Azure DDoS Protection custom policy is now in public preview. This capability provides per-resource control over DDoS mitigation thresholds for protected Standard Load Balancer frontend IP configurations. Customers can configure fixed inbo…
Standard service endpoint is now available in public preview, introducing a scalable and secure way to connect IaaS workloads to Azure PaaS services under the Private Link family. This enhanced capability overcomes the scale and management…
Azure Monitor Application Insights now stores generative AI content in a dedicated GenAIContent table (AppGenAIContent in Log Analytics), making it possible to apply newly available access controls to sensitive AI telemetry. Because Applic…
IPv6 support for Azure VPN Gateway enables customers to run IPv6 inner traffic through VPN tunnels in a dual‑stack configuration. IPv6 is supported on all production SKU gateways that use standard public IPs.IPv6 inner traffic can be confi…
You can now develop functions using Python 3.14 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions plans on Linux. Upgrade your apps to Python 3.14 to take advantage of enhanced security, a longer support window, and continued compatibility with t…
Azure Functions support for PowerShell 7.6 is now available in preview. You can now develop apps using PowerShell 7.6 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions plans. Learn more: What's new in PowerShell 7.6 Azure Functions PowerShell ve…
Microsoft Defender Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) assessments for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server are now generally available. You can use assessments to continuously evaluate the security posture of your Azure Post…
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now generally supports Encryption in Transit (EiT) for Azure Files NFS v4.1 volumes through the Azure File CSI driver. With EiT enabled, data transferred between AKS workloads and Azure Files NFS shares is en…
Microsoft Agent Framework now ships generally available connectors for GitHub Copilot and Claude Code, so developers can build .NET and Python agents that delegate coding tasks to either system without writing custom adapter code. The conn…
Microsoft Agent Framework reaches general availability for multi-agent orchestration patterns, including the dynamic Magentic pattern that delivered 38 percent on GAIA and competitive results on AssistantBench and WebArena in published ben…
Microsoft Agent Framework reaches general availability for Agent Harness, the production runtime for agents built with the framework. Customers running pilots on the preview harness can now move the same agent code into production with bac…
Microsoft Foundry is now introducing Agent Framework, a unified multi-agent orchestration SDK for C# and Python. This release consolidates patterns previously spread across AutoGen and Semantic Kernel, giving developers a consistent set of…
In public preview, Microsoft Foundry now offers tracing for the Microsoft Agent Framework in both Python and .NET, helping developers observe how agents reason, call tools, and interact with models during execution. This release is part of…
Microsoft Agent Framework adds the CodeAct pattern in public preview, which lets agents collapse a multi-step plan into a single executable code block rather than chaining one tool call at a time. In representative workloads, CodeAct cut e…
Microsoft Agent Framework adds episodic procedural memory in public preview, a built-in store that lets agents remember successful task patterns and replay them on similar future requests. The framework records action sequences, tool selec…
Microsoft Agent Framework introduces Agent Channel in public preview, a built-in primitive that lets agents send structured messages to each other without bespoke routing code. Channels carry typed messages, support request and response or…
In mid-July 2026, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Shortcut Configuration lets you customize keyboard shortcuts for Quick Queries, the Results Grid, and the Query Editor directly within Visual Stud…
The Azure Arc migration solution now supports SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines as a migration target. Arc-enabled SQL Server instances can now be migrated to both Azure SQL Managed Instance and SQL Server on Azure infrastructure using …
Starting July 15, 2026, advanced platform metrics are available in Public Preview. This update provides enhanced visibility into platform performance, resource health, and operational trends across supported Azure services. With advanced p…
Microsoft Agent Framework adds DevUI Agent Inspector in public preview, a local debugging surface that shows agent runs as a navigable tree of model calls, tool invocations, and intermediate state. Developers can pause, replay, and edit pr…
