Compute, Infrastructure, and Systems Management

Most Azure Reservation Exchanges End in 2027  August 7, 2026 Most key Azure reservations purchased after Feb. 2027 can no longer be exchanged once purchased....more Agent 365 Not Necessarily Required for Agent Governance July 27, 2026 Agent governance features existed before Agent 365 became available, and they’re still available outside of...more Intune Suite Features Added to Microsoft 365 E5, E3 Ahead of 2026 Price Increases Updated: July 16, 2026 The features of Intune Suite and Intune Plan 2 are being split across—and bundled into—Microsoft...more Agent 365: What’s There, What’s Missing July 16, 2026 Agent 365 provides a unified platform for AI agent governance, identity management, and security oversight....more Disconnected Operations for Azure Local: More Local, Less Azure July 4, 2026 Disconnected operations for Azure Local allows customers to deploy Azure Local clusters without a connection...more Windows Point-in-Time Restore Is Windows, Yesterday Updated: June 26, 2026 Windows Point-in-Time Restore is a new feature of Windows 11 that should help customers recover more...more Azure Files Removes a Big Blocker to Cloud Migration May 28, 2026 Azure Files now offers native Entra ID user authentication. It removes the infrastructure tax of...more Need to Know: Terms and Concepts for Understanding Microsoft VDI Updated: May 11, 2026 Newer offerings like AVD and Windows 365 introduce capabilities that require updated terminology to describe...more What Data Does Azure Arc Share with Microsoft? April 29, 2026 Azure Arc is an increasingly necessary management framework for organizations, particularly those seeking to use...more Azure Storage Gets Minimum Billing Size April 22, 2026 Microsoft is rolling out minimum billable object sizes for some tiers of Blob Storage. Blob Storage is available in a range of...more Windows Quick Machine Recovery Could Alleviate Future CrowdStrike-Style Outages Updated: April 16, 2026 Windows Quick Machine Recovery could help customers restore unbootable Windows 11 PCs, as after the...more How to Apply Azure Reservations and Savings Plans Effectively to Compute Workloads Updated: April 10, 2026 Azure compute is typically the single largest cost category of resources that an organization will...more Choosing Among Microsoft’s Many Copilot and Agent Reporting Tools April 7, 2026 Several tools provide reporting, analytics, and insights into Microsoft 365 Copilot and agent usage within...more Azure Leaves Real-Time OS Market April 2, 2026 Customers who built or bought IoT devices with the Azure Sphere or Azure RTOS OSes...more M365 Agent Value Could Be Revealed by New Agent Dashboard Updated: March 30, 2026 The new Agent Dashboard in Viva Insights shows metrics of deployed Microsoft 365 Copilot-based agents...more Evaluating Digital Sovereignty Options   March 16, 2026 Enterprises are increasingly using the public cloud for mission-critical and data-sensitive workloads. But as customers...more

Windows Enterprise Rights Flowchart May 1, 2026 Windows client OS edition packaging May 1, 2026 Windows Server Edition Packaging May 1, 2026 Reporting and Analytics Tools for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agents April 7, 2026 Server Application Version Support March 17, 2026 Communication Services Overview July 3, 2025 Azure Arc Sample Deployment Updated: October 11, 2024

  Licensing Reference Azure Resource Manager Azure Resource Manager is a software framework (also known as a control plane) that drives...more   Product Reference Azure Stack Hub Azure Stack Hub offers functionality of Microsoft-hosted Azure for customer on-premises and third-party hosted deployments.   Product Reference Azure NetApp Files Azure NetApp Files is a cloud-based network-attached storage (NAS) service that runs on specialized hardware...more   Product Reference Advisor Azure Advisor is a free service that offers recommendations to help administrators improve the operational...more   Product Reference Automation Azure Automation helps automate deployment, management, and other repetitive IT processes using runbooks, which are...more   Product Reference Automanage Azure Automanage, which is being discontinued on Sept. 30, 2027, simplifies the setup of management...more   Product Reference Azure VMware Solution Azure VMware Solution (AVS) offers virtualization, storage, and networking for managed VMs using VMware software...more   Product Reference Azure Dedicated Host Azure Dedicated Host enables customers to rent Azure VM host servers that are dedicated to their...more   Product Reference Azure Elastic SAN Azure Elastic SAN is an Azure-hosted storage area network (SAN) service that provides managed storage...more   Product Reference Load Balancing and Content Delivery Load balancing services in Azure distribute incoming network requests for customer applications or resources among...more   Licensing Reference Dataverse The primary database and file and log storage provider for Power Apps, Power Automate, Power...more   Product Reference Cloud Services Azure Cloud Services provides customers with Windows Server VM instances using a PaaS model.   Product Reference Dataverse A cloud database service designed to make it easier to create and use data in...more   Licensing Reference IoT Services and Software IoT pricing combines Azure consumption, device/message-based meters, edge infrastructure meters, and security licensing.   Product Reference IOT Services and Software IoT services and software help organizations connect, monitor, secure, and manage large numbers of physical...more   Product Reference Azure Managed Applications Azure Managed Applications product entry.

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