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Automating PowerShell Scripts with GitHub Copilot Chat for SysAdminsDellenny demonstrates how sysadmins can use GitHub Copilot Chat to generate and refine PowerShell scripts from natural language prompts, enhancing automation in Microsoft 365 and Azure tasks.
Dellenny's Blog
2025-10-16
Public Preview: Sharing Capacity Reservation Groups Across Azure SubscriptionsTarannum91 details the new public preview for sharing Azure Capacity Reservation Groups (CRGs) between subscriptions. This feature enables resource reuse, simplified management, and more efficient scaling for Azure Virtual Machines....
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-16
Ephemeral OS Disk Support Now in Public Preview on Azure Virtual DesktopRon Coleman announces the public preview of Ephemeral OS disk support for Azure Virtual Desktop, outlining setup guidance, performance benefits, and deployment strategies for stateless workloads.
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-15
VS Code Marketplace Secret Leaks Highlight Risks in Extensions and AI ConfigurationsJeff Burt provides an in-depth report on Wiz’s investigation into a major secrets leak in VS Code extension marketplaces, exposing critical risks for Microsoft developers and AI tool users.
DevOps Blog
2025-10-15
Easily Connect AI Workloads to Azure Blob Storage with adlfsVishnu Charan TJ explains the latest enhancements in adlfs, empowering data professionals to efficiently connect Python-based AI and ML workloads to Azure Blob and Data Lake Storage, with real-world framework...
Microsoft Azure SDK Blog
2025-10-15
SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for Azure Databricks: General Availability AnnouncementAnaviNahar announces the general availability of SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for Azure Databricks, enabling unified, secure, and compliant live data sharing and analytics integration on Azure.
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-15
How GitHub Copilot and Azure AI Apps Fueled a Real-World Project: The 'No Bark' SolutionIn this episode, Microsoft’s Damian Hasak shares with host Govind Kamtamneni how GitHub Copilot and Azure AI Apps enabled a creative, real-world AI solution for reducing dog barking during meetings....
Microsoft Developer YouTube
2025-10-15
Customer-Managed Keys for Microsoft Fabric Workspaces Now Generally AvailableMicrosoft Fabric Blog announces the general availability of customer-managed keys for Fabric workspaces, giving administrators enhanced encryption control. This update allows organizations to secure their data at rest using Azure...
Microsoft Fabric Blog
2025-10-15
Leveraging Low Priority Pods for Rapid Scaling in AKSsamcogan shares an in-depth strategy for managing Kubernetes cluster scaling in Azure by using low priority pods as preemptible buffers, enabling faster workload response and minimizing downtime during traffic spikes....
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-15
Customer-Managed Keys Now Available for Fabric Warehouse and SQL Analytics EndpointMicrosoft Fabric Blog details the introduction of Customer-Managed Keys for Fabric Warehouse and SQL Analytics Endpoint, empowering organizations to enhance security and compliance through Azure Key Vault integration.
Microsoft Fabric Blog
2025-10-15
How Microsoft is Addressing Digital Sovereignty in SwitzerlandThomas Maurer details how Microsoft is helping Swiss organizations achieve digital sovereignty, highlighting cloud region options, compliance features, and secure multi-cloud management for technical stakeholders.
Thomas Maurer's Blog
2025-10-15
Unlock Cost Savings with Utilization-Based Storage Recommendations in Azure MigrateAnkitsurkar explains the new utilization-based storage recommendations in Azure Migrate, offering organizations precise cost-saving strategies and actionable guidance to optimize migration and spending.
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-15
Hosting Remote MCP Server on Azure Container Apps Using HTTP TransportDeepGanguly presents a step-by-step guide to hosting a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server with HTTP transport on Azure Container Apps, enabling integration with external APIs and use in tools like...
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-15
Windows 10 Extended Security Updates for Azure Virtual Desktopivaylo_ivanov explains how Azure Virtual Desktop customers can handle Windows 10’s end of support and leverage Extended Security Updates (ESU) for ongoing security and compliance in session host environments.
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-15
Azure Developer CLI (azd) October 2025: Layered Provisioning, Service Dependencies, and MorePuiChee (PC) Chan details the October 2025 Azure Developer CLI (azd) releases, introducing layered provisioning, service dependencies, the new azd publish command, and significant improvements to extension management and development...
Microsoft Azure SDK Blog
2025-10-14
The Developer’s Guide to Smarter Fine-tuning with Azure AI FoundryMalena Lopez-Sotelo and Jacques Guibert de Bruet provide developers with a practical guide to fine-tuning large language models in Azure AI Foundry, sharing proven strategies, platform updates, and code samples...
Microsoft AI Foundry Blog
2025-10-14
Building Agents on Azure Container Apps with Goose AI Agent, Ollama, and gpt-osssimonjj explores how developers can deploy and manage AI agents like Goose on Azure Container Apps, taking advantage of serverless GPU resources and secure, scalable infrastructure for rapid innovation.
