Metallic Backup & Recovery is now available for Microsoft Azure and is Commvault’s Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) solution for hybrid cloud environments. To protect your valuable data, the modern workplace needs a simple Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) solution for hybrid cloud environments. Therefore, Metallic Backup & Recovery optimizes
Effective February 22, 2022, the public preview of Microsoft Azure Cost Management anomaly detection is available for subscriptions. This alerts you to inconsistencies in spending across an Azure Subscription to help you to identify unexpected changes in cost. To check cost anomalies for your
Effective November 1, 2021, the following name changes of Microsoft Azure products take place: Microsoft Azure Defender for IoT Microsoft Defender for IoT Microsoft Azure Sentinel Microsoft Sentinel Microsoft Azure Security Center + Azure Defender Microsoft Defender for Cloud Microsoft Azure Defender for Storage
Effective October 6, 2021, Scope-level management of the Microsoft Azure Hybrid Benefit is available. Azure Hybrid Benefit (AHB) is a licensing benefit that helps you reduce Azure costs by using your on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance (SA). AHB for
Effective September 20, 2021, a new reservation scoping option for Microsoft Azure Reservations is in public preview: Management Group Scope. When you purchase an Azure Reservation, you choose a scope for it which defines where it may be used: within a specific Resource Group,
Effective September 1, 2021, a new Microsoft Intune per-device for Enterprise offer is available, that helps Enterprise organizations manage devices that are assigned to an authenticated user (i.e., not used by multiple authenticated users). Microsoft Intune is the most comprehensive unified endpoint management platform
Effective July 30, 2021, Microsoft PlayFab is available within Azure through Enterprise Agreements (EA). PlayFab is a complete back-end platform for live game development with managed game services, real-time analytics, and LiveOps. PlayFab’s easy-to-use managed service is built on Azure. Customers can only transact
Effective June 7, 2021, Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop is rebranded as Azure Virtual Desktop. There are several new features in preview and a new licensing option including a no-cost promotional period. Users licensed with Microsoft 365 E3/E5/F3/Business Premium, Windows 10 E3/E5 or Windows 10
Effective immediately, Cygna Labs’ Cygna Auditor offers organizations that adopt Microsoft 365 and continue to have on-premises infrastructure an audit and compliance reporting solution that can monitor all activity and changes in a single console. The solution provides comprehensive change auditing and alerts on
Microsoft has announced changes to the management of licenses for Dynamics 365 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications. Starting April 30, 2025, enhanced license reporting will be available in the Power Platform Admin Center, showing license usage across all security roles (find more below). Users who do not meet license requirements
Coming end of May 2025, Microsoft introduces a greatly improved and expanded Microsoft 365 Copilot experience, called Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2. Furthermore, the new Copilot Control System lets you manage, govern, and measure Copilot and agents across your organization. Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2: A New Copilot Experience
Effective April 8, 2025, Copilot in Azure is available. Accessible through the Azure Management Portal, Copilot is designed to assist you in answering questions, completing tasks, and exploring Azure services. What is Microsoft Copilot in Azure? Microsoft Copilot in Azure is an AI-powered assistant integrated into the Azure Management