INSIGHTS
Ideas, perspectives and lessons from the field.
I write about the evolution of enterprise technology — from hybrid cloud, infrastructure and architecture to governance, security, resilience and AI — with a focus on what changes, why it matters and how it should influence the decisions we make.
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Beyond virtualization: what is the real value of Azure Local?
Read article →: Beyond virtualization: what is the real value of Azure Local?When a customer asks me to evaluate Azure Local, in most cases the conversation starts from a concrete need: replacing VMware, refreshing a datacenter, or finding an alternative to the existing virtualization platform. That’s a perfectly legitimate starting point, especially at a time when many organizations are rethinking their infrastructure strategies. But it’s also the…
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Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (October 2026 – Weeks: 43 and 44)
Read article →: Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (October 2026 – Weeks: 43 and 44)This blog post series highlights the key announcements and major updates related to Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Azure Local, as officially released by Microsoft in the past two weeks. Azure General Azure MCP Server 3.0 Azure MCP Server 3.0 is now Generally Available (GA), expanding the capabilities available to AI agents and…
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Azure Hybrid Management & Security: What’s New and Insights from the Field – October 2026
Read article →: Azure Hybrid Management & Security: What’s New and Insights from the Field – October 2026Once again this month, I’m back with my recurring series focused on the evolution of Azure management and security services, with a special focus on hybrid and multicloud scenarios enabled by Azure Arc and enhanced by the use of Artificial Intelligence. This monthly series aims to: Provide an overview of the most relevant updates released…
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Cloud and AI sovereignty: understanding Microsoft’s strategy from public cloud to the edge
Read article →: Cloud and AI sovereignty: understanding Microsoft’s strategy from public cloud to the edgeCloud and AI sovereignty: understanding Microsoft’s strategy from public cloud to the edge When discussing digital sovereignty, data location is often one of the first issues to arise. For an organization, however, control over its systems depends on many other decisions: who can administer them, how information is protected during processing, which technology dependencies remain,…
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Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (October 2026 – Weeks: 41 and 42)
Read article →: Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (October 2026 – Weeks: 41 and 42)This blog post series highlights the key announcements and major updates related to Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Azure Local, as officially released by Microsoft in the past two weeks. Azure Compute Automatic zone balance for Virtual Machine Scale Sets Automatic zone balance for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets is now Generally Available…
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Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (October 2026 – Weeks: 39 and 40)
Read article →: Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (October 2026 – Weeks: 39 and 40)This blog post series highlights the key announcements and major updates related to Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Azure Local, as officially released by Microsoft in the past two weeks. Azure General Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server now available in Italy North Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server is now available in the Italy North Azure…
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Azure Hybrid Management & Security: What’s New and Insights from the Field – September 2026
Read article →: Azure Hybrid Management & Security: What’s New and Insights from the Field – September 2026Once again this month, I’m back with my recurring series focused on the evolution of Azure management and security services, with a special focus on hybrid and multicloud scenarios enabled by Azure Arc and enhanced by the use of Artificial Intelligence. This monthly series aims to: Provide an overview of the most relevant updates released…
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Virtualization and hybrid cloud: what the new Magic Quadrants tell us about Microsoft
Read article →: Virtualization and hybrid cloud: what the new Magic Quadrants tell us about MicrosoftIn September 2026, Gartner published the new editions of two reports that are particularly relevant for anyone shaping the future of their IT infrastructure: the Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure, published on September 7, and the Magic Quadrant for Server Virtualization Platforms, published on September 14. Microsoft is positioned as a Leader in both,…
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Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (September 2026 – Weeks: 37 and 38)
Read article →: Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (September 2026 – Weeks: 37 and 38)This blog post series highlights the key announcements and major updates related to Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Azure Local, as officially released by Microsoft in the past two weeks. Azure General Azure Copilot Troubleshooting Agent Azure Copilot Troubleshooting Agent is now Generally Available (GA), providing a unified, built-in experience to help customers…