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Azure Updates (9 new azure updates)

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🚀[Launched] General Availability: Instant access support for incremental snapshots of Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Diskhttps://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=545784Announcing the General Availability of instant access support for incremental snapshots of Premium SSD v2 (Pv2) and Ultra Disks. This new capability enables you to restore […]WednesdayAzure Updates,Features,Launched
🚀[Launched] Generally Available: Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 is now available on Azure Databrickshttps://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557595Azure Databricks now supports Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 through Azure Databricks AI Model Serving. Claude Sonnet 4.6 delivers frontier-level performance on complex coding, agentic workflows, and […]ThursdayAzure Updates,AI + Machine Learning,analytics,Azure Databricks,Features,Launched
🔍[In preview] Public Preview: Unified tooling in the AKS MCP serverhttps://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557223Managing AKS MCP servers can be affected by the number of tools and the amount of context required, which can increase latency and cost. The unified […]ThursdayAzure Updates,Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),compute,containers,In preview
🔍[In preview] Public Preview: Cluster mode for the agentic CLI for AKShttps://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557218Users often face security and manageability challenges when diagnostic agents inherit broad user permissions, such as cluster-admin rights, and when each user must deploy their own […]ThursdayAzure Updates,Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),compute,containers,In preview
🚀[Launched] Generally Available: Quota and deployment troubleshooting tools for Azure Functions Flex Consumptionhttps://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=556008Azure Functions Flex Consumption introduces new platform‑integrated tools that provide clearer insight into quota availability and deployment behavior. The quota troubleshooting experience surfaces Flex Consumption quota […]ThursdayAzure Updates,Azure Functions,compute,containers,Features,Internet of Things,Launched
🚀[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Functions .NET 10 supporthttps://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=556003Azure Functions support for .NET 10 is generally available, enabling production use of the latest .NET runtime for serverless applications. This support was introduced as part […]ThursdayAzure Updates,Azure Functions,compute,containers,Features,Internet of Things,Launched
🚀[Launched] Generally Available: Node auto-provisioning support in Azure government and private cloudhttps://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557208Node auto‑provisioning removes the need for teams to manually size and manage compute resources for Kubernetes workloads. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now provides general availability support […]ThursdayAzure Updates,Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),compute,containers,Launched
🚀[Launched] Generally Available: Node auto-provisioning enabled clusters in AKS now support LocalDNShttps://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557203Customers previously could not enable LocalDNS on clusters that used Node auto‑provisioning in AKS, limiting their ability to use this feature in those environments. LocalDNS is […]ThursdayAzure Updates,Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),compute,containers,Launched
🚀[Launched] Generally Available: Encryption at host & disk encryption sets support in node auto-provisioninghttps://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557213Node auto-provisioning enabled clusters previously did not have support for Encryption at Host and disk encryption sets. This limited users with certain security requirements for their […]ThursdayAzure Updates,Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),compute,containers,Launched
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Tech Community (23 new articles)

