Introduction First, let’s provide an overview of how Cosmos DB is being used in this scenario. As per the architectural overview shown below, there are an ecosystem of Customer systems…
Azure API Management (APIM) is a cloud-based service that enables you to create, publish and manage your APIs behind a secure, consistent façade. You can create and manage policies that…
As businesses increasingly rely on cloud services, the imperative for robust cloud solutions has never been greater. Azure stands at the forefront of this realm, offering architects and technology leaders…
The excitement surrounding Microsoft Build 2024 brings into focus the significant steps required to integrate AI and ML innovations into Azure workloads effectively. An essential resource for this integration…
Introduction The recent advances in LLMs have created opportunities for businesses to gain new insight into their unstructured text data. A classic example of this has been using the…
Table of Contents Introduction. 2 Overview.. 2 Architecture 1: Few Shot SQL Generation. 3 Architecture 2: Few Shot SQL Generation with RAG.. 4 Architecture 3: Fine Tuning SQL Generation with…
Our host, David Blank-Edelman and our armchair architects Uli Homann and Eric Charran will be discussing how to transition from proof-of-concept (POC) to production (Prod) for AI solutions. It’s one thing to have a POC but what…
Businesses have committed to the cloud for its scalability, agility, and security. Without optimization, however, this flexibility can lead to unmanaged sprawl. Continuous improvement and careful management…
Introduction As generative AI's adoption rapidly expands across various industries, integrating it into products, services, and operations becomes increasingly commonplace. However, it's crucial to address the environmental implications of such…
Introduction Our host, David Blank-Edelman and our armchair architects Uli Homann and Eric Charran will be discussing how to choose a Large Language Model (LLM) partner. Architects and developers are often at a crossroads: should they…
Introduction This article explores how the healthcare industry can utilize Generative AI, Large Language Model (LLM) Evaluation Metrics, and Machine Learning to streamline the patient referral process. Delays in reviewing referral…
Introduction This article presents a robust and secure mechanism for transferring logs and metrics data from legacy apps running in the Operational Technology (OT) layer of a factory network to…
In ever-growing data strategy projects in an organization, data governance is an utmost priority to ensure that the data artifacts are governed, harmonized, and well-documented for business users to understand…
I was recently working with a customer who is using Azure AD B2C API Connector to enrich tokens with claims from external sources. They are using Azure Function App as…
Background Much has been written about the powerful use cases enabled by Azure OpenAI. One such example is the transformation of the modern call center as their operators evaluate…
Introduction One of the ways to optimize cost and performance of Large Language Models (LLMs) is to cache the responses from LLMs, this is sometimes referred to as “semantic caching”.…
We are thrilled to announce the latest enhancement to Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure. We comprehensively updated our cloud governance guidance in the Govern section of the Cloud Adoption Framework…
In this blog, our host, David Blank-Edelman and our armchair architects Uli Homann and Eric Charran will be discussing what is responsible AI? This is built upon the previous discussion they…
In this blog, our host, David Blank-Edelman and our armchair architects Uli Homann and Eric Charran will be delving into the significance of establishing an AI charter for organizations venturing into…
Overview Customers have modernized their data warehouse by hosting it on Snowflake (in AWS) and have chosen Power BI (in Azure) as their single reporting/analytics platform. They used to have…
ChatGPT Ecommerce System This solution guide presents a novel approach that leverages Large Language Models, such as ChatGPT, to address the limitations found in traditional recommendation methods. Traditional methods are…
Azure regularly updates its platform to enhance the host infrastructure for virtual machines, focusing on reliability, performance, and security. The updates can range from operating system, hypervisor, various networking components/agents…
Introduction In many industries, information can be scattered across multiple documents, or across multiple pages in a very large document. Moreover, combining information across documents and sources is essential for…
Feature Engineering System Feature engineering is the process of using domain knowledge to extract features (characteristics, properties, attributes) from raw data. The extracted features are used for training…
