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The following new and updated articles have recently been published in the Azure Architecture Center.
December 2024
New articles
Updated articles
- Azure for AWS professionals (#b5fa90dbb7)
- Best practices in cloud applications (#f84f30f537)
- Cloud design patterns (#f84f30f537)
- Big data architecture style (#6329a5301e)
- Azure Arc-Enabled Server Configurations (#89ba7c81e7)
- Architectural approaches for IoT Hub-based multitenant solutions (#74d902de30)
- Baseline architecture for an AKS cluster (#4623f17e39)
- Basic OpenAI End-to-End Chat Reference Architecture (#a2c84d6ab8)
- Modern analytics architecture with Azure Databricks (#3b03a9f5d6)
- Stromasys Charon-SSP Solaris emulator on Azure VMs (#19b9e92801)
- Generative AI Ops for Organizations with MLOps Investments (#0df6ca682c)
- Run SAP BW/4HANA with Linux VMs (#de5b5f6de5)
- SAP HANA for Linux VMs in Scale-up Systems (#de5b5f6de5)
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) baseline architecture for AKS on Azure Local (#38b9751c82)
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) network architecture for AKS on Azure Local (#38b9751c82)
- Administer SQL Server with Azure Arc (#38b9751c82)
- Hybrid Cross-Cluster Scaling with Azure Arc for the workloads deployed on Azure Local (#38b9751c82)
November 2024
New articles
- Modern Web App Pattern for Java
- Guide to design a secure multitenant RAG inferencing solution
- Data and AI
- Multi-Region App Service App Approaches for Disaster Recovery
- Use Azure IoT Hub to Privately Upload Files to an Azure Storage Account
Updated articles
- Azure OpenAI chat baseline architecture in an Azure landing zone (#20ef3acc89)
- Use the Application Gateway Ingress Controller with a Multitenant Azure Kubernetes Service Cluster (#99e1199aec)
- Design a Secure Research Environment for Regulated Data (#70ff986fb6)
- Scenarios that feature Microsoft on-premises technologies on Azure (#84a5acfd12)
- Modern Web App Pattern for .NET (#a80637ef28)
- Use a Message Broker and Events to Integrate Enterprise Systems (#159cbaeccf)
- Connect an On-Premises Network to Azure by Using ExpressRoute (#e5f9dec39d)
- Serverless Functions code walkthrough (#027d3ab0ec)
- Developing a RAG solution - Chunk enrichment phase (#d7ea602f59)
- Developing a RAG solution - Information retrieval phase (#d7ea602f59)
- Developing a RAG solution - LLM end to end evaluation phase (#d7ea602f59)
- Enterprise Web App Patterns (#e06a37b575)
- Reliable Web App Pattern for .NET (#e06a37b575)
- Reliable Web App Pattern for Java (#e06a37b575)
- Compare Storage Services on Azure and AWS (#428cac3304)
- Moodle Deployment with Azure NetApp Files (#ecedf3ebc8)
- Choose a Compute Option for Microservices (#3c7f4b64a6)
- Basic web application (#a6d7565ea0)
- Project 15 Open Platform IoT Sustainability (#a65af2fb36)
- Power BI data write-back with Power Apps and Power Automate (#2206b1a394)
- Near real-time lakehouse data processing (#2206b1a394)
- Deploy IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) on Azure (#c7c3fa8621)
- Automate Sentinel integration with Azure DevOps (#f9e86f0dd7)
- Automated API deployments using APIOps (#f9e86f0dd7)
- Map requests to tenants in a multitenant solution (#824332ce7e)
- Security Considerations for Mission-Critical Workloads on Azure (#c1fbb7bcb2)
- Microservices CI/CD pipeline on Kubernetes with Azure DevOps and Helm (#e7fce8fed3)
- Deploy microservices with Azure Container Apps (#69915eb9b9)
- Implement TIC 3.0 compliance (#642826e937)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Recommendations (#9682e1ddaa)
- BCDR for Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics pipelines (#9682e1ddaa)
- Deploy web apps by using zone-redundant Azure Red Hat OpenShift (#9682e1ddaa)
- Migrate Your Workload from Service Fabric to AKS (#32260daf09)
- Azure icons (#65d273a36a)
