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| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Entra ID-based access for Azure Blob Storage SFTP | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=567085 | Microsoft Entra ID-based access for Azure Blob Storage SFTP is now generally available in all regions. You can now use Entra ID identities including guest users […] | Tuesday | Azure Updates,Azure Blob Storage,Features,Launched,storage |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Support 5x churn in Azure Site Recovery | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=566966 | Azure Site Recovery now supports up to 5x churn (500 MB/s per VM). This major enhancement empowers customers to confidently run high IOPS workloads with Azure […] | Tuesday | Azure Updates,Azure Site Recovery,Compliance,Features,Launched,Management,Management and Governance,Migration |
| 🔍 | [In preview] Public Preview: Exceptions in WAF for Azure Application Gateway and Azure Front Door | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=567218 | Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) helps protect your web applications from common threats and attacks. In some cases, WAF may block requests that are safe and […] | Wednesday | Azure Updates,Application Gateway,Azure Front Door,Features,In preview,networking,security,Services,web application firewall |
| 🔍 | [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Chaos Studio Workspaces and Scenarios | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=567184 | Azure Chaos Studio now supports Workspaces and Scenarios, a faster, application-centric way to validate how your workloads hold up during real outages.Point a Workspace at your […] | Wednesday | Azure Updates,analytics,Azure Chaos Studio,Feature,Features,In preview,Management and Governance,Services |
| 🔍 | [In preview] Public Preview: Export historical data from Log Analytics workspace with Export jobs | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=566591 | The Log Analytics Export job enables you to export historical data from a Log Analytics workspace to an Azure Storage account based on a specified query […] | Wednesday | Azure Updates,Azure Monitor,devops,Features,In preview,Management and Governance,Services |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Network Security Perimeter support for Azure Event Hubs | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=567203 | Azure Event Hubs now supports Network Security Perimeter (NSP), enabling organizations to define a logical network isolation boundary for PaaS resources and control public network access […] | Wednesday | Azure Updates,analytics,Event Hubs,Features,Launched,security,Services |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Confidential Computing support for Azure Event Hubs Dedicated | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=567212 | Azure Event Hubs Dedicated now supports Confidential Computing, enabling organizations to protect streaming data while it is being processed in memory. By leveraging hardware-based trusted execution […] | Wednesday | Azure Updates,analytics,Compliance,Event Hubs,Launched,security,Services |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift in Chile Central | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=566732 | Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) is now generally available in Azure Chile Central, expanding regional availability for OpenShift deployments across South America. With the launch of […] | Wednesday | Azure Updates,Azure Red Hat OpenShift,containers,Features,Launched,open source,Regions & Datacenters |
| 🔍 | [In preview] Public Preview: Manage Azure Chaos Studio from the Azure CLI | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=567225 | You can now create and run Azure Chaos Studio resilience Scenarios directly from the Azure CLI with the new az chaos extension — no more hand-assembling […] | Friday | Azure Updates,analytics,Azure Chaos Studio,Feature,Features,In preview,Management and Governance,Services |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Open AI GPT-5.6 on Azure Databricks | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=567431 | Open AI GPT-5.6 is now available on Azure Databricks. You can use GPT 5.6 (purchased on Microsoft Foundry) via Model Serving Endpoint in Azure Databricks. Through […] | Friday | Azure Updates,AI + Machine Learning,analytics,Azure Databricks,Features,Launched |
| Name | Link | Description | Publication Day | Category |
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| Automatically Route Azure Service Health Alerts to the Right Service Owners Using Agentic Logic Apps | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/automatically-route-azure-service-health-alerts-to-the-right/ba-p/4531853 | As organizations adopt more Azure services, operational ownership naturally becomes distributed across multiple teams. The platform team may own Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), the database team […] | Monday | Tech Community |
