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Virtual machines, networking, backup, and managed services in Microsoft Azure : What’s Worth Migrating, What Should Stay, and What It Costs to Operate.
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01Azure
End ofAzure Communication Services as a Standalone Offering in 2028: What Needs to Be Migrated
Microsoft has set September 30, 2028, as the end date forAzure Communication Services (ACS) as a standalone offering. The announcement appeared in the Azure Updates on September 24, 2026, and the retirement guide published on Microsoft Learn provides service-by-service details. M…
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Azure Features as of November 10, 2026: .NET 8, .NET 9, PowerShell 7.4, and the in-process model
Four featureAzure Functions are set to expire on the same day, November 10, 2026: .NET 8 and .NET 9 in the isolated worker model, the in-process model itself—which only works with .NET 8—and PowerShell 7.4. Microsoft reiterated this on September 23, 2026…
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GPT-6 Astra in Microsoft Foundry: What's Available and Where the Data Is Processed
GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI’s latest state-of-the-art model, is beginning its rollout in Microsoft Foundry through the Microsoft Foundry Limited Access Program. Microsoft announced this on September 3, 2026, and stated that access will be expanded to participating customers. Access r…
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Azure Migrate: The Classic Experience Will Close on September 30, 2026
Organizations migrating from VMware or physical machines to Azure agent-based replication have until September 30, 2026, to complete the migration. After that date, the standardAzure Migrate will be discontinued: no more migration, no failover, e…
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Reservations Azure : Eighteen sets of virtual machines are no longer being renewed
As of July 1, 2026, you can no longer purchase or renewAzure Reserved VM Instances on eighteen virtual machine series. Your current reservations will remain in effect until they expire. After that, the discount will end and Azure you will be billed for the resource at…
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Azure Monitor: Three due dates between August 31 and September 30, 2026
Three Deadlines Azure Monitor deadlines will occur between August 31 and September 30, 2026: a managed identity requirement to link a storage account to a Log Analytics workspace, the end of support for the HTTP Data CollectorAPI , and the end…
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Integrate Rather Than Replace: Connect Your Tools Without Starting From Scratch
The scenario is almost always the same. Two tools don’t communicate with each other, someone has to manually enter data between them, and the data discrepancy eventually becomes apparent to a client. The conclusion is that one of the two—often the older one, sometimes both—must be replaced with…
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Power Apps or expansion on Azure : Where Does the Border Lie?
This is the most critical decision in a business tool project, and it’s almost always made too late—after selecting a vendor, who naturally proposed what they know how to do. Yet the two approaches don’t cost the same, don’t follow the same…
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Discover Azure Local: a cloud local infrastructure connected by Microsoft
Microsoft recently introduced Azure Local, an infrastructure solution cloud designed to integrate directly with companies’ physical locations. Azure Local addresses a key challenge for distributed organizations: how to combine…
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Statistics and Trends in Cloud Computing 2023–2024
Computing cloud computing has completely transformed the organization’s operations by providing adaptable and scalable solutions to meet its IT needs. As a result, data and trends related to cloud computing are growing…
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