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github: Copilot code review: Generally available in Xcode and new admin control

GitHub

2025-08-27

Copilot code review is now generally available in Xcode. A new enterprise and organization setting for Copilot code review has been introduced for admins.

dotnet: EFCore.Visualizer – View Entity Framework Core query plan inside Visual Studio

.NET

2025-08-27

EFCore.Visualizer is a Visual Studio extension that lets developers visualize and analyze Entity Framework Core query execution plans directly inside the IDE.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Schema migration is now available in Azure Database Migration Service (DMS)

Azure Updates

2025-08-27

Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) now supports schema migration for Azure SQL Database, allowing users to migrate missing schema objects along with data using a simple checkbox option.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-August 2025

Azure Updates

2025-08-27

Azure SQL Database introduced a replication lag metric in late August 2025, enabling real-time monitoring of the recovery point objective (RPO) for Geo-DR configurations.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore)—add shards and rebalance data

Azure Updates

2025-08-27

Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) now supports adding physical shards and rebalancing data as clusters scale, leveraging its elastic compute and storage capabilities.

terraform: Terraform provider for Google Cloud 7.0 is now GA

Terraform

2025-08-27

Terraform Google Cloud provider version 7.0 is now generally available, introducing ephemeral resources, write-only attributes, and enhanced validation logic.

security: Storm-0501’s evolving techniques lead to cloud-based ransomware

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-08-27

Microsoft reports that financially motivated threat actor Storm-0501 has shifted from deploying on-premises endpoint ransomware toward cloud-based ransomware tactics, increasingly focusing on cloud-specific TTPs after previously targeting hybrid cloud environments.

github: Copilot code completion now uses the GPT-4.1 Copilot model

GitHub

2025-08-27

GitHub Copilot's code completion feature has been upgraded to use the GPT-4.1 Copilot model, which enhances coding capabilities and includes updated training data beyond the previous knowledge cutoff.

security: Microsoft ranked number one in modern endpoint security market share third year in a row

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-08-27

Microsoft was ranked number one in the modern endpoint security market share for the third consecutive year, according to a new IDC report, as announced on the Microsoft Security Blog.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Entra ID and RBAC support for GetAccountInfo and other supplemental APIs for Azure Storage

Azure Updates

2025-08-26

Entra ID and RBAC support for several Azure Storage supplemental APIs, including GetAccountInfo and ACL management for containers, queues, and tables, is now generally available.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Custom block response code and body for Application Gateway WAF

Azure Updates

2025-08-26

Azure Application Gateway WAF now publicly previews the ability to customize response status codes and bodies for blocked requests.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: CNI Overlay for Application Gateway for Containers and AGIC

Azure Updates

2025-08-26

Azure CNI Overlay for Application Gateway for Containers (AGIC) is now generally available. It allows AKS clusters to assign pod IPs from a separate CIDR, conserving VNet IP space and simplifying multi-cluster deployments.