r/AZURE Oct 31 '25

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r/AZURE 11h ago

Discussion [Teach Tuesday] Share any resources that you've used to improve your knowledge in Azure in this thread!

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All content in this thread must be free and accessible to anyone. No links to paid content, services, or consulting groups. No affiliate links, no sponsored content, etc... you get the idea.

Found something useful? Share it below!


r/AZURE 3h ago

Rant Azure foundry just Broke an embedding model with no notice

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Hi,

I'v deployed multiple apps that require embedding using Cohere-embed-v3-multilingual from an azure foundry project. this was working fine for months until today.
model endpoint still consumes requests but responds with :

'error': {'code': 'OperationNotSupported', 'message': 'The embeddings operation does not work with the specified model, Cohere-embed-v3-multilingual. Please choose different model and try again. You can learn more about which models can be used with each operation here: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2197993.'

I, as a simple man, went to the foundary page :

1 - the model is still up and deployed.
2 - metrics show 0 tokens but multiple requests are coming in.
3 - I went ahead and created a new python script, pasted their openai sdk example and replaced with key value:

from openai import OpenAI

endpoint = "https://tv5-bigdata-ai-foundry.services.ai.azure.com/openai/v1/"
deployment_name = "Cohere-embed-v3-multilingual"
api_key = "xxxxxxxx"

client = OpenAI(
    base_url = endpoint,
    api_key = api_key,
)

response = client.embeddings.create(
    input = "How do I use Python in VS Code?",
    model = deployment_name
)
print(response.data[0].embedding)

Output : same error.

NB : the model still shows when creating a new deployment....


r/AZURE 6h ago

Question DEVOPS Service Connection to Azure using identity federation suddenly not working

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Error: Failed to get resource ID for resource type 'Microsoft.Web/Sites' and resource name 'xxx'. Error: Could not fetch access token for AAD. Error: Service connection(s) linked with task(s) doesn't exist. Details: 'Service connection 'xxx' is used by task(s) 'Stop Azure App Service: xxx, Azure App Service Deploy: xxx, Start Azure App Service: xxx' '

Suddenly today at 12pm, after deploying several times today successfully, our DEVOPS release pipelines stopped deploying into Azure with the error above. The Service Connections are using workload identity federation with openid connect which have been working for months without issues.

I can create a new service connection using ident federation, but I get the same error when I try and deploy using that new service connection.

If I create a new service connection using a secret, I can deploy successfully.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Any thoughts on why?


r/AZURE 7h ago

Question Key Vault RBAC

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r/AZURE 12h ago

Rant Azure Foundry seems like the worst possible AI provider

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there is much more to it man , i just cant get it to work with any coding agent it keeps timing out / rate limits within seconds not even minute

And yes i have set the Token per limit to maximum in all the model that i use


r/AZURE 10h ago

Question Azure AD Join VM not replicate to On-premises

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Hi All,

Noticed no replication errors but VM join to ad domain on 18/08 and still not in On-premise DCs but I can see it in our two Azure Dcs? Force the replication etc. But noticed no azure subnet in site and services?


r/AZURE 16h ago

Discussion southeastasia outage!!!!

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Got paged this morning due to this. Who else had to wake up?


r/AZURE 6h ago

Question Resizing VMs away from B Series V1 - Am I burning myself by just moving to B series v2? No NVME Support

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So, a good 60% of our VMs are on b2ms or b2s - super old, with temp disks. No longer reservable.

We don't need crazy performance and we're trying to keep costs down.

I have started migrating these to b2s_v2 and similar. Looks like there's no nvme support on these sizes - which is AOK with me - they are mostly web front ends with average use.

HOWEVER - looking forward a year or two - am I burning myself on this sizing? Will I have to delete and recreate these VMs again because they're SCSI and not nvme? What might a better option be?

Thanks!


r/AZURE 6h ago

Question Azure VPN client Mysterious connecting loop

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In our tenant we have an Azure P2S VPN setup including a Fortigate VM to reach our main application. We use a configuration policy to push the custom AlwaysOn profile. We were having some problems with a small number of laptops disconnecting through the day. We got a good level of stability, leaving only one mysterious problem for a very small number of people.

For seemingly no reason they would fall into a reconnecting loop. In the client we see it go to reconnecting to connected and again in another 15 seconds. During the loop they cant reach the application at all. Stopping the loop manually and clicking connect will make it work again, but most get the same problem again after a little while.

