Mike Rosoft

Amazon RDS enhancements for SQL Server Developer Edition

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server now supports Additional Storage Volumes, Resource Governor, and SQL Server 2019 with SQL Server Developer Edition. SQL Server Developer Edition is an ideal choice to build and test applications because it…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon MSK expands Express brokers to Africa (Cape Town) and Asia Pacific (Taipei) regions

You can now create provisioned Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) clusters with Express brokers in Africa (Cape Town) and Asia Pacific (Taipei) regions. Express brokers are a new broker type for Amazon MSK Provisioned designed to deliver up to…

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Amazon Web Services

SageMaker Training Plans now enables extending of existing capacity commitments without workload reconfiguration

SageMaker Training Plans allows you to reserve GPU capacity within specified time frames in cluster sizes of up to 64 instances. Today, Amazon SageMaker AI announces that Training Plans can now be extended when your AI workloads take longer than…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon Bedrock is now available in Asia Pacific (New Zealand)

Starting today, customers can use Amazon Bedrock in the Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region to easily build and scale generative AI applications using a variety of foundation models (FMs) as well as powerful tools to build generative AI applications. Amazon…

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Microsoft Teams

(Updated) [Reminder] Microsoft Teams Premium Self-Service Trials (Originally announced in MC670435) [MC1181209]

Message ID: MC1181209 (Updated) Updated March 17, 2026: We have updated this post as a reminder. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction]We are resurfacing MC670435, published September 2023 to remind admins of the Microsoft Teams Premium self-service trial capability. This message…

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Dynamics 365 Apps

Dynamics 365 Sales – Improve opportunity context with AI-based data enrichment [MC1254454]

Message ID: MC1254454 We are announcing the ability to improve the context for opportunities with AI-based data enrichment in Dynamics 365 Sales. This feature will reach general availability on April 17, 2026. How does this affect me? AI-powered data enrichment…

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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…