Welcome to the weekly update in the Azure cloud world!

Jiadong Chen
3 min readNov 20, 2023
source: Microsoft

From diving deep into Azure OpenAI architecture patterns to unraveling the revamped Well-Architected Framework, Microsoft is paving the way for optimized workloads on Azure. Ever wondered about teaching ChatGPT to answer questions using Azure Cognitive Search and Azure OpenAI? Look no further; we’ve got you covered! And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Explore Azure Backup for AKS, learn how to collect syslog from your AKS nodes using Container Insights, and stay in the loop with everything new in Azure Governance unveiled at Ignite 2023.

🎯 Azure OpenAI Architecture Patterns and Implementation Steps

A detailed exploration of Azure OpenAI architecture patterns, emphasizing approaches like Load balancing with Azure Front Door, including global balancing, security features, and testing using Postman; and Integration with Azure API Management (APIM) for access control, billing, round-robin load balancing, AAD authentication, logging, monitoring, and multi-region deployment with Front Door.

🎯 Deepening Well-Architected guidance for workloads hosted on Azure

Microsoft has announced a comprehensive refresh of the Well-Architected Framework for optimized workloads on Azure, providing precise instructions for implementing architectural guidance, including design principles, checklists, trade-offs, recommendation guides, and cloud design patterns.

🎯 Teach ChatGPT to Answer Questions: Using Azure Cognitive Search & Azure OpenAI (Semantic Kernel)

A comprehensive guide of integrating Azure Blob Storage, Azure Cognitive Search, and Azure OpenAI to efficiently store, search, and respond to information from PDFs, ultimately creating a robust search and response mechanism that can be scaled for handling large volumes of PDF documents.

🎯 Azure Backup for AKS: Cloud native, Enterprise ready, Kubernetes aware backup

Azure Backup for AKS is a cloud-native solution that leverages Velero and Azure Backup extension, offering a Kubernetes-aware backup for both cluster state and application data, providing fine-grained control and flexible restores, ensuring robust data protection for organizations running stateful applications on Azure Kubernetes Service.

🎯 Collect Syslog from your AKS nodes using Container Insights

Microsoft has officially launchedG eneral Availability for Syslog collection from AKS nodes using Container Insights, enabling easy log gathering from Linux-based Kubernetes hosts for monitoring, troubleshooting, and security events,

🎯 Everything New in Azure Governance

A comprehensive overview of new features in Azure Governance at Microsoft Ignite 2023, including updates in Azure Policy, Machine Configuration, and Azure Resource Notifications, with details on Deny Action effect, gradual rollouts of policy assignments, mutation support for AKS clusters, open-source Machine Configuration features, and enhancements in Azure Resource Notifications and Azure Resource Graph.

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Jiadong Chen
Jiadong Chen

Written by Jiadong Chen

Microsoft MVP, MCT | Azure Certified Solutions Architect & Cybersecurity Architect Expert | Member of .NET Foundation | Packt Author

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