| Teamcenter on Oracle AI Database@Azure: Architecture, Validation, and Results | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-high-performance-computing/teamcenter-on-oracle-ai-database-azure-architecture-validation/ba-p/4534252 | Overview Manufacturing organizations depend on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platforms to manage engineering data, product structures, digital twins, and collaborative design processes. As enterprises modernize their […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Modern Ingress for AKS: Introducing Application Gateway for Containers (AGC) | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/modern-ingress-for-aks-introducing-application-gateway-for/ba-p/4534200 | Hello Folks! This Microsoft Azure Infra Summit 2026 sessions one is for everyone running production workloads on AKS. Jack Stromberg from the Application Gateway product team […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Export historical data from Log Analytics workspace with Export Job (preview) | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/export-historical-data-from-log-analytics-workspace-with-export/ba-p/4532425 | Log Analytics Export Job is now available in public preview. It gives you a straightforward way to export historical log data from your workspace to Azure […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Azure Database Security Newsletter – July 2026 | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/azure-database-security-newsletter-july-2026/ba-p/4534477 | AI agents are changing how applications interact with data, and database security needs to evolve with them. In this July 2026 edition of the Azure Database […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Turning Azure Policy Signals into Actionable Governance Insights | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/turning-azure-policy-signals-into-actionable-governance-insights/ba-p/4534126 | Most Azure Policy reporting stops at compliance status. Useful, yes — but not enough. When a control fails, teams need to know what failed, why it […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Kernels Behind the Wall: Custom Python 3.10-3.14 Jupyter Kernels for Air-Gapped Azure ML | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mission-critical-blog/kernels-behind-the-wall-custom-python-3-10-3-14-jupyter-kernels/ba-p/4534118 | Purpose Regulated organizations – banks, insurers, healthcare providers – increasingly run Azure Machine Learning on compute instances that have no outbound internet access. Their data scientists […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Building an AI Azure Ops Workbench — Part 1: From reactive tickets to a proactive copilot | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mission-critical-blog/building-an-ai-azure-ops-workbench-part-1-from-reactive-tickets/ba-p/4534569 | Picture a busy afternoon: an app starts throwing 5xx, and you go looking for why. The good news is that Azure almost certainly already holds the […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Azure Monitor Observability Agent goes autonomous (preview) | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/azure-monitor-observability-agent-goes-autonomous-preview/ba-p/4517265 | Autonomous operations for the Azure Copilot Observability Agent are now in public preview, alongside the agent’s general availability. With autonomous operations enabled, the Observability Agent listens […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Deployment Stacks: Treating Your Azure Deployments Like Real Resources | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/deployment-stacks-treating-your-azure-deployments-like-real/ba-p/4534212 | Hello Folks! If you have ever come back from vacation to find a “mystery” storage account no one remembers creating, or watched a junior admin nuke […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Announcing Flat File Schema Generation support in Azure Logic Apps Standard | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/announcing-flat-file-schema-generation-support-in-azure-logic/ba-p/4534695 | We’re excited to announce the preview of Flat File Schema Generation for Azure Logic Apps Standard. This new built-in action helps integration teams move faster by generating […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| A Paradigm Shift in Cloud Operations with Azure SRE Agent | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/a-paradigm-shift-in-cloud-operations-with-azure-sre-agent/ba-p/4533244 | Cloud operations are entering a new era. As systems grow in scale and complexity, the traditional model of reactive incident response, where engineers manually piece together […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Enhanced host pool management for Azure Virtual Desktop is now generally available | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-virtual-desktop-blog/enhanced-host-pool-management-for-azure-virtual-desktop-is-now/ba-p/4534612 | We’re excited to announce the general availability of enhanced host pool management for Azure Virtual Desktop. Enhanced host pool management includes: Session host configuration and update […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Plan for Upcoming Changes to Extended Security Updates on Azure Local | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-arc-blog/plan-for-upcoming-changes-to-extended-security-updates-on-azure/ba-p/4533167 | Beginning April 1 2026, Microsoft introduced a consistent pricing model for Extended Security Updates (ESU) for SQL Server and Windows products, including SQL Server 2016, Windows […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Optimize Oracle workloads on Azure with Azure NetApp Files | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-storage-blog/optimize-oracle-workloads-on-azure-with-azure-netapp-files/ba-p/4532644 | Table of Contents Introduction Azure NetApp Files Advancements Overview Azure NetApp Files Advancements in Detail Flexible service level capacity pools Oracle Direct NFS Application volume group […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Secure Native Access to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Private Clusters with Azure Bastion | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-network-security-blog/secure-native-access-to-azure-kubernetes-service-aks-private/ba-p/4535123 | Written in Collaboration with AvirupChat ShabazShaik Mohit_Kumar YuriDiogenes Introduction: As organizations move toward containerized workloads such as Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), secure access to cluster resources becomes critical. Making […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Stop Hand-Building VMs at 2 AM: Automated Image Pipelines with Azure Image Builder and Compute Gallery | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/stop-hand-building-vms-at-2-am-automated-image-pipelines-with/ba-p/4534213 | Hello Folks! If you have ever stood up a marketplace Ubuntu VM, SSH’d in, layered on your monitoring agent, security tooling, a couple of CA certs, […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Name | Link | Description | Creator |
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| Migrating from Pester 5 to 6 | https://www.idontlikeai.dev/migrating-from-pester-5-to-6/ | Learn how to easily migrate your test suite from v5 to v6 Read the full article here: Migrating from Pester 5 to 6 | Gijs Reijn |
| Ringed Deployments with Azure Developer CLI | https://luke.geek.nz/azure/ringed-deployments-azd-canary/ | I had been building out a Fan Intelligence proof-of-technology for the FIFA World Cup 2026, and one of the things I wanted to get right from […] | Luke Murray |
| Inspektor Gadget Is Now an AKS Extension (Preview) | https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/07/inspektor-gadget-is-now-an-aks-extension-preview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspektor-gadget-is-now-an-aks-extension-preview | Reading Time: 4 minutesMicrosoft has just shipped the Inspektor Gadget cluster extension for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and it is worth a look if you have […] | Pixel Roberts |
| Hardware Voice Assistant for OpenClaw | https://blog.darrenjrobinson.com/hardware-voice-assistant-for-openclaw/ | I’ve been using OpenClaw since February this year and whilst the multitude of interfaces are great, I wanted a hardware voice assistant at home. And I […] | Darren Robinson |
| Microsoft AI Update June 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opCw_CDf9fg | Major Microsoft AI updates in June 2026. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it will be there! […] | John Savill |
| Copy of Sustainability and Security | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP2G987Z_j8 | SAVE THE DATE! – July 6th 2026, 7:30 pm -8:40pm AGENDA 7:30 pm – Welcome and House Keeping Speaker – Leo Visser | Cloud Consultant @ […] | Azure Community Enthusiasts |
| Copy of Sustainability and Security | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDhhkxIxwMw | SAVE THE DATE! – July 6th 2026, 7:30 pm -8:40pm AGENDA 7:30 pm – Welcome and House Keeping Speaker – Leo Visser | Cloud Consultant @ […] | Azure Community Enthusiasts |
| Copy of Sustainability and Security | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMY2GG9NZ_U | SAVE THE DATE! – July 6th 2026, 7:30 pm -8:40pm AGENDA 7:30 pm – Welcome and House Keeping Speaker – Leo Visser | Cloud Consultant @ […] | Azure Community Enthusiasts |
| Using “Entra Local” with the MSAL libraries | https://medium.com/the-new-control-plane/using-entra-local-with-the-msal-libraries-18667eeff3c9?source=rss----3a246e667a75---4 | I The repo is here. Entra Local is “A local, MSAL-compatible emulator of Microsoft Entra ID, for application developers. Entra Local exposes the same OpenID Connect / […] | Rory Braybrook |
| Why you Shouldn’t bypass MFA for your office IP adresses | https://ourcloudnetwork.com/why-you-shouldnt-bypass-mfa-for-your-office-ip-adresses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-you-shouldnt-bypass-mfa-for-your-office-ip-adresses | Discover why bypassing MFA for your office IP address creates hidden security risks. Learn how Entra ID and Windows PRT ensure a secure user experience. The […] | Daniel Bradley |
| Conditional Access Policy – Building Real MFA Enforcement in Microsoft Entra ID | https://www.ciraltos.com/conditional-access-policy-building-real-mfa-enforcement-in-microsoft-entra-id/ | Security Defaults are a great first step for organizations that are just getting started with MFA enforcement in Microsoft Entra ID. They are easy to enable, […] | Travis Roberts |
| EntraPulse Polyarchy – an Entra ID Polyarchy MCP Server | https://blog.darrenjrobinson.com/entrapulse-polyarchy-an-entra-id-polyarchy-mcp-server/ | In 2003 via Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) Microsoft demoed Polyarchy Server a web visual over identity data showing intersecting relationship hierarchies, where clicking a datapoint flipped the […] | Darren Robinson |
| Making Microsoft Agent Framework agents durable with Dapr Workflow | https://dev.to/diagrid/making-microsoft-agent-framework-agents-durable-with-dapr-workflow-48j0 | LLM calls are slow, costly, and non-deterministic, so a multi-agent app that crashes halfway through wastes time and money re-running everything. Dapr Workflow turns a set […] | Marc Duiker |
| 350 – Microsoft Tech Updates | https://share.transistor.fm/s/566a7aee | In this week’s episode, we look at recent Microsoft Tech updates. By popular request, we’re expanding our scope beyond Azure to include Microsoft 365, Power Platform, […] | Tobias Zimmergren |
