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| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Blob Storage Archive Tier Now in Malaysia West | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=500630 | The Archive access tier for Azure Blob Storage is now generally available in the Malaysia West region.With this regional expansion, customers in Malaysia can now store […] | Tuesday | Azure Updates,Archive Storage,Azure Blob Storage,Features,Launched,Services,storage,Storage Accounts |
| 🔍 | [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Bastion now supports connectivity to private AKS clusters via tunneling | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=500996 | With this release, you can now establish a secure tunnel from your local machine—via Azure Bastion—directly to your AKS API server using your standard Kubernetes tooling. […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Bastion,Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),compute,containers,Features,In preview,networking,security |
| 🔍 | [In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Flexible service level now supports cool access | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=500712 | Flexible service level in Azure NetApp Files allows customers to independently configure storage capacity and throughput, making it ideal for workloads with unique performance and sizing […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure NetApp Files,Features,In preview,storage |
| ℹ️ | Retirement: Microsoft Sentinel Deprecation in Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet Announcement | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=498754 | We continuously assess our services to uphold the high standards of protection and reliability for our customers. After a thorough evaluation, we have determined that due […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Hybrid + Multicloud,Microsoft Sentinel,Retirements,security |
| ℹ️ | Retirement: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Deprecation in Microsoft Azure Operated by 21Vianet Announcement | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=498749 | We continuously assess our services to uphold the high standards of protection and reliability for our customers. After a thorough evaluation, we have determined that due […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Hybrid + Multicloud,Microsoft Defender for Cloud,Retirements,security |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Functions support for Node.js 22 | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=500438 | Azure Functions support for Node.js 22 is now Generally Available. You can now develop functions using Node.js 22 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions […] | Friday | Azure Updates,Azure Functions,compute,containers,Features,Internet of Things,Launched |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Migrate now supports migration to disks with Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) redundancy | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=501233 | Azure Migrate now supports migration to Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) disks. With the introduction of this new feature in Azure Migrate, you can now select ZRS as […] | Friday | Azure Updates,Azure Migrate,Features,Launched,Management,Management and Governance,Migration |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Application Gateway adds MaxSurge support for zero-capacity-impact upgrades | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=501017 | Azure Application Gateway now supports MaxSurge, enabling new instances to be provisioned during rolling upgrades without taking existing ones offline. This allows customers to transition to […] | Friday | Azure Updates,Application Gateway,Features,Launched,networking,security |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally, Available: Search Job in Log Analytics – Now Supporting Up to 100 Million Results | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=500879 | Search Job lets you run asynchronous queries across all your workspace data, including long-term retention, and delivers results in new Analytics tables for further exploration.We’re excited […] | Friday | Azure Updates,Azure Monitor,devops,Features,Launched,Management and Governance |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files file access logs | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=500760 | Azure NetApp Files file access logs feature is now generally available, delivering enterprise-grade visibility into file-level operations across SMB, NFSv4.1, and dual-protocol volumes. This feature empowers […] | Friday | Azure Updates,Azure NetApp Files,Features,Launched,Regions & Datacenters,SDK and Tools,Services,storage |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Functions Flex Consumption plan now supports 512 MB instance size and diagnostic settings | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=500369 | Azure Functions now allows you to choose 512 MB in addition to 2048 MB and 4096 MB as the memory instance size for your Flex Consumption […] | Friday | Azure Updates,Azure Functions,compute,containers,Features,Internet of Things,Launched |
