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- Eventhouse support for OneLake security (Generally Available)
- Find expensive queries from Capacity Metrics (Generally Available)
- OneLake table APIs: Now with Iceberg writes, plus richer table metadata (Preview)
- Govern Fabric connections with admin APIs and data connection policies (Preview)
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL stable REST API version 2026-10-01
- Generally Available: Route maps for Azure Route Server
- [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Firewall IPv6 now supports application rules
- Bring your Fabric data into your next app with connectors
- SharePoint and OneDrive at Microsoft Ignite 2026: What to Expect
- OneDrive and SharePoint at Microsoft Ignite 2026: What to Expect
- [In preview] Public Preview: Multi-disk crash-consistent VM restore points for Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks on VMs with SCSI disk controller
- Security Fix: Azure Sphere SDK version 26.06.1 is now available
- Securing AI Adoption in the DIB-Part 2: Microsoft's Approach to Discovering & Securing AI
- People are the difference: The learning culture behind Investec’s workforce transformation
- Get ready for Azure CSP promotions: A new growth and profitability lever for partners
- Scale access controls with Microsoft Entra Conditional Access policy plans
- Microsoft Entra deep dives: Join our December 15–17 webinar series
- Salesforce Data 360 integration with OneLake (Preview)
- Share data and context across organizations with IQ Share (Preview)
- Predicting and detecting failures: How Azure strengthens reliability for mission-critical workloads
- Addressing PHP2Shell CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619: upgrade guidance and Azure WAF mitigations
- Your guide to FinOps for AI at Microsoft Ignite 2026
- Introducing the Project Perception Community
- More ways to use scalar UDFs in Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse (Preview)
- Extending Azure VM Image Automation with an MCP Operations Layer
- Vector Search vs. Knowledge Graphs: Where Microsoft Fabric Graph Fits
- Implementing Traefik as an Ingress Controller on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Partner Blog | Microsoft Ignite 2026: Build an agenda that moves your business forward
- Windows Server at Microsoft Ignite 2026: Sessions, our booth, and how to join the pre-day
- The CISO Cheat Sheet to Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2026
- What stops a service-side auto-labeling rollout from being approved — and how to unblock it
- Windows news you can use: October 2026
- Copilot for US Government delivers advanced models, app integration
- Azure Local: 10 mistakes that can derail your deployment before it starts
- From Proactive Detection to Action: How Azure Protects Mission-Critical Workloads
- Rethinking Azure OpenAI Token Economics: Processing Nasdaq Level 2 Market Data Before AI
- [In preview] Public Preview: Advanced capacity insights are now available in Azure Storage Discovery
- Enhanced data protection for Azure Files
- An engineering guide to Claude Code on Microsoft Foundry with Azure API Management
- Announcing support for Materialized views and streaming tables in Mirrored Azure Databricks catalog
- Introducing SharePoint tools in Work IQ
- Sovereign controls for Oracle AI Database@Azure
- [In preview] Public Preview: Extend immutability for PITR backups for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance
- [Launched] Generally Available: Enhanced Azure Site Recovery support for VMSS Flex
- OneLake: The file system for agent-first data engineering
- mssql-python 1.17.0: more reliable bulk copy, faster pool recovery, and DB-API fixes
- Adding the Context Streaming Events Need: Reference Data Joins with OneLake Delta Tables in Fabric Eventstream
- What if your Azure Databricks workspaces have overlapping CIDRs?
