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Following the general availability of what-if for Azure Deployment Stacks, this article deep dives into the co-released feature of "noise reduction", which was a top community feature ask from Deploy...
Oct 08, 2026
4 MIN READ
Today we’re excited to share that the Azure Policy Linter is now open source on GitHub: github.com/Azure/azure-policy-linter. It’s a command-line linter for Azure Policy definitions that surfaces kno...
Sep 28, 2026
In 2024 we introduced versioning for built-in definitions and initiatives. Today we are extending that capability to your own policies! Custom policy versioning is now in public preview. Custom defin...
Sep 14, 2026
Cloud compliance certifications like C5, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or PCI DSS never cover the whole platform. They only cover a defined set of services, listed in an official document published by Microsoft....
Sep 01, 2026
We are proud to announce that what-if for Azure Deployment Stacks is now generally available, in all regions.
To be precise about what this is, since the names are similar: what-if for standard tem...
Aug 18, 2026
When a policy is applied, some resources in scope may need to be temporarily exempted from enforcement, whether it be during a migration, an incident, or while an app team works through its complianc...
Jul 28, 2026
Azure Policy for Kubernetes now supports Gatekeeper’s integration with native Kubernetes Validating Admission Policy (VAP) using Common Expression Language (CEL)! This integration leverages the new V...
Jul 23, 2026
Azure landing zone (ALZ) is now maintained by the Azure Migrate team. Nothing has changed in relation to getting support and making requests; still head to aka.ms/alz/issues (GitHub) and file your ...
Jul 03, 2026
9 MIN READ
Introduction
The Azure Resource Manager MCP Server is a remote Model Context Protocol server that gives AI agents first-class access to Azure infrastructure operations. Six tools is a small surface...
Jun 19, 2026
For customers with machines managed by Azure (i.e., Arc-enabled machines and Azure VMs), last year we delivered built-in CIS Benchmarks for Linux. The feedback has been clear: “Excellent, now do Wind...
May 28, 2026