Microsoft is offering new Visual Studio VM images on its Azure cloud computing platform, some supporting the Dev Box service for cloud-based workstations customized for software development.

If you’ve got a lot more data, though, then Microsoft now also offers the Azure Data Box Heavy. This new box, which is now in preview, can hold up to one petabyte of data.

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the general availability of Azure Data Box Edge and Azure Data Box Gateway.

The general availability of Azure Data Box Edge is a critical milestone for Microsoft and its customers. It’s the first step in delivering the promise of intelligent cloud and intelligent edge.

Unified governance Oracle is also Integrating Database@Azure with Microsoft’s Purview data governance software to give users a view of all their Azure resources.

Configuration as code is coming to Microsoft’s Azure-hosted workstations, allowing us to use WinGet, YAML files, and PowerShell DSC to deliver ready-to-run toolchains to developers.

Microsoft said the addition of DALL-E 2 will expand the breadth of use cases for its Azure OpenAI Service. It’s currently available in limited access in preview.

The Microsoft AI research team inadvertently shared a link that gave visitors full permissions to 38TB of private company data.

The Microsoft leak, which stemmed from AI researchers sharing open-source training data on GitHub, has been mitigated.