In this brief update, John Savill from John Savill’s Technical Training provides highlights of the latest developments in Azure and cloud infrastructure. He discusses recent video content, policy changes due to channel growth, and directs users to external forums for technical questions.

Key updates include enabling Trusted Launch on VMSS (both flex and uniform deployments), understanding the new defaults for VMs and VMSS, and information on Azure Firewall maintenance and high-scale AVNM Private Endpoints. Migration from AWS S3 to Azure Blob Storage is addressed, along with updates for Azure Automation (now supporting PowerShell 7.4 and Python 3.10). Notably, he mentions new AI models like codex-mini, o3-pro, and phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning, indicating rapid advancement in AI-related Azure offerings. John also lists curated Azure learning paths, master classes, and certification resources, and encourages users to utilize subtitles and translations in his educational content. The post is especially valuable for those keeping up with weekly Azure changes, cloud security, automation, and evolving Microsoft AI services.

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