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Azure Machine Learning is retiring the Preview features for importing data from external sources and using external Data Connections. These features will stop being available after September 30, 2026.
GitHub says Copilot cloud agent, formerly Copilot coding agent, is no longer limited to pull-request workflows. This expands how it can be used for research, planning, and coding tasks.
Azure DevOps March 2026 updates include the Remote MCP Server entering public preview. The release also mentions security improvements.
Azure Event Grid is adding Public Preview features for event-driven architectures, focused on improved interoperability, control, and security. The announced preview includes cross-tenant webhook delivery and related capabilities for managing large-scale distributed systems.
Dependabot now supports Swift package dependencies in Xcode projects that use .xcodeproj bundles to manage packages, even when there is no Package.swift file. It can detect and update those dependencies directly from the Xcode project manifest.
User delegation SAS is now generally available for Azure Tables, Azure Files, and Azure Queues. It provides a more secure SAS option than account or service SAS by binding the token to the delegator.
Azure Event Grid has added several generally available capabilities to improve event-driven system management, interoperability, and control. The announced GA feature shown in the provided content is MQTT Message Ordering, which preserves in-order delivery of MQTT messages.
Microsoft Azure has launched a new cloud region in Denmark, called Denmark East. It provides local cloud infrastructure for Danish customers with support for data residency and low-latency access.
GitHub secret scanning added nine new secret detectors from seven providers as part of a coverage update. The update includes detectors for providers such as Langchain, Salesforce, and Figma, along with additional secret types from Figma, Google, and OpenVSX.
Microsoft says critical infrastructure leaders should update readiness planning for 2026 based on current threat intelligence trends across sectors. The post frames the article around five facts CI leaders need to act on now.
Manually registered Azure VPN clients for point-to-site connections using Microsoft Entra ID authentication will be retired on March 31, 2029 in Azure Government and Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet clouds. Users should take action to avoid disruption.
Azure Premium SSD v2 is now generally available in US Gov Arizona. The disk type is a next-generation block storage option for Azure VMs and is available in a region without Availability Zones.
Microsoft Security published guidance for CISOs on securing AI systems by applying established security fundamentals to AI-powered environments. The post focuses on practical steps for managing AI risk rather than introducing new product features.
CodeQL 2.25.0 has been released and updates Swift analysis support to version 6.2.4. This release affects GitHub code scanning users who analyze Swift code with CodeQL.
Microsoft describes a malware campaign delivered through WhatsApp messages that uses VBS scripts to start a multi-stage infection chain. The attackers rely on renamed Windows utilities and cloud-hosted payloads to install MSI backdoors and keep persistent access on compromised systems.
Microsoft describes a malware campaign distributed through WhatsApp messages that uses VBS scripts to start a multi-stage infection chain. The attackers use renamed Windows tools and cloud-hosted payloads to deploy MSI backdoors and keep persistent access on infected systems.
CodeQL pull request insights in GitHub Security Overview now include Copilot Autofix and alert statistics from all protected branches, instead of only the default branch.
Starting May 1, 2026, GitHub Enterprise Cloud on ghe.com will expand the EU data residency region to include Azure infrastructure in EFTA countries, specifically Norway and Switzerland. This affects the EU data residency region for customers using GitHub Enterprise Cloud on ghe.com.
Azure VM and VMSS now support Ephemeral OS Disk with full caching in public preview. The OS disk image is cached entirely on local VM storage to improve OS disk performance.
Azure Monitor will deprecate the sidecar used for remote-write of Prometheus metrics to Azure Monitor Workspace on March 31, 2027. Microsoft recommends moving to a self-hosted configuration and notes the change is intended to improve reliability and reduce complexity.
Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now generally available in the Indonesia Central Azure region. This expands regional deployment options for customers running OpenShift workloads on Azure.
Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL will be retired on March 31, 2029. Users must migrate to Azure Database for PostgreSQL Elastic Cluster before that date.
