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Microsoft Offers Free Copilot to Feds in $3B OneGov Deal—But Critics Cry Lock-In and Security Risks
The U.S. General Services Administration has struck a deal with Microsoft that makes Microsoft 365 Copilot free for eligible federal agencies for the first year—the latest in a string of...
Microsoft Inks $3 Billion AI Deal with U.S. Government: Free Copilot, Azure Discounts, and the Risks Agencies Can't Ignore
Microsoft and the U.S. General Services Administration have finalized a landmark OneGov agreement that arms federal agencies with deeply discounted—and in some cases, free—access to the...
Microsoft Promises $3 Billion in Federal Cloud Savings with OneGov, Copilot Free for a Year
Microsoft and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) have finalized a sweeping OneGov agreement that delivers deep discounts on Microsoft cloud services to federal agencies, headlined by 12...
Alibaba's $53B Cloud Bet Fuels Web3 Infrastructure Rush Among AWS, Google, Microsoft
Alibaba Group’s announcement that it will invest RMB 380 billion (approximately $53 billion) over the next three years into AI and cloud infrastructure is more than a single company’s technology...
Azure Local Emerges as Microsoft’s Answer to VMware Exodus and Edge Computing Needs
Microsoft officially rebranded Azure Stack HCI to Azure Local on November 19, 2024, but this is far more than a name change. Azure Local is a direct response to two converging market realities: a...
CVE-2025-53792: Azure Portal Privilege Escalation Bug Could Lead to Full Cloud Control
Microsoft has released a security update for CVE-2025-53792, a critical elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Azure Portal that allows authenticated attackers to bypass role-based access...
Azure Storage Discovery Public Preview Adds Copilot AI to Slash Cloud Storage Costs
Microsoft dropped a new public preview today that could finally give IT teams a fighting chance against runaway blob storage costs. Azure Storage Discovery, now available to all Azure users at no...
Azure’s Project Flash slashes VM downtime with AI-driven early fault detection
Cloud computing now forms the backbone of enterprise IT, powering everything from small business workflows to vast multinational operations. In this hyper-connected digital ecosystem, resilience is...
Azure VM Agent 'Not Ready' Status: Causes, Fixes, and Prevention
The Azure VM Agent is a critical component that enables seamless communication between your virtual machine and the Azure platform. When this agent shows a 'Not Ready' status, it can disrupt...
Azure Monitor Agent Vulnerability CVE-2025-47988: Critical Security Alert
Microsoft's Azure Monitor Agent, a cornerstone of cloud workload monitoring, faces a critical security threat with the disclosure of CVE-2025-47988. This remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability,...
Edge computing boom: Azure Arc unifies workload orchestration across hybrid and multi-cloud
As businesses increasingly adopt edge computing to process data closer to its source, managing distributed workloads has become both a strategic advantage and an operational headache. Microsoft's...
Azure's OpenTelemetry integration slashes troubleshooting time for Logic Apps and Functions.
Microsoft Azure continues to solidify its position as a cloud services leader by prioritizing observability, a critical component for modern cloud-native applications. The recent integration of...