| Status | Name | Link | Description | Publication Day | Category |
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| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Perth – Azure Extended Zones | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=535363 | We are announcing the general availability of the Perth Azure Extended Zone. Azure Extended Zones are small-footprint extensions of Azure placed in metro areas, industry centers, […] | Tuesday | Azure Updates,Launched |
| ℹ️ | Retirement: Remove dependency on these Azure ML SDKs before June 30, 2026 | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=501668 | On June 30, 2026, AzureML SDK V1 will reach end of life. The following SDKs which work in tandem with the AzureML SDK V1 will also be retired. […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,AI + Machine Learning,Azure Machine Learning,Features,Internet of Things,Retirements |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server in Belgium Central | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=534523 | Now you can deploy Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server in the Belgium Central Azure region. Learn more | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Database for PostgreSQL,Databases,Hybrid + Multicloud,Launched |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: The ip4r extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=534509 | Now you can install the ip4r extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server. Ip4r provides efficient storage and indexing functionality for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Database for PostgreSQL,Databases,Hybrid + Multicloud,Launched |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Update pg_squeeze to version 1.9.1 in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=534518 | Now you can upgrade the pg_squeeze extension to version 1.9.1 in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server. Learn more. | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Database for PostgreSQL,Databases,Hybrid + Multicloud,Launched |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: The credcheck extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=534504 | Now you can install the credcheck extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server. The credcheck extension helps you to enforce password and credential validation policies […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Database for PostgreSQL,Databases,Hybrid + Multicloud,Launched |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Load Balancer bandwidth metrics now support Protocol dimension | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=536747 | Bandwidth metrics for Azure Load Balancer are now published with metric dimension Protocol. When retrieving or viewing Byte, Packet, and SYN Count metrics in the Azure […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Launched,Load Balancer,networking |
| 🔍 | [In preview] Public Preview: Mistral Large 3 in Foundry | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=536937 | Mistral Large 3, a frontier-class open-weight model with Apache 2.0 licensing, is now available in Microsoft Foundry on Azure. This model delivers enterprise-grade reliability, long-context comprehension, […] | Friday | Azure Updates,AI + Machine Learning,In preview,Microsoft Foundry |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Availaible: Azure MCP Server support for Azure confidential ledger | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=531889 | The Azure MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server provides a streamlined approach for managing Azure resources—including Azure confidential ledger—through natural language prompts. This feature allows users to […] | Friday | Azure Updates,Azure confidential ledger,Databases,Launched,security,storage |
| 🔍 | [In preview] Public Preview: Serverless workspaces in Azure Databricks | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=536721 | Serverless workspaces in Azure Databricks are now available in Public Preview, offering a fully managed workspace type that comes preconfigured with serverless compute and default storage […] | Friday | Azure Updates,AI + Machine Learning,analytics,Azure Databricks,In preview |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Blob Storage SFTP – Resumable Uploads | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=499438 | Announcing the general availability of resumable uploads for Azure Storage Blob SFTP. In the event of a failed partial transfer, this new feature enables users to […] | Friday | Azure Updates,analytics,Azure Blob Storage,Azure Data Lake Storage,Features,Launched,storage |
| Name | Link | Description | Publication Day | Category |
|---|