Azure Premium SSD v2 is now generally available in South India. The region does not have Availability Zones, and the disk type provides sub-millisecond latency as a next-generation general-purpose block storage option for Azure VMs.
Microsoft published a security blog post mapping OWASP’s Top 10 risks for agentic applications to mitigations in Microsoft Copilot Studio. The article frames agentic AI as introducing new security risks and presents Copilot Studio as a way to address them.
GitHub now lets you create Issues from Slack using the GitHub app and natural-language prompts. Mention @GitHub in a Slack channel, describe the work, and it will create the issue in GitHub.
Kubernetes v1.36 is planned for April 22, 2026 and includes API deprecations/removals plus several feature graduations. Notable changes are deprecating Service .spec.externalIPs, disabling the gitRepo volume driver, and promoting SELinux volume labeling and external ServiceAccount token signing to GA.
Microsoft says Defender uses Microsoft Security Exposure Management to apply asset-aware protection for high-value systems such as domain controllers, web servers, and identity infrastructure. The article describes real-world attack scenarios and defense techniques for those critical assets.
GitHub has deprecated Gemini 3 Pro across all GitHub Copilot experiences as of March 26, 2026. This includes Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions.
GitHub extended the Credential revocation API to support GitHub OAuth and GitHub App credentials. The API can now be used to programmatically revoke exposed credentials found in repositories or elsewhere.
GitHub Copilot coding agent can now resolve merge conflicts on pull requests. Users can trigger it by mentioning @copilot in a PR comment and asking it to handle the conflicts.
GitHub has released a public preview of a refreshed pull requests dashboard at github.com/pulls. It adds a new pull request inbox and saved views for organizing and prioritizing pull requests.
GitHub Actions run summaries now show Agentic Workflow markdown configs for agentic workflows. This makes it easier to review runs without leaving the summary page.
GitHub added support for surfacing coding agent sessions in Issues and Projects, so agent activity can be tracked directly in planning workflows. The update includes agent sessions shown under assignees in GitHub Issues and agent activity integration in GitHub Projects.
Late-March 2026 Azure SQL updates include support for configuring built-in SQL code analysis rules and severity settings without editing project XML, and new Fabric connectivity and provisioning options. The release note text is truncated, so only the listed items can be confirmed.
Custom images for GitHub-hosted runners are now generally available. The feature, first released in public preview in October 2025, lets users build on GitHub-curated base images for hosted runners.
GitHub announced enhancements to the public preview of GitHub Copilot coding agent for Jira based on early customer feedback. The provided excerpt does not include the specific feature changes.
Azure Cosmos DB Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric now supports private endpoints and is generally available. This lets you run analytics on operational data while keeping network traffic private.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now offers a public preview of blue-green agent pool upgrades. The feature creates a parallel node pool with the new configuration so you can validate it before moving workloads, reducing risk from in-place upgrades.
GitHub updated its Privacy Statement and Terms of Service to clarify how it handles user data. The changes take effect on April 24.
GitHub Copilot usage metrics now show which users have Copilot coding agent (CCA) activity. Enterprise and organization admins can use this to identify active CCA users by day and other usage views.
Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server now has public preview support for Fabric Mirroring integration. It lets you replicate operational MySQL data into Microsoft Fabric in near real time without building or maintaining ETL pipelines.
Azure SQL Managed Instance now supports public preview of change event streaming (CES), which streams row-level inserts, updates, and deletes to Azure Event Hubs in near real time. Events are published as transactions commit to reduce latency.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL migration service now supports Google AlloyDB as a source. This enables migration and consolidation of PostgreSQL estates from AlloyDB into Azure using secure, reliable workflows.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL migration service now supports EDB PostgreSQL as a source, specifically EDB Postgres Extended Server. This enables migration and consolidation of compatible EDB PostgreSQL estates into Azure using secure, reliable workflows.
Azure online PostgreSQL migrations now use the pgoutput plugin for generally available online (minimal-downtime) migration. The change is intended to improve reliability, performance, and compatibility with PostgreSQL logical replication.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL now supports changing the cron.timezone server parameter for pg_cron. This lets scheduled jobs be evaluated and run in a specified time zone instead of the default.
