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azure: Retirement: Service Fabric support for Windows Server 2019 ends on March 31, 2027 - upgrade to Windows Server 2025

Azure Updates

2026-04-01

Service Fabric support for clusters running on Windows Server 2019 ends on March 31, 2027. Customers need to upgrade to Windows Server 2025 by then to stay supported.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Unlock Client-Side Configuration at Scale with Azure App Configuration and Azure Front Door

Azure Updates

2026-04-01

Azure App Configuration now integrates with Azure Front Door in public preview, allowing dynamic configuration to be delivered directly to client-side applications at CDN scale. The update focuses on secure distribution and new flexibility for modern app configurations.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Data Box enhances compliance with automatic Secure Erasure Certificates

Azure Updates

2026-04-01

Azure Data Box now automatically provides a downloadable Secure Erasure Certificate for each completed order. The certificate verifies the device data was securely erased according to NIST 800-88 Revision 2.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Data Box now supports Azure Files Provisioned v2

Azure Updates

2026-04-01

Azure Data Box now supports ingesting data into Azure Files Provisioned v2 storage accounts. Azure Files Provisioned v2 lets customers provision and pay for specific capacity, IOPS, and throughput.

azure: [In development] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files storage with cool access enhancement

Azure Updates

2026-04-01

Azure NetApp Files adds a QoS update for cool access on Premium and Ultra service levels. Throughput now adjusts automatically as data moves to cool storage, helping balance performance and cost for mixed hot and cool workloads.

azure: Retirement: Select Azure AI Language Features

Azure Updates

2026-04-01

Microsoft will retire eight Azure AI Language features on March 20, 2027. The notice lists Key Phrase Extraction, Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining, Custom Text Classification, Conversational Language Understanding (CLU), Custom Question Answering (CQA), and other related language features.

github: Codespaces is now generally available for GitHub Enterprise with data residency

GitHub

2026-04-01

GitHub Codespaces is now generally available for GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency. Enterprises can use cloud development environments with configurable security while keeping data residency requirements in place.

github: GPT-5.4 mini is now available in Copilot Student auto model selection

GitHub

2026-04-01

GPT-5.4 mini is now generally available to Copilot Student users through Copilot auto model selection. It is included in Auto for GitHub Copilot Chat in supported clients such as Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio.

github: GitHub Mobile: Stay in flow with a refreshed Copilot tab and native session logs

GitHub

2026-04-01

GitHub Mobile now includes a refreshed Copilot tab, native session logs, and additional in-app controls for agent sessions. The update is aimed at making it easier to manage agentic workflows from the mobile app.

github: GitHub Mobile: Faster, more flexible agent assignment from issues

GitHub

2026-04-01

GitHub Mobile adds an Assign an Agent option in the issue overflow menu, making it faster to delegate work from an issue. The update is focused on quicker access to agent assignment and more flexible delegation from mobile.

devops+ai: 🔥Agentic AI Email Bot on AWS Bedrock AgentCore: Full Architecture and O365 Integration (1/2)🔥

Let's do DevOps

2026-04-01

The page is an article introducing an agentic AI email bot built on AWS Bedrock AgentCore with Microsoft O365 integration. The provided excerpt is only a brief tagline and does not include implementation details.

github: Upcoming deprecation of Claude Sonnet 4 in GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2026-04-01

GitHub will deprecate Claude Sonnet 4 in all GitHub Copilot experiences on 2026-05-01. Users are directed to switch to the suggested alternative model.