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| 🔍 | [In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files support in OpenShift Virtualization | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=550466 | Azure NetApp Files now enables fast virtual machine (VM) provisioning, instant cloning, and live migration in OpenShift Virtualization. It offers seamlessly scalable storage with predictable performance […] | Wednesday | Azure Updates,Azure NetApp Files,In preview,storage |
| 🔍 | [In preview] Public Preview: 7th generation Intel-based VMs – Dlsv7/Dsv7/Esv7 | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=529407 | Announcing the preview of new Azure Dlsv7/Dsv7 General Purpose and Esv7 Memory Optimized Virtual Machines (VMs) powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® 6 processors (Granite Rapids). […] | Wednesday | Azure Updates,compute,In preview,Virtual Machines |
| 🔍 | [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Command Launcher for Java | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=543994 | At Microsoft Ignite 2025, we announced the Public Preview of the Azure Command Launcher for Java, a new JVM launcher optimized specifically for Azure. This tool […] | Wednesday | Azure Updates,app service,Azure Container Apps,Azure Container Instances,Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),Azure Red Hat OpenShift,compute,containers,In preview,Mobile,Virtual Machines,Web |
| ℹ️ | Retirement: Support for Python 3.10 ends on October 1, 2026 – upgrade your Azure Functions apps to Python 3.13 | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=545771 | In alignment with the end of community support, on October 1, 2026, support for Python 3.10 in Azure Functions will end. Your apps that are hosted […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Functions,compute,containers,Internet of Things |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Azure AMD Turin Dasv7, Easv7, and Fasv7-series Virtual Machines | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=552318 | The general purpose Dasv7 and Dalsv7, memory-optimized Easv7, and compute-optimized Fasv7, Falsv7, Famsv7 VMs, are now generally available with and without local disk support. These VMs […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,compute,Launched,Virtual Machines |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Databricks Agent Bricks Knowledge Assistant | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=542455 | Azure Databricks Agent Bricks knowledge assistant empowers you to create, deploy, and manage AI agents directly within the Azure Databricks platform, using unified data and AI […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,AI + Machine Learning,analytics,Azure Databricks,Launched |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=550164 | PostgreSQL minor versions 18.1, 17.7, 16.11, 15.15, 14.20, and 13.23 are now supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server. These minor version upgrades are […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Database for PostgreSQL,Databases,Hybrid + Multicloud,Launched |
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| Enable auditing to identify Change Tracking history table drops using Extended Events (Azure SQL Db) | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-support-blog/enable-auditing-to-identify-change-tracking-history-table-drops/ba-p/4489648 | When Change Tracking is enabled, the system-maintained history table dbo.MSChange_tracking_history is a key place to look for cleanup progress and errors. For example, Microsoft’s troubleshooting guidance for […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Azure SQL Database and the TDS protocol: how it works (networking + protocol deep dive) | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-support-blog/azure-sql-database-and-the-tds-protocol-how-it-works-networking/ba-p/4489394 | If you’ve ever opened a packet capture for an Azure SQL Database connection, you’ve seen a very “SQL-shaped” conversation riding on top of TCP: Tabular Data Stream […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Wireshark walkthrough: observing an Azure SQL Database TDS connection on the wire | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-support-blog/wireshark-walkthrough-observing-an-azure-sql-database-tds/ba-p/4489396 | One of the most effective ways to truly understand how Azure SQL Database connectivity works is to observe the connection at the packet level. A short Wireshark […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Introducing the Azure Static Web Apps Skill for GitHub Copilot | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/introducing-the-azure-static-web-apps-skill-for-github-copilot/ba-p/4487920 | From “Built” to “Deployed” in Minutes You’ve just finished building something great: A