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...

Background: Azure Machine Configuration remains committed to enabling greater security and simplicity in at-scale server management for all Azure customers. Machine Configuration (previously known as...

We're super excited to announce the public preview of the Azure Resource Manager MCP Server! This is a remote MCP server that provides tools to give AI agents first-class access to Azure infrastructu...

Following on from months of working alongside customers, partners, and our internal product groups, we have now made two updates to the Azure landing zone (ALZ) and the Sovereign landing zone (SLZ), ...

Running production workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is becoming the norm for platform teams building cloud‑native applications at scale. As these environments increasingly host stateful wo...

Managing servers and VMs across Azure, on premises, and multi-cloud environments often means turning on core capabilities—monitoring, updates, inventory, and configuration—through separate setup expe...

As Azure evolves, certain features are deprecated to streamline services and improve security and performance. One such upcoming change is the deprecation of the Docker Content Trust (DCT) feature in...

ARG GET/LIST API delivers 10X higher throttling quotas to callers compared to ARG query unlocking a more scalable, resilient way to perform resource lookups in Azure. ARG GET/LIST API is a new platfo...

Recap: Azure Governance @ Ignite 2025 Azure governance is thrilled to be back at ignite this year with some exciting updates. In this blog we will be sharing highlights from the session, overviews ...

In today’s cloud-first world, optimization is no longer a luxury—it’s a strategic imperative. As IT professionals and developers navigate increasingly complex environments, the need to reduce costs, ...