MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB reaches GA
Microsoft has released the general availability of the MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB, giving developers a standardized way to connect AI agents and copilots to operational database data. The toolkit implements the Model Context Protocol (MCP), Anthropic’s open standard for connecting LLMs to external tools and data sources. What MCP means for databases The […]
Azure Functions now supports Python 3.14 GA
Azure Functions has added general availability support for Python 3.14. You can develop functions locally with Python 3.14 and deploy them to Azure Functions plans on Linux, taking advantage of the latest Python runtime enhancements and extended support lifecycle. What Python 3.14 brings to Azure Functions Python 3.14 ships with a handful of quality-of-life improvements […]
Microsoft Defender CSPM assessments for Azure PostgreSQL reach GA
Microsoft has released the general availability of Defender Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) assessments for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server. If you run PostgreSQL on Azure, this changes how you track security compliance. Instead of writing custom queries or maintaining spreadsheets, you get automated, continuous evaluations that surface in the Defender dashboard. What CSPM […]
Microsoft Introduces Unified Multi-Agent Orchestration SDK
Microsoft has released the Agent Framework as part of Microsoft Foundry, and it is essentially the unification of AutoGen and Semantic Kernel into a single SDK for C# and Python. If you have been following Microsoft’s agent story for the past year, you know that the fragmentation between these two frameworks has been a persistent […]
Securing RAG with Microsoft Purview Sensitivity Labels in Azure AI Search
Azure AI Search has added support for Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels in public preview, and this is one of those features that addresses a real blocker for enterprise AI adoption. The problem is simple: if you ground your AI agents in documents that include confidential information, you need a way to keep that information out […]
Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit Now Generally Available: AI Agents Meet Operational Data
Microsoft has released the MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB as generally available, giving developers a standardized way to plug AI agents and copilots directly into their operational data. No custom adapter code required. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets AI applications communicate with external systems databases, tools, and APIs. […]
Microsoft Agent Framework GA Brings Multi-Agent Orchestration with Magentic
Microsoft reached general availability for multi-agent orchestration patterns in the Agent Framework this week, including the Magentic pattern that lets agents dynamically coordinate around complex tasks. The release consolidates routing, delegation, and swarm patterns into a single SDK, meaning developers no longer need to choose between AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, or a third-party framework to build […]
Microsoft Agent Framework Adds GitHub Copilot and Claude Code Connectors
Microsoft released generally available connectors for GitHub Copilot and Claude Code in the Microsoft Agent Framework this week. The connectors let .NET and Python agents delegate coding tasks to either system through a standard tool interface, without writing custom adapter code for each backend. This is one of those releases that sounds small on paper […]
CodeAct and Hyperlight: Accelerating Azure Agents with Micro-VM Code Execution
Microsoft took the wraps off a public preview of the CodeAct pattern and Hyperlight containers for the Microsoft Agent Framework this week. Two features that together change how agents execute code under the hood, and they solve a problem that anyone who has built a serious agent has felt: the death by a thousand tool […]
Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 Now Available on Azure Databricks
Claude Sonnet 5 lands on Azure Databricks Azure Databricks added Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 to its AI Model Serving catalog, and this one is worth paying attention to. Sonnet 5 is Anthropic’s latest mid-tier model, and the claim that matters is “near-Opus-level intelligence at Sonnet pricing.” If that holds up in practice, it changes the […]
Azure Front Door Edge Actions: Serverless Compute at the Edge
Microsoft just put serverless compute on Azure Front Door Azure Front Door now lets you run JavaScript functions at the edge during request processing. It is called Edge Actions, and it is in public preview. The idea is simple: instead of routing traffic to an origin server for every decision, you execute lightweight code at […]
Connecting AI Agents to Operational Data with MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB
What is this thing? Microsoft just shipped the MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB as generally available. If you have been following the AI agent space, you know MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard Anthropic kicked off last year that lets AI models plug into external tools and data sources through a single […]