| Common Misconceptions When Running Locally vs. Deploying to Azure Linux-based Web Apps | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/common-misconceptions-when-running-locally-vs-deploying-to-azure/ba-p/4473938 | TOC Introduction Environment Variable Build Time Compatible Memory Conclusion 1. Introduction One of the most common issues during project development is the scenario where “the application […] | Sunday | Tech Community |
| PostgreSQL 18 Now GA on Azure Postgres Flexible Server | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-blog-for-postgresql/postgresql-18-now-ga-on-azure-postgres-flexible-server/ba-p/4469802 | We’re thrilled to announce the General Availability (GA) of PostgreSQL 18 on Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server. This release marks Azure’s fastest turnaround ever between […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Faster Python on Azure Functions with uvloop | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/faster-python-on-azure-functions-with-uvloop/ba-p/4455323 | Python 3.13+ apps on Azure Functions are now faster by default. By replacing the standard event loop with uvloop, the Functions Python worker delivers higher throughput […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| November Update: What’s new in Azure for Partners | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/partner-news/november-update-what-s-new-in-azure-for-partners/ba-p/4474300 | Navigate to News and Announcements, Incentives and Offers, Skilling and Events, Go-To-Market, Customer Success News and Announcements Microsoft Ignite 2025 Recap: Learn about our key updates […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Push method for AI search index | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-foundry-blog/push-method-for-ai-search-index/ba-p/4474330 | You may be aware that you can build indexes in Azure AI Search by pulling data from known data sources, like Azure Blob storage, SQL server, […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Push method for Azure AI Search | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-foundry-blog/push-method-for-azure-ai-search/ba-p/4474330 | You may be aware that you can build indexes in Azure AI Search by pulling data from known data sources, like Azure Blob storage, SQL server, […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| 🎉 Announcing General Availability of AI & RAG Connectors in Logic Apps (Standard) | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/announcing-general-availability-of-ai-rag-connectors-in-logic/ba-p/4474337 | We’re excited to share that a comprehensive set of AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) capabilities is now Generally Available in Azure Logic Apps (Standard). This release […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Faster Azure Functions Python with uvloop | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/faster-azure-functions-python-with-uvloop/ba-p/4455323 | Python 3.13+ apps on Azure Functions are now faster by default. By replacing the standard event loop with uvloop, the Functions Python worker delivers higher throughput […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Zero-Trust Agent Architecture: How To Actually Secure Your Agents | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/educator-developer-blog/zero-trust-agent-architecture-how-to-actually-secure-your-agents/ba-p/4473995 | Microsoft’s announcements at Ignite 2025 hit right at this point. With the evolution of Azure AI Foundry into Microsoft Foundry, and the launch of Foundry Agent Service, […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Scaling Azure Compute for Performance | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-compute-blog/scaling-azure-compute-for-performance/ba-p/4474662 | Ignite 2025 highlighted a clear trend across customer and partner discussions: modern workloads—AI inference, data-intensive analytics, and globally distributed applications—require infrastructure that delivers consistent performance, rapid scale-out, […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Serverless Workspaces are live in Azure Databricks | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/analytics-on-azure-blog/serverless-workspaces-are-live-in-azure-databricks/ba-p/4474712 | As customers continue to deploy large scale data and AI projects in Azure Databricks, the complexity of deploying and managing these increases. To help you with […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Building an Agentic, AI-Powered Helpdesk with Agents Framework, Azure, and Microsoft 365 | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/blog/building-an-agentic-ai-powered-helpdesk-with-agents-framework/ba-p/4474756 | The High-Level ArchitectureThe core idea is to decouple the system. Instead of one large application doing everything, we split the process into distinct, scalable components.Ingestion: A lightweight […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Announcing General Availability for Azure Resource Graph (ARG) GET/LIST API | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-governance-and-management/announcing-general-availability-for-azure-resource-graph-arg-get/ba-p/4474188 | ARG GET/LIST API delivers 10X higher throttling quotas to callers compared to ARG query unlocking a more scalable, resilient way to perform resource lookups in Azure. […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| AI- powered maintenance management with Microsoft Azure | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/marketplace-blog/ai-powered-maintenance-management-with-microsoft-azure/ba-p/4466059 | Welcome to another edition of our Partner Spotlight series, where we showcase the innovators transforming maintenance and field service operations through the Microsoft Marketplace. Each feature […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Azure PostgreSQL Lesson Learned #10: Why PITR Networking Rules Matter | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-support-blog/azure-postgresql-lesson-learned-10-why-pitr-networking-rules/ba-p/4474914 | Co‑authored with angesalsaa Symptoms Customer attempted to restore a server configured with public access into a private virtual network. Restore operation failed with an error indicating […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Protect against React RSC CVE-2025-55182 with Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-network-security-blog/protect-against-react-rsc-cve-2025-55182-with-azure-web/ba-p/4475291 | On December 3, 2025, the React team disclosed a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in React Server Components (RSC), tracked as CVE-2025-55182. The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Genesys Cloud and Five9 now supported on Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/genesys-cloud-and-five9-now-supported-on-azure-virtual-desktop/ba-p/4474639 | We’re excited to announce that multimedia call redirection on Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 now supports Genesys Cloud and Five9, both Contact-Center-as-a-Service (CCaaS) platforms. This […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Explore changes to the updated AI Apps on Microsoft Azure specialization | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/specialization-updates/explore-changes-to-the-updated-ai-apps-on-microsoft-azure/ba-p/4475035 | Our specialists deliver high-performing solutions backed by deep technical expertise. To help ensure the ecosystem of specialists remains strong, the performance and audit criteria for the […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Introducing the updated Agentic DevOps with Microsoft Azure and GitHub specialization | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/specialization-updates/introducing-the-updated-agentic-devops-with-microsoft-azure-and/ba-p/4475008 | As modern DevOps practices evolve to include AI-powered tooling and GitHub-based workflows, Microsoft is updating the Accelerate Developer Productivity with Microsoft Azure specialization to better reflect […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Migrate from Amazon API Gateway to Azure API Management | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-migration-and/migrate-from-amazon-api-gateway-to-azure-api-management/ba-p/4471524 | For teams moving from Amazon API Gateway to Azure API Management, we’ve published a detailed migration guide that addresses the technical considerations and implementation steps for […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Deploying a Bun + Hono + Vite app to Azure App Service | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/deploying-a-bun-hono-vite-app-to-azure-app-service/ba-p/4475356 | TOC Introduction Local Environment Deployment Conclusion 1. Introduction Anthropic, the company behind Claude, recently acquired the JavaScript runtime startup Bun, marking one of the most […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Faster Data Copy between Source and target for partitioned table using Partition Switch in ADF | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/modernization-best-practices-and/faster-data-copy-between-source-and-target-for-partitioned-table/ba-p/4456585 | Introduction This blog post presents a comprehensive Azure Data Factory (ADF) solution for automating the migration of partitioned tables from IBM Db2 z/OS to Azure SQL […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Proactive Monitoring Made Simple with Azure SRE Agent | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/proactive-monitoring-made-simple-with-azure-sre-agent/ba-p/4471205 | SRE teams strive for proactive operations, catching issues before they impact customers and reducing the chaos of incident response. While perfection may be elusive, the real […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Azure Bot Identity | Application with identifier ‘x’ was not found in the directory ‘Bot Framework’ | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/iis-support-blog/azure-bot-identity-application-with-identifier-x-was-not-found/ba-p/4475227 | TL;DR Every Azure Bot has a fixed identity (MicrosoftAppId) tied to either an App Registration or a Managed Identity—it cannot be changed or reused. Azure Bot […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
