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Field Signals
Google makes EU, UK transfers free
Reprice TCO; zero egress reshapes multicloud exits.
Azure default outbound ends 30 Sep
New VMs need explicit egress or demos fail.
ECS Exec lands in the AWS console
One-click shell to containers; standardise sub-30-second triage.
🔒 Also Inside
— Playbook: Azure egress prove-out
— Benchmark: 84 CVEs, eight critical
— Tool in Focus: Copilot v1.104 guardrails
— Role Intel: Change freeze, egress owner
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Field Signals
Google makes EU, UK multicloud transfers free
Impact: Inter-cloud data moves now zero cost on Google via Data Transfer Essentials. Competitive pressure on Azure at-cost, AWS reduced on request.
Action: Reprice TCOs with zero egress on Google, flag lock-in friction in decks.
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Azure default outbound retires on 30 Sep
Impact: New VMs lose implicit internet egress. Existing VMs keep working. New VNets default to private behaviour from 31 Mar 2026.
Action: Add explicit egress now with NAT Gateway or LB outbound, test curl https://ifconfig.me in every PoC.
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ECS Exec lands in the AWS console
Impact: One-click Connect opens a shell to containers. No inbound ports or SSH keys.
Action: Enable --enable-execute-command, drill a sub-30-second “task to shell,” log to CloudWatch or S3.
🔗 AWS Documentation →
Playbook Drop
Azure egress prove-out script, 10 minutes
Create or pick a subnet for demos.
Add NAT Gateway and public IP.
Associate NAT with the subnet.
Route: add route 0.0.0.0/0 next hop NAT Gateway.
From a fresh VM in that subnet:
curl https://ifconfig.me
Call one SaaS API you will demo.
Record the observed public IP in the PoC sheet.
Lock egress: NSG allow to demo FQDNs only.
At session start, say: “We prove outbound now. Our NAT IP is X. You should see that in your logs.”
If it fails, move workload to the known-good subnet and re-test.
Tag subnet poc-egress=approved.
Benchmark Snap
84 CVEs fixed on 9 Sep, eight critical, two publicly disclosed
Provenance: CrowdStrike September Patch Tuesday analysis.
SE implication: Patch lab laptops and golden images this week. Add a 30-second “prove patch level” step to your pre-demo checklist.
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Tool in Focus
GitHub Copilot for VS Code v1.104
What it does: Auto model selection in Chat, confirm-before-edit on sensitive files, AGENTS.md support, safer terminal auto-approve.
Where it fits: Guardrail live edits in demo repos, keep agents off infra/**, .github/**, secrets/**.
Test in 15 minutes:
Update Copilot extension.
Set Chat model to Auto.
Create AGENTS.md with repo rules.
In settings, require confirmation for sensitive file patterns.
Run a guarded refactor, then try a low-risk terminal command with auto-approve toggled.
Role Intel
SE manager, EMEA, high-stakes demo
Set a one-week change freeze on networking defaults. Name an egress owner in every PoC charter. Add a two-minute “egress prove-out” at the top of each session. This prevents silent failures when Azure removes default outbound after 30 Sep and aligns teams on a single known-good path
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