Mike Rosoft

Amazon EC2 C8gn instances are now available in US West (N. California)

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8gn instances, powered by the latest-generation AWS Graviton4 processors, are available in the AWS Region US West (N. California) . The new instances provide up to 30% better compute performance than Graviton3-based…

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Exchange Online

(Updated) Microsoft Exchange Online: New Message Trace will be GA; legacy Message Trace will retire [MC1092458]

Message ID: MC1092458 (Updated) Updated August 28, 2025: Due to the customer feedback we've received, we will be delaying the legacy Message Trace support on Reporting Webservice until February 28th, 2026. Additionally, we will be onboarding the new Message Trace…

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Microsoft Viva

(Updated) Copilot Dashboard: Updated meeting metrics for Intelligent Recap [MC1085574]

Message ID: MC1085574 (Updated) Updated June 27, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.Copilot Dashboard users can now view metrics that reflect both summarized and recapped meeting activity, offering a more complete view of Copilot’s…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon Connect now offers generative text-to-speech voices

Amazon Connect now offers new generative text-to-speech voices enabling you to deliver natural, human-like, and expressive conversations with your customers. With this launch, you now have access to 20 different generative-enhanced voices across languages such as English, French, Spanish, German,…

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Amazon Web Services

New General Purpose Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances

AWS is announcing the general availability of new general-purpose Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, available only on AWS, delivering the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel…

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Microsoft Teams

Noise suppression for dial-in participants in Teams audio conferences [MC1135397]

Message ID: MC1135397 (Updated) Updated August 28, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.IntroductionMicrosoft Teams is introducing noise suppression for PSTN dial-in participants in Audio Conferences. This feature automatically reduces background noise—such as traffic or keyboard…

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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…