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azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Single-click purchase for public SaaS offers

Azure Updates

2026-07-31

Eligible SaaS products in Microsoft Marketplace now support a single-page purchase flow in the Azure portal. Buyers can review plan, billing, resource group, contact details, and terms before completing the purchase.

github: Upcoming August 2026 model deprecations in GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2026-07-31

GitHub Copilot will deprecate several models across all Copilot experiences on September 1, 2026. The affected experiences include Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions.

security: CaptiveCrunch: Midnight Blizzard targets travelers worldwide for malware delivery and credential theft

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-07-31

Microsoft says Storm-2945, a sub-cluster of Midnight Blizzard, has been compromising sign-in portals at hospitality organizations since May 2026 to deliver malware to travelers and steal credentials. The campaign is named CaptiveCrunch and targets travelers worldwide.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Route-Maps for Azure Route Server

Azure Updates

2026-07-31

Route maps for Azure Route Server are in public preview. They let customers control inbound and outbound routing on hybrid connections by managing routes advertised to and from Azure Route Server BGP peerings.

github: Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash deprecated

GitHub

2026-07-31

GitHub has deprecated Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash across all Copilot experiences as of July 31, 2026. This includes Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-July

Azure Updates

2026-07-31

Azure SQL added a public preview of regex-based dynamic data masking. It extends built-in DDM with pattern-based masking for sensitive data such as emails, phone numbers, and identifiers.

github: Enterprise teams model policy targeting in public preview

GitHub

2026-07-31

GitHub has added user-based model policy targeting for enterprise teams in public preview. It is available to GitHub Enterprise customers with Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise licenses and lets AI administrators set a baseline policy.

github: Restricting npm bypass-2FA granular access tokens

GitHub

2026-07-31

npm granular access tokens configured to bypass 2FA can no longer be used for sensitive account, organization, and package management actions. Those operations now require an interactive 2FA challenge.

k8s: Kubernetes v1.37 Sneak Peek

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-07-31

Kubernetes v1.37 is planning several deprecations and a few feature graduations. Notable changes include deprecating kubectl run -f, forbidding Static Pods from referencing Secrets/ConfigMaps, starting deprecation of kube-proxy ipvs mode, and moving SELinuxMount to GA with possible workload impact.

dotnet: From generated code to trusted code with a unit-test agent

.NET

2026-07-31

Microsoft introduced an open-source polyglot unit-testing agent that analyzes a repository, generates unit tests, and verifies that the tests build and pass. The post focuses on moving from generated code to code that is checked and trusted through automated testing.

devops+ai: Had baby, Back September!

Let's do DevOps

2026-07-30

The post says the author had a baby in September and will be back later. They also note they won’t be using AI for a while.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in India South Central

Azure Updates

2026-07-30

Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server is now generally available in the India South Central Azure region. Users can deploy new flexible server instances in that region.