Effective February 1, 2026, Microsoft will decrease pricing for its Commercial Cloud services in select local currencies to reflect the weakened US Dollar. This results in a -7.4% price adjustment for Euro-based purchases. This adjustment applies to cloud services only, while on-premises software pricing
Effective November 15, 2025, Microsoft Baseline Security Mode (BSM) became generally available worldwide. This new opt-in feature provides a secure-by-default configuration baseline for Microsoft cloud services by eliminating vulnerabilities from legacy settings. Administrators can enable BSM via the Microsoft 365 Admin Center to instantly
On October 23, 2025, Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure Virtual Machine (VM) vCore Customization, a new feature that gives users more control over the Central Processing Unit (CPU) resources of their Azure VMs. This preview introduces two main options – the ability
On October 27, 2025, Microsoft announced that Software Reservations for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on Azure are now generally available. This means that Azure customers can commit to using RHEL on Azure for a fixed term in exchange for discounted rates. In fact,
September 1, 2025 – On this date, Microsoft introduced a new flexible, predictable billing model for Azure SRE Agent, ending the service’s free public preview period. Azure SRE Agent (first announced at Microsoft Build 2025) is now billed based on usage measured in Azure
On October 23, 2025, Microsoft announced the general availability of a new feature in Azure Storage Mover: fully managed cloud-to-cloud data transfers. This update allows users to move data directly from Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 to Azure Blob Storage without needing any on-premises
Effective October 14, 2025, Oracle and Microsoft have announced significant updates to Oracle Database@Azure, a service that lets customers run Oracle databases on Microsoft Azure. As of this date, Oracle Database@Azure is available in 28 Azure regions worldwide. It delivers new integration capabilities for
On September 29, 2025, Microsoft announced the availability of Grok 4, the latest frontier AI model developed by xAI, in Azure AI Foundry. This integration brings advanced reasoning capabilities, real-time data access, and enterprise-grade safety features to Azure customers. It is available globally under
Effective resource planning in Azure often comes down to two options: Azure Capacity Reservations and Azure Reserved Instances (RI). At SCHNEIDER IT MANAGEMENT, many of our customers ask about the difference between these two and whether they should use one or both. In this article, we explain each option and
Effective January 1, 2026, Microsoft Security Copilot is now included with Microsoft 365 E5. Microsoft has updated its Product Terms to reflect that all Microsoft 365 E5 subscribers gain access
November 18, 2025 – Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows 365 Cloud Apps, a new feature of the Windows 365 cloud PC service. This launch means that organizations can
In December 2025, Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows 365 Reserve, a cloud-based PC service designed to keep employees productive during unexpected device disruptions. This solution provides a ready-to-use