Azure Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS, a Databricks-managed runtime available on Azure Databricks, reached end of support on March 18, 2025 and will reach end of life on November 1, 2026. After this date, Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS will no longer be availabl
deprecationEnterprise content is no longer just something people read. AI apps and agents are only as useful as the information they can understand, yet much of the world’s enterprise knowledge is locked in documents, forms, tables, images, audio, and video. The latest Azure Content Understanding updates help developers turn that content into structured, grounded data […] The post From Sync APIs to support for the GPT-5 model series and agentic workflows: What’s new in Azure Content Understanding – August 2026 appeared first on Microsoft Foundry Blog.Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Microsoft Foundry, Categories:
updateEnterprise content is no longer just something people consume. As organizations increasingly rely on AI to extract and act on information from documents, images, audio, and video, Azure Content Understanding is expanding support for the GPT-5 series and improving grounding and confidence to deliver greater flexibility, efficiency, and quality. This expanded model catalog enables organizations […] The post Azure Content Understanding GPT-5 Series Guide: Model Selection, Grounding Improvements, and Confidence Enhancements appeared first on Microsoft Foundry Blog.Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Microsoft Foundry, Categories:
updateBatch rule updates are now generally available for Azure Front Door Standard and Premium. This capability enables customers to add, update, delete, or reorder multiple rules in a rule set as a coordinated operation, ensuring that all changes are applied t
releaseMutual TLS, also known as client certificate authentication, enables Azure Front Door to authenticate clients using X.509 certificates before requests reach an application. It helps protect sensitive applications and APIs across business-to-business, Inte
previewToday, we are announcing the public preview of Markdown for Agents in Azure App Service. This feature gives AI agents and other tools a cleaner way to consume content from an App Service app. When a client requests Markdown, App Service can automatically
previewWorkflow automation scenarios—including grounding AI agents, verifying identities, assisting customers with documents in call centers, and triggering document-based workflows—depend on immediate cont...Update Type: Announcement, Services: Microsoft Foundry, Categories:
updateWhat parts of building and shipping on Azure still take too many steps? Maybe you want a command that starts a project with your organization’s approved architecture and infrastructure. Maybe you need to connect deployments to an internal service catalog, run security checks before provisioning, or guide developers through a process that currently lives across […] The post Azure Developer CLI extension framework is GA: build dev workflows for apps using Azure appeared first on Azure SDK Blog.Update Type: GA, Services: , Categories: Security, Services
securityWe are releasing new patches for our self‑hosted product, Azure DevOps Server. We strongly recommend that all customers stay up to date with the latest, most secure version of Azure DevOps Server. The most recent release, Azure DevOps Server, is available on the download page. The following versions have been patched. For more details on […] The post August Patches for Azure DevOps Server appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure DevOps, Categories:
securityMicrosoft Threat Intelligence examines DeadLock ransomware, an emerging financially motivated operation distinguished by its use of decentralized infrastructure to support victim communications, negotiations, and data leak operations alongside double extortion tactics used to pressure victims. The post DeadLock ransomware: Breaking down a Rust-based encryptor with decentralized recovery infrastructure appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
securityWe recently introduced a simpler way to deploy applications to Azure App Service for Linux by uploading a ZIP package through Kudu. The experience lets you review the package contents, choose whether...Update Type: Announcement, Services: App Service, Categories:
featureEnhanced Dashboarding and Visualization Experience Grafana 13 introduces a number of improvements that make dashboards easier to build, reuse, and manage at scale. Teams can create richer observabi...Update Type: Announcement, Services: Managed Grafana, Categories:
releaseBuild durable MCP Tasks on Azure App Service with .NET, Azure Table Storage, and Service Bus, including reconnects, approvals, cancellation, retries, and hosting tradeoffs.Update Type: Announcement, Services: Service Bus, App Service, Categories:
updateAs regulatory obligations, resilience requirements, and the need for greater control over data and infrastructure continue to grow, we are seeing increasing interest in Azure Local from governments, ...Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Arc, Categories: Security
securityA note on scope: the patterns in this guide apply to any agentic operations platform. The specifics — the pricing model, the built-in capabilities, the primitives named throughout — are Azure SRE A...Update Type: Announcement, Services: , Categories:
updateAzure ExpressRoute resiliency guard is now available in public preview for ExpressRoute virtual network gateways. The new resiliency model property lets you specify whether a gateway is intended for a single-homed or multi-homed configuration, helping ali
previewAuthors: Abi Komma, Charles Kim, Luffy Chen, Morteza Ziyadi Why hand-tuning agents does not scale An agent’s behavior comes mostly from its natural-language configuration: its instructions, skil...Update Type: Announcement, Services: Microsoft Foundry, Categories:
updateThe setup You've built the deployment the enterprise architecture review asked for. Nothing touches the public internet. Your Microsoft Foundry resource is private — public network access disable...Update Type: Announcement, Services: Microsoft Foundry, Categories:
updateEstimated read: ~4 minutes Confidential computing has become foundational to how regulated and sovereign organizations run their most sensitive workloads. Today, we're excited to announce that Conf...Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Arc, Categories:
previewThe SharePoint connector for Azure Databricks is now generally available. Organizations can use Lakeflow Connect to ingest files from SharePoint into Azure Databricks, helping unify enterprise content with data and AI workflows on Azure. The connector sup
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