Mike Rosoft

Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore) region

Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i-8TB instances (u7i-8tb.112xlarge) and U7i-12TB instances (u7i-12tb.224xlarge) are now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore) region. U7i instances are part of AWS 7th generation and are powered by custom fourth generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (Sapphire…

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Microsoft Teams

First channel in new Microsoft Teams will default to threaded conversation layout [MC1283811]

Message ID: MC1283811 Introduction We’re updating the default conversation layout for the first channel created in new Microsoft Teams. Starting in May 2026, the first channel in any newly created team will default to the Threaded (conversation) layout instead of…

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Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams admin center: Events license management for Attendee Capacity Pack licenses [MC1283813]

Message ID: MC1283813 [Introduction] We’re introducing new license management capabilities for Microsoft Teams Events in the Teams admin center (TAC). This update provides admins with a centralized experience to discover, assign, and manage Attendee Capacity Pack licenses for event organizers…

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Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: Meeting organizers can automatically start transcription without recording [MC1283816]

Message ID: MC1283816 [Introduction]Meeting organizers can now select Transcribe only as an automatic meeting option in Microsoft Teams. This setting starts transcription automatically when the meeting begins—without creating a recording—providing more granular control in meetings where recording is restricted due…

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Amazon Web Services

SageMaker JumpStart now offers optimized deployments for foundation models

SageMaker JumpStart now offers optimized deployments, enabling customers to deploy foundation models with pre-configured settings tailored to specific use cases and performance constraints. SageMaker JumpStart optimized deployments simplify model deployment by offering task-aware configurations that optimize for cost, throughput, or…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon Managed Grafana now supports creating Grafana 12.4 workspaces

Amazon Managed Grafana now supports creating new workspaces with Grafana version 12.4. This release includes features that were launched as a part of open source Grafana versions 11.0 to 12.4, including Drilldown apps, scenes powered dashboards, variables in transformations, visualization enhancements, and new features with the Amazon CloudWatch plugin. Queryless Drilldown…

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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…