[In preview] Public Preview: Secure, Modern Access to Azure Files on macOS with MS Entra ID

by Azalio tdshpsk | Jun 2, 2026 | Cloud

Azure Files now supports access from macOS using Entra ID authentication (Public Preview), enabling secure, identity-based access to file shares for cross-platform teams. This expands support for modern workflows, allowing users on macOS to seamlessly...

[Launched] Generally Available: File share centric management model (Microsoft.FileShares) for Azure Files

by Azalio tdshpsk | Jun 2, 2026 | Cloud

The new file share service management experience for Azure Files is now generally available for NFS 4.1 shares on SSD storage. Powered by the Microsoft.FileShares resource provider, file shares are now top-level Azure resources that you can create, secure

[In development] Preview: Azure Cobalt 200 Arm-based Dpsv7, Dplsv7, Epsv7, Mpsv4, and Lpsv5-series Virtual Machines

by Azalio tdshpsk | Jun 2, 2026 | Cloud

The general purpose Dpsv7 and Dplsv7, memory-optimized Epsv7, high-memory Mpsv4, and dense storage Lpsv5 VMs are now available in preview. These virtual machines deliver significant enhancements over the previous generation Cobalt 100 VMs, offering improv

[Launched] Generally Available: Unified Text Translation API in Azure AI Translator

by Azalio tdshpsk | Jun 2, 2026 | Cloud

Azure AI Translator’s unified Text Translation API reaches general availability, giving developers a single endpoint that fronts neural machine translation, large language model translation, small language model translation, Adaptive custom translation,...

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure API Management introduces a Unified Model API for multi-model AI applications.

by Azalio tdshpsk | Jun 2, 2026 | Cloud

As organizations adopt multiple LLM providers, developers often need to handle different API formats, SDKs, and integration patterns for each model vendor. This increases application complexity and makes provider switching, failover, and governance more d