| Azure Health Model Overview | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKEvu6asHd4 | Overview of Copilot Cowork usage-based billing. How to estimate, plan, control and observe. ▬▬▬▬▬▬ C H A P T E R S ⏰ ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 – […] | John Savill |
| Using “Entra Local” with device code flow | https://medium.com/the-new-control-plane/using-entra-local-with-device-code-flow-7602ca923b82?source=rss----3a246e667a75---4 | Read my previous post for the background. The repo is here. Unfortunately, this repo is so old that I don’t have that version of .NET on my PC! This […] | Rory Braybrook |
| Microsoft Entra ID Retires Custom Controls For External MFA | https://ourcloudnetwork.com/microsoft-entra-id-retires-custom-controls-for-external-mfa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microsoft-entra-id-retires-custom-controls-for-external-mfa | Covering the upcoming retirement of Custom Controls in Conditional Access and explains how to prepare your organisation for External MFA. The post Microsoft Entra ID Retires […] | Daniel Bradley |
| Azure Update 10th July 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bIsgofHE_c | Nice selection of updates this week! 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it will be there! 🤔 […] | John Savill |
| How to Get the Most Out of Claude Code: Tips From Real-World Use | https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2026/07/04/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-claude-code-tips-from-real-world-use/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-get-the-most-out-of-claude-code-tips-from-real-world-use | I’ve been using Claude Code heavily across AI engineering work: RAG pipelines, .NET MCP servers, content automation, agentic workflows. The way I use it now looks […] | Jamie Maguire |
| Name | Link | Description | Publication Day | Category |
|---|
| Secure Azure Functions with Event Hubs | https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/serverless/event-hubs-functions/security | Learn how to securely develop and deploy efficient and scalable code that runs on Azure Functions and responds to Event Hubs events. | Wednesday | Azure Architecture,updated |
| Performance and Scale Guidance for Event Hubs with Azure Functions | https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/serverless/event-hubs-functions/performance-scale | Learn how to plan for and deploy more efficient and scalable code that runs on Azure Functions and responds to Event Hubs events. | Wednesday | Azure Architecture,updated |
| Design a Ransomware-Resilient Backup Architecture by Using Azure Backup | https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/security/ransomware-resilient-backup-architecture | Design ransomware-resilient backup architectures by using immutable vaults, multiple-subscription isolation, dual-region copies, and recovery testing. | Wednesday | Azure Architecture,new |
| Resilient Design Guidance for Event Hubs and Functions | https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/serverless/event-hubs-functions/resilient-design | Learn how to develop resilient and scalable code that runs on Azure Functions and responds to Azure Event Hubs events. | Wednesday | Azure Architecture,updated |
| Multitenancy and Azure Event Hubs | https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/multitenant/service/event-hubs | Learn about Azure Event Hubs features and isolation models that you can use to implement an event-driven architecture for a multitenant system. | Wednesday | Azure Architecture,updated |
| Multitenancy and Azure Storage | https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/multitenant/service/storage | This article describes the features of Azure Storage that benefit multitenant systems. It includes links to guidance and examples. | Wednesday | Azure Architecture,updated |
| Use Azure Kubernetes Service to Host GPU-Based Workloads | https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/containers/aks-gpu/gpu-aks | Learn how to use Azure Kubernetes Service to host GPU-based workloads, including machine learning, deep learning, and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. | Thursday | Azure Architecture,updated |
| Health modeling for mission-critical workloads on Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/containers/aks-mission-critical/mission-critical-health-modeling | Reference architecture for a workload that is accessed over a public endpoint without extra dependencies to other company resources – Health modeling. | Friday | Azure Architecture,updated |
| Networking and connectivity for mission-critical workloads on Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/containers/aks-mission-critical/mission-critical-networking | Networking decisions for the architecture of a mission-critical workload on Azure. | Friday | Azure Architecture,updated |
| Deployment and testing for mission-critical workloads on Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/containers/aks-mission-critical/mission-critical-deploy-test | Reference architecture for a workload that is accessed over a public endpoint without extra dependencies to other company resources – Deployment and Testing. | Friday | Azure Architecture,updated |
| Operations for mission-critical workloads on Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/containers/aks-mission-critical/mission-critical-operations | Guidance for operations for the architecture of a mission-critical workload on Azure. | Friday | Azure Architecture,updated |
