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Microsoft unveils Copilot for Azure SQL Database
Microsoft has announced a private preview of Copilot in Azure SQL Database, an AI assistant that improves productivity...
Generally available: Microsoft Dev Box in Southeast Asia, Brazil South, South Africa North, and Switzerland North
Microsoft Dev Box is generally available in Southeast Asia, Brazil South, South Africa North, and Switzerland...
GA: Azure SQL Trigger support for Azure Functions
You can now build application logic in Azure Function apps which can be driven by the data from Azure SQL database
General availability: Rate Limiting on ExpressRoute Direct Circuits
Rate Limiting is now generally available over ExpressRoute Direct port circuits, providing enhanced control over...
Public Preview: On-demand capacity reservations for Specialty SKUs
You can now reserve capacity with SLA for following Specialty VM sizes, Mv3 series, NC-series (v3 and newer),...
Public preview: Change partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos DB (NoSQL API)
The ability to change the partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos is now available in preview for NoSQL API.
Steampipe dashboards and benchmarks for your data
In Steampipe unbundled we showed how its plugins, which originally worked only with the foreign data wrapper loaded...
Google Vertex AI Studio puts the promise in generative AI
Vertex AI Studio is an online environment for building AI apps, featuring Gemini, Google’s own multimodal generative...
Public Preview: Azure SQL Database Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric
Mirroring Azure SQL Database provides an easy experience to continuously replicate SQL DB data directly into Microsoft...
Azure Static Web Apps distributed functions capability now in Public Preview
Reduced latency by distributing managed functions to regions of high demand.
Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on VMware
Using AKS on VMware (Preview), customers can now centrally manage all their VMware workloads using a single-step...
Vertex AI Studio puts the promise in generative AI
Vertex AI Studio is an online environment for building AI apps, featuring Gemini, Google’s own multimodal generative...
Ethics makes a comeback in cloud-based systems
Years ago, I found myself sitting in a conference room dealing with a question that I’ve gotten thousands of times in...
Redis moves to source-available licenses
Starting with Redis 7.4, all future versions of Redis software will be dual-licensed under the Redis Source Available...
Breaking Changes to Azure API Management Workspaces
As part of our commitment to enhancing workspaces (in Public Preview) within Azure API Management, we are implementing...
General Availability: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps
Azure App Service is pleased to announce general availability of the "Automatic Scaling" feature.
Preview: New Features in Azure Container Storage
Azure Container Storage is a fully managed volume orchestration service built natively for containers. New...
Public Preview: Agentless multi-disk crash consistent backup by Azure Backup for VM
Azure VM backup now supports agentless multi-disk crash consistent backups in public preview.
10 cloud development gotchas to watch out for
The benefits of developing software in the cloud include increased flexibility and reliability, greater efficiency,...
Action required: Upgrade your App Service apps to Node 20 LTS by 30 April 2025
Extended support for Node 18 LTS is ending