Mike Rosoft

Amazon Lightsail expands blueprint selection with a new WordPress blueprint

Amazon Lightsail now offers a new WordPress blueprint, making it easier than ever to launch and manage a WordPress website on the cloud. With just a few clicks, you can create a Lightsail virtual private server (VPS) preinstalled with WordPress,…

Modern Workspace Pro 28 February 2026No Comments

SharePoint Online

SharePoint page template gallery improvements and new templates [MC1240743]

Message ID: MC1240743 [Introduction]We’re enhancing the SharePoint page template gallery experience to improve how users discover, browse, and use templates when creating pages and news posts, while also introducing 31 new templates. These enhancements streamline entry points, improve navigation consistency,…

Modern Workspace Pro 28 February 2026New feature, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Power Automate Microsoft Power Automate in Microsoft 365

Retiring the Impala connector [MC1240748]

Message ID: MC1240748 [Introduction]We’re retiring the Impala connector across Copilot Studio, Logic Apps, Power Apps, and Power Automate. This change aligns with our efforts to streamline our connector catalog, reduce maintenance of legacy components, and focus on modern, widely adopted…

Modern Workspace Pro 28 February 2026Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Amazon Web Services

AWS Network Firewall now supports firewall state change notifications through Amazon EventBridge

AWS Network Firewall now integrates with Amazon EventBridge to provide real-time notifications for firewall state changes and configuration updates. This new capability enables you to monitor critical firewall operations including firewall configuration updates and endpoint status modifications across your network…

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Amazon Web Services

ARC Region switch adds three new capabilities: post-recovery workflows, RDS orchestration and AWS provider support for Terraform

Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) Region switch helps customers orchestrate the failover of their multi-Region applications to achieve a bounded recovery time in the event of a Regional impairment. It automates multi-Region disaster recovery, reducing engineering effort and eliminating operational…

Modern Workspace Pro 28 February 2026No Comments

Amazon Web Services

Oracle Database@AWS is now available in the Dublin AWS Region

Oracle Database@AWS is now available in EU-West-1 (Dublin), starting with one Availability Zone (AZ). Oracle Database@AWS enables customers to access database services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) managed Oracle Exadata systems within AWS data centers. As a result, customers can…

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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…