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Considerations for Multitenancy (#e8c3419d24)
- Event-driven architecture style (#837f359436)
- Line of business extension (#c38027e1d8)
- Overview of Microsoft Machine Learning Products and Technologies (#e9e0ae671b)
- Artificial intelligence (AI) architecture (#e9e0ae671b)
- Esri ArcGIS Platform on Azure Virtual Desktop (#07114dc8b6)
- Greenfield lakehouse on Microsoft Fabric (#07114dc8b6)
- Stream processing with fully managed open-source data engines (#07114dc8b6)
- Architectural approaches for storage and data in multitenant solutions (#5af6f44473)
- Multitenancy and Azure Cosmos DB (#b3d32f27df)
- Subscription vending implementation guidance (#182044238e)
- Building the First Layer of Defense with Azure Security Services (#d767ff97c6)
- Integrate Azure and Microsoft Defender XDR security services (#d767ff97c6)
- Microsoft Sentinel automated responses (#d767ff97c6)
- Manage Microsoft 365 Tenant Configuration with Azure DevOps (#b8c4511d3a)
- Measure consumption (#5be872db52)
- Measure Azure App Sustainability by Using the SCI Score (#fab649364c)
- Baseline OpenAI end-to-end chat reference architecture (#c49693b8b9)
- Implement Logging and Monitoring for Azure OpenAI Language Models (#30fbbdad4d)
- Analyze video content with Computer Vision and Azure Machine Learning (#77135146b6)
- Automate document classification in Azure (#77135146b6)
- Automate document processing with AI Document Intelligence (#77135146b6)
- Automate PDF forms processing (#77135146b6)
- Build and deploy custom document processing models on Azure (#77135146b6)
- Network security checklist for MLOps solutions (#77135146b6)
- Many models machine learning with Azure Machine Learning (#77135146b6)
- Many models machine learning with Spark (#77135146b6)
- Extract and analyze call center data by using Azure OpenAI Service, Speech services, and Language services (#77135146b6)
- DataOps for the modern data warehouse (#77135146b6)
- Citizen AI with Power Platform (#77135146b6)
- Employee retention with Databricks and Kubernetes (#77135146b6)
- Model loan credit risk and default probability (#77135146b6)
- Multi-region load balancing (#6c8ea10816)
- Azure Arc-Enabled Server Configurations (#6c8ea10816)
- Administer SQL Server with Azure Arc (#6c8ea10816)
- Hybrid Cross-Cluster Scaling with Azure Arc for the workloads deployed on Azure Local (#6c8ea10816)
- Automotive connected fleets (#6c8ea10816)
- Hub-spoke network topology in Azure (#6c8ea10816)
- End-to-end computer vision at the edge for manufacturing (#6c8ea10816)
- Rehost mainframe applications to Azure with Raincode compilers (#6c8ea10816)
- Advanced Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) microservices architecture (#6c8ea10816)
- Automated enterprise BI (#6c8ea10816)
- Deploy IBM Sterling Order Management Software (OMS) on Azure (#6c8ea10816)
- Replicate and sync mainframe data to Azure (#6c8ea10816)
- Unisys mainframe migration with Avanade AMT (#6c8ea10816)
- Run SAP BW/4HANA with Linux VMs (#6c8ea10816)
- SAP HANA for Linux VMs in Scale-up Systems (#6c8ea10816)
- Serverless event processing (#6c8ea10816)
- Refactor an IBM z/OS coupling facility (#6c8ea10816)
- Enterprise deployment using Azure ASE (#6c8ea10816)
- Highly available multi-region web app (#6c8ea10816)
- Serverless web application (#6c8ea10816)
- Microsoft Entra IDaaS in security operations (#a1342dca07)
- Extract text from objects using Power Automate and AI Builder (#a1342dca07)
- News feeds with near real-time analytics (#a1342dca07)
- Run SAP HANA Large Instances (#cd8f5bea9a)
- Pricing models for a multitenant solution (#820a1635fe)
- Use Teamcenter PLM with Azure NetApp Files (#d056868ef6)
- HA enterprise deployment using ASE (#41aed5ce1c)
- Analytics end-to-end with Azure Synapse (#a9e676aa5e)
- Data streaming with AKS (#73cfb4bcff)
October 2024
New articles
- Migrate an Oracle Database to an Azure Virtual Machine
- Migrate an Oracle Database to OD@A Exadata Database Service
