Azure Releases
Microsoft Azure updates and Terraform AzureRM provider. New features, breaking changes, security advisories and deprecations - each summarised in plain English and updated continuously.
Tracking 419 Azure releases · Updated
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Claude Opus 5 available on Azure Databricks
Claude Opus 5, a large language model, is now generally available on Azure Databricks. This release allows all Azure customers to leverage the model for production workloads, enhancing AI-powered discovery and cloud investment strategies. This update is part of Azure's ongoing expansion of AI capabilities for its users.
feature announcement - Microsoft Azure Blog blogdataazuredatabricksgaarchitect ·
Azure Databricks: Forrester Study Highlights Business Value
A new Forrester Total Economic Impact™ study commissioned by Microsoft found that Azure Databricks delivers significant business value, with a composite organization achieving a 331% three-year ROI and a payback period of less than six months. The study attributes these benefits to increased data and analytics team productivity, lower infrastructure costs, improved data platform resiliency, and the retirement of legacy software. These advantages stem from Azure Databricks' native integration with the Azure ecosystem and its co-engineered partnership with Microsoft, benefiting technical teams with deeper integration and businesses with reduced costs and faster time-to-value.
announcement - Azure Updates azuredatabricksgaengineer ·
Azure Databricks SQL Serverless GA in UK West
Azure Databricks SQL Serverless is now generally available in the UK West region, enabling AI-powered discovery of Azure updates and product information. This expansion caters to cloud investment needs, offering production-ready capabilities to all Azure customers. The announcement highlights ongoing development and preview phases for broader customer adoption and feedback.
feature announcement - Azure Updates aiazuredatabricksga ·
Azure Databricks GA: OpenAI GPT-5.6
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 is now generally available on Azure Databricks, enhancing AI-powered discovery of Azure updates. This release allows all Azure customers to leverage the production-ready model for their cloud investment needs. The announcement also points to the Microsoft Azure Blog for security solutions and community support channels for inquiries.
feature announcement - Azure Updates aiazuredatabricksgaengineer ·
Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 available on Azure Databricks
Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 models are now generally available on Azure Databricks, enabling AI-powered discovery of Azure updates. This feature allows users to stay informed about new Azure products and features for their cloud investments. The release is fully production-ready and available to all Azure customers.
feature announcement - Azure Updates dataaiazuredatabrickspreviewengineerfabric ·
Azure Databricks to natively store data in Microsoft OneLake (preview)
Azure Databricks will soon natively store data in Microsoft OneLake, enabling AI-powered discovery and integration with Azure updates. This feature is currently in public preview and available for non-production use and testing by all Azure customers. It aims to enhance cloud investment needs by keeping users informed about Azure product and feature updates.
feature announcement - Azure Updates azuredatabricksgaengineerfabric ·
Azure Databricks Native Read Access to Microsoft OneLake Now Generally Available
Azure Databricks now offers general availability for native read access to Microsoft OneLake, enhancing AI-powered discovery of Azure updates. This feature simplifies accessing Azure product and feature information to support cloud investment decisions. It is now production-ready for all Azure customers.
feature announcement - Azure Updates aiazuredatabrickspreviewengineer ·
Azure Updates AI-powered discovery in preview
Microsoft is previewing an AI-powered feature for Azure Updates that uses the Release Communications MCP server to discover new Azure products and features. This aims to help customers meet cloud investment needs by keeping them informed of relevant changes. The feature is currently available to all Azure customers for non-production use and testing.
announcement feature - Azure Updates aiazuredatabrickspreviewengineer ·
Azure Databricks workspace-wide Copilot Studio integration now in preview
Azure Databricks is introducing a workspace-wide integration with Microsoft Copilot Studio, enabling AI-powered discovery of Azure Updates through the Microsoft Release Communications MCP server. This feature is currently in public preview and available for non-production use and testing by all Azure customers. It aims to help users stay informed about Azure product and feature updates to manage cloud investments effectively.
feature announcement - Azure Updates aiazuredatabricksgaengineer ·
Azure Databricks adds Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7 via AI Model Serving
Azure Databricks now offers Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 through its AI Model Serving. This integration brings Anthropic's most capable hybrid reasoning model to Azure Databricks users, improving performance on complex extraction and agentic reasoning tasks. The model is now generally available for all Azure Databricks customers.
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