by Contributed | Jun 24, 2021 | Technology
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The amount of information we create has grown exponentially, and more often is distributed across multiple locations, making finding the right information, at the right time, increasingly difficult. One solution to this challenge is to merge your on-premises information with your information in Microsoft 365, but occasionally business requirements, corporate and/or regulatory compliance, or other constraints may limit the ability to merge or store data in the cloud.
The new Microsoft Federated Search Platform is designed specifically for these scenarios. The Microsoft Federated Search Platform enables you to build custom federated search providers to allow your information to participate in Microsoft Search’s Answers & Vertical experiences without the need for merging that information with your Microsoft 365 index – while still letting you use familiar Microsoft Search apps and services to include SharePoint, Office.com and Microsoft Bing.
The Microsoft Federated Search Platform lets you:
- Build a custom search provider or bring your existing bot (developed using Microsoft Bot framework protocol 4.0) and register it via the Azure Developer Portal
- Add trigger phrases for your provider for the most common query patterns used to search over your data to get high precision Answers in the All vertical
- Define Adaptive Cards UX to render your search results in the Answer card and custom vertical
- Use the Search & intelligence admin center to enable your custom search providers for your employees
Today we’re extending an invitation to enroll in our upcoming private preview of the Microsoft Federated Search Developer Platform (opening later this Summer) where you can try out this new experience.
As part of our private preview program, we’ll provide a federated search provider sample which you can download and customize for your specific scenarios using the Bot Framework SDK.
Once customized and deployed you’ll be able to register it with our platform using the Azure Developer Portal providing its provider icon, name, trigger phrases, Answers & Vertical settings, etc.). This will allow you to register your provider with Microsoft Search and publish it for your tenant admin for review and approval.
When enabled, employees in your organization will be to search results from your provider alongside your Microsoft 365 information in Microsoft Search.
If you’re interested in enrolling in this private preview, complete the form at https://aka.ms/SearchDevPrivatePreview.
You can learn more about our plans for federated search and view a demonstration at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZcOskBTwNU.
by Contributed | Jun 24, 2021 | Technology
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In this episode of Data Exposed with Jason Anderson, learn what the ledger feature of Azure SQL Database is and where using ledger can help enable digital trust in your data. There will also be some quick demos on how to enable this exciting new capability and how to show to others that your data is in-fact, intact.
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by Contributed | Jun 24, 2021 | Business, Microsoft 365, Technology
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We believe the future of work is hybrid and that the leaders of tomorrow will be the ones that empower their people to collaborate and be productive from anywhere, at any time. Earlier this month, we shared several new innovations to Microsoft Teams Rooms, Fluid, and Microsoft Viva designed to help people connect, engage, and…
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by Contributed | Jun 24, 2021 | Business, Microsoft 365, Technology
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If the past year has taught us anything, it’s that organizations must be resilient, and technology has been more critical to that resilience than ever before. The global pandemic accelerated digital transformation in ways never before imagined, and we are honored and humbled that so many of you chose Windows as the platform for that transformation.…
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by Contributed | Jun 24, 2021 | Technology
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Microsoft Azure enables organizations around the world to become more digitally connected, and networking is transforming the way these organizations work. When companies shift to the cloud, networking as a service unlocks new benefits for customers in the areas of scale, speed, elastic resources, and managed oversight. In the cloud landscape, the critical role of the network engineer continues to evolve as these professionals tackle complex tasks, from migrating workloads to the cloud and managing hybrid connectivity to empowering remote workers and supporting strategic scenarios that enable digital transformation.
The Azure Network Engineer Associate certification and beta exam
We’re happy to announce today that we’re expanding our Azure training and certification portfolio to include the Azure Network Engineer Associate certification. This new certification can help networking professionals to shine a light on their critical skills. You can use this globally recognized Microsoft Certification to validate your skills and abilities and to stay competitive.
Candidates for the Azure Network Engineer Associate certification need to have subject matter expertise in recommending, planning, implementing, and maintaining Azure networking solutions, including hybrid networking, connectivity, routing, security, and private access to Azure services. And they need expert Azure administration skills. Professionals in this role deploy networking solutions by using the Azure portal and other methods, including PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Azure Resource Manager templates (ARM templates).
Azure network engineers work with solution architects, cloud administrators, security engineers, application developers, and DevOps engineers to deliver Azure solutions.
The exam for this certification, Exam AZ-700: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions (beta), will be available in late July. If you’re a skilled Azure network engineer, we encourage you to participate in the beta—stay tuned for the announcement.
Start preparing now for the upcoming beta exam
Even though Exam AZ-700 (beta) will be released in July 2021, you can start preparing for it now:
Set your sights on the future
Are you ready to let the world know that you have the Azure networking experience and skills that enable you to plan, implement, and maintain your company’s Azure networking solutions? Get started learning about the Azure Network Engineer Associate certification today, and prepare to take your career to the next level.
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