Announcing the public preview of Azure Front Door edge actions (serverless compute at the edge).With edge actions, customers can execute lightweight JavaScript functions during Azure Front Door request processing to make real-time decision…
Starting July 13th, 2026, customers can use Azure Databricks SQL Serverless in the UK West region to simplify analytics workloads while benefiting from instant compute, automated scaling, and reduced infrastructure management. Eligible UK…
Starting October 1, 2026, the specified runtime versions Python 2.7, Python 3.8, and PowerShell 7.1 & 7.2. will no longer be supported by Automation. Runbooks using these versions may continue to run but will not receive security updates,…
You can now create and run Azure Chaos Studio resilience Scenarios directly from the Azure CLI with the new az chaos extension — no more hand-assembling REST calls and JSON files. Get started in one step: az chaos setup stands up a workspa…
Open AI GPT-5.6 is now available on Azure Databricks. You can use GPT 5.6 (purchased on Microsoft Foundry) via Model Serving Endpoint in Azure Databricks. Through integrations across Foundry and Azure Databricks, you can securely build, de…
Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) helps protect your web applications from common threats and attacks. In some cases, WAF may block requests that are safe and expected for your application. Existing exclusions help reduce false positive…
Azure Chaos Studio now supports Workspaces and Scenarios, a faster, application-centric way to validate how your workloads hold up during real outages.Point a Workspace at your application's scope—a subscription, resource group, or service…
The Log Analytics Export job enables you to export historical data from a Log Analytics workspace to an Azure Storage account based on a specified query and time range. This allows you to extract only the data you need and move it to exter…
Azure Event Hubs now supports Network Security Perimeter (NSP), enabling organizations to define a logical network isolation boundary for PaaS resources and control public network access through perimeter-based access rules.With Network Se…
Azure Event Hubs Dedicated now supports Confidential Computing, enabling organizations to protect streaming data while it is being processed in memory. By leveraging hardware-based trusted execution environments (TEEs), customers can help …
Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) is now generally available in Azure Chile Central, expanding regional availability for OpenShift deployments across South America. With the launch of Microsoft’s first Azure region in Chile, customers can now …
Microsoft Entra ID-based access for Azure Blob Storage SFTP is now generally available in all regions. You can now use Entra ID identities including guest users via Entra External Identities to securely connect to Azure Blob Storage over S…
Azure Site Recovery now supports up to 5x churn (500 MB/s per VM). This major enhancement empowers customers to confidently run high IOPS workloads with Azure Site Recovery, ensuring robust disaster recovery for even the most demanding app…
Azure Databricks now supports Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 through Azure Databricks AI Model Serving. Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic's most agentic Sonnet model to date, delivering near-Opus-level intelligence with Sonnet's cost efficiency and …
We’re excited to introduce the newly renamed Az.PostgreSQLFlexibleServer PowerShell module, delivering a more streamlined experience for you to manage Azure Database for PostgreSQL with PowerShell. Building on the capabilities of the previ…
Document-based PII detection in Azure AI Language now ships an initial playground experience in the Microsoft Foundry NextGen portal. The playground loads a prepared sample document, runs it through the document-based PII feature, and show…
Azure AI Language now offers a refreshed Document PII playground in general availability, giving customers a faster way to evaluate personally identifiable information detection on documents. The playground ships with curated sample inputs…
Azure introduces Instant Access for VM Restore Points, enabling you to restore disks immediately after a restore point is created—without waiting for background data replication.Key benefits:Faster recovery (lower RTO): Restore disks insta…
Azure Storage Mover now supports cloud-to-cloud migration of data from Google Cloud Storage (GCS) to Azure Blob Storage, helping organizations simplify multi-cloud consolidation onto Azure.Using the S3-compatible interface, customers can m…
Azure Blob Storage has long supported data integrity validation, starting with MD5 as part of the original HTTP standards and adding CRC64-NVME support in 2019. Today, CRC64-NVME is now integrated into the latest Azure Blob SDKs for .NET, …
