Generated by Rank Math SEO, this is an llms.txt file designed to help LLMs better understand and index this website. # Modern Workspace Pro ## Sitemaps [XML Sitemap](https://mwpro.co.uk/sitemap_index.xml): Includes all crawlable and indexable pages. ## Posts - [SSL/TLS – Certificate Transparency Monitoring is now Generally Available](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/13/ssl-tls-certificate-transparency-monitoring-is-now-generally-available/): Certificate Transparency Monitoring is now generally available ↗ across all Cloudflare plans. - [MC1454114: Microsoft Teams Adds Admin Option to Require Participant Consent Before Joining Meetings](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/13/mc1454114-microsoft-teams-adds-admin-option-to-require-participant-consent-before-joining-meetings/): ℹ️ - [MC1454113: Microsoft Word Moves Document Summarization from Top of Doc to Copilot Surfaces](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/13/mc1454113-microsoft-word-moves-document-summarization-from-top-of-doc-to-copilot-surfaces/): ℹ️ - [MC1454108: Microsoft Copilot App Simplifies Access with New Name, Icon, URL, and Unified Experience Across Accounts](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/13/mc1454108-microsoft-copilot-app-simplifies-access-with-new-name-icon-url-and-unified-experience-across-accounts/): ℹ️ - [MC1454032: Dynamics 365 Customer Service Adds Intraday Performance Reports for Workforce Monitoring](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/13/mc1454032-dynamics-365-customer-service-adds-intraday-performance-reports-for-workforce-monitoring/): ℹ️ - [MC1454022: Dynamics 365 Sales Adds Teams Meeting Transcripts for Enhanced Insights](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/13/mc1454022-dynamics-365-sales-adds-teams-meeting-transcripts-for-enhanced-insights/): ℹ️ - [MC1454005: Dynamics 365 Project Operations Adds Multiple Budget Drafts for What-If Analysis](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/13/mc1454005-dynamics-365-project-operations-adds-multiple-budget-drafts-for-what-if-analysis/): ℹ️ - [MC1454011: Power Pages Adds Self-Service Site Ownership Transfer for Secure and Compliant Management](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/13/mc1454011-power-pages-adds-self-service-site-ownership-transfer-for-secure-and-compliant-management/): ℹ️ - [AWS IAM now provides role manager to set up IAM roles automatically](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/13/aws-iam-now-provides-role-manager-to-set-up-iam-roles-automatically/): To learn more, see How AWS IAM role manager rethinks the starting point for IAM roles on the AWS Security Blog, or Create roles automatically with role manager in the IAM User Guide. - [Amazon Quick now supports data loss prevention with Microsoft Purview](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/13/amazon-quick-now-supports-data-loss-prevention-with-microsoft-purview/): Amazon Quick now integrates with Microsoft Purview to enforce data loss prevention (DLP) policies across your Quick environment. Organizations need to ensure that sensitive files aren't shared outside approved channels. With this integration, IT administrators and security teams can apply their existing Purview sensitivity labels to automatically control how files are handled in Quick capabilities such as chat, spaces, and knowledge bases. - [AWS Global View now offers an interactive map view for AWS Regions and AWS Local Zones](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/13/aws-global-view-now-offers-an-interactive-map-view-for-aws-regions-and-aws-local-zones/): Today, AWS announces the addition of an interactive map view to AWS Global View in the AWS Management Console, providing a visual way to explore AWS Global Infrastructure. - [Amazon Quick adds deny by default for custom permissions](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/13/amazon-quick-adds-deny-by-default-for-custom-permissions/): Amazon Quick custom permissions now include deny by default, a governance setting that automatically restricts new AI capabilities before they reach users. - [MC1453778: Dynamics 365 Sales Adds Monthly Refresh Option for Opportunities Research](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/mc1453778-dynamics-365-sales-adds-monthly-refresh-option-for-opportunities-research/): ℹ️ - [MC1388706: Microsoft 365 Copilot Expands Legal Agent in Word to Frontier Users Worldwide](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/mc1388706-microsoft-365-copilot-expands-legal-agent-in-word-to-frontier-users-worldwide-3/): ℹ️ - [Amazon EKS now supports advanced Kubernetes control plane configuration parameters](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/amazon-eks-now-supports-advanced-kubernetes-control-plane-configuration-parameters/): Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) now supports configuring parameters for Kubernetes control plane components including the scheduler, controller manager, and API server. You can tune pod placement strategies to improve resource utilization, adjust how quickly horizontal pod autoscaling responds to changes in demand, set resource lifecycle parameters such as event retention duration, and more. - [Amazon Connect Customer supports manual assignment of queued agent-first callbacks](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/amazon-connect-customer-supports-manual-assignment-of-queued-agent-first-callbacks/): Amazon Connect Customer now lets agents view and self-assign queued agent-first callbacks alongside emails, tasks, and chats. This gives agents the option to prioritize work that needs immediate follow-up or for which they already have relevant context. For example, an agent familiar with a customer’s issue can assign the callback to themselves, avoiding another handoff and helping resolve the issue faster. - [MC1413304: Viva Engage Adds Recent Feed to Home for Chronological Content View](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/mc1413304-viva-engage-adds-recent-feed-to-home-for-chronological-content-view/): ℹ️ - [AWS Marketplace now supports category-based notification subscriptions and multi-channel delivery for buyers](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/aws-marketplace-now-supports-category-based-notification-subscriptions-and-multi-channel-delivery-for-buyers/): AWS Marketplace buyers can now configure category-based notifications and multi-channel delivery through AWS User Notifications. Previously, buyer email notifications were limited to the AWS account root email with no way to choose which categories you received or route them to different teams. This meant teams responsible for procurement, renewals, or cost management either missed critical notifications or had to rely on email forwarding. With this launch, buyers can choose which notification categories they receive and how they're delivered. - [MC1453678: Dynamics 365 Commerce Adds On-Behalf-Of Ordering Support in Microsoft Entra External ID](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/mc1453678-dynamics-365-commerce-adds-on-behalf-of-ordering-support-in-microsoft-entra-external-id/): ℹ️ - [MC1453675: Dynamics 365 Sales Adds Custom Risk Criteria to Sales Opportunity Agent](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/mc1453675-dynamics-365-sales-adds-custom-risk-criteria-to-sales-opportunity-agent/): ℹ️ - [Amazon Quick agentic AI capabilities are now available in AWS GovCloud (US-West)](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/amazon-quick-agentic-ai-capabilities-are-now-available-in-aws-govcloud-us-west/): Today, AWS announces that Amazon Quick's agentic AI capabilities are now available in AWS GovCloud (US-West), bringing an agentic AI teammate to government and regulated-industry teams within an isolated, FedRAMP Class D (formerly High) authorized environment. Building on the analytics and business intelligence capabilities already available to customers in AWS GovCloud (US), Quick now turns questions into actions, helping teams drive mission-critical decisions faster without switching applications. - [MC1409042: OneNote for Mac Gets Copilot Notebook for AI-Powered Organization and Insights](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/mc1409042-onenote-for-mac-gets-copilot-notebook-for-ai-powered-organization-and-insights/): ℹ️ - [MC1453569: Dynamics 365 Project Operations Adds Archiving for Project Cost Actuals with Long-Term Retention](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/mc1453569-dynamics-365-project-operations-adds-archiving-for-project-cost-actuals-with-long-term-retention-2/): Dynamics 365 Project Operations - Archive project cost actuals with long-term retention Message ID: MC1453569 (Updated) We are announcing the ability to archive project cost actuals with long-term retention in Dynamics 365 Project Operations. This feature will reach public preview on September 11, 2026. - [MC1453623: Dynamics 365 Contact Center Adds Voice Biometric Authentication for Enhanced Security](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/mc1453623-dynamics-365-contact-center-adds-voice-biometric-authentication-for-enhanced-security/): ℹ️ - [MC1453579: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Adds Same-Batch Selection for Raw Materials in Production and Batch Orders](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/mc1453579-dynamics-365-supply-chain-management-adds-same-batch-selection-for-raw-materials-in-production-and-batch-orders/): ℹ️ - [MC1453569: Dynamics 365 Project Operations Adds Archiving for Project Cost Actuals with Long-Term Retention](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/mc1453569-dynamics-365-project-operations-adds-archiving-for-project-cost-actuals-with-long-term-retention/): ℹ️ - [MC1453474: Dynamics 365 Project Operations Adds Beginning Balances Feature for Project Financial Transitions](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/mc1453474-dynamics-365-project-operations-adds-beginning-balances-feature-for-project-financial-transitions/): ℹ️ - [Email security – Block emails by content with blocked content rules](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/email-security-block-emails-by-content-with-blocked-content-rules/): Cloudflare Email security now lets administrators write their own content-based blocking rules. A new Blocked content area under Policies & rules lets you define a plaintext string or a regular expression, choose whether to scan the message subject, body, or both, and automatically block any message that matches. - [MC1453424: Dynamics 365 Project Operations Adds Option to Base Revenue Recognition on Cost Estimates Instead of EAC](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/mc1453424-dynamics-365-project-operations-adds-option-to-base-revenue-recognition-on-cost-estimates-instead-of-eac/): Dynamics 365 Project Operations - Enable Project Revenue recognition using cost estimate instead of EAC Message ID: MC1453424 We are announcing the ability to enable Project Revenue recognition using cost estimates instead of EAC in Dynamics 365 Project Operations. This feature will reach general availability on September 11, 2026. - [MC1453434: Dynamics 365 Project Operations Adds Subcontractor Vendor Invoice Matching to Actual Costs](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/mc1453434-dynamics-365-project-operations-adds-subcontractor-vendor-invoice-matching-to-actual-costs/): ℹ️ - [MC1453382: Dynamics 365 Project Operations Adds Stand-Alone Selling Price Revenue Recognition for Fixed-Price Contracts](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/mc1453382-dynamics-365-project-operations-adds-stand-alone-selling-price-revenue-recognition-for-fixed-price-contracts/): Dynamics 365 Project Operations – Calculate revenue recognition for stand-alone selling price contract lines Message ID: MC1453382 We are announcing the ability to set a dedicated contract line value and calculate revenue recognition separately from billing milestones for fixed-price project contract lines in Dynamics 365 Project Operations. This feature will reach general availability on September 11, 2026. - [MC1453225: Microsoft 365 Apps Releases Updates for Current, Monthly, and Semi-Annual Channels](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/mc1453225-microsoft-365-apps-releases-updates-for-current-monthly-and-semi-annual-channels/): ℹ️ - [Amazon EC2 R8a instances are now available in Canada (Central) region](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/amazon-ec2-r8a-instances-are-now-available-in-canada-central-region/): Starting today, Amazon EC2 R8a instances are now available in Canada (Central) Region. These instances, feature 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors (formerly code named Turin) with a maximum frequency of 4.5 GHz, deliver up to 30% higher performance, and up to 19% better price-performance compared to R7a instances. - [WAF – WAF Release – 2026-08-11](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/12/waf-waf-release-2026-08-11/): This release introduces new protection for a remote code execution vulnerability in vBulletin and improves two existing detections. - [AWS Clean Rooms supports exporting privacy-enhanced analysis logs for SQL](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/aws-clean-rooms-supports-exporting-privacy-enhanced-analysis-logs-for-sql/): AWS Clean Rooms now supports exporting privacy-enhanced analysis logs for SQL analyses, offering customers greater optimization and troubleshooting capabilities. With this launch, you can export privacy-enhanced analysis logs to an S3 bucket for SQL queries that ran in an AWS Clean Rooms collaboration, providing insight into Spark execution details that can help you optimize and troubleshoot your queries. Collaboration owners grant a member the ability to export analysis logs when they create a collaboration or submit a change request to grant the ability to a member of an existing collaboration. After a query runs, you can export the privacy-enhanced analysis logs to your desired S3 path. For example, a third-party measurement provider collaborating with a publisher can identify an anomalous data skew that is causing a query to run slower than usual, accelerating time-to-resolution and optimizing costs.  - [AWS Identity and Access Management streamlines assignment of IAM roles to workforce users with account access manager](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/aws-identity-and-access-management-streamlines-assignment-of-iam-roles-to-workforce-users-with-account-access-manager/): AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) launched account access manager, a feature that streamlines assignment of IAM roles to workforce users. Administrators use account access manager to assign the IAM roles in their AWS accounts to the workforce users and groups in AWS IAM Identity Center. The feature brings together permissions management flexibility, user awareness, and a single point of federation. It is accessible through the AWS IAM console, the AWS SDK, and CloudFormation/CDK. - [Amazon Connect Customer now provides schedule adherence metrics on dashboards](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/amazon-connect-customer-now-provides-schedule-adherence-metrics-on-dashboards/): Amazon Connect Customer now gives supervisors visibility into how well agents followed their schedules with historical agent adherence metrics on dashboards. The new metrics include scheduled time, adherent time, non-adherent time, and adherence percentage. You can group these metrics by shift activity to understand adherence patterns across different parts of an agent's day, such as work, break, or training. For example, a supervisor reviewing weekly performance identifies that an agent consistently returns late from lunch, enabling a targeted coaching conversation. - [AWS Secrets Manager adds managed external secrets support for Jenkins and SonarQube](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/aws-secrets-manager-adds-managed-external-secrets-support-for-jenkins-and-sonarqube/): AWS Secrets Manager now extends its managed external secrets capability to include Jenkins API Tokens and SonarQube Tokens, enabling you to automatically rotate these third-party credentials directly from the AWS console without writing any custom rotation code. - [Amazon Bedrock expands IAM principal cost allocation to the bedrock-mantle endpoint](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/amazon-bedrock-expands-iam-principal-cost-allocation-to-the-bedrock-mantle-endpoint/): 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 now supports cost allocation by AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) principal, including IAM users and roles, for model inference requests made through the bedrock-mantle endpoint. This extends the capability previously available for the bedrock-runtime endpoint, helping customers attribute inference costs across users, teams, projects, and applications. - [AWS Glue adds one-click access to SageMaker Unified Studio from the AWS console](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/aws-glue-adds-one-click-access-to-sagemaker-unified-studio-from-the-aws-console/): AWS Glue now provides direct access to Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio, helping data engineers and analysts move from viewing the catalog in the Glue console to querying their data, running data quality checks, and building data pipelines in SageMaker Unified Studio with a single click. This new integration helps customers who already work in the Glue console transition and access a broader set of data and AI capabilities in SageMaker Unified Studio seamlessly. With this launch, SageMaker Unified Studio can now be accessed by a single click from S3 Tables, Athena, EMR, Redshift and Glue consoles. - [MC1404322: Microsoft Teams Gets Recap App to Centralize Meeting Summaries, Recordings, and Transcripts](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/mc1404322-microsoft-teams-gets-recap-app-to-centralize-meeting-summaries-recordings-and-transcripts-2/): ℹ️ - [MC1090689: Microsoft Teams Adds Peripheral Health Reporting to Pro Management Portal for BYOD Rooms and Desks](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/mc1090689-microsoft-teams-adds-peripheral-health-reporting-to-pro-management-portal-for-byod-rooms-and-desks-2/): ℹ️ - [MC1045221: Microsoft Teams Adds Setting to View Incoming Calls in a Small Window](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/mc1045221-microsoft-teams-adds-setting-to-view-incoming-calls-in-a-small-window/): ℹ️ - [MC1251206: Microsoft Teams Adds Detection and Approval Controls for External Meeting Bots](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/mc1251206-microsoft-teams-adds-detection-and-approval-controls-for-external-meeting-bots/): ℹ️ - [MC1317197: Microsoft Teams Redesigns Meeting Controls and Share Panel for Easier Navigation and Safer Sharing](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/mc1317197-microsoft-teams-redesigns-meeting-controls-and-share-panel-for-easier-navigation-and-safer-sharing/): ℹ️ - [MC1218712: Microsoft Teams Adds Loop-Powered Meeting Notes for Instant Meetings](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/mc1218712-microsoft-teams-adds-loop-powered-meeting-notes-for-instant-meetings/): ℹ️ - [Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports MariaDB 12.3](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/amazon-rds-for-mariadb-now-supports-mariadb-12-3/): Starting today, Amazon RDS for MariaDB supports MariaDB major version 12.3, the latest Long-Term Support release from the MariaDB community. This release supports MariaDB 12.3.2 minor version.   - [LocateAnything-3B, Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B, and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B models now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/locateanything-3b-qwen-agentworld-35b-a3b-and-qwen3-5-122b-a10b-models-now-available-on-amazon-sagemaker-jumpstart/): NVIDIA's LocateAnything-3B, Qwen's Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B, and Qwen's Qwen3.5-122B-A10B models are now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, expanding the portfolio of foundation models available to AWS customers. These three models bring specialized capabilities spanning visual grounding, agent environment simulation, and large-scale multimodal reasoning, enabling customers to deploy high-performance, scalable AI solutions on AWS infrastructure. - [NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning model is now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/nvidia-nemotron-3-5-lightning-model-is-now-available-on-amazon-sagemaker-jumpstart/): NVIDIA's Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, giving AWS customers access to the fastest open model in its class for persistent agent workloads and rapid task execution. - [MC1266025: Teams Event Emails Remove Mandatory Custom Domain for HTML Editing but Remain Recommended for Best Experience](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/mc1266025-teams-event-emails-remove-mandatory-custom-domain-for-html-editing-but-remain-recommended-for-best-experience/): (Updated) Update on custom domain guidance for Teams Event emails Message ID: MC1266025 (Updated) - [MC1009930: Microsoft Teams Separates Event Invites by Attendee, Presenter, and Co-organizer Roles](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/mc1009930-microsoft-teams-separates-event-invites-by-attendee-presenter-and-co-organizer-roles/): ℹ️ - [MC1266023: Microsoft 365 Copilot Adds Expanded Metrics in Copilot Analytics and Unifies Copilot Chat Reporting](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/mc1266023-microsoft-365-copilot-adds-expanded-metrics-in-copilot-analytics-and-unifies-copilot-chat-reporting/): ℹ️ - [MC1446796: Exchange Online Replaces EWS with Cross-Tenant Access Policy for Free/Busy, MailTips, and Calendar Sharing](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/mc1446796-exchange-online-replaces-ews-with-cross-tenant-access-policy-for-free-busy-mailtips-and-calendar-sharing/): ℹ️ - [MC1450133: Microsoft Entra Lets Users Set Passkeys or Passwordless Sign-In as First MFA Method](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/mc1450133-microsoft-entra-lets-users-set-passkeys-or-passwordless-sign-in-as-first-mfa-method/): Phase 1: Support for synced passkeys, Microsoft Entra passkeys on Windows, and FIDO2 security keys.   - [Amazon CloudWatch Alarms now supports wall clock evaluation windows](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/amazon-cloudwatch-alarms-now-supports-wall-clock-evaluation-windows/): Today, Amazon CloudWatch announces wall clock evaluation windows for metric alarms, enabling customers to align alarm evaluations to fixed calendar boundaries such as the top of the hour, midnight, or the start of the week. This new option complements the existing sliding window behavior and is designed for customers who monitor scheduled or business-aligned workloads. - [Amazon Connect Customer launches performance dashboard for Cases](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/amazon-connect-customer-launches-performance-dashboard-for-cases/): Amazon Connect Customer now provides a performance dashboard for cases that helps managers monitor case volume, resolution trends, and performance against service level agreement (SLA) targets. Managers can compare current and prior-period performance across metrics such as cases created, average resolution time, first-contact resolution percentage, and SLA achievement rate. They can also analyze trends across dimensions such as case template, assigned user, or assigned queue. For example, a manager can identify that the billing team missed more SLA targets for refund cases than in the prior period, investigate the causes, and prioritize process improvements. - [MC1452771: Dynamics 365 Project Operations Adds Subscription Billing Support via Project Fee Journals](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/mc1452771-dynamics-365-project-operations-adds-subscription-billing-support-via-project-fee-journals-2/): ℹ️ - [MC1452771: Dynamics 365 Project Operations Adds Subscription Billing Support via Project Fee Journals](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/mc1452771-dynamics-365-project-operations-adds-subscription-billing-support-via-project-fee-journals/): ℹ️ - [Cloudflare Tunnel, Cloudflare Tunnel for SASE, Cloudflare Mesh, Gateway, Cloudflare One – Hostname routing is now generally available, with a new public IP range for initial resolved IPs](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/cloudflare-tunnel-cloudflare-tunnel-for-sase-cloudflare-mesh-gateway-cloudflare-one-hostname-routing-is-now-generally-available-with-a-new-public-ip-range-for-initial-resolved-ips/): Hostname routing ↗ is now generally available. Instead of managing static IP lists and routes, you can route traffic by hostname across multiple Cloudflare One connectors: - [langcache-embed-v3-small, Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking, and LightOnOCR-2-1B models now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/langcache-embed-v3-small-mellum2-12b-a2-5b-thinking-and-lightonocr-2-1b-models-now-available-on-amazon-sagemaker-jumpstart/): Redis's langcache-embed-v3-small, JetBrains' Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking, and LightOn's LightOnOCR-2-1B models are now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, expanding the portfolio of foundation models available to AWS customers. These three models bring specialized capabilities spanning semantic caching optimization, code-focused reasoning, and end-to-end document OCR, enabling customers to deploy high-performance, scalable AI solutions on AWS infrastructure. - [Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances now available in AWS South America (São Paulo) region](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/amazon-ec2-high-memory-u7i-instances-now-available-in-aws-south-america-sao-paulo-region/): Amazon EC2 High Memory U7in-24TB instances (u7in-24tb.224xlarge) are now available in AWS South America (São Paulo) region. U7i instances are part of the AWS 7th generation and are powered by custom fourth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids). U7in-24TB instances offer 24 TiB of DDR5 memory, enabling customers to scale transaction processing throughput in a fast-growing data environment. - [GLM-5.2 FP8, NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2 and GLM-OCR models now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/glm-5-2-fp8-nvidia-nemotron-nano-12b-v2-and-glm-ocr-models-now-available-on-amazon-sagemaker-jumpstart/): Z.ai's GLM-5.2 FP8, NVIDIA's Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2, and Z.ai's GLM-OCR models are now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, expanding the portfolio of foundation models available to AWS customers. These three