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The week that's just ending has brought news relating to Inspire 2021, the ever-present Patch Tuesday, and even a small helping of gaming news. Be sure to catch up via our very handy overview.

Microsoft has enhanced its Azure Event Grid and Azure Kubernetes solutions with tighter integration to more event sources. Improvements have been made to the Partner Center for ISVs as well.

At its Inspire 2021 conference today, Microsoft has revealed several new initiatives to make it easier for customers to migrate and modernize their solutions on the company's Azure infrastructure.

As part of Azure Arc-enabled data services, the Azure SQL service becomes the first database service to get a general availability release date, with Azure PostgreSQL Hyperscale still in preview.

The latest updates focus on giving organizations the ability to integrate low-code capabilities with more confidence. Three essential points of advancements have been noted in this regard.

Microsoft announced that it is renaming Windows Virtual Desktop to Azure Virtual Desktop. It is also adding new features such as support for domain joining VDIs with AAD, new pricing options, more.

Microsoft will integrate ReFirm Labs' firmware analysis technology into the company's existing IoT security platform, offering customers an all-in-one, cloud-based security solution.

In the last seven days we had the Build conference, a reveal of the Xbox and Bethesda E3 event date, and some needed improvements to shared calendars on Windows. Be sure to catch up via our overview.

Preview 4 of .NET 6 is live with support for new device targets such as Apple Silicon and WPF on ARM64. Microsoft has also announced a research initiative focused on developer well-being.

Developers utilizing Azure Synapse, Cognitive Services, AI, Cosmos DB, Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL, and SQL Database have a lot to be excited today for what Microsoft has in store for them.

The Spanish football association will not only be working with Microsoft to make the digital sports experience better, but also to develop tech solutions for the media and entertainment industry.

Microsoft has announced that it is shutting down Azure Blockchain Service, its Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) offering on September 10, 2021. The company has also detailed migration strategies.

As we wrap up yet another week, we take a look at the arrival of Edge Beta on Linux, new Game Pass games, a new Segoe font, and a lot more Microsoft news. Be sure to catch up via our handy overview.

Microsoft Azure has received an icon update, courtesy of the company's Fluent Design System. The new icon will be rolling out across Azure services and the website in the coming weeks.

Microsoft has announced the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud, which means that all data of EU customers utilizing Microsoft services may be stored in the EU region only by the end of 2022.

The new partnership focuses on bringing further opportunities for skilling in Azure, with three new specializations on offer. Scholarships for these specializations are provided as well.

PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has stated that Sony is still collaborating with Microsoft when it comes to cloud gaming, but the company's cloud strategy "will be unique and only on PlayStation".

The week that's just wrapping up has brought news about Paint in the Microsoft Store, Surface updates, and a long-awaited release window reveal for Age of Empires IV. Catch up via our handy overview.

Microsoft has released a status update on last week's Azure outage that caused many of its services to become unavailable for a whole hour. The issues were attributed to faulty DNS code.

The new Azure Resource Manager-based model, boasting feature parity with Cloud Services (classic), as well as regional resiliency and ARM capabilities, has now been made generally available.

This week brought an announcement of a next-gen enhanced version of ESO on consoles, some new Teams features, and a serious Azure outage affecting multiple services. Catch up via our handy overview.

Microsoft has acknowledged an ongoing problem with a range of its cloud services, including Azure and Microsoft 365, which may make it impossible to use its services. The team is working on it.

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The week brought us Ignite news, Exchange on-prem vulnerability news, and even some expected Insider build news. Make sure to catch up with everything that happened via our handy overview.

At Ignite 2021, Microsoft has announced a host of capabilities for mission-critical workloads on Azure include optimizations to compute, storage, backup, management, development, and networking.

Microsoft has announced that Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 is now generally available. The company is also making it easier to deploy Java Enterprise Edition solutions on Azure via new scripts.

Microsoft has unveiled new features for its Azure analytics solutions such as Synapse Analytics and Cosmos DB. The company is also opening a new datacenter region in China to cater increased demand.

Microsoft is partnering with US-based investment firm MSCI to offer Investment Solutions as a Service. Throughout 2021, four new services will launch built on top of Azure and Power BI.

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The team-up with Hewlett Packard Enterprise will be centered around delivering Azure capabilities to space through HPE's Spaceborne Computer-2, which is set to be launched this month.

The latest datacenter region will be based in Georgia's Fulton and Douglas Counties. This new effort is considered a significant part of Microsoft's recent commitment to growth in the Atlanta region.

Microsoft is reportedly planning to hold special events for its Windows, gaming, cloud, and security products in the next few months. A Microsoft 365-focused event is scheduled for this week.

Microsoft has announced the public preview for Azure Quantum, its full-stack open cloud ecosystem that unites quantum software, solutions, and hardware to meet business needs of the future.

The newest Availability Zones are aimed at providing more resiliency to the South Central U.S. region, enabling key functionalities including Site Recovery, built-in data replication, and more.

The new model, now in preview, extends the functionality of the classic Cloud Services model, and also offers additional Azure Resource Model capabilities such as role-based access.

Microsoft is working with Yellow Messenger to use AI services to make automated voice customer services with virtual assistants feel more natural and human to human during interactions

Microsoft and SAP have announced that Microsoft Teams will be integrated into SAP solutions by mid-2021. The two are also accelerating the adoption of SAP S/4HANA on Microsoft Azure.

The Azure Quantum Developer Workshop will focus on Microsoft and its industry partners sharing their endeavors in the field of quantum computing, and will include tech demos and a live Q&A.