News For Dev-ops

Welcome to the August edition of our monthly developer update, summarizing the latest news and developments in Microsoft Entra. This month, we bring you feature updates, public previews, announcements, and other important updates. These updates aim to bolster your security processes and simplify your workflows. Read on to learn more and make the most of Microsoft Entra. What went Generally Available (GA) since Jul 2024? AD FS Application Migration Wizard:  The AD FS application migration wizard simplifies the migration process from AD FS to Microsoft Entra ID. It evaluates AD FS applications for compatibility and guides admins in resolving issues when preparing applications for migration to Microsoft Entra. Microsoft Entra External ID - easy authentication with Azure App Service:  Simplifying the process of configuring authentication and authorization for external-facing apps in Azure App Service. This improvement allows for seamless configuration directly from the App Service ...

AWS Systems Manager for SAP now supports using SSM Application Manager console to register SAP ABAP applications running on single node EC2 instances. This launch will allow customers to onboard ABAP applications and also use Application Manager console to run application aware stop and start operations. AWS Systems Manager for SAP (SSMSAP) helps AWS services understand SAP specific nuances around landscape topology and discover the components of an SAP landscape, such as the SAP NetWeaver application server, SAP HANA database, and their interdependencies. It provides automation capabilities to help customers manage and operate their SAP applications on AWS more efficiently. This enables customers to capture specific metadata via registration and reflect system state before and after execution of workload automation. With this launch, customers can use AWS Systems Manager Application Manager to register their SAP ABAP applications (single node) using Application Manager console. On...

One of the most exciting features available in certain Large Language Models (LLMs) is function-calling. In Semantic Kernel, we handle the heavy lifting so that you can bring your own code or utilize built-in plugins that cater to your use case. Our goal is to make it easy for you to incorporate function calling into your application. Today, we'll dive into how we create the function-calling JSON schema. This schema is a core piece of functionality that the model requires to decide which function to call for a given context. For those unfamiliar, function calling refers to executing local code, typically on a user's machine or as part of their deployment, to satisfy a user's question or query to an LLM. If you've ever asked an LLM to perform any sort of math (without using the code interpreter functionality), you may have noticed it sometimes gives incorrect results. The model predicts the next most probable token in a sequence, so how does it know how to properly add t...

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022 17.11 now offers an improved experience you to refer to their methods, classes, functions, and entire solution directly within the chat. By using the # symbol followed by the name of a method, class, or function, or by referring to your solution with @workspace, you can provide specific context that helps GitHub Copilot better understand their code and the problem at hand. Refer to your solution GitHub Copilot Chat now allows you to refer to your entire solution. This feature helps provide an even deeper understanding of your solution to get the best results. To refer to your solution, simply use the @workspace and Copilot will answer high level questions about your solution, files and how they work together. Try asking GitHub Copilot Chat questions like: @workspace What project can I run in my solution? @workspace In my workspace, where is #methodname referenced? @workspace Where does serialization occur in my solution?   Reference...

We're excited to introduce the Object Limit Tracker in Azure DevOps! This new feature provides real-time visibility into resource usage for each organization and project directly within Azure DevOps. By offering insights into commonly asked limits, we enable users to manage resources more proactively and prevent potential issues. Challenges in Monitoring Object Usage Currently, operational limits like pipeline usage and top commands can be monitored through the Usage tab , giving some insight into resource consumption. However, object limits—such as the number of projects, dashboards, or teams—have not been similarly traceable. This lack of visibility has posed challenges, especially for heavy users managing multiple organizations and projects. Without a clear view of these limits, users may face unexpected disruptions when limits are reached, leading to confusion and workflow delays. Introducing Object Limit Tracker in Azure DevOps To make the process more user-friendly, we...

Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the CSF Telcohub 1 Data Center near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. By connecting your network to AWS at the new Kuala Lumpur location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones . This site is the second AWS Direct Connect location within Malaysia. The new Direct Connect location offers dedicated 10 Gbps and 100 Gbps connections with MACsec encryption available. AWS also announced the addition of 10Gbps and 100Gbps MACsec services in the existing Kuala Lumpur Direct Connect location at the Menara AIMS data center. The Direct Connect service enables you to establish a private, physical network connection between AWS and your data center, office, or colocation environment. These private connections can provide a more consistent network experience than those made over the public internet. For more information on the over 145 Direct C...

Amazon EventBridge Scheduler, a serverless scheduler that allows you to create, trigger, and manage millions of scheduled events and tasks, now has higher default service quotas. The default service quota for number of schedules is now 10 million schedules instead of 1 million in all regions, and the invocation throughput quota is now 1000 invocations per second instead of 500 in most regions. Default API request rate quotas for CreateSchedule, DeleteSchedule, GetSchedule, and UpdateSchedule are now set up to 1000 requests per second instead of 50 in most regions. Quotas can be further increased by making a request through the Service Quotas console. EventBridge Scheduler allows you to create millions of scheduled events and tasks, to run across more than 270 AWS services, without provisioning or managing the underlying infrastructure. EventBridge Scheduler supports one time and recurring schedules that can be created using cron expressions, rate expressions, or specific times with s...