Many customers are modernizing and streamlining the purchasing through Azure Marketplace. Some ISVs license via an upfront payment for 1,2 or 3 years of software and services/SaaS model. If you have transacted many deals through Azure Marketplace, what best practices have you found to be most useful to understand what “renewal” private offers need to be created and which ones are coming due since there is not an auto notification feature for ISVs publishing the private offer?

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​Many customers are modernizing and streamlining the purchasing through Azure Marketplace. Some ISVs license via an upfront payment for 1,2 or 3 years of software and services/SaaS model. If you have transacted many deals through Azure Marketplace, what best practices have you found to be most useful to understand what “renewal” private offers need to be created and which ones are coming due since there is not an auto notification feature for ISVs publishing the private offer?@justinroyal   Read More

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Wondering if anyone else has this issue. I added in a quick links web part but when I do into my document library and change the file title it doesn’t automatically update on the web-part.

Is this a caching issue? Or do I always have to update the title once I change it? Below is an example of the second web-part I pulled in with the updated Titles for my files.

​Wondering if anyone else has this issue. I added in a quick links web part but when I do into my document library and change the file title it doesn’t automatically update on the web-part. Is this a caching issue? Or do I always have to update the title once I change it? Below is an example of the second web-part I pulled in with the updated Titles for my files.   Read More

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Introduction
Caching plays a crucial role in optimizing web performance. When Output Caching is enabled in IIS for specific file extensions or URLs, it deliver 304 Not Modified status code. This status code is essential for managing caching, as it indicates whether a resource has been modified since the last time it was requested.

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I want to create a library in a department’s communication site. The library will contain time study documents where I want folks in Finance to be able to add, delete and download documents from. They will need to be able to add and delete folders in the document library as well as we keep track of two years worth of files in this library — one for the current year and one for prior. The others in the department’s communication site will need to be able to edit the documents in the library, but not have the ability to add more documents or delete any of the documents.  Would I need to create my own permission group or can I use a standard permission level to accommodate these two options?

​I want to create a library in a department’s communication site. The library will contain time study documents where I want folks in Finance to be able to add, delete and download documents from. They will need to be able to add and delete folders in the document library as well as we keep track of two years worth of files in this library — one for the current year and one for prior. The others in the department’s communication site will need to be able to edit the documents in the library, but not have the ability to add more documents or delete any of the documents.  Would I need to create my own permission group or can I use a standard permission level to accommodate these two options?  Read More

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Hello everyone,

i have integrated various Power BI graphics that show live data into a PowerPoint report using the URL. The graphics with the live data were automatically reloaded, after the respective slide was clicked on. If the slides were not clicked and the entire report was exported as a PDF instead, the graphics that were loaded the last time were displayed.

You can also see it in the preview on slide 3: the objects shown there were loaded the last time.

For some reason, for the last two weeks, when the graphics have been reloaded and the PowerPoint report has been saved and reopened, the preview no longer shows the last loaded graphics, but blue hexagons. The blue hexagons only disappear when I click on the slide and the graphics have been automatically reloaded. If I don’t do this step, i.e. click through each individual slide but click on PDF export straight away, the PDF export shows the blue hexagons again. The problem is, however, that due to time constraints, I can’t always click on each individual slide, but only on a few slides, and the rest of the slides including the graphics they contain should remain unchanged.

How can I ensure that the last loaded graphics are restored and that the blue hexagons do not appear?

Thanks for any help!

​Hello everyone,i have integrated various Power BI graphics that show live data into a PowerPoint report using the URL. The graphics with the live data were automatically reloaded, after the respective slide was clicked on. If the slides were not clicked and the entire report was exported as a PDF instead, the graphics that were loaded the last time were displayed. You can also see it in the preview on slide 3: the objects shown there were loaded the last time.            For some reason, for the last two weeks, when the graphics have been reloaded and the PowerPoint report has been saved and reopened, the preview no longer shows the last loaded graphics, but blue hexagons. The blue hexagons only disappear when I click on the slide and the graphics have been automatically reloaded. If I don’t do this step, i.e. click through each individual slide but click on PDF export straight away, the PDF export shows the blue hexagons again. The problem is, however, that due to time constraints, I can’t always click on each individual slide, but only on a few slides, and the rest of the slides including the graphics they contain should remain unchanged.  How can I ensure that the last loaded graphics are restored and that the blue hexagons do not appear?Thanks for any help!    Read More

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Hi,

I have applied to join the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner program and my application was rejected because, I failed the Microsoft standards review. Unfortunately, the email I got from MS Vetting Ops support did not provide any details about what exactly I failed on. 

I have been trying to appeal by following the recommended process. However, I am unable to edit any details within the Partner portal. I am a global admin for my organisation within both the company’s Azure subscription and M365 tenant. What exactly am I missing here? 

