May14Google Cloud·Vertex AI·GA·Update RAG configsGemini 2.5 Flash is generally available on Vertex AILower latency, 30% cheaper input tokens, and a 2M long-context window with tool use, structured outputs and grounding on Google Search.What GoPomelo thinksFor customers running RAG agents on 1.5 Pro: the model swap is mostly a config change, but watch for chunk-size regressions. We are updating the Vertex AI deep-dive workshop next week to use 2.5 Flash by default.RelatedHands-on Gemini for developersVendor announcement1,240 views · 18 comments
May11Microsoft·Microsoft 365·Preview·Review tenant policyCopilot Pages enters public preview for E3 and E5 tenantsPersistent collaborative canvases generated from Copilot prompts. Co-edit alongside teammates, with versioning and Loop component embedding.
May08Google Cloud·Certification·Cert change·Book before Jul 1GCP Professional Data Engineer exam blueprint refreshedRemoved legacy Dataproc questions; added BigQuery ML, Dataform and Vertex AI Pipelines. Effective for exams booked on or after July 1, 2026.
May06Microsoft·Azure·GA·Plan v5→v6 migrationAzure landing zones accelerator v6 ships with policy-as-code defaultsNew baseline ships every Defender for Cloud recommendation as a deny-with-deploy-if-not-exists policy. Migration playbook included for v5 customers.
May02Google Cloud·Workspace·New courseNew course: Gemini for Workspace — admin and adoptionA 4-hour primer for IT admins and change-management leads: turning on Gemini for Workspace, governance defaults, and an adoption template our customers actually use.
Apr28Microsoft·Entra ID·PreviewConditional Access for agents (preview) — identity for AI workloadsTreat AI agents as first-class principals. Define CA policies for service principals with grounding-source restrictions and per-tool authorisation.