Repository admins can now disable comments on individual commits. GitHub added a new “Commits” section in repository settings to manage this behavior.
Microsoft points readers to its Secure Access report, which argues that identity has become a key attack surface and that a unified identity and access strategy improves protection.
Microsoft describes a Trivy supply-chain compromise in which attackers abused trusted distribution channels to deliver credential-stealing malware into CI/CD pipelines. The post outlines attacker techniques plus detection, investigation, and defense steps for security teams.
Azure Container Networking Services (ACNS) for AKS now supports container network metrics filtering in general availability. This lets operators reduce metric volume and focus on operationally relevant data.
Azure has a public preview of an AI Agent for container networking troubleshooting. It provides a lightweight web-based interface to help correlate logs and metrics for Kubernetes networking incidents.
GitHub now lets you mention @copilot in any pull request to request changes directly in the PR. One announced use case is fixing failing GitHub Actions workflows and tests.
GitHub introduced public preview REST APIs for managing Copilot coding agent repository access programmatically at the organization level. This lets organization owners control access at scale through the API instead of only manual settings.
Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager is adding cross-cluster networking in public preview. The update targets networking across multiple Kubernetes clusters to improve global service discovery, performance, and observability in distributed microservice environments.
AKS public preview adds managed GPU metrics for NVIDIA GPU-enabled node pools. The metrics are exposed automatically into managed Prometheus, giving teams GPU performance and utilization visibility alongside Kubernetes metrics.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) container network logs are now generally available. The feature adds visibility into pod/network traffic to help diagnose Kubernetes networking issues and failures.
Azure Container Storage v2.1.0 is generally available and adds Elastic SAN integration. It lets Kubernetes clusters use storage from a shared pool and supports on-demand installation.
Azure Monitor now lets you enable Prometheus recommended alerts with one click in the Azure Portal for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters. The alerts are based on enhanced Prometheus community rules and expand monitoring coverage for cluster scenarios.
Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Application Network is in public preview. It targets Kubernetes environments spread across regions and clusters by adding application-layer networking controls and visibility beyond IP-based networking.
Azure AKS preview introduces Application Routing with meshless Istio as a supported ingress migration path after ingress-nginx deprecation, without requiring a full service mesh. It is positioned around Kubernetes Gateway API support and Istio-based routing.
Azure Monitor now has public preview support for native OTLP ingestion. You can send telemetry from OpenTelemetry-instrumented apps and platforms directly to Azure Monitor using the OpenTelemetry Collector.
The report discusses how to govern AI agent behavior by aligning user, developer, role, and organizational intent for secure enterprise AI adoption.
CodeQL pull request scans for C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and Ruby are now incremental, which improves scan speed. GitHub had already sped up pull request scans earlier this year.
Gemini 3.1 Pro is now in public preview for Copilot Enterprise, Business, Pro, and Pro+ users. It can be accessed in GitHub Copilot Chat and in JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse.
GitHub now lets repository admins manage secret scanning push protection exemptions from a repository’s settings. Before this change, exemptions were only configurable through organization- and enterprise-level security configurations.
Microsoft announced Version 2 of Generative AI for Beginners .NET, a free course rebuilt for .NET 10. It adds Microsoft.Extensions.AI, updated RAG patterns, and new agent framework content across five lessons focused on production-ready AI apps.
Microsoft Defender blocked a human-operated ransomware attack that used Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to disable defenses and deploy encryption at scale. Predictive shielding hardened 700 devices in time, preventing any GPO-based encryptions and blocking most of the attempted impact.
The .NET team reports on ten months of using GitHub Copilot Coding Agent in dotnet/runtime and summarizes lessons from cloud-AI-assisted development. The post is a data-driven retrospective rather than a feature release.
