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Hello Java customers! We are happy to announce the latest October 2024 patch & security update release for the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK. Download and install the binaries today. OpenJDK 21.0.5 OpenJDK 17.0.13 OpenJDK 11.0.25 Check our release notes page for details on fixes and enhancements. The source code of our builds is available now on GitHub for further inspection: jdk21u , jdk17u , jdk11u . Microsoft Build of OpenJDK specific updates OpenJDK21 Removed calls to undocumented Windows APIs (NtCreateKeyedEvent, NtReleaseKeyedEvent, NtWaitForKeyedEvent). Backport of JDK-8334475 : UnsafeIntrinsicsTest.java#ZGenerationalDebug assert(!assert_on_failure) failed: Has low-order bits set. OpenJDK17 Removed calls to undocumented Windows APIs (NtCreateKeyedEvent, NtReleaseKeyedEvent, NtWaitForKeyedEvent). OpenJDK11 Enables Hotspot to use processors across all Windows processor groups on Windows 11/Windows Server 2022 and later. Summary of Upstream Updates OpenJDK 21...

Customer Case Study: How Microsoft streamlined regulatory compliance with GenAI Today we're featuring an external blog from EY featuring Microsoft's Semantic Kernel. This case study reveals how Microsoft legal teams are using GenAI to confidently manage regulatory change. Learn more here: How Microsoft uses GenAI for compliance | EY - Global How can you generate confidence in the face of uncertainty? Microsoft stands at the vanguard of the AI revolution. Their significant investment in generative AI (GenAI) technologies is driving swift progress in the Microsoft Azure AI technology stack and the Microsoft 365 product suite. A fundamental pillar of Microsoft’s growth strategy involves embracing and exemplifying the responsible and efficient utilization of this transformative technology for their customers. Functional leaders across the organization have the mandate to actualize the technology’s potential. EY Law teams worked with Microsoft CELA to rapidly assemble a mult...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is announcing a seamless link experience for the AWS Console Mobile Application. Links to AWS services and resources can now be opened in the AWS Console Mobile App when customers have the app installed on their mobile device. Now, AWS customers who are on-the-go can open links to AWS services and resources from sources like email and chat in the AWS Console Mobile Application. Customers benefit from the AWS Console Mobile Application's biometric authentication (sign-in), and mobile optimized customer experience. Links to AWS services or resources not available natively, are accessible via an in-app browser where customers are deep linked to the relevant pages without additional authentication, manual navigation, or need to switch from the app to a browser. The Console Mobile Application lets users view and manage a select set of resources to stay informed and connected with their AWS resources while on-the-go. The sign in process supports device passw...

This is a guest post by Rishit Bhatia and Luce Carter. Rishit is a Senior Product Manager at MongoDB focusing on the .NET Developer Experience and has been working with C# since many years hands on before moving into Product Management. Luce is a Developer Advocate at MongoDB, Microsoft MVP and lover of code, sunshine and learning. This blog was reviewed by the Microsoft .NET team for EF Core. The EF Core provider for MongoDB went GA in May 2024. We’ve come a long way since we initially released this package in preview six months ago. We wanted to share some interesting features that we’ve been working on which would not have been possible without the support of and collaboration with Microsoft’s .NET Data and Entity Framework team. In this post, we will be using the MongoDB EF Core provider with MongoDB Atlas to showcase the following: Adding a property to an entity and change tracking Leveraging the escape hatch to create an index Performing complex queries Transactions ...

Starting today, customers can use AWS Control Tower in the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region. With this launch, AWS Control Tower is available in 30 AWS Regions and the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. AWS Control Tower offers the easiest way to set up and govern a secure, multi-account AWS environment. It simplifies AWS experiences by orchestrating multiple AWS services on your behalf while maintaining the security and compliance needs of your organization. You can set up a multi-account AWS environment within 30 minutes or less, govern new or existing account configurations, gain visibility into compliance status, and enforce controls at scale. If you are new to AWS Control Tower, you can launch it today in any of the supported regions, and you can use AWS Control Tower to build and govern your multi-account environment in all supported Regions. If you are already using AWS Control Tower and you want to extend its governance features to the newly supported regions in your accounts, you ...

We are happy to share with you an update to the Azure Cosmos DB networking configuration options within the Azure Portal. This update introduces a split in the IP address list, now presented as two distinct categories: user IP addresses and Portal Middleware IPs.  Managing IP access control policies is essential for maintaining a secure environment.  Earlier this year, new Portal IP addresses were introduced as part of the Azure Cosmos DB portal service upgrade. Now, you can easily update these addresses with a single click in the portal. Understanding the Changes This update aims to give users a more streamlined and user-friendly way to manage IP addresses. By dividing the IP addresses into two lists, you can now clearly tell apart your own from those used by our Portal Middleware. Removing Portal Legacy Middleware IPs and adding new ones is now just a click away. How to Use the New Features Leveraging these new features is straightforward: Add User IP Addresses and Portal...

Amazon QuickSight now supports programmatic export and import of shared folders as an update to previously launched StartAssetBundleExportJob and StartAssetBundleImportJob APIs. This enables you to backup and restore, continuously replicate and migrate QuickSight folders along with its member assets and sub folders. With the earlier version of these APIs, you had to managed folders deployment separately. To learn more, click here . The QuickSight export and import of shared folders is available with the Amazon QuickSight Enterprise Edition in all supported Amazon QuickSight regions - US East (Ohio and N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Jakarta, Mumbai, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo), Canada (Central), China (Beijing) Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland, London, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Zurich), South America (São Paulo) and AWS GovCloud (US-West). Post Updated on October 18, 2024 at 06:00PM