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Microsoft Azure updates and Terraform AzureRM provider.
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LangChain Azure Cosmos DB Python package released
A new Python package integrates LangChain and LangGraph with Azure Cosmos DB for building AI and agent applications. This allows direct use of Cosmos DB for vector and hybrid search, semantic caching, and chat history management, enabling faster production-ready AI development.
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Azure Cosmos DB Shell in public preview
Azure Cosmos DB Shell is now available in public preview, offering a new command-line experience. This new shell leverages agentic capabilities via Model Context Protocol (MCP) to improve efficiency in querying, exploring, and managing data.
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Azure Cosmos DB: Public preview of spherical quantization for vector search
Azure Cosmos DB has introduced spherical quantization in public preview, a new vector compression technique that accelerates vector indexing while maintaining high recall and accuracy at scale. This feature benefits users who rely on efficient and accurate vector search for their applications.
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BigQuery multi-region sharing, Gemini Enterprise updates, and Cloud Trace
BigQuery now supports multi-region sharing for datasets and linked replicas, reaching general availability. Gemini Enterprise introduces new data stores in public preview and fixes an audio track extraction issue. Cloud Trace automatically generates spans for agentic applications, enhancing behavior analysis. A breaking change will affect BigQuery Data Transfer Service connectors for Google Ads, Search Ads 360, and GA4 starting June 1, 2026, due to Google Ads data retention policies.
feature patch breaking deprecation announcement - Azure Updates aiazuregaengineer ·
Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0 generally available for .NET and Python
Microsoft Agent Framework has reached version 1.0, offering stable APIs and long-term support for both .NET and Python. This release enables multi-agent orchestration, supports multiple model providers, and provides cross-runtime interoperability through A2A.
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Foundry Agent Service Adds Preview Memory Capability
Foundry's memory feature is now available in public preview, offering managed long-term memory directly within the Agent Service. This integration with Microsoft Agent Framework and LangGraph eliminates the need for external databases, simplifying memory management for developers.
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Foundry Agent Service Supports Custom AI Gateways
Foundry Agent Service now allows agents to use custom AI models deployed outside of Foundry, including those behind enterprise AI gateways like Azure API Management. This provides organizations with greater flexibility and control over their AI model integrations.
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Azure ML Prompt Flow to be retired April 2027
Microsoft is retiring Prompt Flow in Azure Machine Learning and Foundry on April 20, 2027. It will be replaced by the unified Microsoft Agent Framework, which promises new capabilities and a streamlined experience. This retirement will affect users who currently rely on Prompt Flow for their orchestration needs.
deprecation - Azure Updates aiazuregaengineer ·
Foundry Toolkit for VS Code reaches general availability
The Foundry Toolkit for VS Code is now generally available, offering integrated tooling for the Microsoft Agent Framework. This includes capabilities for agent creation using templates or GitHub Copilot, local testing and debugging with visualization and traces, and direct deployment to the Foundry platform.
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Databricks SDK Java v0.105.0: AI agent detection, breaking API changes
Databricks SDK Java version 0.105.0 introduces automatic detection of AI coding agents in user-agent strings and updates the logging abstraction. This release also includes several breaking changes to API method paths, requiring users to update their integrations. The SDK now better supports various AI environments and simplifies logging configurations.
breaking feature patch - Azure Updates aiazuredatabricksgadata-scientist ·
Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7 available on Azure Databricks AI Model Serving
Azure Databricks has launched support for Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 via its AI Model Serving. This integration makes Anthropic's advanced hybrid reasoning model accessible for complex extraction and agentic tasks, benefiting data scientists and engineers working with LLMs on the platform.
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Azure Red Hat OpenShift supports NVIDIA H100/H200 GPUs
Azure Red Hat OpenShift now supports NVIDIA H100 and H200 GPU-based Azure Virtual Machine SKUs. This enhancement allows customers to run large-scale AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing workloads on the managed OpenShift service.
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Azure AI Language features to be retired March 31, 2029
Microsoft will retire eight Azure AI Language features on March 31, 2029. These include Key Phrase Extraction, Sentiment Analysis, Custom Text Classification, Conversational Language Understanding, and Custom Question Answering. Affected users should migrate to newer capabilities before the retirement date.
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