| Securing Confidential VM Backups with Azure Recovery Services Vault and Private Endpoints | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-confidential-computing/securing-confidential-vm-backups-with-azure-recovery-services/ba-p/4458965 | When working with Confidential VMs (CVMs) in Azure, ensuring secure backups is just as important as protecting workloads in use. Confidential VMs use hardware-based Trusted Execution […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
| Name | Link | Description | Creator |
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| D2 in action: Building professional architecture diagrams step-by-step | https://www.idontlikeai.dev/d2-in-action-building-professional-architecture-diagrams-step-by-step/ | Learn how to easily create architectural diagrams with D2 Read the full article here: D2 in action: Building professional architecture diagrams step-by-step | Gijs Reijn |
| Declarative by design: What Microsoft Desired State Configuration, WinGet, and Bicep have in common | https://www.idontlikeai.dev/declarative-by-design-what-microsoft-desired-state-configuration-winget-and-bicep-have-in-common/ | Ho ho ho! It’s that time of the year again. The festive season is starting. For the Americans, Thanksgiving. For the “dutchies”, like myself, the “Sint […] | Gijs Reijn |
| Rate limiting Entra External ID Email OTP Events with APIM | https://rios.engineer/rate-limiting-entra-external-id-email-otp-events-with-apim/ | Introduction In Entra External ID you can configure a custom email provider for your one-time code send email events with Azure Communication Service (ACS) or SendGrid. […] | Dan Rios |
| Experiment, Prototype, and Validate Azure Bicep with the Bicep Console | https://johnlokerse.dev/2025/12/01/experiment-prototype-and-validate-azure-bicep-with-the-bicep-console/ | The Bicep console is a feature that helps with prototyping, experimenting, and validating Azure Bicep code snippets. Additionally, you can leverage the Bicep console to validate […] | John Lokerse |
| Reimagine Migration: Agentic Platform Landing Zone with Azure Migrate 🚀 | https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/12/reimagine-migration-agentic-platform-landing-zone-with-azure-migrate/ | Migrating workloads to the cloud can feel like navigating a minefield — full of potential misconfigurations, inconsistent environments, and compliance pitfalls. That’s why the latest episode […] | Thomas Maurer |
| AB-900 Study Cram – Microsoft 365 Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUydgD7SkEo | Study cram for AB-900. Good luck! 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it will be there! 🤔 […] | John Savill |
| How to Enable Require Risk Remediation in Conditional Access | https://ourcloudnetwork.com/how-to-enable-require-risk-remediation-in-conditional-access/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-enable-require-risk-remediation-in-conditional-access | Learn how to use the Risk Remediation Conditional Access Grant Control to remediate risk for all authentication methods. The post How to Enable Require Risk Remediation […] | Daniel Bradley |
| Can you recover a deleted Microsoft Entra Tenant? | https://www.techielass.com/recover-deleted-entra-tenant/ | A question I am often asked is: “If our Microsoft Entra tenant was ever deleted — could we recover it?” It’s an uncomfortable thought, isn’t it? […] | Sarah Lean |
| Microsoft Entra External ID: Disable Sign Up in a User Flow | https://jaliyaudagedara.blogspot.com/2025/12/microsoft-entra-external-id-disable.html | I was setting up an application on Microsoft Entra External ID and in my User Flow, I didn’t want to enable Sign Up. Sign Up/Sign In So wanted […] | Jaliya Udagedara |
| Running HashiCorp’s Terraform MCP Server in GitHub Actions | https://thomasthornton.cloud/2025/12/02/running-hashicorps-terraform-mcp-server-in-github-actions/ | If you’ve been using AI tools to help with Terraform, you’ve probably noticed they sometimes suggest outdated provider arguments or resource configurations that don’t quite match […] | Thomas Thornton |
| Manage Azure Local Updates | https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/12/manage-azure-local-updates/ | Keeping your Azure Local instances up-to-date is essential for ensuring security, performance, and access to the latest Azure innovations. In my latest video, I walk you […] | Thomas Maurer |
| Secure private access to your internal apps without a VPN | https://azurealan.ie/2025/12/02/secure-private-access-to-your-internal-apps-without-a-vpn/ | Welcome everyone to my contribution to this year’s Festive Tech Calendar. Thanks, as always, to the event organisers who put this event together. It’s always great […] | Alan Kinane |
