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Amazon Redshift adds ALTER TABLE for Iceberg tables and writes via the AWS Glue Data Catalog mount

Amazon Redshift now supports writing directly to Apache Iceberg tables via the AWS Glue Data Catalog (awsdatacatalog) mount and ALTER TABLE DDL statements to modify the schema, partitioning, and properties of Apache Iceberg tables. With write access through the auto-mounted…

Modern Workspace Pro 18 May 2026No Comments

Amazon Web Services

Amazon EVS enables support for 32 hosts per environment

Today, we are announcing that Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) now supports up to 32 ESXi hosts per environment, double the previous limit of 16 hosts. Amazon EVS gives you flexibility in how you configure VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) domains and clusters within…

Modern Workspace Pro 18 May 2026No Comments

Exchange Online Planner

(Updated) Planner is now available in Outlook and Microsoft 365 Copilot [MC1309747]

Message ID: MC1309747 (Updated) Updated May 18, 2026: We have paused rollout of this feature at this time. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction]We’re making it easier for users…

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Amazon Web Services

AWS SAM CLI adds AWS CloudFormation Language Extensions support to accelerate local serverless development

AWS SAM CLI now supports AWS CloudFormation Language Extensions, enabling you to reduce duplication in your infrastructure as code (IaC) templates while retaining the full local development workflow. This accelerates your serverless development by letting you define resources once and…

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Exchange Online

(Updated) Outlook: Improved handling of disallowed and failed email reactions [MC1261593]

Message ID: MC1261593 (Updated) Updated May 18, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] We’re improving how Outlook respects the x‑ms‑reactions: disallow header in Classic Outlook for Windows. This update ensures that when reactions are disallowed,…

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(Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: Structured document generation with Forms [MC1218000]

Message ID: MC1218000 (Updated) Updated May 18, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] We are introducing structured document generation with Microsoft Forms in SharePoint. This capability will help organizations generate standardized, compliant documents through simple…

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Mike on Anthropic Claude Sonnet is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot [MC1247880]17 April 2026
Really interesting update. It feels like the bigger story here is not just that another model has been added, but…
Mike on Copilot entry point changes in Excel [MC1282571]17 April 2026
This is a helpful breakdown of what looks like a small UX change on the surface but has very real…
AI Logo Generator on GCP Release Notes: February 14, 202617 February 2026
It’s exciting to see Google SecOps SIEM and SOAR updates rolling out globally. I’m curious if there are any significant…
AI Music Generator on GCP Release Notes: February 13, 202615 February 2026
Security bulletins like the one for CVE-2025-13292 are always a bit concerning, but it’s reassuring to know Google is actively…
Nano Banana AI on GCP Release Notes: February 12, 202614 February 2026
This migration tool seems like a great step for those looking to modernize their infrastructure. Being able to move App…