the bypass of CDN (Content Delivery Network) protections among other evolving threats. […]
AWS Transfer Family supports custom directory locations to store AS2 files
AWS Transfer Family now allows you to customize the directories for your Applicability Statement 2 (AS2) files, including the inbound AS2 messages, message disposition notifications (MDN), and other metadata files. This enables you to separate your AS2 messages from the MDN files and status files generated by the service, and automate downstream processing of the […]