MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB Hits GA, Standardizing AI Agent Database Access
Summary Microsoft has moved the MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB from preview to general availability, giving developers a standardized way to connect AI agents directly to operational data. The toolkit implements the Model Context Protocol, an open specification that lets large language models discover and invoke database operations through a common interface. Version 1.1.2 […]
Claude Sonnet 5 Now GA on Azure Databricks: Near-Opus Intelligence at Sonnet Prices
Claude Sonnet 5 Now GA on Azure Databricks: Near-Opus Intelligence at Sonnet Prices Azure Databricks has made Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 generally available through its AI Model Serving platform (source). It is Anthropic’s most agentic Sonnet model to date, delivering near-Opus-level intelligence with Sonnet’s cost efficiency and speed. For teams running production AI workloads on […]
AI Agents Just Got a Database Key: MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB Is GA
AI Agents Just Got a Database Key: MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB Is GA The Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit is now generally available (source). This gives AI agents a direct line to your production data. No more hand-rolled connectors or fragile API middleware. You point an MCP client at the toolkit endpoint, and […]
Copilot’s New Agent Mode Lets SSMS Talk Back to Your Database
Copilot’s New Agent Mode Lets SSMS Talk Back to Your Database Microsoft just dropped a public preview that turns GitHub Copilot inside SQL Server Management Studio from a passive autocomplete helper into something that can actually do things. Instead of suggesting a single query, Agent Mode lets Copilot run multi-step diagnostics, tune performance, review security, […]
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Now Covers Azure Container Apps Posture
Security teams often treat serverless workloads like a black box, assuming the cloud provider handles everything. While the infrastructure is managed, your configuration and container images are not. Microsoft is closing this visibility gap by bringing Azure Container Apps (ACA) into the Serverless Containers Posture experience within Microsoft Defender for Cloud. This update allows organizations […]
Azure AI Search Adds Purview Sensitivity Labels to Knowledge Sources
Azure AI Search Adds Purview Sensitivity Labels to Knowledge Sources Microsoft’s public preview of Purview sensitivity labels in Azure AI Search lets organizations tag sensitive data at the source, which then flows into knowledge bases used by Microsoft Foundry agents and copilots. This means documents containing confidential information can be automatically marked with labels like […]
Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit Unveiled: Bridging AI and Databases
Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit Unveiled: Bridging AI and Databases The Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit is now generally available, offering a standardized way for AI agents and copilots to connect to operational data. This release removes the friction of custom integrations by enabling secure, enterprise-ready access to Cosmos DB through natural language queries and […]
Azure Databricks Now Powers Claude Sonnet 5 Through AI Model Serving
Azure Databricks Just Got Agentically Smarter with Claude Sonnet 5 Microsoft’s Azure Databricks platform has just leveled up its AI capabilities with the addition of Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5, officially entering general availability in July 2026. This latest generation of Sonnet models brings a significant leap forward in agentic AI capabilities, positioning Azure customers for […]
Debug AI Apps Against Production Data Without Exposing Production Data
Azure Databricks just shipped something that makes me wonder why this didn’t exist years ago. You can now create copy-on-write branches of your Lakebase production database with a single command, then point GitHub Copilot agent mode at it for debugging AI apps and agents. No copy of production data floating around in staging environments that […]
GitHub Copilot Unleashed in SSMS: Agent Mode Lets You Command Your Database Like a Pro
Remember when database administration meant wrestling with query optimizers and hunting through logs? Microsoft’s new GitHub Copilot Agent mode for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is like giving your database a personal assistant. You no longer need to micromanage every step. Just state your goal in plain English, and Copilot will autonomously execute queries, analyze […]
Azure SQL becomes a first-class knowledge source in Foundry IQ
Microsoft has expanded Foundry IQ’s capabilities by integrating Azure SQL Database as a knowledge source, now in public preview. Enterprise developers building Copilot, RAG, and agentic experiences can expose authoritative SQL tables and views directly as grounding data for AI models. This solves a real pain point. Before this, getting structured relational data into an […]
MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB hits GA, standardizing agent-to-database access
Microsoft has shipped the MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB to general availability, giving developers a standardized way to expose Cosmos DB operations through the Model Context Protocol. If you have been wiring up custom API endpoints every time an AI agent needs to read or write database records, this one is for you. The […]