Azure Linux 4.0 beta is now available on Windows PCs through WSL, giving developers a local environment that more closely matches Microsoft’s Azure production systems. The server-focused distribution supports x86-64 and Arm64 devices, but Microsoft limits this release to evaluation and testing rather than production use.

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A new Azure operations assistant demonstrates a safer pattern for agentic IT automation: read-only diagnostics run immediately, while incident creation remains pending until the authenticated requester explicitly confirms it. The reference implementation also exposes a production concern many AI demos hide—its approval state is in memory and cannot safely scale beyond one Container Apps replica.

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Terraform AzureRM provider 5.0 is a generally available major release that changes Azure Resource Provider registration, adds optional Azure preflight validation, and removes previously deprecated configuration surfaces. The upgrade can reduce unexpected subscription changes, but it can also break existing configurations and modules. Before adopting it, test a pinned version against a non-production Azure subscription and review the plan output.

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Microsoft has made native CIS Benchmark auditing generally available for Linux virtual machines, eliminating the need for separate compliance tools. Azure Machine Configuration now continuously checks Azure and Azure Arc-enabled Linux systems against CIS-certified benchmarks and surfaces the results through Azure management services.

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Microsoft’s AI infrastructure spending is accelerating faster than its cloud business, with quarterly capital expenditures reaching $41 billion. Azure revenue growth nevertheless surged 43%, suggesting Microsoft is beginning to turn its data-center expansion into measurable demand.

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Microsoft has completed a global remediation for CosmosEscape, a critical Azure Cosmos DB vulnerability that could have exposed databases across customer tenants. The fix removes the platform-wide signing key, and Microsoft says its investigation found no unauthorized customer activity or need for customer action.

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Cisco will stop selling its Azure Local bundles on October 24, 2026, with final shipments due by January 24, 2027. The company is offering no direct replacement, leaving customers to assess other HCI platforms through Cisco Compute or third-party providers.

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Azure surpassed $100 billion in annual revenue during fiscal 2026, even as Microsoft says it still cannot deliver enough AI and cloud capacity to meet demand. Quarterly Azure growth reached 43%, its fastest pace since early 2022, and Microsoft expects growth to accelerate to about 45% in the current quarter.

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Microsoft will staff a booth and host six Azure VMware Solution sessions at VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas from August 31 to September 3. The program targets organizations planning VMware migrations, security improvements, and AI initiatives on Azure.

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Kimi K3 is now deployable through Microsoft Foundry using Fireworks AI’s optimized inference infrastructure. The integration gives Azure customers access to Moonshot AI’s 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model alongside Foundry’s enterprise deployment, governance, security, and monitoring capabilities.

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Microsoft fait face à un recours collectif d’actionnaires aux États-Unis. L'entreprise est accusée d'avoir minimisé le ralentissement d’Azure

Cet article Azure, IA et dépenses massives, Microsoft est visé par une plainte d’actionnaires a été publié en premier par GinjFo.