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The Invisible Storage Leak: How Replication Slots Can Fill Azure PostgreSQL… by Anugya Sinha https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/ADforPostgreSQL/the-invisible-storage-leak-how-replication-slots-can-fill-azure-postgresql-flexi/4565392?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comThe Invisible Storage Leak: How Replication Slots Can Fill Azure PostgreSQL… by Anugya SinhaTable of Contents Understanding WAL in PostgreSQL Why Replication Slots Exist The Hidden Side Effect Let’s explore some common scenarios that can lead to...
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Implementing Next Best Action (NBA) in Foundry with Microsoft-Decision-1 by Olivier B. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/implementing-next-best-action-nba-in-foundry-with-microsoft-decision-1/4565653?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comImplementing Next Best Action (NBA) in Foundry with Microsoft-Decision-1 by Olivier B.Imagine a sales rep opening their account list at the start of the day. One customer wants a product demo. Another has a larger potential deal, but its...
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Fight AI with AI | Multi-Agent Security Defense by Zachary Cavanell https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/MicrosoftMechanicsBlog/fight-ai-with-ai--multi-agent-security-defense/4563980?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comFight AI with AI | Multi-Agent Security Defense by Zachary CavanellPoint red, blue, and green AI agent teams at a known threat actor, confirm which vulnerabilities attackers can reach, then deploy KQL detections, harden...
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Simplify private connectivity for Azure Databricks Serverless with… by Shivani Tripathi https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-databricks/simplify-private-connectivity-for-azure-databricks-serverless-with-private-netwo/4566980?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comSimplify private connectivity for Azure Databricks Serverless with… by Shivani TripathiRecently, we announced the public preview of Private Network Gateway (PNG) for Azure Databricks - a simpler way to connect Azure Databricks serverless...
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Retrying Bicep Resource Deployments with the @retryOn Decorator by @kasunsjc.bsky.social https://kasunrajapakse.me/blog/bicep-retryon-decorator/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

kasunrajapakse.meRetrying Bicep Resource Deployments with the @retryOn Decorator by @kasunsjc.bsky.socialUse Bicep’s @retryOn decorator to retry resource deployments for selected transient Azure errors, with a practical role assignment example and the limits to keep in mind.
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General Availability: Advanced platform metrics in Azure Monitor by Alyssa Schimm https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AzureObservabilityBlog/general-availability-advanced-platform-metrics-in-azure-monitor/4566015?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comGeneral Availability: Advanced platform metrics in Azure Monitor by Alyssa SchimmWe are excited to announce the general availability (GA) of advanced platform metrics for Azure Monitor, delivering more granular telemetry to help customers...
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AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign… by Microsoft Security Research & Microsoft Threat Intelligence https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/10/21/storm-0940-uses-artex-agentic-ai-connectwise-supply-chain-compromise/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

microsoft.comAI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign… by Microsoft Security Research & Microsoft Threat IntelligenceStorm-0940 used ARTEX agentic AI to accelerate a ConnectWise supply chain compromise, enabling application credential abuse across Microsoft 365 environments.
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Microsoft Foundry Update Brings Scheduled AI Agents, Smarter Tool Use and… by David Ramel https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2026/10/19/microsoft-foundry-update-brings-scheduled-ai-agents-smarter-tool-use-and-gpt-6-models.aspx?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

visualstudiomagazine.comMicrosoft Foundry Update Brings Scheduled AI Agents, Smarter Tool Use and… by David RamelLatest updates make AI agents easier to automate, troubleshoot and optimize, while expanding model choices and local development capabilities. Key Takeaways
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Copilot, SharePoint and 400,000 construction documents: four checks before you trust an AI answer by Kaspars Jurjāns https://ksj.lv/en/document-ai-answers-version-approval-page-permission/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

