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github: Claude Fable 5 is generally available for GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2026-06-09

Claude Fable 5 from Anthropic is now generally available in GitHub Copilot. GitHub describes it as a Mythos-class model aimed at long-horizon, autonomous coding and knowledge-work tasks.

security: Reconstructing AI activity in investigations

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-06-09

Microsoft published a security playbook for investigating AI activity in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Azure AI services. It focuses on using telemetry to reconstruct events, assess data exposure, and speed up threat detection.

github: Periodic code scanning of inactive repositories

GitHub

2026-06-09

GitHub code scanning now supports scheduled security scans for repositories with no pushes or pull requests for six months or longer. This helps organizations keep inactive repositories under periodic review.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure NC RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition v6 Series Virtual Machines

Azure Updates

2026-06-08

Azure NCv6-series virtual machines are now generally available in Southeast Asia and West US 2. They use NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs with 96 GB of memory per GPU.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Premium SSD v2 disks now support non-zonal Azure Virtual Machines

Azure Updates

2026-06-08

Azure Premium SSD v2 disks are now generally available for non-zonal, single-instance Azure virtual machines in select regions that have Availability Zones. This lets customers deploy Premium SSD v2 without choosing an Availability Zone.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Maintenance control for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - reschedule, apply on demand, view and download

Azure Updates

2026-06-08

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server maintenance control is generally available. The update adds the ability to reschedule maintenance, apply it on demand, and view/download maintenance details.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Foundry agent security capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Cloud are transitioning to a Microsoft Agent 365 license

Azure Updates

2026-06-08

Starting July 1, 2026, Microsoft Foundry agent security capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Cloud will move to a Microsoft Agent 365 license. Agent protection in Defender will use Agent 365 observability logs.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Site Recovery support for Linux Azure VMs with NVMe disk controllers.

Azure Updates

2026-06-08

Azure Site Recovery now supports replication and disaster recovery for Linux Azure VMs with NVMe disk controllers in Azure-to-Azure scenarios. The feature is in public preview and applies to NVMe-enabled Generation 2 VM families such as Da/Ea/Fa v6 and Ebsv5/Ebdsv5.

dotnet: .NET at Microsoft Build 2026: Must watch sessions

.NET

2026-06-08

Microsoft’s Build 2026 .NET post highlights sessions covering .NET 11, union types in C#, AI building blocks, the agentic web, and .NET MAUI. It is a session roundup rather than a product release note.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Managed Redis now supports Entra ID based RBAC for data management

Azure Updates

2026-06-08

Azure Managed Redis public preview adds Microsoft Entra ID-based RBAC for data access. This lets you control read, write, and admin permissions without using shared keys, using Redis ACLs underneath.

security: AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-06-08

Threat actors are using AI-related brands and public interest in AI as social engineering lures. Microsoft says attackers are both operationalizing AI to speed up attacks and exploiting AI hype to make scams more convincing.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Ingestion Volume Change dashboard in Metrics Usage Insights

Azure Updates

2026-06-05

Metrics Usage Insights now has an Ingestion Volume Change dashboard in public preview. It lets you compare ingestion volume over time to spot spikes or drops in time series counts and event ingestion rates.