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-14
Oracle Database@Azure Advances at Oracle AI World 2025: Integration, AI, and Security EnhancementsKalyanKaki explores significant enhancements to Oracle Database@Azure announced at Oracle AI World 2025, focusing on AI-driven data integration, new security capabilities, automation tools, and expanded global availability.
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-14
New Features and Global Expansion for Oracle Database@Azure: Unlocking Hybrid Data and AI InnovationBrett Tanzer explores the latest Oracle Database@Azure updates, featuring global region expansion, advanced AI-ready and security features, deep Microsoft integrations, and new migration resources for enterprise innovation.
The Azure Blog
2025-10-14
From Timeouts to Triumph: Optimizing GPT-4o-mini for Speed, Efficiency, and Reliabilitypsundars presents a practical breakdown of optimizing GPT-4o-mini deployments on Azure OpenAI—addressing performance bottlenecks and enhancing reliability through data-driven engineering and architectural best practices.
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-14
How GitHub Copilot and AI Agents Modernize Legacy COBOL SystemsAndrea Griffiths outlines how Julia Kordick and Microsoft’s team leverage GitHub Copilot, AI agents, and Semantic Kernel to modernize COBOL mainframe systems, with a practical, developer-focused framework.
The GitHub Blog
2025-10-14
ExCyTIn-Bench: Benchmarking AI Performance in Cybersecurity InvestigationsAnand Mudgerikar presents ExCyTIn-Bench, Microsoft’s open-source framework for evaluating AI systems in complex cybersecurity investigations, combining Azure SOC simulations and Sentinel logs for advanced, actionable model benchmarking.
Microsoft Security Blog
2025-10-14
Modernizing Authentication for Legacy Visual Studio ClientsAngel Wong outlines key security improvements and modernization efforts for legacy Visual Studio client authentication, urging developers to upgrade to supported tools to ensure continued secure access.
Microsoft DevOps Blog
2025-10-14
How Azure NetApp Files Object REST API Powers Azure Data and AI SolutionsGeertVanTeylingen, along with co-authors Sean Luce, Asutosh Panda, and Thomas Willingham, introduces the Azure NetApp Files Object REST API—a robust way to unlock direct data access for advanced analytics, AI,...
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-14
Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.5 Now Generally AvailableMicrosoft Fabric Blog announces the general availability of Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.5, helping customers leverage updated Spark features before migrating to Microsoft Fabric Spark.
Microsoft Fabric Blog
2025-10-14
Sourcing Schema-Driven Events from EventHub into Fabric Eventstreams (Preview)Microsoft Fabric Blog demonstrates how schema-driven pipelines, using Azure EventHub’s integration with Schema Registry, boost event data reliability and analytics quality. Learn from practical examples and guidance provided by the...
Microsoft Fabric Blog
2025-10-14
Adaptive Target File Size Management in Fabric SparkMicrosoft Fabric Blog presents a technical overview of Adaptive Target File Size Management in Fabric Spark. The article, authored by Microsoft, details how these new features help data teams optimize...
Microsoft Fabric Blog
2025-10-14
Introducing the Job-Level Bursting Switch in Microsoft FabricThe Microsoft Fabric Blog team announces a new Job-Level Bursting Switch for Spark compute in Fabric, granting administrators enhanced control over burst capacity and concurrency optimization.
Microsoft Fabric Blog
2025-10-14
Transition to Azure Functions V2 on Azure Container Apps: Migration Guide and Feature OverviewDeepGanguly explains the migration from Azure Functions V1 to V2 on Azure Container Apps, highlighting technical improvements, resource model benefits, and a step-by-step guide for deploying serverless functions in container...
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-14
Validating Scalable EDA Storage Performance: Azure NetApp Files and SPECstorage Solution 2020GeertVanTeylingen presents a thorough analysis of how Azure NetApp Files powers electronic design automation (EDA) with scalable, high-performance, and globally distributed cloud storage, validated via SPECstorage Solution 2020 benchmarks.
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-14
Microsoft Advances Open-Source Infrastructure for Frontier-Scale AIRani Borkar and Saurabh Dighe report on Microsoft’s work driving open-source standards for AI infrastructure, covering power, cooling, security, sustainability, and large-scale operations in partnership with the Open Compute Project...
The Azure Blog
2025-10-14
Operational Excellence in AI Infrastructure: Standardized Node Lifecycle ManagementRama_Bhimanadhuni, together with Choudary Maddukuri and Bhushan Mehendale, explores how Microsoft and partners are using open standards to create reliable, scalable, and vendor-neutral AI infrastructure management for cloud datacenters.
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-14
Rethinking Power Conversion and Distribution for the AI EraEhsan Nasr of Microsoft explores how data centers must rethink power systems for the AI era, focusing on the adoption of solid-state transformers, centralized high-voltage DC delivery, and innovative architectures...
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-14
Next Generation HXU: Doubling Cooling Power for the AI Eraandy_reg introduces Microsoft’s next-generation HXU, a heat exchanger unit that doubles cooling capacity for AI-ready datacenters, with features ensuring reliability, scalability, and cyber resilience.