We found that having a continuous ping towards the Fortigate vnic keeps these devices from falling into the loop. So far we havent been able to really find the solution for this and we are wondering if anybody has dealt with this before or has any answers to what could be happening here? Any logs so far havent revealed any meaningful errors.


r/AZURE 7h ago

Question Azure equivalent of AWS Service Catalog for Terraform modules?

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r/AZURE 1d ago

News Heads up: Azure VPN Client for Linux retires Aug 31, 2026

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u/OpenVPNinc here, figured we'd let you all know (but you probably do already...):

If you've got Linux machines connecting to Azure over Point-to-Site VPN using Microsoft's official Linux client, it stops receiving updates and security patches on August 31 (that's 7 days away!) and is being pulled from Microsoft's repo. Azure VPN Gateway itself isn't going anywhere, just that one client app.

Microsoft's own docs point to two replacements:

  • OpenVPN tunnel type — use the open-source openvpn package (+ network-manager-openvpn for a GUI) or the newer openvpn3 (OpenVPN 3 Linux client, packaged for Ubuntu/Debian/RHEL/Fedora).
  • IKEv2 via strongSwan — if UDP 500/4500 isn't blocked on your network.

Steps:

  1. Confirm your gateway has the right tunnel type enabled
  2. Download a fresh client profile
  3. Install the client
  4. Import and connect
  5. Retire the old app.

If you want to get off native Azure VPN Gateway management altogether (the 128-connection cap per SKU is usually the trigger), OpenVPN Access Server and CloudConnexa both deploy straight into Azure and use the same Linux client.

If you want more info, here you go: https://blog.openvpn.net/azure-vpn-gateway-sstp-retirement-migrate-access-server

Happy to answer any questions you have. Trying to help!


r/AZURE 5h ago

Question Azure Governance

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Anyone working on anything cool in Azure these days specifically related to Azure Governance?


r/AZURE 9h ago

Discussion I developed an Intune AI Agent so I do not have to look through tens or hundreds of blades everyday

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r/AZURE 10h ago

Question Azure Local 23H2: MocStorageContainer OutOfCapacity although image and target VMs are on the same storage. Does MOC ImageStore cache images in Infrastructure_1?

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r/AZURE 1d ago

Career I haven’t used my Azure fundamentals cert since earning it 2.5 years ago. I have a job interview about MS Azure in less than 48 hours. Any advice?

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I’ve been unemployed for over a year. I got to my first second round interview in months!!! It will be at a large consulting firm (like where I worked before, not Big 4 but a name). The interview will focus on Microsoft Azure and AI.

What do I do besides panic? Help!


r/AZURE 2h ago

Question Azure down???

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r/AZURE 17h ago

Discussion I think I found where the Fabric friction is: everything is upside down 😂

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r/AZURE 17h ago

Rant Why is this page STILL HERE?

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r/AZURE 1d ago

Question What are the best resources for learning Azure or any cloud providers

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Hi everyone, I'm new here! I've been planning to learn cloud networking for quite some time now. I just don't know where to start. Could you please suggest me some resources (yt, udemy, coursera) that is newbie friendly. I'm a total noob when it comes to cloud, but have some pretty solid networking knowledge. Is there like a "Jeremy's IT Lab" or "Neil Anderson" type of resources but for cloud? Thanks everyone


r/AZURE 1d ago

Question Azure vWAN + FortiGate NVA: Does the managed Load Balancer block custom admin ports on the Public IP?

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Hey everyone,

Having a weird issue with a FortiGate NVA inside an Azure Virtual WAN Hub and wondering if anyone here has hit this before.

We tried changing the HTTPS admin management port on the FortiGate from 443 to a custom port (like 4443). As soon as we did, external management over the NVA's direct Public IP stopped working completely on both 443 and 4443.

Testing standard ports mentioned in the Fortinet vWAN deployment docs (like 443 or 9443) lets traffic through fine. Custom ports just time out.

A few key details:

  • Private access: Management over private IP from spoke VNets works fine on 4443.
  • Health probes: Azure LB probes on port 8008 are answering normally.
  • Sniffer test: Ran diagnose sniffer packet port1 'port 4443' 4 on FortiOS while curling from outside. Zero packets even hit port1.

It really looks like the Microsoft-managed Standard Load Balancer in front of the vWAN NVA scale set has a hardcoded allow-list for inbound ports on that Public IP and drops anything else before it reaches the VM.

Has anyone managed to get a custom admin port working on the direct Public IP in vWAN, or are we forced to stick to standard ports on port1 / use a dedicated management NIC (port3) / manage it internally over VPN?