- Migrate an Oracle Database to Azure
- Use Azure Databricks to Orchestrate MLOps
- Modern Web App Pattern for .NET
- Enterprise Web App Patterns
- Reliable Web App Pattern for .NET
- Reliable Web App Pattern for Java
- Greenfield lakehouse on Microsoft Fabric
- ValOps for Autonomous Vehicle Operations
- Automotive messaging, data, and analytics
Updated articles
- Measure Azure App Sustainability by Using the SCI Score (#9e0c672bca)
- Harms modeling (#6892594536)
- Azure Load Testing with custom plugins to simulate device behaviors (#c4838a7343)
- Modernize mainframe and midrange data (#00013d46aa)
- Replicate and sync mainframe data to Azure (#274b161917)
- Migrate Your Workload from Service Fabric to AKS (#24bf726529)
- Data analytics for automotive test fleets (#53f32c7bb7)
- SAP deployment in Azure using an Oracle database (#8e21c4e85e)
- Inbound and outbound internet connections for SAP on Azure (#8e21c4e85e)
- SAP HANA for Linux VMs in Scale-up Systems (#8e21c4e85e)
- Extract and analyze call center data by using Azure OpenAI Service, Speech services, and Language services (#6d04e7cfd1)
- Enable machine learning inference on an Azure IoT Edge device (#90e5b8e3e3)
- Certificate lifecycle management on Azure (#82e0354d8e)
- Apache NiFi on Azure (#82e0354d8e)
- Multitenancy and Azure Cosmos DB (#85cb4928e6)
- Automate PDF forms processing (#a7e1be4c2d)
- Baseline OpenAI end-to-end chat reference architecture (#332a0da85a)
- Basic OpenAI End-to-End Chat Reference Architecture (#332a0da85a)
- DataOps for autonomous vehicle operations (#42f5581a6f)
- Azure Virtual Desktop for the enterprise (#42f5581a6f)
- Multiregion BCDR for Azure Virtual Desktop (#42f5581a6f)
- Multiple forests with AD DS and Microsoft Entra ID (#42f5581a6f)
- Banking system cloud transformation on Azure (#42f5581a6f)
- Scalable cloud applications and SRE (#c5b743dfeb)
- Refactor mainframe computer systems that run Adabas & Natural (#1b4c51b94b)
- Microsoft Security for AWS (#df83a8c1a1)
- Improved-security access to App Service web apps from an on-premises network (#0b2d8b6dd7)
- Choose an Azure AI targeted language processing technology (#a2f08f4a31)
- Publish internal APIs to external users (#1d1befb451)
- Design a Secure Research Environment for Regulated Data (#fe7bc7c87f)
- Generative AI Ops for Organizations with MLOps Investments (#fe7bc7c87f)
- Machine learning operations v2 (#cd4fb57978)
- Line-of-business application using Azure App Service Environment v3 (#cd4fb57978)
- Azure API Management landing zone accelerator (#cd4fb57978)
- Azure Governance Visualizer deployment guidance (#cd4fb57978)
- Choose an Azure storage service (#0e89e62eca)
- Make all things redundant (#84dd4575cf)
- Multitenancy and Azure OpenAI (#ef15ea8c94)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Architecture (#3e64aa921a)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Deploy this scenario (#3e64aa921a)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Overview (#3e64aa921a)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Recommendations (#3e64aa921a)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Scenario details (#3e64aa921a)
- Event-driven architecture style (#a47e4ec507)
- Use an Identity as a Service platform (#577bf04f6f)
- Choose a data storage technology (#88b7a2019f)
- Deploy IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) on Azure (#eaafacfc9f)
- SAS on Azure Architecture (#eaafacfc9f)
- Deploy IBM Sterling Order Management Software (OMS) on Azure (#eaafacfc9f)
- Storage architecture (#296b7ef5e9)
- Use Azure Firewall to help protect an AKS cluster (#e7ca4c3b32)
- Multilayered protection for Azure virtual machines (#8fb0bd00f6)
- Azure hybrid options (#7f1657ba58)
- Choose an Azure service for vector search (#064e56920e)
September 2024
New articles
- Choose Azure AI image and video processing technology
- Choose an Azure speech recognition and generation technology