JT

​Hi, I have applied to join the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner program and my application was rejected because, I failed the Microsoft standards review. Unfortunately, the email I got from MS Vetting Ops support did not provide any details about what exactly I failed on.  I have been trying to appeal by following the recommended process. However, I am unable to edit any details within the Partner portal. I am a global admin for my organisation within both the company’s Azure subscription and M365 tenant. What exactly am I missing here?  JT  Read More

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Introduction

High memory usage or memory leaks is a common challenge for the web applications. The unanticipated memory consumption can lead to performance bottlenecks, system crashes, and degraded user experiences. In this article, we will explore the concept of high memory usage, how to identify it, various types of high memory issues and how to collect logs for analysis.

Identifying high memory

The simplest way to identify high memory is to check the Private Bytes. Private Bytes indicates the amount of private committed memory being used by the process. Making it the key counter to rely on when determining if high memory consumption is happening for the application.

IIS Manager: You can check the Private Bytes form the IIS Manager Worker Process module. The private bytes displayed here is in KB.

Task Manager: You can get the same information from Task Manager Details tab. Find the worker process(w3wp.exe) that match the user name for that application pool. You need to look for Memory (active private working set). You will get the private bytes consumed by the application in KB.

Performance Monitor: Performance Monitor is a great tool to verify high memory usage. 

Open Performance Monitor
Click Add
Expand Process
Select Private Bytes
And choose the worker process (w3wp).

Also add the following counters –

Virtual Bytes, you can find the Virtual Bytes under Process tree.
#Bytes in all Heap, you will find the #Bytes in all Heap under .NET CLR Memory.

These counters will help you to identify the memory leaks. And it will also tell you whether a leak is a native leak or a managed leak.

Native Memory Leaks: If the private bytes counter is increasing but the .NET bytes in all heaps counter remains constant. This indicates a native memory leak.

Managed Memory Leaks: If the private bytes counter and the .NET bytes in all heaps counter are increasing at the same rate (the difference between the two remains constant).

indicates a managed memory leak.

Log Collection

Now that you’re familiar with how to confirm high memory and use counters to distinguish between native and managed memory leaks, the next step is to correctly collect logs. In most cases, a full user dump is sufficient for analyzing high memory or memory leaks. However, the process for collecting dumps differs between native and managed leaks.

Native Memory Leaks

Download and install DebugDiag tool from this official download link – Download Debug Diagnostic Tool v2 Update 3 from Official Microsoft Download Center
Open DebugDiag 2 Collection.
Go to Processes tab
Select the worker process (w3wp.exe).
Right click and select Monitor For Leaks
And click Create Full Userdump

This will generate a full user dump, and you should create three of them for proper analysis and comparison.

You can automate this process if the issue is intermittent or you don’t want to monitor it. 

Open DebugDiag 2 Collection.
Click on Add Rule
Select Native (non-.NET Memory and handle Leak)
Click Next
Select the worker process (w3wp.exe)
Click Configure and set provide the parameters as in below screenshot.

The above parameters will create the first memory dump of 800 MB. Two more dumps will be created at the increments specified – i.e. 1000 (800+ 200) and 1200 MB. Then the final memory dump will be created 15 minutes after tracking.

Managed Memory Leaks 

Download and install DebugDiag tool from this official download link – Download Debug Diagnostic Tool v2 Update 3 from Official Microsoft Download Center
Open DebugDiag 2 Collection.
Go to Processes tab
Select the worker process (w3wp.exe) for the application.
Right click and click Create Userdump Series

Select and set the below options,  do not click “Save & Close” at this point.
Wait for memory consumption to raise to decided level (70 to 80%).
Click Save & Close

You can automate this process using the ProcDump utility. 

Download Procdump.exe from thi official download link – ProcDump – Sysinternals | Microsoft Learn
Extract the zip files into a folder of your choice.
Open command prompt with administrator privilege and navigate to the folder.
Execute the below command.

procdump.exe -s 30 -m 1000 -ma -n 3 <PID>

-n number of memory dumps

-m Memory commit threshold in MB at which the dumps will be created

-s would indicate the number of consecutive seconds where memory consumption was >= threshold specified with -m

PID is the process id for the worker process.

.NET Core applications

If the app in question is .NET Core and hosted on IIS in-process mode, then this above option applies as is. But if the app is hosted on IIS as out-of-proc mode then the action plan should be modified so that the dotnet process(dotnet.exe unless otherwise specified) is investigated instead of w3wp.exe. Same thing applies self-hosted .NET Core applications.

Conclusion

High memory usage or memory leaks is a complex issue with many potential causes, it can be native or managed. It is very important to isolate the type of memory leaks and carefully capture the logs. You can analyze the dumps using tools like WinDbg or DebugDiag2 Analysis. If you want us to do that, please contact us with a case and we will do it for you.

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