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    Azure SDK for Rust GA: Stable 1.0 Crates for Identity, Key Vault, Storage

    Microsoft made the Azure SDK for Rust generally available in May 2026, shipping stable 1.0.0 crates for Core, Identity, Key Vault, Blob Storage, and Queue Storage so Rust applications can use production-supported Azure client libraries. The practical significance is not that Rust suddenly works...
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    Terraform Azure VM Domain Join: Secure, Scalable AD Enrollment with JsonADDomainExtension

    Terraform can provision an Azure Windows VM and, with a single VM extension call, make that VM an Active Directory member so it’s ready for work the moment provisioning finishes — but doing this safely and reliably at scale requires careful choices about secrets, identities, network design and...
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    Preventing Azure AD Credential Leaks: Secure appsettings.json and Secrets

    A publicly exposed appsettings.json file that contained Azure Active Directory application credentials has created a direct, programmatic attack path into affected tenants — a misconfiguration that can let attackers exchange leaked ClientId/ClientSecret pairs for OAuth 2.0 access tokens and then...
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    Microsoft IIS and Windows Server 2025: A Comprehensive Guide to Security and Operations

    Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) and its relationship with Windows Server have once again become a focus. Recent reports from Hong Kong and international media, along with practical feedback from community forums, show that as Microsoft continues to release security patches and...
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    Metadata-Driven Zero-Trust MLOps on Azure with Entra ID, Key Vault & Private Link

    Zero-trust is not an add-on for AI pipelines — it must be baked into the fabric of how data, models and orchestration talk to one another. In a recent InfoWorld piece, the author laid out a metadata-driven, zero-trust MLOps reference architecture on Azure that combines Microsoft Entra ID, Azure...
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    Azure Cloud HSM with Marvell LiquidSecurity PCIe HSMs (FIPS 140-3 L3)

    Microsoft’s Azure Cloud HSM service will now run on Marvell’s LiquidSecurity family of hardware security modules (HSMs), a move that extends Marvell’s existing footprint across Azure Key Vault and Managed HSM and brings PCIe‑attached, FIPS‑validated, cloud‑optimized HSM hardware into Microsoft’s...
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    Azure Cloud HSM Powered by Marvell LiquidSecurity FIPS 140-3 Level 3 PCIe HSMs

    Microsoft has selected Marvell’s LiquidSecurity family of hardware security modules (HSMs) to power its Azure Cloud HSM offering — a move that consolidates Marvell’s role across Azure’s key management portfolio and brings FIPS 140‑3 Level 3‑certified, high‑density PCIe HSMs into Microsoft’s...
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    CVE-2025-53781: Secure Azure Virtual Machines from Information Disclosure

    Azure Virtual Machines are affected by an information disclosure vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-53781, a flaw Microsoft lists in its Security Update Guide that describes the exposure of sensitive information from Azure-hosted virtual machines which could allow an attacker with certain...
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    Microsoft Azure SDK for Rust Beta: Revolutionizing Cloud Development

    The official Azure SDK for Rust has officially entered its beta phase, marking a significant milestone for both Microsoft and the Rust community. This new collection of libraries is designed to simplify development for Rust programmers while seamlessly integrating with a wide array of Azure...