Effective December 1, 2022, Microsoft Azure DevOps Server 2022 is available. Azure DevOps supports collaborative features and set of processes that bring together developers, project managers, and contributors to develop software. You can work in the cloud using Azure DevOps Services or on-premises using
Effective October 12, 2022, Microsoft Azure Savings Plan for Compute is available. Microsoft Azure Savings Plan for Compute enables customers to take advantage of better pricing across a range of Azure compute services by committing to spend a fixed hourly amount for one or
Effective October 12, 2022, Microsoft Azure Hybrid Benefit (AHB) is available for Azure Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) and Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS). AHB for Azure Stack HCI is a new benefit for customers with Windows Server Datacenter licenses with Software Assurance (SA) purchased through
Effective May 31, 2022, Microsoft Azure Cost Management and Billing became Microsoft Cost Management. Microsoft Cost Management is an Azure tool that lets you monitor, allocate, and optimize cloud costs with transparency, accuracy, and efficiency. Microsoft Cost Management continues to focus on transparency and
Microsoft Purview: the new combination of Microsoft 365 Compliance and Azure Purview Effective April 19, 2022, Microsoft Purview replaces product names of formerly Microsoft 365 Compliance and Azure Purview. This change was made to consolidate data governance, compliance, and risk management capabilities under a
Effective March 28, 2022, Microsoft Capacity Reservations for virtual machines are available. A Capacity Reservation is linked to a specific virtual machine type running in a specific Azure data center and ensures that there is always capacity available when you want to run a
Effective April 1, 2022, the new Windows Server Subscription for Microsoft Azure Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) is generally available. This new option came with the launch of special Windows Server Subscriptions specifically to license the guest virtual machine (VM) operating systems on Azure Stack
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
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
Microsoft Azure is a powerful cloud platform that offers a growing collection of integrated services for organizations. This guide will help you navigate Azure’s licensing landscape effectively, ensuring you can optimize costs and maximize the benefits of its services. What is Microsoft Azure? Microsoft Azure is a versatile cloud
In March of 2025, Microsoft announced meter price reductions in Copilot Studio, that make using custom agents for non-Microsoft 365 Copilot users more affordable. Also, deep reasoning capabilities join both Copilot Studio and Microsoft 365 Copilot that allow the AI to think longer about prompts and give better answers.