Azure Updates
- Azure Files provisioned v2 billing model for SSD (premium)
 - Azure Databricks connector for Microsoft Power Platform
 - Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra v5.0
 - Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in Malaysia West
 - Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) encryption with customer-managed key
 - Deployment resumption - Azure Automation revised Service and Subscription limits
 - Announcing Tenant-Level Service Health Alerts in Azure Monitor
 - Introducing Azure App Testing: Scalable End-to-end App Validation
 - General Available: App Service Inbound IPv6 Support
 - Upsert and Script Activity in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
 
Analytics on Azure Blog articles
- Closing the loop: Interactive write-back from Power BI to Azure Databricks
 - Supercharge Data Intelligence: Build Teams App with Azure Databricks Genie & Azure AI Agent Service
 
Apps on Azure Blog articles
- Supercharge Your App Service Apps with AI Foundry Agents Connected to MCP servers
 - Send signals from Micronaut applications to Azure Monitor through zero-code instrumentation
 - Send logs from Micronaut native image applications to Azure Monitor
 - Send traces from Micronaut native image applications to Azure Monitor
 - Send signals from Micronaut native image applications to Azure Monitor
 - Send metrics from Micronaut native image applications to Azure Monitor
 - Build lightweight AI Apps on Azure App Service with gpt-oss-20b
 - Azure App Testing: Playwright Workspaces for Local-to-Cloud Test Runs
 - Private Pod Subnets in AKS Without Overlay Networking
 - Introducing Azure App Testing: Scalable End-to-end App Validation
 - Announcing General Availability of App Service Inbound IPv6 Support
 - Announcing a flexible, predictable billing model for Azure SRE Agent
 - Develop Custom Engine Agent to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat with pro-code
 
Azure Tools Blog articles
Linux and Open Source Blog articles
- Azure Linux with OS Guard: Immutable Container Host with Code Integrity and Open Source Transparency
 
Azure Integration Services Blog articles
- Update To API Management Workspaces Breaking Changes: Built-in Gateway & Tiers Support
 - Logic Apps Community Day 2025
 - 🚀 General Availability: Enhanced Data Mapper Experience in Logic Apps (Standard)
 
Azure Communication Services Blog articles
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Blog articles
- 🎉Malware scanning add-on is now generally available in Azure Gov Secret and Top-Secret clouds
 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud expands U.S. Gov Cloud support for CSPM and server security
 
DevOps, Git, and Agile updates from the team building Azure DevOps
- Azure Developer CLI: From Dev to Prod with Azure DevOps Pipelines
 - Azure DevOps OAuth Client Secrets Now Shown Only Once
 - Hunting Living Secrets: Secret Validity Checks Arrive in GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
 - Real-Time Security with Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) comes to Azure DevOps
 
