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ai: Foundry Local Meets More Silicon

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-09-23

Foundry Local is a high-performance local AI runtime from Azure AI Foundry that brings model execution and hardware acceleration to client devices. It enables developers to build and ship cross-platform AI apps that run accelerated models on a wide range of silicon.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Site Recovery Support for Virtual Machines with Premium SSD v2 disks

Azure Updates

2025-09-23

Azure Site Recovery (ASR) now generally available for Virtual Machines using Premium SSD v2 disks, enabling seamless disaster recovery across Azure regions and from on-premises to Azure to help maintain business continuity.

github: Accelerate remediation with security campaigns and assignable alerts for code scanning and secret scanning

GitHub

2025-09-23

GitHub announced two enhancements to speed up remediation of security issues: expanding security campaigns to cover secret scanning alerts and adding assignable alerts for both code scanning and secret scanning so teams can assign ownership and track remediation.

github: OpenAI GPT-5-Codex is rolling out in public preview for GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2025-09-23

OpenAI’s GPT-5-Codex, a model optimized for agentic coding, is rolling out in public preview for GitHub Copilot. The model will be available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users.

azure: Retirement: NVv3-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on September 30,2026

Azure Updates

2025-09-23

Microsoft will retire specific NVv3-series Azure virtual machines (Standard_NV12s_v3, Standard_NV12hs_v3, Standard_NV24s_v3, Standard_NV24ms_v3, Standard_NV32ms_v3, Standard_NV48s_v3) on September 30, 2026. Customers must plan and migrate affected workloads before that date to avoid disruption.

security: Microsoft Purview delivered 30% reduction in data breach likelihood

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-09-23

A Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact study, commissioned by Microsoft, found that unifying data security, governance, and compliance on Microsoft Purview reduced the likelihood of data breaches by 30% and delivered measurable benefits for modernizing data protection.

github: Incremental security analysis with CodeQL is now available for all languages

GitHub

2025-09-23

GitHub announced that CodeQL analysis on pull requests is now incremental for Go, C#, C/C++ and Swift, meaning all CodeQL-supported languages now use the new incremental analysis to provide faster security scans and feedback.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: GitHub Copilot app modernization capabilities for Java and .NET are now available

Azure Updates

2025-09-23

Microsoft announced general availability of GitHub Copilot app modernization capabilities for Java and .NET. The offering is designed to reduce redundant, complex work involved in modernizing applications so developers can focus on innovation, while helping ensure apps remain secure, scalable, and up to date.

github: GitHub Copilot app modernization is now generally available for Java and .NET

GitHub

2025-09-23

GitHub Copilot app modernization is now generally available for Java and .NET projects. The feature helps teams assess applications, apply automated code transformations, patch builds, and containerize services quickly—reducing modernization work to days.

github: Copilot-SWE model rolling out to Visual Studio Code Insiders

GitHub

2025-09-22

GitHub is rolling out Copilot-SWE, an experimental Copilot model optimized for code-related tasks, to Visual Studio Code Insiders as a technical preview.

k8s: Kubernetes v1.34: Pod Level Resources Graduated to Beta

Kubernetes Official Blog

2025-09-22

Kubernetes v1.34 graduates Pod Level Resources to Beta and enables it by default. The feature lets you declare CPU, memory and hugepages for an entire Pod (in addition to per-container settings), with pod-level requests used for scheduling and pod-level limits acting as an absolute runtime cap; it improves intra-pod sharing and QoS handling but has several platform and feature limitations.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Using Server-sent events with Application Gateway

Azure Updates

2025-09-22

Azure Application Gateway now generally supports Server-sent events (SSE), enabling real-time server-to-client data streaming over a persistent HTTP connection for seamless client updates.