Microsoft Foundry brings Toolboxes to GA, providing a unified endpoint to invoke the most-used tools in prompt agents and callable outside of prompt agents. Today every agent team hand-assembles its own tool list to solve the same tasks, w…
In September 2023, we announced Azure Blueprints would retire on July 11, 2026. We're extending that timeline to January 31, 2027, with phased retirement beginning July 31, 2026.What's changing?July 31, 2026, you won't be able to create ne…
Application Gateway for Containers is extending its ingress gateway feature set with new AI gateway capabilities. The new inference gateway capability brings the Kubernetes Gateway API Inference Extension to Application Gateway for Contain…
Azure NetApp Files migration assistant (with SnapMirror) provides efficient and cost-effective data migration leveraging ONTAP's built-in replication engine for seamless transition from on-premises or CVO/other cloud providers to Azure Net…
Azure Migrate now integrates with GitHub Copilot Modernization (public preview) to deliver at scale code insights. This capability brings together Azure Migrate’s portfolio-level discovery and assessment with GitHub Copilot’s context-aware…
Azure Databricks now supports native read access to data stored in Microsoft OneLake through Unity Catalog. This capability is generally available. Customers can query and analyze data directly in OneLake without moving or copying data, en…
Azure Databricks can now natively write managed Delta tables to Microsoft OneLake. This capability enables customers to use OneLake as a unified storage layer for Azure Databricks workloads without managing separate storage accounts. By st…
Azure StandardV2 NAT Gateway now supports outbound ICMP Echo Request and Echo Reply traffic, enabling customers to use tools such as ping to quickly validate outbound connectivity and troubleshoot network issues from workloads behind Stand…
The Azure Functions extension for VS Code now provides a redesigned Create New Project experience in public preview, featuring a rich, visual template gallery that replaces the multi-step Quick Pick wizard with a searchable, filterable vie…
A new Azure portal experience for Summary Rules in Log Analytics is now available. Summary Rules enable aggregation of high-volume log data at a defined cadence and store it in summarized tables for improved query performance, reporting, o…
Azure Compute will retire the following Virtual Machine series on November 15, 2028, impacting Azure Batch pools that rely on them:Av2-seriesF-series, Fs-series, Fsv2-seriesG-series, Gs-seriesLsv2-seriesAfter this date:New Batch pools usin…
Azure Compute will retire the following Virtual Machine series on May 1, 2028, impacting Azure Batch pools that rely on them:D-series, Ds-seriesDv2-series, Dsv2-seriesLs-seriesAfter this date:New Batch pools using these VM series cannot be…
As part of our ongoing efforts to streamline the Azure Storage portfolio and deliver enhanced performance, scalability, and cost efficiency, we are announcing the retirement of all General purpose v1 (GPv1) storage accounts. This includes …
SQL MCP Server is now generally available, giving customers a secure, high-performance way to build agentic solutions with controlled access to production data. Built for SQL and compatible with PostgreSQL and Azure Cosmos DB, SQL MCP Serv…
Update to our previous communication: We previously announced the retirement of all Inbound NAT rules version 1 resources, which included both single-VM NAT rules and NAT pools for Virtual Machine Scale Sets. We have narrowed the scope of …
Microsoft Entra server principals (logins) for Azure SQL Database is now generally available. You can now use CREATE LOGIN ... FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER in the virtual master database, bringing parity with SQL logins for your Microsoft Entra …
As of March 31, 2026, new Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL accounts can no longer enable Azure Synapse Link. Existing customers will remain fully supported until March 31, 2029, when Azure Synapse Link will reach end of life.We encourage all customer…
The Azure VPN Client for Linux (Preview) has remained in public preview and does not have a path to general availability (GA). As part of our ongoing efforts to align Azure networking services with current security and reliability standard…
You can now use Agent mode for GitHub Copilot in SSMS to work with your database: investigating performance problems, tuning queries, reviewing maintenance and configuration, identifying security concerns, troubleshooting errors, and assis…
