In AI the big news is Phi-4: Microsoft's Newest Small Language Model Specializing in Complex Reasoning, and a nice article about Azure AI vs NuGet: How to Choose the Right Language Detection (we've used NTextCat for language detection for over a decade).
In Analytics: Virtualizing GCP data by using Fabric Shortcuts: Data Engineering with Fabric, and Ways to land data into Fabric OneLake, and Azure IoT Operations: Sending commands via EventGrid MQTT. Two other interesting posts: Interregional traffic in hub-and-spoke and Azure Communication Services Email Sending Simplified: From Setup to Execution and Monitoring.
Finally, a number of good DevOps articles: Microsoft Graph Bicep Extension, and Get Azure cost estimates in Azure DevOps PR comments with Bicep, and npx and Azure Artifacts: the secret CLI delivery mechanism.