Azure SQL preview updates in mid-March 2026 add changes aimed at reducing storage, I/O, and memory use while improving performance without requiring index maintenance jobs. The provided note is truncated and does not include the full list of enhancements.
Azure SQL Elastic Query using the Shard_Map_Manager external data source type reaches end of support on March 31, 2027. Existing workloads can keep running, but this mode will no longer receive updates or support.
Ingress2Gateway 1.0 is a stable migration assistant for moving from Ingress to Gateway API, with expanded Ingress-NGINX annotation support and more detailed warnings for unsupported or lossy translations. The release emphasizes controller-level integration tests and safer migration workflows, including manual review, validation in a dev cluster, and gradual traffic shifting.
Copilot usage metrics now map activity that was previously shown as “Auto” to the actual model used when auto model selection is enabled. This gives clearer model-level reporting in Copilot usage data.
Kubernetes SIG Apps is developing Agent Sandbox, a new API for singleton, stateful AI agent workloads that need persistent identity, isolation, and suspend/resume behavior. The project adds a Sandbox CRD plus extensions like warm pools to reduce cold starts and support untrusted code execution.
Azure Sphere will be retired on July 31, 2031. After that date, Microsoft will stop providing customer application, OS, bug, and security updates, as well as DAA certificate issuance.
Microsoft introduced CTI-REALM, an open-source benchmark for evaluating AI agents on end-to-end detection engineering. It measures whether agents can turn cyber threat intelligence into validated detection rules.
Microsoft announced new security capabilities for the agentic AI era at RSAC 2026, focused on securing agents, securing AI foundations, and using agents alongside experts for defense. The post frames these as purpose-built additions to cover the AI estate end to end.
GitHub says commits made by Copilot coding agent are authored by Copilot with the assigning human listed as co-author, and that these commits can now be traced back to the agent session logs. This is meant to make it easier to inspect how a given commit was produced.
GitHub says the Copilot extension for Raycast can now be used to monitor Copilot coding agent logs live. The post links Raycast’s launcher and extension support with GitHub Copilot agent log viewing.
GitHub Mobile for Android has updated its navigation to be more consistent and intuitive across the app. The change focuses on smoother movement between key areas like Home and other main sections.
GitHub added session log visibility for Copilot coding agent tasks. You can now review what the agent did while it worked in the background before approving its changes.
Microsoft says custom-built AI agents are being used to improve the .NET MAUI contribution workflow, with reported 50–70% reductions in issue resolution time. The post also claims increased test coverage and code quality.
GitHub Actions added support for time zones in scheduled workflows and the ability to use environments without automatic deployments. This release focuses on removing a couple of workflow configuration limitations.
Actions Runner Controller (ARC) 0.14.0 is generally available. The release adds multilabel support for runner scale sets, switches to the actions/scaleset library client, and introduces resource customization options.
GitHub says Copilot coding agent now starts work 50% faster. The update applies when handing work to the agent through supported entry points such as assigning an issue to Copilot.
Microsoft added a new AI pillar to its Zero Trust materials, including an updated workshop, reference architecture, guidance, and a new assessment tool. The announcement focuses on applying Zero Trust principles to AI systems.
GitHub Codespaces with data residency now supports Japan as a region. This adds Japan to the existing EU and Australia data residency regions.
Azure Databricks now supports OneLake catalog federation in public preview. It lets Unity Catalog query Microsoft Fabric OneLake data without copying it, while automatically syncing schemas and tables from the connected OneLake catalog.
Microsoft Azure will retire NP-series VM sizes Standard_NP10s, Standard_NP20s, and Standard_NP40s on May 31, 2027. Users should migrate workloads to alternative Azure GPU VM sizes before that date to avoid service disruption.
Microsoft Azure will retire HC-series VM sizes Standard_HC44rs, Standard_HC44-16rs, and Standard_HC44-32rs on May 31, 2027. Users should plan to migrate to a current supported VM size before the retirement date.