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RDP Shortpath (UDP) over Private Link is now generally availablehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-virtual-desktop-blog/rdp-shortpath-udp-over-private-link-is-now-generally-available/ba-p/4494644UDP support over Private Link for Azure Virtual Desktop is now generally available. This release enables a direct, high‑performance, UDP‑based RDP connection between AVD session hosts […]WednesdayTech Community
Agentic Logic Apps Integration with SAP – Part 1: Infrastructurehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/agentic-logic-apps-integration-with-sap-part-1-infrastructure/ba-p/44919061. Introduction When you integrate Azure Logic Apps with SAP, the “hello world” part is usually easy. The part that bites you later is data quality. In […]WednesdayTech Community
How Azure SRE Agent Can Investigate Resources in a Private Networkhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/how-azure-sre-agent-can-investigate-resources-in-a-private/ba-p/4494911⚠️ Important Note on Network Communication: In this pattern, Azure SRE Agent communicates over the public network to reach the Azure Function proxy. The proxy endpoint is […]WednesdayTech Community
Logic Apps Agentic Workflows with SAP – Part 1: Infrastructurehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/logic-apps-agentic-workflows-with-sap-part-1-infrastructure/ba-p/4491906When you integrate Azure Logic Apps with SAP, the “hello world” part is usually easy. The part that bites you later is data quality. In SAP-heavy […]WednesdayTech Community
Upcoming webinar: Maximize the Cost Efficiency of AI Agents on Azurehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/upcoming-webinar-maximize-the-cost-efficiency-of-ai-agents-on/ba-p/4493923AI agents are quickly becoming central to how organizations automate work, engage customers, and unlock new insights. But as adoption accelerates, so do questions about cost, […]WednesdayTech Community
Identifying Orphaned Records in Change Tracking Side Tables (Read‑Only Health Check)https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-support-blog/identifying-orphaned-records-in-change-tracking-side-tables-read/ba-p/4495617When Change Tracking (CT) is enabled, SQL Server (and Azure SQL Database) stores lightweight change metadata so applications can query “what changed since version X?”. Under the […]WednesdayTech Community
Azure API Management – Unified AI Gateway Design Patternhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/azure-api-management-unified-ai-gateway-design-pattern/ba-p/4495436Scaling AI adoption requires a unified control plane As organizations scale generative AI adoption, they face growing complexity managing multiple AI providers, models, API formats, and […]WednesdayTech Community
Public Preview: Automatic zone balance for Virtual Machine Scale Setshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-compute-blog/public-preview-automatic-zone-balance-for-virtual-machine-scale/ba-p/4494476  We’re excited to announce the public preview of automatic zone balance for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets. This new capability helps you maintain zone-resilient workloads […]WednesdayTech Community
A Practical Guide to Azure DDoS Protection Cost Optimizationhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-network-security-blog/a-practical-guide-to-azure-ddos-protection-cost-optimization/ba-p/4495199Introduction Azure provides infrastructure-level DDoS protection by default to protect Azure’s own platform and services. However, this protection does not extend to customer workloads or non-Microsoft […]ThursdayTech Community
Azure Migrate: Now Supporting Premium SSD V2, Ultra and ZRS Disks as Targetshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-storage-blog/azure-migrate-now-supporting-premium-ssd-v2-ultra-and-zrs-disks/ba-p/4495332We are excited to announce that we have added assessment and migration support for Premium SSD v2,Ultra Disk and ZRS Disks as storage options in Azure Migrate, with Premium SSD v2 and ZRS Disks now Generally Available and Ultra Disk in Public Preview. This further enhances the assessment and migration experience Azure […]ThursdayTech Community
It’s now easier to attain the Microsoft Azure VMware Solution specializationhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/specialization-updates/it-s-now-easier-to-attain-the-microsoft-azure-vmware-solution/ba-p/4495526To expand the specialization opportunity to more partners, Microsoft has removed the Azure VMware Solution (AVS) technical assessment requirement from the Microsoft AVS specialization. This change […]ThursdayTech Community
