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azure: [Launched] Generally Available: PgBouncer 1.23.1 support in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2025-10-27

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now generally supports PgBouncer 1.23.1 as a built-in connection pooling feature to efficiently manage many client connections with low overhead.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: RHEL Software Reservations Now Available on Azure with Updated Pricing

Azure Updates

2025-10-27

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) software reservations are Generally Available on Azure again after updates to billing meters and pricing that resolve prior billing issues and align charges with Red Hat's new pricing.

dotnet: Announcing Sponsorship on NuGet.org

.NET

2025-10-23

The .NET Blog announces a new Sponsorship feature on NuGet.org designed to help users recognize and support package maintainers and to strengthen the NuGet community.

github: CodeQL 2.23.3 adds a new Rust query, Rust support, and easier C/C++ scanning

GitHub

2025-10-23

CodeQL 2.23.3 is a maintenance release for GitHub's static analysis engine that adds a new Rust query, improves Rust support, and makes C/C++ scanning easier, helping GitHub code scanning find and remediate security issues more effectively.

github: Selected Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini Copilot models are now deprecated

GitHub

2025-10-23

On October 23, 2025, GitHub deprecated selected Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions), according to a GitHub Blog changelog post.

github: Managing roles and governance via enterprise teams is in public preview

GitHub

2025-10-23

GitHub announced a public preview that expands enterprise teams' capabilities to manage roles and governance in enterprise accounts, building on last month's preview that enabled managing Copilot Business licenses.

dotnet: Upgrading to Microsoft Agent Framework in Your .NET AI Chat App

.NET

2025-10-23

This DevBlogs post provides a step-by-step guide to upgrading a .NET AI chat app to the Microsoft Agent Framework to improve architecture, enable better tool integration, and add intelligent reasoning features.

github: Organization custom properties are now available in public preview

GitHub

2025-10-23

GitHub announced that organization custom properties are available in public preview. These let you attach metadata to organizations—similar to repository custom properties—to simplify targeting of rulesets and policies across organizations.

security: Harden your identity defense with improved protection, deeper correlation, and richer context

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-10-23

Microsoft announced expanded Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) capabilities, including the new Microsoft Defender for Identity sensor now generally available, delivering improved protection, deeper correlation across signals, and richer contextual information to help organizations modernize their identity defenses.

azure: Retirement: Azure Computer Vision – Image Analysis will be retired on September 25, 2028

Azure Updates

2025-10-23

Microsoft announced the planned retirement of the Azure Computer Vision – Image Analysis service, with full support provided through September 25, 2028.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: VM vCore customization features disabling simultaneous multi-threading (SMT/HT) and constrained cores

Azure Updates

2025-10-22

Azure announced a public preview of VM vCore customization that gives customers greater control over virtual CPU configuration. The preview introduces two capabilities: disabling simultaneous multithreading (SMT/Hyper‑Threading) on vCPUs, and constraining the number of cores exposed to the guest. These options help optimize single‑threaded workload performance, reduce license costs by limiting visible cores, and improve CPU isolation and predictable performance. The features are available in public preview and can be configured through Azure management interfaces.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for mid-October 2025

Azure Updates

2025-10-22

In mid-October 2025 Azure SQL announced Generally Available updates: the redirect connection type was improved to require only port 1433 and promoted to the default, and you can convert an Azure SQL Database to Hyperscale while preserving existing geo configurations.