models bring specialized capabilities spanning long-horizon agentic engineering, efficient hybrid reasoning, and advanced document understanding, enabling customers to deploy high-performance, scalable AI solutions on AWS infrastructure. - [FLUX.2-small-decoder and gemma-4-12B-it models now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/flux-2-small-decoder-and-gemma-4-12b-it-models-now-available-on-amazon-sagemaker-jumpstart/): Black Forest Labs' FLUX.2-small-decoder and Google's gemma-4-12B-it models are now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, expanding the portfolio of foundation models available to AWS customers. These two models bring specialized capabilities spanning efficient image generation decoding and unified multimodal understanding, enabling customers to deploy high-performance, scalable AI solutions on AWS infrastructure. - [MC1452374: Exchange Online Retires Other Features Page from Exchange Admin Center](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/mc1452374-exchange-online-retires-other-features-page-from-exchange-admin-center/): ℹ️ - [Amazon GameLift Streams Now Offers Service-managed Shader Caching](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/amazon-gamelift-streams-now-offers-service-managed-shader-caching/): Amazon GameLift Streams now manages shader cache capture and distribution for your applications. You capture a shader cache from a stream session, and the service automatically makes it available for future sessions across your streaming locations. No application changes are required. - [Cloudflare Tunnel, Cloudflare Tunnel for SASE – Stream live logs from Cloudflare Tunnel in the dashboard](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/cloudflare-tunnel-cloudflare-tunnel-for-sase-stream-live-logs-from-cloudflare-tunnel-in-the-dashboard/): Real-time Tunnel log streaming is now available in the Cloudflare dashboard under Networking > Tunnels. This brings the same live debugging capability previously only available in the Cloudflare One dashboard, including multi-connector aggregated streaming for high-availability deployments. - [MC1287365: Microsoft 365 Copilot Adds All Agents Access via Excel Menu](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/11/mc1287365-microsoft-365-copilot-adds-all-agents-access-via-excel-menu/): ℹ️ - [Amazon OpenSearch Serverless now supports up to 10,000 collections per collection group](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/10/amazon-opensearch-serverless-now-supports-up-to-10000-collections-per-collection-group/): The next generation of Amazon OpenSearch Serverless now supports up to 10,000 collections within a single collection group, increased from the previous limit of 1,500. Collection groups organize multiple collections and enable them to share OpenSearch Compute Units (OCUs), even when the collections are encrypted with different AWS KMS keys. With this higher limit, you can consolidate significantly more collections into a single collection group and manage them under a shared set of capacity limits. - [Amazon EC2 introduces application status checks](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/10/amazon-ec2-introduces-application-status-checks/): Amazon EC2 introduces application status checks, a new status check that helps customers detect and respond to application-level issues on their EC2 instances. With application status checks, EC2 monitors applications to detect issues such as a web server that has stopped accepting requests, a Docker daemon that is not running, an incorrect networking configuration, or a network interface that is no longer passing traffic. - [MC1287365: Microsoft 365 Copilot Adds New Access Path to Additional Agents in Excel](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/10/mc1287365-microsoft-365-copilot-adds-new-access-path-to-additional-agents-in-excel/): ℹ️ - [MC1247902: SharePoint Adds Copilot Citations Analytics for Documents, Pages, and Site Content](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/10/mc1247902-sharepoint-adds-copilot-citations-analytics-for-documents-pages-and-site-content/): ℹ️ - [MC1422059: Microsoft 365 Copilot Mobile Adds Proactive Push Notifications for Productivity Insights](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/10/mc1422059-microsoft-365-copilot-mobile-adds-proactive-push-notifications-for-productivity-insights/): Microsoft is introducing proactive push notifications in the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app for common productivity workflows such as Your Day at a Glance and Items waiting for you. These notifications bring together insights from emails, Teams activity, and files so users can quickly review priorities and outstanding work without manually checking multiple apps. This enhancement supports personal productivity by helping users stay informed and take action directly from their mobile devices using Copilot’s contextual understanding. - [MC1392571: Microsoft Teams Adds Option to Link Meetings with Existing Planner Plans](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/10/mc1392571-microsoft-teams-adds-option-to-link-meetings-with-existing-planner-plans/): ℹ️ - [AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery now preserves UEFI boot mode for Linux servers](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/10/aws-elastic-disaster-recovery-now-preserves-uefi-boot-mode-for-linux-servers/): AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) now preserves UEFI boot mode when recovering Linux source servers that boot with UEFI firmware. Previously, DRS launched these Linux servers in legacy BIOS mode, which could require extra configuration after recovery. Now your recovered Linux instances launch with the same UEFI boot mode as your source servers. This means your recovery instances more closely match your source environment, so applications that depend on UEFI boot behavior come back exactly as you expect — with no additional post-recovery steps. Boot mode preservation is automatic, with nothing to configure. - [MC1451872: Power Platform Adds Granular Copilot Credit Tracking and PAYG Consumption Caps in Preview](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/10/mc1451872-power-platform-adds-granular-copilot-credit-tracking-and-payg-consumption-caps-in-preview/): ℹ️ - [What is mswarm-tunnel-health?](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/10/what-is-mswarm-tunnel-health/): If you've searched for mswarm-tunnel-health, there's a good chance you've encountered the term while investigating network connectivity, tunnel health alerts, monitoring data, or Cloudflare WAN behaviour. - [Microsoft 365 Weekly Change Intelligence | 3rd –9th August 2026](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/09/microsoft-365-weekly-change-intelligence-3-9-august-2026/): .summary-card{ - [Amazon VPC IPAM now supports BGP route protection monitoring and delegated RPKI for BYOIP prefixes](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/08/amazon-vpc-ipam-now-supports-bgp-route-protection-monitoring-and-delegated-rpki-for-byoip-prefixes/): Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) IP Address Manager (IPAM) now supports BGP route protection monitoring and delegated Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) management for Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP) prefixes. Network administrators can centrally monitor BGP route protection and automate Route Origin Authorization (ROA) management across their organization. - [MC1282567: SharePoint Adds AI-Powered Charts Web Part for Page Authors](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/08/mc1282567-sharepoint-adds-ai-powered-charts-web-part-for-page-authors-2/): ℹ️ - [Amazon Connect Customer adds one-click drill-down on real-time metrics dashboards](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/08/amazon-connect-customer-adds-one-click-drill-down-on-real-time-metrics-dashboards/): Amazon Connect Customer dashboards now support drilling down into real-time queue and routing profile performance. With a single click, supervisors can drill from a summary view into pre-filtered routing profile, queue, agent, or routing step widgets. For example, a supervisor who sees a spike in queue wait times can immediately drill down to agent activity for a specific queue and reassign agents to reduce the backlog. - [Amazon OpenSearch UI now supports Network Access Control](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/08/amazon-opensearch-ui-now-supports-network-access-control/): Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports network access controls for OpenSearch UI applications. OpenSearch UI is the fully managed web service for search, analytics, and unified observability across multiple AWS data sources. With network access controls, you can restrict access to your OpenSearch UI applications to approved networks using the same IAM condition keys (aws:SourceVpce, aws:SourceVpc, and aws:SourceIp) that you already use elsewhere in AWS, helping you establish a consistent data perimeter across your environment. - [Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-Flex instances are now available in Europe (Milan) region](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/08/amazon-ec2-r8i-and-r8i-flex-instances-are-now-available-in-europe-milan-region/): Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R8i and R8i-flex instances are available in the Europe (Milan) region. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, available only on AWS, delivering the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. The R8i and R8i-flex instances offer up to 15% better price-performance, and 2.5x more memory bandwidth compared to previous generation Intel-based instances. They deliver 20% higher performance than R7i instances, with even higher gains for specific workloads. They are up to 30% faster for PostgreSQL databases, up to 60% faster for NGINX web applications, and up to 40% faster for AI deep learning recommendation models compared to R7i. - [Radar – AS-level connectivity and upstream providers on Cloudflare Radar](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/08/radar-as-level-connectivity-and-upstream-providers-on-cloudflare-radar/): Radar expands its Routing section ↗ with two widgets on AS pages, such as AS13335 ↗, that describe how a network reaches the rest of the Internet: the paths it takes toward the Tier-1 ↗ networks, and the mix of direct upstreams carrying its routes. Both are derived from RouteViews ↗ RIB snapshots, unioned across selected collectors. - [MC1311978: Classic Outlook for Windows Gets User-Initiated Copilot Insights for Selected Email Text](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/08/mc1311978-classic-outlook-for-windows-gets-user-initiated-copilot-insights-for-selected-email-text/): ℹ️ - [MC1358831: Classic Outlook for Windows Adds In-App Copilot Settings in File Menu](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/08/mc1358831-classic-outlook-for-windows-adds-in-app-copilot-settings-in-file-menu/): ℹ️ - [MC1450133: Microsoft Entra Lets Users Register Passkeys or Passwordless Sign-In as First MFA Method](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1450133-microsoft-entra-lets-users-register-passkeys-or-passwordless-sign-in-as-first-mfa-method/): Phase 1: Support for synced passkeys, Microsoft Entra passkeys on Windows, and FIDO2 security keys.   - [MC1309746: Microsoft 365 Copilot Adds Chat Pane and Summary Feature to OneNote Mobile on Android](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1309746-microsoft-365-copilot-adds-chat-pane-and-summary-feature-to-onenote-mobile-on-android/): ℹ️ - [MC1450134: Microsoft Entra Recognizes Windows Hello for Business and macOS Platform SSO as Standalone MFA Factors](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1450134-microsoft-entra-recognizes-windows-hello-for-business-and-macos-platform-sso-as-standalone-mfa-factors/): ℹ️ - [MC1450131: SharePoint Admin Center Adds Item-Level Report for Everyone and Everyone Except External Users Permissions](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1450131-sharepoint-admin-center-adds-item-level-report-for-everyone-and-everyone-except-external-users-permissions/): ℹ️ - [MC1450130: OneNote Adds Multimodal Capture to Copilot Notebooks on Android](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1450130-onenote-adds-multimodal-capture-to-copilot-notebooks-on-android/): ℹ️ - [MC1450135: Viva Learning Replaces Copilot Experience with Learning Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1450135-viva-learning-replaces-copilot-experience-with-learning-agent-in-microsoft-365-copilot/): ℹ️ - [MC1450128: Microsoft Purview Adds Lifecycle Status Controls to Adaptive Scopes and Supports ISO 8601 Durations](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1450128-microsoft-purview-adds-lifecycle-status-controls-to-adaptive-scopes-and-supports-iso-8601-durations/): ℹ️ - [Amazon Bedrock AgentCore adds memory, policy, and harness in AWS GovCloud (US-West)](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/amazon-bedrock-agentcore-adds-memory-policy-and-harness-in-aws-govcloud-us-west/): Today, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore introduces new capabilities in AWS GovCloud (US-West). AgentCore is the platform to build, connect, and optimize agents. With these capabilities, teams operating in regulated environments can build context-aware agents and take them from prototype to production faster, with the controls needed to scale across their organization.  - [Amazon OpenSearch Service announces additional upgrade runway for existing domains and support dates for additional versions](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/amazon-opensearch-service-announces-additional-upgrade-runway-for-existing-domains-and-support-dates-for-additional-versions/): In November 2024, Amazon OpenSearch Service announced Extended Support for legacy Elasticsearch and OpenSearch engine versions (see also the detailed blog post). Since that announcement, many customers have upgraded to newer versions. However, some customers need more time to plan and complete their migrations. To provide this flexibility, we are continuing security and operating system patch coverage for these versions for an additional 12 months, through November 7, 2027, at an updated support rate. - [Amazon Cognito now available as a skill in the Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/amazon-cognito-now-available-as-a-skill-in-the-agent-toolkit-for-aws/): The Amazon Cognito (aws-auth) skill is available as part of the Agent Toolkit for AWS. To get started, see the Amazon Cognito aws-auth skill on GitHub or browse the Agent Toolkit Quick Start guide. For more information about Amazon Cognito, see the Amazon Cognito Developer Guide. - [Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB now supports backup and restore](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/amazon-timestream-for-influxdb-now-supports-backup-and-restore/): Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB now lets you create and manage your own backups and restore your data on demand. You can trigger one-time, on-demand backups, schedule automated recurring backups at the frequency and retention you choose, and restore a backup to a new resource or in place of an existing one. This capability is available for both the InfluxDB 2 and InfluxDB 3 engines through the AWS Management Console, the AWS CLI, and the Timestream for InfluxDB API. - [Amazon GameLift Servers now supports 21 new EC2 instance types](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/amazon-gamelift-servers-now-supports-21-new-ec2-instance-types/): Amazon GameLift Servers now supports 21 additional Amazon EC2 instance types for managed EC2 fleets and managed container fleets. Amazon GameLift Servers is a fully managed service that enables game developers and studios to deploy, operate, and scale dedicated game servers in the cloud. This expansion gives customer access to the latest compute-optimized and general-purpose instance families. - [MC1446796: Exchange Online Replaces EWS-Based Free/Busy, MailTips, and Calendar Sharing with Cross-Tenant Access Policy](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1446796-exchange-online-replaces-ews-based-free-busy-mailtips-and-calendar-sharing-with-cross-tenant-access-policy/): ℹ️ - [MC1449976: Power Pages Hotfix 9.8.7.x Blocks Anonymous Web API Wildcard Access for System Tables](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1449976-power-pages-hotfix-9-8-7-x-blocks-anonymous-web-api-wildcard-access-for-system-tables/): ℹ️ - [AWS Parallel Computing Service is now in scope for FedRAMP, SOC, ISO, CSA STAR, and PCI](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/aws-parallel-computing-service-is-now-in-scope-for-fedramp-soc-iso-csa-star-and-pci/): AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS), a managed service that simplifies running and scaling high performance computing (HPC) workloads on AWS using Slurm, has expanded its security and compliance coverage. Federal agencies, public sector organizations, and enterprises in regulated industries can now use PCS to run sensitive and mission-critical HPC workloads while meeting their governance, security, and compliance obligations. - [AWS IAM Identity Center supports one-click multi-Region option for new organization instances](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/aws-iam-identity-center-supports-one-click-multi-region-option-for-new-organization-instances/): AWS IAM Identity Center now makes it easier to enable multi-Region support when creating a new organization instance. Previously, enabling multi-Region support required multiple steps including creating a customer managed KMS key, configuring key policies, and manually adding Regions. Now, customers creating a new IAM Identity Center instance in supported Regions can enable multi-Region in one click. - [AWS WAF now supports a Salt Security managed rule group for API and MCP threat detection](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/aws-waf-now-supports-a-salt-security-managed-rule-group-for-api-and-mcp-threat-detection/): AWS WAF now supports the Salt Security managed rule group, available through AWS Marketplace: Salt Managed Rules for AWS WAF - AI Agent & API Security. This rule group gives AWS WAF customers detection and mitigation for API-focused attacks and for traffic from AI agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) endpoints, without writing or maintaining custom rules. - [MC1420903: Exchange Online Blocks Creation of Duplicate Dynamic Distribution Groups](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1420903-exchange-online-blocks-creation-of-duplicate-dynamic-distribution-groups/): ℹ️ - [MC1426714: Microsoft Viva Insights Adds Power BI Report Creation and Customization for Copilot Analytics Users](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1426714-microsoft-viva-insights-adds-power-bi-report-creation-and-customization-for-copilot-analytics-users/): ℹ️ - [MC1280564: Microsoft Purview Pauses Migration Tool for Moving Classic Glossary Terms to Unified Catalog](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1280564-microsoft-purview-pauses-migration-tool-for-moving-classic-glossary-terms-to-unified-catalog/): ℹ️ - [MC1288532: Microsoft Teams Pauses Customer Connect Website Appointment Booking Feature](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1288532-microsoft-teams-pauses-customer-connect-website-appointment-booking-feature/): ℹ️ - [Radar – Radar Researcher beta and WebMCP support now available](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/radar-radar-researcher-beta-and-webmcp-support-now-available/): Cloudflare Radar now includes Radar Researcher ↗, a beta AI-powered assistant for exploring Internet trends and traffic data in plain language. Open Researcher from the header on any Radar page to ask questions by voice or text, receive explanations, and view interactive charts based on Radar API data. - [AI Gateway, Workers AI – Workers AI and AI Gateway unify model access and billing](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/ai-gateway-workers-ai-workers-ai-and-ai-gateway-unify-model-access-and-billing/): Workers AI and AI Gateway now provide a unified path for accessing models and managing inference traffic. Use the same AI binding and REST API to call models hosted on Workers AI or by supported third-party providers, with AI Gateway providing observability, logging, caching, security, and billing controls. - [AWS Lambda console extends console-to-IDE integration to Kiro and Cursor](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/aws-lambda-console-extends-console-to-ide-integration-to-kiro-and-cursor/): AWS Lambda console now extends its console-to-IDE integration to support Kiro and Cursor IDEs. This expansion builds on the existing console-to-IDE transition for Visual Studio Code (VS Code), providing a seamless transition between cloud and local development environments for serverless developers using these popular IDEs. - [Amazon ECS now supports fractional GPU scheduling with Amazon EC2 G6f instances](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/amazon-ecs-now-supports-fractional-gpu-scheduling-with-amazon-ec2-g6f-instances/): Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) now supports fractional GPU scheduling with Amazon EC2 G6f instances, enabling you to run your workloads on GPU partitions as small as one-eighth of an NVIDIA L4 Tensor Core GPU with 3 GB of GPU memory. Fractional GPUs give you the flexibility to right-size your containers for small-model AI inference, model experimentation, graphics rendering, and other workloads that do not require a full GPU, helping reduce infrastructure costs compared to provisioning a full GPU instance. - [Amazon SES now helps identify automated open and click events in event notifications](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/amazon-ses-now-helps-identify-automated-open-and-click-events-in-event-notifications/): Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) now helps you identify automated email interactions. Open and Click event notifications now include an isBotEvent field that indicates whether the event was likely triggered by an automated system or a human recipient. - [AgentCore runtime instances are now generally available](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/agentcore-runtime-instances-are-now-generally-available/): Today, AWS announces runtime instances, a new feature in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore that lets you run agents on your own Amazon EC2 instances without managing infrastructure. AgentCore runtime provides purpose-built infrastructure to deploy and operate AI agents securely at scale. Runtime instances complement the existing microVM-based option in AgentCore runtime and give teams running sustained, resource-intensive, or specialized-hardware agents access to the breadth of EC2 instance types, while AgentCore handles provisioning, patching, scaling, and lifecycle management. - [MC1448890: Power Automate Retires Legacy Chatbot Experience](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1448890-power-automate-retires-legacy-chatbot-experience-2/): ℹ️ - [MC1405498: Microsoft 365 Copilot Remaps Service Plan Controls and Deprecates Personal Content Mode](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1405498-microsoft-365-copilot-remaps-service-plan-controls-and-deprecates-personal-content-mode/): ℹ️ - [AWS Backup for Amazon S3 now supports direct access to backup data](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/aws-backup-for-amazon-s3-now-supports-direct-access-to-backup-data/): AWS Backup for Amazon S3 now supports creating S3 Access Points, providing immediate read-only access to backup data using standard S3 APIs without initiating a restore. This enables targeted file recovery, data validation, compliance auditing, and forensic investigation while your backup data remains protected in your backup vault. - [Amazon MSK now delivers Kafka Authorizer Logs to customers](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/amazon-msk-now-delivers-kafka-authorizer-logs-to-customers/): Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) now supports Authorizer Log Delivery for Provisioned clusters, including both Standard and Express brokers, at no additional cost. With authorizer logs, you get detailed visibility into user and application access, identify and address client authorization issues , and meet your organization's security requirements. Each denied authorization request is captured with the client's IP address and the API it attempted, so you can pinpoint the root cause. You can deliver logs to Amazon CloudWatch Logs, Amazon S3, or Amazon Data Firehose. Authorizer Log Delivery is available for both new and existing Provisioned clusters. You can enable it from the Amazon MSK console or AWS CLI. To learn how to set up Authorizer Log Delivery, see the Amazon MSK Authorizer Logs documentation. - [Amazon EC2 G7 instances are now available in the AWS Europe (Spain) Region](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/amazon-ec2-g7-instances-are-now-available-in-the-aws-europe-spain-region/): Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) G7 instances powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs are now available in Europe (Spain) Region. G7 instances deliver up to 4.6x AI inference performance and up to 2.1 graphics performance compared to G6 instances. G7 instances also deliver faster performance for GPU-accelerated data analytics workloads. - [Amazon ElastiCache now supports Graviton4-based M8g, R8g, and C8gn nodes](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/amazon-elasticache-now-supports-graviton4-based-m8g-r8g-and-c8gn-nodes/): Amazon ElastiCache now supports Graviton4-based M8g, R8g, and C8gn node families for Valkey and Memcached. Graviton4-based nodes provide up to 47% higher throughput, up to 43% lower P99 latency, and up to 31% better price-performance for on-demand pricing over Graviton3-based nodes of equivalent sizes on Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey, depending on node family, size, and workload configuration. - [Amazon EC2 M8g instances now available in additional regions](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/amazon-ec2-m8g-instances-now-available-in-additional-regions-4/): Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M8g instances are available in AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei), and AWS Mexico (Central) regions. