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[In development] Private Preview: Azure AMD-based Dasv7, Easv7, and Fasv7-series Virtual Machines
The general purpose Dasv7 and Dalsv7, memory-optimized Easv7, and compute-optimized Fasv7, Falsv7, Famsv7 VMs, are now...
[Launched] Generally Available: Multitenant Managed Logging in Container Insights
The Multitenant Managed Logging feature in Container Insights is now generally available, offering customers who...
When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
One July morning, a startup founder watched in horror as their production database vanished, nuked not by a hacker,...
Retirement: Microsoft Playwright Testing (Preview) will be retired on March 8, 2026
Last August, we introduced Azure App Testing, a unified testing service that brings together two powerful testing...
Conflicting opinions on the ROI of AI
When it comes to evaluating the return on investment for cloud-based artificial intelligence projects, the discussion...
How to evaluate AI agent development tools and platforms
Do a quick search for AI agent development tools, and it won’t take long to build an extensive list of options. How...
Beyond AI protocols: Preparing for MCP and A2A in production
The future of enterprise architecture is increasingly being written by AI, but not the kind you access through a...
Perl programming language rises again – Tiobe
Perl, a once-popular programming language that dates back to 1987, has seen a resurgence in the Tiobe index of...
Groovy 5 expands Java and JDK support
The Apache Groovy team has announced Groovy 5, an update to the JVM-based programming language that features broader...
Retirement: Operating System (OS) Disks on Standard HDD will be retired on 08 September 2028
As part of our ongoing commitment to improve customer experience, we continuously evaluate our product portfolio to...
Google intros EmbeddingGemma for on-device AI
With the introduction of its EmbeddingGemma, Google is providing a multilingual text embedding model designed to run...
[In preview] Public Preview: Graph Query Language (GQL) in KQL graph semantics
We’re adding Graph Query Language (GQL) support to KQL graph semantics, aligned with the ISO standard. This update...
How to spin Python’s challenges into AI gold
Here’s the uncomfortable truth about Python in the enterprise: The language is easy; the ecosystem is not. Most...
13 reasons SQL has got to go
For all its popularity and success, SQL is a study in paradox. It can be clunky and verbose, yet for developers, it is...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift Now Available in UAE Central and US Gov Texas
Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now generally available in two new regions: UAE Central and US Gov Texas, bringing...
Databricks adds Data Science Agent to automate analytics tasks
Databricks has added a new agent, the Data Science Agent, to the Databricks Assistant, in an effort to help data...
Rust Innovation Lab launched, sponsors first project
The Rust Foundation, steward of the Rust programming language, has launched the Rust Innovation Lab, offering fiscal...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files migration assistant
Azure NetApp Files migration assistant (with SnapMirror) provides efficient and cost-effective data migration...
Retirement: Azure CDN will be retired on December 1 2025 in China
Azure CDN will be retired on December 1, 2025 in China. We recognize that this change may affect your operations, and...
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Functions support for Python 3.13
You can now develop functions using Python 3.13 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions. Starting with Python 3.13,...