PostgreSQL Hub for Azure Developers brings together key AI and application development resources for PostgreSQL on Azure. It includes curated sample apps and solution accelerators, tutorials, and structured learning pathways to help you bu…
Azure NCv6-series virtual machines (VMs) are now generally available in the Azure Southeast Asia and West US 2 regions. NCv6 VMs are powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition graphics processing units (GPUs) with each GPU fea…
Azure Premium SSD v2 disks now support non-zonal, single-instance Azure virtual machines in select Azure regions with Availability Zones (AZs). Customers can now deploy Premium SSD v2 with non-zonal virtual machines without selecting an Av…
Starting July 1, 2026, Microsoft Foundry agent security capabilities previously available through Microsoft Defender for Cloud will transition to a Microsoft Agent 365 license. Agent protection in Defender will be powered by Agent 365 obse…
Azure Site Recovery now supports replication and disaster recovery for Linux Azure Virtual Machines running on NVMe-enabled Generation 2 VM families, such as the Da/Ea/Fa v6-series and Ebsv5/Ebdsv5 in the Azure-to-Azure scenario. This supp…
Enhanced maintenance control capabilities are now generally available for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server. These new capabilities give you greater visibility and flexibility in managing platform maintenance events, helping re…
With role-based access control (RBAC) for Azure Managed Redis data access, you can precisely control who can read, write, or administer your Redis data using Microsoft Entra ID—without relying on shared keys. Built on top of Redis Access C…
Metrics Usage Insights now includes an Ingestion Volume Change dashboard to help you compare ingestion volume over time. Quickly detect spikes or drops in time series counts and event ingestion rates, enabling faster investigation of cost …
Guest RDMA is now in preview on Azure, starting in the UK South region, bringing high-throughput, ultra-low latency networking directly into guest VMs within the same region. By using Azure Boost to enable RDMA in the guest OS, application…
In public preview, Microsoft Foundry now supports avatar voice sync with custom voices in the Voice Live API, allowing developers to pair branded or persona-specific text-to-speech voices with real-time avatar experiences. This update help…
We’re pleased to announce that Azure Migrate now generally supports discovery and assessment of SMB and NFS file shares hosted on Windows and Linux servers. This gives customers a complete, data-driven view of their file share environment …
AI pipelines for Azure HorizonDB is now available in public preview. AI pipelines let you describe an AI data ingestion workflow, chunking, embedding, extraction, generation, and ranking, declaratively in SQL, and run it as a fault-toleran…
Azure Monitor's support for native ingestion of OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) signals is now generally available. This enables you to send telemetry data directly from OpenTelemetry-instrumented applications and platforms to Azure Monitor.…
Microsoft Foundry adds tool search to Foundry toolboxes in public preview, giving developers and admins a fast way to find the right tool inside large, multi-team catalogs. As your toolbox grows, sending every tool definition on every turn…
Microsoft Foundry brings Azure API Management support to all Foundry model integrations in Azure AI Search, now in public preview. Enterprise platform engineers and AI solution teams running large-scale RAG pipelines can place Foundry and …
Microsoft Foundry adds Azure SQL Database as a first-class Knowledge Source in Azure AI Search, available in public preview. Enterprise developers and solution architects building Copilot, RAG, and agentic experiences can now expose author…
Microsoft Discovery is now generally available, providing research and development organizations an enterprise platform for building and governing agentic AI workflows across scientific and engineering disciplines. Also available in previe…
Azure AI Search and Foundry Knowledge Bases now support private, end-to-end network connectivity between search resources and Foundry services. Customers can route ingestion, enrichment, retrieval, and agent traffic over Shared Private Lin…
Microsoft Foundry IQ now treats a Microsoft Fabric Ontology as a federated knowledge source in public preview, giving agents a way to query the semantic layer customers already curate in Fabric. Foundry IQ translates natural language quest…
Microsoft Foundry IQ reaches general availability, giving developers a managed knowledge layer that grounds agents in enterprise data without rebuilding retrieval pipelines for each project. Teams connect SharePoint, OneLake, Azure Blob, a…