| Name | Link | Description | Publication Day | Category |
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| GPT-5: The 7 new features enabling real world use cases | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-ai-foundry-blog/gpt-5-the-7-new-features-enabling-real-world-use-cases/ba-p/4444839 | GPT-5 is a family of models, built to operate at their best together, leveraging Azure’s model-router. Whilst benchmarks can be useful, it is difficult to discern […] | Monday | Tech Community |
| Simplify networking and enhance security with Azure Virtual WAN and Fortinet in Azure Marketplace | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/marketplace-blog/simplify-networking-and-enhance-security-with-azure-virtual-wan/ba-p/4442269 | In this guest blog post, Srija Reddy Allam, a cloud security architect at Fortinet, explores how Azure Virtual WAN simplifies networking and how integrating FortiGate Next-Generation […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Enhance Your Data Protection Strategy with Azure Elastic SAN’s Newest Backup Options | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-storage-blog/enhance-your-data-protection-strategy-with-azure-elastic-san-s/ba-p/4443607 | As organizations adopt Azure Elastic SAN for scalable high-performance storage, we are pleased to announce the public preview of backup support via Azure Backup and Commvault. […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Announcing Early Preview: BYO Remote MCP Server on Azure Functions | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/announcing-early-preview-byo-remote-mcp-server-on-azure/ba-p/4445317 | If you’ve already built Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with the MCP SDKs and wished you could turn them into world class Remote MCP servers using […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Optimizing Large-Scale AI Performance with Pretraining Validation on a Single Azure ND GB200 v6 | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-high-performance-computing/optimizing-large-scale-ai-performance-with-pretraining/ba-p/4445273 | by Mishty Dhekial (Software Engineer Intern) and Hugo Affaticati (Cloud Infrastructure Engineer) Why Llama? The Llama3 8B model was selected as the focus of this analysis […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Course Retirement Announcement: DP-3012 | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ilt-communications-blog/course-retirement-announcement-dp-3012/ba-p/4445264 | DP-3012: Implementing a Data Analytics Solution with Azure Synapse Analytics https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/implement-ai-models-microsoft-power-platform-ai-builder/ Credential: N/A Retirement date: September 30, 2025 Replacement Course: N/A This decision is part of our […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Breaking Limits: Full-Length SQL Audit Statements Now Supported for Azure SQL DB | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/breaking-limits-full-length-sql-audit-statements-now-supported/ba-p/4445826 | We’re excited to announce a major enhancement to SQL auditing in Azure SQL Database, the removal of the 4,000-character truncation limit for audit records. What’s Changed?Previously, audit […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Key Considerations to Avoid Implicit Conversion Issues in Oracle to Azure SQL Modernization | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/modernization-best-practices-and/key-considerations-to-avoid-implicit-conversion-issues-in-oracle/ba-p/4442186 | Overview This blog dives into the mechanics of implicit data type conversions and their impact during the post-migration performance optimization phase of heterogeneous database migrations. […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Unlocking Regional Insights with the Location Based Capabilities REST API | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-mysql-blog/unlocking-regional-insights-with-the-location-based-capabilities/ba-p/4445785 | Managing MySQL Flexible Server deployments across Azure regions often means navigating differences in available features, SKUs, storage options, backup retention periods, or high availability configurations. These […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Model Mondays S2E10: Automating Document Processing with AI | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/educator-developer-blog/model-mondays-s2e10-automating-document-processing-with-ai/ba-p/4446093 | 1. Weekly Highlights We kicked off with the top news and updates in the Azure AI ecosystem: Agent Factory Blog Series:A new 6-part blog series on […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Migrating Oracle Partitioned Tables to Azure PostgreSQL Without Altering Partition Keys | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/modernization-best-practices-and/migrating-oracle-partitioned-tables-to-azure-postgresql-without/ba-p/4441962 | Introduction When migrating partitioned tables from Oracle to Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server, many customers prefer to preserve their existing Oracle table design exactly as defined in […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| New in Azure Marketplace: August 1-11, 2025 | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/marketplace-blog/new-in-azure-marketplace-august-1-11-2025/ba-p/4431281 | We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 241 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| August update: What’s new in Azure for Partners | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/partner-news/august-update-what-s-new-in-azure-for-partners/ba-p/4446569 | News and Announcements We just shared our FY26 partner strategy at MCAPS Start for Partners—and it’s all about what’s next with AI. Catch up on key […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Announcing Public Preview for Azure Service Groups! | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-governance-and-management/announcing-public-preview-for-azure-service-groups/ba-p/4446572 | What are Service groups? Service Groups are a new resource container enabling management and observability scenarios where flexibility in hierarchy and membership is needed. Service Groups […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Enforcing Angular Unit Test Coverage in Azure DevOps Pipelines: A Step-by-Step Guide | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-infrastructure-blog/enforcing-angular-unit-test-coverage-in-azure-devops-pipelines-a/ba-p/4446485 | 🔄 Pipeline Overview The Pipeline consists of the following key stages: […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Azure Machine Learning now supports Large-Scale AI Training and Inference with ND H200 v5 VMs | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-ai-foundry-blog/azure-machine-learning-now-supports-large-scale-ai-training-and/ba-p/4446428 | TL;DR: Azure Machine Learning now offers ND H200 v5 VMs accelerated by NVIDIA H200 Tensor Core GPUs, purpose‑built to train and serve modern generative AI more […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
| Azure Quota Alerts (Preview): Still overlooked, but incredibly useful | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/startups-at-microsoft/azure-quota-alerts-preview-still-overlooked-but-incredibly/ba-p/4447140 | Quota limits are one of those hidden blockers that can catch digital native companies by surprise. You’re scaling fast, deploying more VMs or GPU nodes, and […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
| Unlock enterprise AI/ML with confidence: Azure Application Gateway as your scalable AI access layer | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-networking-blog/unlock-enterprise-ai-ml-with-confidence-azure-application/ba-p/4445691 | As enterprises accelerate their adoption of generative AI and machine learning to transform operations, enhance productivity, and deliver smarter customer experiences, Microsoft Azure has emerged as a leading […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
| Supercharge Your App Service Apps with AI Foundry Agents Connected to MCP servers | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/supercharge-your-app-service-apps-with-ai-foundry-agents/ba-p/4444310 | Introduction The integration of AI into web applications has reached a new milestone with the introduction of Model Context Protocol (MCP) support in Azure AI Foundry […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
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| Recommended Settings for Windows LAPS with Intune | https://ourcloudnetwork.com/recommended-settings-for-windows-laps-with-intune/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recommended-settings-for-windows-laps-with-intune | Deploy the recommended settings for Windows LAPS to your end-user Windows 10 and 11 devices using Microsoft Intune. The post Recommended Settings for Windows LAPS with […] | Daniel Bradley |
| Secure Isolated Recovery Environment in Azure | https://luke.geek.nz/azure/sire/ | Today, we are going to delve into the importance of a Secure Isolated Recovery Environment (SIRE) for Microsoft Azure and why organizations should consider implementing this […] | Luke Murray |