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-14
Caliptra 2.1: Advancing Open-Source Silicon Root of Trust for Data ProtectionBryankel presents Caliptra 2.1, Microsoft’s open-source silicon Root of Trust subsystem, detailing its quantum-resilient cryptography and integration with Azure’s security architecture, aiming to advance industry-wide device security.
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-14
Jump Starting Quantum Computing on Azurenotanaha explains quantum computing fundamentals and demonstrates, step by step, how to run the quantum teleportation protocol with real code on Azure Quantum using Python and Qiskit.
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-14
Building a Security-First Culture at Microsoft: Strategies and Best Practicesstclarke reports on how Microsoft embeds security at every organizational level, detailing practices from training and engineering to leadership accountability under the Secure Future Initiative. Key learning resources and actionable...
Microsoft News
2025-10-13
How Developers Are Leading AI Transformation Across the EnterpriseToby Bowers highlights how developers are leveraging AI agents and copilots, such as GitHub Copilot and Azure AI Foundry, to accelerate enterprise transformation and streamline software delivery in modern organizations....
The Azure Blog
2025-10-13
Azure DevOps Local MCP Server Now Generally AvailableDan Hellem introduces the general availability of the Azure DevOps local MCP Server, highlighting its features, local privacy benefits, and integration steps for developers.
Microsoft DevOps Blog
2025-10-13
Gain End-to-End Visibility into Data Activity Using OneLake DiagnosticsMicrosoft Fabric Blog introduces the general availability of OneLake diagnostics, empowering organizations with comprehensive visibility into data activity and governance across Fabric workspaces. Authored by the Microsoft Fabric Blog team....
Microsoft Fabric Blog
2025-10-13
Environmental Sustainability Features in Azure API Management: Minimizing API Infrastructure Carbon ImpactTom Kerkhove introduces public preview features in Azure API Management aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of API and AI workloads. The article guides readers through configuring carbon-aware traffic shifting,...
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-13
Extending Outbound Access Protection to Fabric Warehouse and SQL Analytics EndpointMicrosoft Fabric Blog explains how Outbound Access Protection is now available for Fabric Warehouse and SQL Analytics Endpoint, enabling organizations to secure analytics workloads by restricting outbound connections to only...
Microsoft Fabric Blog
2025-10-13
Previewing OneLake Table APIs for Microsoft FabricMicrosoft Fabric Blog introduces the OneLake Table APIs preview, allowing developers and data engineers to programmatically manage and integrate tables in Microsoft OneLake using open standards like Apache Iceberg.
Microsoft Fabric Blog
2025-10-13
Noise-Free, Domain-Specific Voice Recognition with Azure Custom SpeechDellenny details how Azure Custom Speech enables developers to build noise-resilient, domain-specific speech recognition solutions, focusing on customization for real-world environments and technical vocabularies.
Dellenny's Blog
2025-10-12
Building an Azure Enterprise-Scale Landing Zone: Foundation for Cloud GovernanceDellenny explains how to establish a robust, future-ready Azure foundation with Enterprise-Scale Landing Zones, highlighting essential practices and tools for security, governance, and scalable cloud operations.
Dellenny's Blog
2025-10-12
Replicating VMware Workloads to Azure with Azure Site Recovery for Disaster RecoveryADEDAYO1880 seeks guidance on replicating VMware workloads to Azure using Azure Site Recovery, covering database replication, application server strategies, security integration, backup practices, and DR tests.
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-11
Future-Proofing Academic Research: HPC Workflows and Secure Enclaves with Azure CycleCloudPresented by Microsoft Cloud, this webinar shares best practices for orchestrating large-scale HPC environments in academic research using Azure CycleCloud and CCWS.
Microsoft Cloud YouTube
2025-10-10
Azure Update - 10th October 2025John Savill’s Technical Training presents the 10th October 2025 Azure Update, spotlighting recent retirements, feature changes, cloud AI, and DevOps advances for Microsoft Azure engineers and developers.
John Savill's Technical Training
2025-10-10
Unlocking the Power of Conversational AI with Azure Bot ServiceDellenny presents a practical guide to building conversational AI solutions with Azure Bot Service, detailing architecture, AI integrations, security, and industry use cases.
Dellenny's Blog
2025-10-10
Defining the Raw Data Vault with Artificial Intelligence: Automating Data Warehouse ModelingNaveed Hussain and Ian Clarke provide a technical review of Michael Olschimke’s in-depth exploration of AI-driven Raw Data Vault automation, focusing on efficiency gains, Microsoft platform integrations, and advanced data...
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-10
Accelerating Enterprise AI Adoption with Azure AI Landing ZoneVimalVerma details how enterprises can adopt AI at scale with Azure AI Landing Zone by leveraging proven Microsoft frameworks and Azure AI Foundry. The post covers architectural choices, governance, and...
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-10
Announcing Resource-Scope Query for Azure Monitor WorkspacesTyler_Kight announces the public preview of resource-scope query for Azure Monitor Workspaces, detailing how it streamlines observability, access controls, and aligns metric querying with Azure-native experiences.
Microsoft Tech Community
2025-10-10