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GitHub announcement graphic: Dependabot will turn off alerts on inactive repositories. Cloud security 4 min read 10 Nov 2026 EN · PT Dependabot’s inactivity pause: check coverage before 8 December GitHub will pause Dependabot alerts on most inactive repositories from 8 December. Review workload ownership, enforced settings and monitoring coverage. MN Marcos Nogueira Read →

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GitHub’s original announcement graphic for updates to secret scanning. GitHub secret scanning: review the new filters and your rotation runbook Cloud security · 4 min read · 5 Nov 2026 #github-advanced-security#secret-scanning#github-secret-protection#devsecops#credential-security Microsoft Defender for Cloud's code-to-runtime security model, bringing development, cloud architecture and security operations together. What Defender for Cloud actually is: CNAPP in plain English Cloud security · 6 min read · 4 Nov 2026 #defender-for-cloud#cloud-security#cspm#devsecops An illustrative customer portal connected to staff access, customer records and recovery, with three questions about who can enter, what can change and how the service returns. Cybersecurity starts with what your business needs to protect Cloud security · 6 min read · 30 Oct 2026 #cybersecurity#cloud-security#zero-trust#security-architecture
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Create a practical workload readiness checklist Well-Architected & resilience · 4 min read · 21 Oct 2026 #well-architected-framework#azure-service-health#business-continuity#disaster-recovery#incident-response Screenshot showing redundancy and failover status in the Azure portal. Plan a storage recovery exercise with a verifiable outcome Storage · 5 min read · 17 Oct 2026 #azure-storage#azure-files#failover#geo-redundancy#disaster-recovery Screenshot of a policy assignment creating a system-assigned managed identity in East US with Log Analytics Contributor permissions. Investigate a policy remediation task that did not run Azure operations & management · 4 min read · 14 Oct 2026 #azure-monitor#troubleshooting#remediation#replication#azure-policy#managed-identities Review network boundaries before connecting another environment Networking · 4 min read · 12 Oct 2026 #networking#azure-virtual-network#virtual-network-peering Document and test manual replay of failed messages Azure integration PaaS · 4 min read · 9 Oct 2026 #azure-service-bus#troubleshooting#replay-messages#dead-letter-queue Resolve a Terraform state lock without losing deployment history Automation & IaC · 4 min read · 6 Oct 2026 #bicep#azure-resource-manager#deployment#troubleshooting#what-if Build a migration handover the operations team can use Azure hybrid & migration · 4 min read · 4 Oct 2026 #migration#hybrid-cloud#migration-handover#azure-migrate#assessment#operations-readiness Screenshot of the Pools page in a Batch account that highlights the Pools option in the left side navigation and add button on the Pools page. Review networking requirements before selecting an accelerator VM Azure HPC & AI infrastructure · 6 min read · 1 Oct 2026 #gpu#hpc#azure-batch#subnet-planning#azure-virtual-network Plan VM maintenance around application recovery requirements Virtual machines · 5 min read · 28 Sept 2026 #azure-virtual-machines#maintenance#maintenance-control#self-service-maintenance#virtual-machine-scale-sets
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