| Overview of Azure Service Groups (public preview) | https://dev.to/omiossec/overview-of-azure-service-groups-public-preview-hoa | In an Azure tenant, you use management groups to organize subscriptions. In that hierarchy, you can define access controls and apply policies. When resources for a […] | Olivier Miossec |
| From Ops to C-Level – AI Adoption in Practice – Festive Tech Calendar 2025 | https://wedoazure.ie/2025/12/03/from-ops-to-c-level-ai-adoption-in-practice-festive-tech-calendar-2025/ | Introduction It’s great to be back for another year of the Festive Tech Calendar. Always an excellent event across the month of December, and looking through […] | Joe Carlyle |
| Maximizing Microsoft Sentinel ROI with VirtualMetric DataStream – Part 1 | https://charbelnemnom.com/microsoft-sentinel-virtualmetric-datastream-pt1/ | Microsoft Sentinel has become a leading cloud SIEM/XDR/SOAR platform, but organizations often struggle to get full value from it. High-volume security telemetry can drive up Continue […] | Charbel Nemnom |
| Dobbies having fun in the snow! | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ptuV9tpeN8 | | John Savill |
| Skillsets in Azure AI Search | https://www.georgeollis.com/skillsets-in-azure-ai-search/ | First – thanks for coming to this blog. I’ve made a promise to myself that I’ll start blogging each week again! Many people use Azure AI […] | George Ollis |
| Entra Synced Passkeys and Passkey Profiles | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0FPn-gJeO4 | A look at the ability to have synced passkeys with Entra ID and how to use them. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search […] | John Savill |
| 319 – Hello there, new Microsoft Defender for Cloud! | https://share.transistor.fm/s/a2a06cc1 | In this episode, we unpack what’s new with Microsoft Defender for Cloud. During Ignite 2025, Microsoft announced that the public preview of MDC would be available […] | Tobias Zimmergren |
| AVD + Entra ID Guest Users: The Ultimate Microsoft Azure B2B Access Guide! | https://www.ciraltos.com/avd-entra-id-guest-users-the-ultimate-microsoft-azure-b2b-access-guide/ | Managing external access in Microsoft Azure has always been a challenge—especially for organizations using Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). Until recently, giving users outside your Azure tenant […] | Travis Roberts |
| Consuming a Microsoft Foundry Agent programmatically | https://www.georgeollis.com/consuming-a-microsoft-foundry-agent-programmatically/ | Hello everyone, In this post, I’ll walk through how to create prompt-based agents in Microsoft Foundry, publish them, and then consume them via Python. This approach […] | George Ollis |
| Santa’s Digital Showcase (Drasi + Mirosoft Agent Framework) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G7Dg_VI27M | (Drasi + Microsoft Agent Framework working together, in this Santa showcase. Santa’s Digital Elves is an event-driven demo application that detects children’s wishlist and profile updates, […] | Luke Murray |
| Subnet peering and ExpressRoute | https://blog.cloudtrooper.net/2025/12/05/subnet-peering-and-expressroute/ | Yesterday I got an interesting question. How does subnet peering interact with ExpressRoute? A quick look into the official docs for Subnet peering checks and limitations […] | Jose Moreno |
| My New Course On Pluralsight is LIVE: Vector Databases & Embeddings for Developers | https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2025/11/29/my-new-course-on-pluralsight-is-live-vector-databases-embeddings-for-developers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-new-course-on-pluralsight-is-live-vector-databases-embeddings-for-developers | My new course Vector Databases & Embeddings for Developers is LIVE on Pluralsight! In this course, you’ll learn how to use a vector database and embeddings […] | Jamie Maguire |
| Why Azure Container Apps Should Be Your Go‑To for Azure Functions | https://www.georgeollis.com/running-azure-functions-in-azure-container-apps-2/ | Running Azure Functions in Azure Container Apps (ACA) gives you the best of both worlds: the simplicity of serverless with the flexibility of containers. It’s a […] | George Ollis |
| Azure Update – 5th December 2025 – 10% more fancy edition | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe0M4Xxi1O8 | A slightly higher class update than usual 🤣 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it will be […] | John Savill |
| How Spotify disappointed me with AI Artists | https://www.007ffflearning.com/post/spotify-disappointed-me-with-ai-artists/ | I’m usually pretty excited about AI and more specifically about Generative AI, especially with Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Foundry. I might be biased, but […] | Peter De Tender |
| Using GitHub Copilot Agent Mode to vibe code a Python shooting game | https://www.007ffflearning.com/post/using-github-copilot-agent-mode-to-vibe-code-a-python-shooting-game/ | For about a year now, I’ve been teaching a lot on GitHub Copilot as part of my Microsoft role. Our program offers 2 different learning paths, […] | Peter De Tender |
