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azure: [Launched] Generally Available: ExpressRoute resiliency validation

Azure Updates

2025-11-05

Azure has made ExpressRoute Resiliency Validation generally available. The feature lets you perform site failovers for your Virtual Network Gateway to assess and validate network connectivity resiliency for ExpressRoute-enabled workloads.

azure: [Launched] Open Source: Announcing the DocumentDB Kubernetes Operator

Azure Updates

2025-11-05

Microsoft announced the open-source DocumentDB Kubernetes Operator, which lets you run DocumentDB (a MongoDB‑compatible, open-source document database built on PostgreSQL) on Kubernetes by extending the cluster with custom resource definitions (CRDs).

github: npm security update: Classic token creation disabled and granular token changes

GitHub

2025-11-05

GitHub announced an npm security update that disables creation of classic tokens and introduces the first changes toward a granular token management system to strengthen npm security.

vscode: A Unified Experience for all Coding Agents

Visual Studio Code

2025-11-05

The article announces that coding agents have become central to VS Code in 2025, describing new agent mode, Copilot integration, and the GitHub Copilot CLI while noting the growing ecosystem of agents from providers like OpenAI and Anthropic.

dotnet: Get Ready for .NET Conf 2025!

.NET

2025-11-04

Announcement: .NET Conf 2025 is scheduled for November 11–13, featuring .NET 10 and Visual Studio 2026, with a Student Zone on November 14.

github: GitHub Copilot policy update for unconfigured policies

GitHub

2025-11-04

GitHub fixed an issue that sometimes caused organization-level Copilot policies to display incorrect options when the enterprise-level policy was set to “Unconfigured.” The change ensures organizations now see the correct Copilot policy options in that scenario.

security: ​​Learn what generative AI can do for your security operations center

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-11-04

A new Microsoft Security Blog e-book explains how generative AI can improve security operations centers (SOCs) by reducing alert fatigue, accelerating triage and investigation, enabling proactive threat hunting, and more to boost SOC efficiency and effectiveness.

github: Required review by specific teams now available in rulesets

GitHub

2025-11-04

GitHub now lets repository administrators require approvals from specific teams to merge changes into protected branches using rulesets. You can target these team-based approval requirements to particular files and folders, giving finer-grained control over who must sign off on changes.

github: Delegate AI controls management to members of your enterprise

GitHub

2025-11-03

GitHub now lets enterprise owners delegate management of AI and Copilot policies and setup administration to specific enterprise members and teams, without requiring broad enterprise ownership.

github: Manage budgets and track usage with new billing API updates

GitHub

2025-11-03

GitHub expanded its billing APIs to let organizations programmatically manage budgets, track usage, and retrieve cost center data so finance and engineering teams can automate cost controls and reporting.

github: GitHub Copilot policy now supports agent mode in the IDE

GitHub

2025-11-03

GitHub admins can now control access to Copilot’s agent mode in IDEs through the Copilot policies page on github.com. The change is intended to give organizations better governance over who can use agent mode in development environments.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Object REST API

Azure Updates

2025-11-03

Azure NetApp Files is offering a Public Preview of an Object REST API — an S3-compatible REST API that lets customers bridge traditional file-based storage and modern cloud services, enabling reuse of existing data and integration with Microsoft Fabric.