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  • 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

    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

    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

    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,…

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