Microsoft and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) have struck a OneGov agreement to deliver steep discounts on Microsoft cloud services for federal agencies — including no‑cost access to Microsoft 365 Copilot for eligible G5 users for up to 12 months — a package GSA and Microsoft say...
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The Web3 infrastructure story that has been quietly brewing for years reached a new inflection point this cycle: large cloud providers are no longer passive hosts for blockchain experiments — they are active strategic partners, builders, and gatekeepers whose technical choices and compliance...
Microsoft’s Azure Local is a clear signal that hybrid cloud is no longer a stopgap—it's an operational imperative for many enterprises, and Microsoft has repackaged and extended its Azure Stack HCI lineage into a unified, Azure-native platform designed to run cloud-managed services inside...
A critical security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-53792, has been disclosed in the Azure Portal, Microsoft's web-based application for managing Azure services. This elevation of privilege vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to gain unauthorized administrative access, posing...
Microsoft’s latest unveiling of Azure Storage Discovery in public preview has captured the attention of IT professionals and cloud architects alike. Promising an unprecedented approach to visibility over sprawling Blob Storage deployments, this tool, now available to all Azure users, marks a...
Cloud computing has become the de facto standard for modern enterprise IT infrastructure, and its resilience is vital to sustaining digital business operations. Azure, Microsoft’s global public cloud, serves some of the world’s largest organizations in sectors including finance, gaming, and...
When deploying and managing virtual machines (VMs) in Microsoft Azure, system administrators frequently rely on the Azure VM Agent to facilitate robust communication between each guest operating system and Azure’s underlying Fabric Controller. This crucial software component acts as the bridge...
Azure Monitor Agent, the flagship monitoring solution for Microsoft’s cloud workloads, has come under intense scrutiny due to the public disclosure of a serious security vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-47988. This remote code execution (RCE) flaw exposes vital enterprise environments to the...
For organizations managing workloads in increasingly distributed environments, the edge has become both a crucial opportunity and a daunting challenge. As edge computing explodes, everything from retail stores to healthcare clinics and remote manufacturing plants demands intelligent applications...
Azure’s ongoing evolution as a cloud services leader pivots significantly around the critical theme of observability, and recent moves to integrate first-class OpenTelemetry (OTel) support for both Logic Apps and Azure Functions signal a deepening commitment to industry standards and...
Microsoft’s continued push for open and standardized observability has taken a big leap forward, as Azure Logic Apps (Standard and Hybrid) and Azure Functions introduce support for OpenTelemetry, the open-source observability framework that has become a de facto standard for tracing, logging...
In a significant move towards digital transformation, Bacancy, a prominent Azure consulting firm, has partnered with a leading Australian logistics company to modernize its operations using Microsoft Azure. This collaboration addresses the logistics provider's challenges with legacy systems...
Azure Monitor Logs has long been a critical pillar of Microsoft’s cloud monitoring toolkit, granting organizations broad visibility into their infrastructure by collecting, retaining, and analyzing telemetry and performance data across Azure resources, virtual machines, and applications. With...
Microsoft's integration of Grafana dashboards into Azure Monitor marks a significant advancement in cloud monitoring and visualization capabilities. This collaboration combines Azure Monitor's comprehensive telemetry data with Grafana's versatile visualization tools, offering users an enhanced...
There is currently no direct, detailed discussion of CVE-2025-30390 (Azure ML Compute Elevation of Privilege) in your uploaded documents or in recent forums. However, based on the general information about Azure elevation of privilege vulnerabilities and other recent, similar cases, here’s what...
Breaking through the learning curve of securing application networks in Azure is a challenge that virtually every Windows professional or DevOps engineer will encounter. The importance of robust cloud security has only magnified as businesses migrate mission-critical workloads and sensitive data...
Navigating cloud expenditures can become a make-or-break aspect for organizations of any size, whether a small business, a budding tech startup, or a global powerhouse with extensive infrastructure. With businesses rapidly adopting cloud environments like Microsoft Azure, the fine balance...
Microsoft’s grand vision for bridging the world between AI agents and resource-rich cloud environments just took a massive leap forward with the public preview of the open-source Azure MCP Server. In a universe already swirling with new abbreviations and protocols, it feels as if Redmond just...
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There comes a pivotal moment in every IT department’s journey when the question quietly arises over the morning coffee and under the fluorescent hum: “Should we finally give Azure Virtual Desktop a real try?” If you’ve been loyally tending your Citrix farms or tiptoeing through a VMware...
Microsoft's recent expansion of the Azure Monitor Network Security Perimeter to 56 public cloud regions marks a noteworthy leap for organizations keen on enhancing their network security posture in today's threat landscape. This expansion isn't just a tick in a checkbox—it's a robust move...