Azure AI Search now supports Content Understanding chunking and image verbalization in public preview, expanding the built-in skill that parses rich documents during indexing. Indexers can split documents into semantically meaningful chunk…
Azure Monitor now includes Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs), giving teams a clearer way to measure how customers actually experience their applications. Instead of relying only on infrastructure signals l…
Microsoft Foundry now offers MAI-Voice-2 in public preview, a first-party voice model from the Microsoft AI team. MAI-Voice-2 generates natural speech across more than 10 languages and supports voice cloning from a short reference sample, …
Ever wondered how to allow auditing personas (i.e. security analyst in your organization or security assessment contractor) the ability to view your ledger files and establish trust in the cryptographic proofs themselves? With the new loc…
Azure AI Language brings the next-generation Text Analytics for Health (TA4H) playground to general availability in the Microsoft Foundry portal. Clinical informatics teams and ISVs can paste discharge summaries, doctor's notes, or researc…
This feature introduces end user feedback logging semantics that enables developers to capture structured feedback signals from real users interacting with AI agents—such as thumbs up/down, ratings, or custom annotations—and automatically …
Microsoft Foundry brings self-serve custom photo avatar creation to GA in the Foundry NextGen fine-tuning portal. Enterprise customers building voice agents with avatars or producing content with avatar and speech often need a branded avat…
Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) is now generally available in Azure Belgium Central, expanding regional availability for OpenShift deployments across Europe. With the launch of Microsoft’s first Azure region in Belgium, customers can now run…
Microsoft Foundry Agent Service adds agent-to-agent (A2A) communication in public preview for Prompt agents and Hosted agents that use the responses protocol. Agents can call other agents by name through a managed endpoint, with identity, …
In public preview, Microsoft Foundry now offers a Conversational PII (ConvPII) NextGen Playground with transcript input and an API Configuration Panel, enabling developers to validate PII detection across multi-speaker dialogue before inte…
In public preview, Microsoft Foundry now offers an updated TextPII NextGen Playground with a refreshed API Configuration Panel, including preview features introduced at Ignite 2025. This update lets developers test predefined PII categorie…
Use the Azure Developer CLI (azd) CLI evaluation experience to add a measured quality loop to an agent created with Microsoft Foundry. It empowers users on the hosted-agent lifecycle in azd, where you create, provision, deploy, initialize …
Microsoft Foundry model catalog adds a domain filter in public preview, helping developers narrow the catalog of over 1,900 models to the ones trained for a specific industry or use case. Filters cover domains such as robotics, biomedical …
The Microsoft Foundry extension for Visual Studio Code reaches general availability with a Build 2026 refresh that brings the full model catalog, model playground, and Hosted agent deployment into the editor. Developers can sign in with th…
Microsoft Foundry observability introduces intelligent trace filtering and sampling for evaluations in public preview. Instead of running evaluations against all production traces, Foundry now select a representative subset of traces using…
Azure AI Speech moves the Custom Voice authoring experience into the Microsoft Foundry portal in general availability. Approved Custom Voice customers can now upload voice talent recordings and consent statements, run data quality checks, …
Microsoft Foundry introduces rubric evaluators for measuring agent quality, now in public preview for single-turn and multi-turn agent flows. Rubric evaluators enable developers to define context-specific evaluation criteria using agent pr…
Microsoft is announcing Confidential Live Migration in Azure, a new capability designed to improve operational flexibility and availability for Intel® TDX Confidential VMs during platform servicing. Confidential Live Migration helps move a…
Azure Infrastructure Resiliency Manager is now in public preview, offering a unified, goal-driven experience to design, assess, and improve application resiliency across Azure. It brings together capabilities across Availability Zones, Azu…
You can now install the DuckDB extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server. Learn more.
Now you can unify your search operations in a single database. Azure DocumentDB has added fuzzy search, proximity search, more language support, and BM25 ranking to its full-text capabilities, bringing vector and advanced text search opera…