Mike Rosoft

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Amazon EC2 M8azn instances are now available in Europe (Ireland) Region

Starting today, Amazon EC2 M8azn instances are now available in Europe (Ireland) Region. These general purpose high-frequency high-network instances are powered by fifth generation AMD EPYC (formerly code named Turin) processors and offer the highest maximum CPU frequency, 5GHz in…

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Amazon Web Services

AWS Direct Connect now supports VIF Rate Limiters to help prevent network congestion

AWS Direct Connect now supports Virtual Interface (VIF) Rate Limiters on dedicated connections, which help you prevent network congestion caused by unexpected traffic spikes on a VIF which can potentially consume all available bandwidth, impacting workloads on other VIFs on…

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Microsoft 365 suite

(Updated) Microsoft 365 Usage Analytics Power BI template app will be retired [MC1324288]

Message ID: MC1324288 (Updated) Updated June 1, 2026: You can safely disregard this message, and we will be posting a new message with additional information in the near future. [Introduction]We will retire the Microsoft 365 Usage Analytics Power BI template…

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Microsoft Dataverse

Microsoft Dataverse – Create Dataverse agent users with Microsoft Entra agent identity [MC1324994]

Message ID: MC1324994 (Updated) Update: Release of this feature has been updated.We are announcing the ability to create Dataverse agent users with Microsoft Entra agent identity in Microsoft Dataverse. This feature will reach public preview on August 31, 2026. How…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity now allows you to bring your own secrets with AWS Secrets Manager

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity now allows customers the ability to reference existing AWS Secrets Manager secret ARNs directly in AgentCore Identity Credential Providers. Previously, AgentCore Identity used a service-managed secret approach, where secrets were created and managed by the service on…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon Bedrock adds Amazon CloudWatch metrics for OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible APIs

Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that provides secure, enterprise-grade access to high-performing foundation models from leading AI companies, enabling you to build and scale generative AI applications. Amazon Bedrock customers can now monitor inference traffic to the bedrock-mantle…

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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…