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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Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (June 2026 – Weeks: 25 and 26)
Read article →: Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (June 2026 – Weeks: 25 and 26)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 Networking ICMP support for Azure StandardV2 NAT Gateway Azure StandardV2 NAT Gateway now supports outbound Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo Request…
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Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (June 2026 – Weeks: 23 and 24)
Read article →: Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (June 2026 – Weeks: 23 and 24)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 Azure NC RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition v6 Series Virtual Machines Azure NCv6-series Virtual Machines (VMs) are now Generally Available…
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Azure Hybrid Management & Security: What’s New and Insights from the Field – May 2026
Read article →: Azure Hybrid Management & Security: What’s New and Insights from the Field – May 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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Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (May 2026 – Weeks: 21 and 22)
Read article →: Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (May 2026 – Weeks: 21 and 22)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 Multiparty private offers in Microsoft Marketplace expand to 30 countries in Europe Multiparty private offers in Microsoft Marketplace have expanded to…
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Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (May 2026 – Weeks: 19 and 20)
Read article →: Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (May 2026 – Weeks: 19 and 20)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 Resource Manager MCP Server (preview) Microsoft has announced the Public Preview of the Azure Resource Manager Model Context Protocol (MCP)…
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Azure Hybrid Management & Security: What’s New and Insights from the Field – April 2026
Read article →: Azure Hybrid Management & Security: What’s New and Insights from the Field – April 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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Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (May 2026 – Weeks: 17 and 18)
Read article →: Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (May 2026 – Weeks: 17 and 18)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 Networking Microsoft HTTP DDoS Ruleset for Azure WAF on Azure Front Door Premium (preview) The Microsoft HTTP DDoS Ruleset for Azure Web…
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Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (April 2026 – Weeks: 15 and 16)
Read article →: Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (April 2026 – Weeks: 15 and 16)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 Microsoft named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™ for Sovereign Cloud Platforms Microsoft has been named a Leader in The Forrester…
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Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (April 2026 – Weeks: 13 and 14)
Read article →: Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (April 2026 – Weeks: 13 and 14)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 Availability of Microsoft Azure and related services Microsoft has announced several generally available updates related to the expansion of Azure infrastructure…