marketing landing page for your startup A portfolio site showcasing your work A […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| When and why startups add a Gateway in front of Azure AI Foundry | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/startups-at-microsoft/when-and-why-startups-add-a-gateway-in-front-of-azure-ai-foundry/ba-p/4489490 | Most teams don’t hit scaling challenges with Azure AI Foundry on day one. Early on, things are simple. One or two applications call Foundry directly. Traffic […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Moving Forward: Alternatives After Azure Data Studio – Azure SQL Migration Extension Deprecation | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-data-migration-blog/moving-forward-alternatives-after-azure-data-studio-azure-sql/ba-p/4485469 | If you’re currently using the Azure SQL Migration extension, this blog will guide you through recommended alternatives for every phase of your migration—whether you are […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Building a TOTP Authenticator App on Azure Functions and Azure Key Vault | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/building-a-totp-authenticator-app-on-azure-functions-and-azure/ba-p/4489332 | Two-factor authentication (2FA) has become a cornerstone of modern digital security, serving as a crucial defense against unauthorized access and account compromises. While many organizations rely […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Azure Arc for SQL Server: Executive Summary for Enterprise Clients | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/azure-arc-for-sql-server-executive-summary-for-enterprise/ba-p/4489549 | Key Considerations Before Implementation Licensing and Software Assurance Benefits Understanding your licensing options is critical before deploying Azure Arc. If your SQL Server licenses include active […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Unifying Scattered Observability Data from Dynatrace + Azure for Self-Healing with SRE Agent | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/unifying-scattered-observability-data-from-dynatrace-azure-for/ba-p/4489547 | What if your deployments could fix themselves? The Deployment Remediation Challenge Modern operations teams face a recurring nightmare: A deployment ships at 9 AM Errors spike […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| How SRE Agent Pulls Logs from Grafana and Creates Jira Tickets Without Native Integrations | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/how-sre-agent-pulls-logs-from-grafana-and-creates-jira-tickets/ba-p/4489527 | Your tools. Your workflows. SRE Agent adapts. SRE Agent natively integrates with PagerDuty, ServiceNow, and Azure Monitor. But your team might use Jira for incident tracking. […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Announcing General Availability of Azure Da/Ea/Fasv7-series VMs based on AMD ‘Turin’ processors | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-compute-blog/announcing-general-availability-of-azure-da-ea-fasv7-series-vms/ba-p/4488627 | Today, Microsoft is announcing the general availability of Azure’s new AMD based Virtual Machines (VMs) powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC™ (Turin) processors. These VMs include […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Transforming Retry-After Headers in Azure APIM: A Step-by-Step Guide | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/transforming-retry-after-headers-in-azure-apim-a-step-by-step/ba-p/4489762 | In this blog post, you’ll learn how to customize the Retry-After response header in Azure API Management (APIM) rate-limiting policies, enhancing your API’s flexibility and user […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Azure PostgreSQL Lesson Learned #14: Hitting the Max Storage Limits Blocking Further Scale‑Up | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-support-blog/azure-postgresql-lesson-learned-14-hitting-the-max-storage/ba-p/4489208 | Co‑authored with HaiderZ-MSFT Case Overview A customer attempted to increase storage for their Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server but was unable to exceed 32 TiB. Investigation […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Export and import for Azure SQL database with a sequence | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-support-blog/export-and-import-for-azure-sql-database-with-a-sequence/ba-p/4490413 | A few scenarios where sequencing is useful: Generating Unique Identifiers: When you need a unique sequential number for each new row (e.g., order numbers, invoice numbers). […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Supporting ChatGPT on PostgreSQL in Azure | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-blog-for-postgresql/supporting-chatgpt-on-postgresql-in-azure/ba-p/4490247 | Affan