Mike Rosoft

Automated Reasoning checks is now available in Amazon Bedrock Guardrails

AWS announces the general availability of Automated Reasoning checks, a safeguard within Amazon Bedrock Guardrails that uses formal verification techniques to validate the accuracy and policy compliance of outputs from generative AI models. Automated Reasoning checks deliver up to 99%…

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Google Cloud Platform

GCP Release Notes: August 05, 2025

Cloud Load Balancing Feature Cross-region internal Application Load Balancers can now route requests for static content to Cloud Storage buckets. For more information, see Set up a cross-region internal Application Load Balancer with Cloud Storage buckets. This capability is now…

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Microsoft 365 apps

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel [MC1129753]

Message ID: MC1129753 We've released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps: Current Channel [When this will happen:] We'll be gradually rolling out this update of Microsoft 365 Apps to users on that update channel starting August…

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Amazon Web Services

OpenAI open weight models now in Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker JumpStart

AWS continues to expand access to the most advanced foundation models with OpenAI open weight models now available in Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker JumpStart. Accessing these new open weight models from OpenAI on AWS, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, gives you…

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Microsoft 365 apps

Sentence-Level Rewrite Suggestions Deprecation in Microsoft Word [MC1129729]

Message ID: MC1129729 We want to inform you that the Rewrite Suggestions preview feature in Microsoft Word—previously available via right-click on selected sentences—is being deprecated and will no longer be supported after October 1, 2025. Why This Change? The Rewrite…

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Microsoft Teams

Remove toggle for Calendar in Teams [MC1129730]

Message ID: MC1129730 We’re introducing the new Microsoft Teams calendar experience, designed to unify and enhance productivity across Microsoft 365. This calendar integrates familiar features with innovations like Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Places, enabling seamless collaboration from anywhere. It works…

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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…