- New ransomware recovery guidance for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance
- Lock Copilot Chat to just Study and Learn Agent's tutoring mode
- Modernize data integration strategy with Microsoft Fabric when using Snowflake and Databricks
- Build a Grounded Package Upgrade Advisor with Microsoft-Decision-1
- Partner Blog | Three Horizons: How hosting partners can evolve their business, expand their value, and shape what's next
- How Outlook Search is changing: ranking, resilience, and the feedback loop
- Windows Server October 2026 monthly security updates impact SCVMM environments
- New in Microsoft Marketplace: Offers published September 24-28, 2026
- Discover and assess on-premises Network Attached Storage (NAS) shares using Azure Migrate
- From Writing Scripts to Running a Newsroom: A 24-Hour News Station with Microsoft Copilot Harness
- Build an Offline AI Voice Notebook on Raspberry Pi with Microsoft Foundry Local
- Migrate Arc-registered SQL Server instances to Azure without deploying the Arc agent
- Why Did Our Azure Bill Change? Investigating Cloud Spend with Azure SRE Agent
- Mixed Reality Link: November 2026 Release Notes
- OneDrive Just Got a Major Upgrade: New Copilot Capabilities, Simpler Sharing, and Smarter Photos
- Deprecation of Legacy Web Browser Control
- Global Secure Access: Private Access and Internet Access in one offering
- Bring insights and action together with Fabric Apps in Org apps
- The Platform Behind the Next AI Breakthrough
- From a prompt to an operational dashboard: Generate Real-Time Dashboards with Copilot (Preview)
- FastTrack Recognized Solution Architects (FTRSA) Nominations are now open
- [In preview] Public Preview: On-prem NAS share discovery and assessment are now available using Azure Migrate
- Retirement: OT security in Microsoft Defender for IoT
- [Launched] Generally Available: Change from virtual network integration to a private endpoint capable network configuration in Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server
- Retirement: Azure Fluid Relay
- Protect against Brotli CVE-2026-111497 with Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF)
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Storage Actions adds automatic task updates, execution controls, and case-sensitive matching
- [In preview] Public Preview: JWT validation for Application Gateway for Containers
- [In preview] Public Preview: MCP gateway for Application Gateway for Containers
- [In preview] Public Preview: Private ingress for Application Gateway for Containers
- [Launched] Generally Available: Restart databases in Azure SQL DB via the Azure portal
- [Launched] Generally Available: Geo-Replication on partitioned namespaces for Azure Service Bus Premium
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Site Recovery for Azure Local
- Five ways to build early-career readiness in the AI era
- Announcing general availability of Geo-Replication on partitioned namespaces for Service Bus Premium
- Data Days: Learn, build, and connect with AI @Work
- Logic Apps Aviators Newsletter - November 2026
- Webinar: Study and Learn limits/locks down Copilot Chat
- Article 5 - The 90-Day Agent Governance Plan
- Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access: one offering for Private Access and Internet Access
- Announcing flex nodes for AKS (preview) in Azure portal
- The Agentic Gatekeeper: Using Microsoft Decision-1 to Decide When Agents Act
- Building Secure, Ephemeral GitHub Actions Runners on Azure Container Apps
- Qwen3.8-27B on a $2 H100 Azure Spot VM: does it pay off?
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on two H100s in an Azure Spot VM
- Qwen3.8-27B on a Lenovo laptop: run it on RTX Spark, watch it in Azure Monitor
- The AI advantage your company can keep
- Bringing CRM into the flow of work and agents into business process for sales and service teams
- Introducing the new Copilot with Home, Code and Autopilot
- Building the system for AI at work
- Introducing Microsoft 365 G7: Intelligence + Trust for the mission ahead
- Introducing Microsoft 365 G7: Intelligence + Trust for the mission ahead
- ESPC 2026 is coming to Amsterdam: Bringing Microsoft and the community together
- Build apps in Copilot Cowork and Copilot Studio
- PPCC 2026: Bringing AI and your business processes together
- New and improved: GitHub Copilot harness, agent skills, and richer context
- The next measure of AI momentum is work transformed
- Extending agentic Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales with MCP
- Building reliable voice agents: A practical guide
- Copilot in Excel: Built for the era of Frontier Finance
- Copilot Cowork is now generally available
- Who evaluates the evaluators? The data science behind agent evals
- Introducing Microsoft Scout: Your always-on personal agent
- Announcing the new Work IQ APIs
- Frontier Tuning: Teaching AI to work the way you do
- Introducing Microsoft 365 Business with Copilot: The new standard for small business
- Mistral joins Copilot Studio’s growing lineup of model providers
- New and improved: Computer-using agents, a new workflows experience, and real-time voice experiences
- The in-depth guide to managing real-time voice agents at scale
- New and improved: Agent governance, intelligent workflows, and connected app experiences
- Extend AI voice support: Introducing real-time voice agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio
- Automate business processes with agents plus workflows in Microsoft Copilot Studio
- New and improved: Multi-agent orchestration, connected experiences, and faster prompt iteration
- Addressing the OWASP Top 10 Risks in Agentic AI with Microsoft Copilot Studio
- Custom graders in Copilot Studio: Setting high standards for agent evals
- Powering Frontier Transformation with Copilot and agents
- Enable agents to bring apps into the flow of work—while keeping IT in control
- New and improved: Agent evaluations, computer use, and advanced maker training
- Computer-using agents now deliver more secure UI automation at scale
- More choice, more flexibility: xAI Grok 4.1 Fast now available in Microsoft Copilot Studio
- New resources and guidance to plan, build, and operate enterprise-ready agents
- How to evaluate AI agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio
- Why Microsoft Copilot Studio is the foundation for agentic business transformation
- What’s new in Copilot Studio: October 2025
- What’s new in Copilot Studio: June 2025
- What’s new in Copilot Studio: May 2025
- What’s new in Copilot Studio: April 2025
