Mike Rosoft

Amazon CloudWatch SDK supports optimized JSON, CBOR protocols (in preview)

Amazon CloudWatch announces support for both the JSON and Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) protocols in the CloudWatch SDK, enabling lower latency and improved performance for CloudWatch customers. The SDK will automatically use JSON or CBOR as its new default…

Modern Workspace Pro 18 July 2025No Comments

Google Cloud Platform

GCP Release Note: July 18, 2025

AI Hypercomputer Feature Generally available: You can troubleshoot workloads with slow performance by using straggler detection metrics and logs. Stragglers are single-point, non-crashing failures that eventuallyslow down your entire workload. Large-scale ML workloads are very susceptible to stragglers, and VMs…

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SharePoint Online

Updates to custom scripting in sites and Classic Publishing site creation [MC1117115]

Message ID: MC1117115 We are implementing the following changes to custom scripting and classic publishing in SharePoint Online.1. Disablement of custom scriptingCustom scripting will be disabled by default (setting DenyAddAndCustomizePages to 1 or $true) for sites created with the following…

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Planner

Announcing Public Preview of Project Manager agent in Shared Premium Plans [MC1117098]

Message ID: MC1117098 What and Why To help teams and individuals plan and execute work more efficiently, we’re expanding the capabilities and availability of the Project Manager agent (PMA) to all shared premium plans (both new and existing premium plans).…

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Microsoft OneDrive for Business | Updated order of Shortcut and Sync commands [MC1117105]

Message ID: MC1117105 IntroductionWe’re enhancing the Add Shortcut to OneDrive experience to make it more intuitive and consistent across Microsoft 365. This update improves discoverability and supports a more streamlined file access workflow in OneDrive and SharePoint document libraries.When will…

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Microsoft 365 suite

Standard and Priority access to Copilot capabilities [MC1117101]

Message ID: MC1117101 We’re excited to announce the change from fixed limits to capacity-based access for some capabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Starting early August, Copilot Chat users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license get standard access to tools like…

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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…