ksj.lvCopilot, SharePoint and 400,000 construction documents: four checks before you trust an AI answer by Kaspars JurjānsAI over 400,000 construction documents in SharePoint: four checks (version, approval, page, permission) before you trust an answer from Copilot or any assistant.
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Connect Azure Service Bus to other messaging systems with a JMS bridge by Eldert Grootenboer https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/MessagingonAzureBlog/connect-azure-service-bus-to-other-messaging-systems-with-a-jms-bridge/4564885?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comConnect Azure Service Bus to other messaging systems with a JMS bridge by Eldert GrootenboerA JMS bridge connects existing messaging workloads to Azure Service Bus while their applications continue to use their current broker. In this post, we look...
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Part 9: Connecting an MCP Server to Microsoft Foundry Agent Service by Taiseer Joudeh https://bitoftech.net/2026/10/20/connecting-mcp-server-microsoft-foundry-agent-service/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

bitoftech.netPart 9: Connecting an MCP Server to Microsoft Foundry Agent Service by Taiseer JoudehConnect a .NET MCP server to Microsoft Foundry Agent Service with OAuth identitypassthrough, and find out when a Foundry toolbox is worth the extra hop
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Sovereign Private Cloud: Bringing more choice and control to AI and cloud… by Jeff Kizner https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AzureArcBlog/sovereign-private-cloud-bringing-more-choice-and-control-to-ai-and-cloud-infrast/4565953?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comSovereign Private Cloud: Bringing more choice and control to AI and cloud… by Jeff KiznerTo identify which sovereign cloud solution may fit your organization’s needs, take the Microsoft Sovereign Cloud assessment Digital sovereignty is...
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What production taught us about reviewing AI translations by Minseok Song https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AzureDevCommunityBlog/what-production-taught-us-about-reviewing-ai-translations/4566948?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comWhat production taught us about reviewing AI translations by Minseok SongFrom reference scores and LLM judges to preserving human edits, checking translation chunks, and recording failures: what real repository issues taught us...
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Make Estate yours: Focus on the databases and issues you own in Database Hub by Ivan Vujić https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AzureSQLBlog/make-estate-yours-focus-on-the-databases-and-issues-you-own-in-database-hub/4565861?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comMake Estate yours: Focus on the databases and issues you own in Database Hub by Ivan VujićDatabase Hub in Microsoft Fabric is now in public preview. Estate experience brings every supported database you can access into one inventory, with the...
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Azure Storage Discovery now offers advanced capacity insights by Preethi Thippeswamy https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AzureStorageBlog/azure-storage-discovery-now-offers-advanced-capacity-insights/4563651?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comAzure Storage Discovery now offers advanced capacity insights by Preethi ThippeswamyAzure Storage Discovery is introducing advanced capacity insights to help customers gain deeper visibility into their data estate, identify inactive or...
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From podcast audio to clean subtitles in .NET: Whisper + s1-mini by @elbruno.com https://elbruno.com/2026/10/22/from-podcast-audio-to-clean-subtitles-in-net-whisper-s1-mini/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

elbruno.comFrom podcast audio to clean subtitles in .NET: Whisper + s1-mini by @elbruno.comHi! After my first post about s1-mini, a reader asked if the library could take the SRT files he generates for his podcast. Then he noticed the catch: the model only rewrites text, it has no idea w…
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Azure MCP Server 3.0 Adds Cloud Operations Tools for AI Agents by David Ramel https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2026/10/20/azure-mcp-server-3-0-adds-cloud-operations-tools-for-ai-agents.aspx?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

visualstudiomagazine.comAzure MCP Server 3.0 Adds Cloud Operations Tools for AI Agents by David RamelMicrosoft's new stable release expands backup, recovery and Terraform support, with new security defaults and breaking changes for existing integrations.
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Azure DevOps Copilot Autofix Expands to Dependencies, Third-Party Security Alerts by David Ramel https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2026/10/23/azure-devops-copilot-autofix-expands-to-dependencies-third-party-security-alerts.aspx?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