Microsoft Azure will retire HBv2-series VM sizes on May 31, 2027. The affected sizes are Standard_HB120rs_v2, Standard_HB120-96rs_v2, Standard_HB120-64rs_v2, Standard_HB120-32rs_v2, and Standard_HB120-16rs_v2.
GitHub is rolling out docked panels on pull request “Files changed” pages so reviewers can keep pull request context open side-by-side while reviewing code. The panels include overview, comments, and merge status.
Hierarchy view in GitHub Projects is now generally available. It is enabled by default for all new project views, and existing views can be updated to use it.
Microsoft says threat actors are using tax-season urgency to deliver phishing and malware via refund notices, payroll forms, filing reminders, and fake tax-professional requests. The lures can include malicious attachments, links, and QR codes.
GitHub says Copilot coding agent now automatically runs project tests and linting, plus GitHub validation tools such as CodeQL, advisory database checks, and secret scanning. The new update lets you configure which validation tools the agent uses.
The Emissions Impact Dashboard for Azure, hosted by Power BI, will be retired on March 31, 2027. After that date, it will no longer be accessible and technical support will end.
Azure Red Hat OpenShift now generally supports managed identities and workload identities. This lets clusters and applications run on Azure without long-lived service principal credentials.
Azure SQL received mid-March 2026 updates including direct publishing of SQL database projects from Visual Studio Code and the ability to view and edit SQL table data directly in MSSQ.
GitHub Copilot is now generally available in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22. It adds AI-powered assistance inside SSMS, including natural-language help to develop, explain, and fix SQL-related tasks.
Azure announced a public preview of SQL MCP Server, an MCP connector for production databases. It is part of Data API Builder and is intended to provide a simple, predictable, and secure way to connect AI agents to data workflows.
The MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code adds a public preview of GitHub Copilot integration in Schema Designer. This expands the visual schema design workflow with AI-assisted help based on developer feedback.
SQL Database Projects are now in public preview in SSMS, bringing schema-as-code workflows for database development. The preview supports source-controlled schemas, repeatable deployments, and code quality checks in the development process.
The post recommends securing production Kubernetes debugging with least-privilege RBAC, short-lived identity-bound credentials, and a just-in-time access gateway instead of shared bastions, cluster-admin access, or long-lived SSH keys. It outlines practical patterns for namespace-scoped roles, group-based bindings, OIDC or client-certificate auth, and gateway-mediated sessions with audit logging and automatic expiration.
Azure SQL Database now supports versionless keys for transparent data encryption (TDE). This removes the need to reference a specific key version in Azure Key Vault or Managed HSM, simplifying customer-managed key setup and reducing maintenance.
Azure Databricks has launched a Lakeflow Connect Free Tier in Azure Databricks. Each workspace gets 100 free DBUs per day for ingestion from SaaS applications and databases, which is described as supporting roughly 100 million records per workspace per day.
The MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code adds Data API builder in public preview with built-in GitHub Copilot integration. It provides a guided experience for generating backend APIs directly in the development workflow.
GitHub introduced GPT-5.3-Codex as a long-term support (LTS) model for GitHub Copilot, aimed at giving enterprises a stable option for internal security and safety reviews. The LTS commitment is available for Copilot Business and Copilot plans.
The post says observability is becoming necessary as AI systems become more autonomous, because visibility into AI behavior can help detect risk earlier and support secure development. It is presented as a Microsoft Security Blog article focused on proactive risk detection.
AKS released new Kubernetes patch versions, updated several components and node images, and introduced/expanded features including OTLP gRPC support for Azure Monitor Profile, GA auto-instrumentation, and broader Azure Linux GPU and KAITO support. It also announced deprecations and behavior changes, including retirement dates for Flatcar preview support and deprecation of Kubernetes LTS 1.28.
Copilot coding agent now supports a semantic code search tool, so it can find relevant code by meaning instead of exact text matches. GitHub says this should make the agent faster when working in codebases.
Dependabot can now alert on npm dependencies that match known malware advisories. When malware alerting is enabled, it checks repository npm dependencies against malicious package versions.
