Cale and Sujit discuss their current projects in Azure as 2024 comes to a close. They also cover a ton of AKS updates. Semantic Kernel makes it easier for developers to build Azure Open AI applications that can also include SLMs like Phi-4.  Azure has many options to use File Shares and Volumes, and we walk through the process of figuring out which one is right for your needs.   Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode511.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/dLfCJ6btKng Resources: Semantic Kernel - https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel Journey with SK on OpenAI and AzureOpenAI Ollama (running SLM local) - https://github.com/ollama/ollama Ollamazure (running SLM that looks like Azure OpenAI) - https://github.com/sinedied/ollamazure PhiSilica - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ai/apis/phi-silica   File Shares: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-introduction    Other updates: Lots of AKS updates! https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/concepts-network-isolated https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/azure-kubernetes/availability-performance/container-image-pull-performance https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/imds-restriction https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/use-windows-gpu https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/?id=471295 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/tutorial-restore-aks-backups-across-regions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/app-routing-nginx-configuration?tabs=azurecli#control-the-default-nginx-ingress-controller-configuration-preview https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/automated-deployments https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/aks-extension-ghcopilot-plugins https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/containers/container-insights-logs-schema#kubernetes-metadata-and-logs-filtering
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<p>Cale and Sujit discuss their current projects in Azure as 2024 comes to a close. They also cover a ton of AKS updates.</p>
<p>Semantic Kernel makes it easier for developers to build Azure Open AI applications that can also include SLMs like Phi-4. </p>
<p>Azure has many options to use File Shares and Volumes, and we walk through the process of figuring out which one is right for your needs.</p>
<p><img src="http://azpodcast.azurewebsites.net/image.axd?picture=%2f2024%2f12%2fepisode511.jpeg" alt="" width="80%" height="80%" /> </p>
<p>Media file: <a href="https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode511.mp3">https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode511.mp3</a></p>
<p>YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/dLfCJ6btKng">https://youtu.be/dLfCJ6btKng</a></p>
<p>Resources:</p>
<p>Semantic Kernel - <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel">https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel</a></p>
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<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Journey with SK on OpenAI and AzureOpenAI</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ollama (running SLM local) - </span><a href="https://github.com/ollama/ollama"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">https://github.com/ollama/ollama</span></a></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ollamazure (running SLM that looks like Azure OpenAI) - </span><a href="https://github.com/sinedied/ollamazure"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">https://github.com/sinedied/ollamazure</span></a></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">PhiSilica - </span><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ai/apis/phi-silica"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ai/apis/phi-silica</span></a></li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p><span>File Shares: </span><a style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-introduction">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-introduction</a> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Other updates:</p>
<p><strong>Lots of AKS updates!</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/concepts-network-isolated">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/concepts-network-isolated</a></p>
<p><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/azure-kubernetes/availability-performance/container-image-pull-performance">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/azure-kubernetes/availability-performance/container-image-pull-performance</a></p>
<p><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/imds-restriction">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/imds-restriction</a></p>
<p><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/use-windows-gpu">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/use-windows-gpu</a></p>
<p><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/?id=471295">https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/?id=471295</a></p>
<p><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/tutorial-restore-aks-backups-across-regions">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/tutorial-restore-aks-backups-across-regions</a></p>
<p><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/app-routing-nginx-configuration?tabs=azurecli#control-the-default-nginx-ingress-controller-configuration-preview">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/app-routing-nginx-configuration?tabs=azurecli#control-the-default-nginx-ingress-controller-configuration-preview</a></p>
<p><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/automated-deployments">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/automated-deployments</a></p>
<p><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/aks-extension-ghcopilot-plugins">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/aks-extension-ghcopilot-plugins</a></p>
<p><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/containers/container-insights-logs-schema#kubernetes-metadata-and-logs-filtering">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/containers/container-insights-logs-schema#kubernetes-metadata-and-logs-filtering</a></p>
