Farzad Sunavala, Senior PM in the Azure Cognitive Search team, reveals the details of the new Vector Search feature. He explains some of the concepts of Vector search and how developers can easily take advantage of this in their Open AI apps.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode472.mp3

YouTube: https://youtu.be/jAvuVTUNZ2k

Resources:

https://aka.ms/IntroducingVectorSearch

Other updates:

https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/azure-app-configuration-public-preview-release-of-snapshots-feature/

https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/public-preview-azure-container-apps-supports-additional-tcp-ports/

https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/generally-available-azure-container-apps-jobs/

https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/public-preview-azure-functions-net-worker-cold-start-improvements/

https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/public-preview-azure-functions-net-8-support-in-linux-plans/

https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/generally-available-autoupgrade-scheduled-maintenance-for-aks/

https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/general-availability-azure-sql-updates-for-lateaugust-2023/

Cale talks about his project and how he leveraged Azure Search and DocumentDB to get a project off the ground quickly.

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode110.mp3

Azure Automation: Graphical and textual runbook authoring
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-automation-graphical-and-textual-runbook-authoring/

Azure Blockchain as a Service Update #3
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-blockchain-as-a-service-update-3/

API Management: Advanced caching and throttling policies
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/api-management-advanced-caching-and-throttling-policies/

Notifying users of data received from sensors or other systems
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/notifying-users-of-data-received-from-sensors-or-other-systems/

Azure Automation Desired State Configuration generally available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/automation-dsc-overview/?WT.mc_id=azurebg_email_Trans_981_MOSP#what-is-azure-automation-dsc

Azure Premium Storage generally available in additional region
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/premium-storage/?WT.mc_id=azurebg_email_Trans_981_MOSP

Microsoft Operations Management Suite alert notification and remediation in public preview
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/operations-management-suite/overview.aspx?WT.mc_id=azurebg_email_Trans_981_MOSP

Azure Role-Based Access Control with custom roles generally available
http://blogs.technet.com/b/ad/archive/2015/12/10/custom-roles-in-azure-rbac-is-now-ga.aspx?WT.mc_id=azurebg_email_Trans_981_MOSP

Classic NSGs now supported in Ibiza

The guys talk to Sandrino Di Mattia, an Azure Consultant from Belgium, who has recently focused on the new Azure Search service and done some groundbreaking work around this service.

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode42.mp3

Some links to Sandrino's work:

Manage your Azure Search index with this Site Extension for Azure Web Sites: http://fabriccontroller.net/blog/posts/new-site-extension-available-for-azure-web-sites-search-portal-for-azure-search/

.NET client for Azure Search: http://fabriccontroller.net/blog/posts/introducing-microsoft-azure-search-and-the-reddog-search-client-sdk/

Getting Started with Azure Search: http://justazure.com/getting-started-microsoft-azure-search/