Azure Recognized as an NVIDIA Cloud Exemplar, Setting the Bar for AI Performance in the Cloudhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-high-performance-computing/azure-recognized-as-an-nvidia-cloud-exemplar-setting-the-bar-for/ba-p/4495747As AI models continue to scale in size and complexity, cloud infrastructure must deliver more than theoretical peak performance. What matters in practice is reliable, end-to-end, […]ThursdayTech Community
Reactive Incident Response with Azure SRE Agent: From Alert to Resolution in Minuteshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/reactive-incident-response-with-azure-sre-agent-from-alert-to/ba-p/4492938SRE Agent portal overview with incident list   The Reactive Incident Challenge Your monitoring is solid. Alerts fire when they should. But then what? Alert lands […]ThursdayTech Community
Migrating Workloads from AWS to Azure: A Structured Approach for Cloud Architectshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-migration-and/migrating-workloads-from-aws-to-azure-a-structured-approach-for/ba-p/4495227The core migration principle: Like-for-like architecture The foundation of a successful migration is maintaining a like-for-like architecture during the transition. This means replicating your existing AWS […]ThursdayTech Community
Navigating the 2025 holiday season: Insights into Azure’s DDoS defensehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-network-security-blog/navigating-the-2025-holiday-season-insights-into-azure-s-ddos/ba-p/4495741The holiday season continues to be one of the most demanding periods for online businesses. Traffic surges, higher transaction volumes, and user expectations for seamless digital […]ThursdayTech Community
Get started with Elasticsearch MCP server in Azure SRE Agenthttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/get-started-with-elasticsearch-mcp-server-in-azure-sre-agent/ba-p/4492896Overview The Elasticsearch MCP server enables Azure SRE Agent to interact with your Elasticsearch clusters using natural language. Query your logs, analyze metrics, check cluster health, […]ThursdayTech Community
Azure Database Migration Service Expands to New Azure Regionshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-data-migration-blog/azure-database-migration-service-expands-to-new-azure-regions/ba-p/4494000As organizations continue to modernize their data estates and migrate to Azure, regional availability plays a critical role in meeting data residency, compliance, and performance requirements. We’re excited […]FridayTech Community
Host Declarative Markdown-Based Agents on Azure Functionshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/host-declarative-markdown-based-agents-on-azure-functions/ba-p/4496038Like many of you, the Azure Functions team and others at Microsoft have been building agents for our day-to-day work using mostly markdown and configuration: like AGENTS.md instructions, […]FridayTech Community
Build a Custom SSL Certificate Monitor with Azure SRE Agent: From Python Tool to Production Skillhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/build-a-custom-ssl-certificate-monitor-with-azure-sre-agent-from/ba-p/4495832  TL;DR Expired SSL certificates cause outages that are 100% preventable. In this post, you’ll learn how to create a custom Python tool in Azure SRE […]FridayTech Community
Using Azure API Management with Azure Front Door for Global, Multi‑Region Architectureshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/using-azure-api-management-with-azure-front-door-for-global/ba-p/4492384Modern API‑driven applications demand global reach, high availability, and predictable latency. Azure provides two complementary services that help achieve this: Azure API Management (APIM) as the API […]FridayTech Community
Learning Cost Efficient AI Agents Development on Azurehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/educator-developer-blog/learning-cost-efficient-ai-agents-development-on-azure/ba-p/4493940AI agents are increasingly central to building automated solutions, experimenting with data‑driven decision making, and bringing real‑world AI systems to life. But as AI adoption grows, […]SaturdayTech Community
Navigating the 2026 holiday season: Insights into Azure’s DDoS defensehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-network-security-blog/navigating-the-2026-holiday-season-insights-into-azure-s-ddos/ba-p/4494932The holiday season continues to be one of the most demanding periods for online businesses. Traffic surges, higher transaction volumes, and user expectations for seamless digital […]SaturdayTech Community
A BizTalk Migration Tool: From Orchestrations to Logic Apps Workflowshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/a-biztalk-migration-tool-from-orchestrations-to-logic-apps/ba-p/4494876As organizations move toward cloud-native architecture, this project addresses one of the most challenging aspects of modernization: converting existing BizTalk artifacts into their Azure Logic Apps […]SaturdayTech Community