In this blog, our host, David Blank-Edelman and our armchair architects Uli Homann and Eric Charran will be discussing the ethical and responsible considerations architects should consider when using large…
This article presents a reference architecture to enhance the compatibility of Siemens Industrial Artificial Intelligence (Industrial AI) products with Azure. The reference architecture ensures that data from Siemens edge…
The benefits of Generative AI is of huge interest for many organisations and the possibilities seem endless. One such interesting use case is the ability to leverage Azure OpenAI models…
We are pleased to announce a new feature for the Azure Landing Zone portal accelerator that will make regulatory compliance at scale more consistent and simple to deploy. Azure Policy…
Optimizing existing cloud environments is consistently the top cloud initiative for nearly every tech company, and the benefits of skilling your organization on optimization abound. Optimizing your cloud usage…
David Blank-Edelman and our armchair architects Uli Homann and Eric Charran will be focusing on large language models (LLMs) and vector databases and their role in fueling AI, ML, and…
In our previous Azure Architecture blog post, we discussed how the Azure Expert Assessment offering can help organizations identify the best cloud solutions for their business goals by offering no-cost,…
Converting an AWS Lambda into an Azure Function using LLMs in Go The goal of this post is to show some strategies that can be used to convert AWS Lambda…
This is a summarized edition of the following original articles, both of which were published in Japanese. This is a memo as of 27 January 2024. Azure API Managementのバックエンドプール – Logico…
Using Azure Load Testing to test Multi-Tenant services This article describes how to use Azure Load Testing to test a multi-tenant service based on Azure App Service. It also describes how to run…
Load Testing Azure Event Hubs services with restricted public access This article describes how to use Azure Load Testing to test a service based on Azure Event Hubs with a restricted…
This reference architecture describes the deployment of secured Azure Container Registry for consuming docker images and artifacts by customer applications over external (public internet) network. This architecture builds on…
Introduction GenAI applications are those that use large language models (LLMs) to generate natural language texts or perform natural language understanding tasks. LLMs are powerful tools that can…
Azure Application Gateway is a web traffic load balancer that enables you to manage traffic to your applications. It can be used as an internal application load balancer or as…
Large Language Models: A Deep Dive Welcome to the second part of our exploration into large language models. In this episode, we delve deeper into the intricacies of these models,…
Welcome back to the fourth season of Armchair Architects! You asked for more, and we’re here to deliver. This season, we’re diving deep into the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI),…
For many companies, today’s data collaboration landscape offers exciting opportunities to harness valuable insights that drive market advantage. Powered by rapid data clean room adoption, enterprises across industries are moving…
This article presents a solution for sensitive data collaboration between publishers, advertisers and AdTech players in a secure and privacy-compliant way using Data Clean Rooms powered by Confidential Computing. …
As its definition says – “Azure Front Door is a global, scalable, and secure entry point for fast delivery of your web applications. It offers dynamic site acceleration, SSL offloading,…
Introduction Multi-cloud architecture, an advanced IT strategy that has been gaining popularity in the industry, involves utilizing multiple cloud computing services from various providers, such as Azure, AWS, and GCP.…
Businesses are at a pivotal juncture in their cloud migration journeys, as the question is no longer “Should we do this?”, but “What’s the best way to do this?”…
Many organisations store their data in a centralised data lake on Azure Storage accounts. In this post we will look at a solution to scale the secure network access between…
Are you looking for a way to accelerate your cloud journey and optimize your IT infrastructure, data, and applications? If so, you might be interested in the Brand New Azure…
Introduction When you create a Kubernetes cluster using the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), you can choose between three “outbound” types to suit your application’s specific needs. However, by default…
Azure Well-Architected Review Assessment Updates Microsoft is excited to announce a significant update to the Azure Well-Architected Review assessment helps you build and optimize workloads. It walks you through a…
I am excited to announce a comprehensive refresh of the Well-Architected Framework for designing and running optimized workloads on Azure. Customers will not only get great, consistent guidance for making…