Mike Rosoft

GCP Release Notes: May 15, 2026

Backup and DR Feature Backup and DR Service now supports customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) for Cloud SQL enhanced backups. This allows you to protect your Cloud SQL backups using the same KMS key as the source instance, with decoupled IAM…

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Amazon Web Services

AWS Partner Central agents now accelerates opportunity creation

Today, AWS announces that the AWS Partner Central agents now accelerate opportunity creation through natural language conversation. AWS Partner Central agents, released on March 16, 2026, are AI-powered capabilities built on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore that help partners surface pipeline insights,…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon CloudWatch Logs announces increased query result limits

Amazon CloudWatch Logs now supports retrieving up to 100,000 results using the Logs Insights query language. Customers can specify the limit in their query using the LIMIT command. Previously, customers were limited to 10,000 results and had to split their…

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Microsoft 365 apps

PowerPoint for the web: Create a presentation with Copilot directly from the PowerPoint web app [MC1311972]

Message ID: MC1311972 [Introduction] We’re improving how users get started with Copilot in PowerPoint for the web by enabling presentation creation powered by Copilot directly from the PowerPoint web app. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 560537. [When…

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Microsoft 365 apps

PowerPoint for Windows: Create a presentation with Copilot directly from PowerPoint Home [MC1311974]

Message ID: MC1311974 [Introduction] We’re improving how users get started with Copilot in PowerPoint for Windows by enabling presentation creation powered by Copilot directly from PowerPoint Home in the File menu. This update reduces friction at the start of the…

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Microsoft 365 suite

Department billing for Microsoft 365 Backup [MC1311976]

Message ID: MC1311976 [Introduction] Department billing for Microsoft 365 Backup allows administrators to configure backups by granular scopes such as departments, geographic locations, or member firms. With this feature, admins can break down backup consumption to multiple Azure subscriptions and…

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Mike on Anthropic Claude Sonnet is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot [MC1247880]17 April 2026
Really interesting update. It feels like the bigger story here is not just that another model has been added, but…
Mike on Copilot entry point changes in Excel [MC1282571]17 April 2026
This is a helpful breakdown of what looks like a small UX change on the surface but has very real…
AI Logo Generator on GCP Release Notes: February 14, 202617 February 2026
It’s exciting to see Google SecOps SIEM and SOAR updates rolling out globally. I’m curious if there are any significant…
AI Music Generator on GCP Release Notes: February 13, 202615 February 2026
Security bulletins like the one for CVE-2025-13292 are always a bit concerning, but it’s reassuring to know Google is actively…
Nano Banana AI on GCP Release Notes: February 12, 202614 February 2026
This migration tool seems like a great step for those looking to modernize their infrastructure. Being able to move App…