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security: Improving email security outcomes with real-world Microsoft Defender insights

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-09-17

Microsoft says its latest email security benchmarking reports show strong Defender performance in both pre-delivery and post-delivery scenarios. The post also notes ongoing changes in how threats and defenses are evolving.

github: Workflow execution protections in GitHub Actions generally available

GitHub

2026-09-17

Workflow execution protections in GitHub Actions are now generally available for GitHub Enterprise, organizations, and repositories. The feature lets you define an allowlist to control who can execute workflows.

dotnet: Build Your Own AI Agent Harness in C#, the MafClaw Live Series

.NET

2026-09-16

Microsoft is running a 4-part live series showing how to build a C# AI agent harness with Microsoft Agent Framework, starting from a single IChatClient call and evolving it into a production-ready agent with observability and governance. The post is an announcement for the series and does not include technical implementation details.

github: Automate SSO authorization for classic PATs and SSH keys

GitHub

2026-09-16

GitHub Enterprise Cloud now lets enterprise admins automate SSO authorization for existing classic PATs and SSH keys across organizations, removing the need for developers to authorize each org manually.

github: SCIM user responses now include a profileUrl attribute

GitHub

2026-09-16

GitHub SCIM user responses now include the RFC 7643 standard `profileUrl` attribute. It returns the absolute URL of the GitHub account linked to the external identity.

github: Copilot budget increase requests are generally available

GitHub

2026-09-16

GitHub Copilot now supports a request flow for users who have exhausted their AI credits, allowing them to ask for a budget increase instead of being fully blocked from credit-consuming features. The feature is now generally available.

k8s: Kubernetes v1.37: Hardening Container Storage with Bind Mount Options and EmptyDir Permissions

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-09-16

Kubernetes v1.37 adds alpha support for bind mount options on volume mounts and configurable permission modes for emptyDir volumes. These features let users apply Linux mount flags like noexec, nosuid, and nodev, and set emptyDir modes such as 01777 or 0750 without init-container workarounds.

azure: Retirement Update: SAP container images removed October 14, 2026

Azure Updates

2026-09-16

SAP container images are scheduled for removal on October 14, 2026. The containerized SAP data connector retired on September 14, 2026 and is now unsupported and unmaintained, though existing TLS-compliant agents can still send logs through the retired HTTP Data Collector API.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-September 2026

Azure Updates

2026-09-16

Azure SQL added a public preview for soft delete on logical servers. When a logical server is deleted, it enters a soft-deleted state and can be restored within the configured window.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Red Hat OpenShift with hosted control planes

Azure Updates

2026-09-16

Azure Red Hat OpenShift with hosted control planes is now in public preview. This deployment option separates the OpenShift control plane into a fully managed service from the worker nodes that run customer workloads.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: PostgreSQL skills and MCP plugin for Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure Updates

2026-09-16

Microsoft previewed PostgreSQL skills and an MCP plugin for Azure Database for PostgreSQL. The plugin is intended to make supported AI coding assistants context-aware for PostgreSQL and able to provide guidance and perform actions on a connected database.

github: Code scanning AI Scan no longer requires CodeQL default setup

GitHub

2026-09-16

AI Scan for pull requests can now find security vulnerabilities even when CodeQL default setup is not enabled on a repository. Previously, AI Scan for pull requests required CodeQL default setup.