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[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for early-July 2025
In early-July 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Convert Azure SQL database to...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for early-July 2025
In early-July 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Enhanced server audit for Azure SQL...
Anonymity should not be free
I started using the Internet in the early 1990s, when it was mostly used by government officials and academics....
How to use editable installs for Python packages
When you install Python packages into a given instance of Python, the default behavior is for the package’s files to...
Meet Zig: The modern alternative to C
The Zig programming language continues its gradual advance into the world of systems programming. Even though it has...
Retirement: VM Insights Map and Dependency Agent are being on June 30, 2028
Dependency Agent and VM Insights Map will be retired on June 30, 2028 and no longer be supported. With this...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure App Service on Azure Stack Hub 25R1
Azure App Service on Azure Stack Hub 25R1 is now available for customers to download and update their Azure Stack Hub...
Download the ‘AI-ready data centers’ spotlight report
Download the July 2025 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and...
How to shift left on finops, and why you need to
One of the most frustrating experiences for IT leaders is receiving a cloud invoice with costs well above...
The private cloud comeback
For years, the dominant cloud narrative emphasized the scalability, flexibility, and ostensibly lower costs of public...
[Launched] Generally Available: Encryption in Transit (EiT) for Azure Files NFS shares
Azure Files NFS shares now support Encryption in Transit (EiT) using TLS 1.3 to secure all NFS traffic, ensuring...
[Launched] Generally Available: Query editor in Azure Monitor Metrics
We're announcing the General Availability of Query Editor in Azure Metric Explorer through Azure Monitor Workspace...
[Launched] Generally Available: FQDN Filtering in DNAT rules in Azure Firewall
Azure Firewall supports the use of Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) in DNAT (Destination Network Address...
[In preview] Generally Available: Two-Way Forest Trusts for Microsoft Entra Domain Services
Two-Way Forest Trusts for Microsoft Entra Domain Services are now Generally Available. This capability allows...
Rewriting infrastructure as code for the AI data center
Generative AI has officially entered the infrastructure as code (IaC) trenches. What started as a bottom-up phenomenon...
Three steps to boost Amazon S3 data security
The amount of data in modern systems has skyrocketed beyond what traditional security tools can handle. As...
Cloud finally gets some new competition
For more than a decade “cloud” has really meant three names: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. Yet 2025 is proving that...
Google touts new Python client library for Data Commons
Google has released a Python client library to query the Data Commons platform, which organizes the world’s publicly...
Dumping mainframes for cloud can be a costly mistake
A certain Fortune 500 financial institution decided to fully embrace the cloud. Executive memos indicated that all...
Rust-powered: Two new Python tools to watch
This week in Python brings us a toe-to-toe showdown between two Rust-powered Python type checking tools. We also have...