visualstudiomagazine.comAzure DevOps Copilot Autofix Expands to Dependencies, Third-Party Security Alerts by David RamelMicrosoft's updated Autofix capability uses the Copilot coding agent to generate vulnerability fixes informed by repository context.
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SQL Server on Azure VMs makes history with the first audited SQL Server TPC-H… by Pam Lahoud https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/SQLServer/sql-server-on-azure-vms-makes-history-with-the-first-audited-sql-server-tpc-h-re/4566368?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comSQL Server on Azure VMs makes history with the first audited SQL Server TPC-H… by Pam LahoudI am thrilled to share that SQL Server 2025 running on an Azure F64amds_v7 virtual machine, an AMD EPYC-based offering, has achieved an audited TPC-H result...
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Advancing sovereign AI with Foundry Local and Azure Local by Inbal Sagiv https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AzureArcBlog/advancing-sovereign-ai-with-foundry-local-and-azure-local/4566144?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comAdvancing sovereign AI with Foundry Local and Azure Local by Inbal SagivThe next chapter of AI is about more than powerful models. It’s about bringing AI closer to the data, applications, and systems that organizations depend on...
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Building a Self-Updating RAG System: Handling Document Uploads,… by Akshay Kireet https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/building-a-self-updating-rag-system-handling-document-uploads-updates-and-deleti/4564036?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comBuilding a Self-Updating RAG System: Handling Document Uploads,… by Akshay KireetThe Hidden Challenge of Production RAG Imagine your organization has deployed an AI assistant to answer questions about employee policies. An employee asks,...
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What’s new in AI Skills Navigator: October 2026 by Vaishali Kartik & Tanmay Dileep Bhagwat https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/skills-hub-blog/what’s-new-in-ai-skills-navigator-october-2026/4565287?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comWhat’s new in AI Skills Navigator: October 2026 by Vaishali Kartik & Tanmay Dileep BhagwatDiscover new ways to find relevant learning, stay engaged, prepare for credentials, and build skills in the flow of work with AI Skills Navigator. The way we...
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Making Azure Container Registry Activity Visible at Scale by cabarker https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AppsonAzureBlog/making-azure-container-registry-activity-visible-at-scale/4567301?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comMaking Azure Container Registry Activity Visible at Scale by cabarkerLearn More Use Grafana dashboards in Azure Container Registry Monitor Azure Container Registry Azure Container Registry (ACR) now publishes two new...
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Customer Conversation harness – a new way to build customer-facing agents in Copilot Studio by Vesa Nopanen https://futurework.blog/2026/10/23/customer-conversation-harness-a-new-way-to-build-customer-facing-agents-in-copilot-studio/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

futurework.blogCustomer Conversation harness – a new way to build customer-facing agents in Copilot Studio by Vesa NopanenThere’s a new harness in Copilot Studio! The Customer Conversation harness is built for agents that talk directly with customers – over voice and chat, in the same agent – combining predictab…
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What’s New in Cowork: Expanded plugins and role-based skills by Pratyusha Avadh https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-copilot-blog/what’s-new-in-cowork-expanded-plugins-and-role-based-skills/4566221?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comWhat’s New in Cowork: Expanded plugins and role-based skills by Pratyusha AvadhFollow the latest Copilot Cowork updates and discover new ways to delegate your complex work.  
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Azure WAF custom rules for PHP2Shell mitigation by Sai Kishor https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AzureNetworkSecurityBlog/azure-waf-custom-rules-for-php2shell-mitigation/4566684?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comAzure WAF custom rules for PHP2Shell mitigation by Sai KishorWritten in collaboration with ​ and ​  As described in our earlier blog, Addressing PHP2Shell CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619: upgrade guidance and...
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Choosing the Right Azure Virtual Machine for Ansys CFX by Hugo Meiland https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AzureHighPerformanceComputingBlog/choosing-the-right-azure-virtual-machine-for-ansys-cfx/4559394?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comChoosing the Right Azure Virtual Machine for Ansys CFX by Hugo MeilandIf you are moving Ansys CFX turbomachinery simulation software to the cloud, the first question is not whether Azure can run your computational fluid...
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Managing security with Database Hub in Fabric: From signals to action by Shoham Dasgupta https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AzureSQLBlog/managing-security-with-database-hub-in-fabric-from-signals-to-action/4567059?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comManaging security with Database Hub in Fabric: From signals to action by Shoham DasguptaAs organizations embrace AI, cloud modernization, and increasingly complex application architectures, the database estate continues to grow. What was once a...
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Introducing the customer conversation harness in Microsoft Copilot Studio by Omar Aftab https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/copilot-studio-blog/introducing-the-customer-conversation-harness-in-microsoft-copilot-studio/4563954?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comIntroducing the customer conversation harness in Microsoft Copilot Studio by Omar AftabBuild customer-facing AI agents with the new customer conversation harness in Microsoft Copilot Studio. Connect voice, chat, business knowledge, and contact...
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Microsoft at PASS Data Community Summit 2026: by Govanna Flores https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/SQLServer/microsoft-at-pass-data-community-summit-2026/4566723?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comMicrosoft at PASS Data Community Summit 2026: by Govanna FloresMicrosoft is excited to be back as Sapphire Sponsor and bring that spirit to life through a mix of technical deep dives, community-led conversations, and...
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Making ACR Data Transfer Visible: The Storage Activity Platform Behind… by Breanna Thompson https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AppsonAzureBlog/making-acr-data-transfer-visible-the-storage-activity-platform-behind-getblob-me/4564893?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comMaking ACR Data Transfer Visible: The Storage Activity Platform Behind… by Breanna ThompsonLearn More Use Grafana dashboards in Azure Container Registry - Use Grafana dashboards in Azure Container Registry - Azure Container Registry |...
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Agents are your newest insiders. Security must move at their speed. by Nadim Abdo https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/10/19/agents-are-your-newest-insiders-security-must-move-at-their-speed/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