| Using Hidden Tags For Managing Azure Bicep Modules | https://blog.tyang.org/2025/08/19/using-hidden-tags-for-managing-azure-bicep-modules | Background Many customers have gone down the route of developing, publishing and sharing internally developed Azure IaC modules within the organization. The modules can be written […] | Tao Yang |
| SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycq7r-ngOBI | A look at the SQL database in Microsoft Fabric capability. ▬▬▬▬▬▬ C H A P T E R S ⏰ ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 – Introduction 00:18 – […] | John Savill |
| Terraforming Minecraft: Exercises in Module Composition | https://medium.com/azure-terraformer/terraforming-minecraft-exercises-in-module-composition-6d43d4fb26cc?source=rss-d5b673d47dbb------2 | One of the key strengths of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is composability — the ability to build complex systems by layering small… Continue reading on Azure Terraformer » | Mark Tinderholt |
| Master Azure VM Management with PowerShell and Custom Script Extensions | https://www.ciraltos.com/master-azure-vm-management-with-powershell-and-custom-script-extensions/ | Managing Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) individually can be slow, repetitive, and inefficient—especially at scale. In this post, we’ll explore how to leverage PowerShell and Azure Custom […] | Travis Roberts |
| How to use Terraform to generate secrets | https://www.techielass.com/how-to-use-terraform-to-generate-secrets/ | Managing secrets like passwords or encryption keys is a critical part of deploying and managing a secure infrastructure. Doing it manually is risky and time-consuming and […] | Sarah Lean |
| IaC Module Anti-Patterns: Don’t Create Resource Wrapper Modules | https://medium.com/azure-terraformer/iac-module-anti-patterns-dont-create-resource-wrapper-modules-2dc3b6a5a833?source=rss-d5b673d47dbb------2 | Continue reading on Azure Terraformer » | Mark Tinderholt |
| Solid Gold: Building a Modular Minecraft Pyramid with Terraform | https://marktinderholt.medium.com/solid-gold-building-a-modular-minecraft-pyramid-with-terraform-b04969c7d6f0?source=rss-d5b673d47dbb------2 | As a fun experiment using the Terraform Minecraft provider, I created a symmetrical pyramid entirely out of modules. The build uses a… Continue reading on Medium […] | Mark Tinderholt |
| Terraforming Minecraft: Primitives | https://medium.com/azure-terraformer/terraforming-minecraft-primitives-610bad934dc5?source=rss-d5b673d47dbb------2 | Terraform is widely known for managing cloud infrastructure, but what if we turned it toward a very different kind of terrain — Minecraft… Continue reading on Azure Terraformer […] | Mark Tinderholt |
| The Hidden Tax of AzAPI and Bicep: Role Definitions by GUID | https://medium.com/azure-terraformer/the-hidden-tax-of-azapi-and-bicep-role-definitions-by-guid-8cf36addf1d7?source=rss-d5b673d47dbb------2 | In Infrastructure-as-Code, especially within the Azure ecosystem, there’s often a tension between expressive precision and human… Continue reading on Azure Terraformer » | Mark Tinderholt |
| Integrating Companies House with Azure AI Agent in Foundry Using OpenAPI | https://rios.engineer/integrating-companies-house-with-azure-ai-agent-in-foundry-using-openapi/ | The Azure AI Agent Service announced General Availability during Microsoft Build in May. This introduces a compelling AI offering for organisations to leverage within Azure. The […] | Dan Rios |
| Visualise your Certifications with the Exam Timeline Project | https://www.techielass.com/exam-timeline-project-visualise-certifications/ | Throughout our tech careers, certifications often become milestones. We might earn them out of genuine interest, because our employer asks us to, or as part of […] | Sarah Lean |
| Using GitHub Models with your GitHub workflows | https://thomasthornton.cloud/2025/08/19/using-github-models-with-your-github-workflows/ | GitHub Models are AI capabilities built directly into GitHub, acting like an “AI lab” within your repository. They let you experiment, compare, and run models seamlessly […] | Thomas Thornton |
| Lesson from the Golden Minecraft Pyramid: Don’t Blame Terraform — IaC Bottlenecks [Usually] Live… | https://marktinderholt.medium.com/lesson-from-the-golden-minecraft-pyramid-dont-blame-terraform-iac-bottlenecks-usually-live-d8ff40064eae?source=rss-d5b673d47dbb------2 | When I first set out to create a golden pyramid in Minecraft using Terraform, I began with the obvious approach: a solid structure. But… Continue reading […] | Mark Tinderholt |
| Using Lokka with MCP and Claude to manage extension attributes in Azure AD B2C | https://medium.com/the-new-control-plane/using-lokka-with-mcp-and-claude-to-manage-extension-attributes-in-azure-ad-b2c-f0d7659cb39b?source=rss----3a246e667a75---4 | Conan, via Wikimedia Commons Lokka is “a simple yet powerful middleware that connects AI language models (like ChatGPT or Claude) to your Azure and Microsoft 365 […] | Rory Braybrook |