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and deliver up to 30% better performance compared to AWS Graviton3-based instances. Amazon EC2 M8g instances are built for general-purpose workloads, such as application servers, microservices, gaming servers, midsize data stores, and caching fleets. These instances are built on the AWS Nitro System, which offloads CPU virtualization, storage, and networking functions to dedicated hardware and software to enhance the performance and security of your workloads. - [AWS Marketplace now lets sellers configure net payment terms on private offers](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/aws-marketplace-now-lets-sellers-configure-net-payment-terms-on-private-offers/): AWS Marketplace now supports configurable net payment terms on private offers, with options including Net 30, Net 45, Net 60, or Net 90. Prior to this launch, net payment terms were uniform across all AWS Marketplace purchases, based on the buyer's payment terms with AWS. This new feature allows sellers to configure when payment is due, so invoice due dates match what buyers and sellers negotiate. This gives buyers upfront clarity on payment due dates, allows them to take advantage of more favorable payment terms, and gives sellers better cash flow predictability by setting net payment terms during private offer creation. - [AWS Backup extends logically air-gapped vault support for Amazon Neptune to three additional AWS Regions](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/aws-backup-extends-logically-air-gapped-vault-support-for-amazon-neptune-to-three-additional-aws-regions/): AWS Backup logically air-gapped vault support for Amazon Neptune is now available in three additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Europe (Spain), and Europe (Zurich). - [MC1449182: Microsoft 365 Copilot Shifts New Copilot Pages to OneDrive for Business for Governance and Compliance](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1449182-microsoft-365-copilot-shifts-new-copilot-pages-to-onedrive-for-business-for-governance-and-compliance/): ℹ️ - [MC1449170: Microsoft Edge Retires Default Support for Unload Event Handlers](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1449170-microsoft-edge-retires-default-support-for-unload-event-handlers/): ℹ️ - [MC1449174: Microsoft Teams Retires Live Chat and Ends Website Message Relay](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/07/mc1449174-microsoft-teams-retires-live-chat-and-ends-website-message-relay/): Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams live chat retirement Message ID: MC1449174 - [MC1449139: Power Platform Schedules Planned Maintenance to Improve Stability and Performance](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1449139-power-platform-schedules-planned-maintenance-to-improve-stability-and-performance/): ℹ️ - [MC1413304: Viva Engage Adds Recent Feed in Home for Chronological Content View](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1413304-viva-engage-adds-recent-feed-in-home-for-chronological-content-view/): ℹ️ - [AWS Security Agent now supports email-based MFA for penetration testing](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/aws-security-agent-now-supports-email-based-mfa-for-penetration-testing/): AWS Security Agent (now part of AWS Continuum) now enables penetration testing of applications that use email-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) as part of their login flow. Previously, applications requiring one-time codes or verification links sent by email were out of scope for automated pentesting because the agent had no mechanism to intercept those messages. This launch expands coverage for penetration testing customers whose target applications rely on email-based authentication. - [AWS Glue Schema Registry is now available in ten more AWS regions](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/aws-glue-schema-registry-is-now-available-in-ten-more-aws-regions/): You can now use the AWS Glue Schema Registry, a serverless and free feature of AWS Glue, in the Asia Pacific (New Zealand), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Mexico (Central), Israel (Tel Aviv), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Canada West (Calgary) regions to validate and control the evolution of streaming data using registered Apache Avro, JSON, and Protobuf schema formats. - [MC1442614: Microsoft Teams Rooms Adds Enhanced IntelliFrame with On-Device AI and Dedicated Data Channel for Intelligent Cameras](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1442614-microsoft-teams-rooms-adds-enhanced-intelliframe-with-on-device-ai-and-dedicated-data-channel-for-intelligent-cameras/): ℹ️ - [Amazon RDS now provides visibility into storage volume initialization status](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/amazon-rds-now-provides-visibility-into-storage-volume-initialization-status/): Amazon RDS now provides visibility into the initialization status of database storage volumes created from snapshots. You can use this status to determine when your storage is fully initialized after a restore and is ready to support latency-sensitive database workloads at fully provisioned performance. - [Amazon WorkSpaces Applications now publishes enhanced observability metrics](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/amazon-workspaces-applications-now-publishes-enhanced-observability-metrics/): Amazon WorkSpaces Applications now publishes additional performance and session health metrics to Amazon CloudWatch, enabling IT administrators to gain deeper visibility into their application streaming workloads. These new metrics span network performance, compute resource utilization, and session lifecycle events — all available at no additional cost. - [Amazon WorkSpaces now publishes enhanced observability metrics](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/amazon-workspaces-now-publishes-enhanced-observability-metrics/): Amazon WorkSpaces now publishes additional performance and session health metrics to Amazon CloudWatch, enabling IT administrators to gain deeper visibility into their virtual desktop workloads. These new metrics span network performance, compute and storage resource utilization, and session lifecycle events — all available at no additional cost. - [Announcing temporal policies and rate limiting in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/announcing-temporal-policies-and-rate-limiting-in-amazon-bedrock-agentcore/): Amazon Bedrock AgentCore announces two new controls: temporal policies for stateful agent authorization and rate limiting for AI traffic. - [Amazon Quick supports multi-dataset analytical capabiity](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/amazon-quick-supports-multi-dataset-analytical-capabiity/): Today, Amazon Quick announces supporting multi-dataset topics, enabling users to model relationships across multiple datasets in a single topic and use that model to build dashboards and answer questions in natural language. Previously, answering a question in a Quick Sight visual that spanned datasets required pre-joining the data into a single dataset—adding manual JOIN logic in the data preparation, consuming extra SPICE capacity, and users have to rebuild multiple datasets based on different use cases or when the model changed. With multi-dataset topics, a topic becomes a reusable relational data model: users add multiple datasets, define the relationships once, and Quick performs the joins at runtime. - [AWS Transform for migrations automates post-launch actions](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/aws-transform-for-migrations-automates-post-launch-actions/): AWS Transform now automates the configuration and execution of post-launch actions through the migration workflow. Define actions at the account level and apply them automatically to each source server across your target accounts, including multi-account migrations. Automating these actions removes the slow, error-prone work of configuring them server by server, so your team moves more servers with less hands-on effort. - [MC1420901: Microsoft 365 Copilot App Adds Notebooks for Unified Workspace and Sync with OneNote](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1420901-microsoft-365-copilot-app-adds-notebooks-for-unified-workspace-and-sync-with-onenote/): ℹ️ - [Amazon SageMaker Studio notebooks now support G7 instance types](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/amazon-sagemaker-studio-notebooks-now-support-g7-instance-types/): Amazon G7 instances, powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, deliver up to 4.6x AI inference performance compared to previous-generation G6 instances. Whether you are deploying conversational AI assistants, scaling video streaming, or running large scale data processing pipelines, G7 gives you the performance you need. With up to 8 GPUs and 700 Gbps of EFA-enabled network bandwidth, G7 instances help you run AI inference, graphics, and data analytics workloads more efficiently. Custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, 7x EFA-enabled bandwidth and 1.5x higher FP16 Flops than G6, enable you to deploy models with lower latency for applications like conversational assistants, content generation tools, and recommendation engines. - [MC1431377: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Replaces Auto-Refresh with Manual Refresh and Simplifies AIR Investigation Names](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1431377-microsoft-defender-for-office-365-replaces-auto-refresh-with-manual-refresh-and-simplifies-air-investigation-names/): ℹ️ - [MC1227622: Teams Shifts Android Device Management from Admin Center to Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1227622-teams-shifts-android-device-management-from-admin-center-to-teams-rooms-pro-management-portal/): (Updated) Transitioning Teams Android Device Management from Teams admin Center to the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal Message ID: MC1227622 (Updated) - [MC1173208: Microsoft Copilot Dashboard Adds Default-On Data Export for De-Identified Usage Metrics in Public Preview](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1173208-microsoft-copilot-dashboard-adds-default-on-data-export-for-de-identified-usage-metrics-in-public-preview/): ℹ️ - [MC1448890: Power Automate Retires Legacy Chatbot Experience](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1448890-power-automate-retires-legacy-chatbot-experience/): ℹ️ - [AWS Glue Data Catalog now supports metadata exports to S3 Tables (Preview)](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/aws-glue-data-catalog-now-supports-metadata-exports-to-s3-tables-preview/): AWS Glue Data Catalog is a centralized metadata repository that helps you discover and understand data, with semantic search and support for adding business context to datasets currently in preview. Today, we are adding two new capabilities to this preview: exporting catalog metadata exports to S3 Tables for metadata querying, and expanding the semantic search preview to catalogs encrypted with AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) customer managed keys. - [MC1443081: Dynamics 365 Contact Center Adds Speaker-Wise Recording Split in Closed Conversation View](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1443081-dynamics-365-contact-center-adds-speaker-wise-recording-split-in-closed-conversation-view-2/): Dynamics 365 Contact Center - Split recordings speaker-wise in closed conversation view (Preview) Message ID: MC1443081 (Updated) Update: Release of this feature has been updated. - [MC1448701: Dynamics 365 Customer Service Adds Email Classification with Predefined Taxonomies for Case Management](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1448701-dynamics-365-customer-service-adds-email-classification-with-predefined-taxonomies-for-case-management/): Dynamics 365 Customer Service - Classify emails in predefined taxonomy (categories and subcategories) Message ID: MC1448701 We are announcing the ability to classify emails in predefined taxonomy (categories and subcategories) for support automation with Case Management Agent in Dynamics 365 Customer Service. This feature will reach general availability on August 21, 2026. - [MC1448669: Dynamics 365 Contact Center Adds Custom Voice Support for Voice Agents](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1448669-dynamics-365-contact-center-adds-custom-voice-support-for-voice-agents/): ℹ️ - [AWS Glue Data Quality makes ETL anomaly detection free and improves anomaly predictions](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/aws-glue-data-quality-makes-etl-anomaly-detection-free-and-improves-anomaly-predictions/): AWS Glue Data Quality now offers improved anomaly detection with a new observation mode that reduces detection of false anomalies and removes pricing for anomaly detection in ETL jobs. Customers using notebook-based or exploratory workflows now benefit from smarter anomaly detection that gracefully handles irregular data arrival intervals. This new capability avoids over-extrapolating trends by using a constant baseline instead of a linear trend, delivering more accurate alerts and reducing noise so teams can focus on genuine anomalies. - [MC1308855: Outlook Mobile and Mac Rename Collect Diagnostics to Get Diagnostics and Shift Logs to Microsoft 365 Service](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1308855-outlook-mobile-and-mac-rename-collect-diagnostics-to-get-diagnostics-and-shift-logs-to-microsoft-365-service/): ℹ️ - [MC1448372: SharePoint Pages Reorders Command Bar Menu, Updates Labels, and Adds Page Status Indicators](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1448372-sharepoint-pages-reorders-command-bar-menu-updates-labels-and-adds-page-status-indicators/): ℹ️ - [MC1387578: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Adds