5 Highlights Thursday | 24th Oct 2024
Taswar Bhatti
Azure GTM Manager Infra & Security - CEMA | ex-AWS | ex-Thales-Gemalto-Safenet
Welcome to the weekly dose of 5 Highlights Thursday. Where I cover list of Azure/Development/AI information and links that you may find helpful in your Azure journey. Feel free to forward this along to anyone who you think may enjoy such sharing.
1. Explore Cutting-Edge Models: LLMs, SLMs, and More
Discover how to choose the right generative AI models for your specific needs. This session covers various models, from LLMs to SLMs, and provides tools for evaluating and comparing their performance across different tasks. If you want to stay ahead of the AI curve, this is the webinar for you.
?2. Microsoft Zero Trust Workshop - Introduction
This video provides an introduction to the Zero Trust Strategy Workshops, highlighting what they are and how they can help your organization develop a secure Zero Trust posture.
3. Boost your local development with Dev Container templates for Azure SQL
Open at Microsoft presents an exclusive look at the latest Dev Container templates for Azure SQL Database with Carlos Robles from the Azure SQL Developer Experiences product group team. This episode highlights the innovative features of these templates, designed to simplify local development and accelerate project setup. Learn about the development journey and hear how you can contribute to this exciting open-source initiative. Perfect for developers eager to optimize their workflow and leverage the full potential of Azure SQL Database, this episode is not to be missed!
4. .NET Conf 2024 Nov 12- 14
We are excited to announce the return of the .NET Conf Student Zone at this year’s .NET Conf 2024. The Student Zone is a beginner-friendly, virtual event where experts will teach you how to build amazing projects – all using C# and .NET! And remember attend and add to your calendar.
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5. Azure Cobalt 100-based Virtual Machines are now generally available
We are excited to announce the general availability of the new Azure Cobalt 100 Virtual Machines (VMs). These VMs run on Microsoft’s first fully custom Arm-based Cobalt 100 CPU and represent a significant milestone in our end-to-end approach to building cloud infrastructure.
You can complement this edition of 5 Highlights Thursday with our MEA Developer Channel on YouTube where we have weekly interviews and learning material on Microsoft Azure, and much more.
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Have a wonderful Thursday :)
Taswar
Co-Founder of Altrosyn and DIrector at CDTECH | Inventor | Manufacturer
5 个月The exploration of LLMs and SLMs within Azure's ecosystem is particularly intriguing given the recent surge in transformer-based architectures like GPT-4 and its influence on natural language understanding. Microsoft's Zero Trust workshop highlights a crucial shift towards proactive security measures, emphasizing identity verification and least privilege access control. How would you leverage Azure Sentinel's threat intelligence capabilities to proactively identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities within an environment implementing the Zero Trust model?