microsoft.comAgents are your newest insiders. Security must move at their speed. by Nadim AbdoNew capabilities in Microsoft 365 E7 and Project Perception help organizations contain agent risk and adapt protection continuously.
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Power Automate: Automatically save email attachments to OneDrive. by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos https://cloudopszone.com/power-automate-automatically-save-email-attachments-to-onedrive/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

cloudopszone.comPower Automate: Automatically save email attachments to OneDrive. by George Chrysovaladis GrammatikosIf you get emails with important attachments such as invoices or reports and you have to save them manually, this Power Automate flow will
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Secure Sensitive AI on Azure Confidential Computing with… by Krishnaprasad Hande https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AzureConfidentialComputingBlog/secure-sensitive-ai-on-azure-confidential-computing-with-nvidia-and-protopia/4565932?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comSecure Sensitive AI on Azure Confidential Computing with… by Krishnaprasad HandeYour most valuable AI use cases often involve your most sensitive information: customer records, claims, clinical notes, and transaction histories. Dedicated...
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Public Preview: Alerts for Azure SQL Database in Database Hub, powered by… by Lance Wright https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AzureSQLBlog/public-preview-alerts-for-azure-sql-database-in-database-hub-powered-by-fabric-a/4566356?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

techcommunity.microsoft.comPublic Preview: Alerts for Azure SQL Database in Database Hub, powered by… by Lance WrightWe're excited to announce the public preview of alerts for Azure SQL Database in Database Hub, powered by Fabric Activator. Last month, we...
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Azure DevOps Comes to Microsoft Copilot with Plugin for Work Items Pull Requests by David Ramel https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2026/10/23/azure-devops-comes-to-microsoft-copilot-with-plugin-for-work-items-pull-requests.aspx?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

visualstudiomagazine.comAzure DevOps Comes to Microsoft Copilot with Plugin for Work Items Pull Requests by David RamelA new plugin brings Azure DevOps projects and development workflows into Microsoft Copilot Chat, Cowork and Code.
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Measuring MCP Tool Schema Overhead with Azure API Management by @rios.engineer https://rios.engineer/measuring-mcp-tool-schema-overhead-with-azure-api-management/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter

rios.engineerMeasuring MCP Tool Schema Overhead with Azure API Management by @rios.engineerMeasuring full-schema and curated-tool loading with Microsoft Foundry, APIM and GitHub MCP. Introduction I recently came across an Uber engineering blog on X about how Uber operates its 'software factory'.…