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Amazon CloudFront now supports SHA-256 for signed URLs and signed cookies

Amazon CloudFront now supports SHA-256 as a hash algorithm for creating signed URLs and signed cookies. SHA-256 provides an improved security posture with stronger collision detection and alignment with modern cryptographic standards, giving you stronger cryptographic signing when restricting access…

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Amazon Web Services

AWS Managed Microsoft AD adds Multi-Region replication for Opt-In regions

AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory, also known as AWS Managed Microsoft AD, now supports Multi-Region replication in AWS Opt-In regions. This expands the existing Multi-Region replication capability to additional AWS regions, eliminating the need to create and manually synchronize independent directories in…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports cross-account snapshot sharing with additional storage volumes

Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports cross-account snapshot sharing for database instances with additional storage volumes. Additional storage volumes allow customers to scale database storage up to 256 TiB by adding up to three storage volumes, each with up to…

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Microsoft Teams

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Automatic removal of EXIF data from shared images [MC1217997]

Message ID: MC1217997 (Updated) Updated April 1, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] Microsoft Teams will soon automatically remove hidden metadata (EXIF) from images shared in chats and channels. This helps protect sensitive details such…

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Microsoft Teams

(Updated) New enrollment dashboard and data deletion controls in Teams Admin Center [MC1191921]

Message ID: MC1191921 (Updated) Updated April 1, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] We are introducing a new dashboard in Teams Admin Center (TAC) that gives admins new visibility into user voice and face enrollment…

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Google Cloud Platform

GCP Release Notes: March 31, 2026

AlloyDB for PostgreSQL Feature Hot standby enhances the AlloyDB high availability (HA) architecture to improve failover times and to ensure consistent performance after failover. AlloyDB continuously replicates transactions to the standby node to keep caches warm and to ensure that…

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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…