Confidential Computing Hits Messaging Azure Service Bus Premium now supports confidential computing in general availability , processing messages inside hardware-based trusted execution environments (TEEs). This rounds out the encryption story—data at rest, data in transit, and now data in use all get cryptographic protection. At GA, this is available in Korea Central and UAE North, with broader rollout expected. For regulated workloads—healthcare, financial services, government—this matters. You can now run message processing with compute-level isolation that prevents even Azure operators from accessing plaintext data during processing. The recommendation is to pair confidential computing with customer-managed keys backed by Azure Key Vault Managed HSM. That gives you defense-in-depth: TEE protects data in use, validated HSMs protect keys at rest, and you maintain full control of the key lifecycle.…