Mike Rosoft

Amazon EC2 C8i-flex instances are now available in Europe (Ireland, London), and Asia Pacific (New Zealand) regions

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8i-flex instances are available in the Europe (Ireland, London), and Asia Pacific (New Zealand) regions. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, available only on AWS, delivering the highest…

Modern Workspace Pro 22 April 2026No Comments

Amazon Web Services

Amazon EC2 C8i instances are now available in Europe (Ireland) and Asia Pacific (New Zealand) regions

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8i instances are available in the Europe (Ireland) and Asia Pacific (New Zealand) regions. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, available only on AWS, delivering the highest performance…

Modern Workspace Pro 22 April 2026No Comments

Microsoft Entra

(Updated) Microsoft Entra: Cross-tenant security group synchronization [MC1198077]

Message ID: MC1198077 (Updated) Updated April 22, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. We’re introducing cross-tenant group synchronization, a new capability that enables organizations to synchronize security groups across Microsoft Entra tenants. This feature simplifies collaboration…

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Microsoft 365 apps

(Updated) Outlook for Windows report retirement in the Exchange admin center [MC1230889]

Message ID: MC1230889 (Updated) Updated April 22, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction]To streamline and modernize reporting experiences across Microsoft 365, we are retiring the Outlook for Windows Usage Report in the Exchange admin center…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon EC2 for SQL Server HA now supports health notifications

Today, AWS announced that you can now receive notifications through the AWS Health Dashboard when Amazon EC2 for SQL Server cannot detect a valid SQL Server High Availability (HA) status. This enhancement is particularly valuable for customers who register EC2…

Modern Workspace Pro 22 April 2026No Comments

Amazon Web Services

Enhancements to AWS Network Firewall Managed Rules from AWS Marketplace Partners

AWS Network Firewall now supports expanded Managed Rules from AWS Marketplace partners, with new rule group optimizations through partners to include up to 10 million domain name indicators and up to 1 million IP addresses in their managed rule groups.…

Modern Workspace Pro 22 April 2026No Comments

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…