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azure: Retirement: Legacy Authentication in Azure Monitor - Container Insights will be retired on September 30, 2026.

Azure Updates

2025-10-07

Azure will retire legacy authentication for Azure Monitor - Container Insights on September 30, 2026; customers should migrate to Managed Identity authentication.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: AI toolchain operator add-on (KAITO) for AKS

Azure Updates

2025-10-07

Microsoft announced general availability of the AI toolchain operator add-on (KAITO) for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). KAITO streamlines deployment of AI inference and fine-tuning workflows using popular open-source frameworks, with vLLM set as the default inference engine to simplify management and scaling of model serving.

github: Enterprise access restrictions now supports multiple enterprises

GitHub

2025-10-06

GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers with multiple Enterprise Managed Users (EMU) accounts can now use a single proxy header to block traffic to github.com that originates outside any of their enterprises. This update lifts the prior limitation that tied enterprise access restrictions to a single enterprise, simplifying network configuration for organizations with multiple EMU accounts.

security: Inside Microsoft Threat Intelligence: Calm in the chaos

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-10-06

Microsoft’s Incident Response team works effectively amid the disorder caused by fast-moving threat actors, treating compromised environments, missing data, and shaken confidence as the starting point for investigations, as described in the Microsoft Security Blog post "Inside Microsoft Threat Intelligence: Calm in the chaos."

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2025-10-06

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now generally supports PostgreSQL minor versions 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, 13.22 and 18 Beta 3; minor-version upgrades are applied automatically during monthly planned maintenance.

security: Investigating active exploitation of CVE-2025-10035 GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer vulnerability

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-10-06

Microsoft observed active exploitation of CVE-2025-10035, a deserialization vulnerability in the GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) License Servlet, by the financially motivated actor Storm-1175 (associated with Medusa ransomware). The blog post raises awareness and describes end-to-end protection coverage in Microsoft Defender.

github: Grok Code Fast 1 is now available in Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse

GitHub

2025-10-06

Grok Code Fast 1 is now available in public preview through GitHub Copilot Chat and is integrated into major IDEs including Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse. The preview is accessible to GitHub Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise plan subscribers.

k8s: Introducing Headlamp Plugin for Karpenter - Scaling and Visibility

Kubernetes Official Blog

2025-10-06

The Headlamp Karpenter Plugin integrates Karpenter autoscaling visibility into the Headlamp Kubernetes UI, providing real‑time maps, metrics, scaling decisions, pending‑pod diagnostics, and an editable, validated config editor to help users understand, debug, and tune node provisioning and autoscaling behavior.

azure: Retirement: Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance will be retired on Sep 30, 2026

Azure Updates

2025-10-03

Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance will be retired on September 30, 2026; customers will no longer be able to access the service after that date. Microsoft recommends transitioning to Operations Manager on-premises to continue monitoring on-premises workloads and consulting the retirement documentation for details.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: CLI command for migration from Availability Sets and basic load balancer on AKS

Azure Updates

2025-10-03

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now provides a generally available Azure CLI command to automatically migrate clusters using Availability Sets and the basic load balancer to the new Virtual Machines node pool and perform the required upgrade. Availability Sets and the basic load balancer are deprecated on September 30, 2025.

github: GitHub Copilot CLI: Enhanced model selection, image support, and streamlined UI

GitHub

2025-10-03

GitHub announced updates to Copilot CLI that add enhanced model selection, support for images, and a streamlined user interface following the product's public preview and active user feedback.

azure: Retirement: Azure Static Web Apps database connection feature

Azure Updates

2025-10-03

Azure Static Web Apps' database connections feature (currently in public preview) will be deprecated effective November 30, 2025 due to changes in underlying infrastructure. Customers should refactor deployments using this feature to avoid deployment issues.