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The latest Hybrid Cloud coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Patches Azure File Sync EoP Vulnerability CVE-2025-29973—What IT Admins Must Do Now
Microsoft has confirmed an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in its Azure File Sync service that could allow an authenticated local attacker to gain full control of affected Windows servers....
AI Spending Surge Pushes IaaS to $171.8B, Hyperscalers Command 71% Market Share
The global infrastructure-as-a-service market vaulted to $171.8 billion in 2024, a 22.5% leap that starkly outpaced the prior year’s 16.2% growth, as the three largest providers—Amazon Web...
Azure OpenAI Officially Cleared for FedRAMP High and DoD IL5, GPT-4o Now Available in Government Cloud
Microsoft has cleared a major regulatory hurdle for government and enterprise AI adoption: Azure OpenAI Service, including the multimodal GPT-4o model, is now approved for FedRAMP High and Department...
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud: Which One Pays Off in 2025 After Microsoft’s $80B AI Infusion
Microsoft’s plan to pour $80 billion into AI-enabled data centers this fiscal year, confirmed by president Brad Smith, isn’t just a staggering number—it’s a signal that the cloud career...
Nigeria’s First Azure Stack Debuts at MDXi Lekki, Paving Way for Hybrid Cloud Sovereignty
In February 2020, MDXi—MainOne’s data centre subsidiary—unveiled West Africa’s first commercially available Microsoft Azure Stack service, hosted locally at its Lekki campus in Lagos. The...
Barracuda SecureEdge Targets Windows SMBs with Azure-Backed SASE and Zero-Trust Access
Barracuda Networks is making a determined push into the SASE market with a platform explicitly tailored for small and mid-sized businesses that live inside the Microsoft ecosystem. SecureEdge, the...
CISA Sets August 11 Deadline for Critical Exchange Hybrid Patch as Exploits Emerge
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued Emergency Directive 25-02 on August 7, 2025, giving federal agencies fewer than four days to remediate a high-severity vulnerability...
CrashPlan Transforms OneDrive into a Free Ransomware-Proof Vault at TechCon 365
Ransomware now hits more than two-thirds of organizations, yet many Microsoft 365 admins still assume their data is fully protected. That dangerous myth will be under the spotlight when CrashPlan...
Azure Backup’s Enterprise Lock-In: How a 10-Hour Outage Revealed the Hidden Costs of Cloud-Native Protection
When a DDoS attack knocked out a major Azure region for 10 hours earlier this year, it wasn’t just websites that went dark—backup and restore operations for thousands of businesses ground to a...
CrashPlan Touts Free OneDrive Backup for Microsoft 365 at TechCon 365 Atlanta
Ransomware attacks have paralyzed organizations of every size, and boardrooms are demanding more than just backup—they want ironclad cyber resilience that can restore critical Microsoft 365 data in...
NTT DATA’s New Microsoft Cloud Unit Pledges to Shrink Enterprise AI Deployments from Months to Weeks
NTT DATA has launched a new global business unit laser-focused on Microsoft Cloud and AI, promising to slash the time it takes for large enterprises to move from AI experimentation to...
Azure Storage Discovery: Transforming Enterprise Cloud Data Management with AI-Driven Insights
Azure is taking another major leap in cloud data management with the unveiling of Azure Storage Discovery, a cutting-edge service now available in public preview. This new solution is aimed squarely...