Dar, Vice President of Engineering, PostgreSQL at Microsoft Adam Prout, Partner Architect, PostgreSQL at Microsoft Panagiotis (Panos) Antonopoulos, Distinguished Engineer, PostgreSQL at Microsoft The OpenAI engineering […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| 🦞 Deploy MoltBot to Azure Container Apps: Your 24/7 AI Assistant in 30 Minutes | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/deploy-moltbot-to-azure-container-apps-your-24-7-ai-assistant-in/ba-p/4490611 | 🚀 The Quick Version: Create a Discord bot, clone the repo, run azd up, invite bot to server, start chatting. Total time: ~25 minutes. Total cost: […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Minimum Usage in Azure App Testing | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/minimum-usage-in-azure-app-testing/ba-p/4490658 | Load testing is most effective when it closely mirrors real-world usage and when test infrastructure is used efficiently. We recently launched AI-assisted load test authoring which […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Azure NetApp Files Elastic ZRS service level – File Storage High Availability Made Easy | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/azure-netapp-files-elastic-zrs-service-level-file-storage-high/ba-p/4484235 | Table of Contents Abstract Introduction Why it matters How it works What are we enabling? Use Cases Conclusion Next steps Learn more Abstract This article introduces […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| How to Connect Azure SRE Agent to Azure MCP | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/how-to-connect-azure-sre-agent-to-azure-mcp/ba-p/4488905 | Prerequisites Before you begin, ensure you have: An active Azure subscription An Azure SRE Agent deployed and accessible Step 1: Add an MCP Connector Using the […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
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| Security strategies for safeguarding governmental data | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/01/26/security-strategies-for-safeguarding-governmental-data/ | The Deputy CISO blog series is where Microsoft Deputy Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) share their thoughts on what is most important in their respective domains. In this series, […] | Tuesday |
| Microsoft announces the 2026 Security Excellence Awards winners | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/01/27/microsoft-announces-the-2026-security-excellence-awards-winners/ | In today’s fast‑moving digital arena, security isn’t a solo act—it’s a team sport. Every day, defenders across the globe suit up, strategize, and work shoulder‑to‑shoulder to […] | Wednesday |
| Turning threat reports into detection insights with AI | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/01/29/turning-threat-reports-detection-insights-ai/ | Security teams routinely need to transform unstructured threat knowledge, such as incident narratives, red team breach-path writeups, threat actor profiles, and public reports into concrete defensive […] | Friday |
| New Microsoft Data Security Index report explores secure AI adoption to protect sensitive data | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/01/29/new-microsoft-data-security-index-report-explores-secure-ai-adoption-to-protect-sensitive-data/ | Generative AI and agentic AI are redefining how organizations innovate and operate, unlocking new levels of productivity, creativity and collaboration across industry teams. From accelerating content […] | Friday |
| From runtime risk to real‑time defense: Securing AI agents | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/01/23/runtime-risk-realtime-defense-securing-ai-agents/ | AI agents, whether developed in Microsoft Copilot Studio or on alternative platforms, are becoming a powerful means for organizations to create custom solutions designed to enhance productivity […] | Saturday |
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| Enable Group Synchronisation for Microsoft Entra Cross-Tenant Sync | https://ourcloudnetwork.com/enable-group-synchronisation-for-cross-tenant-sync/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=enable-group-synchronisation-for-cross-tenant-sync | Learn how you can now enable group object synchronisation in Microsoft Entra Cross Tenant Sync. The post Enable Group Synchronisation for Microsoft Entra Cross-Tenant Sync appeared […] | Daniel Bradley |
| My New GitHub Account | https://blog.tyang.org/2026/01/26/my-new-github-account/ | Since I have recently started a new role as a full-time Microsoft employee, my existing GitHub account tyconsulting that I have been using for 10+ years […] | Tao Yang |
