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azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Zonal placement for Azure file shares Azure Files Premium LRS in select regions.

Azure Updates

2025-12-05

Zonal Placement for Azure Files Premium LRS is now generally available in select regions, allowing you to pin storage accounts to a specific availability zone for explicit control over zone locality, improved high availability, fault isolation, and more predictable behavior.

security: Microsoft named a leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Email Security

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-12-05

Microsoft was named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Email Security, highlighting the innovative capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Office 365.

github: Track Copilot code generation metrics in a dashboard

GitHub

2025-12-05

GitHub added Copilot lines-of-code (LoC) metrics to the code generation insights dashboard. Administrators can view these metrics for their enterprise via the Enterprises page.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Mistral Large 3 in Foundry

Azure Updates

2025-12-04

Mistral Large 3, a frontier-class open-weight model licensed under Apache 2.0, is now available in Microsoft Foundry on Azure in Public Preview, offering enterprise-grade reliability, long-context comprehension, and multimodal reasoning suitable for production use.

github: Actions workflow dispatch workflows now support 25 inputs

GitHub

2025-12-04

GitHub Actions workflow_dispatch triggers now accept up to 25 inputs (previously 10), making manually triggered workflows easier to parameterize for more complex scenarios.

dotnet: .NET Conf 2025 Recap – Celebrating .NET 10, Visual Studio 2026, AI, Community, & More

.NET

2025-12-04

.NET Conf 2025 recap highlighting major announcements including .NET 10 and Visual Studio 2026, AI features, community stories, and links to video recordings, slides, and demos so you can catch up on the event.

github: Notifications triggered by spam accounts are now correctly hidden

GitHub

2025-12-04

GitHub improved handling of notifications from spammy repositories and users so that notifications triggered by known spam accounts are now correctly hidden, producing clearer and more accurate notification counts.

azure: [Launched] Generally Availaible: Azure MCP Server support for Azure confidential ledger

Azure Updates

2025-12-04

Azure has announced general availability of MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server support for Azure Confidential Ledger. The MCP Server enables streamlined management of Azure resources, including Confidential Ledger, via natural-language prompts, simplifying interactions and operational workflows.

security: Cybersecurity strategies to prioritize now​​

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-12-04

A Microsoft Security Blog post by Damon Becknel, Vice President and Deputy CISO for Regulated Industries at Microsoft, that outlines four cybersecurity priorities organizations should focus on now. The short article provides high-level guidance aimed at regulated industries and security teams; read the original post on the Microsoft Security Blog for the specific recommended actions.

github: OpenAI’s GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is now in public preview for GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2025-12-04

GitHub announced that OpenAI’s GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is rolling out in public preview for GitHub Copilot and will be available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise customers.

github: CodeQL 2.23.6 adds Swift 6.2.1 and new C# security queries

GitHub

2025-12-04

CodeQL 2.23.6 has been released, adding support for Swift 6.2.1 and introducing new C# security queries. CodeQL is the static analysis engine behind GitHub code scanning, used to find and remediate security issues. The announcement appeared on The GitHub Blog.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Serverless workspaces in Azure Databricks

Azure Updates

2025-12-04

Azure Databricks now offers Serverless workspaces in Public Preview — a fully managed workspace option that includes preconfigured serverless compute and default storage to provide an enterprise-ready SaaS experience with minimal infrastructure management.