| Azure Functions HTTP Orchestration Trigger with multipart/form-data | https://jaliyaudagedara.blogspot.com/2025/08/azure-functions-http-orchestration.html | In this post, let’s see have how we can invoke a HTTP Orchestration Trigger in an Azure Durable Functions with multipart/form-data. There can be scenarios where you want […] | Jaliya Udagedara |
| Lesson from the Golden Minecraft Pyramid: Don’t Blame Terraform — IaC Bottlenecks [Usually] Live… | https://medium.com/azure-terraformer/lesson-from-the-golden-minecraft-pyramid-dont-blame-terraform-iac-bottlenecks-usually-live-d8ff40064eae?source=rss-d5b673d47dbb------2 | When I first set out to create a golden pyramid in Minecraft using Terraform, I began with the obvious approach: a solid structure. But… Continue reading […] | Mark Tinderholt |
| Exploring a built-in Sensitive Info Types in Microsoft Purview – Part 8 | https://cloudbuild.co.uk/exploring-a-built-in-sensitive-info-type-in-microsoft-purview-part-8/ | Reading Time: 5 minutesThank you for continuing to follow along with the Microsoft Purview blog post series. If you missed any of the previous posts, you […] | Imran Rashid |
| 304 – Microsoft Tech Updates | https://share.transistor.fm/s/8bffd4be | In this week’s episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we’re expanding the scope beyond just Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power […] | Tobias Zimmergren |
| Azure File Sync Managed Identity – Improved and Simplified Security and Operations | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoUCZj4ZMRs | A look at how the managed identity option for Azure File Sync works and what you need to do. ▬▬▬▬▬▬ C H A P T E […] | John Savill |
| Azure File Sync Managed Identity Short #azure #entraid | https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xTbZjAzH_vg | Very quick video on the managed identity for Azure File Sync. | John Savill |
| Designing Purpose-Built Terraform Resources: From Generic Blocks to Context-Aware Abstractions | https://marktinderholt.medium.com/designing-purpose-built-terraform-resources-from-generic-blocks-to-context-aware-abstractions-3781b5220170?source=rss-d5b673d47dbb------2 | As part of developing a Terraform provider for Minecraft, I recently introduced a dedicated resource type for stairs: minecraft_stairs… Continue reading on Medium » | Mark Tinderholt |
| Designing Purpose-Built Terraform Resources: From Generic Blocks to Context-Aware Abstractions | https://medium.com/azure-terraformer/designing-purpose-built-terraform-resources-from-generic-blocks-to-context-aware-abstractions-3781b5220170?source=rss-d5b673d47dbb------2 | As part of developing a Terraform provider for Minecraft, I recently introduced a dedicated resource type for stairs: minecraft_stairs… Continue reading on Azure Terraformer » | Mark Tinderholt |
| Composable Abstractions in Terraform: What Minecraft Chests Teach Us About API Design from AzAPI… | https://medium.com/azure-terraformer/composable-abstractions-in-terraform-what-minecraft-chests-teach-us-about-api-design-from-azapi-99fca12636c3?source=rss-d5b673d47dbb------2 | Terraform is more than just a tool for provisioning infrastructure — it’s a language for expressing developer intent. At its best, a… Continue reading on Azure Terraformer » | Mark Tinderholt |
| Multi-Admin Approval Extends to Device Reset Options in Intune | https://ourcloudnetwork.com/multi-admin-approval-extends-to-device-reset-options-in-intune/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=multi-admin-approval-extends-to-device-reset-options-in-intune | Discover Intune’s new Multi-Admin Approval feature for device actions. This guide explains how to set up dual control for Wipe, Retire, and Delete commands. The post […] | Daniel Bradley |
| Azure Function App Host Runtime Error | https://luke.geek.nz/azure/function-app-host-runtime/ | You might be deploying to Azure Functions or attempting to retrieve the Function App URL, and you may encounter errors like: Encountered an error (BadGateway) from […] | Luke Murray |
| Configure Whether Requestors Can See Access Package Approver Details | https://ourcloudnetwork.com/configure-whether-requestors-can-see-access-package-approver-details/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=configure-whether-requestors-can-see-access-package-approver-details | See how to hide or show approver details in access packages with this new feature and easily configure it with our guide. The post Configure Whether […] | Daniel Bradley |
| Azure Update – 22nd August 2025 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rPU590e1xA | Another quick update! 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it will be there! 🤔 Due to the […] | John Savill |
