Mike Rosoft

Partner Revenue Measurement now supports User Agent string for certain AWS services

Today, AWS announces the general availability of Partner Revenue Measurement User Agent string — a new capability that enables AWS Partners to measure AWS service consumption driven by their solutions using AWS APIs and SDKs. Partner Revenue Measurement allows Partners…

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Amazon Web Services

AWS Secrets Manager console now supports custom input for AWS KMS keys

AWS Secrets Manager console now allows you to specify a custom customer managed AWS Key Management Service (KMS) key when creating secrets. You can now provide a KMS key Amazon Resource Name (ARN) directly in the console, in addition to…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon CloudWatch introduces PromQL querying with Query Studio Preview

Amazon CloudWatch announces Query Studio in public preview, a unified query and visualization experience that brings native PromQL querying to CloudWatch for the first time. Query Studio combines PromQL and CloudWatch Metric Insights in a single interface, enabling you to…

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Google Cloud Platform

GCP Release Notes: April 02, 2026

AlloyDB for PostgreSQL Change You can now enable Advanced Query Insights on primary clusters which have secondary clusters configured. Advanced Query Insights is not supported on secondary clusters. If you perform a switchover, you must re-enable Advanced Query Insights on…

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Microsoft 365 suite

Anthropic Models for Copilot in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on by Default [MC1269241]

Message ID: MC1269241 [Introduction:] To provide more flexibility on model choice, Microsoft is introducing a new “Copilot in M365 apps with Anthropic models” setting in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. When this setting is enabled, Anthropic models will be available…

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Microsoft Viva

Viva Engage: At-Mentions & Replies notifications improvements [MC1269214]

Message ID: MC1269214 [Introduction] We hear your feedback about ways we can improve the notifications experience in Viva Engage. It's always a fine balance between ensuring your users are notified of relevant content without notifications feeling too overwhelming or noisy.…

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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…