| Microsoft to Introduce Native Tenant Configuration Drift Monitoring | https://ourcloudnetwork.com/microsoft-to-introduce-native-tenant-configuration-drift-monitoring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microsoft-to-introduce-native-tenant-configuration-drift-monitoring | Discover Unified Tenant Configuration Management in Microsoft 365 and how it compares with third-party solutions. The post Microsoft to Introduce Native Tenant Configuration Drift Monitoring appeared […] | Daniel Bradley |
| Remaking SqlServerDSC: Shipping SQL Configuration as Microsoft DSC Resources | https://www.idontlikeai.dev/remaking-sqlserverdsc-shipping-sql-configuration-as-microsoft-dsc-resources/ | A new remake of SqlServerDSC Read the full article here: Remaking SqlServerDSC: Shipping SQL Configuration as Microsoft DSC Resources | Gijs Reijn |
| AVNM and Agentic DevOps | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Woj2sZd8xs | | Azure Community Enthusiasts |
| Learn Azure in 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usvlTo0TDoA | Quick video looking at how to start learning Azure today. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it […] | John Savill |
| Check your Power Platform solutions for secrets with Pester and PowerShell | https://autosysops.com/blog/check-your-power-platform-solutions-for-secrets-with-pester-and-powershell | Lately I’ve been doing some work on deployments to the Power Platform. I’ve chosen to use Azure DevOps pipelines as the deployment solution. The reason behind […] | Leo Visser |
| Automatic Passkey Rollout Update | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAm_DcqH0nY | Quick review of the Entra passkey profile update the is rolling out. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have […] | John Savill |
| Understanding AVD Networking Requirements and How to Troubleshoot Connectivity Issues | https://www.ciraltos.com/understanding-avd-networking-requirements-and-how-to-troubleshoot-connectivity-issues/ | Azure Virtual Desktop has become a key service for organizations that want secure, scalable remote access to desktops and applications. Even with all of the platform’s […] | Travis Roberts |
| How to Setup Unified Tenant Configuration Management | https://ourcloudnetwork.com/how-to-setup-unified-tenant-configuration-management/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-setup-unified-tenant-configuration-management | Learn how to setup Snapshots, monitoring and drifts in Unified Tenant Configuration Management using Microsoft Graph PowerShell. The post How to Setup Unified Tenant Configuration Management […] | Daniel Bradley |
| Azure / Entra ID Emergency Kit | https://medium.com/the-new-control-plane/azure-entra-id-emergency-kit-8d496a590fc7?source=rss----3a246e667a75---4 | Logo of the Italian NGO Emergency via Wikimedia There are lots of questions on Q&A about people being locked out of their tenant accounts, MFA not […] | Rory Braybrook |
| 327 – Windows Backup for Organizations | https://share.transistor.fm/s/2f444ca1 | In this episode, we take a look at Windows Backup for Organizations. What’s the capability, and why should you use it? What’s required, and anything that’s […] | Tobias Zimmergren |
| The Future of IaC: How AI Is Changing the Way We Build | https://thomasthornton.cloud/2026/01/29/the-future-of-iac-how-ai-is-changing-the-way-we-build/ | A few years ago, I wrote a blog post on whether natural language Infrastructure as Code (IaC) was the future of cloud automation. At the time, […] | Thomas Thornton |
| Azure Update – 30th January 2026 – Hotel edition :-) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97b7TE_-kSM | Pretty quick update this week. No chapters as doing in hotel room. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have […] | John Savill |
| I developed a VS Code Completion extension for Desired State Configuration (DSC) | https://www.idontlikeai.dev/i-developed-a-vs-code-completion-extension-for-desired-state-configuration-dsc/ | Because the original one was abandoned Read the full article here: I developed a VS Code Completion extension for Desired State Configuration (DSC) | Gijs Reijn |
| Microsoft Agent Framework: Using Background Responses to Create an AI Researcher and Newsletter Publisher | https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2026/01/24/microsoft-agent-framework-using-background-responses-to-create-an-ai-researcher-and-newsletter-publisher/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microsoft-agent-framework-using-background-responses-to-create-an-ai-researcher-and-newsletter-publisher | Keeping up with AI news can be a challenge. Every day there’s a new model release, a new framework update, or some announcement that changes the […] | Jamie Maguire |
| Setting Up Your Own Android Work Profile | https://www.blueboxes.co.uk/setting-up-your-own-android-work-profile/ | Discover how to create a separate, easily managed work environment on your Android device—even if you’re self-employed or outside a corporate setup—with | John Kilmister |
