Cloud Security
The latest Cloud Security coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Purview DLP Targets Your Google Workspace and AWS Data Starting September 2026
Microsoft will begin enforcing Data Loss Prevention and auto-labeling policies across Google Workspace, Salesforce, and five other non-Microsoft cloud services from September 2026. The expansion,...
Macquarie Government Unveils Managed Azure for Australian Agencies as New Cloud Policy Takes Hold
Macquarie Government has launched a Microsoft Azure practice tailored exclusively for Australian federal and state agencies, delivering a suite of managed infrastructure, security, and data services...
Your Azure Computer Vision APIs Will Fail on September 13, 2026 — Here’s the Fix
Microsoft has set a hard deadline: as of September 13, 2026, any application calling Azure Computer Vision API versions 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, or 3.1 will receive error responses instead of analysis...
Microsoft Sets September 30, 2026 as Hard Deadline for Non-AZ Azure VPN Gateways
Microsoft has set September 30, 2026 as the final cutoff for Azure VPN gateways running the older VpnGw1 through VpnGw5 SKUs—those not backed by availability zones. On that date, any gateway still...
Microsoft Pours Billions Into Azure AI Infrastructure—But Your Day Job Won't Change Yet
Microsoft is doubling down on the data-center muscle it needs to power the next wave of AI features in Windows, Microsoft 365, and Azure. A new industry overview from Kalkine Media, published July...
Microsoft-Oracle GPU Deal Collapse: A Compliance Red Flag for Azure Workloads
Reports emerged on June 16, 2026, that high-stakes cloud infrastructure talks between Microsoft and Oracle had fallen apart—with security and compliance concerns at the center of the breakdown. The...
Microsoft Fabric RCE Emergency: Patch Advisory Tangled in Service Fabric Confusion
Microsoft dropped a high-severity warning on July 14, 2026: CVE-2026-56642, a remote code execution flaw in Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse rated 8.8 on the CVSS 3.1 scale. The bug allows an attacker...
Azure CycleCloud 8.9.1 Fixes Dangerous Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Microsoft shipped an out-of-band security update for Azure CycleCloud on July 14, plugging a hole that could allow an attacker with limited credentials to take complete control of the...
Azure Spring Apps Privilege-Escalation Flaw Intensifies Retirement Urgency
Microsoft disclosed a high-severity privilege-escalation vulnerability in its Azure Spring Apps managed service on July 14, 2026. The bug, tracked as CVE-2026-50338, lets an attacker who already...
AWS Security Hub Now Scans Azure VMs and Functions: What Multicloud Teams Need to Know
AWS Security Hub can now discover and assess Microsoft Azure virtual machines, container images, Function Apps, and identities, the company announced July 14. The expansion means security operations...
Microsoft’s Copilot Compliance Engine: What EY’s Peek Inside Reveals
A new EY case study pulls back the curtain on the automated compliance machinery that Microsoft 365 engineering teams use to ship AI features like Copilot while satisfying over 80 regulatory...
Microsoft's Secret Weapon for Cloud Security: AI Agents That Work in Hours, Not Weeks
On July 8, 2026, Microsoft pulled back the curtain on an internal tool that could fundamentally change how quickly it locks down its cloud infrastructure. The company has built a multi-agent AI...