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Microsoft just announced the general availability of Azure Storage Discovery, a new managed service that brings visibility, intelligence, and natural language insights to enterprise data stored in Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage. For organizations with sprawling data estates spread across regions, accounts, and subscriptions, this is big news—and for small and mid-sized […]

Effective July and August 2025, Microsoft is implementing major licensing and pricing updates across its on-premises server portfolio, impacting both renewals and new deployments. These updates affect SharePoint Server, Exchange Server, Skype for Business Server, and the Client Access License (CAL) Suites. What’s Changing Beginning mid-2025, the following adjustments take effect: 10% price increase for

In July, GitHub Copilot introduced a powerful new capability: App Modernization for .NET, now available in public preview. This feature brings AI-driven modernization tooling directly into Visual Studio, enabling enterprises to accelerate and automate the migration of legacy .NET applications to Microsoft Azure. What It Does The new Copilot capability analyzes existing application codebases to

Microsoft has announced the public preview of secure tunneling for private Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters via Azure Bastion, introducing a more streamlined and secure way to connect to Kubernetes APIs. This new capability allows developers and administrators to establish direct tunnels from their local machines to private AKS clusters without relying on VPNs, public

Microsoft is making one of the largest infrastructure investments in its history—an $80 billion commitment through 2028—to expand AI-optimized data centers and Azure cloud regions worldwide. This initiative reinforces Microsoft’s position as a global leader in AI, cloud computing, and sustainable infrastructure. The roadmap includes: New hyperscale data centers powered by custom Microsoft silicon. Sovereign

Microsoft has announced the public preview of the Deep Research Agent within the Azure AI Foundry Agent Service, marking a major step forward in enterprise AI research automation. Powered by OpenAI’s o3-deep-research model and tightly integrated with Bing, the Deep Research Agent enables organizations to build intelligent agents that autonomously plan, research, analyze, and generate

Microsoft has announced a new European Security Program designed to support the governments of all 27 EU member states, EU accession countries, as well as the UK, Monaco, and the Vatican. This initiative will be provided at no cost to participating governments, representing a significant investment in Europe’s cybersecurity resilience. What the Program Includes Through

Microsoft has announced significant updates to its Sovereign Cloud platform in Europe, further strengthening data protection, compliance, and customer control. These updates highlight Microsoft’s commitment to helping European organizations meet sovereignty requirements without compromising access to the company’s full suite of cloud services. Key Announcements 1. Sovereign Public Cloud EnhancementsThe Sovereign Public Cloud is expanding

Microsoft has introduced a new AI-powered tool called the Coding Agent for GitHub Copilot, aimed at improving how developers manage and execute tasks across the software development lifecycle. Available to Copilot Enterprise and Copilot Pro+ subscribers, the Coding Agent is designed to assist with issue resolution, environment setup, code generation, refactoring, and more—all while adhering

Microsoft has just announced a significant wave of updates to Azure AI Foundry, its unified platform designed to serve as the “AI App Server” for modern applications. This platform brings together AI models, app connectors, content safety tools, and orchestration capabilities into a single environment—enabling developers to more easily build, deploy, and scale AI-powered apps.