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Microsoft has announced the public preview of Code Optimizations for Azure Monitor. The new AI-powered service enables customers to detect CPU and memory usage performance issues with their .NET apps and services. Microsoft first introduced the Code Optimizations feature (previously called Optimization Insights) in a limited preview back in March 2022. It’s part of the…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced its plans to invest $12.7 billion into cloud infrastructure in India by 2030. The company highlighted that this new initiative should help to meet the increasing demand for cloud services across various industries. In a press release, Amazon Web Services explained that it had already made an investment of…

Microsoft 365 Defender is getting a new update that enables customers to detect and block adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) attacks. The company explained that the AiTM protection feature builds on top of the existing automatic attack disruption (XDR) capabilities that launched in February 2023. Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) is a phishing technique that enables threat actors to hijack session…

Red Hat has recently announced the general availability of Enterprise Linux 9.2 and the upcoming release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8. The latest release brings new features to streamline complex Linux platform tasks across hybrid cloud environments. “The latest versions of the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform bring greater automation to help IT teams…

Microsoft has been caught scanning for malware in password-protected zip files stored on SharePoint Online. Andrew Brandt, a security researcher who uses Microsoft’s cloud services to save copies of malware in password-protected zip files shared his surprise after Microsoft had flagged some of his files that had been uploaded into a SharePoint directory as malware. …

Last week, Microsoft rolled out a new set of Patch Tuesday updates for all supported versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11. The company has acknowledged that the latest updates are causing problems with L2TP/IPsec VPN connections on Windows 11 PCs. Last week, the issue was first reported by several Windows users and IT admins…

Last year, Microsoft introduced the public preview of a system-preferred multifactor authentication (MFA) for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The company announced yesterday that the feature is now generally available for all commercial customers. What is system-preferred MFA authentication? With system-preferred authentication enabled, Azure AD evaluates all authentication methods registered for a user account, and…

Microsoft has announced new network traffic analysis capabilities for its Azure Firewall solution. The latest logging and metric improvements enable customers to view detailed insights about the traffic processed by the firewall. Azure Firewall is a cloud-based network firewall security solution that helps IT admins to protect cloud workloads running in Microsoft Azure. The service…

Microsoft has announced the release of its Azure Container Storage solution. The new cloud-based service enables organizations to create and manage block storage volumes for container applications and workloads. Previously, customers had to use individual container storage interface (CSI) drivers in order to offer cloud storage for containers. It caused various operational issues related to…

The European Union has opened an informal probe against Microsoft Azure cloud services. According to a report from Bloomberg, the antitrust watchdog is planning to investigate Microsoft over alleged anticompetitive behavior with Microsoft Azure. Specifically, the European Commission is soliciting feedback from Microsoft’s customers on whether or not to move to a deeper investigation. The…

Google announced this week that Calendar Interoperability improvements are now available for users of Microsoft Outlook. Calendar Interoperability is what allows Google Calendar and Microsoft Exchange to seamlessly work together, allowing users of both systems to share their schedules and view availability information. It used to be true that Outlook works best with Microsoft Exchange…

Microsoft has announced some improvements coming to the search experience in Microsoft Teams chats and channels. The company highlighted a new search pane on the sidebar to let users easily find messages, files, and URLs shared within a particular chat or channel. Currently, the Microsoft Teams desktop app provides a search bar located in the…