On November 19, 2024, Microsoft introduced SQL databases to Microsoft Fabric. These databases utilize the same Fabric Capacity Units as other workloads, with separate billing for storage and backups. Until February 1, 2025, SQL databases in Fabric are free to use. From February 1,
Effective February 13, 2024, two new capabilities are available in public preview to optimize Microsoft Azure emissions: Azure Carbon Optimization (preview): This new and free feature tool within Azure helps Azure developers and IT professionals to understand and optimize emissions stemming from Azure usage.
On March 14, 2024, Microsoft announced that with the release of Microsoft Fabric is now consolidating purchase options and retiring the Power BI Premium per capacity SKUs (P-SKUs). The Power BI Premium product capabilities will not change and there is no immediate action required.
Effective February 13, 2024, Microsoft introduced new data and AI solutions in Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, aimed at helping organizations progress in their sustainability journey. These solutions are designed to provide faster environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data analytics and insights, an AI assistant
Effective October 1, 2023, changes to the licensing of Microsoft Fabric apply. These changes affect the way workload usage and capacity limits are managed, along with the introduction of storage consumption charges. Also, there is a Free Trial for Microsoft Fabric. Microsoft Fabric
On March 26, 2025, enhancements to VMware vDefend were made that enhances private cloud lateral security against advanced threats and ransomware. VMware vDefend Available as an add-on to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), VMware vDefend helps organizations achieve zero trust security by offering features such as micro-segmentation, real-time security assessments,
Effective April 15, 2025, Broadcom introduces Incident Prediction, an industry-first security capability that extends Adaptive Protection in Symantec Endpoint Security Complete (SES-C). This new feature leverages advanced AI to identify and disrupt living-off-the-land (LOTL) attacks and other cyberthreats, enhancing your organization’s cyber resilience. What is Symantec Endpoint Security Complete
Microsoft Risk Assessments are services designed to help your organization identify and mitigate security risks within Microsoft technology implementations as part of a Risk Assessment Program (RAP). With data being collected remotely, an expert analyzes the gathered data to create a findings report containing remediation recommendations and discusses it with