Mike Rosoft

Amazon EC2 C8gn instances are now available in additional regions

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8gn instances, powered by the latest-generation AWS Graviton4 processors, are available in the AWS US East (Ohio) and Middle East (UAE) Regions. The new instances provide up to 30% better compute performance…

Modern Workspace Pro 10 December 2025No Comments

Amazon Web Services

Amazon GameLift Servers enhances AWS Console for game developers with AI powered assistance

Today, Amazon GameLift Servers is launching AI-powered assistance in the AWS Console, leveraging Amazon Q Developer to provide tailored guidance for game developers. This new feature integrates specialized GameLift Servers knowledge to help customers navigate complex workflows, troubleshoot issues, and…

Modern Workspace Pro 9 December 2025No Comments

Microsoft Entra

(Update)Action Required: Trust DigiCert Global Root G2 Certificate Authority for using Entra services by January 7, 2026 [MC1193408]

Message ID: MC1193408 (Updated) Updated December 9, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Action Required: Trust the new DigiCert Certificate Authorities (CAs) for Microsoft Entra Starting January 7, 2026, Microsoft Entra will migrate its DigiCert certificates…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon RDS and Aurora now support resource tagging for Automated Backups

Amazon RDS and Aurora now support resource tagging for automated backups and cluster automated backups. You can now tag your automated backups separately from the parent DB instance or DB cluster, enabling Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) and simplifying resource management…

Modern Workspace Pro 9 December 2025No Comments

Amazon Web Services

Amazon EC2 X8g instances now available in Europe (Stockholm) region

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) X8g instances are available in Europe (Stockholm) region. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors, and they offer up to 3 TiB of total memory and increased memory per vCPU compared…

Modern Workspace Pro 9 December 2025No Comments

SharePoint Online

Microsoft SharePoint: Retirement of IDCRL authentication protocol and enforcement of OpenID Connect and OAuth protocols [MC1184649]

Message ID: MC1184649 (Updated) Updated December 9, 2025: We are updating this post as a reminder. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction:] As part of the Microsoft Secure Future Initiative (SFI) and in alignment with the “Secure by Default” principle, we’re…

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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…