GitHub MCP Server can now scan code changes for exposed secrets before commit or pull request creation. The feature is intended to catch credential leaks early in AI coding agent workflows.
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.20 is generally available. The release focuses on deployment efficiency, monitoring, code security, and policy management, with an improved merge experience among the highlighted changes.
Microsoft announced general availability of the next-generation Foundry Agent Service. It introduces a redesigned API format and runtime experience for building and operating agents from prototype to production.
Azure WAF has made Default Rule Set (DRS) 2.2 generally available on Azure Application Gateway and Azure Front Door. The managed ruleset support policy is being updated to reflect this release and provide more predictable support guidance.
Microsoft will retire Azure VMware Solution AV36P and AV52 nodes on June 30, 2029. Existing AV36P and AV52 Reserved Instance terms are not affected, but customers should review RI expirations and plan migration before the retirement date.
GPT-5.4 mini is now generally available in GitHub Copilot and is rolling out to users. GitHub says early tests show it as OpenAI’s highest-performing mini agentic coding model.
GitHub Copilot usage metrics now includes organization-level GitHub Copilot CLI activity. Organization admins can view CLI-specific activity and usage totals in 1-day usage metrics, completing telemetry coverage across enterprise, user, and organization levels.
The post describes RT.Assistant, a real-time multi-agent voice bot built with .NET, F#, Microsoft.Extensions.AI, .NET MAUI, and the OpenAI Realtime API. It is presented as a guest blog post on the .NET Blog.
GitHub added push protection exemptions for secret scanning at the organization level. Specific roles, teams, and GitHub Apps can now be exempted, with exemption status checked on each push.
GitHub Advanced Security now has a guided setup experience for organizations. It lets admins set up and configure Advanced Security more easily, including editing configurations and repository settings.
GitHub changed repository permissions for Code Quality: security managers can no longer enable or disable GitHub Code Quality unless they are also repository administrators. The ability to toggle Code Quality is now limited to repository admins.
Kubernetes rewrote the core of its image promoter (kpromo/promo-tools), removing legacy code and splitting promotion into distinct phases. The new pipeline improved performance and reliability, shipped in v4.2.0–v4.4.0, and kept user-facing flags and manifests unchanged.
Foundry Agent Service is now generally available with several new production features, including end-to-end private networking, Voice Live integration, expanded MCP authentication, GA evaluations with continuous monitoring, and hosted agent deployments in six additional Azure regions.
Azure Batch will stop supporting Windows Server 2016 Marketplace images on Batch pools on January 12, 2027. This follows the end of extended support for Windows Server 2016.
Azure Batch will begin a system-initiated migration from Low-Priority VMs to Spot VMs starting March 1, 2026. Low-Priority VMs were retired on September 30, 2025, and the change aligns Batch with Azure Spot infrastructure.
Microsoft Azure will end support for NVv3 and NVv4-series virtual machines in Azure Batch pools on September 30, 2026. The notice lists affected NVv3 sizes, including Standard_NV12s_v3, NV12hs_v3, NV24s_v3, NV24ms_v3, NV32ms_v3, and NV48s_v3.
Microsoft Entra ID-based access for Azure Blob Storage SFTP is now in public preview. It lets you use Entra ID identities, including guest users through Entra External Identities, to connect securely to Azure Blob Storage via SFTP.
Azure Kubernetes Service support for Flatcar Container Linux for AKS in preview is being retired on June 8, 2026. Users should move to a supported alternative by that date; the preview remains usable until June 7, 2026.
Microsoft announced new Microsoft Purview innovations for Fabric aimed at supporting safer AI adoption by strengthening security and governance. The post frames Purview as part of the governance layer for organizations using AI with Fabric.
Microsoft describes a DART investigation into a Teams voice-phishing attack that used deception and trusted Microsoft tools to enable an identity-led intrusion. The post focuses on how the compromise happened and how to prevent similar attacks.
The provided content is only a short teaser and does not include substantive release or changelog details. It appears to be a post about AgentCore deployment, operations, and lessons learned, but no具体 information is available from the excerpt.
