Azure Blogs
Explore the latest innovations and insights in cloud computing with our curated collection of Microsoft Azure blogs. Stay informed about the latest updates, best practices, and expert advice to optimize your Azure deployments and drive success in the cloud.
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Stay updated with top Microsoft Azure blogs. Get expert insights, updates, and best practices to optimize your cloud deployments and drive success with Azure.
Microsoft Azure is Microsoft's enterprise cloud computing platform, offering more than 200 products and services spanning compute, networking, storage, databases, artificial intelligence, machine learning, analytics, developer tools, security, and the Internet of Things. Azure integrates deeply with Dynamics 365, the Power Platform, and Microsoft 365, enabling organisations to build, manage, and deploy applications at global scale.
Azure AI & Azure OpenAI Service
Azure AI provides a comprehensive set of managed AI services including the Azure OpenAI Service (GPT-4o, GPT-4, DALL-E 3, Whisper), Azure AI Search, Azure AI Document Intelligence, Azure AI Language, Azure AI Vision, and Azure AI Speech. These services power the Copilot experiences embedded in Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Microsoft 365, and enable organisations to build custom intelligent applications through Azure AI Foundry.
Azure Integration Services
Azure Logic Apps, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, Azure API Management, and Azure Functions form the backbone of enterprise integration patterns alongside Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform. These services connect on-premises systems, cloud applications, and third-party services in a unified, reliable architecture.
Azure DevOps & GitHub Actions
Azure DevOps provides end-to-end DevOps tooling: Azure Boards, Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Azure Artifacts, and Azure Test Plans. Combined with GitHub Actions and the Power Platform Build Tools, teams can implement fully automated ALM for Dynamics 365 solutions, Power Platform environments, and Dataverse customisations.
Azure Data, Analytics & Microsoft Fabric
Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, and Microsoft Fabric form Microsoft's unified analytics platform. Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse provides continuous, no-ETL export of Dataverse data into Azure Data Lake, enabling Power BI analytics without impacting Dynamics 365 performance.
Azure Security & Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) secures access to Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, and all Azure resources. It supports conditional access, multi-factor authentication, privileged identity management, B2B collaboration, and B2C customer identity. Azure Key Vault protects secrets and certificates used by business applications.
Key Azure Topics on D365Hub
- Azure OpenAI integration with Dynamics 365 and Power Platform
- Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse ā setup, performance and best practices
- Azure API Management as an enterprise integration gateway
- Building CI/CD pipelines for Power Platform using Azure DevOps
- Microsoft Entra ID conditional access and zero-trust security
- Azure Logic Apps vs Power Automate ā choosing the right tool
- Deploying Azure AI Search for enterprise knowledge retrieval