Microsoft Security (3 articles)

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Unify now or pay later: New research exposes the operational cost of a fragmented SOChttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/17/unify-now-or-pay-later-new-research-exposes-the-operational-cost-of-a-fragmented-soc/Security operations are entering a pivotal moment: the operating model that grew around network logs and phishing emails is now buckling under tool sprawl, manual triage, […]Wednesday
Running OpenClaw safely: identity, isolation, and runtime riskhttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/19/running-openclaw-safely-identity-isolation-runtime-risk/Self-hosted agent runtimes like OpenClaw are showing up fast in enterprise pilots, and they introduce a blunt reality: OpenClaw includes limited built-in security controls. The runtime can […]Friday
New e-book: Establishing a proactive defense with Microsoft Security Exposure Managementhttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/19/new-e-book-establishing-a-proactive-defense-with-microsoft-security-exposure-management/Effective exposure management begins by illuminating and hardening risks across the entire attack surface. Some of the most meaningful shifts in security happen quietly—when teams take […]Friday

Azure Community (21 articles)

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Happy Valentines Day!https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5H8Ipcibw9wJohn Savill
Shipping Features Faster with Copilot CLIhttps://gregorsuttie.com/2026/02/14/shipping-features-faster-with-copilot-cli/Ship faster As developers, we’re always looking for ways to ship faster without sacrificing quality. The constant pressure to deliver new features while maintaining clean, maintainable […]Gregor Suttie
Azure Virtual Network Routing Appliance – a first lookhttps://azurealan.ie/2026/02/14/azure-virtual-network-routing-appliance-a-first-look/Microsoft recently dropped Azure Virtual Network Routing Appliance (AVNRA) into public preview with surprisingly little fanfare. As a new Azure networking service, it left many of […]Alan Kinane
Azure Quick Review (azqr) 3.0: Breaking Changes and Migration Guidehttps://carlos.mendible.com/2026/02/16/azure-quick-review-azqr-3.0-breaking-changes-and-migration-guide/Azure Quick Review (azqr) version 3.0.0 is here with a major architectural refactoring. While the core functionality remains the same, the CLI has been redesigned to […]Carlos Mendible
AKS: Azure Container Storage with local NVMe using Terraformhttps://carlos.mendible.com/2026/02/16/aks-azure-container-storage-with-local-nvme-using-terraform/Let’s learn how to deploy an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster with Azure Container Storage enabled using Terraform, leveraging local NVMe disks for high-performance storage. Azure […]Carlos Mendible
Azure AD B2C to Entra External ID (EEID) Migration Kit — Evaluating the loginhttps://medium.com/the-new-control-plane/azure-ad-b2c-to-entra-external-id-eeid-migration-kit-evaluating-the-login-be0c316840ee?source=rss----3a246e667a75---4Emblem of the USAF 4477 Test and Evaluation Squadron via Wikimedia You can see the whole series in this list. The repo. is here. Assume the import and […]Rory Braybrook
Looking at Sovereignty Requirements with Azurehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Anv-8a-I0A walkthrough of sovereignty considerations and how to meet them with Azure and Azure Local! 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. […]John Savill
Azure Batch with AlmaLinux and Dockerhttps://carlos.mendible.com/2026/02/17/azure-batch-with-almalinux-and-docker/In this post, I’ll show you how to deploy an Azure Batch pool running AlmaLinux 9 with Docker CE using Terraform. This is particularly useful when […]Carlos Mendible
Azure Sovereignty Options Short! #azure #azurelocalhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/Db9PSZoMPw0Very quick video on Azure sovereignty options including Azure Local.John Savill
A neat Entra ID way to find out what entity a GUID belongs tohttps://medium.com/the-new-control-plane/a-neat-entra-id-way-to-find-out-what-entity-a-guid-belongs-to-de65bff97541?source=rss----3a246e667a75---4Examples of universally unique identifier via Wikimedia How many times have you had a GUID to investigate but weren’t sure whether it was a user, a […]Rory Braybrook
Microsoft Introduces Entra Hybrid Join using Entra Kerberoshttps://ourcloudnetwork.com/microsoft-introduces-entra-hybrid-join-using-entra-kerberos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microsoft-introduces-entra-hybrid-join-using-entra-kerberosMicrosoft has introduce a new hybrid join for Windows devices using Entra Kerberos for instant device registration in Microsoft Entra. The post Microsoft Introduces Entra Hybrid […]Daniel Bradley
Azure Bicep Snapshots – Test and Validate Your Code and Deploymentshttps://cloudadministrator.net/2026/02/18/azure-bicep-snapshots-test-and-validate-your-code-and-deployments/Azure Bicep Snapshots, introduced in version 0.36.1, enables users to generate resource definitions as JSON files, reflecting their configurations in the Azure Portal. This feature allows […]Stanislav Zhelyazkov
Building Better Azure Terraform Modules with GitHub Copilot Agents and Skillshttps://thomasthornton.cloud/building-better-azure-terraform-modules-with-github-copilot-agents-and-skills/If you’ve ever tried to put together a “simple” Terraform module for Azure, you’ll know it rarely stays simple. You start with a couple of resources. […]Thomas Thornton
NAT Gateway v2 Overviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9HPGJUjq2QA dive into the new capabilities of NAT Gateway v2. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it […]John Savill
330 – From vibe-coding to production: Shipping verifiable AIhttps://share.transistor.fm/s/26f349a6 In this episode, we take a look at the transition from “vibe-coding” to shipping verifiable, production-grade AI applications. This is the critical shift from relying on […]Tobias Zimmergren
NAT Gateway v2 Quick Overview #azure #azurenetworkinghttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/qPfY8SRtoWsReally quick overview of NAT Gateway v2. Check out the full video for more detail.John Savill
It’s Never Too Late For The Cloud Adoption Frameworkhttps://aidanfinn.com/?p=24637I’m going to explain why the Cloud Adoption Framework can offer answers to Azure – even for organisations that have been in The Cloud for years. […]Aidan Finn
How I Used GitHub Copilot CLI to Build an Azure Governance Web App: From Zero to Maturity Score in One Weekendhttps://gregorsuttie.com/2026/02/19/how-i-used-github-copilot-cli-to-build-an-azure-governance-web-app-from-zero-to-maturity-score-in-one-weekend/If you told me a year ago that I’d build a fully functioning Azure cost management and governance web application in a single weekend, without leaving […]Gregor Suttie
How to effortlessly convert MOF files to Microsoft's DSC JSON formathttps://www.idontlikeai.dev/how-to-effortlessly-convert-mof-files-to-microsofts-dsc-json-format/Learn how to convert MOF to JSON Read the full article here: How to effortlessly convert MOF files to Microsoft’s DSC JSON formatGijs Reijn
Azure Update 20th February 2026https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EVWtkjKTkIHappy Friday!! 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it will be there! 🤔 Due to the channel […]John Savill
Microsoft Agent Framework: Implementing an AI Email Marketing Agenthttps://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2026/02/14/microsoft-agent-framework-from-personal-ai-newsletter-to-automated-email-broadcasts-with-aweber/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microsoft-agent-framework-from-personal-ai-newsletter-to-automated-email-broadcasts-with-aweberIn an earlier post in this series, we built an AI agent that researches the latest AI news and generates a weekly digest newsletter as a local […]Jamie Maguire

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