Localization to Default Mark and Notify Email Templates](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1387578-microsoft-defender-for-office-365-adds-localization-to-default-mark-and-notify-email-templates/): ℹ️ - [MC1187682: Microsoft Edge Adds Copilot Summarization and Contextual Grounding for Tabs, Documents, and YouTube Videos](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1187682-microsoft-edge-adds-copilot-summarization-and-contextual-grounding-for-tabs-documents-and-youtube-videos/): ℹ️ - [AWS Lambda announces scalable network bandwidth up to 3,000 Mbps for functions outside a VPC](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/aws-lambda-announces-scalable-network-bandwidth-up-to-3000-mbps-for-functions-outside-a-vpc/): AWS Lambda now supports scalable network bandwidth for Lambda functions, enabling faster data transfer to and from your execution environment for latency-sensitive workloads. This feature enables functions outside a VPC configured with 2 GB of memory or more to access network bandwidth that scales proportionally, from 625 Mbps at 2 GB up to 3,000 Mbps at 10 GB. - [AI Gateway – Track AI spend and catch anomalous usage with User Insights](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/ai-gateway-track-ai-spend-and-catch-anomalous-usage-with-user-insights/): AI Gateway now includes User Insights, a dashboard that gives you two things at once: clear visibility into how much your organization spends on AI, and a security signal that surfaces users whose usage suddenly looks abnormal. It works on the traffic already flowing through your gateway, so there is no additional setup. - [Cloudflare Fundamentals – Improved publisher verification details on OAuth consent screens](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/cloudflare-fundamentals-improved-publisher-verification-details-on-oauth-consent-screens/): OAuth consent screens now display a shield icon with explanatory text beneath the consent screen title. Each shield icon indicates who owns the application and whether its domain ownership is verified. - [MC1441781: PowerPoint Copilot on Mac Gets Custom Skill Creation and OneDrive Upload Support](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1441781-powerpoint-copilot-on-mac-gets-custom-skill-creation-and-onedrive-upload-support/): ℹ️ - [MC1441782: PowerPoint Copilot Adds Ability to Upload and Create Custom Skills on Web](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/06/mc1441782-powerpoint-copilot-adds-ability-to-upload-and-create-custom-skills-on-web/): ℹ️ - [AWS IAM Identity Center makes managment of AWS account access optional for new organization instances](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/aws-iam-identity-center-makes-managment-of-aws-account-access-optional-for-new-organization-instances/): AWS IAM Identity Center now lets you decide whether to enable management of AWS account access when you create a new organization instance. This allows you to use IAM Identity Center to manage access to AWS applications only, without the need to manage access to AWS accounts. This feature is available at the time of initial configuration of an IAM Identity Center instance and does not affect existing IAM Identity Center instances. - [Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) is now available in the Canada West (Calgary) Region (ca-west-1)](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/amazon-keyspaces-for-apache-cassandra-is-now-available-in-the-canada-west-calgary-region-ca-west-1/): Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) is now available in the Canada West (Calgary) Region (ca-west-1), allowing customers in the Canada West Region to build Cassandra-compatible applications with lower latency while keeping their data within the Region to meet data residency requirements.  - [Amazon DynamoDB now supports real-time vector search](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/amazon-dynamodb-now-supports-real-time-vector-search/): With DynamoDB vector search, you store vector embeddings alongside your other attributes and generate them using a model of your choice, including models available on Amazon Bedrock. You create a vector index and run approximate nearest neighbor searches, pick the vector index partition key to scale, and filter on attributes to scope results. You get the same serverless benefits you rely on today: zero infrastructure management, zero downtime, zero maintenance windows, and pay for only what you use. You can already use DynamoDB to store memory for AI agents, and with vector search you can now add semantic retrieval over that memory for agentic grounding, along with product similarity search, personalized advertising, retrieval augmented generation, and recommendation systems, with predictable performance. - [Amazon Aurora serverless now scales faster to support agentic AI and other bursty workloads](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/amazon-aurora-serverless-now-scales-faster-to-support-agentic-ai-and-other-bursty-workloads/): For pricing details and Region availability, visit Amazon Aurora Pricing. To learn more, read the Aurora serverless scaling documentation, and get started by creating an Aurora serverless database in just a few steps in the AWS Management Console. - [AWS Marketplace adds AI Insights so buyers can understand pricing before they buy](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/aws-marketplace-adds-ai-insights-so-buyers-can-understand-pricing-before-they-buy/): You can now understand how a product's pricing works before you buy it. Available in the pricing section of the listing in AWS Marketplace, AI Insights explains each product's pricing in plain language: what a pricing unit maps to, how your bill changes as usage scales, how multiple pricing dimensions combine into one cost, and what is and isn't included. Answering these questions used to mean having to visit multiple websites and piecing together pricing details on your own. Now the context sits on the listing, so you can evaluate pricing and move to purchase without switching tabs. - [MC1250273: Microsoft Teams Preserves @mentions and Shared Contacts When Copying and Pasting Messages](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1250273-microsoft-teams-preserves-mentions-and-shared-contacts-when-copying-and-pasting-messages/): ℹ️ - [MC1257308: Teams Rooms Pro Management Adds Building-Level Insights to Recommended Actions Page](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1257308-teams-rooms-pro-management-adds-building-level-insights-to-recommended-actions-page/): ℹ️ - [MC1307982: Microsoft Teams Town Halls Adds Custom Background Uploads in Manage What Attendees See](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1307982-microsoft-teams-town-halls-adds-custom-background-uploads-in-manage-what-attendees-see/): ℹ️ - [MC1323270: Microsoft Teams Adds Secure Reliable Transport Support for Town Halls and Live Events](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1323270-microsoft-teams-adds-secure-reliable-transport-support-for-town-halls-and-live-events/): ℹ️ - [MC1261595: Microsoft Teams Town Halls Add Backup RTMP Stream for Reliable Live Events](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1261595-microsoft-teams-town-halls-add-backup-rtmp-stream-for-reliable-live-events/): ℹ️ - [MC1316231: Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android Sets Front-of-Room Displays to Attendee View for Webinars and Structured Meetings](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1316231-microsoft-teams-rooms-on-android-sets-front-of-room-displays-to-attendee-view-for-webinars-and-structured-meetings/): ℹ️ - [MC1324280: Microsoft Teams Shifts Adds Automatic Open Shift Assignment for Managers](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1324280-microsoft-teams-shifts-adds-automatic-open-shift-assignment-for-managers-2/): ℹ️ - [MC1310683: Microsoft Teams Gets Standardized File Previews for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Across Platforms](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1310683-microsoft-teams-gets-standardized-file-previews-for-word-excel-and-powerpoint-across-platforms/): ℹ️ - [MC1085133: Microsoft Teams Adds Rule-Based Management for Microsoft 365 Certified Apps in Admin Center](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1085133-microsoft-teams-adds-rule-based-management-for-microsoft-365-certified-apps-in-admin-center/): ℹ️ - [MC1197146: Microsoft Teams Adds Express Voice Enrollment for Easier Voice Profile Setup](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1197146-microsoft-teams-adds-express-voice-enrollment-for-easier-voice-profile-setup/): ℹ️ - [MC1227622: Teams Moves Android Device Management from Teams Admin Center to Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1227622-teams-moves-android-device-management-from-teams-admin-center-to-teams-rooms-pro-management-portal/): (Updated) Transitioning Teams Android Device Management from Teams admin Center to the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal Message ID: MC1227622 (Updated) - [MC688109: Teams Webinars and Townhalls Give Co-organizers Full Control to Edit, Publish, and Cancel Events](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc688109-teams-webinars-and-townhalls-give-co-organizers-full-control-to-edit-publish-and-cancel-events/): ℹ️ - [MC1393468: Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork Gains Usage-Based Billing and Frontier Expands Early Access Features](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1393468-microsoft-365-copilot-cowork-gains-usage-based-billing-and-frontier-expands-early-access-features/): ℹ️ - [AI Gateway, Access – Identity-aware controls are now available in AI Gateway](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/ai-gateway-access-identity-aware-controls-are-now-available-in-ai-gateway/): AI Gateway now integrates with Cloudflare Access, giving you two new capabilities: - [[Preview Announcement] Re-introducing Forward Proxy as AWS Network Firewall Functionality](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/preview-announcement-re-introducing-forward-proxy-as-aws-network-firewall-functionality/): Try out AWS Network Firewall in no-source-preservation deployment with proxy functionality in your test environment today in US East (Ohio) region. no-source-preservation Network Firewall is available for free during public preview. For more information, check no-source-preservation Network Firewall documentation. - [MC1447683: Microsoft 365 Copilot Scheduled Prompts Moves to Microsoft 365 Connected Experiences Governance](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1447683-microsoft-365-copilot-scheduled-prompts-moves-to-microsoft-365-connected-experiences-governance/): ℹ️ - [MC1447678: Exchange Online Adds EWSAllowedAppIDs to Manage Access Before EWS Retirement](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1447678-exchange-online-adds-ewsallowedappids-to-manage-access-before-ews-retirement/): ℹ️ - [MC1447677: Microsoft 365 Copilot Gets Unified Connector and Plugin Management in Microsoft 365 Admin Center](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1447677-microsoft-365-copilot-gets-unified-connector-and-plugin-management-in-microsoft-365-admin-center/): ℹ️ - [MC1447681: Microsoft Viva Engage Adds Tenant-Wide Custom Branding with Brand Center for Admins](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1447681-microsoft-viva-engage-adds-tenant-wide-custom-branding-with-brand-center-for-admins/): ℹ️ - [MC1447682: Microsoft Teams Adds Right-Side Panel for Live Captions and Consolidates Caption Settings](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1447682-microsoft-teams-adds-right-side-panel-for-live-captions-and-consolidates-caption-settings/): ℹ️ - [MC1447673: Microsoft Teams Adds Option to Report Security Concerns in Group Call History](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1447673-microsoft-teams-adds-option-to-report-security-concerns-in-group-call-history/): ℹ️ - [Amazon S3 Vectors is now available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) Region](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/amazon-s3-vectors-is-now-available-in-the-aws-european-sovereign-cloud-germany-region/): Amazon S3 Vectors is now available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) Region. Amazon S3 Vectors is purpose-built vector storage for AI agents, inference, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), and semantic search at billion-vector scale. S3 Vectors is designed to provide the same elasticity, durability, and availability as Amazon S3, with a dedicated set of APIs that let you store, access, and query vectors without provisioning any infrastructure. - [RDS SQL Server now supports publishing SQL Server Audit logs to CloudWatch](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/rds-sql-server-now-supports-publishing-sql-server-audit-logs-to-cloudwatch/): Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server now supports publishing SQL Server Audit logs to CloudWatch. SQL Server Audit is a native SQL Server feature that allows tracking and logging events that occur on the Database Engine. On Amazon RDS, you can create audits and audit specifications in the same way that you create them for on-premises SQL Server database servers. - [Amazon Connect Customer now supports capacity planning in 15 or 30 minute