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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, […]

Azure Databricks Lets AI Agents Debug Against Production Data Without Breaking Things

Database Branching Meets AI Debugging Azure Databricks just dropped a feature that addresses one of the biggest headaches in AI development: debugging agents against production data without breaking anything. The public preview of Lakebase branching with GitHub Copilot agent mode lets developers create instant, isolated copies of production databases using copy-on-write technology. Here’s what’s happening: […]

GitHub Copilot Agent Mode Brings Autonomous Database Management to SSMS

Microsoft Brings AI Autonomy to SQL Server Management Microsoft recently announced the public preview of Agent mode for GitHub Copilot in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Unlike the existing Ask mode that generates single responses, Agent mode operates autonomously, executing multi-step database tasks until completion. The feature ships with SSMS 22.7 and targets performance investigation, […]

Microsoft Foundry Toolboxes Hit GA, Finally Solve Agent Tool Integration Hell

Microsoft Tackles the Agent Tool Integration Mess Microsoft Foundry just moved Toolboxes to general availability, and if you’ve ever wrestled with AI agent tool integration, this might be the fix you’ve been waiting for. The problem isn’t new, but it’s finally getting the attention it deserves. The Tool Integration Problem Nobody Talks About Here’s the […]

Databricks Just Put Git Inside Your Database And Pointed Copilot At It

Databricks Just Put Git Inside Your Database (And Pointed Copilot At It) Azure Databricks announced a public preview that combines two things developers have been cobbling together manually: copy-on-write database branching for Lakebase Postgres, and a direct line from GitHub Copilot agent mode to those branches. The pitch is simple. One command creates an isolated […]

GitHub Copilot Modernization Agent Reaches GA, Scaling Legacy Upgrades Across Entire Portfolios

GitHub Copilot Modernization Agent Is Now Generally Available Microsoft has announced general availability (GA) of the GitHub Copilot modernization agent, an AI-powered orchestration tool that handles application assessment, upgrade planning, and code-level remediation across entire portfolios. Instead of modernizing one repo at a time, teams can now run coordinated, repeatable modernization workflows across Java, .NET, […]