- Choose an Azure AI targeted language processing technology
- Choose an Azure AI services technology
- Generative AI Ops for Organizations with MLOps Investments
- Basic OpenAI End-to-End Chat Reference Architecture
Updated articles
- Design a Secure Research Environment for Regulated Data (#6b45c309ce)
- Provide custom authentication to Azure OpenAI Service through a gateway (#ba18376e10)
- Modern data warehouses for small and midsize-sized businesses (#dca68ab84a)
- Implement Logging and Monitoring for Azure OpenAI Language Models (#699ed20b14)
- Baseline OpenAI end-to-end chat reference architecture (#45b60c7737)
- Developing a RAG solution - Chunking phase (#6f02c9d429)
- Developing a RAG solution - LLM end to end evaluation phase (#6f02c9d429)
- Developing a RAG solution - Preparation phase (#6f02c9d429)
- Video ingestion and object detection on the edge and in the cloud (#b7daa6c24f)
- Application platform considerations for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#1d351f3ef2)
- Use the Application Gateway Ingress Controller with a Multitenant Azure Kubernetes Service Cluster (#a6149d7e3e)
- Enterprise business intelligence (#a6149d7e3e)
- Deploy IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) on Azure (#60193ea1ce)
- Securely managed web applications (#60193ea1ce)
- Line-of-business application using Azure App Service Environment v3 (#60193ea1ce)
- Build the second layer of defense with Microsoft Defender XDR Solutions (#289c90dbe9)
- Microsoft Sentinel automated responses (#52c2b51cb9)
- Integrate Azure and Microsoft Defender XDR security services (#e95d6c7cb4)
- Use Microsoft Sentinel to integrate with Microsoft XDR security components (#ca6770ed3f)
- Map threats to your IT environment (#13ad98822e)
- Azure Files Accessed from On-Premises and Secured by AD DS in a Private Network (#dcf697b0f4)
- AKS (Kubernetes) day-2 operations guide (#9d8625304f)
- Stream processing with Databricks (#4531b20f65)
- Manage Microsoft 365 Tenant Configuration with Azure DevOps (#596d0cc6c4)
- Azure service retry guidance (#976f6d5a85)
- Gridwich operations for Azure Storage (#976f6d5a85)
- Azure App Configuration considerations for multitenancy (#70b49bcb27)
- Azure Key Vault considerations for multitenancy (#70b49bcb27)
- BCDR for Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics pipelines (#5003ac7034)
- Secure a data lakehouse on Synapse (#5003ac7034)
- Enable real-time sync of MongoDB Atlas data changes to Azure Synapse Analytics (#5003ac7034)
- Build CNCF projects by using Azure Kubernetes Service (#5003ac7034)
- AKS baseline for multiregion clusters (#4b01645043)
- Use Azure Front Door to secure AKS workloads (#e2248966dd)
- Extract text from objects using Power Automate and AI Builder (#4316bc199a)
- News feeds with near real-time analytics (#4316bc199a)
- Web API implementation (#860a3bc681)
- Choose a stream processing technology (#5892dd5857)
- Architectural approaches for AI and ML in multitenant solutions (#fbed477b76)
- AKS regulated cluster for PCI-DSS 3.2.1 - Data protection (#419972a758)
- AKS baseline cluster for a PCI-DSS 3.2.1 workload - Access controls (#419972a758)
- AKS regulated cluster for PCI-DSS 3.2.1 - Vulnerability management (#419972a758)
- AKS regulated cluster for PCI-DSS 3.2.1 - Monitoring operations (#419972a758)
- AKS regulated cluster for PCI-DSS 3.2.1 - Network segmentation (#419972a758)
- Architecture of an AKS regulated cluster for PCI-DSS 3.2.1 (#419972a758)
- AKS regulated cluster for PCI-DSS 3.2.1 - Summary (#419972a758)
- Azure Data Factory mission-critical architecture (#7cebe56052)
- Azure Data Factory on Azure landing zones baseline architecture (#7cebe56052)
- Design a medallion lakehouse with Azure Data Factory (#7cebe56052)
- Citizen AI with Power Platform (#7cebe56052)
- Data store classification for Azure workloads (#3f00c22db6)
- Azure Data Factory enterprise hardened architecture (#3f00c22db6)