Keep up to date with the ever changing and evolving Microsoft Azure ecosystem.
- Introducing new SharePoint Site Header & Footer Enhancements
 - How to Use Custom Models with Foundry Local: A Beginner’s Guide
 - From mission to impact: Why Surface is the trusted choice for nonprofits
 - Secure Isolated Recovery Environment in Azure
 - Recommended Settings for Windows LAPS with Intune
 - September Calendar IS HERE!
 - Microsoft Security Exposure Management Ninja Training
 - Welcome to the Microsoft Defender Experts Ninja Hub!
 - Deepening our Partnership with Mistral AI on Azure AI Foundry
 - Building AI Agents with Ease: Function Calling in VS Code AI Toolkit
 - Deploying OpenAI’s First Open-Source Model on Azure AKS with KAITO
 - Empowering.Cloud Community Update – September 2025
 - Azure Update – 15th August 2025
 - Master Log Tiering With Microsoft Sentinel Data Lake
 - Using Entra ID Authentication with Arc-Enabled SQL Server in a .NET Windows Forms Application
 - Microsoft Purview Information Protection – Part 7
 - Enable Insider Risk Analytics in Microsoft Purview – Part 6
 - Higher log rate for business critical service tier in Azure SQL MI
 - Microsoft Purview Device Onboarding – Part 5
 - Turn on audit logs in Microsoft Purview – Part 4
 - One MCP Server, Two Transports: STDIO and HTTP
 - Gpresult Like Tool For Intune
 - How I Became a Microsoft MVP in Azure: My Journey
 - Announcing the Text PII August preview model release in Azure AI language
 - Send metrics/traces/logs from Micronaut native image applications to Azure Monitor
 - Enabling GitHub Copilot Coding Agents to Access Azure
 - Some notes on migrating from Azure AD B2C to Entra External ID (EEID) (Part 2)
 - Terraform Apply a Golden Pyramid in Minecraft!!! Then Terraform Destroy!!!! #kcdc #kcdc2025 #shorts
 - SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc is now generally available in the US Government Virginia region
 - Unveiling the Next Generation of Table Structure Recognition
 - The new Planner for the web is now available to customers in GCC High
 - Microsoft cancels access package visibility changes
 - Arc-enabled SQL Server is now generally available in the US Government Virginia region
 - Expanding Global Reach and Enhancing Observability with Oracle Database@Azure
 - Investigating M365 Copilot Activity with Sentinel & Defender XDR
 - Lower costs and boost flexibility with Azure Files provisioned v2
 - Unlocking Flexibility with Azure Files Provisioned V2
 - Join us October 8th for the 3rd Annual OneDrive Digital Event!
 - New microphone volume indicator in Teams
 - How Microsoft Defender Experts uses AI to cut through the noise
 - Data, AI, and Opportunity: Why Microsoft Partners Should Attend the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025
 - New AI capabilities available for Government environments
 - Improved margins in OneNote for Android and iOS
 - Viva Engage Public Content is Now Available in Microsoft 365 Copilot
 - Leaving the key under the doormat: How Microsoft Defender uses AI to spot exposed credentials
 - What’s new in OneNote for EDU – Back to School 2025
 - Model Mondays S2E9: Models for AI Agents
 - Red-teaming a RAG app with the Azure AI Evaluation SDK
 - SAP Sybase ASE to Azure SQL Migration using SSMA and BCP Overview
 - Access announces removal of Salesforce ODBC driver in October 2025
 - MSLE Newsletter – August 2025
 - Exciting News: Azure AI Blogs Have Come Together in the New Azure AI Foundry Blog
 - Exciting News: Azure AI Blogs Have Come Together in the New Azure AI Foundry Blog
 - Exciting News: Azure AI Blogs Have Come Together in the New Azure AI Foundry Blog
 - Using GPT-5 on Microsoft
 - OneDrive Office Hours | August 2025
 - Partner Blog | Driving business impact through skilling
 - BitUnlocker: Leveraging Windows Recovery to Extract BitLocker Secrets
 - From Traditional Security to AI-Driven Cyber Resilience: Microsoft’s Approach to Securing AI
 - Connect with the security community at Microsoft Ignite 2025
 - Analyze images with Python in Excel
 - Announcing Extended Support for Azure Database for MySQL
 - PowerToys 0.93 is here: faster Command Palette, new dashboard UX and more
 - Encryption in Microsoft Teams: June 2025
 - Microsoft Finland – Software Developing Companies monthly community series.
 - Apptividad and CoreView offer transactable partner solutions in Azure Marketplace
 - 303 – A look at Microsoft Sentinel in 2025
 - Docker MCP Toolkit: Hassle-Free Local Agentic AI with MCP Servers
 - RDP Multipath Explained: Boost Azure Virtual Desktop Stability & Performance
 - GPT-5: Will it RAG?
 - How Microsoft Semantic Kernel Transforms Proven Workflows into Intelligent Agents
 - Microsoft 365 Champion community break in August
 - Azure Logic App AI-Powered Monitoring Solution: Automate, Analyze, and Act on Your Azure Data
 - Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU20
 - Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM GDR
 - Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU32
 - Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM GDR
 - Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM CU31
 - Security Update for SQL Server 2017 RTM GDR
 - Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
 - Security Update for SQL Server 2016 SP3 GDR
 - Major Update to MB-800: A New Chapter for Business Central Learners
 - Released: August 2025 Exchange Server Security Updates
 - Implementing a Center of Excellence for Generative AI
 - Build the Future of AI-Driven Apps with SharePoint Embedded
 - Partner Case Study | Adastra
 - Pull print is now available in Universal Print
 - Microsoft Global Hackathon 2025: MVPs Driving Innovation Across Communities
 - Azure PostgreSQL Extended Support: Stay Secure at Every Stage of Your Upgrade
 - Dow’s 125-year legacy: Innovating with AI to secure a long future
 - Public Preview: Auto agent upgrade for Azure Arc-enabled servers
 - Now Generally Available: Platform SSO for macOS with Microsoft Entra ID
 - How Azure Storage Powers AI Workloads: Behind the Scenes with OpenAI, Blobfuse & More
 - Microsoft deployment blueprint – Address oversharing concerns for your M365 Copilot deployment
 - New in Azure Marketplace: July 23-31, 2025
 - SQL Server on Linux Now Supports cgroup v2
 - Connecting to a Private AKS Cluster with Azure Bastion – No Jump Box Needed!
 - GitOps and DevOps: Are they the same thing?
 - Fix Broken Migrations with AI Powered Debugging in VS Code Using GitHub Copilot
 - How to Visualise Microsoft Entra MFA Sign-in Metrics with PowerShell
 - MDVM Guidance for CVE-2025-53786: Exchange Hybrid Privilege Escalation
 - Modernizing legacy Java project using GitHub Copilot App Modernization upgrade for Java
 - A Deep Dive into Spark UI for Job Optimization
 - Building Application with gpt-oss-20b with AI Toolkit
 - What’s new in Microsoft Security Copilot
 - New pen tools and Draw tab customization in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows
 - Explain Formulas with Copilot—Now on the Grid
 - Viva Engage Email Sender Domain Update
 - What’s New in Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
 - Enhancing business continuity: Windows 365 Reserve is now in limited public preview!
 - Paste text only in OneNote on Windows, for Mac, and for the web
 - Creating an AI Policy Analysis Copilot
 - Navigating AI Adoption: Legal Considerations Every Organization Should Know
 - Microsoft Purview: The Ultimate AI Data Security Solution
 - New in Microsoft AppSource: July 23-31, 2025
 - Protect against SharePoint CVE-2025-53770 with Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF)
 - Finding the Right Page number in PDFs with AI Search
 - Cloud forensics: Prepare for the worst -implement security baselines for forensic readiness in Azure
 - Issuing Custom Claims Using Directory Extension Attributes in Microsoft Entra ID
 
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