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[In preview] Public Preview: Managed Identity support in Network Watcher VNET flow log, traffic analytics and packet capture
VNET flow log captures IP traffic flowing through VNETs, subnets, and NICs for monitoring, troubleshooting, network...
Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 pricing cut signals a shift in the enterprise AI market
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4.5 with a 67% price cut that repositions its flagship model from a boutique...
Microsoft’s Fara-7B brings AI agents to the PC with on-device automation
Microsoft is pushing agentic AI deeper into the PC with Fara-7B, a compact computer-use agent (CUA) model that can...
Snowflake to acquire Select Star to enhance its Horizon Catalog
Snowflake has signed a definitive agreement to acquire San Francisco-based startup Select Star’s team and context...
Where AI meets cloud-native computing
In the past decade, we’ve seen two major advances in software development: cloud-native architecture and artificial...
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.5
Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 4.5, a hybrid reasoning model for coding, agents, and computer use. The company...
New Shai-Hulud worm spreading through npm, GitHub
A new version of the Shai-Hulud credentials-stealing self-propagating worm is expanding through the open npm registry,...
Angular v21 debuts Signal Forms, stabilizes MCP server
Google’s Angular team has released Angular v21, the latest version of Google’s TypeScript-based web framework. This...
[In preview] Public Preview: Claude Opus 4.5 Available in Microsoft Foundry
Claude Opus 4.5 is now available in public preview on Microsoft Foundry, bringing advanced coding, agentic workflows,...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure File Sync in New Zealand North
Azure File Sync enables seamless tiering of data from on-premises Windows Servers to Azure Files for hybrid use cases...
[In preview] Public Preview: Entra ID support for RDP connections
Announcing Azure Bastion now supports Microsoft Entra ID authentication for RDP connections to Windows VMs directly in...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Load Testing in Italy North
Azure Load Testing capability in Azure App Testing is now generally available in Italy North. Customers can now use...
[Launched] Generally Available: Regex support in T-SQL
Boost your SQL queries with powerful regular expressions (regex) support for advanced pattern matching. Now you can...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure MCP Server for Azure Database for MySQL
Announcing that Azure MCP Server now supports Azure Database for MySQL. With this update, you can empower AI agents...
AWS open-sources Agent SOPs to simplify AI agent development
AWS is open-sourcing a new markdown format called Agent SOPs, designed to make it easier to build AI agents and learn...
7 ways AI is changing software testing
The integration of artificial intelligence in software testing isn’t just changing the workflow for testers, it’s...
Anatomy of an AI agent knowledge base
AI agent fervor has permeated the software development world. But, we’re no longer talking about a singular,...
Software development has a ‘996’ problem
There is a persistent, dangerous myth in software development that output equals outcome. It’s the idea that if we...
[Launched] Generally Available: Custom handler support in Azure Functions Flex consumption
Azure Functions now supports custom handlers in Flex consumption. Custom handlers are lightweight web servers that...
Retirement: Migrate to dedicated VM for your compute clusters
On September 30, 2025, Low-Priority VM will reach end of life. However, you will continue to be supported on Azure...