Azure Cosmos DB Now Does Vector Search Natively
Azure Cosmos DB Now Does Vector Search Natively Azure Cosmos DB just made a significant move in the AI infrastructure space: vector indexing and search is now generally available. That means you can store embeddings alongside your operational data and run similarity searches directly in Cosmos DB, without exporting to a separate vector database like […]
Azure Site Recovery Now Handles 5x the Data Churn
Support 5x churn in Azure Site Recovery Azure Site Recovery has officially launched with support for up to 5x churn, empowering customers to confidently run high IOPS workloads with robust disaster recovery capabilities. The new High Churn feature expands the supported data change rate from 100 MB/s per VM up to 500 MB/s per VM, […]
Entra ID Makes Azure Blob SFTP Access Seamless for Everyone
Entra ID Makes Azure Blob SFTP Access Seamless for Everyone Microsoft just unlocked a game-changer for cloud storage security: Entra ID-based access for Azure Blob Storage SFTP is now generally available. This means organizations can authenticate users via Microsoft Entra ID, including guest accounts through Entra External Identities, to connect to blob storage over SFTP […]
Genius in Code: Exploring Claude Fable 5’s Role in Microsoft Foundry
Genius in Code: Exploring Claude Fable 5’s Role in Microsoft Foundry Claude Fable 5 stands at the crossroads of autonomy and collaboration, offering developers unprecedented control over AI integration in software ecosystems. This advancement, fueled by Microsoft’s Foundry Foundation, merges natural language processing with self-supervising agents, redefining productivity in tech workflows. Technical Details and Capabilities […]
Azure CosmosDB MCP Toolkit: Bridging AI Agents with Enterprise Data at Scale
Azure CosmosDB MCP Toolkit: Bridging AI Agents with Enterprise Data at Scale The Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit empowers AI agents to interact seamlessly with NoSQL databases through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a standards-based framework for connecting AI applications to external systems. At its core, the toolkit exposes 8 MCP tools that enable agents […]
Unlocking Efficiency: Azure Functions’ New Agent Runtime and Its Implications
Unlocking Efficiency: Azure Functions’ New Agent Runtime and Its Implications The evolution of cloud computing continues to reshape developer workflows. Among advancements, Azure Functions’ introduction of a newly optimized serverless agents runtime represents a pivotal shift, offering enhanced performance and flexibility for integrating complex AI-driven solutions. Technical Summary of Markdown-First Agent Development Markdown-first agent development […]
Azure Databricks Lakebase Now Lets You Branch Production Data and Debug AI Apps with GitHub Copilot
Azure Databricks Lakebase Now Lets You Branch Production Data and Debug AI Apps with GitHub Copilot New public preview of Azure Databricks Lakebase adds instant database branching with GitHub Copilot agent mode, letting developers create temporary copies of production databases for safe AI app debugging without risking live data.\n\nFirst, developers in Azure Databricks can now […]
Azure Functions Gets a Serverless Agents Runtime – Build AI Assistants in Plain Markdown
Azure Functions Gets a Serverless Agents Runtime – Build AI Assistants in Plain Markdown Microsoft has taken the next step toward production-grade AI workloads by making the Serverless agents runtime generally available for Azure Functions. The new model-first approach lets developers author event-driven AI agents in simple .agent.md files, using familiar Markdown syntax instead of […]
Claude Fable 5 powers the next wave of autonomous AI agents
Claude Fable 5 powers the next wave of autonomous AI agents The latest announcement shows that Claude Fable 5 is now available in Microsoft Foundry, giving Azure customers access to Anthropic’s newest frontier model that powers autonomous agents in GitHub Copilot and the Foundry Agent Service [source]. According to the model catalog, the system supports […]
Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit: Powering AI Agents with Production-Grade Database Access
Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit: Powering AI Agents with Production-Grade Database Access The Azure Cosmos DB Model Context Protocol (MCP) Toolkit has officially reached general availability, ushering in a new era of AI agent integration with operational data. This standardization initiative eliminates the need for custom connectors while solving longstanding security and scaling challenges for […]
Microsoft Foundry IQ Goes GA: A Unified Knowledge Layer for Grounded Agents
Summary Microsoft announced general availability of Foundry IQ in June 2026. It is a managed knowledge layer that lets developers ground AI agents in enterprise data without rebuilding retrieval pipelines for every project. Teams connect sources such as SharePoint, OneLake, and Azure Blob once, and Foundry IQ handles ingestion, chunking, vector indexing, and access enforcement […]
Claude Fable 5 Now Powers Enterprise AI Agents
Claude Fable 5 Now Powers Enterprise AI Agents Microsoft announced the availability of Claude Fable 5 within Microsoft Foundry, bringing Anthropic’s latest frontier model to the Azure ecosystem for powering autonomous agents in GitHub Copilot and Foundry Agent Service. What this means: This integration marks a shift toward autonomous AI systems that can manage complex, […]