Azure Workloads
What’s new?
- 🚀 Bicep Azure Verified Modules for Platform Landing Zone
Deep links
- Bicep Azure Verified Modules for Platform Landing Zone: Azure Verified Modules (AVM) introduce a standardized approach to Infrastructure as Code across Microsoft’s ecosystem, ensuring consistency, testing rigor, and clear contributor guidelines. The Azure Landing Zone (ALZ) Bicep implementation now uses AVM exclusively. (Tech Community)
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Azure Workloads
What’s new?
- 🚀 The Partner Opportunity For Microsoft’s Skilling And Enablement Program
- 🤖 AI for IT/Ops workshop
- 🛡️ Microsoft Sovereign Cloud adds governance, productivity and support for large AI models securely running even when completely disconnected
Deep links
- The Partner Opportunity For Microsoft’s Skilling And Enablement Program: Detailed study on the financial potential and ROI for partners through Microsoft skilling and enablement programs. (Forrester 2026)
- AI for IT/Ops workshop: A workshop providing IT professionals with hands-on guidance for managing and deploying AI-enabled applications in Azure, covering identity, networking, and monitoring. (GitHub)
- Microsoft Sovereign Cloud adds governance, productivity and support for large AI models securely running even when completely disconnected: Announcement of enhanced features for Microsoft Sovereign Cloud, including disconnected operation capabilities and expanded AI model support in sovereign private environments. (Microsoft Blog)
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Microsoft 365 Workloads
What’s new?
- 🤖 Copilot Developer Camp: Self-paced resource to help build agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot.
- 🚀 Accelerating Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption with Automated Readiness Assessment: Playbook for partners to guide customers through Copilot adoption.
Deep links
- Copilot Developer Camp: Copilot Developer Camp is a self-paced learning resource, designed to help you build agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot. It provides practical guidance and real-world examples to support your development journey. (Copilot Camp)
- Accelerating Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption with Automated Readiness Assessment: This playbook supports Microsoft partners in helping customers through the adoption journey of Microsoft 365 Copilot using an automated readiness assessment. (Tech Community)
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Power Platform Workloads
What’s new?
- 📚 Agent Cost Management (e-book)
- 🏗️ Architecting agent solutions: Copilot Studio Principles and patterns
- 📝 Microsoft Copilot Studio guidance documentation
- ⚙️ The Custom Engine
- 🚀 copilot-alm-starter (ALM Starter Kit Repository)
Deep links
- Agent Cost Management (e-book): Explains the full lifecycle of agent cost management, covering estimation, billing setup, tracking, forecasting, and active cost control. (Microsoft)
- Architecting agent solutions: Copilot Studio Principles and patterns: Provides guidance for architecting agents using established patterns and best practices. (Microsoft)
- Microsoft Copilot Studio guidance documentation: Offers best practices, implementation, and architecture guidance from experts supporting enterprise customers. (Microsoft)
- The Custom Engine: Features technical examples and best practices shared by the Microsoft Copilot Studio Customer Advisory Team (CAT). (The Custom Engine)
- copilot-alm-starter: Starter kit repository offering resources for Copilot Studio ALM scenarios and automation patterns. (GitHub)
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Security Workloads
What’s new?
- 🔄 Introducing the next generation of SOC automation: Sentinel playbook generator
Deep links
- Introducing the next generation of SOC automation: Sentinel playbook generator: Announces the Sentinel playbook generator to accelerate SOC automation and playbook creation in Microsoft Sentinel. (Tech Community)
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Security Workloads
What’s new?
- 🛡️ Microsoft Data Security Index Report
- 🦾 Running OpenClaw safely: identity, isolation, and runtime risk
- 🥽 Accelerating macOS proof of concepts with Microsoft Intune
- 🏰 Microsoft Defender portal implementation guide for MSSPs
Deep links
- Microsoft Data Security Index Report: Data Security Index report’s key findings that relate to generative AI and how they are being operationalized at Microsoft. (Microsoft Security Blog)
- Running OpenClaw safely: identity, isolation, and runtime risk: This post explains the supply chain risks of self-hosted agents and provides deployment and monitoring guidance aligned with Microsoft Security controls. (Microsoft Security Blog)
- Accelerating macOS proof of concepts with Microsoft Intune: Overview of the ‘Intune my Macs’ starter kit to help partners explore recommended macOS configurations and set up proof of concepts using Microsoft Intune. (Tech Community)
- Microsoft Defender portal implementation guide for MSSPs: Comprehensive guide on implementing tenant management for Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) in the Microsoft Defender portal, from setup to advanced operational workflows. (Microsoft Learn)
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