intervals](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/amazon-connect-customer-now-supports-capacity-planning-in-15-or-30-minute-intervals/): Amazon Connect Customer now lets you generate capacity plans at the interval level (15-minute or 30-minute intervals), giving workforce planners visibility into more granular staffing requirements across Voice, Chat, Task, and Email channels. Interval-level plans capture how demand shifts throughout the day — such as a lunchtime surge in chat contacts or an end-of-day change in call volume — so you can align agent capacity with demand as it changes and staff precisely for each part of the day. You can also provide shrinkage assumptions and available headcount at the interval level for more accurate plans. Together, these capabilities improve planning accuracy and help you reduce over- and under-staffing, improving service levels and operational efficiency. - [Amazon Connect Customer now lets you export cases to CSV from the agent workspace](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/amazon-connect-customer-now-lets-you-export-cases-to-csv-from-the-agent-workspace/): Amazon Connect Customer now supports exporting cases to a CSV file directly from the agent workspace, making it easier to share case data with internal teams and external stakeholders such as vendors, legal teams, or business partners. Agents can filter and select cases and choose which case fields to include in the export. Admins can control access using a security profile permission. - [Cloudflare Fundamentals – Create Free accounts from the dashboard](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/cloudflare-fundamentals-create-free-accounts-from-the-dashboard/): You can now create standalone Free accounts directly from the Cloudflare dashboard using the new Create Account button. This feature is currently available to all users. - [MC1447636: Microsoft 365 Apps Releases Current Channel Update for August 2026](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/05/mc1447636-microsoft-365-apps-releases-current-channel-update-for-august-2026/): ℹ️ - [MC1230892: Microsoft 365 Copilot Removes Entity Text from Chat Input for Cleaner Prompts](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/mc1230892-microsoft-365-copilot-removes-entity-text-from-chat-input-for-cleaner-prompts/): ℹ️ - [Amazon RDS for SQL Server supports Developer Edition in additional AWS regions](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/amazon-rds-for-sql-server-supports-developer-edition-in-additional-aws-regions/): Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server Developer Edition is now available in 13 additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Hong Kong, Taipei, Hyderabad, Jakarta, Malaysia, Melbourne, New Zealand, Thailand), Canada West (Calgary), Europe (Milan, Spain), Israel (Tel Aviv), and Mexico (Central). - [AWS Security Hub Extended adds supply chain security as its 10th category](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/aws-security-hub-extended-adds-supply-chain-security-as-its-10th-category/): The AWS Security Hub Extended plan now includes Supply Chain Security as its 10th security category, with Chainguard and Socket as the curated partners. As developers adopt open-source libraries at scale, security teams need confidence that the packages entering their environments are trustworthy and free from malicious code. With this addition, you can detect and block malicious dependencies before they are built into your applications, with the same streamlined activation and pay-as-you-go pricing as every other Extended category. This brings the Extended plan to 23 curated partner solutions. All solutions are on a single AWS bill and no required long-term commitments. - [AWS Application and Network Load Balancers now support RFC 9151 compliant security policies](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/aws-application-and-network-load-balancers-now-support-rfc-9151-compliant-security-policies/): AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) and Network Load Balancer (NLB) now support new TLS-based security policies that comply with RFC 9151 TLS server requirements for Commercial National Security Algorithm (CNSA) 1.0 suite requirements. These policies implement the cryptographic requirements defined by the US National Security Agency (NSA) for secure communications using TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 protocols. - [Run interactive workloads on Amazon EMR on EC2 with Spark Connect](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/run-interactive-workloads-on-amazon-emr-on-ec2-with-spark-connect/): Amazon EMR on EC2 now supports interactive Apache Spark sessions with Spark Connect. Data engineers and data scientists can develop and debug Apache Spark applications interactively from managed notebooks in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio and their own IDEs, such as Jupyter and Visual Studio Code, with each session running on dedicated EMR on EC2 clusters. You can also monitor and debug active and completed sessions in the EMR console. - [Amazon EC2 C8g instances now available in additional regions](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/amazon-ec2-c8g-instances-now-available-in-additional-regions-3/): Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8g instances are available in AWS Europe (Paris), AWS Africa (Cape Town), AWS Israel (Tel Aviv), and AWS Canada West (Calgary) regions. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and deliver up to 30% better performance compared to AWS Graviton3-based instances. Amazon EC2 C8g instances are built for compute-intensive workloads, such as high performance computing (HPC), batch processing, gaming, video encoding, scientific modeling, distributed analytics, CPU-based machine learning (ML) inference, and ad serving. These instances are built on the AWS Nitro System, which offloads CPU virtualization, storage, and networking functions to dedicated hardware and software to enhance the performance and security of your workloads. - [Amazon Bedrock launches Web Search for OpenAI GPT models](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/amazon-bedrock-launches-web-search-for-openai-gpt-models/): Today, we are announcing the general availability of Web Search on Amazon Bedrock, a built-in server side tool that performs web search entirely within AWS, enabling OpenAI models (GPT-5.4, GPT-5.5, and GPT-5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna) to ground responses with current web knowledge while maintaining data residency within your secured AWS environment with zero data egress. Previously, adding web grounding required onboarding a third-party search provider, managing separate API keys and billing, building custom orchestration, and conducting additional compliance reviews for each external vendor. Web Search removes this heavy lifting by enable grounding with a single parameter in an existing API call, with no vendor onboarding, no external APIs to orchestrate, and no additional vendor security reviews to conduct. - [MC1269211: Outlook Mobile Makes RSVP Responses Clearer with Visual Highlights](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/mc1269211-outlook-mobile-makes-rsvp-responses-clearer-with-visual-highlights/): ℹ️ - [Amazon RDS for SQL Server now support BYOM in additional commercial regions](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/amazon-rds-for-sql-server-now-support-byom-in-additional-commercial-regions/): Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server now supports Bring Your Own Media (BYOM) in 10 additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Taipei, Hyderabad, Jakarta, Malaysia, Melbourne, New Zealand, Thailand), Europe (Milan, Spain), and Mexico (Central). - [Amazon EC2 I8g instances now available in AWS Europe (Paris), Asia Pacific (Jakarta) regions](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/amazon-ec2-i8g-instances-now-available-in-aws-europe-paris-asia-pacific-jakarta-regions/): Amazon EC2 I8g instances are designed for I/O intensive workloads that require rapid data access and real-time latency from storage. These instances excel at handling transactional, real-time, distributed databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Hbase and NoSQL solutions like Aerospike, MongoDB, ClickHouse, and Apache Druid. They're also optimized for real-time analytics platforms such as Apache Spark, data lakehouse and AI LLM pre-processing for training. I8g instances are available in eleven different sizes including two metal sizes, 1.5 TiB of memory, and 45 TB local instance storage. They deliver up to 100 Gbps of network performance bandwidth, and 60 Gbps of dedicated bandwidth for Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS). - [MC1427972: SharePoint Enhances Restricted Content Discovery to Limit Copilot and Microsoft 365 Search Visibility](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/mc1427972-sharepoint-enhances-restricted-content-discovery-to-limit-copilot-and-microsoft-365-search-visibility-2/): ℹ️ - [MC1309747: Planner Becomes Available in Outlook and Microsoft 365 Copilot for Integrated Task Management](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/mc1309747-planner-becomes-available-in-outlook-and-microsoft-365-copilot-for-integrated-task-management/): ℹ️ - [MC1330891: Microsoft Teams Supports Breakout Rooms in Meetings with Up to 1,000 Attendees](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/mc1330891-microsoft-teams-supports-breakout-rooms-in-meetings-with-up-to-1000-attendees/): ℹ️ - [MC1423114: Microsoft Teams Adds PowerShell Controls to Enforce External Access and Mutual Federation in Group Chats](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/mc1423114-microsoft-teams-adds-powershell-controls-to-enforce-external-access-and-mutual-federation-in-group-chats/): ℹ️ - [MC1325414: Microsoft Entra ID SSPR Will Require Registered Authentication Methods for Verification](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/mc1325414-microsoft-entra-id-sspr-will-require-registered-authentication-methods-for-verification/): (Updated) Microsoft Entra ID SSPR will require registered authentication methods starting November 9, 2026 Message ID: MC1325414 (Updated) - [Agents, Workers – Agent traces for Think, Flue, and AI SDK instrumented by Agents SDK](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/agents-workers-agent-traces-for-think-flue-and-ai-sdk-instrumented-by-agents-sdk/): Agent tracing is now available for applications built with the Agents SDK. Traces show each agent turn alongside model calls, tool runs, approvals, token usage, and Workers runtime operations. - [WAF – WAF Release – 2026-08-04](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/waf-waf-release-2026-08-04/): This release introduces new rules and updates Microsoft SharePoint RCE alongside enhanced SSRF cloud protection rule actions. - [Workers – AI agents can debug Workers with local tracing](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/workers-ai-agents-can-debug-workers-with-local-tracing/): wrangler dev and vite dev automatically capture structured OpenTelemetry traces and correlated console logs during local Worker invocations. - [OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna now support 1 million token context windows on Amazon Bedrock](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/openai-gpt-5-6-sol-terra-and-luna-now-support-1-million-token-context-windows-on-amazon-bedrock/): GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna now support 1 million token context windows on Amazon Bedrock, enabling you to process full codebases, lengthy documents, and multi-turn agent histories in a single request. Models reason over broader context and return more accurate, coherent responses without chunking or information loss. - [AWS Transform continuous modernization is now generally available](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/aws-transform-continuous-modernization-is-now-generally-available/): AWS Transform continuous modernization is now generally available in all AWS Regions where AWS Transform is supported. This capability helps engineering teams analyze and remediate technical debt across source code repositories at scale. Teams can connect GitHub organizations, GitLab groups, and Bitbucket workspaces, run analyses on demand or on a recurring schedule, and prioritize findings across technical debt, security, agentic readiness, modernization readiness, and custom analysis criteria. - [AWS Lambda Provisioned Mode for Amazon SQS event source mappings now supports up to 10,000 event pollers](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/aws-lambda-provisioned-mode-for-amazon-sqs-event-source-mappings-now-supports-up-to-10000-event-pollers/): AWS Lambda now supports a maximum of 10,000 event pollers for Provisioned Mode for Amazon SQS event source mappings (ESMs), a 5x increase from the previous limit of 2,000. This enables you to reach up to 100,000 concurrent invocations, so you can build highly responsive and scalable event-driven applications with stringent performance requirements. - [AWS Organizations now provides maximum account quota visibility in Service Quotas](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/aws-organizations-now-provides-maximum-account-quota-visibility-in-service-quotas/): AWS Organizations customers can now view their maximum number of accounts quota and its utilization directly through AWS Service Quotas instead of relying on AWS Support or AWS account teams