[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift adds NVIDIA H100 and H200 GPU support

by Azalio tdshpsk | Apr 7, 2026 | Cloud

Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) now supports NVIDIA H100 and H200 GPU-based Azure Virtual Machine SKUs, enabling customers to run large-scale AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads on a fully managed OpenShift service. This...

Launching S3 Files, making S3 buckets accessible as file systems

by Azalio tdshpsk | Apr 7, 2026 | AWS

I’m excited to announce Amazon S3 Files, a new file system that seamlessly connects any AWS compute resource with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). More than a decade ago, as an AWS trainer, I spent countless hours explaining the fundamental differences...

[Launched] Generally Available: Disable HTTP proxy in AKS

by Azalio tdshpsk | Apr 7, 2026 | Cloud

Organizations that use HTTP proxies to control outbound traffic often need to change or remove those settings as network requirements evolve, which can be disruptive in running clusters. Azure Kubernetes Service allows administrators to disable HTTP...

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Functions now supports MCP resource triggers

by Azalio tdshpsk | Apr 7, 2026 | Cloud

Developers building MCP servers on Azure Functions can expose tools but not resources. Now, Azure Functions supports MCP resource triggers, enabling developers to expose resources directly from an Azure Functions–hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP)...

[Launched] Generally Available: Pod CIDR expansion in AKS

by Azalio tdshpsk | Apr 7, 2026 | Cloud

When clusters exhaust available pod IP addresses, teams have historically been forced to rebuild environments to restore capacity, creating operational disruption. Pod CIDR expansion allows overlay‑based AKS clusters to increase their pod IP range in...