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2026 (3)

September (2)

azure: Retirement: Azure Communication Services (ACS) standalone services will be retired on September 30, 2028

Azure Updates

2026-09-24

Microsoft will retire several standalone Azure Communication Services offerings on September 30, 2028. After that date, the affected services will no longer be available.

security: Threat matrix: Mapping threats across cloud web applications

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-09-09

Microsoft introduced the Cloud Web Applications Threat Matrix, a MITRE ATT&CK-aligned framework for understanding and prioritizing threats against cloud-hosted web applications and serverless platforms. It is intended to help defenders map attacks and identify mitigations.

July (1)

security: Protecting Microsoft at AI speed: How SFI proactively hardens our cloud

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-07-08

Microsoft says its Secure Future Initiative (SFI) uses security requirements, threat intelligence, and operational frameworks to define what a well-defended cloud service should look like. It emphasizes continuously evaluating live services against those requirements at AI speed.