to determine their current account limit. - [Amazon GameLift Streams now supports sharing streams with stream URLs](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/amazon-gamelift-streams-now-supports-sharing-streams-with-stream-urls/): Amazon GameLift Streams now offers stream URLs, which give end users temporary, unauthenticated access to a playable stream session in a supported web browser. Recipients need no AWS account, no credentials, and no software install. - [Amazon EC2 I7i instances now available in Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Israel (Tel Aviv) Regions](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/amazon-ec2-i7i-instances-now-available-in-asia-pacific-thailand-and-israel-tel-aviv-regions/): Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces the availability of high performance Storage Optimized Amazon EC2 I7i instances in the Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Israel (Tel Aviv) Regions. Powered by 5th Gen Intel Xeon Processors with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.2 GHz, these new instances deliver up to 23% better compute performance and more than 10% better price performance over previous generation I4i instances. Powered by 3rd generation AWS Nitro SSDs, I7i instances offer up to 45TB of NVMe storage with up to 50% better real-time storage performance, up to 50% lower storage I/O latency, and up to 60% lower storage I/O latency variability compared to I4i instances. - [Workers – Python and JavaScript Workers can now call each other via RPC](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/workers-python-and-javascript-workers-can-now-call-each-other-via-rpc/): You can now call methods between Python and JavaScript Workers using Workers RPC. This works through Service bindings without extra dependencies, schema definitions, or serialization code. - [Agents, Workers – Preview: @cloudflare/computer agent runtime](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/agents-workers-preview-cloudflare-computer-agent-runtime/): We're releasing an early preview of @cloudflare/computer ↗, an open-source agent runtime that gives every agent its own computer. The runtime dynamically orchestrates between fast, efficient isolates and full Linux containers, so the agent always runs on the right compute primitive for the task at hand. - [Access – Control authorization cookies for multi-domain Access applications](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/access-control-authorization-cookies-for-multi-domain-access-applications/): Cloudflare Access administrators can now control whether a self-hosted application preemptively sets authorization cookies across its public hostnames. - [MC1446797: Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android Gets Modernized Gallery View for Consistent Layouts and Enhanced Controls](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/mc1446797-microsoft-teams-rooms-on-android-gets-modernized-gallery-view-for-consistent-layouts-and-enhanced-controls/): ℹ️ - [MC1446804: SharePoint Pages Adds Layout Guides and Section Conversion for Flexible Authoring](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/mc1446804-sharepoint-pages-adds-layout-guides-and-section-conversion-for-flexible-authoring/): ℹ️ - [MC1446799: Microsoft Teams Adds Personalized Language Translation for Meeting Recaps](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/mc1446799-microsoft-teams-adds-personalized-language-translation-for-meeting-recaps/): ℹ️ - [MC1446805: Microsoft Viva Adds Targeted Audience Surveys to Copilot Dashboard](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/mc1446805-microsoft-viva-adds-targeted-audience-surveys-to-copilot-dashboard/): ℹ️ - [MC1446807: Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android Gets Interpreter Agent for Real-Time Multilingual Meetings](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/mc1446807-microsoft-teams-rooms-on-android-gets-interpreter-agent-for-real-time-multilingual-meetings/): ℹ️ - [MC1446794: Microsoft Teams Adds In-Meeting Reporting for Security Concerns](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/mc1446794-microsoft-teams-adds-in-meeting-reporting-for-security-concerns/): ℹ️ - [MC1446796: Exchange Online Replaces EWS-Based Sharing with Microsoft 365 Cross-Tenant Access Policy](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/04/mc1446796-exchange-online-replaces-ews-based-sharing-with-microsoft-365-cross-tenant-access-policy/): ℹ️ - [MC1238432: Microsoft 365 Copilot App Adds Admin Option for Branded Footer with Organization Logo](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/mc1238432-microsoft-365-copilot-app-adds-admin-option-for-branded-footer-with-organization-logo/): ℹ️ - [MC1422063: OneDrive for Business Improves Windows Sync Error Handling for Long File Paths](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/mc1422063-onedrive-for-business-improves-windows-sync-error-handling-for-long-file-paths/): ℹ️ - [MC1440972: Microsoft Edge Upgrades Copilot New Tab Page with Integrated Chat, Web Search, and Work Content](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/mc1440972-microsoft-edge-upgrades-copilot-new-tab-page-with-integrated-chat-web-search-and-work-content/): ℹ️ - [MC1434582: PowerPoint Copilot Adds OneDrive-Based Custom Skills and Manage Skills Interface](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/mc1434582-powerpoint-copilot-adds-onedrive-based-custom-skills-and-manage-skills-interface/): ℹ️ - [MC1446723: Power Platform Nears Completion of Continuous Access Evaluation Rollout for Dataverse User Sign-Ins](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/mc1446723-power-platform-nears-completion-of-continuous-access-evaluation-rollout-for-dataverse-user-sign-ins/): ℹ️ - [MC1434581: PowerPoint Copilot for Mac Adds Support for OneDrive-Stored Custom Skills and Manage Skills Feature](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/mc1434581-powerpoint-copilot-for-mac-adds-support-for-onedrive-stored-custom-skills-and-manage-skills-feature/): ℹ️ - [MC1411727: Copilot Notebooks Adds AI-Driven Artifact Suggestions for Faster Content Creation](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/mc1411727-copilot-notebooks-adds-ai-driven-artifact-suggestions-for-faster-content-creation/): ℹ️ - [MC1434580: PowerPoint Copilot (Web) Adds Support for OneDrive-Stored Custom Skills and Manage Skills Option](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/mc1434580-powerpoint-copilot-web-adds-support-for-onedrive-stored-custom-skills-and-manage-skills-option/): ℹ️ - [AWS Config now supports 15 new resource types](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/aws-config-now-supports-15-new-resource-types/): AWS Config now supports 15 additional AWS resource types across key services including Amazon Bedrock,  Amazon OpenSearch Serverless, and Amazon SageMaker. 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In addition to parameter-efficient methods such as LoRA, which update a small subset of model weights, you can now update all parameters in the model for deeper adaptation when your use case requires it. - [AWS HealthOmics now supports task-level timeout for WDL workflows](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/aws-healthomics-now-supports-task-level-timeout-for-wdl-workflows/): AWS HealthOmics now supports task-level timeout for Workflow Description Language (WDL) workflows, enabling you to set maximum execution duration for individual tasks. AWS HealthOmics is a HIPAA-eligible service that helps healthcare and life sciences customers accelerate scientific breakthroughs at scale with fully managed bioinformatics workflows.  - [Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports Teradata Vantage](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/amazon-sagemaker-unified-studio-now-supports-teradata-vantage/): Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports Teradata Vantage as a data source, enabling you to query and analyze your enterprise data warehouse data directly alongside your other data assets. With this new connection, you can combine business-critical data stored in Teradata with data from sources like Amazon Redshift, Amazon S3, and relational databases — all within a single, governed environment. - [AWS Resilience Hub now provides recommended resilience tests](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/aws-resilience-hub-now-provides-recommended-resilience-tests/): AWS Resilience Hub now offers recommended resilience tests that help platform engineering and site reliability teams validate how their services respond to and recover from known failure scenarios.  - [MC1269864: Microsoft Teams Adds Muted and Meeting Chat Sections and Replaces Meeting Chats Filter](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/mc1269864-microsoft-teams-adds-muted-and-meeting-chat-sections-and-replaces-meeting-chats-filter-2/): ℹ️ - [MC1446644: Microsoft Copilot Studio Makes GitHub Copilot Harness Generally Available for Building Agents and Workflows](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/mc1446644-microsoft-copilot-studio-makes-github-copilot-harness-generally-available-for-building-agents-and-workflows/): Microsoft Copilot Studio: GitHub Copilot harness now generally available for building autonomous agents and workflows Message ID: MC1446644 - [MC1422054: Microsoft Planner Adds Task Details Side Pane for Faster Updates](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/mc1422054-microsoft-planner-adds-task-details-side-pane-for-faster-updates/): ℹ️ - [Amazon ECR now supports image layers up to 200 GB](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/amazon-ecr-now-supports-image-layers-up-to-200-gb/): Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) has increased the maximum image layer size limit to 200 GB, for images pushed via Docker push. - [AWS WAF now supports Miggo Security managed rule groups for emerging threats and AI/ML application protection](https://mwpro.co.uk/blog/2026/08/03/aws-waf-now-supports-miggo-security-managed-rule-groups-for-emerging-threats-and-ai-ml-application-protection/): AWS WAF now supports two new partner managed rule groups from Miggo Security, available through AWS Marketplace: Miggo Rules for AWS WAF – High Emerging Application Threats, and Miggo Rules for AWS WAF – AI/ML Application Protection. 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In this article, we’ll explore the pros and cons of using Dead Link Checker, its popularity as an SEO tool, unique features, a review, and a summary of its value. - [Mangools SERP Simulator](https://mwpro.co.uk/tools/25-free-essential-seo-tools/serp-simulator/): The Mangools SERP Simulator is a handy tool that allows you to preview and optimize your website’s search engine results page (SERP) appearance before it goes live. - [Woorank’s SEO & Website Analysis](https://mwpro.co.uk/tools/25-free-essential-seo-tools/woorank-seo/): Woorank’s SEO & Website Analysis tool is a valuable asset for anyone looking to optimize their website for better search engine performance. Its comprehensive reports, user-friendly interface, and actionable insights make it a standout choice in the crowded field of SEO tools. - [Cloudflare](https://mwpro.co.uk/tools/25-free-essential-seo-tools/cloudflare/): This article will explore the pros and cons of using Cloudflare, its popularity as a tool for Search Engine Optimization (SEO), highlight some of its unique features, provide a review, and summarize its overall value for businesses and website owners. - [SimilarWeb](https://mwpro.co.uk/tools/25-free-essential-seo-tools/similarweb/): SimilarWeb Free Version is a valuable tool for anyone looking to understand their website’s performance and gain insights into competitors. It offers comprehensive traffic analysis, competitor research, and market insights, all within a user-friendly interface. - [Google PageSpeed Insights](https://mwpro.co.uk/tools/25-free-essential-seo-tools/google-pagespeed-insights/): In this article, we’ll delve into the pros and cons of using Google PageSpeed Insights, discuss its popularity as an SEO tool, highlight some of its unique features, provide a review, and summarize its overall value for your website optimization strategy. - [SEMrush Free Version](https://mwpro.co.uk/tools/25-free-essential-seo-tools/semrush-free-version/): SEMrush Free Version is a powerful tool for anyone new to SEO or those who need to perform quick, basic checks without committing to a paid plan. 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Its free access to accurate keyword data, easy integration with Google Ads, and broad keyword suggestions make it a great starting point for anyone looking to improve their SEO. - [Keyword Tool](https://mwpro.co.uk/tools/25-free-essential-seo-tools/keyword-tool/): If you’re looking for a straightforward, easy-to-use tool that provides comprehensive keyword data across multiple platforms, Keyword Tool is a great choice. It’s particularly useful for small businesses, content creators, and marketers who want to target specific keywords without getting bogged down in complex features. - [Yoast SEO](https://mwpro.co.uk/tools/25-free-essential-seo-tools/yoast-seo/): Yoast SEO is one of the most widely recognized and utilized tools for optimizing WordPress sites. With millions of users around the world, it's become a cornerstone for those looking to enhance their site's visibility on search engines. 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