Log Analytics workspace summary rules now support a manual “Retry bin” action in generally available release. This lets you rerun failed bins to fill gaps in summarized data.
Azure Storage Mover is now in public preview for private transfers from AWS S3 in a Virtual Private Cloud to Azure Blob Storage. It supports secure private networking and automation, reducing the need for manual pipelines or third-party tools.
Microsoft introduced the modernize-dotnet agent to help assess apps, generate upgrade plans, and modernize .NET projects. It is available in Visual Studio, VS Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, and GitHub.
Microsoft reports that Storm-2561 has been using SEO poisoning to promote fake VPN client downloads that install signed trojans and steal VPN credentials. The activity has been observed since 2025 and relies on impersonating trusted brands and abusing legitimate services.
Microsoft released .NET 10.0.5 as an out-of-band update to fix a critical debugger crash on macOS when using Visual Studio Code.
Microsoft published a blog post about its latest email security benchmarking data, comparing Microsoft Defender’s mitigation of modern email threats against SEG and ICES vendors. The post says the benchmark is intended to move from transparency to action.
Microsoft describes how hidden instructions in content can influence AI tool behavior and uses a scenario to illustrate prompt injection. The post emphasizes the need for human oversight and a structured response playbook.
Microsoft describes the Contagious Interview campaign, where attackers impersonate recruiters from crypto and AI firms to target developers with fake coding assessments. The delivered malware installs backdoors and steals API tokens, cloud credentials, crypto wallets, and source code.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL elastic clusters now have General Availability support for provisioning and management through Terraform, Bicep, and Ansible. This adds native infrastructure-as-code options for creating, scaling, and managing elastic clusters on Azure.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL now has built-in Grafana dashboards in the Azure portal. The integration uses Azure Monitor, so you do not need a separate Grafana instance to view metrics.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL now supports customer-managed keys (CMKs) with Premium SSD v2 disks in public preview. This lets you control encryption of data at rest for workloads using these disks.
Azure SRE Agent is now generally available. The GA release adds new capabilities focused on incident diagnosis, automated response workflows, and improving uptime while reducing operational toil.
The MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code now has Query Profiler in public preview. It lets you capture query and database activity and view it in real time within VS Code.
Microsoft announced .NET 11 Preview 2, with updates across the runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, C#, and .NET MAUI. The post points readers to the preview release details, but the provided excerpt does not list specific changes.
This post recaps the March 2026 servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework. It is a brief announcement and does not include technical details in the provided text.
Microsoft introduced the dotnet/skills repository, describing a set of .NET “agent skills” intended to extend coding agents and improve agent-driven development workflows.
Kubernetes has formed a new AI Gateway Working Group to define standards and best practices for Gateway API-based networking infrastructure tailored to AI workloads.
Microsoft Security Blog post about securing agentic AI initiatives, highlighting Microsoft Agent 365 and Microsoft 365 E7 in the context of a “Frontier Transformation.”
February 2026 updates add new/updated foundation models (Claude 4.6, GPT Realtime/Audio 1.5, Grok 4.0 GA), advance the Microsoft Agent Framework to Release Candidate, and move Foundry REST API v1 to GA.
GitHub Copilot in VS Code can now connect to the Figma MCP server to use Figma design context while coding and to export rendered UI back to Figma as editable frames.
Changelog entry for GitHub Copilot in VS Code v1.110 (February 2026) indicates improvements that make Copilot agents more practical for longer-running, more complex tasks, with more control over agent execution and new extensibility options.
Microsoft reports that threat actors are using AI to scale and sustain malicious operations, accelerating tradecraft and increasing defender risk. It cites recent activity involving North Korean groups Jasper Sleet and Coral Sleet (formerly Storm-1877).
GitHub Copilot is rolling out general availability of the GPT-5.4 model.
GitHub Enterprise AI Controls and the agent control plane add new session filters to help enterprises find and manage agent activity.