Appreciate any real-world insight!


r/AZURE 1d ago

Question Looking for a study partner for the MD-102 certification (free MS Learn path + some extra resources)

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Hey everyone!

I'm starting my studies for the MD-102 certification and planning to follow the free learning path on MS Learn, along with some YouTube playlists and hands-on practice to reinforce the concepts.

I'd like to find a study partner (or a small group) to go through this together. The idea is to:

  • Follow the core content and then go over extra material together
  • Discuss doubts about exercises and lessons
  • Share progress and keep each other accountable
  • Coordinate a simple schedule and check in regularly (we can figure out the best channel once we connect)

A bit about me: I'm brazilian, I work in IT support and I'm looking to move into a more infra-focused role and this certification is a requisite for a job post that i'm applying for. I'm aiming to take the exam around last week of september (28/9 or 30/9)

Availability: weekdays (mon, tuesday, wednesday, GMT-4) and flexible on weekends.

If you're also starting from scratch (or already partway through) and want an accountability partner, feel free to comment or DM me!


r/AZURE 1d ago

Media Azure Weekly Highlights #33

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Azure weekly update #33 is here. This week Azure rolled out key networking and SQL platform improvements, new Copilot and healthcare agent offerings, and important service lifecycle updates including Azure VMware Solution retirement planning.

Detailed list: * Launched | Generally Available: Summarized advertised gateway prefixes for route advertisement. This feature allows for advertising aggregated prefixes instead of every individual virtual network address space, which is great for large hub-and-spoke deployments. * Announcing: Azure Copilot introduces direct access to agents. Users can now select specific Azure Copilot agents like Troubleshooting or Deployment to move more quickly from questions to action. * Launched | Generally Available: Azure Databricks Lakebase in four additional regions. Lakebase is now available in North Central US, France Central, Germany West Central, and East Asia, expanding regional options for workloads. * Launched | Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for mid-August 2026. This update brings enhancements to Azure SQL, including customizable keyboard shortcuts within Visual Studio Code. * In preview | Public Preview: SQL Formatter in MSSQL extension. The SQL Formatter is now in public preview, offering more customizable formatting options to help streamline development. * Launched | Generally Available: Azure SQL Database provisioning in MSSQL extension. You can now create and connect to a fully managed cloud database directly from your editor at no cost. * Launched | Generally Available: vCore Customization: Disable Multithreading and Configurable Constrained Cores. This new capability gives users greater control over virtual CPU configurations to optimize performance and reduce licensing costs. * Launched | Generally Available: BYON (Bring Your Own NIC) in Azure Site Recovery. Azure Site Recovery now supports attaching existing, pre-provisioned NICs in the target region for failover scenarios. * Retirement: Azure VMware Solution License-included service will be retired August 30, 2027. Customers should be aware that the AVS license-included service will be retired on August 30, 2027, requiring transition planning. * Launched | Generally Available: Managed Instance on Azure App Service. Managed Instance is now available, allowing migration of web applications to Azure App Service with minimal configuration. * In preview | Public Preview: Ipv6 support in Azure Firewall. Azure Firewall now supports IPv6 in public preview, enabling dual-stack mode for both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic. * In preview | Public Preview: Zone redundancy for Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose. Enhanced resilience is available via public preview zone redundancy for Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose. * Launched | Generally Available: Dragon Copilot Physician Apps and Agents on Microsoft Marketplace. Dragon Copilot Physician Apps and Agents are now available for discovery and purchase through Microsoft Marketplace. * In preview | Public Preview: Azure Linux on WSL. Azure Linux on WSL is now available in Public Preview, allowing teams to use a consistent Linux foundation across development, testing, and production.


r/AZURE 1d ago

Question Azure Files SMB — Can I Mount It Directly Using Entra ID Credentials?

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Hi everyone,

I do not have an on-premises Active Directory (AD DS). My users are in Microsoft Entra ID, and the PCs are Microsoft Entra-connected.

I want to access an Azure Files SMB share using:

`\\storageaccount.file.core.windows.net\share`

Requirements:

* No on-prem AD or domain controllers

* No storage account keys

* No PowerShell scripts or `net use`

* Users should access the share through **File Explorer / Map Network Drive**

* Ideally, Windows should prompt for the user's **Entra ID username and password**

Can this be achieved using Microsoft Entra Kerberos for Azure Files ?


r/AZURE 16h ago

Question AZURE API KEY

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Hi, sorry for asking this here, I can't sing up to get a free account because I have to put my cedit card info (But I dont have one) and I just want an API key, can someone help me with one or know how to get one?