GitHub Copilot’s coding agent can be invoked in pull request comments via @copilot, and the feature adds the ability to choose which model @copilot uses for that request.
GitHub Projects hierarchy view gained new improvements, including the ability to filter sub-issues using syntax. GitHub issue forms also added support for file uploads.
GitHub Copilot coding agent can now be assigned Jira issues to asynchronously generate draft pull requests in a linked GitHub repository. This integration is available in public preview.
GitHub Copilot code review has moved to an agentic, tool-calling architecture and is now generally available.
GitHub is rolling out a merge-status indicator at the top of pull request pages, now in public preview. This lets reviewers and authors check merge readiness from anywhere in the PR view.
MCP C# SDK v1.0 focuses on improved authorization handling, expanded metadata support, and added patterns for tool calling and long-running operations.
Microsoft Security Blog post for Women’s History Month focusing on how to support and encourage women in cybersecurity across different career stages.
GitHub agent sessions now support starting from an image by adding it directly in the agent UI on github.com.
Microsoft reports a campaign of malicious AI browser extensions that exfiltrated LLM chat histories and browsing data from services including ChatGPT and DeepSeek, affecting large numbers of users and enterprises.
GitHub Copilot usage metrics now include user-level activity for GitHub Copilot CLI, expanding beyond prior enterprise-level CLI telemetry.
VS Code 1.110 describes changes aimed at making coding agents more usable in real workflows, focusing on orchestration, extensibility, and session continuity.
GitHub added the ability for repository administrators to lock draft repository security advisories and private vulnerability reports to stop collaborators from editing them.
Azure Policy now enforces new and updated Resource Manager mode policy assignments within 5 minutes. As a result, the previously recommended login/logout workaround (used to refresh cached policy state) is being retired.
GitHub Copilot Free’s auto model selection now includes Grok Code Fast 1, which is generally available.
Insufficient information to summarize: only the article title, URL, and a generic “learn what is new” line were provided, without release note details.
Microsoft reports that the Tycoon2FA adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing-as-a-service kit enabled large-scale phishing campaigns and says it coordinated a disruption of the kit’s infrastructure with Europol and industry partners.
Copilot Memory is now enabled by default for GitHub Copilot Pro and Pro+ users in public preview, instead of being opt-in.
GitHub Dependabot now supports assigning vulnerability alerts to specific users (generally available). This adds per-alert ownership to help teams track and remediate dependency vulnerabilities.
Signed malware using a stolen EV code-signing certificate impersonated workplace apps to install legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools for persistent enterprise access. The post advises tightening certificate controls and monitoring RMM tool usage to reduce risk.
GitHub Advanced Security enterprise policies now allow configuring GitHub Code Quality availability independently from Code Security.
The provided content contains only a short tagline and no release notes or changelog details to summarize.
GitHub now sends email alerts as an account’s included monthly usage approaches its thresholds.
Azure Firewall Policy adds a Draft & Deploy workflow that separates editing from deployment to reduce deployment time and operational disruption when updating policies.
GitHub Copilot will deprecate the Gemini 3 Pro and GPT-5.1 models across all Copilot experiences on a specified deprecation date, with replacement models recommended.
GitHub has put into effect (as of Feb 27, 2026) previously announced required network configuration changes for teams running Copilot coding agent.
Microsoft reports attackers abusing OAuth redirect behavior to move users from legitimate sign-in pages to attacker-controlled sites, enabling phishing and malware delivery via trusted authentication flows.
Azure Databricks now generally supports updating an existing workspace’s network configuration.
Azure Databricks Lakebase is now generally available as a managed PostgreSQL service designed for OLTP with separated storage and compute.
GitHub Copilot usage metrics now include telemetry for plan mode. Enterprises can track plan mode adoption and engagement alongside existing Copilot metrics.
Copilot usage metrics reports now return a consistent user_login value for Enterprise Managed Users. This addresses cases where reports previously included a suffixed user_login, complicating analysis.